Yang Guang was about to give the order to play, but suddenly heard Wang Shichong's words, and swallowed back the words that came to his mouth, Yuwenshu twitched the corners of his mouth, and looked at Wang Shichong with resentment in his eyes, and soon returned to his usual look, and said in a deep voice: "General Wang, what the general said, why not?" ”

Wang Shichong didn't want to go against Yu Wenshu face to face today, but now his mind has completely changed to help Yang Guang take Liaodong, to raise his prestige for the Central Plains, to avenge the wheat iron rod, and to trap the national strength and military strength of the Sui Dynasty outside the pass for a long time, so his every move is for the sake of quickly pacifying Liaodong.

Wang Shichong glanced at Yuwenshu and said: "The last general thinks that this time our army went to Liaodong to crusade against Gao Yuan, it is to hang the people and fight the righteous division without the way, since the division is famous, then it should not only do the power of heaven, but also the mighty grace of my Great Sui, in order to influence these foreign people, how can they be like these ferocious savages, do this beast act?" ”

Most of the generals in the tent showed a disapproving look, even disdain, although Wang Shichong had fought well since crossing the river, and it was also outstanding among the armies, but everyone was still a little unconvinced.

Wang Rengong said coldly: "General Wang, the Goguryeo army has even resorted to such a cruel method as Jingguan, and this time attacking their camp, these Goguryeo people resisted desperately and refused to surrender, and our soldiers suffered a lot of casualties. If the soldiers saw that General Mak's subordinates were not only not buried. Also so insulted by the Goguryeo people. Without our order, they will spontaneously kill these Goguryeo captives, this is human nature, you forcibly suppress the morale of the army for the sake of those frivolous benevolence and morality, just afraid that it will damage the morale. ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly and said: "Morale is based on high fighting, not killing red-eyed people to stop killing." If this opening is opened in the Liaohe River, then my heavenly soldiers will become a group of beasts that have lost their humanity, and after attacking the city, they will definitely let go of the slaughter of the city, which is completely contrary to the strategy formulated by His Majesty at the beginning of the siege and the attack on the heart, even if Liaodong is captured, it is just to get one dead city after another. ”

Xue Shixiong said with a smile: "I waited thousands of miles away from the country to come to this desolate and cold land in Liaodong. It is one thing to raise troops to fight violence, but it cannot endlessly fuel the arrogance of the Goguryeo people. If they resist, then we will resolutely eliminate them, and after the city is broken, the chickens and dogs will not be left, so that we can use both grace and power to deter their courage. ”

Xin Shixiong sneered: "General Wang, after you broke through the enemy camp the day before yesterday, you were so kind that you released all the hundreds of Goguryeo prisoners, thinking that this would break the fighting spirit of the enemy army, but what was the result?" Aren't those Goguryeo people still stubborn to the end? Your method of buying people's hearts and treating captives favorably against those northern Turks is okay with the people of the Western Regions, because these people have no loyalty, righteousness and shame. However, Goguryeo's national character is very tenacious, from the generals to the soldiers, it is very stubborn, and it is useless for you to expect to break up the enemy army by releasing prisoners. ”

Wang Shichong shook his head and said: "Goguryeo has been established for hundreds of years, and it considers itself an independent country and an independent nation, so it is normal for them to refuse to surrender to other races, so what we have to do is to further influence them, the reason why most of the Goguryeo soldiers would rather die than surrender is because those generals and city lords of Goguryeo portrayed our Sui army as a flood beast, killing people when they see them, so these soldiers dare not surrender, not because they are loyal and brave, but because they are afraid of falling into our hands, To be tortured and tortured to death is not so much stubbornness as fear. ”

Wang Shichong's words are reasonable, even the generals who took turns to attack just now had nothing to say, and retreated to their positions, Yuwenshu's eyes flashed with cold light, and he said coldly: "General Wang, then according to what you say, the Goguryeo army killed and abused the corpses of our soldiers, but we must convince people with virtue and return all the prisoners, even if it can weaken the will of the Goguryeo people to resist, then what about the morale of our army itself?" How do you convince the soldiers? Accept your theory? These bloody men only know that their comrades-in-arms, their comrades were brutally killed by the Goguryeo people, and they didn't even spare their corpses after their deaths, can you stop them from retaliating? ”

Wang Shichong smiled, walked back and forth in the military tent behind his back, and said in a low voice: "In the Spring and Autumn Period of that year, the King of Chu Zhuang defeated the Jin army in this place, and the shame of losing the battle of Chengpu to the Jin State of Chu was a snow, and after the war, the doctor of the Chu State Pan Dang asked to collect the corpses of the Jin army, build a Jingguan, and show off the martial arts of the Chu State for all generations, and forever deter the people of the Jin State, but the King of Chu Zhuang refused, and also said a famous and wise saying, do you know what he said? ”

Although the generals of Guan Long are proficient in the art of war, they are often lacking in literary talent, and many people do not know this allusion, and they look at each other, showing a look of confusion.

Wang Shichong put away his smile and said: "King Chuzhuang said that in terms of text structure, the two characters Zhige will be combined to be martial characters. The so-called martial arts are to prohibit brutality, eliminate war, preserve the world, consolidate meritorious deeds, stabilize the people, reconcile the countries, and enrich wealth. Therefore, let the children and grandchildren not forget the great deeds of their ancestors. ”

"Now I let two soldiers be brutal in the wilderness, this is brutality; Show off your force and threaten the princes, and the war will not stop; How can we keep the world if we are both brutal and have the war to eliminate? The Jin Kingdom still exists, how can it consolidate its merits? There are still many things that go against the wishes of the people, how can the people be stable? How can one enriches oneself in wealth by virtue of the great force of one's own gains, and who is proud of the turmoil of other countries by virtue of the great force of arms, who have no virtue and who dominates the princes by virtue of the strength of force? ”

"There are seven virtues in martial arts, and we don't have any of them, so what can we show to our descendants? Or build a temple for the ancestors, report the victory, my little military merit is not considered martial arts. In ancient times, the kings of the Holy Ming Dynasty fought against the countries that did not obey the king's orders, killed the first evil people and buried them as a great slaughter, and at this time there was a Jingguan to punish the sinful people of the past generations. Now that the sins of the Jin Kingdom cannot be determined, and the soldiers are all loyal to carry out the orders of the king, how can they build the Jingguan? (To be continued......)