"Are there many abandoned houses?" Li Daozong was a little surprised.
"It can't be said to be abandoned, it should be said to be vacant. During the previous war, this was the front line, so many people had already fled." Park Xinzong said.
Li Daozong nodded. He probably knew where the beggars in the other country came from. There were probably many refugees.
"Well, prepare to receive the open space for these people." Li Daozong nodded.
"It's just that... there may be some problems with food." Park Xinzong was a little embarrassed. They didn't have much food. The point was that Park Xinzong wanted to find more food, but he didn't have it.
"How long can it last?"
"If there are about 20,000 people, they can last about a month." Park Xinzong gave a very low answer.
"Let's do this for now, take one step at a time and see what happens next." Li Daozong thought for a while and didn't say anything more. Now let's see what the enemy's plan is.
What if the enemy just wants to attack? The results may come soon.
There were not many scouts in the Tang Dynasty, mainly because the number of war horses transported was not large. Therefore, the purpose of these scouts was not to find out any advanced intelligence. The main purpose was to confirm the approximate location of the enemy's main force.
Just know this.
Anyway, in this era, there are no long-range strike weapons. The only long-range weapons are bows and arrows and crossbows, but their killing range is also limited, probably within a hundred meters.
But at 100 meters, the scouts can see everything. As long as your war horse is good enough, you can hang around the enemy.
So it is not difficult to detect the enemy's main force.
However, Li Daozong soon received the information passed back by the scouts.
"You mean, the enemy's marching speed is very slow, only about thirty miles a day?" Li Daozong looked at the scout in confusion and asked.
"Yes! General."
"Did the other party bring any luggage?" Li Daozong asked again.
"General Qi, no, at least I didn't see a large-scale baggage force. The opponent basically has combat equipment. There should be a special baggage transport unit behind the baggage." The scout arrived quickly.
"However, their marching speed is slow, but the number of scouts is extremely large, almost in all directions. We also found it after bypassing the opponent's scouts several times. The opponent's scouts were too dense."
"Even so, when we returned, we also encountered the other party's scouts, but the other party did not chase us. Instead, they followed us for a while at a distance of thirty or forty meters and then retreated."
After listening to what the scout said, Li Daozong understood that this should be an order from the opponent's coach, or in other words, this Yu Ling was a bit interesting.
Such a slow marching speed and an extremely large number of scouts meant that a sneak attack was almost impossible.
Although they were not preparing for a sneak attack at all, but were just preparing for defense, there was naturally no problem for the opponent to do so.
This extremely steady marching speed obviously has only one purpose, not wanting to give the enemy any opportunity to take advantage of it.
In other words, the other party is seeking stability and is not in a hurry at all.
In other words, Li Daozong quickly thought of the other party's purpose and consumed their food and supplies.
The extra 10,000 troops actually put pressure on Silla and Baekje. From the outside, when the Tang army arrived here, Silla and Baekje must provide money and food.
Besides, when the Tang army arrived here, it was naturally impossible for them to just eat and drink enough? You should have to pay part of it, right? Otherwise, Silla and Baekje won’t be able to talk about it anymore.
That's why the other party came up with this method.
But speaking of Goguryeo, there were hundreds of thousands of troops, and their self-sufficiency was much stronger than that of Silla and Baekje.
It consumes the national power and baggage of Silla and Baekje, so the speed naturally does not need to be too fast. In addition, it is to test the reaction of the Tang Dynasty.
Moreover, for a long time, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty have been in a foreign country, and they are also mentally exhausted.
Yes, this Yu Ling is not a fool. It seems that there are some real materials among the generals of Goguryeo.
If it had been the Tang Dynasty in the past, it would probably not have been able to afford it. Not to mention anything else, before the Tang Dynasty, it was not practical to stay in one place for a long time just like the military system.
Over time, it has consumed a lot of money in the Tang Dynasty, but now the Tang Dynasty is different. Now it can be said that raising ten thousand people is... a drizzle.
Even more than just these ten thousand people, Datang could support ten times these ten thousand people without any problem.
The amount of food that a large number of transport ships can transport is amazing.
Tsk tsk, they will know this news sooner or later. After all, the Tang Dynasty has never been like this. I wonder how Goguryeo will view this?
Anyway, the Tang Dynasty is here to stabilize the situation. If there is no war, it will naturally be stable.
I'm not in a hurry, why are you in a hurry?
As for those people? It's not that big of a problem.
Li Daozong narrowed his eyes slightly, but there were only thirty or forty thousand people, and the Tang Dynasty could afford to support them. According to the actual situation in Silla, one pound of food per person per day could make them willing to work gratefully until the end of time. .
Not to mention you can now make more in a day.
Let the scouts continue to investigate, and Li Daozong was also prepared to see the other party's reaction before proceeding directly to the next step.
No matter how slow the speed is, as long as you advance step by step, you will get there one day.
Looking at the county seat in front of them, and the dense branches that appeared on the ground about three or four miles away from the county seat, these branches were also tied with a thin strip of red cloth.
It's about the size of an adult's finger, and it's very conspicuous when it's stuck on a branch.
"What is this?" When he first saw this, Yu Ling was a little confused.
"General, this is a trap." A forward general immediately said with a wry smile.
"What?" Yu Ren was confused. Are you in a trap? Of course he knows what it is, not just for horse legs. The question is, what is the operation of digging this thing out and inserting branches and red cloth strips to remind it?
"All?" Yu Ling couldn't believe it.
"They are all. I have asked people to check at least a thousand of them, and they are all there. The point is... this is only part of it. One of our scouts' horses was broken off. There were no branches or red cloth inserted into the horse pit." The forward general said with a wry smile.
Yu Ling; "..."
What kind of disgusting operation is this? He probably understood that if the enemy dug a trap, normally it would be hidden, but once you discover it, you will be cautious.
The disgusting thing about the opponent is that he put a mark in the pit, but... there are some that are not marked. When you avoid the mark... you may fall into the unmarked pit.
You have to be more careful not to say anything, you almost have to watch every step you take, and what's more, these marks sometimes attract your attention...
This is so disgusting.
