Historically, the first expedition to Goguryeo failed, and there were many elements, not to mention the requisition of 1.13 million troops, known as 2 million to the outside world.

In fact, the real ones who did it were the 350,000 elites of Yuwenshu's Ninth Road Commander, and the 80,000 Jianghuai Sailors who came to Hu'er.

That is, a total of more than 400,000 troops.

So why can't the rest be used?

First, to attack Goguryeo, you must go through the Liaoxi Corridor, and more than a million people will pass through here, how long will it take? It took a month and a half, so the elite who entered Goguryeo in advance had already fought, and the people behind were still blocked in the western Liaoning corridor and couldn't get by.

Historical records: The Japanese sent an army, forty miles apart, and the company camp was gradual.

The entire army, separated by a thousand miles from the end to the end, let alone responding, is already blessed by God if it does not lag behind.

Second, it is logistical support, first build Luoyang, then dig the canal, and build the Chi Road, a major national project a year, the treasury can't bear it at all, so in history, the grain and grass of the follow-up troops were all given to the front, that is, Yuwenshu's Ninth Route Army.

Yang Guang ordered all the soldiers in the vanguard to carry three stone military rations, and said: Those who abandon rice millet will be beheaded.

During the Kaihuang period, one stone was 106 catties, but after Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, he reverted to the Qin system and changed weights and measures, so one stone became 35 catties, so the soldier carried three stones, which was a special 105 catties.

Carrying more than 100 catties of grain, how can you fight?

Guan is really full, but it also causes a great burden on the soldiers, so that there are countless people who abandon the military rations, and in the end, the front line is short of food, in this case, Yuwenshu accepted the fraudulent surrender of Goguryeo, so that the 350,000 army, only 2,700 people fled back to Liaodong.

Third, it is Comrade Yang Guang's micro-operation command, all major decisions on the front line must be reported to him first, he has made a decision, and then tell the generals at the front what to do.

This is blind self-confidence, with the merit of destroying Chen, it is too self-righteous, but everyone knows that it is Gao Xi, Yang Su, He Ruobi and Han Baohu who have made great efforts to destroy Chen.

Gao Xi, as the marshal of the long history, commanded the overall situation, Yang Su annihilated the old Chen army in one fell swoop, He Ruobi broke the main force of the Chen army by land, and Han captured the tiger to attack Jiankang.

If you put these four people in Goguryeo, Goguryeo will also perish.

Therefore, in the defeat of Goguryeo, Yang Guang had to bear 80% of the responsibility, and the remaining 20 were the responsibility of Yuwenshu, Yu Zhongwen and others.

Of course, Laihu'er couldn't run, he was defeated too early, after annihilating the Goguryeo naval division, he swelled, and he was about to fight Pyongyang directly, but Zhou Fa still did not persuade him, so that the naval army was defeated.

When Yuwenshu's Ninth Route Army arrived in Pyongyang, he still pinned his hopes on coming to Hu'er to respond, but he didn't know that the other party had been wiped out.

If Laihu'er could stabilize at that time and wait for the arrival of the land army, then Goguryeo would have been destroyed.

Yang Ming thought that most of his father would not listen to persuasion and remove the consolation envoys, so he wrote a letter to three of them, hoping that these three people must not hinder the commander, let alone accept Goguryeo's deception in any way.

He wants to let these three people understand that you don't listen to Lao Tzu this time, and when you come back, see how I clean you up.

These three people are Yu Shi Deqian, the servant of the Imperial Historical Stage, Yu Wen Jingli, and Yang Qi.

Among the nine comforting envoys, Yang Ming knows these people, and the remaining six are all selected by Daddy who have traveled around the country over the years, in the final analysis, the nine people are all Daddy's people.

Wei Deqian is Wei Zhen's younger brother, Wei Zhen's original name is Wei Dezheng, but he was passed on to the eldest uncle Wei Jun by his father Wei Shi, which is equivalent to giving Wei Jun a door.

As long as the succession is good, it is very promising, a Yuan Shao and a Yuan Shikai, all of which belong to the succession.

Wei Zhen and Wei Deqian are both old men in Yang Guang's Jin Dynasty, because their father Wei Shi is Yang Guang's Sima of the Jin Palace.

With Wei Xianhui's relationship, Wei Deqian should be persuaded and will not tell the emperor about Yang Ming's letter to him, because it is okay to betray others, but you can't betray the prince, it is impossible to get along with yourself.

As for Yuwen Jingli, this is Yang Guang's brother-in-law, who has also dealt with Yang Ming, and has a good character and is reliable.

Don't talk about Yang Qi, Yang Xiong's second son, Yan Xiaotang's appearance, eighty percent imitates her second uncle.

One of these three people, if he became Li Jing's lieutenant envoy, then Li Jing could let it go.

"The first pass is on the Liao River, which runs through the easternmost part of the Western Liaoning Corridor and is a place that Goguryeo must defend," Yang Ming pointed to the map and said to Li Jing:

"Before crossing the river, the duty of the forward army is to repel the harassment of the enemy army during the crossing of the river by our main force, and the responsibility is heavy.

Historically, Mai Tiezhu died here, Yu Wenkai dropped the big chain, and the pontoon bridge he presided over was more than a zhang shorter, almost three meters.

The Liao River is not a small stream, it is the largest river in the southern part of Northeast China and one of the seven major rivers in China.

