Chapter 559: Turning the Face Ruthlessly

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Li Jingli's merits are too great, it can be said that although in the final battle to capture Liaodong, he was only one of the three marshals, and there was also the emperor who came to Yuguan to command the armies.

But no one can erase Li Jing's merits in the battle of Liaodong, the battle of White Wolf City, Li Jing annihilated and captured more than 20,000 people of Goguryeo, captured White Wolf City, and severely damaged the Goguryeo army. Thousands of miles to attack Liaodong City and New City, Li Jing took the most important gateway to the western border of the Goguryeo people in one fell swoop, this move cut off Goguryeo's retreat at once, and at the same time stabbed two big holes in Goguryeo's Liaodong defense line, so that the Sui Dynasty had a Liaodong base, and also obtained millions of grain and grass and a large number of ordnance, so that the 200,000 troops who later entered Liao were able to enter Liao lightly, carrying only a small amount of grain and grass, without mobilizing a large number of people to transport grain and grass, without consuming the country's precious grain, not to mention, with these two cities and these grain and grass, In the end, the Great Sui was able to send 200,000 reinforcements into Liaodong in a short period of time, and then before the Goguryeo people reacted, they swept through the cities of Goguryeo Liaodong and advanced the soldiers and horses to the shore of Yalu River in one fell swoop.

Such a credit, who can erase it, it is the credit for the Great Sui to expand the land for thousands of miles.

However, Li Jing's credit is also based on his repeated disobedience to the emperor's will and the military orders of the Privy Council, which makes his credit have some flaws.

Many people have speculated before that Li Jing will definitely be punished afterwards, maybe then he will atone for his sins, reward him with a sum of money, and then he will be removed from his privy deputy envoy. The result of the matter. But it was a great surprise to many people.

The emperor really couldn't tolerate a general like Li Jing who didn't take the emperor and the Privy Council's military orders seriously, but he didn't erase his merits because of this. The emperor gave Li Jing a heavy reward that no one else could have imagined. Enter the Duke of Weiguo, and add 500 households. Even the first 2,000 households were sealed. Li Jing was originally a marquis of Wuwei County, and it seemed that there was only one step away from the marquis of the county, but after the implementation of the new lord system, this step was an extremely surmountable gap.

Now there are only two hereditary princes in the entire imperial court, one is the Taishi, the former Shangshu Ling Gao Gong, he has the function of supporting, and he retreated bravely, plus the prime minister for 20 years. As a result, he was able to receive this honor and get a real hereditary Duke of Qi. The other is Taifu Yang Su, the former prime minister, and now one of the four prime ministers, because of his support for the emperor, plus the support and cooperation of the emperor in the new dynasty, he was awarded this knighthood. In addition, it turned out that there were hundreds of princes in the imperial court, and countless county dukes. In the end, he was either demoted or changed to a fictitious or lifelong title, and under the new title, a courtier with a different surname could only be awarded a fifth-class title, and a hereditary county marquis was already a great reward. If you want to go further, it is even more difficult to climb to the sky.

Now, because of the merits of Liaodong, Li Jing has crossed this obstacle in one step. Directly sealed the Duke of Weiguo, and this is not a false seal. Nor is it a lifetime duke, but a real hereditary dukedom. It has 2,000 households. With this reward alone, no one can say that the emperor does not attach importance to Li Jingzhi's function. What's more, after Li Jingrong was promoted to the Duke of Weiguo, he also received a medal from the Shangzhu State and the honorary title of a crown prince. Li Jing's rank lord is already a very popular minister, how many people are looking for the marquis, and now that Li Jing is a god in a war, he has got all the things he can get. However, while the emperor rewarded Li Jing with a surprising high-ranking official and generous lord, he did not forget Li Jing's disobedience, and the emperor would never let this behavior become an example for other officers and generals to imitate in the future. Therefore, in the end, as everyone speculated, Li Jingguo was transferred out of the Privy Council, which is called the second government along with the political affairs hall and controls the military and political affairs of the imperial court. Li Jing was dismissed as the deputy envoy of the Privy Council and transferred to the post of secretary of the military department, which was a very clear and unmistakable demotion of the secretary of the military department, and the secretary of the military department today is simply not enough to compare with the deputy envoy of the Privy Council. In the end, Li Jing also served as the vice president of a Pishan Royal Military Academy, this academy was originally the emperor's lecture hall in Huaihuang, and now it is officially renamed the Great Sui Pishan Royal Military Academy, designed to train the cradle of military attachés, and it is also a refresher course for middle and senior generals, the predecessor of this academy is to lecture on martial arts, that is, the emperor has been serving as Shanzheng, and now it has been changed to the Royal Military Academy, the scale has expanded, and it is established on the mountain north of Luoyang, and the emperor himself serves as the president, and Li Jing serves as the vice president. can't help but make many people a little confused, is this Li Jing getting the holy favor or losing the holy favor?

