The Sui army retreated overnight. The generals did not understand why they were about to break the city. Why did they hurry up and withdraw from Goguryeo at night. Wouldn't they have been working in vain when they attacked Liaodong?

A northern expedition to Liaodong and fought against Goguryeo. It seemed that more than one million troops were used, but the people were used more than five million. In various places, there were three million coolies who were requisitioned for ships, armor, tents, and construction of imperial roads. It also required two million people. There were also one million people who transported food from Huaiyuan Town, to Liaodong City, Yalu River and other places.

The labor was heavy, and in order to catch up with the progress, many workers were inevitably killed by illness and exhaustion on the way, causing great disasters to the former Northern Qi area of ​​Hebei, the Qilu area of ​​Shandong, and the three armies of Zhuo County, Yuyang and Beiping. Many men in many villages were not in ten, and they were seriously out of order, with barren fields, and many people fled to the mountains and forests for refuge, with many bandits and society was in decline.

That night, Luo Zhaoyun left only two generals, namely Mai Tiezhang and Xue Shixiong. Their sons were also there, Xue Wanren, Xue Wanjun, Mai Mengcai and other young tigers, who were about the same age as Luo Zhaoyun, and have now been promoted to the point of being promoted.

"At present, there are only two armies, with less than 100,000 people left behind, with 10,000 cavalry and more than 80,000 people, all infantry. Once the defenders in the city heard the news, they will definitely bite our tails and cover them up all the way, making us exhausted. Therefore, this time, we must leave calmly and must not panic."

Xue Shixiong and Mai Tiezhang are both veterans, one is close to sixty years old, and the other is about to be forty. They have been in the army for many years and have rich experience. They naturally understand this truth. If they announce their retreat and there are enemy soldiers behind them, their formation will definitely be in chaos, and they will suddenly become a situation of defeat, and the outcome will generally be very miserable.

"What strategy does General Luo have? We must abide by it even if we give it to you!" The two generals are convinced by this young young marshal and no longer despise each other because they are young. Because Luo Zhaoyun has made many military achievements, he has unexpectedly made flexible troops and has broken the fixed military tactics. This is what the two generals admire.

There are certainly many generals who are familiar with military strategy, but they are rare to learn and apply them, and they are good at summarizing them by themselves, and are good at based on the situation, but unexpectedly, and have repeatedly innovated.

Luo Zhaoyun said: "General Xue, general, General Yu, you three each bring 10,000 infantry to the other three camps. The external defense forces remain unchanged, the number of iron pots for making rice remains unchanged, and you must also bluff and pretend to be the 10,000 troops into the momentum of a hundred thousand troops, intimidate the defenders in Pyongyang City, so that they dare not come out easily. As long as they are held for three days, our army can transport some soldiers and grain back to Liaodong City and guard there!"

"Success, we will do our best." Xue Shixiong and others clasped their fists to take the order.

After these generals left, Luo Zhaoyun sent people to recruit Changsun Wuji, Ning Wufei, Chao Wei, Mei Changfeng and others. These were his confidants. When they were in Tuyuhun, they all stationed with him in the border for three years and had long been marked with the mark of the Luo family army.

"I'll call you here late at night, and there are important tasks to explain."

After hearing this, all the generals were shocked and felt that the opportunity to make contributions had come and felt that they were highly valued.

"Brother Luo, General Luo, is it because we were asking us to sneak attack Pyongyang City?" Changsun Wuji was a little excited. He was already eighteen years old. Kong Wu was powerful and both civil and military. Unfortunately, in order to protect his ears, Luo Zhaoyun did not give him a chance to fight. He just did some documents and joined the military.

"Where do you want to go? Can you do those charges? You are all my subordinates whom I, Luo Zhaoyun, trusted the most, and you must have more important tasks."

"What is that task?" Changsun Wuji asked curiously, and the rest were also addicted to it.

"Secretly escort food and armor!"

"Ah!" The faces of the few people fell down. Isn't this the kind of logistics soldiers? The kind of soldiers in the logistics industry have basically never fought a war. If the Xiaoguo Guard and the Imperial Guard are compared to the elite troops of the Great Sui Dynasty, then the local government soldiers are conventional troops, and the logistics soldiers are reserve troops. There are more old, weak and remnants, and they have low combat power, so they can only do some such hard and tiring work.

Luo Zhaoyun said in a deeper tone: "Remember, this matter is very important. You only have one day to prepare, pick up the top weapons from the army, as well as food, grass, money, and you will leave tomorrow dusk, travel day and night, and transport it back to Liaodong City as soon as possible. At that time, someone will contact you, enter the city separately, and then each has its own way. This number does not need to be recorded in detail, and you cannot say the exact number to outsiders. Try to say less."

When the generals heard this, they immediately understood that the commander was greedy for some food and money!

Luo Zhaoyun looked at the strange eyes of the people, smiled slightly, and explained: "Your Majesty has given up these supplies. We have left behind the rear, and we abandoned the soldiers. How many soldiers can be transported away are all exchanged for our lives. Moreover, a large number of nobles and poor people in the Central Plains have made a fortune. The uprising is about to be in chaos in the Sui Dynasty. We must prepare for the future and prepare some materials in advance. Otherwise, we will have no food and salary by then and the army will be disbanded."

Changsun Wuji and others were surprised to hear the rebellion of aristocratic families in the Central Plains, and understood Luo Zhaoyun's idea. Once the world was in chaos, they were in Liaodong without food and weapons and armor, and they could not stand it. The court had no time to look north, and their fate was also very miserable.

"Don't worry, General, we will do it and take confidentiality measures!"

Luo Zhaoyun encouraged the morale of several people and said, "Okay, I can trust you. Don't let me down. Complete this task and each person will be promoted by one title!"

"As for the order!" The generals clasped their fists and received the order, and withdrew from the commander's account.

Luo Zhaoyun sighed softly. After all, the Sui Dynasty did not avoid decline and its decline was faster than in history. He had a premonition that the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty would be more complicated, because this was by no means a historical space that had been born, but another similar world.

He no longer believes in the theory that the dead can be resurrected when traveling through time and space, but he believes that his soul may return to another world and come to a certain universe that is extremely similar to ancient times. He is performing the Sui Dynasty. He cannot be bound by the historical trajectory, and he will be bound by himself in such a cocoon. In the end, he will not be much better. He has no other way, and he can only compete for power in troubled times.

Because even if he surrenders to other major forces, such as Li Tang, Dou Jiande, because he is famous all over the world, he is a good commander. Any lord who relies on himself will probably be unable to sleep or eat after obtaining the royal power. The fate can be imagined and will not be much better than Han Xin. Therefore, he has no way out and can only continue to move forward and prepare to compete with the heroes of the late Sui Dynasty.
Chapter completed!