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"You ......" Yang Qing hesitated, hesitated, and asked slowly, "What do you ......think about the Eastern Crusade?" Not optimistic? ”

Yang Qing asked this very difficult. In his eyes, the young Yang Qian would not have such extraordinary thoughts, taking a step back, even if Yang Qian had such an idea, but because this idea deviated from the mainstream, coupled with the fact that his identity was too sensitive, Yang Qian would not say it in front of him and on such a strict occasion. However, Yang Qian finally said it, so there is only one reason, it must be from Yang Gongren's instructions. With Yang Gongren's cautious character, he will also not say such words to give people a handle, so this "untimely" statement can only come from a certain "big man" in the Eastern Capital, and the intention of this "big man" to convey this message to himself is self-evident.

Yang Qian's eyes were firm and his tone was resolute, "Not optimistic." ”

Yang Qing's expression suddenly became solemn. Not optimistic? What does this mean? Does it mean that the crusade will either be in vain or will continue until next year?

In terms of the determination of the emperor and the reformers to launch the Eastern Crusade, and the important political goals that must be achieved in this Eastern Crusade, they are in ruin, and they will not give up until they achieve their goals, so if the process of the Eastern Crusade is blocked, this war may continue into next year or even longer.

Once the war continues, the domestic situation will be more variable, and the political situation in the eastern capital will be confusing, and more importantly, the large and small political forces in the eastern capital will have more time to "add fuel to the fire". At that moment, whether the political situation in the Eastern Capital was stable or not became a key factor in determining the victory or defeat of the Eastern Crusade, and the emperor and reformers were forced to make compromises due to the need to form a prince to alleviate the fierce internal contradictions, to maintain the stability of the domestic situation with the prince sitting in the eastern capital, and to ensure the victory of the Eastern Crusade with the stability of the domestic situation.

Yang Qing probably guessed the secret behind the "not optimistic", but he couldn't accept this point of view, the Eastern Expedition exhausted its national strength, requisitioned hundreds of thousands of elite Weifu troops, and more than one million civilian servants, such strength, and couldn't destroy a small barbarian country?

"Why?" Yang Qing immediately asked.

"On March 14, the expeditionary force forcibly crossed Liaoshui and launched an attack on Goguryeo. Six days later, the expeditionary force advanced more than 100 miles and surrounded Liaodong City, the first important town in the northwest of Goguryeo. However, until a certain left the Eastern Capital, no news was received that the expeditionary force had captured Liaodong City. Yang Qian's eyes were fierce and he sneered, "More than two months have passed, and the expeditionary force has only advanced more than 100 miles into the territory of Goguryeo, and hundreds of thousands of expeditionary soldiers have been attacking Liaodong City day and night, and they can't take it, which is ridiculous." ”

"Liaodong City is still more than 500 miles away from Wugu City, an important town in central Goguryeo, more than 600 miles away from Yalu Water, the largest natural danger in Goguryeo, and more than 1,000 miles away from Pyongyang City, Goguryeo Province. June is approaching, and the rainy season in the Far East will last at least a month, that is, if the expeditionary force does not capture the city of Wugu before the rainy season arrives and approach the Yalu water, then it can only continue to attack after the rainy season ends in July, and the expeditionary force only has two months left to attack. In just two months, the expeditionary force had to trek more than 1,000 miles, capture several important towns, break through several large rivers, and finally take the city of Pyongyang, which was not very difficult, but difficult to ascend to the sky, unless God favored and bestowed a miracle, otherwise it would ......."

