Chapter 1122: Fang Qiao's Advice
On the contrary, with the loss of Liaodong City, it was shocking bad news for Goguryeo, and they became passive from then on.
After today, they can only keep an eye on the movements of the Sui army, and mobilize a large army to resist according to the rhythm and direction of the Sui army, if the Sui army goes north, they can only choose to go north to support, and if the Sui army goes south, they can only go south to resist, that is to say, with the loss of Liaodong City, Goguryeo can only be led by the nose of the Sui army from then on.
Of course, these are only theoretical, and in fact what will happen will only be known after the fight.
The atmosphere in the imperial tent was high and enthusiastic, and the Sui army in the city was methodically conducting street battles according to the established plan to clean up the remnants of the enemy, while the monarchs and ministers in the imperial tent were roasting whole sheep and feasting on them.
Fang Qiao is also in the group of generals celebrating the achievement, he has been serving as Yang Guang's secretary and other roles, and he has long been very familiar with Yang Guang's personality in recent years, and it is because of his familiarity that he has been disappointed in Yang Guang.
Different from Liu Ziming's uprightness, Fang Qiao is a very judgmental person, he knows Yang Guang's character, and he can't listen to other people's advice at all, so he rarely admonishes Yang Guang in recent years, but tonight he decided to admonish, not only because Wang Junlin sent someone over to bring a message, but also because he wanted to advise.
When the epidemic began to appear in the army, Fang Qiao had a faint foreboding in his heart, and always felt that there might be a big defeat after the big victory, until Wang Junlin sent someone to send a long handwritten letter, Fang Qiao decided that this battle could not be fought any further.
Of course, these thoughts are very rebellious, and Fang Qiao didn't dare to say it, he had to use another way to persuade him.
The atmosphere of the victory banquet was warm and noisy, and there was laughter and laughter everywhere at the banquet, reversing the decline of the war and huge casualties these days, Fang Qiao looked at Yang Guang with a deep disappointment in his eyes.
Yang Guang didn't realize that he was being quietly disappointed by Fang Qiao, at this moment his interest was very high, and the chessboard of the whole war was alive in vain by capturing Liaodong City, so he was in a very good mood......
While the monarchs and ministers were feasting, the scouts kept playing the latest military information outside the commander's tent.
Wang Shi has broken the urn city, beheaded more than 7,000, and surrendered more than 60,000. Wang Shi has broken the inner city, beheaded more than 4,000, more than 5,000 descenders, Wang Shi into the inner city was blocked, the enemy army is resisting in the streets and alleys, Wang Shi is divided into zero, relying on the streets and alleys step by step for the battle, and ordered to set fire to the city, forcing the enemy to face the battle head-on, beheading more than 4,000 enemies, the number of surrenderers is unknown......
The battle reports with the smell of blood were constantly presented to Yang Guang's handsome tent. The expressions of the monarchs and ministers in the tent did not change at all, and the mood seemed to be better, and the laughter continued one after another.
Fang Qiao's mood at the moment was neither sad nor joyful, he knew that the Goryeo soldiers and civilians in Liaodong City were afraid that they would not be able to survive tonight, what would be left after the army was crushed? A scorched ruin, a pool of blood corpses, at least now Yang Guang no longer mentions a so-called battle of benevolence and righteousness to the Goguryeo people.
"Your Majesty, Wang Shi will be able to clear Liaodong City tonight, and from now on, hundreds of miles west of Liaodong can enter my Great Sui territory, and the minister congratulates Your Majesty!"
With Yu Wenshu taking the lead, the ministers in the tent suddenly burst into congratulations, Yang Guang faintly regained his self-confidence, raised his head and laughed heroically, looking at the world as much as possible, but when he thought that the people and horses sent by Wang Junlin had disappeared, and the terrifying secret treasure that could blow up a city wall was not controlled in his hands, he felt very unhappy, and there were some shadows in his heart.
After the tent calmed down a little, Yuwenshu gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, at this moment, Liaodong City is already in the hands of the Great Sui, and we can discuss the next step of the royal master." ”
Yang Guang had a smile on his face, looked around at the generals and said, "That's right, Liaodong is Ke, the next step is to look at the whole territory of Goguryeo." ”
The tent suddenly quieted down, there was an epidemic in the army, and the epidemic among the people in charge of logistics and supply was even more serious, in this case, whether this battle should be fought immediately, this is a very doubtful question, there are not a few people who can see the problem, but no one will speak rashly, the ministers wrinkled their brows, and fell into deep thought.
In the crowd, Fang Qiao's expression gradually turned cold, and his hands in his sleeves quietly clenched his fists, and the current Da Sui, sure enough, no one dared to tell the truth in front of His Majesty.
Liaodong City was captured, at the cost of more than 100,000 casualties, he thought that Yang Guang would learn a lesson and carefully consider his next move, but Fang Qiao didn't expect that Yang Guang would still insist on going his own way and continue to make mistakes unrelentingly.
Yes, no matter how he fought next, Yang Guang made a mistake, and at this time, Yang Guang's words still did not mean to retreat or stop, it seems that he wanted to continue to attack Goguryeo desperately to fulfill Yang Guang's personal meritorious service.
The epidemic in the army and among the people was not taken seriously by him, perhaps because the common people and ordinary soldiers had always been just a number in Yang Guang's heart.
Yang Guang didn't know what kind of bad luck he would have for the more than 800,000 soldiers and 3 million people, originally Liaodong City couldn't be captured alive or dead, Yang Guang began to face up to the opponent of Goguryeo, but now with the capture of Liaodong City, Yang Guang's confidence swelled again.
Full of resentment and advice, Fang Qiao wanted to say it, but his wisdom and experience told him that when Yang Guang, whose confidence was expanding, wanted to do anything, it was impossible to listen to the advice of others, and if he talked too much, he would probably invite death.
At this moment, Yang Guang didn't seem to feel that he was going further and further down the wrong path, but was complacent, feeling that the destruction of Goguryeo was just around the corner, and he didn't take Goguryeo in his eyes.
Fang Qiao sighed secretly, remembering what Wang Junlin said in his letter that he couldn't care about getting into trouble, at least he should say something for nearly a million soldiers of the Third Army and earn their lives.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the most important thing at the moment is not to immediately send troops to attack the rest of the place, but the first thing that my royal soldiers should do is...... Rest and rectify, restore the morale of the army, especially to solve the problem of the epidemic, otherwise ......" Fang Qiao hung his head, trying to be as tactful as possible.
Yang Guang raised his eyebrows: "Restore the morale of the army?" Xuan Ling is too worried, today to conquer Liaodong City, I thought that the military spirit had been restored in an instant, Xuan Ling, today's account is full of veterans who have led the army for many years, how to rectify the military spirit, they know better than you, what do you know as a civilian official......"
Fang Qiao pondered for a moment, Fang Qiao gritted his teeth, and said: "Your Majesty, the king is far away, tired and running, it is for the taboo of the soldiers, not to mention that there has been an epidemic in the army, although the number of people who have the epidemic is not large at the moment, but the psychological fear brought to the soldiers is great, for example, at this time, there is a minister in the imperial tent who has an epidemic, everyone can talk about military affairs here at this time, in other words, if there is an epidemic in the army, even if there is only one in ten thousand people, regardless of whether the epidemic will spread, the others will inevitably be panicked. ”