Goguryeo's biggest feature is imitation, whether it is architecture or culture, Goguryeo is deeply influenced by the culture of the Wei and Jin dynasties and the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Central Plains in the Wei and Jin dynasties, because of the 'nine products of the Zhongzheng system' founded by Chen Qun, derived from a famous family, the north has Boling Cui, Qinghe Cui, Xingyang Zheng, Fanyang Lu, Longxi Li, Zhaojun Li, Taiyuan Wang, the south has Wang, Xie, Lu, Gu, Xiao and other scholars.

This distinction of nine ranks was also copied from Goguryeo, where the Yuan clan was a well-known and prestigious family, and the place name was second only to the royal family Gao, who existed as early as the Three Kingdoms period.

"The Biography of Goguryeo in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty" records: Goguryeo has five parts: one is internal, and one is the Huang department, that is, the Guilou department; the second is the north, a rear, that is, the slave department; Three said east, a left, that is, Shunnu also part; Fourth, in the south, a front part, that is, the slave department; Five said west, a right part, that is, the slave elimination department.

The Yuan clan is the Shunnu department of the five divisions.

These hundreds of years of family naturally have a proud glory! They are based on the west of Yalushui, the domestic city is the base camp of the Yuan clan, in Yang Guangsan's expedition to Goryeo, the Yuan army controlled by Yuan Ziyou did not fight with all their strength, the main force at that time was the army of the king of the Goguryeo Plain Gao Yuan fought hard, so that the Gao army suffered heavy losses, and the army of more than 200,000 was less than 50,000 people.

After the Battle of Goguryeo. The domestic situation in Goguryeo underwent subtle changes, and the army controlled by the Yuan family became the main force of the Goguryeo army, and the powerful Yuan Ziyu became the real ruler of Goguryeo.

However, Yuanzi Youseongfu is very deep, and when he does many things, he is implicit and not revealed, although he holds the military and political power of Goguryeo, he maintains enough respect for the Goryeo royal family.

Moreover, most of the Goguryeo courtiers were also loyal to the Gao family, and the king of the plains, Gao Yuan, also had enough authority in the country, and the pattern of the monarch and the emperor was not broken.

However, soon after the end of the war between the Sui Dynasty and Goguryeo, two major events occurred in Goguryeo that were enough to affect the political landscape of Goguryeo.

First, Gao Yuan, the king of the Goguryeo Plain, died of illness and was succeeded by his younger brother Gao Jianwu, who had shallow qualifications, and although he had a large number of loyal ministers following him, he did not have the authority of Gao Yuan to control everything.

Secondly, less than two months after Gao Yuan's death, Yuan Ziyou also died of illness one after another, and his son Yuan Taizuo inherited his father's military power and the position of Xiangguo.

But the ambitious Yuan Taizuo is not as reserved as his father Yuan Ziyou, he is sharp, and the first thing he does is to become a messenger army dedicated to him. Every day, he had to send the notes from Pyongyang to the city for his approval.

As a result, there are currently two political centers in Goguryeo, one is Pyongyang, the national capital, and the other is the domestic city where the Yuan clan is based. But Yuan Taizuo was not at ease at all. is still the king of half of the country.

And this time, in order to deal with the Great Sui, the Gao clan and the Yuan clan finally shook hands and made peace, for Gao Jianwu, Liaodong is the land of Goguryeo, and it must not be lost, Liaodong has always been the territory of the Yuan clan, and Yuan Taizuo will naturally not object to Gao Jianwu's proposal, if Liaodong can be recovered, the Yuan clan will return to its previous strength.

The above are the domestic situation of Goguryeo that Deng Wei emphasized, and the deficiencies are supplemented by Zuo Tiancheng.

"How many armies did Goguryeo have on land and water?" After listening to Deng Wei's introduction, Yang Tong asked.

Deng Wei said: "There are about 30,000 people in the domestic city, Xuansu city, and Pyongyang, and there are more than 10,000 sailors. The original army of 140,000 in Zhuhan City, after more than half a month of attrition, and His Highness's great victory in the day, there are still as many as 110,000. ”

Yang Tong asked, "In other words, as long as the 110,000 troops of Zhuhan City are wiped out!" Goguryeo lost half of its army? ”

Deng Wei said: "That's right. ”

Yang Tong nodded and thought silently.

The mountain fortress of Goguryeo was carefully designed to make full use of the advantages of the mountain terrain. Moreover, these mountain fortresses have been perfected by Goguryeo for hundreds of years, thus forming a well-layered mountain fortress.

For example, Liaodong has reached the hands of the Great Sui, the first row of mountain cities are built at the junction of the Liaohe Plain and the mountains behind, these mountain cities face the plain, back to the Qianshan Mountains, the city is high, there is only a mountain road that only allows a dozen people to climb the city, the city area above is large, it can be said that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, if it is not for the last time to take advantage of the sneak attack, with lightning speed to annihilate the Goguryeo army of Xiangping and Lushun, it is impossible to take Liaodong so quickly.

The Goguryeo people built many satellite cities around these mountain cities, and these satellite cities relied on Daesan Fortress to survive, with the purpose of defending Daesan Fortress and thus forming a joint defense system.

And then between these small mountain towns, there are many, many fortresses and villages, and these fortresses are to fill the gap between the satellite cities. If you really want to attack one by one, you will probably not be able to find Pyongyang City even if your hundreds of thousands of troops are exhausted.

If they do this, they will simply play into the hands of the Goguryeo people, and the defense system they play is to exchange space for time, and then drag the enemy army down.

Of course, Yang Tong can't fall for the Goguryeo people.

If you want to fight, you will fight a war to annihilate the living forces, as long as the main force of the enemy army in Zhuhan City is annihilated, and those small mountain cities will be conquered without attacking.

