Last year's inexplicable fiasco resulted in the loss of hundreds of thousands of veteran soldiers. Many of these new soldiers had never even seen blood. How could they possibly capture a fortified city?
"The Great Sui Dynasty is coming to an end, and every war will accelerate the decline of the Great Sui Dynasty." After returning to his tent, Li Yuan retreated. Only himself and his two sons were left in the tent, and he couldn't help but sigh.
Li Jiancheng also sighed and said: "What my father said is absolutely true. The defeat of Goguryeo last year was certainly due to His Majesty the Emperor's constant tricks, treacherous ministers' slander and pedantic mistakes by some civil servants. But this time these factors are gone, but we still can't conquer it for a long time."
Liaodong City, this is a true reflection of the severe decline in military power of the Sui Dynasty."
Li Shimin did not show any worry or disappointment. Just as he was about to say something, Li Yuan sighed again and said: "When the Sui Dynasty was founded, it was not what it is today. The Sui Dynasty back then could be unprepared.
, withstood the violent attack of 200,000 Turkic cavalry, and then killed the Turks and Tuguhun people and fled. The Sui Dynasty only used more than 400,000 people to completely wipe out the so-called Nanchen, Jinling, and Yuezhou.
All the impregnable cities were swept down. But now, the Sui Dynasty sent out a million troops, but they could not capture a single Liaodong city."
Li Shimin, who is only sixteen years old this year, said: "Father, eldest brother, the Sui Dynasty is old and may have reached its end. Father needs to make plans for our family's future as soon as possible."
Li Yuan cheered up and said, "Yes, no matter what the outcome is after this war, I need to find a position as the governor of a prosperous and large county. Otherwise, in troubled times, if I don't control the land of a county, it will be difficult to ensure the safety of my family."
Li Jiancheng was still thinking about what had just happened, and couldn't help but ask: "Father, I know the decline of the Sui Dynasty, but why does father think that the army will not be able to capture Liaodong City in a short time? After all, if one hundred thousand Xiaoguo is lost, even if it is a waste of money,
Life can also exhaust the Liaodong City defenders."
Li Yuan frowned slightly and said nothing, but Li Shimin asked loudly and confidently: "Brother, even the 600,000 government troops cannot capture the fortified city of Liaodong. Brother thought that with the help of 100,000 recruits who are not even as good as rogue bandits, we can do it."
It can be attacked."
Li Jiancheng was good at literary affairs and had never been very good at military affairs. However, he felt unhappy when his younger brother retorted like this. He asked again: "Second brother, news came yesterday that His Majesty has ordered the army to move the base of the land to Liaodong."
The city is level with the city, and although my brother has not led troops to attack the city, he also knows that under such circumstances, the day of breaking the city is not far away."
Li Shimin glanced at his father and saw that the latter was paying attention to their brothers' argument, so he became more energetic and said: "Eldest brother doesn't know something. If the destruction of the city is just around the corner, Your Majesty will not order one hundred thousand Xiaoguo to come forward.
Moreover, His Majesty even personally issued an order that the first person to enter the city would be promoted to the third level and sealed to ten thousand households. With such a heavy reward, if Liaodong City can be breached quickly, how can such a great achievement not be given to these heroes."
"And now the person in charge of the defense of Liaodong City is Nayuan Gaisuwen. I remember that when King Qin An went to Fanyang County to take office two years ago, he passed by our house and once said about this son. He said that this son's talent is still in his father Yuan Taizuo.
Above all, Yuan Taizuo held Liaodong City tightly last year, and Yuan Gaisuwen may be even more difficult to deal with."
Li Jiancheng couldn't defeat Li Shimin, so he turned to Li Yuan and said, "Father also thinks that Liaodong City will be difficult to capture in a short time?"
Li Yuan smiled and did not answer. Instead, he motioned to his second son Li Shimin to explain. The latter became more and more high-spirited and said domineeringly: "I don't know what I know. A thirty-foot-wide earthen fortress can only guarantee that our Sui army will rush to the city." After rushing to the top of the city, you still 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 numerical advantage. On the contrary, the number of veterans and the individual combat effectiveness of the soldiers have become the key, and our Sui Mansion Now is the time when the army is in decline."
Li Shimin's analysis and explanation were very professional and convincing, but it made Li Jiancheng even more embarrassed. After all, anyone who was left speechless by his brother would feel very unhappy.
Li Yuan saw that his eldest son's face turned red when he was told by his second son, and couldn't help but said: "However, the Goguryeo people won't be able to wait long. His Majesty the Emperor has ordered Yuwen Chengdu to lead people to cut down trees and build a bridge by the Mazhai water. King Qin An is here It is impossible that there will be no movement in Annan County. Even if Liaodong City can be defended until winter, if Pyongyang City is captured by our Sui army, Goguryeo will also be destroyed. What will happen if the Liaodong City is left alone!"
"What the father said is absolutely true, and the child thought the same way just now." Li Jiancheng glanced at Li Shimin, his face looked better, and he pretended to be calm and said.
Li Yuan nodded, but sighed in his heart. The eldest son Jiancheng was very talented in civil affairs, but he was indeed lacking in military affairs. This was not a good thing in troubled times, and he lacked the strategy to be a good head of the family. Vision, this is what worries him most.
Troubled times are coming, and every family may have the opportunity to develop upwards, but at the same time, it may disappear. A hundred years ago, in the land of Jiangnan, people said they would call Wang Xie, but now, who can still see where the doors and windows of the Wang Xie family are?
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On Snake Island, in the square building hall that Nie Xiaoyu built for himself, Wang Junlin clasped his hands behind his back and looked at the map hanging on the north wall.
This is not a map of Goguryeo, nor is it a map of the main battlefield in Liaodong or a map of the border between Annan and Goguryeo, but a map with Hongnong County as the center, overlooking most of the Sui Dynasty.
Since Yang Guang forced the second expedition to Goguryeo, Wang Junlin's attention or focus has been entirely on Yang Su of the Hongnong family, except for Fang Qiao, Luo Chunlai, and Liu Yidong who were far away in Annan Kingdom at the beginning. Li Xuanba ordered troops to be dispatched to the border between Annan and Goguryeo for a small fight. Except for some indications, he never paid attention to the war in Goguryeo.
When Wang Junlin went to Luoyang last year, he told Yang Guang that the Hongnong Yang family had the intention to rebel. Yang Guang also knew that Yang Su was probably still alive. Yang Guang also took many preventive measures, such as removing his relationship with Yang Su. Li Zixiong, who was close to Li Zixiong, was in charge of the official position in Youzhou. Several counties around the Hongnong Yang family sent their close men to serve as prefects and Ying Yanglang generals.
But Wang Junlin knew that for Yang Su, when Yang Guang Yujia personally conquered Goguryeo, it was the best time for their Hongnong Yang family to rebel. In fact, various clues that Shen Guoer found showed that Yang Su was indeed preparing to rebel. thing.
"The emperor's arrangements for the counties near Hongnong County are actually very thorough. The total number of soldiers and horses in each county is no less than one hundred thousand. In this expedition to Goguryeo, the soldiers and horses of these counties were not mobilized. So on the surface, it seems that Yang Su is plotting a rebellion. , there is no chance of winning, and if Yang Su cannot break out of Hongnong County in a short period of time, occupy a large area of territory, and control the land above the five counties, when the imperial army returns, the Hongnong Yang family's rebellion will be easily eliminated. "The speaker was Luo Shixin. There was a military discussion at this time. According to Wang Junlin's habit, everyone can speak freely.