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In September, Zhuo County, Yang Guang's temporary palace.

Yang Guang changed into a yellow dragon robe, since he returned to Zhuojun two days ago, he took off the damn armor, although the golden armor and gold helmet is already ultra-thin and breathable, but Yang Guang is still extremely uncomfortable to wear, and the summer in Liaodong is very hot, mosquitoes breed everywhere, pampered, white and tender Yang Guang, obviously more than ordinary sergeants to attract those mosquitoes, this time Yang Guang really experienced Cao Mengde's poem, the true taste of the sentence "armor gives birth to fleas".

Changed into a new dragon robe, and comfortably soaked in a few hot baths, Yang Guang's mood was obviously so much better, all the way back from Liaodong, all kinds of bad news were like his itchy body, constantly tormenting him, until he really reached the Great Wall, the traditional area of the Sui Dynasty, he finally felt like an emperor.

Wang Shichong changed into a silk court dress, knelt in front of Yang Guang, sailed on the sea for more than half a month, Wang Shichong also returned to Qi County, this time his luck was good, Zhang Xutuo gave him the 20,000 soldiers, almost no loss, and returned to Zhang Xutuo, and then came to Hu'er and Zhou Fashang, as well as Cui Junsu and others to stay in Donglai County, continue to reorganize the army.

Xu Gai excused himself to have something at home. He left the army with his men. And Wang Shichong brought his own personal soldiers. All the way to Zhuojun to see the driver, this way also gave Wang Shichong enough time to think about what to do next, before meeting Yang Guang, he was already confident.

Yang Guang sighed at Wang Shichong: "Aiqing, please get up, without you by my side, I really have no idea about many things at once, I should have let Aiqing follow me across the Yalu water." And not to let you go by sea. ”

Wang Shichong stood up, his face was calm, he shook his head, and said: "Your Majesty, the reason why Weichen went to take the sea route and meet with the general is because General Yuwen is not tolerated, in order to avoid His Majesty's embarrassment, the move taken to avoid disaster is if Weichen really goes south with General Yuwen." I'm afraid that this life will be gone a long time ago. ”

The corners of Yang Guang's mouth hooked: "Yes, if it weren't for you." I'm afraid that Laihu'er won't be able to gain a foothold in Nanjinpu, alas, I can't imagine that my Great Sui has millions of soldiers, so many generals, and even a small Goguryeo can't win in a fight. ”

Wang Shichong said with a straight face: "Your Majesty, the main reason for this defeat is that we are not familiar with Goguryeo's intelligence, and there is a problem with the judgment of their strength, thinking that Goguryeo is just a small country, with a maximum of one or two hundred thousand troops, but this time, it seems that they can have more than 700,000 troops at their limit, and our troops do not have an absolute advantage compared to them. ”

Yang Guang gritted his teeth and said, "But isn't the combat effectiveness of my Great Sui Iron Army inferior to Goguryeo?" ”

Wang Shichong shook his head: "If it is a field battle, the plains are open to fight, our army has enough food and grass, and the supply is smooth, then of course we will not be afraid of the Goguryeo army, but if the enemy army is waiting for work and defending the fortified city, our army's supply is a problem, and the siege may not be successful in the short term, then it will be troublesome." This time, the two fortified cities of Liaodong City and Pyongyang City exposed the weakness of our army's insufficient ability to attack fortified positions, and if we conquered Goguryeo again, we must find a way to overcome this problem. ”

Yang Guang sighed: "This Goguryeo people's ability to defend the city, I have also witnessed it with my own eyes this time, it is indeed very strong, I personally commanded the army, besieging Liaodong City for more than a month, all kinds of tactics have been exhausted, and they can't be overcome, Wang Aiqing, do you have any good way to solve this problem?" ”

Wang Shichong pondered for a while and said: "This is the best strategy, naturally it is to lure the enemy army out of the city, and fight a decisive battle on the battlefield preset by our army, the enemy's bow is strong and the arrow is fast, and the advantage is to defend the city, but the armor is not as sharp as our army, and there is a lack of cavalry, and our army has a great advantage in the field, so as long as we can find a way to show weakness to the enemy, lure the enemy's main force out of the city, gather and annihilate it, the difficulty of attacking the city will drop a lot." ”

Yang Guang said with a smile: "It's easy to say, but it's hard to do, this time it was our army that was lured by the old thief of Yizhi Wende, and this is the defeat of Sashui, Wang Aiqing, although you are resourceful, but if you want to do this, it is not easy." ”

A hint of humility flashed on Wang Shichong's face, and he bowed his head and said: "This is just Weichen's talk on paper, and when it comes to the battlefield, you have to rely on the opportunity to respond." May His Majesty make a judgment on this matter. ”

Yang Guang nodded: "Other than that, is there any other good strategy?" ”

Wang Shichong blinked his eyes and said: "This is the middle strategy, it is still this tactic, advance by land and water, but for the use of front-line troops, it must be changed, the generals need to form a joint force, will attack a city, and the front line needs a unified commander-in-chief, not to order more than one, let alone no one to make a decision, not to be convinced by each other, such as Liaodong City, Pyongyang City Such a fortified city, it is advisable to take the capture as the top, if the enemy army surrenders when attacking the city, most of them are fraudulent surrenders, and there is no need to retreat to accept." ”

Yang Guang's brows furrowed: "Having said that, but now that Yuwenshu and Yu Zhongwen have been dismissed because of their defeat, who can lead the troops to battle?" ”

This time Yang Guang after Yu Wenshu and others escaped, Long Yan was furious, and directly arrested all the generals and put them in prison, just the whole set of Dali Temple to the criminal department of the team was there, and interrogated the generals on the road, with the reason for the battle of Mingsa Water, the result was that Yuwenshu, who was originally very popular, this time fortunately had Yu Zhongwen in the top cylinder, and the generals almost unanimously pushed the reason for the failure to Yu Zhongwen's blind command, so Yang Guang finally released all the generals, only Yu Zhongwen, and the old and old-fashioned Liu Shilong, became the only person responsible for this defeat and was beheaded to thank the world.

As a result, Yang Guang's two veteran generals from the King of Jin to the Crown Prince have lost their qualifications to continue to be marshals, and the other generals are not much different in seniority and ability, even if Yang Guang intends to promote newcomers to be handsome, who will sit in this position has become a problem.

The corners of Wang Shichong's mouth hooked, and said: "In this battle, General Xue Shixiong's performance can be called the only bright spot, after he led the army to break, although he was defeated but not chaotic, blocking the attack of the enemy army, if it were not for his strength to fight, I am afraid that in the end all the generals will not be able to return to Liaodong, plus he is the oldest general in the army in addition to General Yuwen and General Yu, and he has been guarding Youzhou for many years, and is familiar with the situation in Goguryeo, so if he chooses the new commander, he must be!" ”

Yang Guang laughed and nodded with satisfaction: "Wang Aiqing, your thoughts are exactly the same as mine!" (To be continued.) )