Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 388 The Harem
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Under the city of Liaodong.

The sound of Mingjin sounded, and the Sui army once again withdrew without success.

It has been two months since the siege of Liaodong City, the Sui army has attacked the city no less than a hundred times, but none of them entered the city.After fighting for so long, they didn't even attack the outer city.

Unable to attack for a long time, the morale of the Sui army became more and more low.

Even Yang Guang noticed the low morale of the Sui army, but he had no better way. Every attack failure would lead to thousands of new casualties, and these casualties would bring more morale decline .

Now Yang Guang no longer wants to capture Liaodong City immediately. He now pins his hopes on capturing Xincheng or other cities, and even hopes that after the Ninth Army crosses the Yalu River, they can join the navy and break through Pyongyang City in one fell swoop. , captured the Goguryeo king, and then forced Goguryeo to surrender.

It's just a drizzle, and the situation seems to be as disappointing as the weather.

"Your Majesty, Liaodong City has been unable to attack for a long time. The soldiers have suffered heavy casualties and their morale is low. I request that the siege be postponed, so that the soldiers can slow down first."

Pei Shiju, Minister of the Ministry of War who was in charge of attacking Liaodong City, had no choice but to ask for an order.

"Hmph." Yang Guang snorted, then returned to the wheel palace in Liuhe City with his sleeves thrown.

The emperor who returned to the wheel palace exploded directly.

He scolded Pei Shiju for being incompetent.

"If Duan Wenzhen is still there, Liaodong City must have already been captured. I used Pei Shiju as Minister of the Ministry of War. I really used the wrong person."

"If you use Luo Yi to attack the new city, the new city must have been captured by this time, not like Guo Yan, a waste who brought two imperial troops and fought for so long, but even attacked a new city that was maimed by Luo Cheng No more."

"And Yu Wenshu, Yu Zhongwen, Lai Huer, what are these guys doing, why didn't any news come back?"

Time dragged on day by day, and the situation didn't get any better.

It was originally planned that the Seventh Army would sweep across Liaodong, the Sixth Army of the Imperial Battalion would immediately take over Zhucheng, and then the Seventh Army would advance to Pyongyang.

But now.

It's already August.

So far, the Seventh Army has not captured a decent big city. Although they have also laid down a few small forts and villages, what is the use?There are 20 soldiers in the Seventh Army, but only half of them are left.

10 people have been lost in Liaodong.

The Sixth Army of the Imperial Battalion had to share the tasks of the Seventh Army to sweep the surrounding area, but even now, it is still very irritating. Xincheng sent two Imperial Battalion armies, Liaodong City sent two Imperial Battalion armies, and the other two The army was also sent to assist in the attack on Anshi, Beisha, etc., but there was also no success.

The news coming up every day is not how many people were lost in the defeat of the siege here, or how many soldiers were lost in the defeat there.

After calculations, from the time when the Zuo Seventh Army crossed the river to now, in a short period of time, the Seventh Army and the Sixth Army of the Imperial Battalion originally had a total of 40 armies with a total of [-] horses.

But until now, 15 people have been lost unknowingly.

The most terrible thing is that the 15 lost are basically combat troops. The thirteen armies with a total of 40 people have a ratio of three to two auxiliary soldiers. The total number of soldiers is only about 25. 15 soldiers, which means that not only the Seventh Army was disabled, but also the Sixth Army of his imperial battalion was also disabled.

There are only about 25 soldiers left in the thirteen armies. Therefore, it seems that the thirteen armies still have [-] soldiers, but their combat effectiveness has seriously declined.

This is also the direct reason why Liaodong City is getting more and more invincible now.

Although Pei Shiju suggested that the armies directly draw people from the auxiliary soldiers to make up for the losses of the soldiers, but this kind of supplement will not be effective in improving the combat effectiveness for a while.

"Your Majesty, please be at peace and don't be impatient. Although the Liaodong cities are not easy to attack, the Ninth Army and the Navy will surely have good news. As long as Pyongyang is defeated, the problems here will be solved."

Empress Xiao comforted the emperor.

"I have no expectations for the Liaodong Thirteenth Army now, but I am also full of worries about the Ninth Army and the navy. I have a hunch that the Ninth Army may not be able to break through the city of Pyongyang this time."

Yang Guang let out a long sigh.

"If the Nine Armies cannot break through Pyongyang, then the expedition to Liao will be defeated."

The emperor felt a little regretful at this time, he regretted listening to Duan Wenzhen's strategy and mobilizing so many troops.Once Pyongyang cannot be attacked, and the armies cannot get through the passage to Pyongyang, the Ninth Army may never return.

"Your Majesty, I recently received a letter from my younger brother. The letter mentioned that wars are raging everywhere in the Central Plains, and bandits and bandits are constantly raging, especially in the Guandong, Henan and Hebei areas. And this summer, the Yellow River broke its embankment and flooded. Flooded in more than [-] counties in Henan and Hebei, millions of people were affected. After the flood, there was famine, and the victims were starving everywhere. However, many local governments refused to open warehouses to release grain, and even recruited the victims to transport grain to Liaodong. The common people have joined the bandit army." Empress Xiao said to Yang Guang worriedly.

"Impossible, Xiao Yu told you those words? It must be alarmist and exaggerated. Although I am in Liaodong, if there is such a major disaster in the Central Plains and there are so many bandits, why would Pei Yun, Yu Shiji, Pei Shiju, Su Wei The others don't know at all, why didn't they report to me at all?"

"Su Wei and others told me that although the Yellow River flooded this year, only a dozen or so counties were slightly affected, and the loss was not great. As for the localities, there were not many hungry people. The government stores in various places had enough food. Where did so many hungry people come from? , where did so many bandits come from?"

Seeing this, Empress Xiao knew that no matter what she said, the emperor might not listen to it.

"Your Majesty, why don't you send more officials, including the visitor, the censor, and the governor, to visit. In addition, the concubine remembers that Luo Cheng's teacher Zhang Xutuo is currently the governor of Qi County. He is the governor of a county and is mainly in charge of local affairs. Soldiers, horses, bandits, security, etc., and Qi County is in the center of Kanto, why don't your majesty ask Zhang Xutuo about the current situation of Qi County?"

"I want to ask, I not only want to ask, but also to investigate. Your younger brother Xiao Yu has always been a little dissatisfied with the court, and I am not surprised by what he said. Zi Tong, you are the queen, and you are my leader. The harem is good, as for the affairs of the court and the state, let me and the officials be in charge, so don't interfere."

In a word, Empress Xiao was speechless. If she said more, she would become a harem meddling in politics.

"Your Majesty, the ministers and concubines are retiring. Your Majesty, please rest early. Don't work too hard and hurt your body." Empress Xiao stepped back.

"Call Wang Jieyu to bed!"

Wang came here on orders.

Wang's one-hand massage skills are very good, Yang Guang lay there with his eyes closed and let Wang's control.

"Why haven't you seen your mother-in-law recently?" Yang Guang asked suddenly.

"Returning to Your Majesty, my concubine's uncle seems to be ill. Since he came back from Xincheng, he has been sick with worry and has been bedridden." Wang replied in a low voice.

"Sick? Is the disease serious? Will he die?" Yang Guang snorted coldly.

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Wang couldn't help but tremble.

(End of this chapter)