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Early the next morning, after Yang Guang led the main force of the Sui army to go away, Yu Mingfang summoned his subordinates, generals above the brigade commander to come to a meeting. At present, the only generals who follow him are Wei Chi Jingde, Guo Yi, Lin Mo, and Red Sleeves, four old subordinates, as well as Yang Guang, who are handy favors, and leave Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin and Cheng Yanjin, the generals of the Liaodong camp.

In addition, Yang Guang also transferred a large number of low-level officers and staff members who were born in Guanlong and did not like them to camp in Liaodong. Ostensibly, Ming Yu left these people behind to assist him in defending Goryeo. But in fact, everyone knew that he wanted Yuming and others to stay in Liaodong and wait for death. So, on the night of the evacuation, many people fled. Fewer than a thousand remain.

Most of the people who stayed behind were people who had a bad time in the army, or they were born in some small families among the Guanlong nobles, and they belonged to the kind of people who had no backers. And those big brothers of the family who have a bit of a family have long been looking for various connections to transfer away, and they withdrew with the main force of the Sui army.

At this time, when they saw him come in, all the generals stood and saluted, and said in unison: "Congratulations to the general on his promotion to the post of marshal, and congratulations to the general on becoming a candidate for Pyongyang." ”

Yu Ming smiled and nodded, this time he was officially ready to make a big splash.

Just as Yu Ming was about to sit down, a young man with the appearance of an official cautiously walked up to Yu Ming and said dryly, "The marshal is the chief general of my Zuo Ling Guard, and this time I am promoted, this is the glory of all the soldiers of my Zuo Ling Guard, and we are all happy for the adults." ”

Yu Ming felt a little sour when he heard this, but he didn't think so. With his current status, he naturally doesn't have to be afraid of other people's jealousy.

However, the young man was in such a hurry to come up and offer his courtesy, which surprised him a little.

He looked at the man, and saw that the young man was wearing a green cloth robe and a white scholar's scarf on his head. Although it was clean, it was of poor quality. It can be seen that his family is not wealthy.

"Are you ......," Yuming asked with some hesitation.

"In the next surname Du Mingru, this time according to the order of the saint to leave the assistant marshal to serve as a member of the army, his subordinates will do their best to give advice to the marshal!" The young man said solemnly. It seems that he wants to fight here in Yuming.

"What? Are you Du Ruhui? When Yu Ming heard this, he was taken aback.

"Yes! Had the marshal heard of me before? Du Ruhui was also a little stunned when he saw him react like this.

Yu Ming was pleasantly surprised. He knows how famous this guy named Du Ruhui is in history.

Du Ruhui, the word Keming, Jingzhao Duling (now Xi'an, Shaanxi) people. His ancestors were all high-ranking officials of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, after Yang Jian's Sui Dynasty replaced the Northern Zhou Dynasty, his grandfather Du Guo served in the Sui Dynasty as the Ministry of Industry Shangshu and Yixing Gong, and his father Du Zha, who was also the governor of the Sui Dynasty.

Du Ruhui was smart and perceptive when he was a child, he liked to talk about history and knowledge with people, in the first year of the great cause of the Sui Dynasty, he was recruited as a reserve official, and Gao Xiaoji, a waiter of the Ministry of Rites, also attached great importance to Du Ruhui, and once said: "You have the ability to deal with the situation, and you should be the pillar of the country. ”

So, he used Du Ruhui as the lieutenant of Fuyang County to deal with local affairs.

But soon after, because of Yang Guang's violent conquest, the county could not complete the task of collecting people's husbands, so Du Ruhui resigned and went home.

Later, after Li Yuan raised his army, he became an important staff officer under Li Shimin's account, Li Shimin recruited Xue Rengao, Liu Wuzhou, Wang Shichong, and Dou Jiande, and Du Ruhui planned and strategized for him, which was deeply respected by the people of the time.

Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng have a deep grudge, Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling worked together to give advice to Li Shimin, participated in the planning of the Xuanwumen Incident, and the two of them took the position after the fact. After Li Shimin inherited the throne, Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling served as the prime ministers, selected talents for the Tang Dynasty, and formulated laws. It is known as "the house plot is broken".

In the fourth year of Zhenguan, Du Ruhui died of illness, Li Shimin abolished Chaotian for this, and was posthumously named Sikong, Lai Guogong, and "Chenggong", and was listed in Lingyan Pavilion by Li Shimin.

And such a bull didn't know how to come to his army, which also surprised Yuming a little.

However, as soon as he rolled his eyes, he reacted that a disciple of Guan Longhan like Du Ruhui could only get ahead by relying on the big families in the Guanlong Gate.

The ministers of the court and the high-ranking generals in the army, although they knew that they were sent here to be sent here as cannon fodder to die. But these junior officers and staff members didn't know. They only knew that Yu Ming had only been promoted to the marshal of the Liaodong camp and the marquis of Pyongyang, and was favored by His Majesty. And he is also the younger brother of Yu's family, the first big valve in Guanlong, and the grandson of Yushu, how can there be a reason not to climb over?

