The first thousand two hundred and thirty-six chapters of the second conquest of Koguryo
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"Sure enough, it is still unavoidable." Wang Junlin sighed. There was not much surprise about this. The second expedition to Goguryeo in the original history was only one year away from the first. There was no way Yang Guang could be called the most temperamental in history. The anxious emperor.
Du Ruhui was already disappointed with the court. He shook his head with a touch of sarcasm on his face and said nothing.
Liu Ziming frowned tightly and couldn't help but said: "Isn't there anyone in the court who dissuaded me?"
Shen Guo'er said: "Of course there will be, but the emperor went against everyone's opinions and killed some more people. In addition, some wealthy families had ulterior motives and secretly promoted the second expedition to Goguryeo, so no one in the court dares to say anything now."
Liu Ziming let out a long sigh, shook his head, and stopped talking.
Wang Junlin had long known that the second expedition to Goguryeo was absolutely unavoidable, so there was no surprise. He asked about another thing he was concerned about: "What's going on with the Hongnong Yang family? Is there any intention to rebel?"
Shen Guoer looked solemn and said: "Yang Su acted very cryptically. Although there were some clues, he did not leave any clues or evidence."
Wang Junlin sneered and said: "Send the most capable people to Hongnong County to keep an eye on the Yang family. Any abnormality will be sent to Fanyang County via flying eagle relay as soon as possible."
"Guo'er understands, go and arrange this now." Shen Guo stood up and saluted.
Wang Junlin asked again: "One more thing, what is the current situation in Wagang Village?"
Shen Guoer thought for a moment and said: "The prince asked Xu Shiji from Lihu County, Jiyin County, who he has been asking about, to defect to Wagang Village last month and become the second most important person in Wagang after Zhai Rang. Now Wagang Army is in At the border between Xingyang County (which governs present-day Zhengzhou, Henan Province) and Liang County (which governs present-day Shangqiu, Henan Province) that the Bianshui River passes through, the main purpose is to seize the goods of public and private boating, kill the rich and give to the poor, and have defeated local county soldiers seven times. At present, Wagangzhai There are more than 10,000 people.”
When Wang Junlin heard about Xu Shiji, he suddenly thought of Shan Xiongxin. In the original history, Shan Xiongxin also defected to Wagang Village at this time with a large amount of money and warriors, and became another giant of Wagang Village. Now Shan Xiongxin He became a general under his command, but Wei Zheng, Qin Qiong,
Cheng Yaojin and other talented people may still go to Wagang Village one after another.
"Perhaps it would be a good idea to take advantage of Shan Xiongxin's disobedience of orders and let Shan Xiongxin go to Wagang Village according to the original history..." Such an idea suddenly popped into Wang Junlin's mind.
After Shen Guoer left, the more Wang Junlin thought about it, the more he felt that sending Shan Xiongxin to Wagang Village was a very good choice. With his own secretly large amount of manpower, financial and material support, and a clear goal, Shan Xiongxin was in Wagang Village. The village must have great potential. Not to mention whether it will bring a strong army to itself in the future, even if it can 'seduce' talented people like Xu Shiji, Chen Yaojin and Wei Zheng, it will still make a lot of money.
"When will Shan Xiongxin and the county soldiers come back?" Wang Junlin suddenly asked.
"Replying to the prince, according to the good news, we can return to the county town before this evening." Liu Ziming replied.
"Anyway, Shan Xiongxin won the battle, and Zi Ming went to greet the county soldiers who returned triumphantly for me. But Shan Xiongxin, after you announced your praise and achievements to him, you grabbed him directly in full view of the public and turned him over to me. Come here." Wang Junlin thought for a moment, his eyes flashed, and he said in a deep voice.
"Arrest him? Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is inappropriate! Although Shan Xiongxin did not respect the prince's orders and was good at killing Dou Jiande, but after all, he had just made great achievements and followed the prince for many years..." Liu Ziming is an honest man, and he said before that Shan would be severely punished.
