The next morning, Gongsun Xiu went to Xiangping with Deng Ai, Liu Chuan, and a large number of entourages. Everyone did not delay along the way, and returned to Xiangping in just six days.

As soon as he returned to the palace, he summoned Jia Fan, Lunzhi, Yang Zuo, Bei Yan and Gongsun Yan to the palace.

Deng Ai and Liu Chuan stood together from the left and right.

Jia Fan took the lead and said in a deep voice: "King, now Goguryeo and Fuyu League have already created gaps. Our army should set off to completely defeat it."

Gongsun Xiu nodded and looked back at the generals, Yang Zuo and Bei Yan, with joy on their faces. In their opinion, as long as there is a war to fight, there will be military merits and honor and wealth.

After all, expanding territory is the glory of the generals throughout their lives.

Yang Zuo smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I am willing to go to Goguryeo, attack all the enemy troops, capture the head of the King of Dongchuan and return."

Gongsun Xiu smiled and said, "The head of the King of Dongchuan will sooner or later, and will hang it at the East Gate to shock the alien races. Let him know what the great power is, and now it is just temporarily placed on his neck."

Yang Zuo's blood was rising and he said, "I will do my best."

Deng Aideng was a little anxious and thought to himself: "The king clearly handed over the Eastern Expedition to me?"

Fortunately, the next moment, Gongsun Xiu waved his hand and said to Yang Zuo: "This Eastern Expedition is made by the orphan, and Deng Ai is the commander. You are staying in Yan State to guard the State. Although we are complacent to the State of Wei, we are not under the jurisdiction, but Yuqiu Jian from Youzhou is still stationed to guard us. This Eastern Expedition, some of the troops will be separated, and Yan State is empty, so you must be guarded. You are considered a veteran, so I feel relieved to stay here to defend."

Yang Zuo couldn't help but feel depressed, but the king's words boosted him again and nodded, "Don't worry, the king, I will defend the rear and not let Wu Qiu Jian get involved."

Gongsun Xiu looked back at Deng Ai, who smiled gratefully and nodded softly.

Jia Fan frowned and said, "The King is the king of a country. It is too dangerous to be the king of the emperor personally. If something happens, my great swallows have no leader, so why should I take it? In the opinion of an old minister, it is better to just send soldiers to drive away and the king stay in the rear."

Gongsun Xiu was not on a whim. This battle was related to increasing the population of Liaodong. It not only caused heavy damage to Goguryeo, but also destroyed its royal family and moved the people of Goguryeo to fill the Yan State.

Such a battle is by no means easy. When fighting with Sima Yi, it is a matter of waiting for the enemy to enter Liaodong from four thousand miles away, without a long-distance attack.

Now the Yan army has to span more than a thousand miles and head to the capital of Maru in Goguryeo.

He shook his head and smiled: "If there is no victory in this battle, the Yan State will be in a difficult position. If these small countries are destroyed, they will be left with endless troubles. The lonely imperial army will also increase its morale."

Jia Fan smiled bitterly, "The troops that can be fought in the Yan State, plus the prisoners captured last year, are only 40,000. We still have most of the troops to defend against the Youzhou Weiqiu Jian. The army that the king can expedition may be less than 20,000."

If the national strength is insufficient or the food and grass are short, it will be withdrawn before the destination has arrived. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it took great efforts to destroy Goguryeo, especially Emperor Yang Guang of Sui. The troops used to fight against Goguryeo in the three battles reached one million, and they could not destroy Goguryeo.

Of course, this does not mean that Goguryeo is stronger than the unified Sui Dynasty at that time.

Yang Guang was very happy with the merits and used a million troops to come from the western Liaoning Corridor. It was the same big thing to manage the food, drinking, defecation and urination of millions of troops. The lengthy logistics and transportation of supplies could drag down the Sui Dynasty. It was precisely because of Yang Guang's desperate "three campaigns" that led to the decline of light-speed in the Sui Dynasty and the anti-Sui uprising that smoked smoke broke out.

Gongsun Xiu only had 20,000 troops, but he thought it was not a problem.

Although he did not have Yang Guang's million-dollar army, Goguryeo was definitely not the peak state of annexation of Fuyu, unification of Baekje and Silla four hundred years later. At that time, it was verified that Goguryeo had an army of 600,000. Yang Guang was in command and exhausted from the expedition, so he could not defeat Goguryeo.

Goguryeo has not developed now. It is the first and second ends of the two major forces, Fuyu and Xianbei. The population is only 300,000, and the three major forces are also in a situation where dogs bite dogs. As long as you make good use of the contradictions between the three major forces and break their loose alliance, it will be much easier.

If China would still have the Sui and Tang dynasties four hundred years later, Yang Guang and Li Shimin would definitely be grateful to himself as the great emperor who solved the border troubles.

