Sui Dynasty: I, Yang Guang, am both scrupulous and stable

Chapter 310 Defense of the Capital

"What?! Our army is fighting across the sea?"

"Real or false? Our Shandong Army is still transporting people there and has already taken down Lelang City, the third largest city in Goguryeo?"

"What's going on? It seems that nothing has been done, so why did Goguryeo directly start the capital defense mode?"

"Why do I think Goguryeo's own soldiers don't know what's going on? They were still interacting with us on the front line in the morning."

This is because Li Jing has established the most efficient intelligence system. After the battle here, the intelligence here has been transmitted back quickly, while the intelligence data from Goguryeo is transmitted slowly.

It had to be spread from Lelang City to the Inner City first. The Inner City was shocked and then passed on to the front line, so the Sui Army got the news first.

When Li Jing and Yang Guang discussed the future battlefield, they came to the conclusion that intelligence would be a crucial factor in determining the outcome of a battle, so he attached great importance to the transmission of intelligence, especially in this kind of war fought on both sides. , if the information transmission is wrong, it will be very passive.

This war was also his first attempt to build an intelligence agency.

Facts have proved that the intelligence that they spent a lot of money and manpower and material resources to build is valuable. Now their intelligence speed is faster than the internal transmission of Goguryeo, which also gives them enough time to make the next preparations.

At this time, the generals of the Sui Dynasty still had doubts: "Is the news of His Highness the King of Jin true? Why do we get the news but the Goguryeo people don't seem to know about it yet? No matter how you calculate it, the distance between us getting the news should be more than They’re twice as good.”

"Your Highness, this news is correct."

Seeing the suspicion of the people below, Master Yinshi immediately stopped them and said: "You must not talk nonsense, how could His Highness joke about such a thing."

Later, Master Yin Shi thought of the reason why Yang Guang had allowed him to continue provocations on the border.

"His Royal Highness, King Jin, would you please make a bold guess at your tactics?"

Yang Guang said with great interest: "You tell me."

"His Highness should have arranged for Shandong's navy to plot to go to Goguryeo by sea, and had planned to station troops for more than two months. It should be said that His Highness had such a plan since he arrived in Youzhou City. Although I don't know where His Highness stationed troops. , how to deliver supplies, but His Highness did it.”

"The purpose of arranging the general's constant provocations on the border is to attract Goguryeo's attention. We did not expect His Highness to march like this, and the Goguryeo people even less expected that in order to deal with our army, the Goguryeo people would definitely station troops on the border in large numbers. This way This will lead to a significant reduction in soldiers elsewhere in Goguryeo."

"This will allow our army's assault troops to win more easily."

Master Yin Shi said and looked at Yang Guang with some excitement: "Your Highness, how many people have passed through our army now? Three thousand or five thousand?"

When everyone heard that so many people had been sent over by water, they all looked at Yang Guang curiously.

Yang Guang shook his head. Everyone felt that this was in line with everyone's expectations. How could it be possible to send so many people there.

"According to the current information, there should be about 8000 people in the past, and they are still being sent every day. I estimate that I will send more than 3000 soldiers to the past. Otherwise, even if there is a city wall to rely on, it will be very difficult. It’s hard to hold the position.”

Thirteen thousand people?Everyone was shocked. They were all marching and fighting, so they naturally understood the difficulty of mobilizing so many people, especially since they had never tried to mobilize so many people by sea.

But they find it difficult because they have never done it before. In fact, troop movements by sea, especially short-distance troop movements, are much faster, more efficient, and simpler than on the road. The soldiers don't even have to walk.

The biggest risk is that the sea is ruthless and swallowed up by wind and waves, but the Bohai Sea itself is much calmer than other seas.

Because it was being carried at full capacity this time, the living environment of the soldiers was not very good, and many people suffered from seasickness. This should be considered the biggest side effect.

As a means of transportation, warships are much more useful than people walking on legs.

Yang Guang emphasized: "Ten thousand people is a conservative statement, and it depends on the subsequent war situation."

To them, a way of fighting that seemed like a fantasy was placed in front of them.

Yang Guang said to Master Yinshi: "Master Yinshi, now our army has taken the rear of Goguryeo and occupied their important cities. I ask you, what should we do now?"

Yin Shishi did not rush to answer, but after pondering for a while, he said: "His Royal Highness, King Jin, if you follow the general's idea and continue to strengthen the oppression on the border, attack Goguryeo on a small scale and not on a large scale, Goguryeo will be very We will soon get the news that someone has attacked us from behind, and we will launch a large-scale attack when they are in trouble."

