"Your Majesty, the Great Sima Xue is gone."

Late at night, a chamberlain entered the palace and reported bad news to the emperor.

Yang Guang shook his head, which was still a little dazed, "What did you say?" ”

"Your Majesty, the Great Sima Xue is gone."

The Emperor sat there silently.

The chamberlain thought that the emperor hadn't woken up yet, so he said again, "Duan Wenzhen, the secretary of the military department and the Marquis of Beiping, has just passed away. ”

Duan Wenzhen, the secretary of the Beiping Marquis Army, was also the general of the left Hou Wei and the general of the right Fifth Army, and was the commander of the three armies responsible for attacking Goguryeo's Liaodong City this time.

But before the three armies had crossed the river, the commander died.

"Death?" The emperor finally spoke, but his voice was cold. Duan Wenzhen is not old, but his health has not been good in the past two years, but the emperor didn't expect it, how to say that it will be gone.

"Yes, the sudden onset of illness, the imperial doctor has already seen it, and the sudden onset of the illness is too late for the imperial doctor to rescue."

"Hey!"

Yang Guang let out a long sigh.

At the beginning of the war, the commander who formulated the military strategy died of illness, which made Yang Guang have a very bad premonition.

"Under the edict, posthumously present Dr. Duan Wen Zhenguanglu and Shangshu's right servant, posthumously named Zhao Guogong, and nicknamed Xiang!"

"Give a thousand pieces, two thousand stones of corn, and send them to the cemetery."

The chamberlain ordered him to step down.

Yang Guang sat on the bed and couldn't sleep for a long time.

Duan Wenzhen died like this, so who will take over the position of Shangshu of the Military Department, General Wuhou of the Right Army, and General of the Fifth Army of the Right Army?

Who will be in charge of Liaodong City?

The current squire of the military department is Mingya, this is just a relatively mediocre official, Duan Wen Zhenshu, Mingya will definitely not be able to bear the heavy responsibility of Shangshu.

Sleepless nights.

On the second day, the emperor issued an edict for Duan Wen Zhen for three days.

At the same time, the edict was issued, Pei Shiju, the squire of the Yellow Gate, was appointed as the squire of the military department, Luo Yijin, the prince of Yanguo, was the general of the right Wuhou, and Pei Shiju was concurrently the general of the right Fifth Army, responsible for leading the right five, left, seventh, and right seven armies to attack Liaodong City.

Yang Guang summoned Duan Lun, the son of Duan Wenzhen, in the palace.

Duan Lun was Yang Guang's personal guard at this time, and he entered the palace to meet the emperor and presented his father's testament.

"Since the beginning of the year, my father has been unwell, and a few days ago I suddenly wrote this table, who knew that my father really said to leave."

Yang Guang comforted Duan Lun a few words, this noble son is usually famous for his chivalrous spirit, very brave, and he loves him.

Take the watch.

"The water is falling, and it is not allowed to be flooded, but I wish to strictly strangle the army, and the stars will be fast, and the water and land will be in front of it, and if it is taken by surprise, Pyongyang will be a lonely city, and it will be able to pull out."

Duan Wenzhen's testament only said three things, one is that the Turkic wolf ambition will be a disaster for the country in the future, saying that their Yidi nature, not family affection and greed, when they are weak, they will be attached to Cheng, and once they are strong, they will bite back, this is their nature, when the Qi militia was defeated, attached to the placement, and returned the wife to the princess, and now they are reckless and strong, they should be sent back in time, and they should be relocated back to the outside of the Saiwai, and they should not live in the south of Yinshan for a long time.

In order to prevent the Turks, it is necessary to send troops to defend the frontier areas, which is a long-term plan.

Speaking of the battle of Liao, it was said that it was the rainy season at this time, and it could not be delayed, and if the army wanted to destroy Goguryeo once and for all, then it would not be possible to confront the Goguryeo people head-on, and it was unrealistic to attack mountain cities one after another. The best strategy is to advance quickly with all kinds of soldiers and horses, advance by land and water, and hit Pyongyang by surprise, then Pyongyang, a lonely city, is bound to be captured, and break the enemy's royal capital and capture the enemy's king, you can destroy the country in one fell swoop.

