After reaching an agreement with Xi Zhong, the chief of the Xi tribe, and others, Yang Ji immediately set off northward and arrived in Da'an County that evening.
Da'an County is located to the north of Xinkai River, which is the area of Horqin Left-wing Middle Banner in later generations. This city was built by Gao Baoning to prevent Goguryeo and Mohe. At that time, the Khitan was named Khitan, but in fact it was under the direct jurisdiction of the Northern Qi Dynasty. They feared Qi like a tiger and did not dare to disobey Gao Baoning's orders. Moreover, building cities was also beneficial to their own safety, so they built many defenses according to Gao Baoning's defense drawings. system.
Da'an City is about the same size as Shangxian County in the Central Plains, and is more than thirty miles away from Goguryeo. Many military fortresses and beacon towers were built between the two countries' borders, which is similar to Li Jing's work on Tingzhou Grassland. The defense system created is exactly the same.
The Jizhou Army was not stationed in the city, but was stationed twenty miles east of the city. More than ten miles further east was the territory of Goguryeo.
The Sui army's camp is in the shape of a big arrow pointing east. Each of the three corners in the front is a military fort, and the army is stationed in the back. In this way, the four become horns with each other, and in the rear is a solid fort. Da'an County, and dozens of miles southwest of Da'an County, is Huanglong City, the capital of the late Qi Dynasty.
The distance between cities is all considered for the physical strength and horse power of the cavalry. If one city is attacked, the cavalry of the other city can immediately go to the rescue at full speed. After arriving on the battlefield, there will still be enough manpower and horse power to enable them to Able to fight immediately. It can also be seen from this that Gao Baoning spent a lot of effort on Khitan in order to restore his country.
When Yang Ji arrived, he immediately met with the envoys of Tudiji and Hu Citai. He briefly reviewed the war situation between Sumo Mohe and Goguryeo, and then summoned the generals to discuss matters.
At this time, dozens of civilian and military generals gathered in the Chinese army's tent, waiting for instructions from King Wei.
Yang Ji knew what everyone was waiting for, and after greetings, he said: "Goguryeo has deployed 35,000 elite troops in Yufu City in the south, and Xincheng, Xuande City, Liaodong City, Anshi City, and Jian'an City in the south have also deployed The total number of armies was as high as 80,000 or 90,000. After the year, another 100,000 troops were mobilized from Nansu, Muti, Gaimou and other places. In other words, based on the Sui and Gao border lines, Goguryeo had enough They have deployed about 200,000 troops. This time, they have mobilized almost all the capable warriors from Liaodong. If the young men in Zhucheng are added, then the number of troops will be at least hundreds of thousands more. And ours On one side, the total strength is only about 60,000, including several thousand new soldiers, so in terms of military strength, we are far inferior to others."
"If a fight breaks out, the battlefields will mainly be in three places: Dongshan County in Liaozhou, where General Manager Li Zixiong is in charge, Huanglong City where Duan Decao is in charge, and finally here. But I think it won't happen for three reasons: First, Goguryeo has the main battle Between the two factions, the Main and Harmony factions have the upper hand in Goguryeo today. Otherwise, Yuanziyou, who is leading the battle, would have come over long before we had a firm foothold; secondly, Goguryeo is building the Great Wall day and night. It shows that the other side is also afraid of us, so he hopes to build the Great Wall as soon as possible; third, Yuan Taizuo mobilized 60,000 troops to deal with Sumo Mohe. This move was not only to eliminate the threat from the north, but also to show power to us, but Sumo Mohe gave Yuan Taizuo struck hard, so even if Goguryeo won the battle in the end, Goguryeo would not be able to achieve the effect of the demonstration."
"Your Majesty!" Seeing that Yang Ji had finished his introduction, Liu Quan stood up and saluted: "Your Majesty, are you sure that Goguryeo will not attack us?"
This is not Liu Quan's personal question, but a question shared by all generals. If there is no fight, both sides will be in peace. If there is a fight, the old Khitan land will definitely bear the brunt.
