When Wang Shichong said this, he sighed and said to Mai Tiecane: "Old Mai, where is your plan?" Where are your reinforcements? Can you guarantee that if you suddenly encounter the main force of more than 100,000 Goguryeo, you can make your subordinates fight in a step-by-step formation without panic and fear? ”

Mai Tiezhu gritted his teeth: "Even if I lose contact with the rear, but my three armies are all elite troops, even if I encounter a large number of Goguryeo soldiers, I am not afraid, it's a big deal to surround these baggage vehicles and form a large battalion to defend it, not to mention seven days, even if it is guarded for three months, the Goguryeo soldiers don't want to eat us!" ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "Three months? Old wheat, do you have three months' worth of grain? Do you have three months of drinking water? Are you familiar with the terrain of Goguryeo and know it well? In addition to the cities along the way, where are the plains, where are the forests, how many mountains, how many rivers, where are the water sources on the daily march, you know very well? ”

Mai Tiezhu was speechless for a while, and muttered: "This, this, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and after entering the territory of Goguryeo, it is not difficult to find a guide." Aren't you able to find your direction and water in the vast grassland for thousands of miles? ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "That's because there are many Turks in our army as guides, and they are familiar with the terrain of Monan, so that we won't get lost, even so, we have to carefully check the water source every day when we go down the camp, for fear that Dulan Khan will not forget to poison the water while escaping." You don't even have a guide like this, and you plunge into the hinterland of Goguryeo with dark eyes, and when the time comes, you can't call the heavens and the earth, and even the friendly troops don't know your whereabouts. I want to set up camp and hold on. Is it that easy? ”

"Now you're like this without supplies. Forced on the road, the dry food carried by the whole army is only for three months, but if you run all the way like this, it will take more than a month to reach the Liao River, and then enter the territory of Goguryeo, as long as people lure you deep, it will take another half a month. When the main force is dispatched to besiege you, I am afraid that your grain and grass are less than a month, and there is no water source, can you really be sure that you can last for half a year? ”

Mai Tiecane's face was blue and white, and he originally conceived a beautiful battle plan, but Wang Shichong's few words were like a beautiful soap bubble, which burst as soon as he poked, he bit his lip tightly and said, "It's full." So what do you think? My way of fighting. It is also to attract the main force of Goguryeo, and it is better to fight it in the field than to let them defend the cities separately and let our army divide up and attack hard. ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "Lao Mai, of course I know your thoughts, you are a loyal and brave man, this time I received Yang Guang's special care and gave you the position of a pioneer, so what you are thinking about every day is how to fulfill this pioneer position, report to the country, report to the monarch's kindness, and be worthy of the dedication of these tens of thousands of soldiers." So you came up with this aggressive tactic, wanting to use your own vanguard three armies to attract the main force of Goguryeo Liaodong and the north to do their best, besiege you, and then hold on until the army comes to the rescue, and the inside should be combined with the outside, and the Goguryeo army will be broken, as long as the main force of the enemy army is eliminated in the field battle, a large number of cities can naturally be broken without attacking, right. ”

Mai Tiezhu nodded: "Yes, that's what I think, and I don't think there's anything wrong with this tactic." The reason why I didn't even tell the Supreme was that I wanted to be more like, and only if I deceived my own people, I could deceive the Goguryeo people, otherwise if they noticed that the rear army was on guard and could come to help at any time, then this plan would fail. ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "But you will deceive yourself like this, and this time you snatched the position of pioneer, it is a matter of jealousy, those Guanlong generals want you to suffer and plant your head, so that you can lose your own success, don't say that you are hiding it from them now, that is, you told Xue Shixiong in the back, Wei Wensheng them, these people will also work slowly and do not make efforts, while besieging the city they want to fight, while watching you fight with the Goguryeo people, anyway, Yang Guangyuan is thousands of miles away, I don't know the situation on the battlefield, and you have violated the holy order and accelerated from the large army, even if you destroy Goguryeo, you have no way to command, and you can't blame those people! ”

Mai Tiezhu gritted his teeth and said: "No, I don't believe it, they are also all generals of the imperial court, and they are favored by the country, how can they sit back and watch the defeat of friendly troops and live or die?" ”

Wang Shichong sneered: "Lao Mai, in the eyes of these Guanlong warlords, there is no national grace, everything is fought by themselves, not given by the emperor, the Goguryeo people on the battlefield are clear enemies, and all friendly troops want to compete with themselves, they are hidden enemies." Don't say anything else, let's just say that when you and I were on the southern expedition, they kicked He Ruobi and Han Baohu around like leather balls, and the two of them were there to grab credit, but we were almost dead, have you forgotten these things? ”

Mai Tiecane's brows were tightly twisted together, and he had nothing to say.

Wang Shichong took a step forward, patted Mai Tiecane's shoulder, and softened his tone: "Lao Mai, no matter when, only if you protect yourself, you can talk about anything else, and it is unreliable to pin your fate on others, you have become a general of the Sui Dynasty, commanding the three armies, your orders, your decisions are related to the life and death of tens of thousands of people, don't be rash." ”

Mai Tiezhu sighed, and his tone was full of helpless desolation: "So, what do you say?" ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly, took out a gold medal from his arms, and said: "Lao Mai, you can take a good look, this is the royal gold medal given to me by Yang Guang, this time I came, half of it is to talk to you about brotherhood, persuade you not to mess around, the other half is also to Yang Guang to send a letter, although I am not optimistic about his Sui Dynasty, if the world is in chaos, I must find a way out for myself, but now the chaos in the Great Sui has not risen, now I am the same as you, or I should assist Yang Guang and do things for him, didn't you just say it, I also have glory and wealth in the Great Sui, Why risk exterminating the clan and forcibly rebelling? ”

Mai Tiezhu smiled, took the gold medal, swept his eyes, nodded, and returned the gold medal to Wang Shichong, while saying: "I'll just say, you have always been the most knowledgeable about current affairs, how could you easily do that thing that was spurned by others." Okay, what is the will of the Supreme, you tell me first. ”

Wang Shichong's eyes flashed, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a meaningful smile: "There is a decree in the saint, all armies are assembled in the west of Liaoshui, set up camp, and before the imperial camp arrives, they are not allowed to cross the river." (To be continued......)