Chapter 1115: The Twelve Great Generals of Grief and Indignation
Yu Wenshu, who was in charge of the front line command, discussed with several generals such as Wang Rengong, and did not spread this will of the emperor to ordinary soldiers, but chose to continue the attack the next day.
It's just that the army attacked with all its strength for a whole day, killing nearly 10,000 people, and still failed to break through Liaodong City.
At this time, the city of Liaodong had been dyed blood-red, most of which was the blood of the Great Sui soldiers, and only a small half was the blood of the Goguryeo defenders.
And the Goguryeo battle flag at the head of the city was still erected, and no one could predict how long it would be erected except for Wang Junlin. General Wang Rengong, who was known for his bravery, rushed up with Zuo Wuwei, but was smashed down by rocks again. Yuwenshu, who was known for his cunning, resorted to various means such as attacking the east and west, encircling three and missing one, and deceiving the city, but still did not make the Goguryeo people give up resistance.
The attackers climbed up to the top of the city and were cut down. The defender poked out his head and was shot into a thorn. When the game of surrender and appeasement was no longer playable, both sides finally exerted their full strength. The tragedy of blood and fire is played out outside the city walls every day, the same story is repeated every day, and many people die every day.
Finally, Yang Guang's patience was also exhausted, and he issued an order to allow the armies to attack.
However, it was too late, and Goguryeo reached the rainy season with the most rain in the four seasons of the year, and I don't know if it was because there were too many people dying in this land, the rain was extremely heavy, and the land became muddy after four consecutive days of heavy rain.
After the heavy rain, the rain in Zhejiang and Zhejiang did not end at the beginning, the humid weather greatly reduced the power of the bed crossbow and catapult, without the support of the two siege weapons, no matter how strong the soldiers of the Great Sui Mansion were, they could not gain the upper hand in the strong attack, and everyone knew that the siege was sending death at this time.
But Yang Guang didn't care about the life and death of the soldiers, he forced the heavy rain to attack the city, and more than 30,000 people died in three days.
The corpses of more than 30,000 soldiers just made Yang Guang understand one fact - it is impossible to attack the city in the rainy weather at the moment.
Yang Guang suddenly fell into a state of gain and loss, he was too deep in the drama before, and the level of flattery by the people around him was too high, after a long time, he was convinced that he was the co-master of the world, the first emperor of the ages, and everywhere he went, he would inevitably be devastated, but now even the sky is blocking him from attacking the city, Yang Guang can't help but wonder if the sky is warning him something.
But Yang Guang's stubborn side was completely stimulated, I don't know who told him, he thought it was a test for him by the sky. So he ordered the soldiers to recuperate while waiting for the sunny day to come.
Yuan Taizuo has long spread rumors in Liaodong City, saying that the Sui people will slaughter the city once it breaks the city, so hundreds of thousands of people and the army in the city are rarely united, and they have done their best to defend the city.
The Sui army outside the city was just the opposite, and the morale of the army was on the verge of collapse.
Yu Wenshu, Wang Rengong, Li Zixiong and other generals vaguely understood that whether Liaodong City could be conquered depended on the first meeting between the two sides after the weather was clear.
Pei Shiju finally sensed that something was wrong with the situation, if the Great Sui was defeated this time, with the domestic turmoil, the rule of the Great Sui would probably be shaky, so he found an opportunity to suggest to Yang Guang that the Daliang River be dug up and flooded the city, because the Daliang River was less than two miles away from the north wall of Liaodong City.
But Yang Guang was too full of words before, he said with confidence and majesty in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military and the ninety-nine envoys, he was the co-lord of the world, he was the son of the Great Sui, he wanted to make the people of Goguryeo his own people, he disdained to do this kind of thing, he refused once, and then he couldn't pull his face and then adopt the method of digging the big river to flood Liaodong City.
After Yang Guang reprimanded Pei Shiju, he returned north from Wanghaidun and came to the front-line camp.
It was drenched in some rain on the road, so His Majesty the Great Sui Emperor's face was a little ugly. But that didn't prevent him from expressing his anger to his ministers, or rather, his pale face made his celestial might even more unpredictable.
Of course, if Wang Junlin looked at Yang Guang's expression here, he would suddenly find that Yang Guang's state at this time was already a little abnormal, it was a hysteria when he was praised too high by everyone, and he also believed that he was a god-like son of heaven, but he found that he was not recognized by the sky, as if he was as ordinary as other emperors, and he might even be about to fail miserably.
Yang Guang summoned the twelve generals in front of him and scolded for an hour.
The twelve generals knelt in front of Yang Guang with their heads bowed, their faces ashamed, but their hearts were inexplicably angry and aggrieved. Everyone was thinking that if His Majesty did not personally lead the expedition and he led the army to attack Goguryeo, the result would never be like this.
But no one dared to say such a thing, everyone is a smart person, and whoever knows that whoever says it will be beheaded by order of His Majesty the Emperor, who has fallen into madness.
It took more than a month for a million troops, but they did not take the first city of the small country they called in their mouths, and this result was difficult for Yang Guang to accept.
Especially when the envoys of the Ninety-Nine Countries were watching from the side, Yang Guang felt even more ashamed.
Zuo Yiwei's general Yu Wenshu lowered his head, unwilling to say a word. The Twelve Wei Generals, with his seniority being the oldest, and also with his closest relationship with His Majesty the Emperor, everyone is usually the only one who looks to him, but he has become mute today, and the other generals have no courage to speak. One by one, they stared at the tips of their boots, and they didn't dare to come out.
"What's the matter, why don't you speak. Could it be that my army of one million could not defeat Goguryeo's army of less than 300,000? Wang Junlin led 10,000 temporarily recruited pirates at sea, and has captured three cities and most of Annam, and what about you! Twelve generals, with an army of millions, crossed the Liao River, and it was difficult to move an inch, and they could not even break a single Liaodong city. Yang Guang saw that everyone refused to squeak, and his heart was even more angry, and his eyes widened and he scolded angrily.
Originally, Yang Guang was convinced that Liaodong City would soon be breached, and he took the envoys of the Ninety-Nine Kingdoms and a group of civil officials to have a good time in Wanghaidun, thinking that after spending this beautiful summer on the seaside, he would be able to hear the news of Goguryeo's submission. Unexpectedly, the front line came with defeats again and again, and even the siege of the city in a month cost them nearly 100,000 people.
But at this time, Yang Guang didn't think that the Goguryeo people's will to resist was so strong, and he didn't think of his stupid two wills, so that the twelve generals were tied up and firmly tied to this Liaodong City, but thought that without themselves on the front line, these twelve generals would not even be able to fight.