Xiongxin, at this time, spoke kind words for Shan Xiongxin again.
But before Liu Ziming could finish his words, Wang Junlin waved his hand and said: "Ziming, there is no need to say more, I have my own profound meaning."
In the evening, during the triumphal ceremony of the counter-rebellion army, Shan Xiongxin was taken away by Liu Ziming for disrespecting orders. After Wang Junlin reprimanded Shan Xiongxin in person, Shan Xiongxin refused to admit his mistake. Wang Junlin was furious and threw him into prison.
That night, Sun Tieya and some of Shan Xiongxin's close soldiers took the risk to rescue Shan Xiongxin, and the group fled and fled to the end of the world.
The next day, Fanyang County issued an arrest announcement.
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On the fifth day after Shan Xiongxin fled, the imperial court began to enter the substantive preparation stage for the second expedition to Goguryeo.
In the first conquest of Goguryeo last year, all the elite soldiers were lost, so this time the Sui Dynasty had to recruit warriors with gold and silver again.
On the third day of March in the eighth year of Daye, Yang Guang ordered various places to start transporting grain to western Liaoning.
On the sixth day of March, Yang Guang ordered the recruitment of Xiaoguo to join the army.
On March 23, Yang Guang issued a decree to grant amnesty to the whole country, allowing prisoners on death row to go to Liaodong to perform meritorious service and atone for their sins.
On March 24, Wei Wensheng was transferred to Luoyang and served as Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, assisting the prince in supervising the country.
On the 16th day of April in the eighth year of Daye, His Majesty the Emperor set out from Luoyang, the eastern capital, to begin his second personal expedition.
On May 5th, the Sixth Army of the Emperor came to Youzhou.
On May 13th, His Majesty the Emperor placed six animals, water and wine on the beach to pay homage to the souls of the heroes who died in Liaodong last year.
On the same day, thirty-one county guards and border generals jointly submitted a letter, asking His Majesty the Emperor to carefully consider the conquest of the Liao Dynasty. The officials believed that "China is exhausted, and it is not appropriate to attack the Liao Dynasty frequently." The emperor personally used ten thousand vehicles to conquer the Liao Dynasty.
It will cause a waste of national power and lead to chaos in internal affairs.
"I can't defeat it personally. Who can defeat it but me?" His Majesty the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang, threw his seal on the ground and shouted angrily. If there weren't too many people signing the petition, he would definitely kill a few more people to make sure everyone
Understand his determination to conquer Goguryeo. That night, the Holy Emperor stayed at the Haidun Palace to deal with all the delayed government affairs.
At the same time, Yang Guang's order to Fanyang County's Far East March Administrator's Office also arrived. Just like the first expedition to Goguryeo, Wang Junlin was asked to lead the navy all the way from Goguryeo's Annan County to cooperate with the main force in Liaodong and attack Goguryeo at the same time.
Last year, Yang Guang was very ambitious and thought that Liaodong could be pacified in one battle. In the end, hundreds of thousands of troops died in the battle and millions of civilians died, but all they got in exchange was the ridicule of the Goguryeo people. This year, the ministers do not want to continue the war, and the people
He didn't want to continue the war. But he, the emperor, had no choice but to continue the war.
Yang Guang believed that the Sui Dynasty relied entirely on its military prowess to suppress the chiefs from all directions. If it was weak in conquering Goguryeo, the surrounding tribes would follow suit. In this way, military disasters would continue, and wars around the Sui Dynasty would become even more intense.
If there are too many, the internal bandits will become more and more rampant.
Yang Guang is convinced of this.
"It's not that I don't care about the people, but I'm riding a tiger and it's hard to get off!" Yang Guang sighed, looking at the mountain-high pile of memorials against the conquest of Goguryeo on the imperial court, and kept shaking his head.
"Your Majesty, why should you pay attention to the nonsense of those people? They are just trying to gain a good reputation as a lover of the people!" Yu Shiji said loudly at the side with a righteous face.