Chapter 57: Three Expeditions to Goryeo
After leading the remnants of the army back to the court, Yang Guang immediately sent troops to quickly quell Yang Xuangan's rebellion, and he also ordered Dali Qing Zheng Shanguo, Yushi Dafu Pei Yun, the criminal department of the squire Lang Guyi, and the remaining Fan Zigai to track down Yang Xuangan's henchmen, Yang Guang said: "Yang Xuangan followed 100,000 people, which shows that there should not be too many people in the world, and if there are more, they will gather together as thieves." If they are not all killed, they will punish their descendants unjustly. After Fan Zigai and Pei Yun received this will, they severely punished and punished more than 30,000 people in total, and confiscated their entire families, of which two-thirds were unjustly killed, and more than 6,000 people were exiled. When Yang Xuangan led his troops to besiege the eastern capital, he opened a warehouse to help the people, and all the people who received relief grain were also killed by Emperor Yang of Sui in the south of the capital.
The cruelty of the means is really staggering, Yang Guang did this just to warn the world that the consequence of resisting him is death.
The first attack on Goguryeo failed because he despised the enemy, and the reason for the second defeat was that Yang Xuangan rebelled, cut off the food for the front line, and disturbed the morale of the army, so Yang Guang was naturally unconvinced, and was bound to launch an attack on Goguryeo.
When I came home again, my child had already been born, and he was a white and chubby boy, with his eyebrows and eyes with Xin'er, and his nose and mouth with me. The feeling of being a father for the first time is so wonderful, and when I see the child lying quietly in Xin'er's arms, my whole heart can't help but be excited.
"Look, kid, this is your father." Xin'er motioned for the child in her arms to look at me. The child was not afraid of birth, and when he saw that I did not show much fear, he smiled at me.
I stretched out my hand to take the child, but my mother stopped me on the side, "You take off the armor on your body first, it's not good to touch the child cold, and you must cry." ”
I changed into clean clothes and picked up the child, kissing the little cutie covered in frankincense with a happy face, "What's your name?" Did Daddy give him a name? "I asked my dad.
"My name is Xiaohao, and my father said that I would wait for you to come back and get it." Xin'er said.
"Xiao Sheng, the day Xiao Hao was born, I began to read all kinds of classical books and dictionaries, and there are a few names for you to refer to." Dad said, "Li Zhiyuan, taken from 'not indifferent and not ambitious, not quiet and far-reaching'; Li Xuanang, Qiyu Xuanang; Li Bo, erudite, broad; Li Jin, with a bright future; Li Hao, Li Zexin ......"
Daddy skillfully said a series of names, which shows that he put a lot of thought into this. "Let's call Li Hao." I said tentatively.
"Li Hao is really good, but it coincides with the tone of the milk name, so it's better to call it Li Xuanang." Mother said.
"It's up to my mother." I said, "Actually, Daddy's names are pretty good, any one goes." ”
"The situation of this attack on Goguryeo is not very optimistic." Dad abruptly changed the subject.
"yes. Yang Xuangan suddenly rebelled and cut off our military rations halfway, which made Yang Guang a little powerless, and after getting the news, the army was disheartened, and Goguryeo took the opportunity to pursue, so we were defeated without going head-to-head with the Goguryeo army. In fact, this time we could have won, we made a lot of preparations, it can be said that everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, but unfortunately the east wind was cut off, it can also be said that the east wind has become a strong wind. I feel that God is a little teasing Yang Guang. After I said these words, my heart did not waver, and I even felt ridiculous.
Dad shook his head and said helplessly: "Yang Guang will never give up." ”
"I know."
"When is this going to be the head!" The mother complained.
"Either Goguryeo is destroyed, or it is destroyed by Goguryeo, there should be these two possibilities." I say.
"Before, he recruited people all over the country to build the Grand Canal for him to enjoy and enjoy, and then he recruited troops twice to conquer Goguryeo, and now what has the entire Sui Dynasty been made into by him?" Dad said excitedly, "All those who have strong men in the family have been forcibly conscripted into the army without exception, resulting in countless fragments of every family. There are no strong men in the family, and the rest of the women and children are unable to take care of themselves, and if they say something unpleasant, they can only wait for death. ”
"Damn it......" I couldn't help but want to scold Yang Guang, but was interrupted by the cry of Xiao Hao in my arms.
"Xiao Hao is good, don't cry, don't cry." I whispered to him.
"Are you hungry?" Xin'er took the baby from my arms and went to the back room to breastfeed.
"I don't know how long I'll be able to stay at home this time." I said dejectedly. Under the rule of Yang Guang, a faint king, I feel that the people have lost their freedom and cannot even have the most ordinary life.
Sure enough, Yang Guang did not give up the attack on Goguryeo - in the tenth year of the Great Cause (614 AD), Yang Guang once again issued an edict to recruit soldiers from all over the world, preparing to attack Goguryeo for the third time.
Yang Guang repeatedly forcibly conscripted men to build the Grand Canal and crusade against Goguryeo, which brought extremely serious consequences to the country, and the huge cost was huge, seriously delaying the agricultural work of the people, and a large number of strong men were either killed in battle or exhausted, or were killed by Yang Guang by mistake, so that in the Sui Dynasty, there was a terrible situation of "insufficient men, and women were served".
In March, the army set out from Zhuo County, and the soldiers of the Sui army fled one after another, Yang Guang went to the Linyu Palace to worship the Yellow Emperor, and beheaded the rebels to provoke the drums, but still could not prevent the soldiers from fleeing.
In July, Sui Yangguang drove to Huaiyuan Town, at this time the Sui Dynasty was in turmoil, and most of the soldiers recruited failed to arrive on time, but even so, the number of soldiers who came to Goguryeo with him was still a deterrent, and even though the country of Goguryeo was very strong, after all, it was only a small country in a corner, and the national strength was still limited, and they couldn't bear it in the face of the Sui Dynasty's repeated attacks, so when Laihu'er took the opportunity to march to Pyongyang, Goguryeo King Gao Yuan felt scared, Hurriedly sent an envoy to ask for surrender, imprisoned and sent back to Hu Sizheng.
Yang Guang was naturally very happy, so he sent an envoy to summon Hu'er to lead the army back. Lai Hu'er thought that this was a good opportunity to break through Goguryeo, and wanted to continue the attack, but refused to obey the edict, but the generals still obeyed Yang Guang's order and asked to return, and Lai Hu'er had to be ordered to withdraw and return to the Sui Dynasty.
In August, Emperor Yang of Sui returned to the dynasty from Huaiyuan Town, at this time, Yang Gongqing, a handan thief, led more than 8,000 of his men to loot the eighth team behind Yang Guang's chariot, and obtained 42 horses from Feihuang Shangstable.
In October, when Ding Mao, Yang Guang arrived in the Eastern Capital, and when he was Chou, he arrived in Xijing. When he ordered the king of Goguryeo, Gao Yuan, to enter the pilgrimage to him, but Gao Yuan never came, Yang Guang was angry and ruined, but he was helpless.
In this third crusade against Goguryeo, the two sides hardly moved a single soldier, but Yang Guang was victorious on the surface, but in fact he was still defeated by Goguryeo's plan to surrender, and the most serious thing was that the soldiers and people of the Sui Dynasty were already extremely dissatisfied with Yang Guang's rule.