Wang Shichong nodded: "Yes, if the general has military exploits, he will be rewarded, increase the number of his troops and family members, and retain these people in the form of servants in peacetime, and even let some of his loyal servants go out to buy land and run industries, and after a long time, a powerful force will be formed." ”

"When the country has a war, it will take these private soldiers and go out to command them by their own sons and nephews to get more titles and greater military merits, which is exactly the way of survival of military families since the Northern and Southern Dynasties, but to maintain these tribes, it is not enough to rely on the court's fortune and reward."

"This large amount of money, one is to rely on wartime plunder, the other is the usual industrial operation, Laihu'er usually partners with me to do business on a small scale, much more stingy than those Guanlong military meritorious families, and it is also a matter of pounds when calculating the settlement share, it can be seen that this person only began to make a fortune in his generation, and the foundation is far from comparable with those Guanlong military meritorious families, this time it was not easy to get a good opportunity to take command of the expedition, how could he give up making a big profit."

Wei Zheng said with a smile: "Since the lord can see this, it should be clear that Lai Hu'er already has the heart to despise the enemy, and even puts the war windfall above the victory or defeat." The soldiers, especially the 10,000 light cavalry, confiscated most of the money, and were always unhappy, but the rest of the soldiers did not know the merits, and thought that they had gained the benefits, and would only be full of thoughts about entering Pyongyang and plundering more wealth. To command the arrogant army with an arrogant commander, attack the enemy's well-fortified capital, and face an unknown enemy ambush assault, how can you not be defeated? ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "There is indeed such a risk, but after all, Lai Hu'er is also a famous general, and it is true that he wants to get rich, but he must win the battle before he has the life to spend this money." If you are like the wheat iron rod, you will make rash progress and lose your life, what can you talk about expanding your family? Anyway, the iron rod of wheat was forced to death for Yang Guang, and his son could still attack the knight and be rewarded. And Hu'er definitely didn't have such a good treatment. ”

Wei Zheng shook his head: "Lord, haven't you found out, Lai Hu'er despises the Goguryeo army from the bottom of his heart, including when he failed to fight alone a while ago and the war was unfavorable, he just valued Gao Jian's personal martial arts, but he despised the Goguryeo army very much, but in my opinion, this Goguryeo army was also temporarily requisitioned." Without good training and equipment, even the 40,000 troops in front of Dazhai are not as strong as the Liaodong Army of Goguryeo, and I don't believe that the troops of the royal capital of Goguryeo will collapse without fighting like this, and they will collapse without even Pyongyang City. ”

Wang Shichong's brows furrowed. This was obviously what he was worried about, and the corners of his mouth hooked: "Why didn't the Goguryeo army use the main force to attack?" Besides, Gao Jian is Gao Yuan's younger brother. It is impossible for them to sacrifice Gao Yuan and tens of thousands of soldiers to deceive and lure our army deeper. ”

Wei Zheng's expression was grim, and he said: "Of course the defeat is not enough, I think it may be that the original intention of the Goguryeo army is to lure our army to go deeper, but Gao Jian insists on fighting this battle, and Gao Yuan refuses to give him the elite troops to defend the royal capital." Therefore, he was only given a temporary conscription of the inferior army, and as a result, Gao Jian, who was eager to make meritorious contributions, knew that his subordinates were not strong enough to destroy our army quickly, so he did not hesitate to personally risk going into battle. Fight against our army, wanting to crush the morale of the Sui army, to improve the courage of these new rabbles on our side, so as to gain an advantage in the decisive battle. ”

"But Gao Jian himself didn't expect that there were so many brave generals in the Sui army, and in the end he took his life, so his army collapsed in one day, but this may not be a break for Goguryeo, the elite soldiers of the royal capital are still there, and the strategic strike force that has not appeared, I think the current situation is still that the enemy is strong and I am weak, if Lai Hu'er can't judge the situation clearly, or if he wants to steal merit with Yuwenshu, and rashly enter the army to attack the city, I am afraid that not only will he not be able to make meritorious contributions, but he will repeat the mistakes of Gao Jian."

Wang Shichong was speechless for a long time, Wei Zheng's words pierced the deepest worry in his heart, the reason why he didn't have any joy of victory today was because of this, after a long time, he breathed a sigh of relief, and a trace of gloom flashed in his eyes: "If Laihu'er can have such a far-sighted plan, I won't be so worried." ”

Wei Zheng smiled slightly: "Lord, since you have made up your mind to help Lai Hu'er win this battle and destroy Goguryeo, why don't you persuade him well, let him fight steadily and steadily, step by step." Although the Sui army still does not have an advantage in strength, after all, it is well-equipped, the armor is sharp, and it is a new victory, and the morale can be described as high, as long as the defense is done well and the formation outside the city of Pyongyang is still put under huge pressure on the Goguryeo people, their consumption is greater than that of our army, even if they are confrontational, they may not be able to consume us, so that the main force of Goguryeo cannot go to Liaodong, at least it can create a good opportunity for Yang Guang to swallow Liaodong. ”

Wang Shichong shook his head: "I have persuaded Hu'er to come over before the celebration banquet, but he doesn't care, and now what I'm most worried about is that I will come to Hu'er to win and be arrogant, and it will ruin a good situation." ”

Speaking of this, Wang Shichong turned his head and said solemnly to Wei Zheng: "Xuancheng, I'm afraid that we have to prepare now to clean up the mess for the possible defeat of Laihu'er." ”

The royal capital of Goguryeo, the city of Pyongyang, the royal palace.

Wearing a crown, wearing a yellow robe, the king of Goguryeo Gao Yuan, his eyes were red, his age was about forty, he was of medium height, his hair was black and white, and on the left wing of his nose, there was a sarcoma the size of a small fingernail, with the shaking of his facial muscles, he jumped and jumped, which was particularly obvious, but his face was pale, in stark contrast to his red eyes, in the huge palace, in addition to more than a dozen guards and palace people, there were also three ministers dressed in Goguryeo officials and wearing pointed high hats, the first one, It is the western mattress of the great pair of Lu (state minister), Yizhi Wende.

The two people standing next to Yizhi Wende were the sturdy, black-faced and long-bearded northern adult Gao Qianhui, and the short, fat, white-faced and bearded southern adult Cui boy, the news of Gao Jian's defeat came two hours ago, and Gao Yuan was also in a hurry to bring the three adults of the king of Bingqin to discuss the matter, everyone looked grim, but they all closed their mouths and did not speak.

Gao Yuan was the first to lose his breath and sighed: "Could it be that this time the mountain god Tanjun (the ancestor in Korean mythology) is also going to abandon our Goguryeo, even the brave and invincible Prince Gao Jian died on the battlefield, how can we resist the tiger and wolf army of the Sui army?!" (To be continued......)