Chapter 173 Join the city of Pyongyang

Pei Ju Mansion.

In the main hall, Pei Ju sat in the guest seat, babbling and complaining: "It was a night of surprise!" Inside and outside the capital, people were panicked, for fear that the Turks would be stunned, and they would raise troops to the south in a fit of rage. Two or three hundred thousand iron horsemen, then Daxing City (that is, Chang'an City) is not just like paper paste? If it weren't for his father, he would enter the Turks alone, stir up the Turkic tribes, and divide the Khan's court, I am afraid that this world will be chaotic in the thirteenth year of the emperor's reign......"

Pei Ju's son, Pei Xuanji, was dressed in a long robe, with a simple hairpin on his head, standing solemnly in front of Pei Ju with his hands, raising his head and looking at the handwritten letter of Emperor Wen of Sui hanging in the hall hanging on the wall.

When Pei Ju is old, he likes to tell his past exploits repeatedly, as if he is afraid that people will forget. He often pacified Lingnan from him, conquered the Turks, passed through the Western Regions, and followed the expedition to Liaodong.

Every time I chatter, I have to talk for two hours.

Pei Xuanji was behind him, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I said Daddy, you have something to say!" What do I say you can be a fart, Your Majesty asks, you must have a reply! ”

Pei Ju slowly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's been seventeen years......"

Pei Xuanji looked at Pei Ju with a surprised face and asked, "Huh?" ”

Pei Ju turned around and said, "I mean, it's been seventeen years since the Western Regions were lost and recovered. ”

Pei Xuanji looked at Pei Ju blankly, he couldn't keep up with Pei Ju's train of thought.

What Li Jiancheng wanted to ask was what Chen Ying meant by the new establishment of four departments and sixteen divisions.

Pei Ju sighed and said, "In the past seventeen years, who can know how many messy things have gathered in the Western Regions, and what kind of demons and monsters have been born?" ”

Pei Xuanji looked at Pei Ju and said, "Father, what do you mean?" ”

Pei Ju said slowly: "I have been in the Western Regions for three thousand miles, and it is the real land of the king, and the hand of the imperial court has not been able to reach into Anxi......"

After a pause, Pei Ju smiled and said: "Anxi Chen Ying has stayed for too long, he is about to be transferred to Chang'an, and some things, taking precautions may not be a bad thing." ”

Pei Xuanji spread his hands and said, "But, Daddy......"

Pei Ju said lightly: "You have to distinguish clearly, Chen Ying's eldest son Li Siye will be your sister-in-law, you, who are uncles, can't you tell who is light and who is important?" ”

Originally, Pei Xuanji didn't understand. Until this moment, he really understood.

The originally vague veins suddenly became clear.

Chen Ying returned to the dynasty as an envoy of Anxi Jinglu to appease, and in the future, he would at least be rewarded with the position of a minister. Now the three provinces and six ministries have long been run by Wang Qi, Wei Ting, Yang Gongren, Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling and others.

Now, Chen Ying has made the Department of Driving of the Ministry of War independent and established the Ministry of Communications. He is in charge of the four divisions of the Department of Health and Etiquette, the Department of Postal Posts, the Department of Stable Pasture, and the Department of Public Opinion. It's just to arrange your own people.

Actually, Pei Xuanji really thought wrong. The real reason why Chen Yingxin set up the four new departments was to cope with the industrial revolution and to better adapt to the development of the industrial revolution in order for the imperial court to better adapt to the development of the industrial revolution.

Pei Xuanji suddenly asked: "Daddy, why didn't the court say a word about the Goguryeo war?" Aren't you optimistic about this crusade? ”

"Haha......" Pei Ju said with a hearty smile: "On the contrary, if you don't mention it, it's not that you are not optimistic, but because it is inevitable, and the imperial court has great trust in General Chen." If it is not bad as expected, in three or five days at most, the imperial court should receive good news! ”

……

Outside Pyongyang, even if Yuan Taizuo sent his second son to rescue Yuan Gai Suwen, he still could not save the Goguryeo army from defeat. Although Yuangai Suwen fled into the city of Pyongyang under the desperate protection of his own soldiers.

However, the more than 30,000 troops under the command of Yuangai Suwen remained outside Pyongyang.

After the battle, Chen Ying did not take advantage of the situation to attack, but ordered the cavalry to patrol in front of the various gates of Pyongyang City, and the other soldiers were responsible for cleaning up the battlefield.

In fact, the faces of the Anxi soldiers who participated in the cleaning of the battlefield became more and more pale, and even the officers were disgusted in their chests, covered with cold sweat, and they couldn't breathe.

