Chapter 161: The Unfavorable Ending of the Expedition to Goguryeo

"What's the news?" I can't help but be curious, although I also care about national affairs, but the problem is that I don't have that way to care, so I can only care passively. And now it's August, it's already autumn, and I really don't know what is going on in the north of the road.

"In the middle of last month, my father persuaded the Son of Heaven to move to Liaodong, and two days later, the city of Liaodong was broken by our army again, and the Goguryeo guards surrendered again, just in time for the Son of Heaven had arrived at the city of Liaodong. And where did the Goguryeo people think about it, the Son of Heaven was very happy, when the order entered the city, the Goguryeo people knew that the Son of Heaven was coming, and they wanted to rebel against chaos, and they were caught off guard, and I lost troops for the New Year, and the Son of Heaven was furious, and attacked it with a large army, and at night, there was no remnant of Goguryeo in Liaodong City. Yang Shidao said in a low voice.

Hearing this, I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, fortunately, very good, I remember that the historical records recorded that Liaodong City had been trapped by the soldiers and horses of the Great Sui for nearly half a year, and it was broken, and now, at least one to two months earlier.

"This is very good, in this way, the elite spirit of my Great Sui has not passed away, I hope it is best to go down to Goguryeo in one go, otherwise, if there is a recurrence, it is the people of the world who suffer." I nodded, a smile finally on my face.

"This is also true, now the rebellion in Shandong is getting more and more intense, and the court army is outside, and the whip is beyond the reach of the whip." Li Shimin, who didn't know when Lu Dao came over, also sighed. "If it is not calm, I don't know how many people will suffer."

"Although there are still some soldiers and horses in the court, they still have to guard against the now ambitious Turks, so they don't dare to move lightly. And with the soldiers and horses of the counties of Shandong, they are really not the opponents of those chaotic people. Liu Hongji also expressed his opinion as a son of Wu Xun.

"Although the Turks are not the opponents of my Great Sui, their strength can be regarded as the most powerful among the countries around our Great Sui. It will definitely enter my Central Plains and plunder. Li Yaoguang's analysis makes me agree very much, he is not yet fifteen years old, but he can already recognize military affairs, even if he is exposed to it every day, it also needs talent, otherwise, the education of later generations will be more developed, but those fourteen or fifteen-year-old children will be like this, and they will have a handful of snot and tears every day and ask their parents for pocket money.

"Yes, alas, I really hope that the Son of Heaven can quickly take Goguryeo and return to the dynasty to preside over political affairs in order to determine the overall situation, otherwise, who knows how many incidents will arise in Lu Dao." Li Jiancheng shook his head and smiled.

"Brother Shi, until now, are you still not optimistic that the Son of Heaven will be able to conquer Goguryeo?" Li Yaoguang raised his eyes to look at me, and his eyes full of curiosity and inquiry fell on my face.

"If the Son of Heaven could have moved to Liaodong City earlier, Liaodong City would have been broken three months ago, and if the Son of Heaven had not interfered with the command of those generals on the front line, Liaodong City would have also been broken three months ago." I glanced at the people present, and everyone looked at me, looking equally eager to get an answer from me.

"And now, it's not far from mid-autumn, but the army has only taken Liaodong City on the bank of the Liao River for more than a month, and now, even if all the cities can be decided in one battle, look at the wind and fall, this way down, now can cross the Yalu River, I'm afraid it's already good."

"The weather is getting cooler, I heard my father say, waving a million, although majestic, but this winter coat, until the Son of Heaven drove to Liaodong, it was less than thirty percent." Li Shimin thought about it and decided to tell the news.

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but gasp. "Do you mean that if it is winter, nearly two-thirds of our millions of soldiers will be frozen?"

"A batch has also been sent in the past few months, but at least thirty percent of the soldiers lack winter clothes." Li Shimin's voice became more and more bitter. And those of us who also looked helpless and shocked.

An army of one million, thirty percent of the soldiers is at least 300,000 people, think about it, 300,000 soldiers brave the wind and snow of the winter to march and fight, what kind of bleak and sad scene it will be.

"The bitter cold of Liaodong is even worse than that of the Central Plains. Even in the Central Plains, if there is no winter clothes, it will be dead for the winter, and if the soldiers in Liaodong lack winter clothes. Isn't that going to ......" Saying this, Li Yaoguang's voice couldn't help but be much lower.

Although the army of millions is mighty, the problem is that just a bitter cold weather is enough to make people's hearts palpitate. Think about it, if after winter, the army is still fighting in Liaodong, how can those thinly dressed soldiers withstand such a severe cold?

"Originally, we were quite confident in the northern expedition of a million heroes to Goguryeo, but now...... Even if it can really win, I'm afraid it will only be a miserable victory. After all, there are still thousands of miles from the bank of the Yalu River to the capital of Goguryeo. As a martial artist, Liu Hongji is also very concerned about this matter, but now, even he feels that something is wrong.

Such a dark cloud has shrouded the heads of our group of young people, but no one is helpless, it is a war that happened in Liaodong, it is a war commanded by the son of today, what can we do?

There are many generals in the Great Sui who have been in battle for a long time, and I am afraid that they all know very well the truth of breaking off at the moment, but once the holy decree of the Son of Heaven must be approved by him, all the generals can only stare dryly.

Speaking of which, everything was caused by Yang Guang, the Great Sui Emperor who was like a traveler in the first half of his life.

It seems that Yang Xiong, the king of Guande, still listened to some of my words, and after seeing that Yang Guang was really as I expected, he managed to persuade Yang Guang to move under the city of Liaodong, otherwise, this battle of the besieged city, I really don't know how long the road will last.

Since Yang Xiong can listen to it, this makes me relieved at the same time, but also relieved, I believe that Yang Xiong can pay more attention when the army crosses the Qingchuan River, and I believe that the story of Yizhi Wende flooding the 300,000 army of the Sui Dynasty will not be repeated in history.

I am very concerned about military affairs, but I can't influence them, so I can only honestly do our serious things as a traverser, that is, to earn money first and lay a good foundation for my future.

In less than a month, nearly one million catties of coal surface were bought out by Ben Gongzi's coal factory, and then, in the Quanjude Hotel, the cold late autumn has been felt, and the iron stove that only burns honeycomb coal and burns hot water on it attracts everyone's attention.

Ben Gongzi's ironware workshop and honeycomb coal factory began to have a blowout period of growth, in just two months, more than 1,000 coal stoves were sold, and, coupled with the propaganda of those workers who sold honeycomb coal sent by Ben Gongzi, many people's stoves at home were renovated, and they were able to use this kind of high-quality and inexpensive honeycomb coal, and Ben Gongzi made a lot of money.

What's more, the construction of the Grand Theater, because of the use of masonry and cement structure, plus a lot of soldiers and servants under the command of this son, in addition, in the countryside, those who have harvested grain and stone have been harvested by the six hundred households of the Qi State Mansion under the management of our family, well, although my father is a thousand households in the food town, but this era is not sealed, so the six hundred households are already very good.

These families have finished harvesting grain and farm work, and now they have been summoned by Ben Gongzi and paid according to their work, and two or even three laborers from each family have been squeezed here, 13,400 people, working in full swing in this Quanjude Grand Theater.

Today, the exterior wall of the Grand Theater has been repaired to a height of nearly three feet. Inside, according to Ben Gongzi's requirements, the theater stage is slightly below the horizon by about 1.5 meters, and the back row of the theater is nearly 2 meters above the ground.