Chapter 1697: It's a psychological war

This journey was originally a day's work, but when it came to the return voyage, it took nearly two days to reach the base camp of the sailors, because the weight of the ship had increased a lot, and the speed naturally slowed down.

Everyone was hungry, and they didn't have the strength to get off the boat, because the sailor's food was all eaten by Pang Xiaotai's department, and everyone was hungry.

If you encounter pirates, it is estimated that it will be the rhythm of the annihilation of the whole army, but fortunately there are no pirates this year.

Only the master and servant of Yuan Vulture and Inuya are still in good spirits, of course they will not throw away all the food, they are just friendly and helpful, why accompany everyone to be hungry, Yuan Vulture is not that person.

But for the Tang Army, not dying is the blessing of our emperor, this is really an escape from death, so after going ashore, many people are holding their heads and crying.

Brother Xiong hurriedly led the logistics army to deliver hot meals to them, everyone ate in the dark, raised a glass and drank, originally hungry with his chest against his back, and he had just come back from the ghost gate.

Xue Rengui, Liu Renyuan, and Gao Kan also rushed to visit Pang Xiaotai.

Although this Pang Xiaotai is not in Chang'an, he has been stationed in the south, and his power and status in the court are far inferior to those commanders of Qibi He Li, but his prestige in the army is very high, because he has joined the Tang army since Emperor Gaozu, and until now, he is respected.

It's been a long time since I've tasted this hunger. Han Yi had just eaten enough, touched his round belly, and was about to take a rest when Ono suddenly walked in and said, "Brother Han, someone is looking for you." ”

Han Yi glanced at him, just nodded slightly, and then walked out of the tent and followed Ono to the edge of the beach.

"The villain has seen Han Shangshu."

But I saw a mediocre-looking man walking over.

Han Yi nodded and asked, "What's the situation?" ”

"Back to Han Shangshu, not long ago, the captain hanged himself in Yuzhou."

Han Yi was stunned for a moment, his eyelids drooped, and said, "Suicide? ”

"This has been confirmed, it is a suicide without a doubt, but ...... It is said that he was forced to death by Yuan Gongyu and them. ”

Han Yi's eyes didn't fluctuate and asked, "What about the rest of the Eldest Sun family?" ”

"The eldest grandson and others were all executed and executed on the spot, and the eldest grandson Chong was also demoted to Lingnan, only the eldest grandson Yan remained in Yuzhou to guard the filial piety of the eldest grandson."

Han Yi nodded and said, "I know, you continue to closely monitor the movements of the court, no matter what happens, you must hurry up and report to me." ”

"The villain understands."

After this person left, Han Yi was not in a hurry to go back, but sat on the beach, staring blankly at the sea.

Although he had already expected the ending of the eldest grandson Wuji, but this person is not a grass and tree, who can be ruthless, after all, he has been indispensable to the figure of the eldest grandson Wuji along the way, and there will be some sadness after all.

After a while, Han Yi stood up slowly, and said in his heart, Taiwei, although I can have today, you have helped me a lot, but I am also doing my best for you, and as a chess piece, I also have a clear conscience for you. Thinking of this, the corners of his mouth suddenly rose slightly, and he said to himself: "Now that the Taiwei is dead, there is no one in this court who can threaten Empress Wu---- except me." ”

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And the news about the suicide of the eldest grandson Wuji has not spread in the army, maybe Li Ji and they already know, maybe they don't know, in short, no one in the army talks about it.

The most talked about is Dugu Wuyue and Han Yi's rescue of Pang Xiaotai.

Especially in order to save people, Han Yi did not hesitate to throw away tens of thousands of equipment, this sailor is the most expensive equipment, because all of them are purchased, and they are the most advanced, the best, and they will also give food to the soldiers, including Han Yi's rations, everyone came back hungry, this matter immediately spread in the army, every time they talked about it, the soldiers felt very happy and became more united, this kind of deeds is very easy to infect people.

Yuangai Suwen originally planned to destroy Pang Xiaotai and hit the morale of the Tang army too much, but he didn't expect it to be self-defeating, but it instead boosted the morale of the Tang army.

But at the same time, Li Ji ordered the three armies to start rectifying and stop attacking rashly, and summoned the governors on the banks of the Yalu River to a meeting of the Chinese army.

In the big tent of the Chinese army.

"All the armies of our army arrived at the Yalu River early, but they were unable to make a breakthrough in the Yalu River for a long time, and the old man believes that this is because the officers and men of our army are too proud and complacent and do not take the enemy into account, which causes our army to stop."

Li Ji swept his eyes and continued: "After our army arrived at the Yalu River, they fought separately, and they all thought that Goguryeo was already at the end of the crossbow, so they all wanted to be the first to attack Pyongyang City, including Lao Fu. But this is exactly what Yuangai Suwen wants to see, you should not forget, although we have been in a state of strength before, and have captured a lot of cities, but we have not destroyed too many enemy troops, the main force of the enemy army is still there, for both sides of the enemy, the war has just begun at this time, we have not yet achieved victory, remember not to relax and be careful. ”

The commanders were silent.

