The bitter smile on Wang Wei’s face became more and more obvious: "Qin Shuai, even so, but His Royal Highness Han is in danger, it's not a joke. I don't know whether Qin Shuai has a way to rescue him. Let me talk about it, or give Qin Shuai some advice. ."
Qin Meng said with a solemn expression: "Wang Sima, there are only you and me here, so let's talk to you. The safety of His Royal Highness Han is the most important of all things. However, if you want to rescue His Royal Highness Han, you must first settle the South Bank army. If the army on the South Bank is in chaos, why organize manpower and material resources to rescue the North Bank? It is a sudden rainstorm. I didn’t expect that Gao Yuan’s squadron would certainly not have expected. The North Bank’s affairs are currently under separate care, Pei Wen’an As long as you don’t panic, His Royal Highness Han will be in no trouble. Since Wang Sima asked about Qin’s plan, I might as well tell Wang Sima that he had bought countless sheepskins a few days ago, and now he can use it. At that time, he can raft the raft. When crossing the water, put the rope on the surface of the water to build a pontoon bridge. At that time, we will not only withdraw to His Royal Highness, but all the robes on the north shore can be taken back.
Hearing this, Wang Yun's face was as happy as the sun was seeing the sun: "Qin Shuai is truly worthy of the first wise man in the Great Sui Dynasty. In the future, he will be glorious in the annals of history. Fortunately, His Royal Highness Han asked Qin Shuai to go with him from the East Palace. Otherwise, Wang Yun Even if you are poor, it is hard to atone for your sins."
I have a bottom in my heart. Naturally, Wang Wei resolutely implemented Qin Meng's orders and led the Fei Xiao army from Qin Meng to inspect everywhere.
Because of the extreme weather, the Great Sui Army encountered unimaginable difficulties.
The flood caused by the heavy rain broke down the banks of the Liaoshui River and spread along the low-lying terrain, blocking roads everywhere, not to mention, because the Sui Army did not expect such a violent rainstorm. Therefore, the protection of the baggage is not in place, resulting in serious damage to all kinds of baggage materials.
Among them, the most serious damage is the grain.
Better military units lose one-third of their luggage.
Generally, half of the baggage weight is lost.
Seriously, all will be lost directly. Such a military combat unit, with a full budget, is enough to maintain a two-day ration.
What makes Qin Meng even more troublesome is. The side rear camp, which was responsible for hoarding heavy supplies, was also hit by heavy rain. Although the food and supplies were not as severely damaged as the combat units, they were still wet by the rain and were about to deteriorate.
This is the kind of food and supplies that you can’t transport to the place you need in front of you in a hurry.
The heavy rain washed away many sections of the road. Moreover, because the heavy rain showed no signs of stopping, many low-lying road sections were already full of water. The brigades, which were carried by carts and horses, were packed with supplies, and within a few miles of walking out of the camp, it was difficult to move forward.
After comprehensive consideration, Qin Meng decided to build a road nearby.
The idea of building a nearby road is like this. Qin Meng chose a relatively high terrain and planned a road according to the situation of the military branch of the Great Sui.
The military brigades on both sides of the road. According to the number of people, Qin Meng was given the task of repairing roads.
Military brigades along the way must complete road construction within three days. and. There must be enough manpower to guard the road.
Because the heavy rain has been falling, the roads that have been built will inevitably be washed down again. Qin Meng's orders are to be washed down at any time and repaired at any time to ensure that the heavy camp can deliver the materials to the ministries.
This command is a bit reluctant.
But because building roads is to protect one's own food, the soldiers and soldiers assigned to the task really have no complaints.
With the new planning path, the heavy battalion can finally get the materials and grains difficult to deliver to the military and brigades.
After more than ten days, the rainstorm finally reduced. Two more days. The sky was clearing, and finally saw the long-lost sunshine.
However, the good weather did not bring good news.
Reports were continuously reported everywhere. Because of the continuous heavy rains, the soldiers held their posts in the heavy rains, and a large number of soldiers contracted diseases in all ministries.
Wang Wei summarized the situation of all ministries. He hurried over to find Qin Meng in a hurry.
"Qin Shuai, things are a bit bad. Judging from the report, it seems that the epidemic has occurred in the military."
Qin Meng didn't have to anticipate this. What he saw in the history books of later generations was exactly this situation.
Qin Meng had already had a relative plan: "Wang Sima, withdraw the army with serious problems. With two generals, one will lead the way, and the other will lead three thousand soldiers to maintain order and escort them. The evacuated army went to the rear. A letter was sent to Governor Yu immediately, asking him to send out manpower, prepare doctors, and try his best to save our sick brothers. If there are dead brothers on the road, remember to escort the generals and bury them deeply. Remember to remember."
In this way, under the command and dispatch of Qin Meng, the main force of the Eastern Expeditions successively retreated from the hinterland of Goguryeo towards Youzhou and Yingzhou in an orderly manner.
Based on a comprehensive calculation, the total number of people who were completely withdrawn was about 160,000, which was equivalent to more than half of the army's strength. (End of this chapter)