If it weren't for the appointment of this last vice president, everyone would really think that Li Jing had won the war and lost his holy family. But now, it's a little unclear.

For Yi Feng, for Liaodong, there is no need for large-scale battles and siege battles for Liaodong, and what the imperial court has to do now is to use political means as the mainstay, supplemented by military means to digest and consolidate the occupied areas. This is also an important reason why he finally transferred Li Jing back to Beijing, he could no longer let Li Jing go on an adventure, hitting the bank of the Yalu River, from Yuguan to the Yalu River, there are more than 1,200 miles, this distance is an extremely dangerous distance. Especially now in the north and south of the Yalu River, there are two important fortresses in China and Wugu.

For the wars of this era, distance is often the first enemy. The war, which is fought more than a thousand miles away, is absolutely terrible. Yi Feng must avoid hard-fought wars such as battle and siege warfare, which require a large number of troops, even a long-term confrontation, which means long and long supply lines and massive material consumption, as well as a large number of requisitioned people. Yi Feng is absolutely unwilling to fight this kind of war, he now wants to change the mode of war, he must first stabilize the Liaodong region, and then obtain grain, grass and manpower from the Liaodong region to support the war in Liaodong, and try to avoid a war of attrition. At that time, Yang Guang just felt that he had a large number of soldiers and a large number of resources, so he had to fight a war of attrition with Goguryeo, and thought that he had consumed too much Goguryeo, and the result was that the Goguryeo he consumed was in the stage of collapse, but in fact, the Great Sui could not hold on to Goguryeo first.

Yi Feng needs to use other means to achieve the final victory, he needs a marshal who is not as radical and adventurous as Li Jing, he needs a marshal who can match his own ideas.

"Grass edict, Jin Su Xiaoci is the prince and the prince. Awarded the former envoy of the Privy Council, and gave the hereditary founder of Pingyao County! During this time, he had long considered who would succeed Li Jing. There are already candidates. Originally, he planned to let Su Xiaoci succeed Han Seng Shou or He Ruobi, but now it is just used to replace Li Jing first. Su Xiaoci was originally the prince's person. But later, following himself in the north can be regarded as a heart, belonging to a minister who has the merit of supporting, and his character is not bad, he is a important minister with a square personality, especially for martial affairs, very talented.

Hearing this appointment, Liu Shu was a little uneasy. After hearing that Li Jing was transferred to the Ministry of War, he was quite happy. Li Jing is the secretary of the Ministry of War, so isn't he, the current one, going to be reappointed to another post? The most likely thing he thought of was to exchange tunes with Li Jing. He was admitted to the Privy Council. As a result, now the emperor has let Su Xiaoci take over the vacancy of Li Jing's privy deputy envoy, what about himself? The military department Shangshu gave it to Li Jing, what did he do?

"Tell the envoys of Silla and Baekje and Dongying that the Great Sui has defeated and annihilated no less than 200,000 Goguryeo soldiers and horses, and now they have captured the land of Liaodong, and Goguryeo is already a dog, so the three families immediately sent troops to attack south of Goguryeo. Cooperate with us in the destruction of Goguryeo. Sue them that after the fall of Goguryeo, the Great Sui Dynasty will give the Hanjiang Plain to the three families in accordance with the previous agreement. "Yi Feng eased up." Of course, if we wait for the winter to pass, after I send troops again. At that time, Goguryeo was destroyed in one fell swoop, and the three families had not yet sent troops, so the territory of Goguryeo would be all owned by me. The three families did not get a penny. ”

He Ruobi raised his wat and said loudly. "Qi Xiang Xià, the minister thought that Goguryeo was defeated by this, and its destruction was just around the corner, even if it was not suitable to send troops due to the cold and heavy snow in Liaodong for the time being, but after next spring, he could continue to send troops to destroy Goguryeo. At this time, why bother to pay attention to the soldiers and horses of the three small feudal states and let them send troops, this is an opportunity to carve up the land of Goguryeo for nothing. ”

Yi Feng shook his head, "A hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, let alone a five-hundred-year-old Goguryeo." Goguryeo's defeat this time was not completely due to its lack of strength, but because it was defeated by the carelessness of the enemy. Gao Yuan transferred the main force of the Liaohe defense line to Liaoxi, but he was completely lost in Liaoxi, and led to a flaw in the defense of the eastern line of the Liaohe River, allowing Li Jing to seize the opportunity to capture Liaodong and Xincheng and the second town, which eventually caused a complete rout in Liaodong. But now the situation is different, Goguryeo has a new king and a new court, and after Goguryeo lost Liaodong, they have retreated to the defense line of Aphusu and built a new defense line here. The Goguryeo people have no way to retreat, they will now do the battle of solid beasts, and the black bones and the two cities in the country are backed by ducks and waters, and the walls of the city are strong, and it is not easy to take it hard. In addition, although we have captured thousands of miles of land in Liaodong, we have not yet established a solid rule after taking these places. If we are not careful, the Liao people may rebel at any time, and then we will fall into the swamp of Liaodong, unable to advance or retreat, and Liaodong is thousands of miles away from the Central Plains, so we will be very passive. Therefore, it is imperative that after we have achieved complete superiority, what we need to do is no longer to take radical risks, but to fight steadily, step by step, to push the Goguryeo people into a desperate situation and let them finally collapse. ”

