Tang Gong Li Yuan led Jiancheng, Shimin and a group of personal guards to watch one hundred thousand Xiaoguo cross the Liao River. The Xiaoguo who had not been well trained were in chaos, and people kept being squeezed from the pontoon into the water. Whenever this happened
At this time, the people on the bridge always laughed loudly, "greeting" each other's parents and relatives, and throwing down the life-saving rope. The people in the water pulled one end of the rope, cried and cursed back, with a southern accent and a northern accent.
Everlasting.
"Child's play, they treat war as child's play!" Li Yuan thought worriedly. He didn't think that more than 100,000 ruffians would be able to break through the Liaodong City Wall if they arrived at the Liaodong City. For the task that the 600,000-strong army had not completed, an additional 100,000 people would do the job.
It doesn’t help. The reason why Liaodong City cannot be captured is not because of insufficient troops, but because almost all of today’s million-strong army are newcomers. All the experienced old soldiers were ruined in last year’s stupid battle. The recruits used to
How could it be possible to capture a fortified city without even seeing blood?
The Sui Dynasty declined at an unexpected speed. If the failure of the first expedition to Liao was due to the emperor's willful behavior and the pedantic mistakes of the civil servants in the court, the second long-term attack on Liaodong City was exactly the result of the Sui Dynasty.
A true portrayal of the military power of the time. Whenever he thinks of this, Li Yuan always feels very disappointed. The Sui Dynasty in his youth was not what it is today. The Sui Dynasty in those days could resist the Turks without any preparation.
The 200,000-strong army violently attacked, and then killed the plunderers from the grasslands and fled. The Sui Dynasty only used more than 400,000 people to completely wipe out Nanchen, Jinling, and Yuezhou, which were known to be impregnable cities.
They all swept down. But now, this tiger has lost its teeth and claws. In addition to still looking like a tiger, the force is no longer enough to kill a wild deer.
The Sui Dynasty was old, and so was he. Li Yuan cast his eyes into the distance, staring at the first battalion to cross the river. At this time, they were sorting out the team. The black armor in the team was obtained from the Western Regions when he was young.
, Li Yuan wore it when he followed the general Yang Su to the desert. Now, this armor is too heavy for his fat body. After putting it on, it won't take long for the sweat on his face to roll down like rain.
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On the other side of the river, Xuzi, wearing black armor and riding a black horse, looked very eye-catching. Even across the Liao River, Li Yuan could clearly distinguish him from the crowd. This junior of the same clan was picked back by Tang Gong Li Yuanbai.
It reminds me of Li Yuan's appearance back then. Hidden behind his humble appearance is unwillingness and aloofness. "He is still an untamed tiger!" Li Yuan thought with a smile, "One day he will understand that the world is not as simple as he thought.
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"Zhong Jian's soldiers are well trained!" Chen Yanshou, the first counselor of the Tang Dynasty, came forward and said. Although they were also poorly trained, in the chaotic flow of people, the more than 10,000 soldiers of the Xiongwu Xiaoguo Battalion stood out from the crowd. They were specially designed for
The targeted training to cope with the emperor's review has well maintained their military appearance. Compared with other battalions also composed of Xiaoguo, the Xiongwu Battalion is more like a regular army, while the other battalions behave like bandits and bandits.
"If you give him another year, maybe Zhongjian can train a truly capable elite force!" Li Yuan did not look back, his eyes were still looking at the other side. Who would be the first to tame this young tiger?
Or will he become a sacrifice under the claws of a young tiger? He doesn't want to know. He has enough confidence to guarantee that those invisible cages and shackles are enough to make Xuzi hit his head and bleed. When Xuzi is tired and tired, naturally
He will think of the warmth of the Li family. When he looks back at that time, he will become the most capable person of the Li family.
"Tang Gong means that the Xiaoguo camp is not strong enough to fight?" Chen Yanshou smiled and asked.
"A city that cannot be captured by an army of 600,000 people, do you think you can solve it with a group of bandits?" Li Yuan shook his head and asked, turning his horse's head slowly to the west. Other Li family cronies on the riverside were watching the excitement.
Seeing this, he quickly galvanized his horses and followed him.
"Didn't you say that your Majesty has already laid the soil to the level of the city?" The confused question came from Li Jiancheng, who had just listened to the conversation between his father and Master Chen word for word. Although Xuzi had left the Li family
, Jiancheng still hopes that he can do what others can't do. Maybe it's for the sake of face, maybe deep down in his heart, at this moment, he has truly regarded Xuzi as a friend.
"If the destruction of the city is just around the corner, the Ministry of War will not send Xiaoguo forward. The first general who enters the city will be promoted to the third level and sealed off ten thousand households. This is what Long live personally promised. If this fruit is easy to pick, you will give it to
Will anyone else share it?" Li Yuan looked back at his son and answered calmly.
"He is ungrateful and dishonest. It will not be his turn to make meritorious deeds!" Li Waner's words sounded extremely harsh. From the day Li Xu was appointed as general, she was like this when she mentioned this person.
A look of gnashing teeth.
