Yang Xuangan was so choked that he had nothing to say, and after a long time, he sighed, and his eyes became lonely: "Is it that in this world, even the last pure friendship is no longer there?" ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "Maybe I said it a little heavily, Li Mi formed a righteous alliance with you at the beginning, maybe it did have a purpose, but you Yang Xuangan, although arrogant and arrogant, but he has no ambition at all, he has a good heart, and he is a brother or friend with you, so he doesn't have to worry about stabbing you in the back, this may be the fundamental reason why Li Mi, including me, who is usually a master of strategy who usually uses scheming, is willing to be honest with you and really cooperate." ”

Yang Xuangan nodded: "I really don't have any ambitions, when my father was still there, I was glorious and rich, and I couldn't enjoy it, I just wanted to practice martial arts, defend the family and defend the country for the Great Sui, and also protect my Yang family's family business, but since my Ah Da killed Yang Guang, a dog thief, the only thing I want is to kill the faint king to take revenge, whoever can help me with this is my friend, which is also the fundamental reason why I still be an ally with you although I don't look down on you Wang Shichong." Wang Shichong, even if the secret brother really has the idea of befriending Tang Guogong, I don't think it's a bad thing, when my Ah Da was still alive, he still wanted me to marry the Li family by marriage, what's wrong with this? ”

Wang Shichong's face slowly became gloomy, and he shook his head: "Yang Xuangan, you were still born in a public waiting family since you were a child, and you don't know that people's hearts are sinister." Li Yuan sat on almost the entire Guanlong group, the new generation of generals of the younger generation of Guanlong nobles, almost all of them were willing to work for it, since Yang Guang moved the capital to Luoyang, the nobles in the Guanlong area were all headed by the Tang Dynasty. So this time Yang Guang wanted to go on an expedition to Goguryeo. didn't dare to let Li Yuan stay in Guanzhong. He must go to Huaihuang Town to supervise the grain and grass. ”

Yang Xuangan's face changed: "What, Yang Guang has already made up his mind to attack Goguryeo?" ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "Yes, the collegiate discussion of the inner court has already had a result, although I did not participate, but Pei Shiju also mentioned this matter just now, the order to transfer troops from all over the country will be issued in the next few days, and this time a million troops will be recruited to fight, wanting to level Goguryeo in one fell swoop." ”

Yang Xuangan sneered: "If only four or five hundred thousand people are dispatched. It is really possible to destroy Goguryeo, but to dispatch a million troops, logistics personnel must be at least doubled, such a huge logistics and grain and grass consumption, even half a year can not last, it is impossible to destroy Goguryeo, Yang Guang is really a layman, he doesn't understand anything, thinking that the land of Youzhou, Hebei, can be prepared for many years with grain storage. The hinterland of Guanlong, which is full of soldiers and food, is the same, or I think it depends on the transportation of the Grand Canal. can transport grain to the front line of Goguryeo, but Zhuojun is separated by thousands of miles from the Liao River, can he dig another river to guò? ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "You also heard it just now, such a stupid advance plan, as a general, Yu Wenshu actually didn't say a word against it, it can be seen that Yang Guang's favorite generals around him have also deviated from morality, knowing that this battle cannot be won, but he still deliberately perfunctory, probably wanting to wait for Yang Guang to retreat from the difficulty." I heard that it has been less than half a year since the dispatch of the army, and the ships in Kelai Prefecture have not yet begun to be built, and I don't know how many shipwrights and carpenters will be killed in this warship. ”

Yang Xuangan frowned: "What, can't you build a ship in half a year?" Can't you temporarily requisition those civilian vessels? ”

Wang Shichong shook his head: "Miaocai, have you never seen the sea, you don't know the troubles of navigating on the sea, above the sea, the wind and waves are monstrous, the kind of fishing boats that can only carry a few, or a dozen people to fish, can only sail in the coastal sea, a hundred miles offshore, and can no longer move forward, the land of Goguryeo, from Laizhou in the Great Sui for twenty days by water, without a big enough, solid enough sea ship, it is impossible to go to sea." ”

Yang Xuangan hooked the corners of his mouth: "I remember that you used to be a shipbuilder who crusaded against Goguryeo during the Kaihuang period, can't you take out those ships you built last time?" ”

Wang Shichong said with a smile: "Those boats were built more than ten years ago, the wooden planks were soaked in water for a long time, the rivets were loosened, and the glue paint that bonded the ship boards was scattered, so after the last boycott and returned to China, most of those boats were dismantled and converted into small fishing boats. Otherwise, if you only rely on the army, you can send troops at the beginning of spring. ”

Yang Xuangan nodded: "I see, then we have to build thousands of big ships, is the time very tight?" There are still seven or eight months left before the time to send troops next year, is it too late? ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "Back then, it just took nine months to build 500 loach flat-bottomed sand boats and transport more than 40,000 soldiers over, and the quality of the ships built in this way was not too good, and the forward fleet encountered a storm and was directly wiped out, oh, by the way, that Feng Lun also acted with the former army fleet, almost drowned, and swam back with a wooden plank, and the bones in his chest were ground out, probably this is one of the reasons why he hates me so much, I thought I was deliberately not building a good ship to harm him. ”

Yang Xuangan said with a smile: "It turns out that there is such a thing, you can't deduct the money when you are building a ship, so that the quality of this ship is not good." ”

Wang Shichong shook his head: "Why is this, at that time, but in the period of the first emperor, I really wanted to make contributions, but the time was too tight and the difficulty of building ships was great, so I could only catch up with the schedule, but if it wasn't for bad luck and encountered wind and waves, I could still land in Goguryeo." ”

Yang Xuangan sneered: "What if you land, your shipbuilding method can only run one way, and there is no return." Fortunately, there was a storm and waves, otherwise the 40,000 or 50,000 troops would have been thrown in Goguryeo. ”

Wang Shichong laughed: "Who told the army not to give strength, halfway to the lack of food and grass to retreat, originally as long as the navy passed, a battle against the sea, there will be a certain heart of death, the soldier has no idea of stealing life, maybe it can really break through Pyongyang City in one fell swoop." I myself was with the fleet at the time, and if there was no accident, I had to put myself in it, Miaocai, you are familiar with military books, and you should know that you will die and be born. ”

Yang Xuangan waved his hand: "Okay, okay, I don't want to tell you this, you sue me, you couldn't build five hundred ships in nine months, and you have to cut corners, this time you have to build thousands of ships, and the time is less than last time, is there any way?" If the fleet can't be built, it won't affect the land offensive and the troops will have to be stopped. (To be continued......)