Speaking of official history, Wu Qiu Jian once defeated Goguryeo.

Sima Yi and Goguryeo troops destroyed the Gongsun clan, and Liaodong fell into a void of border defense. King Dongchuan took the opportunity to take over Liaodong. Wuqiu Jian immediately led his army to rush to chase Goguryeo troops to Maru Capital, destroying the entire Maru Capital. King Dongchuan fled to Woju, and it was not until seventy years later that the country was re-established.

History has undergone great changes now. The Gongsun clan has not perished. This is the greatest hope that Liaodong will not be invaded by foreign races.

Gongsun Xiu looked through the memorial and found that there was no problem with this year's grain harvest, baggage troops, weapons, etc. The grain and grass were not in question. Although the army advanced from Xiangping, the grain and grass had been transported to Lelang in one step and led the two counties to establish warehouses to store. The local prefect must also prepare enough food and grass to supply the army needed. As long as the grain and grass are not cut off by the enemy, there is no problem.

The baggage troops recruited civilians, and the 20,000 troops were attacking Goguryeo, and the baggage troops needed were at least 40,000. This battle was extremely labor-intensive and material.

Shen Kuo of the Northern Song Dynasty once calculated that if a civilian man carried six dou of rice and a soldier carried five days of dry food and only supplied one soldier's food and military supplies, he could march for eighteen days. If he planned to return, he could only march for nine days. Three civilian man supplied one soldier, he could march for thirty-one day one by one, and sixteen days one for the return.

Shen Kuo also recorded the effect of using livestock to transport grain: "If you transport it with livestock, you will carry three stones, horses, mules, five stones, and donkeys. Compared with people's fortune, although they will bear more burdens but fewer expenses. However, from time to time, the animals will die from weight and weight to death. If one animal dies, the people will bear it and abandon it. Compared with people, the benefits and harms will be half the benefits."

If livestock are used to transport grain, camels can carry three stones of food, horses, mules, and five stones, and donkeys can only carry one stone. Compared with transporting grain by people, although there is more food to carry, if livestock are not fed grass and water in time, most of the livestock will die. If a livestock dies, the food carried can only be abandoned. Compared with carrying it by people, there are both advantages and disadvantages, and both advantages and disadvantages.

Gongsun Xiu knew that if this battle was not won, the losses of Yan State were almost equivalent to the destruction of the country. The consequences of a failed war were by no means as simple as tens of thousands of soldiers who died in battle. One was the domestic poverty and the peasant uprising, and the other was the internal and external injustice, trying to split or replace it.

The Sui Dynasty was destroyed by the three expeditions of Goryeo, which gave the basis for the uprising against the Sui Dynasty.

Although the Ming Dynasty was destroyed by Chongzhen, it was actually destroyed by Wanli. The three major sieges of Wanli consumed the national strength of the Ming Dynasty and eventually led to overthrow. Although it took more than twenty years to perish after Wanli, it had an unshirkable responsibility.

"This battle must be won, no defeat is allowed."

Gongsun Xiu thought that although this battle would be empty, there was nothing he could do. After all, Liaodong was originally a barren land, with only 400,000 registered household registrations, and a large number of people were attached to the hands of the rich. Almost every battle was empty.

He thought to himself: "If we talk about the three kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, the most powerful one is Cao Cao. Although he was in the wind and waves and fled against the wind, he won many victories and defeated many times in his life, but Cao Cao was still Cao Cao, and the basis for staying behind was the most powerful empire among the Three Kingdoms."

Gongsun Xiu could not afford to lose a large-scale battle. If Yan State loses, the three major forces will advance to erode Liaodong, not to mention Wu Qiu Jian from Youzhou is still eyeing him. He secretly thought: "Even if you win this battle, you cannot make up for the loss. Favoring national prestige is just a matter of face and cannot fill your stomach. If you win this battle, you must occupy Goguryeo's gold, silver, jewelry, men and women's mouths and land, and get back a population of 70,000 to 80,000 people. The losses and profits of the war can be made up together."

Deng Ai said: "The king, I think 20,000 people are enough. At present, there will be wars between Goguryeo and Fuyu Kingdom. In addition, Goguryeo conquers Liaodong last year and destroys most of the troops. It is not difficult to send troops to destroy them. When the battle between the two sides begins, the king sends troops to destroy Goguryeo first, and then expels the Xianbei Kingdom. If Fuyu Kingdom is willing to surrender, it will be taken together. If he does not want to surrender, then attack and destroy it directly."

Gongsun Xiu deeply agreed. This was also the strategy originally planned. He smiled and said, "If we can destroy these three entangled forces, our Dayan territory is vast, and the 'Head of Rooster' is all in our hands."

Deng Ai was stunned, not understanding what the "head of the rooster" meant by Wang Shang?