"Our message delivery will not be slower than theirs. Once the enemy troops begin to mobilize and large-scale enemy troops appear on the rear battlefield, it means that the enemy troops on the front line are empty. Once their military morale is messed up, our army will be invincible."

Yang Guang nodded with satisfaction: "Master Yinshi."

"The end is here."

"You are the queen of the generals. General Yin Shou has been guarding Youzhou for many years. No one has dared to cross the thunder pool. The tiger father has no dog son. Now the king orders you to take charge of the forward camp. You are the sharp spear. When and how to stab, let me I, the King, will take a good look at your abilities and the abilities of the elite Youzhou Army under your command."

Yinshishi, who is eager to make great achievements, clasped his hands and said: "The final general will definitely live up to the expectations of His Majesty the King of Jin."

"Youzhou Army forward camp."

"exist!!"

"Follow me on the expedition, cross the Liao River, and pretend to attack Xiandu City (a small border town)."

No one knows when Goguryeo will receive the news that it is being attacked from behind. It is also possible that the inner city has already known about it and is mobilizing frontline troops. Therefore, without further delay, they will launch a feint attack to put pressure on Goguryeo's frontier troops.

Yang Guang then said to his generals: "Now the whole army is in standby, ready to receive General Yin at any time. The situation on the battlefield is constantly changing. If there is a real opportunity to seize the city, there is nothing wrong with converting a feint attack into seizing the city. Fighting on the front line, the command authority will be handed over." From General Yin, all generals who disobey orders will be killed!"

Master Yin Shi glanced gratefully at Yang Guang. Yang Guang supported him without hesitation and gave him the opportunity to show off. Of course he understood that Yang Guang wanted him to become a member of his team, so he had to seize this opportunity.

2000 people from the forward battalion of the Youzhou Army crossed the Liao River and rushed to the small town of Xiandu City as quickly as possible.

Goguryeo's scouts immediately sounded the alarm, and the entire town was on alert.

The siege artillery sounded, and Yang Guang explained that Yin Shishi understood the principle of firing the artillery first when attacking the city. Fire coverage was the main form of future wars.

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Goguryeo capital, domestic city

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King Pingyuan smashed the inkstone beside the table to the ground, causing ink to fly and splash on the maid's body. "What?!"

"How is this possible? People from the Great Sui Dynasty attacked our Lelang City? Lelang City is in our hinterland. The soldiers from the Great Sui Dynasty did not even cross the border. Are you telling me that they attacked our Lelang City?"

Facing the fury of King Pingyuan, the trembling scout who was kneeling on the ground could only kowtow and say: "King, the Sui army has really come over, a large area of ​​Wuyang Yang, our elite defenders of Lelang City They were all sent to the border, with less than half remaining, and because the Sui army came so suddenly, there was no time to react before they rushed into the city."

"How is that possible? How is that possible?"

The furious Pingyuan King could not accept this sudden blow. He roared and said to his subordinates: "Go and investigate, then let me investigate. I don't believe this military report."

"Go!!"

Although the scout was scared, he fulfilled his duty as a scout: "King, you are sending people to investigate now. It will take another day or two to go back and forth. Once the Sui people have captured Lelang City, they will definitely pursue the victory and attack again." …”

King Pingyuan walked up to him and kicked him to the ground: "This guy is making alarmist remarks. Drag him down and beat him hard."

After this time was spent, the message delivery was much slower.

The dedicated scouts were dragged down for a meal until the scouts sent out reported that the Sui army in the nearby Lelang City had left the city and headed towards the domestic city. Only then did King Pingyuan know that he had wrongly blamed that person. Scouted.

"How could this happen? How could this happen? The Sui people really sent more than five thousand soldiers here? How did they do it? Send so many people here without anyone noticing?"

Shocked and angry, after King Pingyuan came to his senses, he hurriedly said: "Quickly mobilize the frontline soldiers to defend the inner city."

"Report, King, the frontline Sui army general Yin Shishi led the light cavalry to attack our border!"

The news from the front line arrived quickly. They arrived in front of King Pingyuan almost at the same time. King Pingyuan suddenly panicked. Where had such a battle ever been fought?

"Go quickly and call Yeluchen to come over."

Yeluchentuo was quickly brought to the King of Pingyuan. After hearing the current news, Yeluchentuo, who had always seemed gentle and elegant, became uncomfortable. This was completely beyond his imagination.

