Chapter 1115 The grief and indignation of the twelve generals
Yu Wenshu, who was in charge of the frontline command, discussed with several generals including Wang Rengong and decided not to spread the emperor's decree to ordinary soldiers, but chose to continue the offensive the next day.
However, the army attacked with all its strength for a whole day and killed nearly ten thousand people, but still failed to break through Liaodong City.
At this time, Liaodong City had been dyed blood red, most of it was the blood of the Sui soldiers, and only a little bit of it was the blood of the Goguryeo defenders.
The Goguryeo battle flag at the top of the city was still erected. Except for Wang Junlin, no one could predict how long it would remain upright. General Wang Rengong, who was famous for his bravery, led Zuowu Wei to charge up, but was knocked down again by rocks. Yu Wenshu, who was famous for his cunning, resorted to various means such as attacking in the east and attacking in the west, encircling three and missing one, defrauding the city with aid, etc., but the Goguryeo people still did not give up their resistance.
The attackers climbed up to the top of the city and were cut down. The defenders stuck their heads out and were shot into thorns. When the game of surrender and care was exhausted, both the enemy and us finally used their full strength. There were scenes of bloodshed. The tragedy of fire is performed outside the city wall every day, the same story is repeated every day, and many people die every day.
Finally, Yang Guang's patience ran out, and he issued an order allowing the armies to attack by force.
However, it was already too late. Goguryeo had entered the rainy season with the heaviest rainfall among the four seasons of the year. And I don’t know if it was because too many people died on this land. The rain was extremely heavy. It rained for four consecutive days, turning the land into mud. .
After the heavy rain, the rain in Zhejiang and Zhejiang never ended. The humid weather greatly reduced the power of crossbows and catapults. Without the support of these two siege weapons, no matter how strong the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty were, they would not be able to carry out a strong attack. Without gaining the upper hand, everyone knew that attacking the city at this time would be risking death.
But Yang Guang didn't care about the life and death of his soldiers. He ordered Heavy Rain to attack the city. More than 30,000 people died in three days. There were no trebuchets and crossbows to attack the city. These 30,000 people didn't even attack the city. Died under Liaodong City.
The corpses of more than 30,000 soldiers only made Yang Guang understand one fact - it is impossible to attack the city in rainy weather.
Yang Guang suddenly fell into a state of worrying about gains and losses. He had been too involved in the drama before, and the people around him flattered him too much. As time went by, he became convinced that he was the common master of the world and the emperor of the ages. Wherever he went It will inevitably lead to destruction, but now even the sky is preventing him from attacking the city. Yang Guang can't help but wonder if the sky is warning him something.
But Yang Guang's stubborn side was completely aroused. He didn't know who told him. He thought this was a test from heaven. So he ordered the soldiers to recharge their batteries while waiting for the arrival of sunny weather.
Yuan Taizuo had long spread rumors in Liaodong City, saying that once the Sui people broke the city, they would massacre it. Therefore, hundreds of thousands of people and the army in the city rarely united as one and tried their best to defend the city. Now they saw that the Sui people were defeated one after another. On the contrary, morale is getting higher and higher.
The Sui army outside the city was just the opposite. The morale of the army was on the verge of collapse.
Yu Wenshu, Wang Rengong, Li Zixiong and other generals vaguely understood that whether they could capture Liaodong City would depend on the first battle between the two sides after the weather cleared.
Pei Shiju finally realized that the situation was not good. If the Sui Dynasty was defeated this time and the domestic turmoil was turbulent, the Sui Dynasty's rule might be on the verge of collapse. So he found an opportunity to suggest to Yang Guang that the Daliang River be dug up to flood the city, because the Daliang River is far away from Liaodong. The north wall of the city is less than two miles.
But Yang Guang said too much before. In front of the civil and military officials of the court and the ninety-nine envoys, he said with great confidence and majesty that he is the common master of the world, he is the emperor of the Sui Dynasty, and he wants to let
The people of Goguryeo became his own subjects, and he disdained to do such a thing. He refused once, and then he couldn't help but adopt the strategy of digging a river to flood Liaodong City.
After Yang Guang reprimanded Pei Shiju, he returned from Wanghaidun North and arrived at the frontline camp.
He was caught in the rain on the road, so His Majesty the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty looked a little ugly. But this did not prevent him from expressing his anger to the ministers. In other words, the pale complexion made his power more unpredictable.
Feel.
Of course, if Wang Junlin looked at Yang Guang's expression here, he would immediately find that Yang Guang's state at this time was a little abnormal. He was praised too highly by everyone, and he was convinced that he was a god-like emperor. As a result,
A kind of hysteria when you find that you are not recognized by heaven and seem to be just as ordinary as other emperors, and may even be defeated miserably.
Yang Guang summoned twelve generals in front of him and cursed them for an entire hour.
The twelve generals knelt in front of Yang Guang and lowered their heads, looking ashamed, but in their hearts they were inexplicably angry and aggrieved. Everyone was thinking that if His Majesty did not lead the expedition in person and he would lead the army to attack Goguryeo,
The result will never be like this.
But no one dares to say such things. We are all smart people, and we know that whoever speaks will be beheaded by the order of the mad emperor.
It took more than a month for a million-strong army to capture the first city of what they said was a small country. This result was unacceptable to Yang Guang.
Especially when the envoys from the Ninety-nine Kingdoms were watching, Yang Guang felt that he had been humiliated.
General Zuo Yiwei Yu Wenshu lowered his head, unwilling to say a word. General Twelve Guards has the oldest seniority and the closest relationship with His Majesty the Emperor. Usually everyone follows his lead, but today he became
Being mute, the other generals no longer had the courage to speak. They all stared at the tips of their boots, not daring to speak out.
"What's wrong? Why don't you say anything? Could it be that my army of one million cannot defeat Goguryeo's army of less than 300,000? Wang Junlin led 10,000 temporarily recruited pirates at sea and has captured three cities and most of them.
Annan County, and you! Twelve generals, with millions of troops, crossed the Liao River, but they were unable to move even an inch. They couldn't even attack Liaodong City." Seeing that everyone refused to say anything, Yang Guang became even more angry and stared.
With eyes wide open, he shouted angrily.
Originally, Yang Guang was convinced that Liaodong City would soon be breached. He took the envoys from the Ninety-nine Kingdoms and a group of civil servants to Wanghaidun and had a great time, thinking that after spending this beautiful summer at the seaside, he would hear the news of Goguryeo's surrender.
.Unexpectedly, what came from the front line was repeated defeats. Even the one-month siege cost them nearly 100,000 people.
But what Yang Guang was thinking about at this time was not that the Goguryeo people had such a strong will to resist, nor that his stupid two decrees had tied up the twelve generals and tied them tightly to Liaodong City, but that without him
On the front line, these twelve generals didn't even know how to fight.