This marquee-like battle report kept being reported to Li Shimin's tent. The monarchs and ministers in the tent have all experienced decades of war, and their expressions have not changed at all, and the Liaodong City can be taken today, where can no one die in the war.

"Your Majesty, my Tang Dynasty soldiers will be able to capture Liaodong City immediately, Your Majesty will open up hundreds of miles of territory for the Tang Dynasty, and the ministers will congratulate Your Majesty!" Cen Wenwen was the first to come forward to pat the horse, followed by those civil and military officials in the handsome tent and also congratulated, Li Shimin laughed, and his heart was infinitely happy.

Li Shimin was happy for a while and pressed it with his hand, and the handsome tent was quiet. Cen Wenwen said again: "Your Majesty, since Liaodong City is already equal to the hand, should we discuss the following offensive line first?" ”

Li Ji nodded and said, "Your Majesty, what Cen Zhongshu said makes sense. We have captured the city of Liaodong, and now there are only three cities in front of the city of Pyongyang, whether our army will go south or north, or will we directly drive into Pyongyang for a long distance, what does Your Majesty recommend? ”

Immediately no one spoke in the big tent, this question was the dictatorship of the Sacred Heart, and no one would go to other signs, and they all pretended to be contemplative.

Seeing that no one spoke for a long time, the scene was a little embarrassing, Li Shimin looked at Li Dongsheng in the corner and said: "Lantian Hou can be regarded as a rising star, how do you think the future combat strategy will be better?" ”

Li Dongsheng didn't expect that he was called out at the end, he stood up and said: "Your Majesty, my Tang soldiers have made a long journey into Goguryeo, first the battle of crossing the river, and then the battle of Liaodong City, I think what we need to do now is to let the soldiers rest and rectify." ”

Li Shimin nodded and said: "Lantian Hou is young, but his combat thinking is still stable, and he has won the essence of Wei Gong. Okay, pass the order, after conquering Liaodong City, the whole army will have a three-day holiday, and Liaodong City will be slaughtered for three days. ”

Unexpectedly, Li Shimin has always kept the matter of "slaughtering the city" in his heart, it seems that he has moved the real fire, this Goguryeo has made him lose face, and he can no longer take care of the so-called benevolence and righteousness.

This order of "slaughtering the city" is aimed at all the Goguryeo soldiers who live in Liaodong City, all men are killed, women are ***, property is looted, and houses are burned, and this Liaodong City will become a ruin, ensuring that there is no living person.

The civil officials present were silent, and they should have not heard the killing of people of other races. And for the generals, after this order is passed down, slaughtering the city is the best way to improve the morale of the army. Everyone came to such a far place for promotion and fortune, and it was too depressing some time ago, but now with this order, everyone can vent all their emotions.

Li Shimin looked around and said with a smile: "Okay, everyone has adjusted after three days, and you can see how to go next." ”

As Li Shimin's brother-in-law, who has worked together for so many years, the eldest grandson Wuji knows very well that Li Shimin's current question is definitely not sincere, he clearly knows that the next move Li Shimin must have thought about it in his heart, and now asking him is just to be a wise gentleman, showing everyone present that he is just listening to persuasion.

The eldest grandson Wuji said: "Your Majesty is wise and martial, leading us all the way to the battle to have today's Tang Dynasty, I think the next step is just to follow Your Majesty's instructions." ”

Everyone present scolded "shameless" in their hearts, but they still nodded and applauded on the surface, anyway, they all followed Li Shimin's handsome account, no matter how risky they were, they couldn't take their turn, so why bother to make their future gloomy for the sake of others.

Li Dongsheng thought about it, and he still had to fight for those front-line soldiers. He thought for a while and got up and said, "Your Majesty, I still reserve my previous opinion. Our Datang army came from afar, everyone is tired, and if you continue to fight, it is a taboo for soldiers. The terrain of Goguryeo is narrow, and if the 300,000 troops have been gathered together to advance and retreat together, Weichen thinks that he will not be able to give full play to the characteristics of our Tang Dynasty army's fighting like the wind, and fighting a war of attrition and positional warfare with Goguryeo will obviously be a loss for my Tang Dynasty. Therefore, the minister still insisted on the idea at the beginning, and the troops were divided into three routes, all the way north to attack Goguryeo's allies, all the way south to attack Anshi City, Jian'an City, and one went straight to Pyongyang, and then let the naval army land and attack, and the four-way army marched together, and Goguryeo's destruction was as easy as a finger! ”

Li Ji and Wang De didn't expect that they had persuaded Li Dongsheng, but he was still so uninteresting that Li Shimin couldn't get off the stage in public, and they were secretly anxious for him, listening to Li Dongsheng's words, Li Shimin fell silent, and it was cold in the tent again.

"Your Majesty's strategy of dividing troops made it clear a few days ago that it was inappropriate, and Lantian Hou never forgot to mention it, is there any selfishness at work?"

Li Dongsheng turned to look at him: "Lord Eldest Sun, as a courtier of the Tang Dynasty, I have this obligation to advise Your Majesty to adopt my strategy. Your Majesty has rejected my opinion, but as long as I think my idea is correct, I will definitely keep raising it. I know you have an opinion about me, but don't put personal grievances at work, the decision here is related to the life of my Tang soldiers, please respect yourself. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji was confronted by Li Dongsheng in front of so many people, and his expression was surprised for a while, and then his face was flushed, and he was actually said by a junior in front of His Majesty to respect himself, which is really a great shame. He sneered, "If you think it's right, you have to advise?" Is your idea guaranteed to be correct? If it's wrong, do you take the blame? This handsome tent is full of famous generals who have led the army for many years, whether it is experience or fame, any one of them is much better than you, do you mean that they are not as good as you, only you are right? ”

"Everyone is an official in the same dynasty, is it interesting for you to provoke like this? The ancients could hold a boat in the belly of Prime Minister Yun, but I don't see such a situation in the eldest grandson. Li Dongsheng said very slowly, but with great momentum: "There is no kind of thing in this world that can be completed completely by experience, and the enemy, climate, environment, enemy, and logistics are different every time, and of course the countermeasures adopted are also different." Everyone can see in the two wars of Goguryeo so far, this guy is completely different from the grassland peoples we fought against in the past, they are very resilient and very difficult, so we can't let them hold together, only divide the troops and assault, let them separate and then I Datang will break each one, so that there is hope for success! ”

He stared at the eldest grandson Wuji and said word by word: "Your Majesty doesn't listen to my advice, that is, Your Majesty thinks about the problem differently from us, I just want to complete my duties as an official." But Lord Eldest Sun, you have obstructed and opposed my suggestion, if our army is really ambushed, can you afford this responsibility? You must know that this is a military tent, and there is no joke in the army! ”