Yuan Gaisuwen's attitude made Yu's civil servants look a little embarrassed. He didn't give them any face at all, and he didn't even give Gao Jianwu any face.
Obviously, he was ready to withdraw. He had been careless just now and failed to see clearly the real purpose of Yun Gaesomun. It seemed that Yeon Gaesomun was different from other reckless generals.
This person needs to be paid close attention to, and I am afraid that I will have to be more careful when taking actions against him in the future.
In the current situation, if Yeon Gaesumun doesn't accept the offer, Yu Ling will have no choice but to do so.
Although his Yu family does not have to give Gao Jianwu this face, there are some unspoken rules. If his Yu family goes too far, Gao Jianwu will have many excuses to use Yuan Gaisuwen's hands to destroy them.
I believe Yeon Gae So-moon doesn’t mind doing this.
Although Gao Jianwu did not have much power, under a certain balance, Gao Jianwu, the king, was still very important.
"Since General Yuan is so timid, I am mistaken. Can you believe it, General Yu?" The civil servant of the Yu family turned to the general Yu Ling.
"Your Majesty, Yu Zuofu, since General Yuan does not dare to fight against the Tang Dynasty, then the general will shoulder this important task. Even if he fails, the general will die for his country at most, but it is better than being an eggless villain. Yu Ling said with a sneer.
He is not a fool. Since the head of the Yu family and the person with the highest official position at present speaks like this, it is obvious that Yeon Gae Suwen has an ulterior motive.
Although he didn't quite understand, he also knew that he had been deceived by Yeon Gaesumun, but the matter had come to this, and since Yeon Gaesumun was about to retreat, he had to take over.
Now that things have come to this, he doesn't mind taking the opportunity to take a hit on his reputation.
Yeon Gaesumun narrowed his eyes. When had he been so insulted? If it weren't for something really strange this time, he would have to find a way to teach him how to behave now.
This tone was tolerated, but if there was a chance, Yeon Gaesumun showed a cruel smile.
Yu Ling himself had already stood up, and Gao Jianwu could only agree.
After the court meeting, Gao Jianwu quickly told Xiangli Xuanjie about the relevant official documents. Of course, it was impossible for him to tell about the appointment of Yu Ling and preparations for war with the Tang Dynasty.
It is enough for both parties to maintain a tacit understanding on this matter.
After receiving the news, Xiangli Xuanjiao sneered, said nothing more, and directly prepared to leave Goguryeo.
The next day, not far from Pyongyang City, an assistant official from his team came over and handed him a note.
"How did it come here?" Xiangli Xuanjiao looked around and asked in a low voice.
They were surrounded by Goguryeo military guards. It was certainly impossible for Goguryeo to let him, an envoy and minister, get into trouble here, so they must send troops to guard them.
However, these guards also left a certain distance tacitly.
"The owner of the restaurant secretly gave it to me when I was buying something for dinner. He didn't say anything at the time, and he gave it to me very secretly."
"I didn't dare to say anything because I didn't find a chance to talk to Lang Jun before I left the city, so I can only hand it over to Lang Jun now." The deputy quickly whispered.
"It should be someone from the Intelligence Department." Sori Xuanjie reacted quickly. He was a little shocked when he thought of this. Didn't he expect that people from the Intelligence Department had already kept things so secret?
Countries like Goguryeo have no concept of intelligence at all, so naturally it cannot be sent by others.
Xiangli Xuanjie immediately opened the note in his hand. When he opened it, he was immediately shocked. The content on the note was about what happened in the Goryeo court after he left.
In particular, Yeon Gaesumun took the initiative to give up his position as the head coach, but because of Ling's appointment, Xiangli Xuanjie was somewhat impressed by Yeon Gaesumun. No wonder His Highness said that this person was the biggest threat to the Tang Dynasty.
Now it seems that it is indeed the case.
This level of acuity is indeed extraordinary. He has already escaped from the situation without even knowing the situation on the front line.
Although the Tang Dynasty only had 10,000 troops, Xiangli Xuanjie knew that these 10,000 were elites. Combined with the 30,000 to 40,000 troops from Silla and Baekje, Goguryeo's military strength would be twice or even three times theirs.
But siege warfare is not that easy.
What's more, Datang is far from comparable to Goguryeo in terms of engineering equipment. They can build engineering equipment on the spot, but it is really not certain whether their engineering equipment can be as accurate as that of Datang.
Although Xiangli Xuanjie did not participate in the measurement of this aspect, he knew one thing, that is, the actual measured results of the troops operating those trebuchets were quite staggering.
More importantly, several cities on the front line have large bed crossbows from the Tang Dynasty. The range of these bed crossbows is no worse than the trebuchets built by countries such as Goguryeo, or even farther, and their power is more terrifying.
In other words, when the opponent's trebuchet wants to cause damage to the city wall, it is already within the attack range of Datang's large bed crossbow.
Within this distance, the power of the crossbow arrows can kill someone if they hit him, or seriously injure him if he touches them. Who dares to use a trebuchet against the firepower of a bed crossbow?
Therefore, although Goguryeo's military strength was superior, but the Tang Dynasty was not prepared to attack at all, Goguryeo's failure was inevitable!
If Yeon Gaesumun serves as the coach and Goguryeo fails, it will definitely be a blow to his own reputation, and Goguryeo's domestic political opponents will definitely take action against him.
Now that he has quit the job, he has instead given it to his political opponent, who is... kind of awesome.
As for the opponent's coach, Sori Xuanjie is not worried at all, because this war has nothing to do with the coach.
Datang had already stored enough supplies, and it was impossible for Goguryeo to launch a large-scale siege, because Goguryeo could not afford the troops required for a large-scale siege, and he did not need to besiege just one city.
Therefore, in the case of siege, the tactics that can be used are quite limited.
While Xiangli Xuanjie was deep in thought here, people like them also gathered together in Pyongyang City and within the Yu family.
"I'm afraid this matter is not that simple. Yu Ling, do you have confidence here?" The head of the Yu clan, Zuo Fu of Goguryeo, asked in a deep voice.
"No matter what, we won't know until we fight. Now we can only attack." Yu Ling took a deep breath and said, "If that doesn't work, I will decide to bypass the place where the Tang army is stationed and attack Baekje and Silla first. Say it again."
"I don't understand the war. The conflict between us and Datang this time is actually not that urgent. So sometimes if you can't resolve the situation, you can take your time and take a look at it, because what's urgent is not We, behind you is Goguryeo, and our supplies can arrive at any time, so we are not in a hurry." Chief Yu thought for a while and said.