"The Gosilla people, the Baekje people, and the Dongying people go to copy the back road of Goguryeo, let the Goguryeo people's backyard catch fire, and take care of one or the other, let's just provide some weapons and instructors to Sanfan, and let them fight with the Goguryeo people, isn't this a good deal? What we need to do next is not to fight a tough battle, to fight a battle, to attack a fortified city like Wugu and China. What we need is to garrison Liaodong, send light cavalry to plunder the supply and transportation lines of the country and the Black Bone City, but sweep away the local heroes of Goguryeo who dare to disobey the yin and yang in Liaodong, what we need to do is to let the Baiguryeo people help us build roads and build cities in Liaodong, build military stations and granaries, collect grain and grass, and turn Liaodong into our eternal territory. Even, we can send all kinds of small elite troops on land and water to infiltrate the Liao border from all over the country, attack and destroy Goguryeo, burn their cities and villages, destroy their farmland and crops, poison their livestock, in short, to make the Goguryeo people tired, not to let them recover, to make them hungry, to make them desperate, so that they can't make weapons to supply the front line, can't grow food to supply the people, let them collapse, and then they will be defeated, and when the time comes, as soon as the banner of the Great Sui arrives, Goguryeo will all look at the flag and surrender. ”

Yi Feng swept over the ministers, and his gaze became stern.

"I am here today to make it clear that the next step in the land of Liaodong is to focus on stability, to avoid strong attacks and hard fights, to avoid large-scale battles, and even more to avoid the rebellion of the Goguryeo people in Liaodong, what we have to do is to occupy and control Liaodong. Before the Ming Autumn, if anyone dares to disobey the will and act without authorization, and the situation in Liaodong is unstable, I will deal with him, and I will not spare him. ”

The generals didn't expect the emperor to suddenly release such cruel words, especially He Ruobi felt even more shameless, he just shouted to destroy Goguryeo, but the emperor slapped him in the face. This made him, the privy deputy, the chief deacon, have no light on his face. Angry, he couldn't help but say in front of the court, "The minister, I can't keep up with Your Majesty, so I ask for my resignation and return home." ”

This is just an angry sentence, and after saying it, I can't help but regret it. At the beginning, his father was also killed because he was speechless. Before his father died, he used to prick his tongue with an awl and warned him to be cautious when he spoke in the future, so that trouble would come out of his mouth. That time, he was stabbed with blood in his mouth, but in fact, his character is often innate, and he can't help but say something that offends people and shouldn't be said. Just like just now, he shouldn't have said something that disagreed with the emperor, and now, he shouldn't have said in a fit of anger that he wanted to resign.

As a result, Yi Feng chuckled.

This He Ruobi doesn't know how strong his ability is, but he always looks like the eldest and his second.

Now it's just right, he directly resigned in court, so he has nothing to be polite to him.

"Song Kaiguo Gong has worked hard for the court for many years, and now he wants to return to recuperate, I can't refuse. Quasi, to change the Song Guogong to 500 households of food and yi Zhenfeng, in Longmen Mountain to give a manor. ”

He Ruobi was stunned there, his chest rose and fell, he didn't expect the emperor to be so shameless, he would beat the snake with the stick like this, and he didn't even look like he was holding it at all, so he agreed directly. This is really an unprecedented shame, and the angry He Feibi is almost about to smash away.

"Song Guogong, please come forward and thank you for receiving the order!" Imperial Doctor Liu Wenjing sneered at He Ruobi in his heart, this idiot, he actually resigned by himself, and you didn't look at how many catties and taels you had, I really thought that the court would not be able to turn around if you left, and Your Majesty would like you to get out. At this time, of course, he had to come up immediately to make up for it.

He Ruobi turned his head and glared at Liu Wenjing, but unfortunately Liu Wenjing didn't put him in his eyes at all. Liu Wenjing is now the Imperial Doctor, and he is also the deputy prime minister of the Political Affairs Hall who participates in political affairs, and even if he is the deputy privy envoy, he is only at the same level as him, not to mention that he has already become a minister.

"Minister, Ruobi, thank you for the order." He Ruobi gritted his teeth.

Yi Feng just nodded to him, and then immediately opened his mouth and continued, "Okay, since Marshal He Ruo has left office, and the Privy Council has vacated another envoy, now let's discuss, who should take over the vacancy left by Marshal He Ruo?" ”

He Ruobi's face turned red and white, white and purple when he listened to it, the emperor didn't give him the slightest face at all, and the others were still here, so he couldn't wait to discuss his next appointment.

Yang Lin, don't blame me for being unjust! (To be continued......)