Turbulent Times Chapter 1117: The strategy sent by Wang Junlin
Yu Wenshu and the other generals were instantly outraged.
Before Yang Guang came to the front line, Pei Shiju's proposal was rejected by Yang Guang, and many people saw the scene of scolding Pei Shiju, so Shi Youyuan, the chief of Zuo Xiaowei, also came out, and said loudly with a righteous face: "Your Majesty, The minister thinks that such a move violates the virtue of a benevolent emperor!"
Several other civil officials who had been accompanying Yang Guang also spoke one after another, thinking that this tactic was too cruel.
However, only the twelve generals including Yu Wenshu, Wang Rengong, and Li Zixiong knew that if they didn't do this, with the current morale, it would be very difficult for Liaodong City to be captured.
"Your Majesty, the final general agrees with General Yuwen's suggestion to dig the Daliang River and flood Liaodong City." General Zuo Wuwei Wang Rengong became very anxious when he saw this, wishing to kill all these civil servants.
The military generals know that kindness does not command soldiers, and they will do anything to win on the battlefield. Although the method of digging rivers and flooding the city is a bit ruthless, if a flood is released, it is estimated that there will not be many left in the entire Liaodong City living. But it is a clever plan with the least sacrifice on one's own side. Only by pulling out the stronghold of Liaodong can the army continue to move forward, otherwise, leaving such a nail behind will always be a disaster.
"Your Majesty, the last general also thought that there was a lot of wind and rain recently. I am afraid that this is a great opportunity for us to break through the Liaodong City. The water flooded the Liaodong City, and then took advantage of the situation to take down the Xincheng and Wugu and the country. This winter, the army can Station horses in the three cities of Liaodong. When spring comes next year, we will kill Sashui in one fell swoop and take Pyongyang!" Li Zixiong, the general manager of Youzhou who had been seldom speaking, finally stood up and said loudly: "Your Majesty, there will be snow in August in Liaodong. If our army can take down the three cities on the north bank of Sashui this autumn, there will be no danger around Pyongyang. Even if Yuan Tae-jo and Gao Jian-wu can survive the winter, they will be tied to your Majesty's horse next spring!"
Li Zixiong has been in Liaodong for many years and knows the weather in Liaodong very well. It will be June right now, and after August, snow will begin to fall on both sides of the Liaohe River. So there are more than two months left to fight the war. The army has completely wiped out Liaodong this year, and it has become an impossible task so far. Instead of struggling, it is better to take some results and force the king of Goguryeo to cede the land and surrender.
"Oh, I didn't expect the weather in Liaodong to be so cold!"
Zixiong was a little moved by what he said, but he had said too much in front of civil and military officials and envoys from ninety-nine countries before, and it was really difficult to change his words for a while.
Then he remembered how smooth it was when he led the army to crusade against Nanchen, almost invincible and invincible. Now that millions of troops are going to Liao, they can't even take down a single city, and after they are defeated, they have to divide a battle into two years, so they feel a little unwilling.
"You are all incompetent, and you have been delayed for more than a month under Liaodong City!" Yang Guang glanced down angrily, cursing in his heart. He recalled the glory of taking Jiankang with lightning speed, capturing Empress Chen, and forcing Zhou Luohou, the famous general of the South Chen Navy upstream, and others to surrender. But he forgot that when he conquered Nanchen, it was mainly Yang Su who led the army there. He was only my coach in a clear sense, and he was far less conceited than he is now. Every time Yang Su proposed a strategy, he Will humbly accept.
Suddenly, Pei Shiju said: "Your Majesty, I have a good note."
Yang Guang glanced at Pei Shiju, and said with a cold snort, "Tell me."
Pei Shiju remembered the secret letter sent by Wang Junlin just before this meeting, sighed, and said: "Your Majesty, Goguryeo clowns dared to deceive His Majesty several times, Your Majesty might as well deceive them once."
Yang Guang frowned, and shouted: "If you have any tactics, tell us quickly."
Pei Shishuan quickly said: "Your Majesty might as well take an army of more than 700,000 to encircle and not attack, and select another 100,000 elite soldiers to detour and attack the depths of Goguryeo. He led his navy to land near Pyongyang. Cooperating with 100,000 elite soldiers, he took Pyongyang directly. If the capital of Goguryeo was breached, and if Gao Jianwu, the lord of Goguryeo, was captured by His Majesty's army, Yuan Taizuo would guard the small city of Liaodong It's just a thief, what's the point!"
When Yang Guang heard the words, he suddenly remembered that the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty used such a clever strategy when they attacked Nanchen. Thinking of this, his eyes lit up and he said, "That's right, this strategy is very clever. Wang Junlin is the general who always wins." , and is good at odd wins, I will never be disappointed.”
At this moment, Tang Guogong Li Yuan, who was in charge of logistics and food, hurried in and said loudly with an ugly face: "Your Majesty,
Fever appeared in the army, a symptom of typhoid fever. "
Yang Guang, who had just made up his plan to defeat the enemy, was taken aback for a moment, and said, "What, what did you say?"
Li Yuan said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, a fever has appeared in the army. It first broke out among millions of civilians. Because too many civilians died along the way, most of the corpses were not buried. As the weather gets warmer, the disease spread by corpses It began to appear, and the fever spread rapidly, and more and more civilians fell down. I just went to confirm that the epidemic also began to appear among the soldiers."
Yang Guang suddenly remembered that Nayan Yang Da also died of an illness a few days ago, as if the imperial doctor said it was a fever.
Yang Guang's face was extremely gloomy: "How serious is the epidemic now?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, 10% of the people on the side of the civilians have fallen ill, and the situation on the side of the soldiers is a bit better. The minister is responsible for the food and grass and the treatment of the wounded soldiers. I just asked someone to count them. There are nearly 10,000 soldiers among the soldiers. Infected, I suggest that all armies isolate soldiers immediately if they have fever, and those who die should be burned and buried deeply, and all supplies should be burned together.”
"Your Majesty, once the disease breaks out, it will spread rapidly in densely populated areas. There are now millions of people on the west bank of the Liao River. The epidemic will break out in a big way, and it will be difficult to deal with it at that time." Li Yuan did not explicitly say that he would withdraw his troops, but changed his words.
"No!"
Yang Guang categorically vetoed it, he had just made a plan to defeat the enemy, how could he give up halfway.
"Attacking Koryo is the country's major policy, how can you give up halfway, you are in charge of logistics, you should try your best to find a way to solve the epidemic, whether to withdraw troops is not something you should ask."
Li Yuan had no choice but to retreat with a worried expression on his face. One million troops, more than three million civilians, with so many people gathered together, it is impossible for the epidemic to break out quickly. How many people will survive?
Li Yuan is especially worried about the peasants. The conditions there are harsh, the peasants are generally weak, and the food is extremely poor. The disease has already broken out there. If the peasants flee, they will bring the disease back to the Central Plains. According to rumors, he knew that there would be such consequences, but he was powerless.