Chapter 4 Helplessness
(When it is released, the protagonist's name will automatically become Yang Xi, for some reason, it makes people collapse!)
In the process of speaking, Yang Xi has been paying attention to the changes in Yang Guozhong's expression, of course, he found that the expression of the Tang Dynasty minister has changed several times during the process of speaking, and he knows that these words are also talking about Yang Guozhong's psychology, and he is glad that he really found the right countermeasure.
Seeing that Yang Guozhong didn't say anything, he immediately said again: "Father, so the child feels that the most important thing for the imperial court to do now is to concentrate all its forces to resist the rebels attacking Tongguan and ensure that Tongguan is not lost, not anything else, not to go out of the city to gather and annihilate the main force of the rebels!" If Tongguan is guarded, then Chang'an will also be safe! Didn't my father wonder if the current succession of victories in Goshuhan would be a lure for the rebels? ”
After Yang Guozhong's eyebrows jumped, Yang Xi continued: "If Ge Shuhan is forced to go out of the pass to fight, and the army is unfavorable to fight, and finally returns defeated, or even the whole army is destroyed, then Tongguan is likely to fall because of this!" If Tongguan is lost, then Chang'an can't defend it!"
"And after the rebels attack Chang'an, the first person to deal with must be your father, and even you will be executed Ling Chi, the child and several brothers, and other family members will also end up in a different place! Even if my father escaped with the emperor before the city of Chang'an was broken, the emperor may still be angry with his father and punish his father's crimes, then our Yang family will definitely be in trouble! Today, when the child was lying down thinking about things, he thought of this, and he was very scared, so he boldly told his father, hoping that his father would think twice!"
Yang Xi's last few bold words made the muscles on Yang Guozhong's face jump, and his eyes showed a look of horror, but they were soon gone, but they were captured by Yang Xi, which made Yang Xi even more happy. Could it be that Yang Guozhong's key point is pointed?
All the things that can be thought of for the time being have been said, and the next thing is to see how Yang Guozhong reacts, Yang Xi no longer speaks, just quietly looks at his father, who is in a completely different mood from just now, to see what Yang Guozhong says and how he reacts!
Of course, Yang Guozhong had a wave in his heart, no one dared to say such direct words in front of him, Yang Xi was the first person, and these words made him suddenly sober up. Yang Xi is right, An Lushan's rebellion is to clear the emperor's ministers, that is, to "clear" his slogan, if Tongguan is lost, Chang'an falls, he falls into the hands of the rebels, and the death is as ugly as it is, and it is not impossible for Ling Chi to be executed. Tongguan is the gateway to Chang'an, and if you hold Tongguan, Chang'an will not worry about falling. If Chang'an does not fall, he will not suffer this catastrophe.
It can be seen from the fact that the eastern capital Luoyang was captured by the rebels so easily, and if Tongguan fell, Chang'an would not be able to hold it.
The height of Luoyang's city is similar to that of Chang'an, Luoyang was captured by the rebels in a few days, if the rebels surrounded Chang'an, how many days could Chang'an support?
was suddenly confused by Yang Xi's words, and he was a little shaken by his self-confidence a few days ago, and even thought about whether to change the order that the imperial court had issued and recall the Geshuhan Department who had already gone out to fight.
However, he is an extraordinary person, after thinking about it carefully, he feels that what Yang Xi said is a bit alarmist and exaggerated, Yang Xi is just a seventeen-year-old young man, how can he think clearly about military affairs, maybe he said this after listening to someone's demagogy.
Thinking that it was likely that someone came to Yang Xi to say so much, hoping that Yang Xi would persuade him to change his mind, Yang Guozhong was annoyed for a while, and wanted to scold a few words, but seeing Yang Xi's anxious look, he also stabilized his demeanor, who loved this son very much, and said unhurriedly: "Xi'er, what you said is reasonable!" My father also knows that if I defend Tongguan, I will guard Chang'an, and if Tongguan is lost, then Chang'an is also in danger! But to quell the rebellion, it is impossible to just hold on to Tongguan!"
"Now the thief wants to retreat to Fanyang and give up Luoyang! Wouldn't it be better if the officers and troops could take the initiative to attack and defeat or even annihilate the thief army coming from afar with superior forces, not only relieving the danger of Tongguan, but even recapturing the eastern capital Luoyang? The army led by Ge Shuhan is 200,000, and he should have this strength! You must know that there are less than 30,000 thieves outside Tongguan City, and the most advanced is only 5,000 old, weak, sick and disabled troops! The number of officers and troops is far superior to that of the thief army, Ge Shuhan is a general of a hundred battles, and the north has won successive victories, and the morale of our army is flourishing. After saying this, Yang Guozhong's confidence rose again.
Seeing that Yang Guozhong's attitude had not changed, Yang Xi was anxious, "Of course my father's idea is very good, but now the combat power of the official army is really low, and it can be seen from the fact that Feng Changqing was defeated in even battles!" In the past few decades, Feng Changqing has made countless achievements in the campaign, and there are few defeats, but after encountering the rebels, he has been defeated repeatedly, it cannot be said that his command ability has declined, but the combat strength of his men and horses is too low!"
