On the street, soldiers wearing armor were still staying in the same position they saw yesterday. At most, some soldiers were able to find some shelter from the rain against the wall.
But it is impossible for these places to cover everyone. Even the heavy rain yesterday could hardly cover anything.
But these soldiers spent the rest of the night in the rain without any noise, noise, complaints, or harassment.
They were like silent machines, just staying in place, quietly waiting for dawn.
It was already getting dark at this moment, but these soldiers still stayed in place to rest.
Until their officer, who had also spent the night in the rain, stood up and gave the order to move forward.
These soldiers quickly stood up from where they were, and then quickly combined at an unimaginable speed, forming a neat team, and then quickly began to walk out of Jincheng amid chants.
All the people of Silla felt an indescribable shock and inexplicable touch. They didn't know where this emotion came from. These soldiers were not soldiers of Silla, but it was precisely because of this that they were even more shocked.
This is not the Tang Dynasty. If they were the people of the Tang Dynasty, it would be fine for these soldiers to treat them like this, but they are not the people of the Tang Dynasty.
But their words and deeds were still consistent, as if they were made of steel.
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In the Silla Palace, Kinderman, who knew the news, was also shocked, "You mean... the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were soaked in the rain all night, and they didn't bother to move even half a step to take shelter from the rain or enter the nearby palace. In a resident’s home?”
"Yes, Her Majesty the Queen, including General Li Daozong, were also caught in the rain. Because it was a forced march, they were preparing to advance six hundred miles in ten days, sixty miles every day, so they only carried dry food, weapons, and logistics supplies. The soldiers at the dock hired our civilians to transport them to their destination, and it is estimated that they will arrive two days late."
The expression of General Jin who reported the report was somewhat envious. Such an elite, almost command-and-control army with no complaints was the kind of soldiers that any general would dream of.
And these soldiers appeared in Datang.
Fortunately, it came from Datang.
"This... is unbelievable." Kinderman said in stunned silence. She could not imagine such an army.
"Fortunately, such an army belongs to the Tang Dynasty." General Jin said.
"Indeed, their will is amazing, and the strict military discipline of the Tang Dynasty is also impressive. There is no need to think of ways for them to use us on the road. This kind of routine doesn't work. From the moment we got here, the Tang Dynasty obviously wanted to very clear."
"They came under the guise of stabilizing the situation. They won't use anything from us, but you can discuss with General Li Daozong. If the situation permits, you can let the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty have a hot meal."
"We can borrow food from the counties along our route to them. General Li said that it is temporarily lent to them. When the logistics from Datang comes later, it can be returned to us." Kinderman pondered for a moment and then said.
She also saw a lot of things. Since the Tang Dynasty did not want to owe them any favors, because the Tang Dynasty wanted to be a fair and just suzerain state, then there should be no problem in temporarily borrowing food, right?
It's not provided for free, but they need to pay it back.
"yes!"
Li Daozong led five thousand soldiers to leave Jincheng. After leaving Jincheng, after the rain stopped, he found a place with not many people around. Li Daozong ordered him to rest where he was, light a fire, and dry his clothes first.
Armor may make people feel stuffy during the day, but when it rains, it basically has no effect of keeping warm.
Therefore, if the clothes of these soldiers are not dried in time in one night, they will easily get sick if they continue. Carrying them for one night may make them sick.
Fortunately, it is summer. The climate is hot now. Even if it rains, it won't be cold. Even if it is spring and autumn, we have to find a way to avoid the rain like yesterday.
The fire quickly burned, and some Chinese medicine packets they carried quickly began to boil. Then the soldiers were asked to drink some ginger soup to ward off the cold. After their clothes were dried, they set off again.
Li Daozong didn't know how much the actions of last night shocked the people of Silla in Jincheng, but what he knew was that the reputation of the Tang army would soon spread in Silla.
After all, the country itself is not big, not as big as Shaanxi Prefecture around Chang'an.
The population is also not comparable to that of the Guanzhong Plain, so the news is transmitted very quickly. Li Daozong knows this well.
In the subsequent journey, Li Daozong and the others resolutely implemented the established strategy. In fact, it could not be called a special strategy. Anyway, they just regarded this place as the land of the Tang Dynasty.
Anyway, it is not the case now, but it may be possible soon in the future, so I previewed it in advance.
Nine days later, Li Daozong and the others arrived at the target city. This city was the protrusion of Silla and Baekje's joint defense line facing Goguryeo.
If this city could not be captured, it would be impossible for Goguryeo's army to penetrate deep into Silla anyway.
But for now, this city is not the front line. In front of it, there is a county town that is to be abandoned according to the established plan.
But because Goguryeo has not yet attacked, for the time being, the city is definitely not able to give up on its own initiative, but is just ready to give up.
After arriving in this city, Li Daozong quickly took over the highest defense of the entire city, and the thousand Silla garrison in the city quickly came under Li Daozong's command.
After Li Daozong arrived here, Cheng Yaojin in Baekje also rushed to the only city in Baekje at about the same time.
After all, their strategies are similar, and the area of the peninsula is not large. If it is a large-scale rainy weather, it must be similar.
In fact, these cities had been selected before Li Daozong and the others came to Silla and Baekje, and the locations of these cities were also carefully selected.
The length of their defense line is about 200 kilometers, but there are mountains in the east, and the terrain inside is extremely difficult to walk. Many important terrains have rugged mountain roads, making it very difficult for people to cross alone.
Therefore, the frontal defense line that Li Daozong and the others need to defend is only about 100 kilometers wide.
Even if the Goguryeo army bypassed the mountainous terrain in the east, without enough supplies, it would be almost impossible for them to advance on a large scale.
It is even more impossible to carry a large amount of baggage. If just soldiers come over, the threat will be too small.
This is a war in the cold weapon era. Soldiers are very important, and baggage is also very important.
Therefore, in the mountainous terrain in the east, as long as three or four important cities are left to Silla's own thousands of defenders, the rest can be ignored.
In this flat area in the west, Li Daozong and the others decided to control three cities, arranged in a roughly Z-shaped pattern, with the distance between them being about 30 to 40 miles.
