Wang Bodang asked Li Mi, "Do you have to take Qi County?" ”

Li Mi was noncommittal, smiled slightly, and stretched out his finger to his mouth to signal silence. The float in the water fluttered, and Li Mi quickly lifted the rod, but what he caught was a white stripe. This white stripe is no bigger than a finger, and it is the most hated by anglers, who like to swim in the upper layers of the water and are the most greedy.

Li Mi was a little disappointed and took off the white strip and threw it back into the water, "I thought I had caught a big fish." ”

Re-baited and threw the rod again, Li Mi stared at the water, "This time the Eastern Crusade failed, and the imperial court lost 400,000 soldiers, which can be said to have lost nearly thirty percent of its combat strength, but Yang Guang, the faint king, didn't know how to stop yet." According to the information I have received, the emperor is already preparing for the second expedition to Liao, and now he has asked the hundred officials to discuss the conquest of Goguryeo, and no one dares to speak out for several days. ”

"But the faint king, even so, is still stubborn. The latest news, the faint monarch has ordered the acting king Yang Yu, the criminal department Shangshu Wei Xuan to guard Xijing Daxing, the order Yue Wang Yang Tong, the Ministry of Civil Affairs Shangshu Fan Zigai to guard the eastern capital Luoyang, has set a strategy, in early March the royal car arrived in Huaiyuan, early April to cross the Liaoshui. ”

"Still fighting Goguryeo?" Wang Bodang was shocked, in his opinion, this time the Goguryeo Sui Dynasty did not take advantage of the advantage at all, although it was said to the outside world to recapture Wuliluo, Xincheng and other cities, and set up a new Liaodong County, but the imperial court lost 400,000 troops, but it was not false at all.

And now that the Central Plains is full of fires, the emperor can't wait to conquer Goguryeo for the second time at this time, isn't his head full of?

"Let me tell you another good news, the emperor has appointed Yang Xuangan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, as the governor of grain and grass in this expedition to Liao, and he will be responsible for supervising the transportation of grain and grass in Liyang, Hebei, which is a great opportunity. When Yang Guangyu crossed the Liao River, hundreds of thousands of troops gathered in Liaodong, at that time, Yang Gong raised troops in Liyang, directly cut off the grain and grass of the Dog Emperor, and then waved his troops north, intercepted Linyu Pass, gambled the Dog Emperor outside the pass, and then united Goguryeo to kill the Dog Emperor directly outside the pass, and it was done. ”

"But why do the Goguryeo people listen to Yang Gong?"

Li Mi smiled slightly.

"Because Emperor Dog's newly appointed military squire Hu Sizheng is a person of Yang Gong, he has already secretly contacted Gao Jianwu, the new king of Goguryeo, and waited for Yang Guang to go to Liaodong to die."

"How many soldiers and horses will the emperor recruit this time?"

"It's less than last time, but it won't be much less, it is claimed to send a million troops, the dog emperor's plan this time is to personally lead 100,000 Xiaoguo, Yuwenshu and Yang Yichen led six armies of 200,000 horses to go straight to the domestic city, and Luo Yi, Li Jing and Li Yuan led 100,000 troops to open a passage from the new city to the Yalu River. Then Luo Cheng was in command, Lai Hu'er and Zhou Fashang were the deputy commanders, leading 100,000 sailors to cross the sea to the mouth of the Yalu River, and went up the river to reach the domestic city in the middle and upper reaches of the Yalu River, and joined the Sixth Army of the Army, broke through the country, and captured Gao Jianwu. ”

The total strength of 500,000 troops is indeed much less than the 1.13 million last time. Wang Bodang felt that this plan was similar to the last time, but the difference was that the strategic target last time was Pyongyang, but this time it was changed to a domestic city.

The city of Pyongyang was razed directly after being breached by Na Sung last time, and now the Goguryeo people are forced to move the capital back to the capital of the city. The domestic city is in the middle reaches of the Yalu River, and the difficulty of the Sui army's goal this time is indeed much smaller, after all, the new city is still in the hands of the Sui army, from the new city to the domestic city, and marching along the small Liaoshui, there are no big mountain cities in front of it, only some small mountain cities, the real hard bones are left in the country, all pills, as for the strong cities like black bones and Liaodong, you can ignore them this time, just stare at them and don't let them come out to support the domestic city.

From Xincheng to China, it is only a few hundred miles, even if it is a sailor, from Donglai to the mouth of the Yalu River, it has shortened almost half of the distance.

If there are no other accidents, Wang Bodang feels that this expedition to Liao may really have a great chance, after all, the difficulty is much smaller than last time, and the last battle of Goguryeo was also a great injury, the king was captured back to the Great Sui, and the national capital was also broken, and the loss of soldiers and civilians in the First World War was no less than 300,000, which was more serious for Goguryeo, which had a total population of only five or six million.

Li Mi said, "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, now the beacons are raging everywhere, and it has become a prairie fire. ”

Wang Bodang suddenly felt that Yang Guang was quite pitiful, and he had a lot of hope for another expedition to Liao, but with Li Mi, Yang Xuangan and others secretly plotting chaos, this second crusade would definitely be difficult to succeed.

He also understood why Li Mi was in such a hurry to kill Luo Cheng, because when the Eastern Expedition was held, Yang Xuangan raised troops in Liyang, and at that time, he opened the Liyang warehouse to release grain, and he could quickly summon countless people. No matter whether Yang Xuan felt that he wanted to go north to block Linyu Pass, or go south to seize the eastern capital Luoyang, Henan couldn't ignore it.

And Luo Cheng is so conspicuous in the expedition to Liao, so able to fight, how can Yang Xuan feel that they can rest assured that there is such a person behind them. Even if Luo Cheng was selected by the emperor as the head of the water division, just in case, of course, he would have to kill him if he had the chance.

Luo Cheng can kill seven in and seven out in Liaodong, with the strength of an army, who can not be afraid. However, he is now Henan's ambassador of comfort and arrest, and he has the privilege of accepting and worshipping the seal, Yang Xuangan and Li Mi both feel that Luo Cheng is a big threat, and they want to get rid of him as soon as possible, so as not to make him the accident at that time.

"It's still too rushed, I originally thought that Luo Cheng would enter the court as the commander of the Praetorian Guard, but who would have expected that he would be pressed in Henan."

"Teacher, but the edict just issued by the imperial court, didn't Luo become the general of Zuo Xiaowei?"

"The left and right Xiaowei generals and generals are just false titles, the emperor's 100,000 Xiaoguo army, the real commander is the twelve Zhichong Zhonglang generals and Guo Yi Zhonglang generals. Although Luo Cheng was promoted to General Congsanpin Zuo Xiaowei, he did not leave Henan for a day, and he was just a general. ”

Li Mi smiled, "Yu Zhongwen died unjustly, he was also a handsome general, but unfortunately he was killed by Yang Guang." Now the only people in the court who can really make people jealous are Luo Yi Luo Cheng and his son and Li Jing Xue Shixiong, but these people will follow the expedition to Liao, so if Luo Cheng can be killed this time, not only will there be no commander in the second expedition to Liao, but when Yang Gong Liyang raised his army, he would no longer have to worry about his back. ”

You must know that Li Mi has been planning for Yang Xuangan for many years, and he has been persuading Yang Xuangan to be patient and patient, just to wait for a great opportunity. The last time he conquered Liao, Yang Xuangan couldn't help but think of the soldiers, but Li Mi persuaded him.

Now that this opportunity has finally come, as long as Yang Guang once again conquers Goguryeo, he can raise the flag and raise the army.

"Hehe, it's time for this country to change its master!"