Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3182 Chaos

Chang Sun Chong pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "Heavenly power is unpredictable, who can know His Majesty's thoughts? However, in my opinion, if Da Molizhi really negotiates a peace, His Majesty will probably not pursue it."

The Great Tang conquered the world, established the country with benevolence and righteousness, and adopted a gentle policy towards all the attached monarchs, ministers, and nobles. Many even allowed them to continue to command the old ministries and serve the Great Tang, such as Ashina Simo.What your Majesty wants is the title of Emperor through the ages, and it must be recognized by all the tribes in the world. If Yuan Gai Suwen really reined in the precipice and surrendered to negotiate a peace, instead of killing him, His Majesty would treat him favorably to demonstrate the benevolence and virtue of the Tang Dynasty. The emperor's magnanimity.

"How can this be good?"

Boy Yuan looked sad, as if sitting on pins and needles.

He has been plotting for a long time, hoping to save his own life with the help of the eldest grandson's family connections, and to become the eagle and dog minion of the Tang Dynasty ruling Goguryeo, to continue the power of the Yuan clan, and to replace his father as a great hero of the Yuan clan.

Unexpectedly, his father suddenly wanted to surrender and negotiate peace, and all his plans came to nothing, and he still could not escape the desperate situation of being deposed...

Seeing Yuan boys panicked, Chang Sun Chong was also full of entanglements.

He didn't care whether the boy Yuan was abolished, whether he was alive or dead, he only cared about what Yuan Gai Suwen was thinking. Seriously surrender to Datang. Negotiating peace is always a matter of fighting and talking, constantly testing each other's bottom line, fighting and stopping, stopping and fighting. On behalf of Da Mo Lizhi, he really wants to negotiate a peace, even if he really wants to negotiate a peace, the development of the situation will be full of variables, and the final outcome is still unknown. Your son can rest easy and stay calm."

He still didn't think that Yuan Gai Suwen really had the intention of negotiating a peace, it must be a tactic to delay the battle, to delay the battle, to take advantage of the Tang army's unwillingness to increase casualties, and to delay the war until winter, at least he could calmly mobilize more troops The army came to Ping Rang City to participate in the decisive battle.

But this kind of speculation is just guesswork, he can't conclude that Yuan Gai Suwen is just a tactic to slow down the army, he must report the truth to his father, and then his father will report it to His Majesty, and His Majesty will make a decision.

Boy Yuan cheered up a little. Now he obeyed what Changsun Chong said, and felt that what he said made sense.

After all, with his father's disposition, it's really unbelievable to make such a surrender and negotiate a peace...

Changsun Chong took a sip of tea and pondered: "Besides, there is the most important point. The 'Wang Zhuang Army' under Da Mo Lizhi's command has never shown up. I don't know where they are lurking. They must be carrying Da Mo Lizhi's last hope. If this army doesn't come out, Da Mo Lizhi still has hope in his heart, so why would he bow his knees and surrender to discuss peace?"

"Wang Zhuangjun" has always been a lingering hidden danger in Chang Sun Chong's heart.Such a mighty army has been unaware of its movements until now, and it must have carried the orders of Yuan Gai Suwen, and waited for the critical moment to attack suddenly, reaping unexpected results.

The "Wang Zhuang Army" has never shown up for a day, and has never been defeated. Chang Sun Chong did not believe that Yuan Gai Suwen would sincerely surrender and discuss peace.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, he saw the boy Yuan with a resentful expression on his face, and said, "When my father called me to discuss it last night, he said that as long as he can get the promise of the Emperor of Tang, he will not hurt my Yuan family." The foundation of the clan, he is willing to hand over all the 'Wang Zhuangjun', disarm and stop fighting..."

Chang Sun Chong: "..."

This sentence overturned all his judgments.

What's the situation?
Could it be that Yuan Gai Su Wen really changed his temper, and for the sake of the family's reproduction and inheritance, he did not hesitate to bow his knees and surrender to peace, willing to be a prisoner?
I can't...

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Liaodong.

After the Tang army captured Anshi City, they massacred most of the defenders in the city.This is not because of how tyrannical the Tang army is, it is because the hundreds of thousands of troops have been overwhelmed with logistical supplies, and it is really unsustainable to keep tens of thousands of captives.

You can't let the tigers in the army cut down on food and clothing to support the captives, right?

Therefore, the British Duke Li Ji ordered to select [-] strong and strong men from among the captives, send them to the seaside, and transport them back to the country by the navy to serve as a "construction corps" to enrich the construction of water conservancy, roads and other technical facilities in various places. under construction.

The rest of the old, weak, sick and disabled will all be murdered.

Afterwards, the Tang army made some adjustments, and the troops divided into groups and went southward, heading straight to several Goguryeo mountain cities by the Yalu River.

When the army reached the bank of the Yalu River, all the generals in the army fell into silence as they looked at the Bochai City, which was built next to the mountains and rivers.

