Time flew by like water, and before I knew it, another two days had passed. All the armies of the Eastern Expedition have arrived at Zhuojun; and Yang Shanhui, who was stationed in Xiutuze, Wuwei County, had already given him combat orders when he was in Guanzhong, so he and the 10,000 Liangzhou troops set off at the same time. It was earlier than the main army and arrived at Zhuojun one day earlier than the main army.
Youzhou Camp is located on the east bank of Sanggan River, with an endless view. The tents inside are arranged neatly and orderly. Each battalion has its generals leading troops on patrol. They rotate in two shifts and pay attention to every detail.
This is also one of the reasons why there were so many good generals in the Sui Dynasty. The older generation of marshals and generals in the Sui Dynasty were powerful figures who fought countless battles. The reason why they were able to have the last laugh in the troubled times where famous generals emerged in large numbers; besides having extraordinary talents In addition to their military talents, they also attach great importance to details and military law. They know that many layouts and preparations may seem redundant, but these redundant things can save an army and change the fate of an army at a critical moment, so even if it is When camping within the territory, they also pay great attention to details; if they do well, they will be rewarded, if they do not, they will kill people; over time, they will subtly influence the generals under their command.
To this day, the experience, lessons and rigorous style of the older generation of generals who spent countless lives have become deeply ingrained and have been inherited and developed by the entire military system of the Sui Dynasty.
In the Chinese army's tent early that morning, Yang Jizheng was talking with several deputy general managers and dozens of generals. The deputy general managers of the Liaodong Road March were originally Yang Yichen, Yu Zhongwen, Li Jing, and Cui Hongsheng. However, Jizhou Mu and Teng Wang Yang Lun were not willing to be lonely, and continued to express their opinions to Yang Guang, saying that they also wanted to serve the country and make contributions to the royal family. Yang Guang really couldn't stand him anymore, so he had to give him the title of deputy general manager and ordered him to lead 10,000 Jizhou troops and 10,000 government troops to assist in the battle. Yang Guang could not help but get entangled with Li Zixiong and Yu Wenshu, so he simply did not stop doing anything. At the same time, he awarded Li Zixiong and Yu Wenshu the position of deputy general manager of the march.
The number of deputy general managers under Yang Ji increased from four to seven, and the number of troops in his hands also increased to 90,000, including 40,000 Liangzhou troops, 20,000 Xiaoguo troops, 20,000 Jizhou troops, Ten thousand Youzhou soldiers. If we add the soldiers deployed by Li Zixiong and Yu Wenshu in Liaodong County and Mozhou County, as well as the servants of the Mohe and Xi tribes, the strength of the East Route Army is at least 140,000.
Compared with the initial decision, the total strength has more than doubled. But this is normal, because Yang Ji issued a general mobilization order to Youzhou and Jizhou before setting off. According to Yang Lun, as soon as the counties and counties in Jizhou heard the general mobilization order, the young men's desire to make contributions and the militant factor in their blood seemed to be resurrected. They reported to join the army one after another and rushed to the military government to report. This is because Yang Lun did not mobilize troops; otherwise, Jizhou alone could have an army of four to five million.
Yang Ji believed Yang Lun's words deeply.
Jizhou was not only the most populous state in the Sui Dynasty, but also a key residence for the descendants of the Six Towns. After the failure of the Six Towns Uprising, the Northern Wei Dynasty moved more than 300,000 rebels and residents of the Six Towns south to Jizhou. Although the Six Towns of the Northern Wei Dynasty had long since disappeared. However, the strong and warlike spirit of their descendants still exists.
Although the current Yang Guang has already formed the Xiaoguo Army, it was not until the first month of the ninth year of Daye that Yang Guang officially "recruited people to be Xiaoguo" in Zhuo County; the first batch of Xiaoguo Army, which actually numbered 100,000 people, actually Taking the young and strong people from Youzhou and Jizhou as the main body, if we look at the selection standards of the Xiaoguo Army, at least one million young and strong people in Youzhou and Jizhou at that time signed up to join the army and participated in the selection. By the time of chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, various rebel kings in Hebei could easily pull out hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands of troops.
These examples are enough to show that the two states of Hebei were the places with the largest number of troops and the best quality of troops in the Sui Dynasty. If the court could make good use of them, they could easily reach the far west by using war to support war.
Of course, Yang Ji did not mean to occupy and actually control so much land, but the Sui Dynasty needed more human resources, and the Sui Dynasty completely robbed their wealth and population for their own use.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Yang Ji slowly said: "Everyone, since the founding of the Sui Dynasty, all the wars we have experienced, it is not an exaggeration to say that we have been invincible in attack and victory. However, we lost troops and generals in Liaodong. Nearly 90% of the more than 300,000-strong army was lost. Although our army was defeated by the weather, the root cause was still Goguryeo and Gaoyuan! Before the Sui Dynasty, we had to endure this because of the Turkic Khanate in the north and Tuyuhun in the west. What a shame.”