Yang Qing was very surprised, "The news is accurate? ”

Yang Qian's expression was heavy, and he nodded vigorously, "As far as I know, according to the predetermined strategy, the expeditionary force should capture the Black Bone City and cross the Yalu Water at this moment." Only by rushing across the Yalu River before the rainy season comes, building a strong fortress on its east bank, erecting pontoon bridges over the river, and sending more troops and supplies to the front line, can the expeditionary force still maintain high morale and strong combat effectiveness after the rainy season ends, and reach Pyongyang as quickly as possible, and jointly attack Pyongyang with the sailors who have crossed the sea. But at the moment, this seems to be absolutely impossible, and according to the current level of attack of the expeditionary force, it would be very good to be able to approach the Yalu water before winter comes, and then the war will inevitably drag on until next year. ”

Yang Qing pondered for a long time, and then he hesitated and asked, "Is there a miracle?" For example, Goguryeo infighting? For example, after the expeditionary force conquered Liaodong City, the Goguryeo people suddenly collapsed, and the army was defeated like a mountain, and it was crushed for thousands of miles? ”

Yang Qian laughed and asked rhetorically, "In the last year of the emperor's reign, why did the first emperor attack Goguryeo at any cost?" After the Holy Lord ascended the throne, why did he build the Great Wall, open the canal, conquer Tuyuhun in the west, and devote all his national strength to defeat Goguryeo? ”

Yang Qing didn't speak, but his heart was clear.

The reason is simple, the Goguryeo people are becoming more and more ambitious, not only to become the overlord of the Far East, but also to invade Middle-earth to expand their territory. If the Goguryeo people annexed the Far Eastern captives and the small states of the peninsula and dominated the Far East, then Middle-earth would fall into Goguryeo in the east and east in the north. The Turks, surrounded by the Western Turks on three sides, have doubled the pressure on national defense, and Middle-earth can only defend the frontier with all its national strength. However, passive defense can never solve the potential safety hazards, and only by actively defending, replacing defense with offense, and completely destroying hidden dangers, can we solve the problem once and for all. With the current strength of Middle-earth, it is impossible to penetrate tens of thousands of miles into the western soil, nor can it go north for thousands of miles to expedition into the desert, only Goguryeo can be killed with a stick, and killing Goguryeo can not only play a deterrent role of killing a hundred people, but also break the three-sided encirclement of our 10,000-mile frontier by the captives outside the wilderness, effectively relieve the heavy pressure on China's national defense, and be conducive to the prosperity of China's Middle-earth. Therefore, the strategy of expedition to Goguryeo is the most "economical", and it is imperative to ⊥ Middle-earth in exchange for the maximum benefit at the minimum cost.

Since the Goguryeo people are ambitious to become the hegemon of the Far East, of course, they are actively preparing for war at home, and they are attacking from afar and close abroad, and their economic, military, defense, and diplomatic affairs are in full swing, and although their strength is not enough to compete with the Middle East, they are definitely the leaders in the Far East, and no one dares to stop their sharpness. If Middle-earth is a tiger, then Goguryeo is a wild wolf, tigers and wolves fight, even if the result is predictable, the wild wolf will never be tied, and would rather die than bite off a piece of the tiger's meat, so it is really a fool's dream to count on the Goguryeo people to fight among themselves, and to expect the Goguryeo people to collapse for thousands of miles.

If the war drags on until next year...... Yang Qing couldn't help but think about it. If the war dragged on until next year, it would mean that the emperor and the reformers had suffered a military setback, and they had fallen into passivity in politics.

Since we can foresee the direction of the political situation in the Eastern Capital, and we can foresee the irreversible trend of the situation in Middle-earth, then everything can be done. It can be inferred from this that the reason why the Yuan, Dugu, Zheng and Yang clans were able to form an alliance and cooperate this time must be directly related to their thorough understanding of the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition, and it was precisely because of the changes in their favor that they actively cooperated and took the initiative to counterattack.

However, the emperors and central ministers on the front line of the Eastern Crusade were also clear about the current situation, since the Eastern Capital deduced various possibilities in the future and made countermeasures accordingly, then the imperial palace would also come up with countermeasures, and the emperors and reformers would never admit defeat, never lose lightly on the battlefield of the Eastern Crusade, never compromise with the conservatives, and never slow down or suspend the pace of reform.

Yang Qing didn't dare to walk the "tightrope", his position was too high, and he would fall into the abyss if he was not careful, and he didn't dare to make decisions blindly and hastily before he was sure of it.