It's okay for Yang Ji to let them fight; but there are five to six million people in the four counties! These common people will definitely become the biggest obstacle to the army in wartime. Once the enemy invades in large numbers, the Sui army, which is seriously inferior in strength, will only be beaten passively.
This is also what everyone is most worried about!
It is true that Yang Ji is the world-famous "little military god" and his words are very authoritative, but what if Goguryeo comes and kills him?
You can't just say "I don't think we can fight" in an empty way, right?
Yang Ji knew that everyone was a general who had learned the art of war and had combat experience. When fighting, he must first consider the worst case scenario. If the Goguryeo army breaks through the dike and enters Liaozhou, in order to ensure the safety of the people, the soldiers only We can retreat into the city to fight, but there is not much food and supplies in the city. If there are no reinforcements, the result will be disastrous.
"Even if there is a fight, we are not afraid! First of all, King Teng has led 30,000 soldiers from Jizhou to help. Secondly, troops from all over the Youzhou Army have rushed to Liaozhou and deployed in Dongshan County. In the north of Liaozhou, there are also 30,000 soldiers. The fine cavalry will be in place soon."
He glanced at everyone and continued: "Generals, you can rest assured. Although Goguryeo has made all preparations, we will not follow his plan, let alone follow the opponent's rhythm. So if the opponent really If you fight, you will pay a heavy price."
"Generals, you just need to do your job well. Go down! Pass on the news to me that the army is coming for reinforcements."
"I will take my leave, general." The generals have received the answers they need. Since armies from all walks of life are coming to help, what else is there to worry about? So he stood up, bowed, and returned to his barracks.
Only Yang Ji, Hao Yuan, Li Daliang, Zong Luohu, Zhu Can, Shen Faxing, and Liu Quan were left in the big tent. Liu Quan raised his hands and asked, "Your Majesty, has the Youzhou Army really arrived in Dongshan County?"
"Of course!" Yang Ji nodded and said: "Since Goguryeo gathered in large numbers, our army has also made corresponding deployments. Elite soldiers from Youzhou and state soldiers have marched on both land and water, marching on a large scale to Dongshan County and Yanzhou in Liaozhou. The west bank of the Liao River has been stationed The vast camp stretched as far as the eye could see. In more than half a month, 30,000 troops were transported from Pingzhou, Yingzhou, Xuanzhou, and Youzhou. Together with the elite soldiers and recruits from Huanglong and Da'an counties in Liaozhou, there were a total of eight Ninety thousand soldiers deployed on the border."
"In addition, hundreds of civilian ships and more than 10,000 civilian laborers were requisitioned. They shuttled around the sea day and night to transport food and supplies for the army. The civilian laborers' main role was to load and unload supplies. This is the advantage of taking the waterway, which can minimize the number of civilian laborers. , civilian power, and at the same time effectively avoided the dilemma of heavy snow blocking roads and unable to transport materials. And our 30,000 reinforcements are from the Xi tribe who agreed to surrender to the Sui Dynasty. "
When Liu Quan heard this, his eyes lit up and he nodded: "In other words, if there is a fight, there will be two battlefields in the north and south, and the focus is on the northern battlefield."
Yang Ji nodded: "That's true!"
"Your Majesty, I have something to say to you." Liu Quan hesitated for a while and then said, "The Jizhou Army seems to have no confidence in this possible war."
"I can see it too!" Yang Ji sighed and said, "The soldiers of the Jizhou Army were the main force that conquered Goguryeo. But in the end, the court failed due to various reasons. Today, the soldiers and civilians of Jizhou have been at ease for many years. , but these generals still have some shadows in their hearts about the original failure. Their military spirit and fighting will are far inferior to those of the Liangzhou Army and the Youzhou Army. They just want to give up."
"Maybe they will regain their confidence to win in the future, but not now. It's just that out of national strategic needs, sometimes we have to fight even if we don't want to fight or can't."
