Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 471 Three Comforters

Historically, the failure of a conquest of Goguryeo has many elements. Regardless of the fact that 110 million troops were recruited, it was claimed to be 200 million.

In fact, it was Yu Wenshu's Nine Route Chiefs with a total of 35 elites and the [-] Jianghuai navy who came to protect the children.

In other words, a total of more than 40 troops.

So why not use the rest?
First, to attack Goguryeo, you must go through the Liaoxi Corridor. More than 100 million people pass here. How long will it take?It took one and a half months, so the elite who entered Goguryeo early had already fought, and the people behind were still stuck in the Liaoxi Corridor.

Historical records: An army was sent every day, forty miles apart, and the battalions advanced gradually.

The entire army is separated by a thousand miles from head to tail, not to mention support, it is already a blessing from God if it does not delay.

The second is logistical support. Luoyang was first built, then canals were dug, and roads were built. There was one major national project a year, and the national treasury simply couldn’t bear it. Yu Wenshu's Nine Route Army.

Yang Guang ordered the vanguard officers and men to carry three stones of rations, and said: Those who abandon rice millet will be killed.

During the Kaihuang period, one stone was 106 catties, but after Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, he followed the Qin system and changed the weights and measures, so one stone became 35 catties, so the soldiers carried three stones, which is a fucking 105 catties.

Carrying more than 100 catties of grain, how to fight?

Although it is true that it is full, it also caused a great burden on the soldiers, so that countless people abandoned their military rations. In the end, the front line was short of food. In this case, Yu Wenshu accepted Goguryeo's false surrender, so Of the 35 troops, only 2700 fled back to Liaodong.

The third is Comrade Yang Guang's micro-management command. Any major decisions on the front line must be reported to him first. After he makes a decision, he will tell the generals in the front what to do. This time, there is no good opportunity. up.

This is blind self-confidence, with the merits of destroying Chen on his back, he is too self-righteous, but he doesn't know that the ones who made great efforts to destroy Chen in the Sui Dynasty are Gao Yan, Yang Su, He Ruobi and Han Qinhu.

As Marshal Chang Shi, Gao Yan led the overall situation, Yang Su annihilated the old Chen water army in one fell swoop, He Ruobi defeated the main force of the Chen army's land route, and Han Qinhu invaded Jiankang.

If you put these four people in Goguryeo, Goguryeo will also be destroyed.

Therefore, for the defeat of Goguryeo, Yang Guang had to bear 80.00% of the responsibility, and the remaining [-]% ​​were the responsibility of Yu Wenshu, Yu Zhongwen and others. Now, the timing of Goguryeo's false surrender is very suitable.

Of course, Lai Huer couldn't run away, he lost too early, after annihilating the Goguryeo navy, he swelled up, and he was about to fight Pyongyang, but Zhou Fashang didn't persuade him, so the navy was defeated.

When Yu Wenshu's Ninth Route Army arrived in Pyongyang, they still hoped that Lai Hu'er would respond, but they didn't know that the opponent's army had been wiped out.

If Lai Huer could hold on and wait for the land army to arrive, then Goguryeo would be destroyed.

Yang Ming believed that most of the father would not listen to persuasion and remove the conciliators, so he wrote letters to three of them, hoping that these three people would not restrain the commander, let alone accept any form of surrender by Goguryeo. Very gentle, but also faintly revealing the meaning of warning.

He wants these three people to understand that you don't listen to Lao Tzu this time, and see how I deal with you when you come back.

These three people are Shi Wei Deqian, the servant of Yushitai, Yuwen Jingli, the son-in-law, and Yang Chen, the secretary.

Among the nine consolation envoys, Yang Ming knew these three, and the remaining six were selected by his father after traveling around the country over the years. After all, the nine were all his father's people.

Wei Deqian is Wei Zhen's younger brother. Wei Zhen's original name was Wei Dezheng, but he was adopted by his father Wei Shi to his uncle Wei Jun, which is equivalent to giving Wei Jun the door.

As long as the adoption is good, it will have a bright future. A Yuan Shao and a Yuan Shikai all made their fortunes through adoption.

Both Wei Zhen and Wei Deqian were old people when Yang Guang was the King of Jin, because their father, Master Wei, was Yang Guang's Sima of the King of Jin.

With Wei Xianhui's relationship, Wei Dexi should have listened to the persuasion, and would not tell the emperor about Yang Ming's letter to him, because it's okay to betray others, but you can't betray the prince, it's against yourself.

As for Yuwen Jingli, this is Yang Guang's brother-in-law. He has also dealt with Yang Ming before. He has a good character and is reliable.

Not to mention Yang Chen, Yang Xiong's second son, Yan Xiaotang's appearance, [-]% imitated her second uncle.

If one of these three people becomes Li Jing's lieutenant envoy, then Li Jing can let it go.

"The first pass is the Liaohe River. This river runs across the easternmost end of the Liaoxi Corridor. It is the place that Koguryo must guard." Yang Ming pointed to the map and said to Li Jing:
"The vanguard of crossing the river is responsible for repelling the enemy's harassment of our main force during the river crossing. The responsibility is heavy. If the pontoon bridge is not built, we must not cross the river blindly."

Historically, Mai Tiezhang died here, and Yu Wenkai lost a big chain. The pontoon bridge he presided over was more than ten feet shorter, almost three meters long.