There was no way he could have thought that the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty would cross the sea and directly inflict such a fatal blow to Goguryeo's rear. Now he was also panicking.

In the entire capital of Goguryeo, no one who knew this was not panicked.

In the blink of an eye, the people in the court went from being full of ambition after not knowing the news to feeling depressed after receiving the news today.

King Pingyuan asked Yeluchentuo: "Yeluchentuo, you had discussions with the kings of Sui and Jin before, but didn't you get any news about their navy?"

Yeluchentuo knew that King Pingyuan was going to blame most of the responsibility for this incident on himself, and he would definitely not be able to take the blame.

"Your Excellency King Pingyuan, I have already informed His Highness of the contents of my conversation with King Jin. I really don't know that the Sui Dynasty had such a huge navy. I believe this matter was not mentioned in your intelligence."

"Tell me, King Jin is still a man with great ambitions and little talent. Look at it. Look at the current situation. How can he be a man with great ambitions and little talent? Marching like this, without our knowledge, They have captured our Lelang City and captured my son!"

"Regarding this matter, King Pingyuan, King Jin of the Sui Dynasty is indeed a man of great ambition and talent. Perhaps there are experts behind him to guide this matter. These navy are definitely not the Youzhou army. According to our information, there cannot be such a navy in Youzhou City. Naval presence.”

When King Pingyuan saw him talking like this, he became furious: "Tell me! Are you a spy sent by the Sui Dynasty to deliver false information to us?"

Following the words of Pingyuan King, a group of soldiers rushed up and surrounded Yelu Chentuo.

Seeing this posture, Yelu Chentuo immediately retorted: "Your Majesty King Pingyuan, your two countries have always cooperated so well as allies. You first suspected that we betrayed you? If it was betrayal, how could I still stay in Goguryeo?"

"It's because of your false information that we neglected to take precautions and dispatched all our troops to the border. Lelang City's defense was empty, and the Sui Dynasty had an opportunity to take advantage of it."

"Your Majesty King Pingyuan, I definitely did not lie about the military situation. What I said was what I saw. And with all due respect, you did not send troops over. If the Sui Dynasty could really send over [-] soldiers, even if you If we don’t deploy troops, the result will be the same.”

"Bold! One of our Goguryeo soldiers can defeat ten Sui soldiers. How can we not defeat them?"

When King Pingyuan said this, the soldiers over there wanted to capture Yelu Chentuo even more.

The King of Pingyuan was naturally not a stupid person. He figured things out immediately. Yelu Chentuo definitely didn't know about the Sui Dynasty's plan, otherwise he would not have stayed in Goguryeo to wait for him to fall.

But what the implementation situation is is no longer irrelevant. What matters is how to deal with the current situation.

In the battle with the Sui Dynasty, they had completely fallen into a passive situation. He needed Yeluchentuo to be a scapegoat, to bear his decision-making mistakes, to transfer soldiers, officials, and the people's resentment towards him in this matter, in order to relieve the depressed people. Morale can rise.

"Yelu Chentuo, you are now writing to the King of Khitan and joining forces with me to attack the Sui Dynasty. Only in this way can you prove what you said. Otherwise, you are a spy of the Sui Dynasty. We Goguryeo and you Khitan are at odds with each other."

King Pingyuan wanted to use this as an excuse to force the Khitan to send troops to help him, so that he could relieve his pressure.

Yeluchentuo said: "Your Majesty the King of Pingyuan, I can take your request back and inform our king. I believe that with our relationship, the king will definitely help."

It was naturally impossible for the Pingyuan King to let him go back.

He is now the bargaining chip for King Pingyuan to cooperate with Khitan.

"I will send someone to inform the Khitan King that Your Excellency Yeluchentuo has reached an agreement with me to send troops to attack the Sui Dynasty. After the event is completed, Youzhou City will belong to the Khitan."

"Your Majesty King Pingyuan! I have not reached an agreement with you."

"According to this statement, go and inform the Khitan King, quickly! Quickly!"

The soldiers of Goguryeo rushed to Khitan at great speed.

"King, the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty are attacking from both sides. I think it is better to send envoys to seek peace first."

Pingyuan showed displeasure and sued for peace as soon as the war started. His ministers were really spineless.

At this time, another military report came.

"King, it's not good. Now there is news from the south that your third son Gao Jianwu has become king in Lelang City!"

(End of this chapter)