Chapter 364 Willing to go alone
Due to the failure of the siege on the first day, Yang Guang realized that he had lost his majesty in front of the grassland envoys in the Western Regions. That night, he summoned generals from various armies to discuss strategies to advance to break the city.
Generals such as Li Jing, Yu Wen Shu, Yu Zhongwen, Fan Zigai, Mai Tie Stick, Yu Juluo, Jing Yuanheng, Xin Shixiong, Shi Xiang, Zhang Jin, Xue Shixiong, Wei Xuan, Yang Yichen, Zhao Cai, Luo Yi, etc., have arrived, almost covering more than 70% of the powerful generals and generals of the Sui Dynasty.
Yang Guang said with a serious expression: "How many casualties are today?"
Li Jing replied: "Report to Your Majesty, 46,000 people were killed, more than 30,000 were slightly injured, and 7,000 were seriously injured."
Emperor Yang Guang of Sui asked: "Can you estimate the casualties in Goguryeo?"
Li Jing replied: "Coarse cloth probably killed 10,000 people, and the injured were about 10,000."
Emperor Yang of Sui slapped the table and shouted, "How come the gap is so big?"
Fan Zigai diluted: "When you go back to your Majesty, the other party has the advantage of geographical advantages, and is condescending, hiding behind the city walls. He has always had wars, siege and defending the city. If the combat effectiveness of the two armies is similar, then the casualties are the same proportion."
Emperor Yang of Sui was a little angry: "My decent Sui soldiers, wouldn't they have a higher combat power than those of Goguryeo and other people outside the pass?"
Everyone was speechless and dared not say that the soldiers of Yingyang Mansion in various parts of the Sui Dynasty had not fought for a long time and their blood was worn out. Such a tough battle, individual soldiers might not be as brave as those of Goguryeo.
Of course, unless some of the soldiers in the Great Sui army transferred from some borders, their combat power and courage were still very strong. They had participated in the imperial guards against the Turks and Tuyuhun, but most of the soldiers in Yingyang Mansion were often poor people. In order to avoid labor, they were not strict in training, and even did not join the army for a long time. When they fought, they had big flaws.
The soldiers in prosperous times have no war training, and are mostly flirting with flirting. They will definitely suffer great losses in actual combat. After the bloody training, the remaining soldiers are the elite troops.
Yu Zhongwen stood up and bowed, "Your Majesty, I will think that fighting like this is not the best strategy. You should pay attention to strategies to defeat the enemy."
"What are you going to do?" Emperor Yang of Sui's face moved slightly and asked.
Yu Zhongwen said: "Send troops to attack the small towns around Liaodong, take them all, and then bypass Liaodong City and head straight to the next fortress. This will turn Liaodong City into a rootless source, and even trap him to death. Our army will shoot out an elite force and directly attack the fortresses and granaries in various places. There is no need to carry out carpet propelling with the Goguryeo army. In this way, other large armies cannot be used and are all consuming here. Empty food and grass are also a large number. If you conquer other small cities, you can use war to support the war. Use Goguryeo's manpower and materials to support our soldiers of the Great Sui Dynasty, which can further weaken the national strength of Goguryeo, and the chance of victory will be higher!"
Yu Zhongwen was always wise and he said something that made many generals feel that it made sense.
But this plan is very different from Emperor Yang of Sui, and there is a big gap. Emperor Yang of Sui must be open and upright, advance step by step, and show the power of the Great Sui. If he commanded the army in person and sent troops to sneak and be extremely cunning, how could he reflect the majesty of his Saint Khan and the benefits of the Great Sui army?
Therefore, Emperor Yang of Sui directly denied this decision and said, "I must be upright in attacking Goguryeo and easily crush it with the resources of a great country, rather than a trick to slander the people and conquer Goguryeo. It is not necessary to completely destroy it. As long as the Goguryeo army surrenders, it cannot be killed."
Many generals find it difficult to understand that they dispatched millions of soldiers and were so vast that they used the fundamentals of the country, not to destroy the country, but to conquer and convince the other party. Isn’t this too mobilizing troops?
"Your Majesty, the clown in Liaodong, has not been punished for severe punishment, and the barbarians have many frauds. We must be careful. Our army's food and grass are currently mainly gathered in the two towns of Luhe and Huaiyuan in western Liaoning. We only have 100-day food and food and grass. If we cannot fight, we will be cut off into winter and then it will be quite dangerous at that time."
"In the 100-day period, can I control a million soldiers and still destroy the small Goguryeo?" Emperor Yang of Sui looked unhappy and shouted: "Get back, don't mention this matter."
Yu Zhongwen was helpless and honest, and the king refused to listen to advice. He felt pale and powerless. If he had not followed King Jin very early and was highly valued, he would not have dared to propose such a strategy, otherwise he would have been demoted.
After hearing this, Luo Zhaoyun felt that Yu Zhongwen was close to him and that the heroes had similar views. Unfortunately, Yang Guang seemed to be possessed, was willful and rash in his work, arrogant and underestimated his enemies too much.
In the eyes of Emperor Yang of Sui at this time, face is the most important thing. For a false reputation, you can ignore the deaths of soldiers.
"Continue to increase the intensity of the siege tomorrow, and it must be taken down within ten days!"
"Abide by the order!" All of these soldiers stood up with their fists and listened to the king's order.
At night, the Goguryeo Army sent two groups of light cavalry to attack the Sui army camp, and even hundreds of people formed a suicide squad to break into Emperor Yang of Sui and carry out a beheading operation.
However, the Sui army was well defended, and the generals led by each army were all generals who were well versed in the way of commanding the army. Therefore, the brave light cavalry team composed of thousands of people was directly submerged in the camp and did not work.
The suicide squad that entered the king's camp was also killed by layers of imperial guards and did not rush to the innermost level at all.
Chapter completed!