Chapter 1116: All kinds of selfish courtiers
"Long live Qiyu, Weichen has this Qilu!" Liu Shilong, who was on the right side of Shangshu, saw that everyone refused to take the emperor's stubble, and his heart was a little empty.
Because of the capture of Goguryeo with goodwill, the Goguryeo people felt the benevolent heart of the Son of Heaven of the Heavenly Empire, which he first said to Yang Guang.
Originally, he said this and didn't say anything substantial, and the civil officials were used to playing this kind of word game in front of Yang Guang, but Yang Guang took it seriously and gave the army a decree, causing the Goguryeo commander Yuan Taizuo to play fake surrender and delay the fighters three times and five times.
He had already heard the news that the twelve great generals were very dissatisfied with him, and he didn't dare to leave Yang Guang's side at all these days, otherwise he had no doubt that he would be secretly killed by a certain general in anger in a daze, and then pushed it on the Goguryeo assassins.
Liu Shilong rushed to the twelve generals to make trouble, and decided to take the initiative to say a word for the twelve generals to find a glimmer of life.
"If you have something to say, say it." Yang Guang glanced at Liu Shilong and said with a calm face. Compared with the twelve generals, Yang Guang did not think that the two wills he issued to release goodwill to the Goguryeo people seriously interfered with the siege of the army and seriously weakened the morale of the army, so he did not blame Liu Shilong.
"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that Liaodong City is high and deep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and our army has been trapped under the fortified city for a long time, which may not be a blessing!" Liu Shilong bowed, didn't dare to look at Yang Guang, and started playing in a low voice.
"Hahaha...... The city wall is tall, is it higher than the city wall of Luoyang City, and the Daliang River is deeper than the Yangtze River? Yang Guang scolded loudly: "Our army has been trapped under the fortified city for a long time, how can it be trapped, why can't the projectile land be taken." When I never led an army, didn't I know how to attack the city? ”
Liu Shilong was suffocated by Yang Guang's arrow-like questions, and he gasped for a long time before he replied tremblingly: "The minister doesn't dare, the minister just thinks that it will be useless to spend it like this!" ”
As soon as Yang Guang's questioning came out, in an instant, the imperial tent became lively, and the twelve generals who had long wanted to break Liu Shilong's body into ten thousand pieces suddenly began to attack.
"Your Majesty, if the ministers fail to break through Liaodong City, Lord Liu cannot shirk the responsibility." Wang Rengong, the relatively young general of Zuo Wuwei, couldn't help it first, stepped forward and said loudly: "Your Majesty, every time we have the upper hand, Goguryeo will surrender." It's all in the name of Liu Shilong's so-called benevolence and righteousness, preventing us from continuing to attack. The army worked in vain, all because of this. His Majesty ordered Liu Shilong to be beheaded, and allowed us to attack on our own. Goguryeo is already exhausted, and Liaodong is just around the corner! ”
Liu Shilong's face turned pale with fright, and he retorted in a hissed voice: "Your Majesty, the minister is wronged, and General Wang is slandering the minister." In the past month, you have been unable to storm Liaodong City, how dare you shift the responsibility for the unfavorable siege to me as a Wenchen. ”
"From March to May, the veterans of the division were tired, and the soldiers had no fighting spirit, so naturally they could not capture a fortified city. If our army takes advantage of the great victory in the Liaohe River to risk death to attack, I am afraid that not only Liaodong City has already changed hands, but also Wugu and the two cities in China will not be a problem! Wang Rengong shouted angrily.
He once advised His Majesty the Emperor to be quick and surprise to attack. But this suggestion was vetoed by Yang Guang. Just because of this, Liu Shilong proposed that this attack on Liao was a benevolent and righteous army, and he either did not send troops, or he attacked in a dignified manner. As a result, His Majesty the Emperor happened to like Chen Bing's momentum of advancing in unison, so he was unwilling to win with trickery, so he listened to Liu Shilong's statement.
In Wang Rengong's view, fighting a war is not a tour of the mountains and rivers, and it cannot be about pomp and circumstance. There is no benevolence and morality on the battlefield, and the tactics that can defeat the enemy are good tactics.
When the generals saw that Wang Rengong and Liu Shilong were arguing on the spot, they stepped forward to help. All the generals thought that they had been attacking Liaodong for a long time, and they were dragged back by a few pedantic ministers led by Liu Shilong. Although the civil officials were dissatisfied with Liu Shilong, they could not bear it for others, and immediately gathered a group to accuse the generals of incompetence. For a while, the imperial tent became a pot of porridge, and the ministers said your reasoning, and I said my evidence, which was more lively than a market in the countryside.
"Enough!" The more Yang Guang listened, the more angry he became, and he raised his foot and kicked the imperial case out. Folds, papers, paper, pen and ink, flew up one after another, spilling everywhere.
When the noisy ministers saw the imperial case flying in the air, they already knew that Yang Guang was angry. Quickly stand up as a team, and at the same time bow down to make amends: "I'm in a hurry, and I'm rude in front of the emperor, please punish Your Majesty!"
"What is the punishment, but you can talk about how the army can capture this Liaodong City." Yang Guang rarely asked the ministers for advice.
"Your Majesty, the minister has a plan, and he can quickly conquer the fortified city in front of him!" Yu Wenshu held his own identity and never participated in the dispute between the two sides, but at this moment, seeing that everyone was calm, he finally found an opportunity to speak forward.
"Say, what can you do?" Yang Guangchang took a long breath, and he still trusted Yuwenshu.
"Your Majesty, Yuan Taizuo clown, offended my Great Sui Tianwei. His Majesty was tolerant, repeatedly gave him the opportunity to reform himself, and refused to attack him with all his might, but he deceived His Majesty into having good thoughts and repaying virtue with resentment! Yuwen said this very beautifully, that is, he directed his anger on Goguryeo's Yuan Taizuo, and incidentally raised the responsibility for the unfavorable war some time ago to the moral height of the Celestial Empire's tolerance and barbarism.
Yu Wenshu may be the person who knows Yang Guang the most today, he knows that Yang Guang's love for face has reached the extreme, and at this time, he must not be entangled on the issue of Liu Shilong, because Yang Guang knows very well that he has adopted Liu Shilong's opinion, and you run out to impeach Liu Shilong, isn't this a slap in the face?
Yu Wenshu knows Yang Guang's personality very well, and knows that as long as he can win Yang Guang's favor and occasionally make some mistakes, he will not only not pursue it, but will also take the initiative to cover it up for you. In front of him was a golden opportunity to curry favor with His Majesty the Emperor and not offend his ministers, and he should not miss it.
"Well, I'm really too tolerant of Goguryeo!" Yang Guang nodded, and finally admitted his mistake from the side.
It was Yuwenshu who could speak, and His Majesty the Emperor showed some praise in his eyes, patiently listening to Yuwenshu's strategy to break the city.
"Your Majesty, since Yuan Taizuo's clown doesn't know what to do, Your Majesty should also let him see Tianwei. The minister thought that it was raining heavily and the water of the Daliang River was rushing, but it was the sky that wanted His Majesty to dig the Daliang River to flood Liaodong City. Yuwen Shu changed a very beautiful statement, and mentioned Cangtian, trying to persuade Yang Guang to adopt this plan.
But Yu Wenshu didn't know that on the way here, Pei Shiju also proposed this, and was reprimanded by Yang Guang just now.
Yu Shiji was present at the time, so he knew that His Majesty the Emperor would not agree to this plan, thinking that this was a great opportunity for his performance, and immediately said loudly: "Your Majesty, this plan is very good, but there are too many kills, I am afraid of hurting Tianhe!" ”