"The Turkic Khanate has fallen apart, fallen apart, and has continued civil war, and Tuyuhun has been annihilated by me. Now there is no war in the north and west, and it is time for us in the Sui Dynasty to avenge our humiliation. But the strength of the Eastern/Turkic dynasties still exists, and Goguryeo has high mountains. The road was long and the weather was harsh, so the saint was unable to make a decision."
"However, our tolerance did not earn Gao Yuan's gratitude, but instead made him ignorant and aggressive. Gao Yuan saw that our elite Sui troops were about to march north to the Turks, and that Youzhou and Jizhou were empty of troops, so he deployed hundreds of thousands of troops in Liaodong. What is its purpose? The first is to seek our territory in the Sui Dynasty, and the second is to prepare to attack the Northern Patrol led by the Saint when the Saint's patrol arrives in Liaodong."
After finishing his opening remarks, Yang Ji said very calmly: "My Sui Dynasty style is to do it if you don't accept it, and take it after you do it. When the saint saw Gao Yuan being so ignorant and eager to die, he didn't want to endure it anymore, so he let We destroyed his country, exterminated his descendants, and occupied his territory."
Yang Ji is a being who is inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people. He can represent the will of the emperor in many cases. No one doubts what he says; and his interpretation of Goguryeo and his positioning of this war are appreciated by everyone here. I personally believed it even more, so everyone followed suit and escalated the war to the point of annihilating the country. As soon as Yang Ji finished speaking, everyone was overjoyed and excited. They shouted with high spirits and high morale: "Destroy his country, exterminate his descendants, and occupy his territory."
"I think each of us is very lucky to be able to fight this war. Why do you say that?" Yang Ji glanced around below and said solemnly: "First, Goguryeo was founded in the Han Dynasty, and it has been nearly a thousand years. History, neither the Han, Wei, Jin, nor the Southern and Northern Dynasties can destroy it, so it is an enemy of the past and the enemy of the nation; secondly, our future development strategy of the Sui Dynasty is to the north and the west, but because Goguryeo is stuck here, so I, the Sui Dynasty, cannot concentrate our forces to the north and west. If we succeed in destroying its country Zuo, exterminating its descendants, and occupying its territory, then the merits and the far-reaching impact will be far greater than the previous battles."
The reason why Goguryeo was able to live in peace with the Sui Dynasty in the past few years was that, first, it had foreign tribes such as the Khitan, Xi, and Sumo Mohe as buffers; and second, it had the natural barrier of the Liao River. As these forces were destroyed and reduced, both of them no longer existed. The main purpose of Yuan Ziyou's attack on Sumo Mohe when Yang Ji led his army to the northern expedition to Khitan was to seize the land east of the Liao River and resist the Sui forces on the west bank of the Liao River. However, Yuan Ziyou underestimated Sumo Mohe's combat effectiveness and will to resist. Sumo Mohe's hard work and step-by-step defense finally ushered in the Sui army. In the end, under Yang Ji's design, tens of thousands of Goguryeo troops were burned to death in Buyeo Castle. , even if some people were lucky enough to leave, they were all wiped out by the Sui army's disguised "Sumo Mohe Army". Later, Yang Ji occupied the northern part of the Liaodong Plain in the name of Su Mo Mohe, and then asked Su Mo Mohe to surrender his country to the Sui Dynasty, creating a fait accompli.
Goguryeo was frightened by the power of the Sui Dynasty, and Liaodong was not fully prepared. In the end, it could only dare to be angry but dare not speak out, and admitted the fact that the Sui Dynasty had regained the northern part of the Liaodong Plain. One of Yang Ji's confidence is that with this land, the army no longer has to fight through battles.
Everyone in the tent flushed with excitement. They all stood up and saluted to the west, shouting loudly: "It is our great luck as warriors to meet Mingjun!"
To destroy its country, exterminate its descendants, and occupy its territory is equivalent to incorporating Goguryeo into the territory of the Sui Dynasty. From generation to generation, it will be the territory of the Sui Dynasty. And none of these generals can resist the glory brought by their unparalleled achievements!
In the Sui Dynasty, where military merit was paramount, the expansion of territory allowed everyone who participated in the war to receive praises and awards. Even an ordinary soldier could complete the third rank of military merit, from the lowest soldier to a decorated officer after the third rank. . As long as the soldiers have the honorary title, all taxes, duties and labor in the family will be reduced or exempted, and the honorary title can be passed down to three generations. Although it will be downgraded by one level each time it is passed down, even so, one can easily obtain wealth for three generations!
