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After Liaodong City was captured, the strategic situation of the entire western Liaoning region would be completely changed, and the situation would become better than ever.

In one day, the Emperor visited the Privy Council twice, much to the surprise of the guards in front of the Imperial City, and everyone knew that something big must have happened. On this night, the Privy Council was full of people, the chief and deputy privy envoys, the three deputy marshals, and the generals, generals, and generals of the three yajing guards gathered in clusters, and one by one the generals of the court and the central government came, the stars on their shoulders were shining, and the medals on their chests were dazzling, and the supervision yuan also continued to order the history scribes to come, and even the Shangshu and squires of the military department who have now lost their military power have also rushed over, and even the emperor's chamberlain in the palace has also come several times.

"Something big must have happened." Zhao Xing, a Yulin guard who was standing guard in front of the Privy Council, said to his companion.

"You still need to say this, anyone can see it." Liu Zhou pouted, this night in front of the Privy Council was like a marquee, and no one could see that something was wrong. Not to mention the gathering of the generals, even the emperor came to the Privy Council for the second time in one night. "I guess it's a good thing." When the emperor came for the first time, his face was not good-looking, and even after hearing that, the emperor directly dismissed Shi Wansui, the deputy privy envoy who was drunk at home and refused to come to participate in the military council. But when the second emperor came back, he already had an undisguised smile on his face.

"What good news do you think it will be?" Zhao Xingshi asked.

Liu Zhou thought for a while, "It must be that the war in Western Liaoning has a good result." ”

"Goguryeo was repulsed?" Zhao Xingshi smacked his lips, "Do you say that Your Majesty is going to counterattack Goguryeo?" "The more he talked, the more excited he became." Do we have a chance to go to war again? ”

The Sui army was the most important in battle, and the emperor was the more so. The emperor's descendant, Huai Huang's army, was even more outstanding, and it was extremely brave in battle. Relying on the Huaihuang Army's establishment of the meritorious reward system since its inception.

The treatment of the Huaihuang army is excellent, but the rewards for war achievements are getting higher and higher. After a victory, the soldiers can be rewarded with great merit, which also makes the Huaihuang Army always eager to fight, and everyone is not afraid of fighting, on the contrary, they all want to fight.

As long as there is a battle, there will be military merits to earn, rewards, promotions, promotions, awards, and knighthoods! The imperial court has just ended the title of Ding. The one who won the most titles was the Huaihuang lineage of His Majesty, and at once he had thirty-six county marquis and hundreds of men. A year or two ago, most of the newly promoted marquis and earls were just white men, at most they were just petty officers or local tyrants, and many of them were horse bandits and bandits and traders on the side, and as for those county and village men who were more numerous, most of them were from very ordinary backgrounds. Because of fate, following the emperor's majesty and establishing the merit of the dragon, he jumped from a commoner to an upstart of the empire.

Zhao Xingshi turned out to be just an Orion mountain man in Youzhou, and later joined the Huaihuang Army. It's a pity that he joined a little late, and he didn't participate in a few battles, and only accumulated merit to get a team leader. After entering the customs with the emperor. Incorporated into the Zuo Yulin Army, he got an eight-rank martial arts. For a hunter who was just a frontier hunter a year ago. For him, who worries about his family's livelihood all day long, he has become an eight-rank military attache in less than a year. This is already a step forward that I would never have dared to imagine at the beginning. But the military attache of Bapin, in Jingshi, is really nothing. If it weren't for the clean-up of the knighthood this time, there would have been as many princes as dogs in the capital in the past, and the county princes would have walked all over the place, and the eight-rank military attache would not be as good as a slave in charge of those wealthy families. Zhao Xingshi desperately wants to go to the battlefield again, and wants to make meritorious contributions with his archery skills, and he can also be knighted like his boss Zuo Yulin, the general of Jibei, Qin Qiong, Qin Qiong is only twenty-three years old this year, and before he met him a year ago, he was just a personal soldier commander of Jianzhou's governor Lai Hu'er. But because the road was uneven, he helped the emperor, and then made a righteous alliance with him, and then went to Huaihuang, his future changed completely, and in less than two years, he flew all the way from a pro-soldier commander of the governor of Jianzhou to the current general Zuo Yulin, the prince Zuo Wei rate, the marquis of Jibei County, and the Zhuguo.

"If His Majesty leads us to conquer Goguryeo in person, it will be great, then we will directly destroy Goguryeo, maybe this battle will be defeated, and I will be able to make a knight by merit." Zhao Xingshi was full of yearning.

in the Privy Council.