Thinking of this, Yu Ming had a little confidence in his heart, so he rolled his eyes, and pretended to be disdainful: "Du joins the army, you can pull it down, although I am crowned as the marshal of the Liaodong Xing Battalion this time, but the soldiers under this command are not only our Zuoling Guard, and the strength is not more than 10,000 people...... As for Pyongyang, although there are a lot of six food towns, don't forget that Pyongyang is still the capital of Goryeo. Even if I dare to ask for it, people won't give it to me. I think you should think about it first, how to hold the camp according to His Majesty's will, so as to prevent the Goryeo army from pursuing the main force of our army! ”

After Du Ruhui heard this, he was also embarrassed. Because the Zuoling Guard now has only more than 10,000 people, while the Goryeo coalition army is as high as more than 100,000. If the enemy knew that the main force of the Sui army had retreated, it would inevitably attack with all its might. Then they will face an enemy force four times their size. It is not easy to hold the camp.

Moreover, if the Goryeo coalition army sent troops to entangle the main force of the Zuoling Guard, and at the same time sent people to attack and seize Liaodong City, Black Stone City, Buyeo City and other cities that the Sui army had only captured, it would be dangerous.

Although these cities are relatively strong, the number of troops defending them is small, and the Liaodong City, which has the largest number of garrison troops, is only more than 1,000 people. If the enemy army sends tens of thousands of people to attack. I'm afraid it's going to be hard to hold.

However, Du Ruhui deserves to be Du Ruhui, he just thought about it for a while, and immediately had an idea.

I saw him take a step forward and talk eloquently: "Marshal, although the main force of our army has retreated, the enemy does not know about it, and we can take advantage of this, so we set up a suspicious formation and confuse the enemy." Then wait for the plane to fight an ambush or two to dampen the enemy's spirit. After that, the subordinates expected that the enemy would not attack again in a short time. In this way, we can hold the line firmly. Drag it to the moment when His Majesty's main force returns to Liaodong. ”

After Yu Ming heard this, his eyes also showed surprise, he didn't expect that Du Ruhui really came up with a clever plan. And this plan coincided with the approach he had envisioned earlier. He also wanted to take advantage of the enemy's initial intelligence that the main force of the Sui army had retreated, and he could not be sure whether it was true or not, and when he was suspicious, he would win one or two battles to hold back the enemy's main force and make them dare not attack rashly. Then, when the armies of the Khitan, Tiele, Xi and other tribes ran out of food and had to retreat, he sent troops to attack and crush the enemy in one fell swoop.

However, Yu Ming did not immediately agree, but said calmly: "Du joins the army, you sit down first!" Let's discuss how to do it later! ”

Du Ruyan sat down nervously. After waiting for a while, all the military officials above the rank of lieutenant in Zuo Ling's guard army arrived in the tent one after another.

After everyone sat down, Yuming Fangzheng said: "Since everyone is here today, then you must also know the reason why our army left alone to defend: this is because of the rebellion of the Yuan clan and the Dugu clan, and the chaos in the Guanlong area, so Your Majesty was forced to withdraw the army." And our Left Ling Guards will once again take on the task of the rear of the palace, and hold on here so that the main force can evacuate safely......"

After hearing this, the generals were silent, many of them had experienced the last post-break mission and knew that it was sinister. If it weren't for the resourcefulness of his own general, he defeated the pursuers of Goryeo. I'm afraid that many of them can't stand here and talk anymore.

Several officers couldn't help but curse in their stomachs, they were left behind to hold on to the last expedition, and this expedition is still like this. Why is Zuo Ling's guard so unlucky?

Yu Ming could only pretend to sigh and said: "Brothers, it is Your Majesty's holy decree to stay behind, and I can only say that the person who caused everyone to stay behind is me, because my Yu clan has a discordant relationship with Pei Ju, Pei Yun, Yu Shiji and others, so Zuo Ling's guards will be left behind again." But these things are a foregone conclusion, and they can't be changed......"

"Today is the first day we have stayed. We don't have much time left! How to act in the future, we have to work out a way right away! With that, he made a gesture inviting everyone to speak.

After hearing Yu Ming's words, Du Ruhui couldn't help but ask, "Marshal, I don't know how you plan to do it?" ”

Yu Ming smiled slightly and said: "Now the elite division in the army that can really fight is the 10,000 people of my Zuoling Guard, and another 20,000 old and weak soldiers are staying in Liaodong, Fuyu, Heishi and other cities. In addition, there are more than 600,000 people. Among these 600,000 people, many of them are craftsmen, grooms, cooks, etc., and the rest are the feet of the people who are used to transport grain. It is estimated that there are more than 100,000 people who can be conscripted into the army. ”

"Now we have to divide our forces to defend all over the place, but we have only 50,000 troops. Except for the troops who stayed behind in the city and did not dare to move, there were only 10,000 people who could really be used to fight. Therefore, I think that the Zuo Ling Guards should not be dispersed anymore, if 10,000 people gather, they will become soldiers, and if they are scattered, it will be useless. At present, Liaodong, Buyeo, Heishi and other cities still have strong cities to defend. Therefore, I personally think that I can send 5,000 light cavalry to stay as a mobile patrol to take care of the city, in case the enemy sneaks up. As soon as there is a police, help immediately. ”

The remaining 5,000 heavy cavalry and 20,000 infantry remained in the camp, and 100,000 strong men were selected from among the people, and they were trained intensively for future expansion. The rest of the men can be scattered in the rear city to garrison, but they must not slack off, and all of them must distribute weapons and armor, in case the enemy comes to the city, these people can also go to the city to help defend! "Yu Ming is colorful.

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