Chapter 39 A Difficult Choice
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Before Wang Hanxin stepped into the tent, he shouted loudly: "What's the matter! Why stop the attack? We're going to take the outer city of Pyongyang in no time! Is there something that has to be solved now?! ”
Gao Dingbian was pulling his brother behind, but in fact, even he couldn't suppress the resentment in his heart. In order to capture Pyongyang, the Tiger Guard Battalion has been reduced to less than 700 people, and the casualties are the first of all armies, but seeing that the fruits of victory are close at hand, it is normal for Wang Hanxin to be angry.
But when they stepped into the tent and saw the situation clearly, both of them stood in place. Not only them, but the other generals who hurried back all stood still, each of them understood what was happening, but none of them wanted to be the first to say it.
Zheng Menglong nodded with a calm face, and said: "Everyone is here, let me briefly explain below, Lord Duhu was assassinated by Li Kancheng, a Goryeo spy under the pseudonym Mu Yanping, and Li Kancheng then committed suicide by taking poison." ”
Zheng Menglong paused to give everyone time to accept this reality. But at this time, someone suddenly broke out, and that was Wang Hanxin. He grabbed his helmet and slammed it on the ground, which bounced up more than half a man.
"Bastard! Actually at a time like this! Mu Yanping! Mu Yanping! I've long seen that you kid is not pleasing to the eye! Damn, I'll kill you! ”
Wang Hanxin pulled out his knife as he spoke, and rushed towards Li Kancheng's corpse. hugged Wang Hanxin from behind and said, "Brother! He's dead! It's useless for you to cut him again! ”
Zheng Menglong also stood in front of Li Kancheng's corpse, pointed at Wang Hanxin and scolded: "Don't make a fool of yourself, kid!" Lao Tzu didn't bring you here to spoil the corpse! You give Lao Tzu a little more clarity! What should we do next? That's the right thing! ”
Zheng Menglong's words silenced everyone. The question that plagued Zheng Menglong just now also bothered the generals. Only Wang Hanxin said angrily: "What to do!" Of course, it is to take Pyongyang City and cut off the head of the king of Goryeo to protect the lord of the festival! ”
Zheng Menglong directly smacked him. "Who wouldn't want that? The question is, can it be done? Not everyone is as fanatical as you! You think about the emotions of the soldiers! The reason why the Liaodong Army can be united and invincible is because there is Lord Duhu in charge, and now that Lord Duhu is gone, have you considered what will become of the soldiers? ”
Wang Hanxin said hatefully: "Then we can't give up halfway, let's block the news and take Pyongyang City first!" ”
Gao Dingbian said behind him: "Where can this news be blocked." At most, in a day or two, the whole army will spread the word, and even the Koreans will know, who can say for sure how the situation will change at that time? ”
Wang Hanxin struggled left and right, and couldn't get rid of Gao Dingbian. had to stop and said: "Then Lord Zheng will continue to command the attack on behalf of the capital protector, and we will work hard to take Pyongyang City." ”
Zheng Menglong smiled bitterly and said, "It would be so easy." It is a pity that Zai Xia does not have any prestige in the Liaodong Army, and he is the commander of the naval division, so it is difficult to be convincing to command the whole army from Zaixia. ”
"As long as the adults can sit in command for a few days, I will take Pyongyang City in two days!" Wang Hanxin shouted.
Zheng Menglong shook his head and said: "You can't take Pyongyang in two days, even if the city wall has been breached, there are many Goryeo troops." It will definitely involve our army in street fighting. But I'm afraid I can't hide this news for even two days, if the morale collapses by then, who can be responsible? ”
"Do you want to retreat before the news leaks?" Gao Dingbian grabbed in front of Wang Hanxin and said. Because he knew that Wang Hanxin would never allow him to withdraw from the army, and if he continued to say so, Wang Hanxin would have a falling out with Zheng Menglong sooner or later. It's better to make it clear yourself, if Wang Hanxin wants to quarrel, he will just quarrel with himself.
Zheng Menglong sighed and said, "I don't want to either." It's a pity that Lord Du Hu passed away, and General He was in White Wolf Mountain. Gai Yanxiao is in Guicheng, and Zhu Tianshun is in Xianxing Mansion. Hua Meng and Zhong He were also besieging Anzhou City, and the generals were not on the front line. I can't convince the people, and there is really no one who can bear this heavy responsibility, and if our majesty's army is lost in vain under the city of Pyongyang because of our stubbornness, then we will not be able to atone for their sins. ”
As soon as these words came out, the generals did not dare to make a sound. Zheng Menglong carried out the emperor, indeed, if the Liaodong Army is obeying Chang Miao's orders, everyone may have nothing to say, but Chang Miao is gone, then the only person the Liaodong Army can listen to is the emperor. Who would dare to attack Pyongyang arbitrarily without the appointment of the emperor? If you succeed, you don't necessarily have merit, and if you fail, you must be guilty of death. Zheng Menglong didn't dare to do this, and none of the generals present dared to do this. The only person in the handsome tent who dared to do this was Wang Hanxin, but unfortunately he was just a small Zuo Sige. If he was given more authority, maybe he would really dare to hold everyone hostage and continue to attack, but unfortunately he didn't have this authority, so the plan to withdraw from the army was decided.
Lu Xuan was puzzled. Seeing that the army of the Silk Country was about to conquer the walls of Pyongyang City, he was ready to start a street battle and fight the enemy army to the end, but at this juncture, the attack of the Silk Country suddenly eased.
This is a great gift from heaven. The Goryeo army, which had been overwhelmed, was finally able to breathe, and Roh Hyun was able to readjust his deployment, transporting the wounded to safe places in the city, and throwing reserve troops into those places where the attrition was severe. When he settled all this, he was waiting for an envoy sent by the Silk Country, asking the King of Goryeo to be ready to negotiate, and if he accepted, the Silk Country army could consider withdrawing from Pyongyang City first.
Lu Xuan was completely confused by this move, the country of silk had already broken through the capital of Goryeo, and they could achieve a complete victory with just one more step, forcing the king to prostrate at their feet, but why did they suddenly ask for peace talks at this time? Could it be that Tuqi has already sent troops? This is impossible, even if Tuqi has already sent troops, then with Chang Miao's character, he will first capture Pyongyang and then quickly move his army westward, this statement does not make sense at all, is Chang Miao really just planning to teach Goryeo a lesson, and is not ready to destroy it?
Puzzled, Lu Xuan could only relay the news to King Cui Wende first. Regardless of the conspiracy of the Silk Country, at least getting the king to agree to it would buy the Goryeo army precious time to prepare for war, and if the Silk Country did withdraw from the city walls, then perhaps the king could be persuaded to restore peace with the Silk Country and end this damned war.
Faced with this situation, Cui Wende was also puzzled, and even Ah Yizhi couldn't understand the mystery. In the end, Cui Wende agreed to the request for peace talks, after all, at least it seems that there is nothing to lose by doing so. After agreeing to the peace talks, the army of the Silk Country withdrew from the city wall the next day, as promised, and Lu Xuan immediately adjusted his deployment - in any case, it was his duty as a commander to create a more favorable situation.
But when he returned to Pyongyang early in the morning of the third day, he seemed to feel something unusual, and the barracks in the country of silk seemed to be empty. Lu Xuan immediately sent scouts to reconnoitre, and the result was that the army of the Silk Country had withdrawn to the north of the Datong River, and the pontoon bridge on the Datong River had disappeared, and there was also a rumor that the enemy commander Chang Miao was killed! (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ Dian/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account! (To be continued......)