For a while, the city guards were quiet.

After a long time, Yang Tong's train of thought gradually became clearer, his eyes swept around everyone's faces, and he said slowly: "Our war this time is mainly to annihilate the living forces of Goguryeo, and not to destroy its country. ”

This simple sentence caused a commotion, and Yang Tong came violently, putting on an immortal Goguryeo vow of never returning, who would have thought that there would be such a decision in the end.

Yang Tong saw that Du Ruhui's eyes were shining, and waved his hand slightly, signaling everyone to be quiet: "Keming, you must understand my intentions, you can tell everyone." ”

"Guess it!" Although Du Ruhui said so, he said very firmly: "The strategic center of gravity of the Great Sui is in Guanzhong, in the Central Plains, and in the entire territory of the Great Sui. Our expedition to Goguryeo was actually forced to fight in order to stabilize the rear of our Great Sui. Before there is no strength left to control this piece of land, destroying Goguryeo will only cheapen Silla and Baekje.

Hearing Du Ruhui say this, Deng Wei and Zuo Tiancheng sighed at each other, and infinite melancholy surged in their eyes. Although they wanted to annihilate this old enemy of the Great Sui, they also knew that Du Ruhui's words were right.

After being silent for a long time, Zuo Tiancheng smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, how should we fight this battle?" ”

Although he was unwilling, Zuo Tiancheng obeyed the overall situation.

Deng Wei didn't speak, but judging from the look in his eyes, it was also the meaning.

Yang Tong pondered for a moment and said, "Annihilate the Goguryeo army north of Aplushui!" ”

Deng Wei smiled bitterly and said: "Your Highness, the problem is that the Goguryeo people will not fight to the death, they will only harass and come every night to exhaust the army." And they are very good at procrastinating, and it is not a problem for a battle to drag on for a year and a half, but I can't afford to drag it out. Moreover, the Goguryeo people have always been fierce and hateful to our Great Sui, once we attack the city and plunder the land, then they will inevitably use all the troops against us. ”

"The Goguryeo people are fierce, but we have even more fierce people!" The cold light flashed in Yang Tong's eyes.

Deng Wei suddenly said: "Your Highness is talking about these 40,000 Turks? ”

Yang Tong nodded and said: "The soldiers of our army are unspeakably expensive, if there are casualties, the money and grain in the treasury will definitely be consumed." These Turkic slaves had long been tired of the slave days, and had reached the critical point of the outbreak. I promised them that as long as they made meritorious deeds, they would be able to obtain the official status of the Great Sui, and they would enjoy the same treatment as my Great Sui soldiers in the future......"

Looking at Yang Tong's treacherous expression, the corners of Fang Xuanling's mouth twitched a few times, in fact, the money and food of the Great Sui over the years have been a lot, just the commercial tax is enough to feed all the troops of the Great Sui, but if you count the pension, it must be a lot.

In fact, it was not the first time that Turkic slaves had been lured to fight with their official status, and this method was Qin Qiongzhi's first creation.

Fang Xuanling now knows Yang Dong's mind very well, using slaves to fight, not only to solve the economic burden, but also to Yang Tong wants the Turks to die more, how many of the 40,000 Turkic slaves brought in this time can be left, Fang Xuanling does not know, but those who survive will definitely be elite, and they will be added to the armies in the end.

These Turks died when they died, and it was a pity that when they were consumed, they would buy it again, and the price of a Turkic young man was only a horse, which was very cheap.

"Your Highness, these Turkic soldiers and horses are ......" Zuo Tiancheng looked at Yang Dong puzzled.

Yang Tong said expressionlessly: "These are all slaves bought from the grassland, and if you throw them on the battlefield, you will definitely be a vicious wolf!" In the country, try to use it as little as possible, and it doesn't matter if you go to Goguryeo, just let them go to the scourge. ”

"I see." Deng Wei had a sudden expression on his face.

"General Zhang!" Yang Tong looked at Zhang Zhenzhou, the governor of the navy.

"The last general!" Zhang Zhenzhou's spirit suddenly lifted.

Yang Tong immediately ordered: "You lead the water army supplemented by 20,000 Turkic slaves, march by water, attack Beishui, annihilate the Goguryeo sailors on the river, seize control of Beishui, and make Goguryeo unable to take care of everything." Let me also see the power of the Great Sui Water Master. ”

Zhang Zhenzhou was overjoyed and said, "Your Highness, rest assured, the navy will never let you down." ”

It has been two years since the establishment of the water division, but there has never been room to play, Zhang Zhenzhou and the Lai brothers have long held their breath, and now they finally have a place to use, and they are naturally smiling.

"Wei Chi, you, Huang Junhan, and Meng Zhongcai led an army of 20,000 to lurk on the outskirts of Danyang City, if there is a rout tomorrow, attack with all your might, if there are no soldiers passing by, attack the domestic city with great fanfare. The three of you have to put on a posture of empty eyes, so that they think that I am a great Sui and an enemy of light. ”

Wei Chigong, Huang Junhan, and Mai Zhongcai are all shrewd people, and they will take orders to go.

"Lao Niu, Xie Yingdeng, you two led 20,000 people out of the city overnight, brought out the cold blanket lurking in Phoenix Mountain eight miles away, if there is a big battle here, immediately bring in troops to help."

Yang Tong looked at Yuwen Wen and Li Chun, and said: "Yuwen Jiangzuo, Li Shilang, you two will start tomorrow and do everything you can to build siege equipment, and I will take this Zhuhan City." ”

"Whoa!" Yu Wenwen and Li Chun responded loudly.

"Let's take our places, let's surprise the Goguryeo people tomorrow."

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