Yu Wenshu and the other generals were immediately half angry.

Before Yang Guang came to the front line, Pei Shiju's proposal was vetoed by Yang Guang, and many people saw the scene of scolding Pei Shiju, so Zuo Xiao's guard chief Shi Youyuan also came out of the ranks, and said loudly with a righteous face: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this move is a loss of virtue for a benevolent monarch!" ”

Several other civil officials who had been accompanying Yang Guang also spoke one after another, believing that this tactic was too ruthless.

However, only the twelve generals such as Yu Wenshu, Wang Rengong, and Li Zixiong knew that if they did not do so, I am afraid that with the current morale, it would be difficult for Liaodong City to be captured.

"Your Majesty, the last general agrees with General Yuwen's suggestion to dig the Daliang River to flood Liaodong City." Seeing this, Wang Rengong, the general of Zuo Wuwei, was immediately very anxious, and he was eager to kill all these civilian officials.

The generals knew that Ci was not in charge of the troops, and they would do everything on the battlefield for victory, although the method of digging the river and flooding the city was ruthless, and if a flood was put down, it was estimated that there would be no few living people left in the entire Liaodong City. But it is the best plan for the least sacrifice on their own side. Only by pulling out the stronghold of Liaodong can the army continue to move forward, otherwise, it will always be a disaster to leave such a nail in the back.

"Your Majesty, the last general also thought that the recent storm was great, and I am afraid that God gave me a great opportunity for the Great Sui to attack Liaodong City. The water flooded the Liaodong City, and then took advantage of the situation to take the new city and the black bone and the country, this winter, the army can be stationed in the three cities of Liaodong. When next spring comes, we will kill Sashui in one fell swoop and take Pyongyang! Li Zixiong, the governor of Youzhou, who had rarely spoken, finally stood up and said loudly: "Your Majesty, there will be snow in Liaodong in August." If our army can take the three cities on the north bank of Sasu this autumn, there will be no danger around Pyongyang. Even if Yuan Taizuo and Gao Jianwu can survive for a winter, they will be bound in front of His Majesty's horse next spring! ”

Li Zixiong has been in Liaodong for many years and knows the weather in Liaodong very well. It's June right now, and after August, snow will begin to fall on both sides of the Liao River. So there are just over two months left to be able to fight. The army has completely swept away Liaodong this year, and it has become an impossible task at this point. Instead of reluctantly holding on, it is better to take some results and force the king of Goguryeo to cede his land and surrender.

"Oh, I didn't expect the weather in Liaodong to be so cold!" Yang Guang was stunned for a moment, and was a little moved by what Yu Wenshu, Wang Rengong and Li Zixiong said, but he had spoken too much in front of the civil and military officials and the envoys of the Ninety-Nine Kingdoms, and it was really difficult to change his words for a while.

Then he remembered how smoothly he led the army to defeat Nan Chen back then, almost invincible, invincible. Now that millions of heroes are going to Liao, they can't even beat a city, and after they are defeated, they have to divide a battle into two years, and they are a little unwilling in their hearts.

"It's all incompetent, and I have been delayed for more than a month under Liaodong City!" Yang Guang glanced down angrily and scolded in his heart. He remembered the glory of wielding troops to take Jiankang with lightning speed, capturing the queen of Chen, and forcing Zhou Luoyu, a famous general of the Chen Shui Division in the upper south, to surrender. But he forgot that the main reason for the expedition to Nanchen back then was that Yang Su was there to lead the army, and he was just my commander in the clear sense, and he was far from being as conceited as he is now, and every time Yang Su proposed a tactic, he would accept it humbly.

Suddenly, Pei Shiju said: "Your Majesty, the minister has a good attention. ”

Yang Guang glanced at Pei Shiju and snorted coldly: "Tell me about it." ”

Pei Shiju remembered the secret letter sent by Wang Junlin just before this meeting, sighed, and said: "Your Majesty, the Goguryeo clown dared to deceive Your Majesty several times, Your Majesty might as well lie to them once." ”

Yang Guang frowned and shouted, "If there is any tactic, hurry up and say it clearly." ”

Pei Shixiao hurriedly said: "Your Majesty might as well take more than 700,000 troops to besiege but not attack, and select another 100,000 elite soldiers to make a detour and attack the depths of Goguryeo." At the same time, His Majesty sent a holy decree to King Junlin of Qin'an, ordering him to take the sailors to land near Pyongyang. Cooperate with 100,000 elite soldiers to take Pyongyang directly. If Goguryeo's Kyoto is breached, if Goguryeo's lord Gao Jianwu is captured by His Majesty's army, Yuan Taizuo guarding a small Liaodong city is just a thief, what is it! ”

When Yang Guang heard this, he suddenly remembered that the Great Sui army had used such a clever plan when he attacked Nan Chen, thinking like this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and said: "Yes, this plan is very good, Wang Junlin is a winning general, and he is good at odd victories, and he will never let me down." ”

At this moment, Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang Guo, who was in charge of logistics and grain and grass, hurriedly came in, and said loudly with an ugly face: "Your Majesty, there is a fever in the army, which is a symptom of typhoid fever. ”

Yang Guang, who had just decided on a plan to break the enemy, was stunned for a moment and said, "What, what did you say?" ”

Li Yuan said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, there was a fever in the army, first from the millions of people, because there were too many people who died along the way, most of the corpses were not buried, as the weather warmed, the epidemic spread by the corpses began to appear, and the fever spread rapidly, more and more people fell, the minister just went to confirm it, and the epidemic began to appear among the soldiers." ”

Yang Guang suddenly remembered that a few days ago, Yang Da was also unfortunately infected and died, as if the imperial doctor said that it was a fever.

Yang Guang's face was gloomy to the extreme: "How serious is the epidemic now?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, one percent of the people have fallen ill on the people's side, the soldiers are a little better, the minister is responsible for the treatment of food and grass and wounded soldiers, just now the minister has counted it, nearly 10,000 soldiers have been infected, the minister suggested that the soldiers should be isolated immediately if they have a fever, and the dead should be burned and buried deeply, and all supplies should be burned together."

"Your Majesty, once the epidemic breaks out, it will spread rapidly in densely populated places, and now there are millions of people on the west bank of the Liao River, and the epidemic is difficult to control, it is best to leave here and evacuate the army, otherwise when it is hot in summer, the epidemic will break out, and it will be difficult to control it at that time." Li Yuan did not explicitly say the withdrawal of the troops, but changed his statement.

"No way!"

Yang Guang categorically vetoed it, he had just made up his mind to break the enemy, how could he give up halfway.

"Attacking Goryeo is a major policy of the country, how can you give up halfway, you are in charge of logistics, you should try your best to find a way to solve the epidemic, whether to withdraw or not, it is not something you should ask."

Li Yuan had no choice but to retreat with a worried face, a million troops, more than three million people, so many people gathered together, it is impossible for the epidemic not to break out quickly, if it really breaks out, how many people can survive?

Li Yuan was especially worried about the Minfu's side, the conditions over there were bad, the Minfu were generally weak, the food was extremely poor, and the epidemic had already broken out there, if the Minfu fled once, he would bring the epidemic back to the Central Plains, and the epidemic would inevitably spread in the Central Plains, he knew that there would be such consequences, but he could not do anything about it.