"It's true that he didn't get his turn, but it's not because of his bad character. Among these dozens of heroes, except for Zhongjian, which of the other generals at the head didn't come from a high-ranking family? The chance of being granted the title of wife's yinzi
They can't give it to others! However, it's good this way, Zhongjian doesn't have to rush to the city wall to die!" Li Yuan glared at his daughter and explained in a low voice.
"Dad, do you think Liaodong City will be difficult to capture in a short time?" Li Shimin also rushed over and asked.
"A thirty-step-wide earthen fortress can only ensure that our people rush to the top of the city. After rushing to the top of the city, they have to find a horse road to get down to the city and cut off the barriers. The narrower the place, the less obvious the advantage of numbers will be.
On the contrary, the number of veterans and the individual combat effectiveness of soldiers have become the key..." Li Yuan did not directly answer his son's question, but used his own war experience to analyze the problem at hand.
"However, the Goguryeo people won't be able to wait long. Master Yuwenshu has already cut down trees and built a bridge by the Mazhai water, and the navy who came to protect the general has also set sail! Even if Liaodong City can be defended until winter, Pyongyang will be taken by us.
, the Goguryeo people will also perish!" Li Jiancheng analyzed with wishful thinking. As a citizen of the Sui Dynasty, he always hoped that his country would be victorious in every battle.
"I hope our Eastern Expedition can last until winter!" Li Yuan said with a wry smile. Jiancheng is a good brother and good friend, but he lacks the strategic vision to be a good family leader. This is what he is most worried about. Troubled times are coming.
Every family may have the opportunity to develop upwards, but at the same time, it may also disappear. A hundred years ago, in the land of Jiangnan, people would always praise Wang Xie. Now, who can still see where the doors and windows of the Wang Xie family are?
"Master Yang Xuangan, the Minister of Rites, said that the canal was blocked by silt, and military rations could not be distributed temporarily!" Chen Yanshou couldn't bear to see Jiancheng continue to disappoint his father, so he deliberately brought up some seemingly trivial chores at this time.
"The same goes for Mr. Yang, why didn't you clear it earlier? The army has been setting out for more than a month, and he is complaining about the siltation of the river again?" Li Jiancheng frowned and said casually. Suddenly, he seemed to realize something and glanced around.
When he turned to Chen Yanshou, he saw Chen Yanshou's eyes looking towards him, full of encouragement.
"Then, what should we do?" Li Jiancheng was dumbfounded. After a long while, he asked Xi Ai Ai. He is a long history and knows the amount of grain stored in various places in western Liaoning. If Yang Xuangan rebels and cuts off the grain road, within two months, hundreds of people will be
The vast army of the Liao Dynasty will have no food to eat!
"We don't have any evidence to prove that Yang Xuangan intends to rebel! Two generations of the Yang family have been members of the Shangzhu Kingdom, and Xuangan has always had a reputation as a virtuous person. Our Li family cannot bear the name of "harming virtuous people," nor can we slander the emperor indiscriminately.
!" Li Yuan wrinkled his nose, as if the air was filled with a bitter taste.
Yang Xuangan was the son of Yang Su of the former Shangzhu Kingdom. He was handsome in appearance, good in both civil and military affairs, and became famous all over the world when he was young. Since he inherited the title of Duke of Chu, there have been many sages and talents in his family. Even Yang, the son of King Guande,
Gongdao, Han Shi'e, the son of the famous general Han Qinhu, and Li Mi, the hereditary Duke of Pushan County, all became his staff. This man had accompanied Yu Wenshu in the western expedition to Tuyuhun and had outstanding military exploits. After he was transferred to a local official,
, rectifying corruption and impeaching traitors, which also led to peace and prosperity under the rule. If such a person who was both good at running the country and knowing military strategy rebelled in the rear, the national destiny of the Sui Dynasty would of course be in jeopardy!
Before the Eastern Expedition, Yan Guan had already dissuaded His Majesty the Emperor, asking him not to leave the task of supervising the transportation of military supplies to the front to Yang Xuangan. However, the Yang family had countless old friends in the court, and any person's guarantee was better than Yan Guan's capriciousness.
His Majesty the Emperor was even more convinced by his words. After some private operations, His Majesty the Emperor not only did not doubt Yang Xuangan's loyalty, but also gave him a lot of gold, silver and jewelry as a token of appeasement.
Even if there is conclusive evidence, Li Yuan does not have the courage to expose it to His Majesty the Emperor. The person whom His Majesty the Sui Emperor distrusts the most is the person named Li. Once his suspicion is wrong, it will be a disaster for the Li family. Therefore, the only thing Li Yuan can do at the moment
The first thing he did was to issue military letters and urge Master Yang, the Minister of Rites, over and over again to transport the grain and grass stored in the Central Plains as soon as possible.
"Your Majesty is hanging in Liaodong alone with an overwhelming army. The counties in Huaiyuan have less than a month's supply of military supplies. If the supply of supplies is delayed, the army will be in danger!" That night, the military letter that Li Yuan had sent four days ago at a cost of 800 miles was delivered again.
Yang Xuangan's hand.
"If the army is not in danger, how can I succeed! This Li Shude is really worthy of a mother-in-law!" Yang Xuangan threw the general's book to the ground with disdain, his heart full of contempt for Li Yuan.
On Yisi in June (the third day of the lunar month), Yang Xuangan rebelled. The world was shocked. (To be continued)