Soldiers can especially receive such heavy rewards. One can imagine the glory and benefits that these top generals in the account can receive!
As for whether to lose the war, no one considered it at all.
How could the Sui Dynasty be defeated as long as they were well prepared? The reason why the tragedy happened in the 19th year of the founding of the Emperor was because of the unpreparedness and hasty dispatch of troops.
When the big tent became quiet, Yang Ji said to everyone: "The sage and Shangshu Duan Wenzhen have contained the Eastern Turks for us. As long as the Eastern Turks dare not move, the Heishan Mohe and Dubo Mohe who once invaded our Sui border with Goguryeo , Xi tribe, and Ping tribe did not dare to act rashly, so Goguryeo had no foreign aid in the north. In the south, I have sent people to contact Baekje, asking Buyeo Zhang to deploy troops at the border of the two countries to disturb the enemy when our army attacks. Military spirit.”
As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned for a moment, and then became more happy and more confident. They all knew that once the news of Baekje's massed army reached Liaodong, the morale of the Goguryeo army was bound to be in chaos, which also created an opportunity for the Sui Dynasty to annihilate the enemy.
Yang Ji glanced at his cousin Yang Lun and asked in a deep voice: "Deputy General Yang, can the Jizhou Army take on important tasks?"
"Commander!" Yang Lun saluted and introduced: "The 20,000 Jizhou troops led by the last general are all men who can conquer and fight. Although 10,000 of them are government soldiers, they all participated in pacifying the rebellion of the King of Han. , everyone has actual combat experience. There is no need to worry about their personal combat effectiveness and combat will."
"But why?" Yang Ji, as the coach of the East Route Army, has many things to consider, but the first thing to do is to understand the combat effectiveness of his own soldiers so that they can be deployed to appropriate positions.
"When the Saint founded the Xiaoguo Army, he gave Jizhou 30,000 places. These soldiers all participated in the original selection. Although they failed in the end, everyone was a strong soldier who could stand up to ten." Yang Lun is also a soldier. A warrior who has experienced hundreds of battles, he naturally understood why Yang Ji asked this question. After he introduced the advantages of the Jizhou Army, he also stated the disadvantages: "These 20,000 soldiers are good at fighting on the plains, and they can also fight in positional battles. Attack the enemy, but they have never fought in the mountains."
Yang Lun glanced at Yang Ji and said helplessly: "Goguryeo has high mountains and long roads, and the terrain is dangerous. I'm afraid..."
"It doesn't matter!" Yang Ji waved his hand and comforted: "The Liaodong Plain is a plain. As long as we annihilate the main force of the enemy here, the next thing will be easy to handle!"
"General, I understand!" Yang Lun was overjoyed when he heard this. What he was most worried about was that he would go away and act as a spectator on the battlefield. Now that Yang Ji said this, he was relieved.
"The war in Liaodong County and Mozhou County is tense. This morning I received letters asking for help from Li Zixiong and Yu Wenshu. They said that the defense pressure was extremely high. They were suppressed by the Goguryeo army and were unable to move, while the Goguryeo troops were openly harassing the troops. You and Li Jing will lead 20,000 Jizhou troops and 10,000 Youzhou troops as the vanguard. After breakfast, bring your dry food, and immediately rush to Liaodong via the Western Liaoning Corridor to attract the Goguryeo army."
After saying that, Yang Ji warned: "After you arrive in Liaodong, follow Li Zixiong's orders and make it a priority to familiarize yourself with the enemy's situation. Do not advance rashly. However, if the Goguryeo thieves invade the territory, you and Li Zixiong must annihilate them."
Yang Lun and Li Jing solemnly responded to their orders: "I will obey my orders."
"Yang Yichen." General Yang Ji Yang Ji Dian said.
Yang Yichen stood up and saluted: "The general is here!"
"I appoint you as the commander-in-chief of the middle route army. You will lead 30,000 Liangzhou troops and 10,000 Xiaoguo troops to Anle County and enter Raole Prefecture to stand by..." Yang Ji saw Yu Zhongwen. Yu Zhongwen was overjoyed and was about to get up. After obeying the order, Yang Ji's eyes moved away from him and turned to Cui Hongsheng next to him: "General Cui obeyed the order!"
Cui Hongsheng quickly stood up and saluted: "The general is here!"
"As the deputy general of the Central Army, you will fully cooperate with General Yang."
"I will obey your orders!"
At this time, Yang Ji looked at Yu Zhongwen, who looked disappointed, and said with a smile: "General Yu, your task is not easy, it is even the heaviest."