Liu Quan and Hao Yuan nodded when they heard this. The current situation was very similar to the time when Bujia Khan was suppressing the situation. At the beginning, no one was optimistic about Yang Ji, and pessimism filled the entire Liangzhou.
Yang Ji is no longer the Yang Ji of the past, but the Youzhou Army, the Jizhou Army, and the current Liangzhou Army are not as easy to use at this moment as the Liangzhou Army who swallows mountains and rivers and is not afraid of life and death.
"Your Majesty, Tu Di Ji has given Hu the Taixian Chief's Order, the Golden Sword, and the Sumo Mohe territory map. Now Sumo Mohe, like the Xi tribe and the Khitan, is our Sui Dynasty's territory. Since it is our Sui Dynasty's territory, Territory, naturally we cannot let Goguryeo run wild on our territory." Liu Quan cupped his hands towards Yang Ji and said: "In my opinion, the top priority is to send troops to meet the people of Sumo Mohe escorted by Tu Diluo, to show that we are in Sumo Mohe. Territory exists, and then let Goguryeo withdraw its troops and withdraw into Goguryeo’s territory.”
Yang Ji nodded silently. He had seen Hu Ci Tai, and he also knew that Tu Di Ji ordered his brother to escort the old, weak, women and children to the Sui Kingdom. If the Sui army did nothing, these people would definitely be killed and robbed by the Goguryeo army.
Originally, it had nothing to do with Goguryeo and Su Mo Mohe, but suddenly Ci Tai surrendered to the Sui Dynasty on behalf of Tu Diji. Their current military strength is inferior to that of the people, and they are still burdened by hundreds of thousands of people. If they do not rescue or mediate, it is actually justified.
But things in this world do not just make sense. Sometimes, the truth really cannot spread all over the world. If Goguryeo occupied Sumo Mohe, which was supposed to be the Sui Dynasty, the officials in the imperial court would definitely criticize Yang Ji for "sitting back and doing nothing". In the end, even if he took the Khitan and the Xi clan for the Sui Dynasty, it would not be of any use.
In the past, Yang Ji's troops were inferior to others, so Yang Ji had no choice but to adopt constant tactics to cope with the ever-changing situation, and watched helplessly as Goguryeo dispatched troops to the border. Now Yuan Ziyou has been defeated by Li Zixiong's 50,000 elite soldiers and more than 10,000 state soldiers. , more than 10,000 civilians were restrained in southern Liaozhou and Yanzhou, and he had 30,000 Xi troops here, so he no longer feared Goguryeo. Once the 30,000 Jizhou troops sent by Yang Lun were in place, the Sui Dynasty The strength of the army is not much smaller.
If war cannot be avoided, and northern Liaozhou cannot defeat Goguryeo, the worst they can do is hurt each other, and the worst they can do is trade 100,000 people in Da'an County for the millions of people in Liaodong who live in Goguryeo. When the time comes, it will be up to us who can't hold on anymore.
"Your Majesty, I had a detailed discussion with Hu Ci Tai before I humbled myself." Just when Yang Ji was about to give the order, Hao Yuan stood up and said, "Tu Di Ji saw that the war was unfavorable and his people would be slaughtered by Goguryeo, so he asked his younger brother Tu Di Ji to Diluo escorted the people of Sumo Mohe to the west. This move was certainly for the sake of the inheritance and future of Sumo Mohe, but it also shook the morale of the army and made the soldiers think that Beifu Yucheng would not be long. The humble post thought that at the beginning, The soldiers of Sumo Mohe will fight bravely to protect their loved ones, but as time goes by, the mood of defeat will inevitably spread to the entire army. If this happens, I am afraid that Beifu Yucheng will not be able to hold on for long."
"According to Tie Citai, Tudiji asked the people of Sumo and Mohe to go into battle lightly, and the grain, grass, supplies and livestock left in the city were enough to last the Goguryeo Northern Expedition for a year or two. If they captured the city, they would not leave. , and if the Sui Dynasty does not want to start a full-scale war, it is just that we cannot take the territory given by Sumo Mohe."