As the name suggests, what kind of governor are you, attack from there, capture that area, this is right, it should be fought like this, it is impossible to march only from all the way, because it is likely to be redirected to the rear by the enemy, so it is an attack from all directions, and the whole line is pressed forward.

Everyone went so smoothly, Goguryeo was meat on the chopping block in their eyes, and everyone began to compete for credit, whether it was Xue Rengui's way, or Pang Xiaotai, including Li Ji's own Chinese army, as soon as they arrived at the edge of the Yalu River, they began to storm onslaught, and there was no cooperation between them.

Li Ji pointed to the map and said: "You look at the enemy's defense, their forces are separated from the defense, it can be seen that they have expected that our soldiers will be proud and complacent, the battle of General Pang crossing the river is the best proof, the enemy has seen where the weakness of our army is, that is, it is too scattered, they want to concentrate their forces, divide us and annihilate it, we can't expect to be lucky enough to meet the sailors every time." ”

Pang Xiaotai looked embarrassed.

Listen to Li Ji again: "But you can't blame General Pang for this matter, it's all the old man's fault, if the old man had thought of this, our soldiers would not have suffered heavy losses, and after he went back, the old man would have asked His Majesty for his guilt." ”

Pang Xiaotai was so anxious that he stood up and said, "Boss, I'----! ”

Li Jiyi raised his hand and said: "Don't say too much, Your Majesty has appointed me as the chief manager, so it is the old man's duty to coordinate the armies from all walks of life, and if the old man does not coordinate well, this is a crime of dereliction of duty." If the enemy army had let the old man cross the river all the way, the old man would have been like Mr. Pang, and I can't blame you, Mr. Pang, please take a seat. ”

Pang Xiaotai sat down with a grateful face.

There must be clear rewards and punishments in this army, Pang Xiaotai made such a fatal mistake, he should be punished, but Li Ji took the initiative to take the past, however, the only one who can punish Li Ji is the emperor, he is the general manager, his status and seniority are the highest, and no one in the army can punish him, that is to say, after this matter is over, don't rush to punish anyone first.

In fact, Li Ji was indeed responsible for this matter, and at that time he had already begun to react, and there was something wrong with the situation, but it was too late.

Moreover, the other generals don't blame Pang Xiaotai, because Pang Xiaotai is a person, everyone knows very well that the whole family is dispatched, and the whole family almost died, and the eldest son died in battle, who can bear to blame Pang Xiaotai.

Cheng Mingzhen said: "In this case, I think our army should join forces to avoid being broken by the enemy one by one." ”

Li Ji nodded and said: "This is also the reason why I invited you to come today, the old man thinks that we should concentrate our forces to attack from the south, because here is the past, it is the closest to Pyongyang, and on the northern front, we can send a small number of troops to garrison the shore to prevent the enemy from coming back." ”

Xue Rengui immediately said: "But if we concentrate our forces, the enemy army will definitely shrink the front, and now that Goguryeo is a soldier, if we attack, our losses will be huge." I think we need to find a way to send a force to bypass this area and attack Pyongyang City directly. ”

Li Ji nodded and said: "But this is unavoidable, if you blindly pursue a sneak attack, I am afraid that the gains will outweigh the losses, General Liu can lead the water division to explore nearby to see if there is a chance." ”

Liu Renyuan nodded.

Cheng Mingzhen was stunned for a moment, didn't he say a good cautious plan, why did he become so hasty now. "But the chief manager, it is autumn now, and when it comes to winter, it will be difficult for us. ”

The implication is that we should focus on this plan.

Before Li Ji could speak, Han Yi suddenly said: "I was about to talk about this issue, I think this is a very important issue for our army." ”

Cheng Mingzhen was surprised: "How do you say this? ”

Han Yi said: "I think we exaggerated that winter is not good for our army, which causes our army to become impatient. It is undeniable that the arrival of winter will indeed cause a certain degree of difficulties for our army, but we know this, and the enemy must also know it, which is why Goguryeo can resist so stubbornly, because they all think that as long as it is winter, the crisis will be lifted, and everything will be fine at that time. ”

"It makes sense." Li Ji nodded, and said, "You go on." ”

Han Yi said: "If we become calm, then the enemy army may be restless, and they may not be able to help but take the initiative to attack, because winter is not only harmful to our army, but also will cause great difficulties for the enemy." Now that they are all soldiers, and most of their territory is in our hands, they have hoarded the population of the whole country in a narrow place, what will happen to the food for the coming year?

How many people can be raised on that small piece of land? If we put on a posture of protracted war, although we have come from afar, but our country is in good weather and there is plenty of food, but what about them? They only have to wait for death, even if they win now, they will lose the future, so this is a psychological war, it depends on who can calm down. The highest level of this tactic is to surrender without a fight, and we can show them our great national strength and force them to submit. ”

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