Yu Zhongwen stood up in a hurry and said: "Please give me the instructions, Chief Manager!"
"Xi Zhong, the chief of the Xi tribe, is very disobedient now. Although he assembled 40,000 soldiers according to the order, he never sent a single soldier to the front line; the other four chiefs did not send any soldiers to the front line because he was the governor of Raolezhou. Dare to disobey his orders. And your mission is to capture this army for me!" After Yang Ji finished speaking, he said to Master Yin Shi: "General Yin, you will lead the 10,000 Xiaoguo Army under your command to fully assist us. General."
"I will obey your orders!" Master Yin Shi stood up and obeyed his orders.
Yang Ji looked at him deeply and said solemnly: "The Xiaoguo Army has not fought a single battle since its establishment. Don't let the saint down."
The Xiaoguo Army is the emperor's personal guard and army, and it seems very glorious. However, except for Yang Guang's personal expedition, it is difficult for them to get the opportunity to go to the battlefield, and it is impossible to talk about making achievements; if the Yin Shishi misses this battle, it will be extremely difficult. It is possible that he will always be a general in the Xiaoguo Army and never have a chance to be promoted. Yang Ji allowed him to follow Yu Zhongwen to lead the army in battle, which was a manifestation of his selfishness. He hoped that the elder of the Wei Wang family would make contributions to facilitate his future promotion and appointment.
Master Yin Shi said solemnly: "The general will finally understand!"
After Yu Zhongwen thought about his mission, he raised his hand to Yang Ji and asked: "General Manager, Xi Zhong is the chief of the Xi clan after all. If he refuses to obey his orders, what will the general do?"
"I, the Sui Dynasty, do not need disobedient wild wolves. If Xi Zhong is disobedient, unite the four chiefs and kill him for me!" Yang Ji arranged the tasks for Yu Zhongwen and Yin Shishi, and then said to Yang Yichen: " I asked the Chinese army to pass by Anle and go to Raole Prefecture to rest and recuperate. Firstly, it is to hide their whereabouts so that I can carry out follow-up actions; secondly, it is to frighten the Xi clan and facilitate the general’s seizure of power; so you must cooperate fully while resting and recuperating.”
After hearing this, Yang Yichen couldn't help but suggest: "General Manager, according to the general's opinion, just kill Xi Zhong directly. This will not only prevent him from continuing to cause us trouble, but also have the effect of killing chickens to scare monkeys. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone.”
"General Manager, the general seconded the proposal!" Yu Zhongwen also said: "The combined strength of the general and Yang is 50,000 elite troops, but the Xi tribe's 40,000 army is composed of five tribes If we kill Xi Zhong, the other four tribes will not be able to and will not dare to become enemies of our Sui Dynasty."
"I think it's okay!" Yang Ji said obediently: "After dinner, you go north together and kill Xi Zhong and his family for disobedience, conspiracy, and collusion with the enemy, and then find a puppet to act as a puppet. Chief of the Huibu. After that, you go to the Huanglong City area of Liaodong County and wait for orders."
Yang Yichen and Yu Zhongwen, on the other hand, held their hands indifferently and said: "I will obey your orders!"
"Since the general is in charge of this matter, you must be clear-cut and don't cause chaos for the Xi clan! Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude." Yang Ji warned Yu Zhongwen again.
"Don't worry, Chief Manager!" Yu Zhongwen cupped his hands and said, "The general is very good at such small things."
"That's good!" Yang Ji nodded and said to Yu Zhongwen: "After killing Xi Zhong, you will be responsible for taking charge of this Xi tribe army. By the way, Hao Chengyuan followed me in the northern expedition to Khitan. He and the Xi tribe chiefs We all know each other, and I will ask him to assist you."
"Thank you, Chief Manager!" Yu Zhongwen was overjoyed.
Pei Ju next to him was shocked when he heard that a big chief would kill him at the request of him? Isn't this too casual?
However, he did not object. Thinking that he had no tasks, he handed over his hands and asked: "General Manager, what about us? When should we set off?"
"We and General Yang Shanhui will bring 10,000 Liangzhou Army soldiers to serve as the rear army." Yang Ji said: "After handling the follow-up matters in Youzhou, we will set off again with Governor Xue!"
Pei Ju was stunned for a moment, then asked: "What happens next, are you referring to Yicang Dagu?"
"Exactly!" Yang Ji nodded and said, "We must start and finish our work, otherwise, how can we explain it to the people of Youzhou?"
Pei Ju was really helpless when he encountered such a coach who was not doing his job properly!
If he had known this, he should have stopped working like Gao Jiong.