Just three meters away, people have to fall, swim to the shore, wheat iron rod is this loss, more than 10,000 vanguard troops fell into the water to cross the river, was shot into a sieve by the opposite side.

This section of the Liao River is more than 1,000 meters wide, and arrows cannot reach it, so it has always been a very difficult thing to cross the river in ancient and modern times.

Li Jing thinks that Yang Ming's reminder is not necessary, the pontoon bridge is not built well, I definitely won't pass it, do I still need to be reminded?

If you don't remind you, you can't do it, who let the wheat iron rod hang like this? I'm afraid that Yang Guang will force you to cross the river in the back.

"The refining cowhide shield in the refining field will definitely be distributed to the vanguard army, and crossing the river with this thing can ensure that the soldiers of our army cross the river safely," Yang Ming got up and said, "You come with me." ”

Next, he took Li Jing to the shooting range, where the guards practiced the armor-piercing ability of arrow clusters made of refined steel, as well as the defensive ability of refined shields wrapped in cowhide.

There are two kinds of shields, round and oval, thick in the middle and thin on the edges, very lightweight, with a round light shield of twenty catties and an oval thick shield of thirty-five catties.

Among them, the thick shield can't even break the refined arrow cluster.

Li Jing was amazed.

"The river-crossing army should be equipped with a light shield and a short crossbow, plus a Mo knife, and after forcing the enemy army a hundred paces away, the spearmen can attack the enemy formation," Li Jing held a steel gun in his hand, and after waving it a few times, he stabbed towards a light shield.

With a ding, sparks splashed, and the head of the gun was undamaged, but a depression appeared in the top of the shield.

Li Jing's eyes lit up, and he said with great joy: "With this artifact to get along, this battle will be a complete battle." ”

"Still can't be careless," Yang Ming smiled with a smile: "Although weapons are sharp weapons, but people use them, the key is to rely on the soldiers, Goguryeo is a cunning state, if Brother Jing wants to be the vanguard, you must not be fooled, any show of goodwill, there is deceit, remember, do not accept any form of surrender." ”

Li Jing frowned and said: "But the consolation envoy has the duty of supervising the army and recruiting the army, if I don't listen, I am afraid that Your Majesty will blame." ”

"Don't worry about this," Yang Ming said: "I will find a way to arrange the right person for you to ensure that you don't get your elbows." ”

Then, Yang Ming said in a deep voice: "It's really not good, just find a way to kill him, deal with it cleanly, and I'll give it to you again, and there will be no problem." ”

Li Jing was puzzled: "Most of the prison soldiers are noble people, there must be an entourage, I am afraid that there are a lot of people, there should be about one or two hundred people, if you want to kill, these people must be killed, otherwise the matter will be leaked, and I am afraid that I will die on the front line." ”

What Li Jing means is that I have to have reliable people of my own to do this kind of shady thing.

The prison army is generally by the commander's side, and where the commander goes, he follows him, anyway, where is the safest place to go.

But if Li Jing leads the army, his Chinese army may not all be his own people.

After thinking for a while, Yang Ming said: "The Hedong Army was trained by you, I asked Xiao Shilian to go with you, and transferred 2,000 people to you to the Chinese army, and you can use it easily." ”

Li Jing frowned and said, "This is His Highness's private army, how dare I use it?" ”

"Others can't use it, you can," Yang Ming patted Li Jing on the back and said with a smile: "The forward is the most important thing in the army, I will find a way to arrange it for you, what you have to do is to fight this battle for me, whether you can be knighted or not, it depends on what happens." ”

Li Jing nodded emphatically.

A child of a family who doesn't want to be a general is not a good son, doesn't Li Jing want to be knighted?

Since Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, he has not been knighted, and the conquest of Goguryeo is the best opportunity.

Li Jing couldn't stay in Hedong for a long time, after all, he was ordered to rush to the eastern capital, and now it has taken some more time to detour to Hedong, and he needs to leave as soon as possible.

Yang Ming carefully instructed many things before letting Li Jing leave.

And he wrote a letter to Duan Wenzhen, the secretary of the Ministry of War, requesting that the 2,000 elites in Hedong be included in the expeditionary army and allocated to Li Jing for use.

Although it is uncertain whether Li Jing can lead the army at the moment, Li Jing has confidence in himself, and Yang Ming also has confidence in him.

Raising soldiers for a day and using soldiers for a while, Li Jing's opportunity came.

Regarding the matter of Yu Wenkai's chain drop, Yang Ming also has to prepare here, you are also the first engineer of the Great Sui, how can you make such a big mistake?

So he wrote to Yu Wenkai, when crossing the Liao River, according to the length of two thousand meters, to make the plank rope needed to cross the river pontoon, don't rely on your eyes to measure, you are presbyopia.

It's better to waste more wood than to die in the river.

In this way, he can keep the wheat iron staff, this person is not only the emperor's absolute henchman, but also a fierce general who dares to fight, although he is not one of the nine road chiefs, but his role is also very huge.

Moreover, Mai Tiezhu and Su Lie are brothers, and they take great care of Su Lie, with him, if Su Lie offends someone on the front line, there will be someone to speak for him.

This time to conquer Goguryeo, you can't be defeated, because once you lose, there will be a huge mess, Yang Ming doesn't want to wipe Yang Guang's ass, can't I bring you a urinal, you can pull it well.

(End of chapter)