He immediately remembered that there was no modern territory yet. The head of his rooster, naturally, included the three northeastern provinces in the territory. Isn’t it just a chicken head? He smiled and said, “I had a dream yesterday. I dreamed that the territory of my Yan Kingdom was connected to the territory of the three major forces of Goguryeo, Xianbei and Fuyu, and there was a faint feeling of the head of the rooster, so I felt this feeling.”

Deng Ai then realized it and nodded immediately: "God has made some predictions, so it is a good omen to surrender. It seems that the king's expedition to the east is in line with the blessing of God."

"Shizai, our army is going to advance thousands of miles away. It consumes a lot of time and time is slow. I wonder what your ideas are?"

Gongsun Xiu asked.

Deng Ai said: "I think: I can first write a letter to confuse me, comfort the king of Dongchuan and Fuyu Kingdom, and be slow down. Then let the five thousand frontiers travel lightly and take dry food, and the baggage troops follow from behind. As long as the frontiers lead their troops to defeat them before the enemy has responded. If they can defend themselves, they will be happy. If they cannot defend the city, they can retreat and join the baggage troops at any time to avoid the army's food being cut off."

He smiled and nodded, "This is not bad. Shi Zai, if this plan is successful, you will be the first priority."

Deng Ai's combat plan always lies in unexpected and unpredictable. In the battle to destroy Shu in history, he raided Chengdu with the idea of ​​smuggling through Yinping, which scared Liu Chan so much that he surrendered to the Wei Kingdom. Jiang Wei, who was resisting Zhong Hui in Jiange, almost spit out an old blood.

Hearing the praise of King Yan, Deng Ai just smiled faintly: "I dare not, if there is a king who sits in the northeast, I am just obeying the command."

Gongsun Xiu smiled and said, "I have two big gifts to give to you today, Deng Ai will obey the order."

Deng Ai was excited and immediately flashed out from the side and knelt on the ground.

He announced loudly: "This first great gift, I will grant you the general the title of general, and give you a thousand acres of fertile land, a thousand pieces of silk, and a thousand coins."

As soon as this statement was made, Yang Zuo and Bei Yan both showed dissatisfaction. They were all veterans of the two dynasties. They sacrificed their lives in the battle against Sima Yi, and they had no contribution and worked hard to win them. They were named the former general and the latter general respectively. Deng Ai and his captives were not yet made meritorious and were granted the title of general, which was too much.

Jia Fan and Lun did not object. Although Deng Ai did not make any contribution, his advice was extremely exciting. He was not a military general who only knew how to fight. He had a good way of governing the country and was more than enough to be in the position of a general.

Gongsun Xiu saw it, glanced at Yang Zuo, Bei Yan and the others looked at it, and said seriously: "I have always had a clear distinction between rewards and punishments. If the two generals are unhappy, you might as well say it."

Yang Zuo, Bei Yan, said suddenly, "Where is the king? How can you be unhappy if you obey everything?"

I thought that if the war in the Eastern Expedition was unfavorable, Deng Ai would be replaced sooner or later and he and the two of them would take over.

Gongsun Xiu smiled slightly, ignored the two of them, and said, "As for the second big gift, it is your relatives and family. I have sent someone to take it."

After saying that, he raised his chin to the personal guards beside him, and the personal guards quickly walked out of the hall. In a short while, Deng Ai's eldest son Deng Zhong and second son Deng Yu were brought up.

Deng Zhong had a bright look and a resolute face. He was born to be carved from the same mold as his father when he was young. Deng Yu was only fifteen years old, and his face was still childish, and his eyes were carefully looking around.

Deng Ai was surprised and said, "Zhong'er, Yu'er."

The father and son hugged each other and cried with joy.

Deng Zhong raised his head, feeling a little disbelief: "Father--we, our whole family came to Yan State together. The king arranged for us to have a house and servants, and they all lived in Xiangping City."

Deng Ai touched the back of his two sons' heads and whispered: "You, my father and son, we must serve the king well in the future. You should go out first. It's the morning court now, so don't delay state affairs because of our family affairs."

Deng Zhong, Deng Yu nodded, looked at the King of Yan sitting above him timidly, and couldn't help but feel admiration. After the two brothers kowtowed, Shi Ran left the hall.

Gongsun Xiu was secretly happy and thought to himself: "Deng Ai is a rare famous general, and Deng Zhong is also a rare talent. He is still young and can be used as a talent reserve."

On the one hand, the first reason for bringing Deng Ai's family to Yan State was to solve his worries and prevent Sima Yi from harming his relatives when he learned about it.

As for the second reason, Gongsun Xiu now handed over some of the military power. The general holding military power must leave his relatives in the capital as hostages, which is inevitable. Moreover, Deng Ai's historical performance, after destroying Shu Kingdom, he actually rewarded his ministers without first passing Sima Zhao, and he had committed the crime of being arbitrary.
Chapter completed!