A smile flashed in Yang Guang's eyes, but when he heard the Turks, the corners of his mouth were hooked, and he said hatefully: "Don't mention the Turks, it's not reliable at all, I ordered Shibi Khan to lead his troops to assemble a few months ago, and then come to Zhuojun to join the division, but now, not a single Turkic soldier can be seen, and he sent someone to ask, and he only said that all the Turkic tribes are now busy transferring pastures and spending the harsh winter, and they can't send troops to meet, so they just want a grace time." ”

"Hmph, I think they just found a reason to shirk and refused to come, the last time Li Mi and Feng Lun went to the Turks, they found out that they had private dealings with Goguryeo, these alien barbarians, not my race, are all unreliable!"

Wang Shichong sneered in his heart, the collusion between the Turks and Goguryeo was already a sure thing, and only a naïve and self-righteous person like Yang Guang still dreamed that the Turkic soldiers could come to help in the war, but he had a righteous and indignant expression on his face, and said hatefully: "That's it, these Turks are too bad, I don't think they may dare to help Goguryeo openly, but they want to demolish our army's platform in this way of not making efforts. This time, I simply didn't come. ”

"Your Majesty, after destroying Goguryeo this time, you still lead the victorious army to the Mo Nan grassland, let these steppe wolves see the powerful military strength of our Great Sui, and dare not have any dissent!"

Yang Guang laughed: "Wang Aiqing, you are still thoughtful, but that's a later story, you have a point, the Turkic wolf ambition should not be trusted, this time I let Tang Guogong lead tens of thousands of steps to guard Huaiyuan Town." The garrisons of Mayi and Yanmen counties were also strengthened. It is also a precaution against them. lest the Turks think that our Great Sui army is exhausted and want to attack the Central Plains. ”

Wang Shichong said respectfully: "Your Majesty is far-reaching, and the ministers are not as good as what if!" ”

Yang Guang nodded and continued: "Wang Aiqing, according to your words just now, I want to let the former army gather on the front line of Liaoshui, and wait for my imperial camp to arrive before letting them march, what is the use of this?" Is it delaying time? Can you make the Mai Tie Cane no longer go deep alone? Aren't their various armies going to sweep all over the country separately? ”

Wang Shichong shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, if you start from Zhuo County, you will have to walk 1,500 miles to Liaoshui, and if you walk 40 miles a day, it will take a full month and a half to get there. And if the Mai Tie Staff crossed the Liao River alone, Goguryeo mobilized 100,000 troops to lure the Mai Tie Staff Army into depth. Then if you besiege it, there will be a strong enemy in front and a big river in the back, which is what the art of war calls a place of death. ”

Yang Guang gasped: "What did you say?" An army of 100,000? Did Goguryeo have such a mobilization ability to concentrate 100,000 troops on the front line of the Liao River? The Tanma in front of them has returned, and now Goguryeo has not yet been fully mobilized, how can they have this ability? ”

Wang Shichong said with a straight face: "That is the headquarters of Goguryeo without a general mobilization, but the defenders of the Goguryeo cities in the Liaodong area add up to no less than 100,000 people, if the commander of the enemy army is clever and can clearly grasp the movements of our army, he can concentrate the defenders of each city and Ding Zhuang, and carry out a general mobilization in the part of Liaodong, plus the surrounding Khitan and Xi's servant cavalry, it is completely possible to make an army of 100,000." ”

Yang Guang's brows gradually twisted together: "Wang Aiqing, this matter involves military aircraft, it is not a child's play, what information do you have to support your statement?" ”

Wang Shichong nodded and said: "Wechen figured out the holy will a few years ago, and felt that with His Majesty's wisdom and martial arts, he would eventually destroy Goguryeo and unify the Han land (in history, Goguryeo in the Han Dynasty was one of the four counties of the Han Dynasty, and it was also one of the eight hundred princes of Zhou Tianzi in the Spring and Autumn Period), so from that time on, Wechen carefully inquired about Goguryeo through some caravans between Dasui and Goguryeo, although he didn't know much about the Goguryeo headquarters south of Yalu Water, but for this land of Liaodong, It's still relatively familiar. ”

Yang Guang suddenly became interested: "Oh, since Wang Aiqing has such information, why didn't he offer it earlier?" ”

Wang Shichong smiled embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, those caravans between the two countries, often many of them are spies of enemy countries, and what they say is also unpredictable, and it takes a lot of time for Wechen to verify, that is, a few months ago, after His Majesty decided to conquer Goguryeo, Wechen sent a few caravans to go deep into Goguryeo, and under the pretext of doing ginseng trading, he explored the reality of the cities in Liaodong, and compared it with what those Goguryeo caravans said. Report this to Your Majesty. ”

Yang Guang nodded and said, "Then tell me, how many troops are there in Goguryeo in the Liaodong area, and what is their combat readiness now?" I also sent people to Goguryeo to investigate, but they were all arrested and killed without exception, Wang Aiqing, how can you find out? ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "Your Majesty sent someone directly over, now the relationship between the two countries is tense, since the last time Yizhi Wende sent an envoy to the Great Sui, we have begun to prepare for war in an all-round way, our single secret agent in the past of the Great Sui will not be able to find out the information, and if we don't search it out and kill it, we can only see a few glances at the situation on the other side, and we can't touch the secrets of troops, grain and grass." So Weichen took a different path, bought some Goguryeo caravans with a lot of money, sent spies to mix in, and then disguised himself as Goguryeo soldiers, sneaked back, although less than half of the spies came back, but still brought back enough information. ”

Yang Guang's eyes sparkled, and he said, "If there is any important information, tell me quickly." ”

Wang Shichong took out a yellow silk book from his sleeve like a trick and spread it out in front of Yang Guang, on which was a map of Liaodong, marking all the cities of Goguryeo in Liaodong, and the number of garrisons and the names of the generals defending the city were written under the city, which looked clear and clear at a glance.

Yang Guang's eyes lit up, looking at this map, he nodded again and again, and his fingers began to point to the cities on the map, some of which were important towns that he also knew, and his mouth gently read the names of these cities and the number of defenders, the names of the guards, and finally pointed to the largest Liaodong City, and said: "Liaodong City, 30,000 soldiers, the guards are the eastern Fusa, the big pair of Lu, and Yuan Taizuo." (To be continued......)