"Now that the process of the Eastern Crusade has been severely blocked, the Holy Lord will inevitably revise the attack strategy, and the Imperial Palace will inevitably come up with different countermeasures for various crises that may arise in the future." Yang Qing sighed, "Since the Holy Lord was able to defeat Tuyuhun and win the victory of the Western Expedition under extremely harsh conditions, it is possible to defeat Goguryeo and win the victory of the Eastern Expedition under even worse conditions." ”

Yang Qian nodded lightly and agreed with Yang Qing's statement, "Whether the Holy Lord can turn the tide is not the strength of the strength and the profundity of the strategy, but the favor of the heavens. ”

Yang Qing was puzzled, "What do you mean?" ”

"If the Holy Lord wants to perform the miracle of Zào, he must cross the Yalu River before the rainy season comes, and the expeditionary force must abandon the step-by-step and steady way of fighting, and instead use the elite main force to leap thousands of miles, smash the Dragon Gate, kill Pyongyang, and destroy the Goguryeo kingdom by destroying the capital of the Goguryeo people. However, whether the expeditionary force can achieve this goal depends entirely on when the rainy season comes, and if the rainy season is delayed for a period of time to give the expeditionary force more time, there is still a high probability that this goal will be achieved. Yang Qian paused for a moment, and a trace of sadness welled up in his eyes, "If the heavens help and the expeditionary force is killed under the city of Pyongyang, then the expeditionary force will need a steady stream of grain and grass to carry the burden." However, with the beginning of the rainy season, the swelling of large and small rivers, the flooding, coupled with the strict destruction of the transportation routes by the Goguryeo strongwall Qingye, and the great threat to our transportation lines from the important towns that are still firmly controlled by the Goguryeo people, it is foreseeable that it will be difficult for the grain and grass in our rear to reach the city of Pyongyang. ”

"Maybe God will continue to favor us, this year's rain is not heavy, this year's rainy season will not be extended, and the Goryeo kings have rebelled and left, and Pyongyang City will be destroyed." Yang Qing said, "During the Western Expedition, didn't Tuyuhun's Busabo Khan Fu Yun rebel and leave, and didn't the royal city be beaten down by the Weifu army?

"The West Sea is vast and boundless, Achailu was originally a nomadic herder, under the pressure of the army, in order to preserve his strength, he gave up the royal city and turned to the snow mountain, which is a strategic retreat, just wait for the wound to heal, and then he can make a comeback." Yang Qian shook his hand and said, "Goguryeo is located on the peninsula, a small country, surrounded by strong enemies, and under the pressure of large soldiers, there is no way to retreat, only to live and die with the country." There is no comparison between the two, and if the expeditionary force uses Achailu in the northwest to speculate on Goguryeo in the northeast, it will be in danger. ”

Yang Qing did not speak, but it could be seen that he was disdainful of Goguryeo, still had confidence in the emperor and the expeditionary force, and was still full of expectations for the appearance of miracles.

"Liaodong City is more than 1,000 miles away from Pyongyang, and the main force of the expeditionary force has leapt thousands of miles, but in fact it has formed a situation of a lone army going deep, and there is no support from the rear grain and grass at all." Yang Qian patiently explained, "When the rainy season comes, the big and small rivers are surging, the follow-up men and horses of the expeditionary force are blocked, and they are unable to follow up, and the main force of the expeditionary force is also blocked and cannot retreat, in fact, they are already trapped under the city of Pyongyang. ”

Yang Qingsi thought about it, thought about it repeatedly, and finally accepted Yang Qian's point of view.

Heaven cannot always favor Middle-earth, and wars cannot always be won by luck. As far as the current situation of the Eastern Expedition is concerned, neither the emperor nor the commanders of the expeditionary force dare to risk the annihilation of the entire army and go deep into Pyongyang alone, so the safest strategy is to extend the war until next year, although the war has been prolonged, and the price paid by Middle-earth is greater, but compared with the final victory, the many strategic goals achieved, this price is still cost-effective.

Yang Qing finally made a decision, recruited people and horses, and went out of the customs to fight the chaos.