Turbulent Times Chapter 1238: The dispute between Li Yuan and his son

When Yang Guang said this, Yu Shiji and Pei Shiju were about to say something like “Your Majesty is wise” habitually, but Yang Guang might be tired of hearing it. Now, is there anything else, if you have something, tell me quickly, I still have to patrol the army.”

Yu Shiji immediately said: “Your Majesty, there is one more thing. The prefect of Berkshire said that auspicious signs were found in the territory, and that this is His Majesty…”

Before Yu Shiji finished speaking, Yang Guang’s expression darkened, and he said in a cold voice: “Xiangrui, hum, pass an order to Xu Jingzong of the Blue Yiwei Mansion, and ask him to send someone to take down the county guard and enter On death row, when I return from Goguryeo triumphantly, I will behead him, send my whole family to the frontier, and even deceive me with auspicious auspiciousness, does he really think that I am a fool?”

After Yu Shiji and Pei Shiju took the order, Yang Guang said without waiting for what they said: “In the future, whenever there are places where auspiciousness is discovered, they will directly pass the decree to the Lanyiwei Mansion and let them Kill the person who played the top song. Humph, if some thieves hadn’t used auspicious signs to fool me in the last year’s campaign against Goguryeo, I wouldn’t have made such foolish tricks.”

Yu Shiji and Pei Shiju were shocked when they heard the words, and couldn’t help but look at each other. This is the first time since the disastrous defeat to Goguryeo last year, His Majesty the Emperor admitted that he had repeatedly made foolish moves. Perhaps it was because the second conquest had already begun. Bar!

Yang Guang saw the changes in the expressions of the two favored ministers, sighed, and said: “Last year’s battle… If you lose, you lose, how can I not admit it, even though I ordered Liu Shilong to be killed , but everything that Liu Shilong did was approved by me, and some of them were ordered by me to do. For example, the order of ‘don’t kill the people of the enemy’s country indiscriminately, and treat the enemy well after they surrender’ is all because of my temporary Kindness, I want to show my spirit, this time I conquer Goguryeo, such a thing will never happen again, Goguryeo rulers and subjects are capricious, even if they surrender, I will never agree again!”

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In May Gengwu (27th), the former army of the Sui Emperor began to cross the Liaohe River. Under the control of the Sui army, but Liaodong City was eventually lost.

Same as last year, the army crossed the Liaohe River

First of all, we must attack Liaodong City, but we were defeated last year and all the elite troops were lost. Although we have made up for it now, how can we train elite soldiers in a year, so the strength of the army is far from what it was last year? It is worlds apart.

The Sui Dynasty has always implemented the Fubing system, and the Fubing is mainly the sons and nephews of good families. Vendors, son-in-laws, criminals, beggars, etc. are usually not accepted in the army. Even if they have the opportunity to join the army, their military merits and rewards are often half that of soldiers from good families.

Last year when the army marched eastward, hundreds of thousands of elite government soldiers were buried, so this year the court thought of the idea of ​​recruiting Xiaoguo into the camp. Yang Guang even made a decree that no matter how high or low he was born, as long as he joined Xiaoguo, he would be treated as a son of a good family from now on.

In addition, because of the outstanding performance in the Eastern Expedition last year, Yang Guang asked Tang Guogong Li Yuan to be in charge of all the grain and grass dispatch for this Eastern Expedition. Offering advice and running around, the matter of food and grass is well organized.

As soon as the frontline army crossed the river, the outside of Liaodong City was already in full swing, and Yang Guang’s imperial chariot also drove to the Liaodong City to supervise the battle. Because this expedition to Goguryeo has learned the lessons from the last time and allowed the generals to fight freely, although the troops’ combat power and morale were not as good as last year’s, the early days of the Sui Dynasty actually went quite smoothly.

Of course, this has something to do with the fact that the combat power of the Goguryeo side has also dropped a lot compared to last year.

Last year’s battle of Goguryeo’s elite also consumed a lot. In addition, Wang Junlin later emptied Goguryeo’s treasury in Pyongyang. Goguryeo also lacked food and grass. Morale is not high either.

Under such circumstances, at the beginning of June, Wang Rengong led his army to attack Xincheng (today’s Fushun North, Liaoning), and defeated 30,000 enemy troops with thousands of horsemen, and then besieged the city, defeating them in one fell swoop.

General Jing Yuanheng of Zuo Xiaowei, General Zhang Jin of Right Yuwei, General Zhao Xiaocai of Youwuhou and other veterans who were defeated last time attacked and plundered everywhere and made achievements.

By mid-June, except for Liaodong City, which could not be attacked for a long time, Gaimu, Xincheng, Jian’an, Fuyu and other small cities near the Liaohe River all fell into the hands of the Sui army.

On the contrary, it is recognized by everyone

The waterway army led by Wang Junlin, King of Qin’an, who was advancing triumphantly, had no news of victory.

But the Sui court was very happy to see this situation, because as early as the very beginning, many people, including Yang Guang, were worried that, just like last year, the main force of the army was blocked in Liaodong City, but Wang Jun Lin led the navy all the way to Pyongyang City. If this is still the case this time, the faces of His Majesty the Emperor and the generals of the Twelve Houses will still be put there.

The last time Wang Junlin took the initiative to tell the world that his victory in Goguryeo was the result of His Majesty’s strategizing behind the scenes. This kind of deception would be enough once. If it happens a second time, Yang Guang himself will be ashamed .

Therefore, Yang Guang never urged Wang Junlin to lead the partial division without any results, and he even thought about it in private, Wang Junlin still understood my thoughts.

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Although there are many good news, some people are not optimistic about it. Apart from Wang Junlin, who knows what will happen next, there is another person who is also full of worries, and that is Li Yuan, who is in charge of dispatching the army’s food and grass.

Tang Guogong Li Yuan took his two sons, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, accompanied by several staff and officials, and watched the 100,000 newly recruited Xiaoguo cross the Liaohe River. According to the battle plan set by Yang Guang, these 100,000 recruits force.

These recruits who have only been in the army for one year are far from being able to compare with the eight thousand soldiers in Fanyang County. At this time, the order of these soldiers is very chaotic. One after another, the sound of the officers yelling and waving their whips never stopped.

“These 100,000 recruits are going to die.” Li Yuan frowned with worry on his face. He didn’t think that the 100,000 so-called Xiaoguo army, mainly local rogues, would be able to play any role in Liaodong City. Perhaps His Majesty the Emperor and those front-line generals had let their lives exhaust the defenders in Liaodong City. of troops.

The three of Li Yuan and his son knew very well that adding 100,000 new recruits would not help the task that the 600,000 main force had not completed. And they knew better that the reason why they could not attack Liaodong City for a long time these days was not because of lack of troops, but because more than half of the millions of troops dispatched this time were recruits.