In the end, Duan Wenzhen said that the emperor usually relied on Cao Lang Hu Sizheng, a scholar who usually relied on him, was insidious and mean, and secretly befriended Yang Xuangan's brothers, saying that this person must not be entrusted with confidential matters, and also advised the emperor to be more wary of Yang Xuangan, saying that he made friends with relatives and officials everywhere, and his plans were not small.

"I am a mediocre and humble person, fortunate to be in the prosperous era, to bear the rewards and promotions, and my honor exceeds that of my peers. However, my intelligence is not to be desired, and I have gained too much, so I often think about the great kindness of the country, forget to sleep and eat, and I often want to follow the work of dogs and horses, in order to repay the great kindness of the country in case of emergency. But I couldn't recuperate, so my illness was very serious. With such a deep guilt, I will be buried in the ground forever, and I can't bear the great regret, so I will briefly state my opinion. I see this Liaodong clown, who does not accept severe punishment, my country has surrendered to the six armies, and the emperor has personally conquered. However, Yi Di Duo is deceitful, and the emperor must be more vigilant. They often say surrender in their mouths, but they want to betray in their hearts, which can be described as tricky, please do not accept their surrender at will. At present, the water level is just dropping, and our army must not hesitate, but I hope that the emperor will strictly order all men and horses to gallop in the starry night, advance by land and water, and take them by surprise, then Pyongyang, a lonely city, can be captured. If Pyongyang is laid, their roots will be dug up, and the rest of the cities will be pacified. If it is not pacified on time, if it encounters a continuous autumn rain, it is deeply blocked, the soldiers are exhausted, the strong troops are in front, and the people are behind, and they hesitate, which is not the best policy. ”

After reading this testament, Yang Guang sighed again.

Duan Wenzhen knew what he meant, but it was a pity that he left so early.

"Duan Lun, your father has been conscientious, hardworking and loyal all his life, but unfortunately he died young. Although you are young now, I hope that you can carry on your father's legacy and be able to magnify the lintel of your Duan family in the future. ”

The emperor issued an edict ordering Duan Lun to inherit his father's marquis title of Beiping, and awarded him the post of Eagle Yang Lang General, so that he served as a general in the Right Fifth Army, and made contributions under the city of Liaodong.

Three days later.

Yang Guang rushed to the front line of the Liaohe River from Huaiyuan Xinggong and drove to the camp of the three armies of the Liaodongcheng Group that was about to cross the river.

"Now that the water level of the Liao River has receded, it is a good time to cross the river, Yu Wenkai immediately built a pontoon bridge, and the army is preparing to cross the river."

Pei Shiju, the new general of the Fifth Army on the right, Mai Tiecan, the general of the Seventh Army on the left, and Yang Yichen, the general of the Seventh Army on the right, stepped forward to receive the order.

He was responsible for the design and construction of Daxing Palace and Luoyang Palace.

A large number of people began to build pontoon bridges on the Liao River, building three pontoon bridges at a time.

The pontoon bridge was built quickly.

Yang Guang personally stood on the west bank to watch, seeing that the pontoon bridge was extending all the way and was about to be completed, Yang Guang could not wait to give the order to cross the river and attack.

"The three armies crossed the river and surrounded Liaodong City!"

"Hooray!"

The 100,000 soldiers of the three armies shouted Long live the emperor, and then rumbled onto the pontoon bridge and rushed to the east bank.

The majestic Liao River, with rough waves and undulating river waves.

The craftsmen are making their final efforts, and the Creek Bridge is nearing completion, just a few feet from the east bank.

But at this moment.

A craftsman was suddenly surprised to find a black tide in the distance on the east coast opposite.

"Goguryeo, the Goguryeo army is here!"