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Under the city of Liaodong.

The sound of gold sounded, and the Sui army once again withdrew in vain.

It has been two months since the siege of Liaodong City, and the Sui army has attacked the city no less than 100 times, but none of them have attacked the city. After fighting for so long, I haven't even attacked the outer city.

After a long period of attack, the morale of the Sui army became more and more sluggish.

Even Yang Guang discovered the low morale of the Sui army, but he had no better way, with the failure of each attack, it would lead to thousands of new casualties, and this casualty would bring more morale decline.

Now Yang Guang no longer wants to be able to capture Liaodong City immediately, he is now pinning his hopes on capturing Xincheng or other cities, and even expects that after the Ninth Army crosses the Yalu River, it will be able to join up with the naval division, break through Pyongyang City in one fell swoop, capture the king of Goguryeo, and then force Goguryeo to surrender.

It's just a drizzle, and the situation seems to be as disappointing as the weather.

"Your Majesty, Liaodong City has not been attacked for a long time, and the soldiers have suffered heavy casualties and low morale, so I ask to suspend the siege and let the soldiers slow down first."

Pei Shiju, the secretary of the military department responsible for attacking Liaodong City, had no choice but to ask for an order.

"Hmph." Yang Guang snorted, and then threw his sleeves back to the wheel palace in Liuhe City.

The emperor who returned to the wheel palace broke out directly.

He scolded Pei Shiju for being incompetent.

"If Duan Wenzhen is still there, Liaodong City will definitely be captured, and I use Pei Shiju as the secretary of the military department, which is really the wrong person."

"If Luo Yi is used to attack the new city, the new city must have been captured at this time, not like Guo Yan, who brought two imperial battalion troops, and fought for so long, but he couldn't even capture a new city that was crippled by Luo Cheng."

"And Yu Wenshu, Yu Zhongwen, and Lai Hu'er, what are these guys doing, why haven't they sent back any news?"

Time dragged on day by day, and the situation did not improve in the slightest.

Originally, it was planned that the Seven Corps would sweep through Liaodong, and the Sixth Army of the Imperial Camp would immediately take over Zhucheng, and then the Seventh Army would advance to Pyongyang.

But now.

It's August.

The Seventh Army has fought until now, and not a single decent big city has been captured, although it has also laid down a few small forts and villages, but what is the use? The Seventh Army has 200,000 people, but only half of it is left.

100,000 people have been lost in Liaodong.

The Sixth Army of the Imperial Camp had to share the task of the Seventh Army to sweep the surrounding area, but until now, it is also very annoying, Xincheng sent two armies of the Imperial Battalion, and Liaodong City supplemented the two armies of the Imperial Battalion, and the other two armies were also sent to assist in the attack on Anshi, Beisha, etc., and there was no good news.

The news that comes up every day is not how many people were lost in the siege here, or how many soldiers were lost in the defeat there.

This is calculated, from the beginning of the left Seventh Army crossing the river, to now, in a short period of time, the Seventh Army and the Imperial Camp Sixth Army, originally a total of thirteen armies, a total of 400,000 horses.

But up to now, 150,000 people have been lost unconsciously.

The most terrible thing is that the 150,000 soldiers who have been lost are basically combat troops, and the ratio of the 13 armies with a total of 400,000 people is three to two, and the total number of soldiers is only about 250,000, and now nearly 150,000 soldiers have been lost, which means that not only the Seventh Army has been disabled, but also the Sixth Army of his imperial camp is actually also disabled.

Of the thirteen armies, there are only about 100,000 soldiers left, so in terms of performance, there are still 250,000 people in the thirteen armies, but the combat effectiveness has seriously declined.

This is also the direct reason why Liaodong City is becoming more and more unable to fight now.

Although Pei Shiju suggested that all armies should directly draw people from the auxiliaries to make up for the losses of the soldiers, this kind of supplement will be difficult to achieve results in improving combat effectiveness for a while and a half.

"Your Majesty, please be calm, although the attack on the cities of Liaodong is unfavorable, there will be good news from the Ninth Army and the Naval Division. As long as Pyongyang is defeated, then the problem here will be solved. ”

Empress Xiao appeased the emperor.

"I have no expectations for the Thirteenth Army of Liaodong now, but I am also full of worries about the Ninth Army and the Naval Division, I have a hunch, I am afraid that this time the Ninth Army may not be able to break Pyongyang City."

Yang Guang let out a long sigh.

"If the Ninth Army can't break through Pyongyang, then this expedition to Liao will be defeated."

The emperor already regretted it a little at this time, he regretted that he had listened to Duan Wenzhen's strategy and dispatched so many soldiers and horses. Once Pyongyang cannot be attacked, and the armies cannot open up the passage to Pyongyang, the Ninth Army is afraid that there will be no return.

"Your Majesty, the concubine recently received a letter from her younger brother, which mentioned that all parts of the Central Plains are now full of fires and bandits, especially in the Kanto, Henan, and Hebei regions. Moreover, this summer, the Yellow River burst its embankment and flooded more than 40 counties in Henan and Hebei, and millions of people were affected. Empress Xiao said to Yang Guang worriedly.

"Impossible, those words were told to you by Xiao Yu? It must be alarmist and exaggerated. Although I am in Liaodong, if there is really such a major disaster in the Central Plains and there are so many bandits, why do Pei Yun, Yu Shiji, Pei Shiju, Su Wei and others not know at all, why didn't they report to me at all? ”

"Su Wei and others told me that although the Yellow River is flooded this year, only more than ten counties have been affected a little, and the loss is not large, as for the locality, there are not a large number of hungry people, and the government treasury in various places has sufficient grain, where are so many hungry people, where are so many bandits?"

When Empress Xiao saw this, she also knew that no matter what she said, the emperor was afraid that he would not be able to listen to it.

"Your Majesty, why don't you send more officials from Taiwan, including the Confessor, the Imperial History, and the Assassin History, to visit them. In addition, the concubine remembered that Luo Cheng's teacher Zhang Xutuo is currently the general guard of Qi County, he is a general guard of a county, mainly responsible for the local soldiers and horses, bandits, public security, etc., and Qi County is in the center of the eastern part of the country, why didn't His Majesty issue an order to ask Zhang Xutuo about the current situation in Qi County? ”

"I want to ask, and I not only want to ask, but also to investigate. Your younger brother Xiao Yu has always been a little dissatisfied with the court, and it is not surprising that he said anything. Zitong, you are the queen, just lead the harem for me, as for this court and state affairs, it is better to leave it to me and the officials to be responsible, so don't interfere. ”

In a word, Empress Xiao was speechless, and if she said more, then she would become a harem politician.

"Your Majesty, the concubine is retiring, Your Majesty, please rest early, don't work too hard and hurt your body." Xiao stepped back.

"Summoning Wang Jieyu to sleep!"

Wang came on order.

Wang's one-handed massage skills are very good, and Yang Guang is lying there with his eyes closed and letting Wang handle it.

"Why haven't you seen your mother-in-law recently?" Yang Guang asked suddenly.

"Back to Your Majesty, the concubine and uncle seem to be sick, and since he came back from Xincheng, he has been worried and sick, and he has been sick in bed." Wang replied in a low voice.

"Sick? Is the disease serious or not, will it die? Yang Guang snorted coldly and said coldly.

When Wang heard this, his hands couldn't help but tremble