The Yalu water is choppy and fast-flowing. The city of Bocha is built on the mountain, and the terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Moreover, this place is defended by the famous Goguryeo general Jian Mucen, who has tens of thousands of troops and leans against the strong city. If he wants to capture it, it will be nothing more than Another fierce battle.

It's okay to fight fiercely, the morale of the Tang army is high, and they are not afraid of casualties, so why fear fierce battles?

The problem is that Bojia City was built not far from the Yalu River Ferry. Attacking from the road would have to bypass several rivers, and it would be difficult to take advantage of the strength of the troops. But if the navy is ordered to send small warships upstream to The artillery bombarded the city of Boba, which could easily break through its defenses, like a tortoise whose shell has been peeled off, and there is no longer any resistance.

But if that's the case, who should be credited with the feat of capturing Bocha City and forcibly crossing the Yalu River?
At the beginning, in order to exclude the navy from the Eastern Expedition, so that it could not get involved in the meritorious service, all parties reached a tacit agreement to exclude it.There were many fierce battles during the Eastern Expedition, knowing that if the navy participated, the result would be multiplied with half the effort, but everyone was greedy for meritorious service, and would rather risk the danger of losing troops than the navy to participate in it.

Then everyone suddenly discovered that whether it was the Anshi City before, or the Boba City in front of us, or even the Pingrang City in the future, although these fortified cities were built on the edge of the mountains, none of them were built on the edge of the big rivers. And the navy is invincible in the world on the surface of the water. They only need to go upstream and bombard with artillery. These so-called strong cities in the world are completely vulnerable...

In the Chinese military tent.

Li Ji also encountered difficulties, so he simply asked to see His Majesty Li Er and expressed his hesitation in his heart.

"Your Majesty clearly learned that the prosperity of the navy is just the natural enemy of Goguryeo. They are restrained by nature. As long as the navy is reused, it can achieve twice the result with half the effort. But now the army is extremely resistant to the navy. If you rashly assign the important task of attacking the city to the navy , I'm afraid it will shake the morale of the army and lower the morale... I don't dare to be professional, so I implore Your Majesty to rule."

Although he is the head of Zaifu, and his power in the army is not low, whether to allow the navy to participate in the siege involves the interests of many parties, and once it is launched, it will inevitably affect the whole body.If it goes well, it's okay, but if all parties are in conflict, it will be troublesome.

Affected the plan of the Eastern Expedition, who can bear this responsibility?
Therefore, Li Ji felt more and more that His Majesty Li Er's unswerving policy of suppressing aristocratic families was actually a good policy for the stability of the country.Otherwise, let the power of domestic clans and factions continue to develop, and everyone will fight against each other. I will oppose everything you agree with, regardless of right or wrong. If things go on like this, the root of national subjugation will inevitably be planted.

The Great Sui Dynasty was strong and prosperous for a while, because the forces in the court and China were mixed, each had its own demands, and it was difficult to reconcile, so there were frequent internal strife. In the end, wars were everywhere, and the Nuo Empire fell and fell apart.

Sitting behind the desk, His Majesty Li Er sighed while holding the teacup in one hand.

He looks haggard at the moment, his cheeks are sunken, his whole body is becoming more and more old, his spirit is sluggish, and his condition does not look good...

After pondering for a while, His Majesty Li Er shook his head and said: "The morale of the army is the most important thing. It is absolutely impossible to make the lieutenants and generals feel conflicted just because of a smooth moment. The navy has advantages, but after all, the navy cannot go ashore. The wars in the world have to rely on these hundreds of thousands of tigers to fight one by one. If the morale of the army is unstable and the morale is low, how can Goguryeo be destroyed? This is definitely not feasible."

He is a king, and he has to consider the whole situation and focus on balance.

In these years, the navy has been invincible across the seven seas, not only destroying countless countries, occupying countless ports in various key points, but also allowing the caravans of the Tang Dynasty to flow into the ocean, and countless wealth flows into the Tang Dynasty.

Such achievements are second to none.

Because of this, the top and bottom of the navy have been rewarded many times, and numerous generals have been promoted in the army, and they are deeply envied and envied by the army of the whole country.

Therefore, the navy was excluded from the main force of the Eastern Expedition at the beginning.

If the navy is included in the main force at this moment, what will the rest of the army do if the navy breaks through the cities of Boba and Pingrang in a row?
It needs to be known that under his continuous suppression policy, the aristocratic family has gradually restrained and recognized, and the meritorious service of the Eastern Expedition this time is his reward to the aristocratic family.

Although the two sides did not make it clear, there is already a tacit understanding between them.

If he ordered the navy to be the main force at this time, the post-war meritorious service would be claimed by the navy. Those aristocratic families who counted on the meritorious service of the Eastern Expedition to increase their ranks and were willing to eliminate part of their forces and return power to the center, how could they? Let it go?

(End of this chapter)