Chapter 57: Yang Guang is defeated
March in the eighth year of Daye was a bit cold, not only in the weather, but also for the Great Sui. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
On March 12, Duan Wenzhen, the secretary of the military department and the general of the left guard, died.
On the 14th, Yang Guang arrived in the army.
On the 15th, the two armies faced each other at Liaoshui Bridge.
On the 19th, the army was met with enemy resistance and failed to cross the Liaoshui.
The right Tunwei general, the left Guanglu doctor Mai Tiecane, and the Hu Benlang generals Qian Shixiong and Meng Jincha were all killed in battle.
This expedition to Goguryeo did not achieve an inch, but it lost several generals. Everyone resented Yang Guang in their hearts, and the reason why they died in battle was because of Yang Guang's will before he set out on the expedition.
Everyone wants to understand how Yang Guang, who was able to fight well when he was a prince in his early years, could be so mediocre and actually restrain the command of all the generals in front of the battle line, isn't this equivalent to giving the head to the Goguryeo people to cut off?
But after the death of these generals, Yang Guang still did not have any intention of changing, but ordered the generals to act according to the arrangement.
On 15 April, Yang Guang's car crossed Liaoshui.
The two armies fought on the east bank, and under the distant command of Yang Guang, they broke the thief army and marched to besiege Liaodong City.
At this time, everyone finally understood that Yang Guang did this for only one purpose, that is, to show his ability to command. Others can lose, but he must win.
However, such a victory was won by sacrificing the lives of generals and sergeants, and the morale of the army began to turmoil.
People with hearts, especially those from the Li family, took this opportunity to buy people's hearts and sharpen their knives. Of course, it was not just Li Yuan who did this, but all those who had some ambitions saw that Yang Guang was not willing to be a soldier this time, and they were secretly pulling the generals of Long, preparing to call Yang Guang after moving back to the dynasty this time.
On the fourth day of the fifth month, Nayan Yang Da died.
At that time, all the generals obeyed Yang Guang's will that everything must be heard, and they did not dare to seek an opportunity to attack.
Soon, all the cities of Goguryeo were entrenched and could not be attacked.
On June 11, Yang Guang went to Liaodong City and angrily rebuked the generals. The car stayed a few miles west of the city, and then went to the battle of Liuhe.
If there was room for redemption before, then this time Yang Guang completely forced the generals to a dead end.
It's not that the generals are incompetent, but that Yang Guang is dizzy. Obviously, there are tens of millions of fighters, but they can't be used for a bird. After asking for instructions, the Goguryeo people had already reacted, and attacking again would be tantamount to death. But the order has been given, knowing that it is death, they can only rush hard.
Compared with going back and being beheaded by Yang Guang, they are more willing to die on the battlefield, at least their families can get a sum of money to get a good name for their children and grandchildren.
On July 22, Yuwenshu and others were defeated in Sashui, and Xin Shixiong, the general of the Right Tun Guard, was killed in battle. All the armies were defeated, and only 2,000 of the generals fled back.
Of the 300,000 troops, only 2,000 returned to the camp alive, how ironic is this?
Since the establishment of the Great Sui Dynasty, there has never been such a defeat.
On the city of Liaodong, Yang Guang looked at Goguryeo in the distance: "Yuwen bears me, Yuwen bears me, damn it, my 300,000 troops of the Great Sui will not let you go if they turn into ghosts." ”
If Yu Wenshu heard Yang Guang's words, it is estimated that blood would spurt out.
If it weren't for Yang Guang's restrictions, Yuwenshu, who had been fighting all year round, would not have failed like this. However, what can he say, can he blame Yang Guang?
Yang Guang threw the pot to him, and he could not only carry it
The nearly eight-month campaign has made most of Yang Guang's hair white, and the wrinkles on his face have become more and more obvious.
is old, and everyone feels that Yang Guang is old.
is not only others, but Yang Guang himself feels the deepest. When he learned that Yuwenshu was defeated and almost lost his life in Goguryeo, Yang Guang almost fell from the city without standing firm.
It was at that time that he felt that he was old and did not have the energy he had back then.
This battle will be lost, and he doesn't know why it's his own reason. However, he had a reason to do so.
Perhaps, no one but himself understood why he did it.
In the eyes of outsiders, Yang Guanghao was overjoyed and wanted to be the first emperor of the ages who overtook the Han and Qin dynasties, and even the credit for conquering Goguryeo could only belong to him alone, and he used the defeat of others to highlight his sage.
But in his own opinion, those people in the family are ready to shine the knife, as long as the knife is lit, he will have the opportunity to attack the family.
Annihilated the family in one fell swoop, so that the Great Sui could develop steadily for a long time, otherwise sooner or later it would be replaced by someone else, just like his grandfather got the throne from the Yuwen clan.
But he found that he was old, and his only second son was very unhappy.
He has no ability, no wrist to fight with the family.
The suitable candidate in his heart, Yang Yan, is still young.
In seven months, with 3,000 soldiers and horses, he couldn't grow up and couldn't fight with all the families.
He still has to hold on, and he has to continue to fight Goguryeo, train an iron army, and hand it over to Yang Yan, so that he can feel at ease.
Compared with the tense atmosphere in Liaodong, Luoyang still seems to be prosperous, making people feel the slightest breath of war.
Everyone should play, eat, and eat.
Especially the children of the family, because most of the elders in the family went to the front line, they became even more domineering after they were not restrained. In particular, Yang Yan changed his imperial village into a small city, which often stayed up all night. Recently, a new martial arts arena has opened in the city, and they often let their generals fight each other, and then everyone bet on the fight.
Today's martial arts arena is very lively, and all the people who come and go in it are some idle people. One of the most frequented in Jizhong is Li Yuanba, unlike others, he always fights others by himself, which not only satisfies his addiction but also makes a lot of money.
No, yesterday he hugged several jars of good wine to find Yang Yan. Since he and Yang Yan arrived in Luoyang, Li Yuanba always likes to run to Yang Yan's mansion when he has nothing to do, and on the surface, he said that he was looking for Yang Yan to learn martial arts, but in fact, he came to Yang Yan's mansion to eat and drink. Because Yang Yan's fire food is the food of the major cuisines with great characteristics in later generations, there is absolutely no food in this era that can be compared with Yang Yan's mansion.
Although Yang Yan didn't like Li Yuanba very much at first, he didn't have any hostility towards Yang Yan, and he respected him very much, and he sent anything good to Yang Yan's mansion. Although it is not a treasure thing, it is the best for Li Yuanji.
So Yang Yan couldn't hate him all the time, because the Li Yuanba he saw was sincere to him, his senior brother.
Even, Yang Yan would think that if he destroyed the Li clan in the future, he would definitely save Li Yuanba's life. As for whether he will avenge the Li family, then we will see later. Anyway, Li Yuanba was suppressed by Yang Yan in terms of force and strategy, and he was not a threat at all.
But the second eldest of the Li family made Yang Yan extremely jealous.
In addition to Li Er, Yang Yan is extremely concerned about this Li Jiancheng, and spies have already been laid in Lingnan, judging from the information gathered by those spies, Li Jiancheng is slowly breaking away from the Li family, and he is slowly beginning to get rid of the support of the Li family.
Moreover, in the county, he spent a lot of effort to double the financial revenue, and would write to Yang Yan every ten days to say some troubles or achievements.
This means that his desire to take refuge in Yang Yan is getting heavier and heavier.