Yi Feng came again, and as soon as he entered the conference hall, Yi Feng directly waved his hand, "All the original combat deployments have been reversed." ”

Li Jing's soldiers took Liaodong City bloodlessly, which made the situation in the entire Liaoxi battlefield change immediately, and everyone who was beneficial to the Sui army couldn't help laughing, and many generals even bluntly laughed and scolded Li Jing for the good luck of this madman.

The staff officers have already spliced together the sand table of western Liaoxi and eastern Liaodong, and on this huge sand table centered on the Liao River, the fortresses of the cities and fortresses of the Great Sui and Goguryeo sides are clearly marked one by one, the Sui army is red, and Goguryeo is blue, and these are the hard work of those spies in the Supervision Yuan. Now, the west bank of the Liao River, which should have been red, is in the central area of western Liao, but Liucheng in Yingzhou is blue, which is tens of thousands of soldiers and horses led by Gao Yuan, the king of Goguryeo. And around the south of Liucheng, from west to east, there are several red dots connected to form a line, that is the Sui Dynasty defenders of Yuguan, the Fang Qiao garrison of White Wolf City, and the defenders of Zhang Xutuo and Jia Wuben of Songshan, this red line has now even crossed the Liao River and extended to the Goguryeo control area, replacing Liaodong City, the most important gateway on the east bank of the Liao River, with red.

"Li Jing has captured Liaodong City, and Gao Yuan's retreat has been blocked, and Gao Yuan's remaining more than 50,000 soldiers and horses across the river, we have a chance to swallow them in one bite." He Ruobi pointed to the sand table and said loudly.

"As long as Gao Yuan runs fast, he still has a certain chance to escape. He didn't have to retreat by the same route, he could leave Yingzhou and go northwest first, from the north end of the Yiwulu Mountain Pass to the east, and then either continue north, and retreat directly to Buyeocheng, an important town in the north on the east bank of the Liao River in Goguryeo, or go south to the mouth of the Liao River and then cross the river to the east, and then he could choose to recapture Liaodong City. You can also choose to withdraw to the new city by the Xiaoliao River to the north of Liaodong City. Wang Bao put forward a different view, he felt that Li Jing had succeeded in taking the risk. But it doesn't mean that Gao Yuan's more than 50,000 soldiers and horses have no way out.

Previously, Yi Feng hated Li Jing for not obeying his will and sabotaging the imperial court's plans. Now he didn't think about this, and began to concentrate on calculating the strategic advantages that Li Jing would bring to the Sui army after taking Liaodong City.

For Yi Feng, Li Jing's biggest advantage in capturing Liaodong City was to break the original advantage of Gao Yuan, although he captured Yingzhou, but now he suddenly became a lone army in depth, but was half surrounded by the Sui army on the west bank of the Liao River, and his most important eastern gate, Liaodong City, was lost. The Sui army lost Yingzhou, and Goguryeo lost Liaodong. Although on the surface it seems to be an exchange of border towns. However, Liucheng in Yingzhou, Liaoxi, was not so important to the Sui army, and conversely, Liaodong City was extremely important to Goguryeo. Goguryeo relied on Liaodong City to coordinate and control the Liaohe Plain. Now that Liaodong City is lost, Gao Yuan's rear is lost, and at the same time, the best way to retreat is gone. Now as long as Gao Yuan is not stupid, he has to automatically give up Yingzhou, which he has so hard to get, and there is only one way left to retreat, retreating to the northeast. for to the south and retreat by the same route. It would be very dangerous, the Sui army not only captured Liaodong City, but also occupied Songshan at the southern end of the White Wolf Water, which was also the necessary place for the retreat route of the South Road. There are tens of thousands of Sui troops occupying Songshan and guarding the White Wolf Water, and Gao Yuan's road is not going to work at all.

Gao Yuan could only go north, and this put him in an extremely dangerous position. When his marching route was restricted, he was controlled by the Sui army. Then his retreat will no longer be safe.

Yi Feng could have arranged for his troops and horses to block Gao Yuan in advance, on the way back to the north.

This retreat route to the north of Goguryeo. In particular, this section of the mountain pass at the north entrance of the Wulu Mountain is the junction between western Liaoning and the Khitan, and the soldiers and horses of the Sui Dynasty are still coming from the west, but Yi Feng can transfer the Khitan soldiers and horses to intercept them. From the northwest of Yingzhou, the Xi soldiers immediately pursued southward, intercepting them back and forth, not necessarily dragging Gao Yuan to death on this road, and waiting for Han Sengshou's soldiers and horses to arrive to annihilate them in one fell swoop.

