On the contrary, with the fall of Liaodong City, it was shocking bad news for Goguryeo, and they became passive from then on.
After today, they can only keep a close eye on the movements of the Sui army, and mobilize large forces to fight according to the Sui army's rhythm and direction. If the Sui army goes north, they can only choose to go north to support. If the Sui army goes south, they can only go south to fight, and they can't.
In other words, with the fall of Liaodong City, Goguryeo could only be led by the Sui army.
Of course, these are only theoretical. What will happen in practice will only be known after playing it.
The atmosphere in the imperial tent was high and enthusiastic. The Sui troops in the city were orderly fighting in the streets according to the established plan to clean up the remaining enemies, while the monarchs and ministers in the imperial tent were roasting whole sheep and feasting on them.
Fang Qiao was also among the generals celebrating the victory. He had always served as Yang Guang's secretary. In the past few years, he had become very familiar with Yang Guang's personality. Because of his familiarity, he was extremely disappointed with Yang Guang.
Different from Liu Ziming's uprightness, Fang Qiao is a person who assesses the situation very well. He knows Yang Guang's character and cannot listen to other people's advice at all, so he has rarely given advice to Yang Guang in recent years, but tonight he
Decided to dissuade, not only because Wang Junlin sent someone to come with words, but also because he himself wanted to dissuade.
When the epidemic began to appear in the army, Fang Qiao had an ominous premonition in his heart. He always felt that a great victory might be followed by a great defeat. It was not until Wang Junlin sent someone to send a long personal letter that Fang Qiao became even more worried.
It was decided that this battle could no longer continue.
Of course, these thoughts were so rebellious that even Fang Qiao would not dare to say them out even if he were to kill him. He would use another way to dissuade them.
The atmosphere of the victory banquet was warm and noisy, and there was laughter and laughter everywhere. Contrary to the trend of huge casualties in the war these days, Fang Qiao looked at Yang Guang with deep disappointment in his eyes.
Yang Guang didn't realize that he was being quietly disappointed by Fang Qiao. At this moment, his mood was very high. The capture of Liaodong City made the whole war chessboard come alive in vain, so he was in a good mood...
While the emperor and his ministers were feasting happily, the scouts kept reporting the latest military information outside the commander's tent.
Wang's Division has broken through the Wengcheng, beheading more than 7,000 people, and surrendered more than 60,000. Wang's Division has broken through the inner city, beheaded more than 4,000, and surrendered more than 5,000. Wang's Division has been blocked from entering the inner city, and the enemy troops are resisting in the streets and alleys.
, the king's division was broken into pieces, relying on the streets and alleys to fight step by step, and ordered the city to be set on fire, forcing the enemy to fight head-on, beheading more than 4,000 enemies, and the number of those who surrendered is unknown...
One after another, the battle reports smelling of blood were presented to Yang Guang's handsome tent like a quick glance. The expressions of the monarchs and ministers in the tent did not change at all, their moods seemed to be better, and the laughter continued one after another.
Fang Qiao's mood at the moment was neither sad nor happy. He knew that the Korean soldiers and civilians in Liaodong City might not be able to survive the night. What would be left after the army crushed them? A piece of scorched earth and ruins, just corpses pooled with blood on the ground, at least for Yang now.
Guang never mentioned giving the Goguryeo people a so-called war of benevolence and justice.
"Your Majesty, Master Wang will be able to clear the city of Liaodong tonight. From now on, several hundred miles to the west of Liaodong can enter our territory of the Sui Dynasty. I congratulate your Majesty!"
With Yu Wenshu taking the lead, there was a sudden burst of congratulations from all the officials in the tent. Yang Guang faintly regained his confidence. He raised his head and laughed boldly, looking down on the world. However, when he thought about the disappearance of the men sent by Wang Junlin, and the ability to explode
The terrifying secret treasure that destroyed a city wall was not under his control, so he felt very unhappy and had some shadows in his heart.
After the tent calmed down a bit, Yu Wenshu gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, at this moment, Liaodong City is in the hands of the Sui Dynasty. We can discuss the next move of Master Wang."
The smile on Yang Guang's face did not diminish, he looked around at the generals and said: "Yes, now that Liaodong has been conquered, the next step is to look at the entire territory of Goguryeo."
The tent suddenly became quiet. There was an epidemic in the army, and the epidemic was even more serious among the civilians responsible for the logistics supply. Under such circumstances, it is very doubtful whether the battle should be fought immediately. It can be seen that the problem
There were quite a few people, but no one would speak rashly. The ministers frowned and fell into deep thought.
In the crowd, Fang Qiao's expression gradually turned cold, and his hands in his sleeves secretly clenched his fists. As expected, no one in Sui Dynasty dared to tell the truth in front of His Majesty.
Liaodong City was captured at the cost of hundreds of thousands of casualties. He originally thought that Yang Guang would learn a lesson and carefully consider his next move, but Fang Qiao did not expect that Yang Guang would still insist on his own way and continue to make mistakes unyieldingly.
Yes, no matter how he fights next, Yang Guang has made a mistake. At this time, Yang Guang still has no intention of retreating or stopping. It seems that he will continue to attack Goguryeo regardless of all costs.
Complete Yang Guang's personal unparalleled achievements.
He did not pay much attention to the epidemics that appeared in the army and civilians. Perhaps this was because the common people and ordinary soldiers were always just numbers in Yang Guang's heart.
Yang Guang didn't know what kind of misfortune his willful actions would bring to the more than 800,000 soldiers and three million civilians. Originally, Liaodong City could not be captured before, and Yang Guang began to face Goguryeo as an opponent. But now with Liaodong City
The city was captured, and Yang Guang's confidence swelled again.
Full of resentment and advice, Fang Qiao wanted to say it, but his wisdom and experience told him that when Yang Guang, whose confidence was growing, wanted to do anything, it was impossible to listen to other people's suggestions. If he spoke too much, he would probably
It will lead to death.
At this moment, Yang Guang did not seem to feel that he was going further and further down the wrong path. Instead, he was complacent. He felt that the annihilation of Goguryeo was just around the corner, and he no longer took Goguryeo seriously.
Fang Qiao secretly sighed, remembering what Wang Junlin said in his letter that he would not care if he got into trouble. At least he should say something for the nearly one million soldiers of the armed forces and save their lives.
"Your Majesty, I believe that the most important thing at the moment is not to immediately send troops to attack other places. The first thing our soldiers of the King's Division have to do is... rest and reorganize, restore military morale, especially solve the problem of epidemics, otherwise..." Fang
Qiao lowered his head and tried to be as tactful as possible.
Yang Guang raised his eyebrows: "Restore the morale of the army? Xuanling has worried too much. Today we conquered Liaodong City. I thought the morale of the army has been restored in an instant. Xuanling, today's tent is full of veteran generals who have led the army for many years. How to rectify the morale of the army? They are competing."
You know, what do you, a civil servant, know..."
Fang Qiao pondered for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, when the king's army marches far away, it is taboo for military strategists to run tiredly, not to mention that an epidemic has appeared in the army, although not many people are suffering from the epidemic at the moment.
, but the psychological fear it brought to the soldiers was huge. For example, if a minister in the imperial tent is sick, everyone can talk about military affairs here. In other words, in the army,
When an epidemic occurs, even if there is only one in ten thousand people, regardless of whether the epidemic will spread or not, other people will inevitably become panicked."