Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 782
"Xu Shiji presented me with a plan to pacify Goguryeo earlier, and there are some things in it. I plan to let him serve as Shixin's deputy envoy, and let him command the pacification of Goguryeo."

Conquering the Goguryeo rebellion is just a trivial matter for Luo Cheng at the moment.

Luo Cheng's decision-making core for Goguryeo's quelling chaos was short time, low cost, and few troops.

However, Xu Shiji's strategy for Luo Chengshang fits these three points exactly.

Li Jing took Xu Shiji's strategy from Luo Cheng and watched it carefully for a while.

"This Xu Dayan is average in terms of martial arts, but his strategic strategy is indeed extraordinary. He is so young, but his vision is already so mature. If he is given some time, he will definitely be a handsome talent in the future."

Luo Cheng laughed and said, "Shixin learned the art of war with you, and Xu Shiji fought with me. Maybe the two of them will be able to compare in the future."

Li Jing commented on Xu Shiji's strategy, "It's really good to use the shallow attack method."

Xu Shiji's so-called shallow attack method is actually a big sweep, but not a large army sweep.Instead, first divide Xuantu County with elites, and use natural mountains, rivers and valleys to separate the various parts of Goguryeo in Xuantu County, so that they cannot flow.

Then send Qingqi into small groups to sweep.

All the houses that could be seen were burned, all the wells were filled in, all pastures and crops were destroyed, all cattle, sheep and livestock were killed, and all people were captured.Force the Goguryeo rebels to be unable to produce and survive, and drive them to those city fortresses to besiege them.

Even if they can rely on the mountain fortress to resist for a while, but after a long time, what will they eat and drink?
If cattle and sheep cannot go out of the city to graze, they will starve to death.

There are only a few springs in many mountain cities. If the outside of the city is blocked, they can live for a long time.

Xu Shiji even proposed a very ruthless plan, that is, to sell all the Goguryeo people, and even issued a slave arrest order for the soldiers, civilians, common people, and merchants in Liaodong.

Everyone is allowed to go to Xuantu County to capture the rebellious Goguryeo people. The captured Goguryeo people can register with the government, and then pay a sum of money, and the slaves belong to them.

Merchants who transport grain and grass to the Xuantu military camp can exchange salt, iron, tea and wine tickets.

Even if it is the Koguryo slaves in Liaodong now, Xu Shiji also suggested that they be transported to Donglai, Hebei, Jiangdu and other places for sale, and then the refugees from the pass will be moved in to farm for production.

If such a few knives are cut down, the Goguryeo people, who have been in Liaodong for more than 700 years and have a population of millions, will no longer be able to take advantage of the population outside the pass. At that time, a large number of Han immigrants from the pass will completely change the population here. Without the structure, the Goguryeo people would not be able to set off any storms at all, once and for all.

"Xu Dayan is just too hostile."

"It's really a once-and-for-all solution." Luo Cheng was in favor of it, and there was no strategy that could be more effective than population replacement, although this method required a lot of energy and manpower.

Li Jing reminded Luo Cheng.

"If Xu Shiji's strategy is implemented, I'm afraid it will cause other Goguryeo people to rebel. At that time, the Yuan family will probably rebel, and the Goguryeo people in Lelang and Daifang Second County on the Pyongyang Peninsula may also rebel. Even, maybe It will give Baekje and Silla some opportunities to intervene."

Luo Cheng raised his eyebrows, and tapped his fingers on the table, "What you said is indeed possible, but we can't stop doing it just because we're afraid. Originally, the reason to appease Yuan Taizuo before was to deal with him later. Yes, the Goguryeo people are rebelling now, but our plan has been advanced a little bit, and we will fight early and late, anyway, it is impossible for the Goguryeo people to still be free and autonomous."

Li Jing smiled.

"Someone admires His Highness's courage. It's okay to fight now. The two armies in Liaodong are enough, plus the assistance of the township militia, and then recruit some feudal soldiers. According to Xu Shiji's shallow attack strategy, within a year, The Goguryeo people will be exhausted and die.”

"I will go to Fan Yang."

Luo Cheng told Li Jing, "With Fanyang as the accompanying capital in Beijing, outside the pass, the Minister of War Zhang Xutuo was appointed as the Jiedu envoy, Song Laosheng and Luo Shixin each led an army, Zhao Gui was Song Laosheng's deputy envoy, Xu Shiji was Luo Shixin's Deputy Military Envoy, I will leave this pass to you guys."

Zhang Xutuo is the Jiedu envoy of Andong Road, but it is obvious that this old commander is old, and he was seriously injured last time and has not healed. For Xu Shiji.

When Li Jing heard that Luo Cheng was going to move his capital to Fan Yang, he was shocked, and knew that it was finally time for Luo Cheng to proclaim himself emperor.Although he knew this moment would come, he didn't expect it to come so soon.

"Leave the land outside the pass to them, so I can rest assured?" Luo Cheng asked with a smile.

Li Jing sighed, "With the elites of the two armies, plus so many trained local militias outside the pass, not to mention the assistance of the four feudal clans, flattening Goguryeo is not a problem, but for the Yuan family, what will His Highness decide to do?"

Gao Huizhen Gao Yanshou turned against Gao Yanshou, playing the banner of restoring Goguryeo. This is actually the opposite of Yuan Taizuo. After all, Yuanshi usurped the throne of Goguryeo and established Yuanshi North Korea. It was just that Yuanshi also deliberately condoned these people to make trouble. I want to use this to blackmail the Zhongwu Army and change our strategy against them.

Who knew that the rebels came too fiercely this time. Although Changsun Shunde withdrew from Xuanju County in embarrassment, Yuan Taizuo could not suppress the rebels. So now in Xuantu County, the Goguryeo people are not united as one, but Yeon's North Korea and Gao Yanshou's Restoration Army are fighting among themselves.

"Destroy the Gao family first, and then the Yuan family." Luo Cheng made up his strategy.

"Okay, I see."

"Shixin has been studying with the general for so long, but I don't know how he is progressing. How much has he learned?" Luo Cheng asked.

Li Jing smiled.

"Everyone in the world thinks that Taoist priests believe in generals, but in fact they are just stupid. General Shixin is very talented in martial arts and fighting. After I assisted General Shixin, he has made great progress in military strategy and military law. Now he can independently The unified army. If we fight a few more battles, it will be more than enough to manage one side in the future and guard the other side."

Luo Cheng was very happy to hear this, "It seems that the general has no secrets."

"How dare you dare."

Li Jing hesitated to speak.

"The general has something to say, but it doesn't matter."

"His Royal Highness moved the capital to Fan Yang, and the next step is to accept Zen and establish a country?"

"Yeah." Luo Cheng nodded. In this world, the powerful live in it. It doesn't matter if the dynasty is about to run out or other things. In short, if we continue to respect the emperor of the Sui family in today's world, it will only be The source of the turmoil, there will be trouble sooner or later, Luo Cheng is willing to agree, but he is afraid that his subordinates will not agree.

Li Jing sighed, "King Qin's talents and virtues are worthy of a great position, and Li Jing also firmly supports him, but Li Jing was also a former minister of the Sui Dynasty, but please be kind to the Yang family, Your Highness."

"Don't worry, after Yang Yanchan abdicates, he will be conferred the title of Obedient Marquis to protect his wealth for the rest of his life."

"Then His Highness's Xinchao title?" Li Jing asked curiously.

(End of this chapter)