Even if Gao Yuan was allowed to escape in the end, he would have to pay a lot of casualties. The Sui army and the Xi, Khitan and other Tibetan armies marched eastward, and at that time, they could not only easily recover Liaoxi, but even plan to seize the east bank of the Liaohe River. This is completely feasible, before Yi Feng refused to move Goguryeo early, because Liaodong was too far away, and the Goguryeo people had been operating on the front line of the Liaohe River for many years, and it was difficult to pry, especially the imperial court would face huge difficulties in the transportation of grain and grass. But now, Li Jing occupied Liaodong City, which made the most important link of the Liaohe River defense line of the Goguryeo people broken, which made the wide Liaohe River lose its defensive role, and the army took Liaodong City as the advance base, easily crossed the Liaohe River, and had an advance base on the east bank, and there were hundreds of thousands of stone of grain and grass and a large number of equipment in Liaodong City, which was even more important. There are clouds in the art of war, eat the enemy for one minute, and be me for twenty minutes.

Food is the guarantee of war, and logistics and transportation lines are the lifeblood of the army. Especially for expeditionary operations such as the conquest of Liao, a major war far from the country, food supply is the top priority.

Cao Cao's explanation of Sun Tzu's art of war is to transport 20 minutes of grain from home to the front line of the enemy's country, and in the end it can only be delivered to one bell, so collecting one bell of grain from the enemy's country can reduce the expenditure of 20 bells in the country. At first glance, this seems a bit too outrageous and exaggerated, but it is true. Historically, Qin Shi Huang conquered the Xiongnu, and for every thirty stones of grain collected, only one stone of grain was finally transported to the front line.

What is even more revealing is that when Yang Guang conquered Goguryeo in history, he had already made a lot of preparations in advance, such as digging a canal from the Yellow River to Zhuojun in Youzhou, and building several wide and flat imperial roads, which were used to transport troops and grain and grass. But even after making so many adequate preparations, with such convenient canals and royal roads, in the end, it was still necessary to send out more than a dozen stones of grain, and in the end only one stone could be transported, and the consumption on the road was huge. Not only do they have to consume a lot of food, but they also have to use a huge amount of labor. Yang Guang conquered Liao for the first time, sent millions of troops, and the people mobilized more than 2 million, and almost all the men who were known as the world at that time were mobilized, either to fight, or to transport food and ordnance to the army.

Therefore, although Li Jing only seized more than 500,000 stone grain in Liaodong City, it was equivalent to collecting 10 million stone grain from the Central Plains and transporting it to Liaodong, not to mention, how many people, mules and horses had to be used on the road to transport this 10 million stone grain, and in the end there were only 500,000 stone left.

A Liaodong city, in this situation, its value is really immeasurable.

With this Liaodong City and 500,000 stone of grain, Han Sengshou's army could even rush to Liaodong with only a small amount of grain. Even if Gao Yuan retreated, as long as the Sui army occupied Liaodong City. It is also completely dominant. With this bread and equipment, and with this fortified city. The Sui army could have crossed the river immediately, organized a wave of sweeping offensives on the east bank, and swept away all the fortresses of Goguryeo on the surrounding plains. The Liaodong City, an important town that had lost its core, became a scattered sand in the surrounding areas, and it was difficult to form an entire defense, and it was easy for the Sui army to break through each of them along the gap in Liaodong City. In particular, the grain of Liaodong City is not only reserved for Liaodong City, but also the transfer of military rations for the castles around the defense circle on the east bank of Liaodong.

I think that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao fought back then, and Yuan Shao's army was several times that of Cao Cao, but it was because of the black nest that the grain and grass were burned. As a result, Yuan Shaoguandu was defeated. The loss of Liaodong City was also dangerous for the Goguryeo people.

Yi Feng's mind had been calculating the current situation over and over again, before Liaodong City was taken, Yi Feng's bottom line was to recover Liaoxi, push the defense line to the Liaohe River, and then temporarily suspend troops with Goguryeo. But Liaodong City, the situation is completely different, just like a city. The defense is complete, and it is difficult to capture it in a short time, but if you suddenly capture one of the enemy's gates, then the enemy's defense will have a fatal flaw. As soon as you follow the open gate, the enemy's walls are completely useless. This is the case in Goguryeo now, and their Liaohe defense line is very strong. But now he has lost the door carelessly.