"I never thought that Yuan Taizuo would retreat obediently, and I didn't expect that Yuan Ziyou would spit out the fat in his mouth through peace talks." Yang Ji turned away from Hao Yuan and watched the flying outside the tent. Daxue said leisurely: "In the final analysis, Yuan Ziyou and I are in the same situation. I can't give up the 'land of the Great Sui'. In the same way, Yuan Ziyou can't give up the land he has acquired, otherwise, he will also He will be criticized verbally and writtenly by both the government and the public."
"What does this mean? It means that the situation has developed in a direction that neither of us expected. And the key point for the two sides to compete has become Sumo Mohe. Now, it depends on who takes Beifu Yucheng first, and who takes the representative first In Beifu Yucheng, which is ruled by Sumo Mohe, whoever takes the initiative will take all the initiative."
Hao Yuan is a top wise man. He naturally knows very well what Yang Ji said. After a while, he asked: "What will the king decide to do?"
"Fight!" Yang Ji said flatly: "No matter what, I can't let Yuan Taizuo occupy Beifu Yucheng."
Hao Yuan said in shock: "Your Majesty, of course we are not afraid of a fight alone. But if this triggers a war between the two countries and the situation gets out of control, your Majesty will definitely be regarded as the 'chief culprit' for provoking the dispute between the two countries. If a fight breaks out, It’s okay if you win a game, but if you don’t win, the situation will be even worse.”
Officially, Hao Yuan was a friend of the fifth-ranked prince and received a salary from the court. However, he also served as the deputy general manager of Prince Wei's Palace, so his core focus was Prince Wei's Palace. Like Li Daliang, Zhu Can, Xue Ju, Yuchi Gong, Zong Luohu, Song Zhengben, Ling Jing, Wei Zheng, Shen Xingfa and other royal officials, they only recognized Yang Ji as the leader of the Liangzhou clan or the Weiwang clan. As for the official positions and salaries in the imperial court, they actually didn't pay too much attention to them.
To put it bluntly, if Yang Ji's power declines one day, the Yin Shishi, Yang Shanhui, Zhang Dinghe, Zhang Xutuo, Li Jing, Wei Yunqi, Xiao Yu, Wang Cong and others from the imperial court may be replaced by other factions. Win over and leave; but these people who were single-handedly promoted by Yang Ji will never leave.
They are the direct descendants of Yang Ji, and they will consider Yang Ji's interests before considering the interests of the Sui Dynasty. If there is a huge conflict between the two, they will first think about Yang Ji, not the Sui Dynasty.
This is the difference between factions and the horror of factional disputes; the key lies in the "leader" of the faction. If this person is selfless, then this faction will link its interests with the country; otherwise, this faction will regard the faction's interests as selfless. The country is like a big fat pig, and everyone wants to cut a good piece of meat from it. As for whether the big fat pig lives or dies, it has nothing to do with them.
Hao Yuan was one of Yang Ji's masterminds. When he heard that Yang Ji intended to provoke a war, the balance in his heart couldn't help but favor Yang Ji, hoping that Yang Ji would not take this risk. Similarly, although Li Daliang and Shen Faxing didn't say anything, their thoughts were exactly the same as Hao Yuan's.
"I will not let the Sui army fight, but let the Sumo Mohe fight." Yang Ji chuckled and said, "I saw the drawings submitted by Hu Citai. He said that although Beifu Yucheng is surrounded by walls, , but all the buildings in the city are tents; this layout is very similar to the White City of the South Khan Court in East Turkestan, and there are also two secret roads leading directly to the north of the city."
"Tu Diji's brother Du Luo originally dug these two secret passages to prevent Beifu City from being surrounded. He could send people out of the city to ask for help through the secret passages. When necessary, it could also be used as an escape route for the nobles. This It is also one of the important reasons why Tudiji defends the city. Now, these two secret passages can be used for other things."