Even Su Dingfang, who has always been known for his cold-bloodedness, did not stretch his brows. Whether the Anxi army faced the Western Turks in Anxi, Qiuzi, Gaochang or even Tubo and Tuyuhun, they were all nomads.

As long as they are nomads, they all have one characteristic, they are brave, but they lack durability and definitely do not have the tenacity of an agrarian people.

This is related to the living environment, nomads graze by grass, and the awareness of territory has not been strong, but the farming people are different, for the farming people, the territory is life.

In particular, the 3,000 heavily armed swordsmen under the command of Yuangai Suwen were all killed in battle, and no one surrendered. As for the more than 10,000 troops, except for some soldiers who were beaten out of their bodies and frightened, most of them were willing to die in battle and did not surrender easily.

Even Su Dingfang was sighing: "The Goguryeo people really live up to their reputation!" ”

The officers and men of the Anxi Army also paid a heavy price, with more than 600 officers and men killed and more than 1,000 wounded, of which more than 300 were disabled.

Looking at the corpses all over the ground, Chen Ying's heart was like a knife. Looking at the soldiers who died in battle, Chen Ying roared hysterically: "You fools, can't you cherish your own lives? ”

"You fools, do you know that your life is expensive! Is it worth exchanging your own life for a dog's life? ”

Chen Ying's mood was quite excited, pointing to a soldier sitting in the car with only one arm left, and he didn't know if his head was broken, he actually sat in the car and smirked.

"Idiot, idiot, laughing fart!" Chen Ying roared: "I will give a pension of forty yuan for the death of one, you are good, if you start a war, you will not die, do you want to make Lao Tzu bankrupt......"

Chen Ying was roaring, angry, and his heart was like a knife.

And Gao Jianwu, who was in the city of Pyongyang, already wanted to cry without tears.

This battle was really tragic, especially the encounter outside Pyongyang, which became the most terrible nightmare since Goguryeo fought with the Sui Dynasty in the eighteenth year of the emperor's reign.

That square inch of land became a bloody Shura slaughterhouse. More than 30,000 Goguryeo soldiers who participated in this battle were killed one after another. And the loss was so miserable that it can be concluded that if there are a few more such battles, the Goguryeo people should become extinct.

Gao Jianwu vented and killed more than a dozen little eunuchs, even including four Silla maids, the hatred in his heart was still difficult to eliminate, looking at the Manchu Dynasty's important ministers, Gao Jianwu suppressed his anger and said: "Today's situation, I also know it, this king doesn't say much, now let's discuss it, what should we do about this matter." ”

However, Gao Jianwu waited for a long time, but no one in the hall spoke, and when he raised his eyes, he didn't lower his head, as if there was something interesting on the ground in the hall. Just look up at the ceiling, as if there is some superb view from above.

Gao Jianwu was furious in his heart, and snorted coldly: "What? Usually I can say it one by one, but now I can't say it? ”

Originally, Yuan Taizuo lowered his head and looked at the ministers next to him who were speechless, and bowed down after sneering in his heart and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister has something to say." ”

Gao Jianwu snorted coldly: "Speak! ”

Yuan Taizuo bowed his body before he bowed his head and said: "The old minister thinks that the Tang people are powerful and invincible, so it is better to negotiate peace first, and then plan later." ”

Yi Zhi Yan snorted coldly and said, "According to what you said, this Emperor Li Tang is as easy to deceive as Yang Guang?" ”

Eulzhi is the son of the famous general Eulzhi Wende of Goguryeo, and the hereditary position of Eulzhi Wende, which is equivalent to the position of the general manager of the Tang Dynasty.

Gao Jianwu nodded and said: "What Yizhi Mattress said is good, the top priority is to find a way to frustrate the spirit of the Tang people, not to think about peace." ”

Don't look at Gao Jianwu's beautiful words, in fact, he has already started to negotiate peace.

It's just that the boy has not passed back the attitude of the Tang court.

This made Gao Jianwu a little troubled.

However, at this moment, there was a mountain cheer from outside the city.

Gao Jianwu's brows jumped, and a bad feeling came to his heart.

Gao Jianwu hurriedly sent people to reconnoiter the situation.

After a short time, a little eunuch hurriedly ran back: "Tell the king, the Tang reinforcements have arrived!" ”

Actually, this is not the arrival of reinforcements from the Tang Army.

Instead, Li Shiji led an army of more than 100,000 troops from Liaodong all the way to attack the city and plunder the city, and hit the city of Pyongyang.

Li Shiji's unit was outside Pyongyang and joined forces with Chen Ying's department.

At this time, the troops of the Tang Army surrounded outside Pyongyang had exceeded 200,000 horses. Moreover, there is also a steady stream of herdsmen and horsemen, all the way from Liaodong.