"If you don't take it, you will be blamed." Yi Feng slapped the table. Start coming up with your own new plans. "Immediately ordered Li Jing not to hold on to Liaodong City. There is no need for him to take risks to attack the surrounding areas, as long as he holds on to Liaodong City, especially to ensure that the grain and grass equipment in the city are not lost, it is a strange function, and let him wait for the arrival of the imperial army. ”

"In addition, immediately pass on the edict to the Five Thorns of Xi Realm, and let them lead their troops and horses to gallop to Yingzhou and pursue Gao Yuan."

"Pass the order of the Khitan Ten Thorns, let them immediately gather all the troops and horses, and go to the north pass of Yiwulu Mountain to intercept and ambush Gao Yuan!"

"Then send an edict to Han Seng Shou, let him immediately travel lightly and rush to Liaodong City."

After several holy decrees in a row, Yi Feng was also in a mood this time, if he could leave all the soldiers and horses that Gao Yuan invaded in western Liao, and even catch Gao Yuan with luck, then this time the imperial court had every chance to recover the east bank of the Liao River, and even further recover the Liaodong Peninsula.

"Then I will give an order to the three kingdoms of Silla, Baekje, and Dongying, so that they can immediately send troops to attack Goguryeo."

Wen Yanbo, a scholar of Hanlin Chengzhi, wrote the dragon god, and quickly recorded Yi Feng's will.

"I will go to Youzhou!"

"Your Majesty, don't leave the Jingshi lightly." As soon as Yi Feng's words came out, they immediately attracted a lot of admonitions.

"Then move to Luoyang, don't persuade again." Yi Feng took a step back, but insisted that he should at least move to Luoyang.

Yi Feng actually knew that at this time, it was impossible for him to go on a personal expedition, and the emperor would personally conquer, unless it was a last resort, and the emperor needed to come to the front line to boost morale, otherwise he could only add trouble and not help. However, if Liaodong went to war, it would be a full-scale war between the two great powers, and Yi Feng was still in Chang'an at that time, four or five thousand miles away, and it was difficult to transmit the news in time. Besides, he had already set Luoyang as Zhongjing, and Xijing had become the capital to accompany Beijing, so it was also a good time to take advantage of this opportunity to move to Luoyang.

Early the next morning, at the court meeting, Yi Feng announced the expansion of the scale of the war against Goguryeo at the Liangyi Palace.

"We must be prepared for a full-scale war with the Goguryeo, and if the war goes well, then our goal is to recover the Liao River Plain. If the situation is good, we will even further recover the Liaodong Peninsula in one fell swoop, and fight until Yalushui. Yi Feng made no secret of his optimism about this war and his majestic goals.

"The emperor finally couldn't hold it anymore, and opened his mouth, revealing his sharp teeth."

After going down to the court, coming out of the Liangyi Palace, Liu Shu couldn't help but sigh.

"Li Jing's courage is really big enough, he traveled 800 miles long distance, went deep behind enemy lines, seized the fortress of the enemy's country, and reversed the situation of the entire Liaohe River in one fell swoop. Yang Su said with a smile.

Liu Shu pouted, "This Li Jing's ability is good, but it's a pity that he is a little too arrogant." He is in the northeast, which is to repeatedly disobey the holy will, and this time he is lucky, so that he can also take Liaodong City. However, I bet that although Li Jing has made great achievements this time, he has no good impression with the emperor. After this battle, Li Jing will definitely not be able to stay in the Privy Council anymore, if His Majesty is more benevolent and gives him an honorary title to tie him up, it will already be right to stop him. For ordinary people, it is not a pity to die a hundred times if they are so arrogant. ”

"If Li Jing is transferred out of the Privy Council, wouldn't the Privy Council vacate two deputy envoys at once, and Duke Liu will soon be able to enter the Privy Council." Yang Su smiled slightly, he and Liu Shu both have the same opinion, although Li Jing has made great achievements this time, he has already committed a taboo. The greater his merits, the more jealous the emperor will become, and the emperor will never allow such a general, who has violated his will several times, to be in the most important privy council in the court to control the military power. Give him a bright rise and a real fall, which is already considered the benevolence of the emperor. In other words, an ordinary emperor, an arrogant guy like Li Jing, didn't even know how to die at that time.

"Actually, it's the same when I stay in the military department." Liu Shuyan said insincerely. (To be continued......)