Yang Ji looked at the three of them and said in a deep voice: "Don't Yuan Taizuo want Beifu Yucheng? Then let them."
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but gasped.
After looking at each other for a moment, excitement could be seen in the eyes of the other party. Hao Yuan thought for a moment, then raised his hands to Yang Ji and said: "Your Majesty, it's freezing and snowy now. Once Tu Di Ji falls and our army doesn't show any performance, Yuan Tai will Zuo was so confident that he would definitely lead his army into the city to escape the snow and wind. As long as they didn't notice these two secret passages, Beifu Yucheng would be the tomb of tens of thousands of Goguryeo troops."
"If the Goguryeo Northern Expeditionary Army is completely destroyed, then it will be okay for us to take over the land that belongs to us from Tudiji openly. At that time, no matter how unwilling Yuan Ziyou is, there will be nothing he can do. Unless he dares to provoke a war between the two countries. .”
"What do you mean?" Zhu Can glanced at Hao Yuan in confusion, and then at Yang Ji: "Your Majesty, is Mr. Hao going to lead his army into the city through the secret passage?"
"Haha!" Yang Ji laughed and said: "I don't want our soldiers' lives to be buried with the soldiers of Goguryeo. Besides, it is not appropriate for our troops to show up. Therefore, I hope they die in the city, among the 'Sumo Mohe Army' hand."
"The king's words are absolutely true!"
"But if our army does nothing, it will easily arouse suspicion." Yang Ji said to Liu Quan, "General Liu."
"The general is here!" Liu Quan quickly stood up.
"You take 10,000 soldiers, under the banner of the Sui Dynasty, to greet the Sumo Mohe people who are traveling westward." Yang Ji said: "If the Goguryeo army dares to intercept them, kill them!"
"General, I obey!" Liu Quan took the order and left.
"Your Majesty, there are some things that require the cooperation of Tujiji! Otherwise, the effect of annihilating Goguryeo will not be achieved." Hao Yuan said solemnly: "This is a humble position without talent. I would like to give Tai a visit to the city with Hu."
Shen Faxing also stood up and said: "Mr. Hao is the king's right-hand man and indispensable. It is better to leave such small things to the humble position!"
Yang Ji glanced at him, smiled and nodded: "Okay!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Shen Faxing was overjoyed and saluted with great gratitude: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for giving me the opportunity to perform meritorious service in a humble position."
Shen Faxing was an ambitious man. He had lost all hope of an official career because he joined the Jiangnan League. However, Dugumin's recruitment and Yang Ji's recruitment revived his ambition. Yang Ji treated him as a national scholar, and he was determined to repay him as a national scholar!
However, the embarrassing thing is that since he joined the Prince's Mansion, he has not made any achievements. Instead, he has been enjoying the convenience brought by the Prince's Mansion, which makes him feel embarrassed and uncomfortable. Although he knew that this trip was very dangerous, in order to show his talent and loyalty to Yang Ji and to show his value, he asked for help without hesitation.
"Lao Zhu, pick a team of Xuanwu guards for Shen Zongzhang to serve as bodyguards." After speaking, Yang Ji ordered Hao Yuan: "Deputy General Manager, you and Shen Zongzhang go down to discuss the specific details with Hu Chitai."
"Here!" Hao Yuan, Shen Faxing, and Zhu Can bowed and retreated.
Yang Ji looked at Li Daliang and ordered: "Li Daliang, you immediately send someone to inform Xi Zhong and ask them to bring the army to Da'an City within three days. If his army does not reach Da'an City, he will be treated as a threat." For betrayal.”
In order to prevent the Sui army from attacking them, the Xi tribe also deployed a large army on the border. Now not only can they not fight, but the Xi tribe has also become a domain of the Sui Dynasty, so the Xi tribe's troops to defend the Sui army can be mobilized in time.
"General, I will obey your orders." Li Daliang responded and left.
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