"Now the 200,000 soldiers and horses in Tongguan, there are no more than 30,000 at most, and the rest are all rabble, unless they train for more than half a year, otherwise they have no combat power, and they may be defeated when they meet the enemy, and they will be discharged! According to what the child saw, it is already good to be able to hold Tongguan with those hundreds of thousands of horses, how can he dare to think that he will succeed in a battle? Yang Xi asked unceremoniously.
Yang Guozhong's anger has subsided a lot, he is a little happy that his son has such an opinion, can say so many things in front of him, smiled with relief, and said: "Xi'er, Shiro, you have such an opinion about the current war, you are very happy for your father, at this point, you are much better than several brothers, if you have any thoughts in the future, you can talk to your father, no matter what you say, your father will not be angry!" In this kind of matter, His Majesty the Emperor has already discussed with the ministers, everything is His Majesty's idea, don't worry about it, you have just been injured, don't think too much, just rest assured! There are still things to deal with for the father, and you have time to go and see the mother!"
"Father, listen to the child a few more words!" Seeing that Yang Guozhong was leaving, Yang Xi couldn't help but be anxious, stepped forward and grabbed Yang Guozhong's sleeve, and pleaded: "Father, I hope you can think carefully about what the child said just now, and all the worries that the child said may become true!"
Seeing that Yang Guozhong only sighed slightly, and didn't react much to his words, Yang Xi's originally hopeful heart plummeted, full of grief and indignation, but he still persuaded Yang Guozhong again "bitterly": "Father, I really can't let Ge Shuhan lead the army to attack, and now the rebels are stationed in front of Tongguan with 5,000 old, weak, sick and disabled troops, there must be a intention to lure our army to attack!" Now that the rear of the rebels has suffered successive defeats, the post road between Luoyang and Fanyang has been damaged, and the thief wants to capture Tongguan and Chang'an as soon as possible, so that he will have no worries! The thief army's weakness under Tongguan City is likely to lure the enemy to lure Ge Shuhan to lead the army deep and ambush somewhere! Father, don't fall for the thief luring the enemy!"
Yang Xi pulled Yang Guozhong's sleeve and pleaded: "Father, according to the child's knowledge, the imperial court has summoned the army of King Qin to come to quell the rebellion, which is very unfavorable to the rebels!" The current rebels are eager to capture Chang'an, which will win more popularity, and can also avoid encountering more royal divisions, and they are more eager to fight a decisive battle with the officers and troops defending the Beijing division! We can't go out to fight as they wish, but we have to defend the danger and leave them with nothing to do! Outside the Tongguan city, the terrain is narrow, not suitable for large corps to fight, even if Geshuhan leads 200,000 troops out of the pass to fight, the number of troops that can be frontally deployed is less than 40,000 or 50,000, compared with the rebels, it is really not an advantage! Please also ask your father to think twice, otherwise there will be no chance to regret it! Does my father want our whole family to end badly? ”
Yang Guozhong turned his head, glanced at Yang Xi a few times lovingly, patted Yang Xi's hand holding his sleeve, and said with a smile: "Shiro, my father knows that you are worried about the fate of our Yang family, which is very pleasing to my father, I can say so many truths in the war of counterinsurgency, and my father is also very surprised, my father has never discussed court affairs with you over the years, but I didn't expect that your views on court affairs are much better than those of several brothers, you can rest assured, in the future, your father will give you the opportunity to get involved in court affairs, and will let His Majesty grant you an official position and let you do things in the court!" As for the arrangement of the war, Your Majesty will discuss it with the ministers before deciding, so don't say anything! There are still important things to deal with for my father, you can't delay too long in the house, you are just recovering from your injuries, don't be too excited, you have to recuperate! Okay, I'm going to go for my father, and I'll have to report to Your Majesty later, so you can rest!"
As he spoke, he broke free from Yang Xi's hand holding his sleeve, ignored Yang Xi's repeated calls behind him, strode out, and ordered Ping'er and a few other people in Yang Xi's room to enter the house and serve Yang Xi to rest.
Seeing that Yang Guozhong ignored what he said, Gu Zi left, Yang Xi was anxious and angry, and after calling a few times and not responding, he immediately chased out, wanting to catch up with Yang Guozhong, and then explain things more clearly, but only chased to the door, he was stopped by several subordinates, and was dragged back into the house by them.
"Fourth son, you have just recovered from your injury, go back and lie down and rest!" The little girl who came up to support his arm, Ping'er, said anxiously.
Yang Zheng, who was holding his other arm, also said in a very panicked tone: "Fourth son, the master has ordered, let you rest in the house, take care of your body, and then talk about it, when he is empty, he will come to visit you again and talk to you!" The younger one has sent someone to tell Madame that your injuries are almost healed, and if Madame can get up, he will definitely come to visit you!"
"You let me go, I still have something very important to tell my father!" Yang Xi struggled hard, trying to break free from the support of the two subordinates.
But maybe because of the fact that this body had just recovered from injury, he couldn't use any strength, and was helped back to the couch by Yang Zheng and Ping'er, the grief and indignation in his heart were indescribable, and he had the urge to kill Yang Guozhong, but in the end he could only reluctantly lie back on the couch.
Oh my God, how could this happen?