The Liaohe River is not a small stream, it is the largest river in the south of Northeast China and one of the seven major rivers in China.

Just three meters away, people have to fall and swim to the bank. Mai Tiezhang suffered from this loss. More than 1 pioneers fell into the water and crossed the river, and were shot into a sieve by the opposite side.

This section of the Liaohe River is more than 1000 meters wide and cannot be reached by arrows, so crossing the river has always been a very difficult thing.

Li Jing felt that Yang Ming's reminder was unnecessary. If the pontoon bridge was not built well, I would definitely not be able to cross it. Is this still a reminder?

It's okay not to remind, who let Mai Tiezhang hang up like this?I'm afraid that Yang Guang will force you to cross the river from behind.

"The refined cowhide shields from the refinery will definitely be distributed to the vanguard army. Carrying this shield across the river will ensure that our soldiers can cross the river safely." Yang Ming stood up and said, "Follow me."

Then, he took Li Jing to the shooting range, and the guards practiced the armor-piercing ability of arrow clusters made of refined steel and the defensive ability of refined shields wrapped in cowhide.

There are two types of shields, round and oval, thick in the middle and thin at the edges, and are very lightweight. There are round light shields weighing 35 jin and thick oval shields weighing [-] jin.

Among them, the thick shield cannot be broken even by refined arrow clusters.

Li Jing was amazed.

"The army crossing the river should be equipped with light shields and short crossbows, plus Mo Dao. After the enemy is forced to a hundred paces away, the spearmen can charge the enemy's formation." , stabbing hard towards a light shield.

With a ding, sparks flew everywhere, and the tip of the gun was undamaged, but a dent appeared on the shield.

Li Jing's eyes lit up, and he said with great joy: "With this artifact, we will definitely compete in this battle."

"You still can't be careless," Yang Ming said with a smile behind his hands, "Although weapons are sharp weapons, the key to their use depends on the soldiers. Goguryeo is a cunning country. Brother Jing, if he wants to be the vanguard, he must not be fooled. Any kindness is deceitful, remember, no surrender of any kind is accepted."

Li Jing frowned and said: "But the consolation envoy has the duties of supervising the army and recruiting. If I don't listen, I'm afraid Your Majesty will blame me."

"Don't worry about this," Yang Ming said, "I will find a way to arrange suitable people for you, and I promise not to hold you back."

Then, Yang Ming said again in a deep voice: "If it really doesn't work, just find a way to kill him and deal with it cleanly, and I'll take care of it for you, and there won't be any problems."

Li Jing was puzzled and said: "Most of the supervisors are noble people, they must have followers, I'm afraid there are many people, about one or two hundred people, if they want to kill, all these people have to be killed, otherwise I'm afraid I will die in the front line. "

What Li Jing meant was that I had to have someone I could rely on to do such a shameful thing.

The supervising army is usually by the commander's side. Wherever the commander goes, he will follow him. Anyway, it is the safest place to go.

But if Li Jing leads the army, his central army may not be all his own.

After Yang Ming thought for a while, he said: "The Hedong Army was trained by you, I will let Xiao Shilian go with you, and I will send you 2000 people to fill the central army. You can easily use it."

Li Jing frowned and said, "This is His Highness's private army, how dare I use it?"

"Others can't use it, but you can." Yang Ming patted Li Jing on the back and said with a smile, "The striker is the most important thing in the army. I will find a way to arrange it for you. All you have to do is to fight for me. Whether you can be named a knight or general depends on what happened."

Li Jing nodded heavily.

A child of an aristocratic family who doesn't want to be a general is not a good child. Doesn't Li Jing want to be a noble?
Since Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, he has never been granted a title. Conquering Goguryeo is the best opportunity. If you don't grasp it this time, you may have a chance in the future.

Li Jing couldn't stay in Hedong for a long time. After all, he was rushing to the Eastern Capital by order. It took some time to detour to Hedong, so he needed to leave as soon as possible.

After Yang Ming instructed many things carefully, he let Li Jing leave.

And he wrote a letter to Duan Wenzhen, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, requesting that the two thousand elites from Hedong be included in the expeditionary army and allocated to Li Jing for use.

Although it was uncertain whether Li Jing would be able to lead the army right now, Li Jing had confidence in himself, and Yang Ming also had confidence in him.

Raising soldiers for a day and using them for a while, Li Jing's chance came.

Regarding the matter of Yu Wenkai's loss of the chain, Yang Ming also needs to prepare. You are also the number one engineer of the Sui Dynasty. How could you make such a big mistake?
So he wrote to Yu Wenkai, when crossing the Liaohe River, according to the length of 2000 meters, to make the wooden ropes needed for crossing the pontoon bridge, don't rely on your eyes to measure, you are all presbyopic.

It is better to waste more wood than soldiers to die in the river.

In this way, Mai Tiezhang can be kept. This person is not only the emperor's absolute confidant, but also a brave general who dares to fight. Although he is not one of the nine chiefs, his role is also very huge.

Moreover, Mai Tiezhang and Su Lie are sworn brothers who take good care of Su Lie. With him around, if Su Lie offends anyone on the front line, there will be someone who can speak for him.

The conquest of Goguryeo this time cannot be defeated, because once defeated, there will be a huge mess. Yang Ming doesn't want to wipe Yang Guang's ass, so why don't I bring you the urinal? You should take care of it.

(End of this chapter)