Chapter 226 Shocking news

Chen Kefu smiled, "The good news is that His Majesty the Emperor has approved the appointment of generals at all levels of the Liaodong camp, and has rewarded generals at all levels of the camp. Deputy Commander Li, Sima Mao, and Changshi Li all added second-rank scattered officials and honorary officials, and also named Deputy Commander Fuyu Marquis, Sima Mao as Xincheng Marquis, and Changshi Li as Gaimu Marquis..." Chen Kefu told everyone the rewards for the entire Liaodong camp one by one.

Li Benlei, who had always been steady, couldn't help but feel excited after hearing this. He learned civil and military skills and sold goods to the imperial family. He served as a general and fought on the battlefield. Isn't this what he was doing? Li Jie was also very excited. Although he was a nobleman and was not worried about his title, he was still very excited to be able to win a marquis and later generations with his own hands.

Only Mao Xi was unmoved. He was already the Duke of Southern Chen twenty years ago, not to mention that their purpose was to overthrow the Sui Dynasty, so he didn't care what title the Sui Dynasty gave him.

Mao Bo frowned and said in disbelief, "You just said that the letter was sent back by Pyongyang. We don't know the news about the Central Plains yet. Why did Pyongyang, which is thousands of miles away, know first?"

Li Jie was stunned for a moment, his face froze, "Mao Sima, do you mean this information is fake? Is it impossible?" If it is fake, then he would be happy in vain. But when he thought about it, Liaodong City was thousands of miles away from the Central Plains, and Pyongyang was still thousands of miles east of them. They didn't know where the Goguryeo people got the news."

Seeing Li Jie and Li Benlei’s disappointed look, Chen Kefu smiled and said, “This matter should be true. Although the Liao people are still east of us, don’t forget that the news from the court reached us, it was to travel through the entire western Liaoning. The road was difficult, especially the hundreds of miles of swamps in western Liaoning, which took a long time. However, the Liao people in the east of us could go to sea from Shandong after the spy got the information. In less than half a day, they could go to Beisha City, and take a boat south to Pyongyang within a few days. So I think this letter is true.”

"There is another news from the Central Plains that the Liao people have obtained, that is, His Majesty has dispatched the Henan ambassador to the arrest of the arrest of the Liaodong Road, and ordered him to lead his subordinates to go to Liaodong to reinforce. In addition, he also ordered the prime minister Su Wei to be the ambassador to the Liaodong Road to comfort Liaodong. I believe that they will arrive in Liaodong soon. With the famous General Zhang, I believe that we will definitely increase our strength."

After hearing the news, the three of them all had different expressions. Mao Bo's face was gloomy, and Li Benlei was silent. Even Li Jie frowned. The key was the names of Zhang Xutuo and Su Wei. They came to help Liaodong, but they were also holding official positions that were not subordinate to Liaodong camps.

According to common sense, Zhang Xutuo's reinforcement of Liaodong should be named as the deputy commander of the Liaodong camp. Even if the emperor wanted to send an ambassador to Liaodong, called comfort, and secretly serve as the military supervisor. However, it should also send a low-level rank and a prime minister sent to him all at once, which would suppress Chen Kefu, the Liaodong Marshal. The three of them were all smart, and after a change of mind, they had already guessed some of the emperor's thoughts.

Although Li Benlei, Mao Xi and Li Jie usually have their own ideas, and even represent the three factional hills in the Liaodong camp. However, facing the upcoming foreign forces, the three of them couldn't help but worry too much.

Li Jie hesitated, "I wonder how many soldiers General Zhang brought here this time?"

At present, the Liaodong camp has nearly 160,000 troops, and there are definitely many soldiers and generals, but they are a new recruit. However, Zhang Xutuo has been famous all over the years, and even has a vague evaluation of the second place in Long Live Historical Second. In just a few years, Zhang Xutuo has already ascended the position of a first-line general in the Sui Dynasty with his Bafeng Camp. If such a powerful character comes to Liaodong, if there are more soldiers and horses in his hands, then it is really hard to say who has the final say in Liaodong in the future.

Especially behind such a great man, there was a prime minister who followed him. Although Li Jie and Chen Kefu were not in the way, they were at the Liaodong camp, so they naturally had to stand with the Liaodong camp at this time.

Bo Mao smiled bitterly, "This is really good news, won't the bad news be worse?"

Chen Kefu looked at the school ground. At this time, the military flag was waving, and the generals and schoolmen stationed in various places gathered together, chatting about their army together, and laughter and joy occurred from time to time.

With a sigh, Chen Kefu said calmly, "Goguryeo has already sent troops in the country, Wugu City, and Yizhi Wende is the commander, Gao Jianwu and Yuan Jingshui are the deputy commanders, and they can reach outside the Liaodong city in at most half a month."

Li Benlei's face darkened and asked anxiously, "The Liao people have sent troops? How many troops have they dispatched? Is Yuan Ziyou no longer caring about the life and death of his son and brother?"

"Yuan Ziyou probably had already seen our delaying plan. Now he saw that there was no hope of rescue, so he gave up. The Yizhi Wende ruled the horse and infantry army and the Gao Jianwu ruled the horse and infantry army and 20,000 out of Wugu City. Yuan Jingshui had arrived in Beisha City. He would raise 30,000 troops on the Liaodong Peninsula to the north. In addition, there were 300,000 Goguryeo slaves responsible for transporting food and grass."

Mao Xi touched his gray beard, frowned, and asked in a deep voice, "150,000 troops and 300,000 slaves, are the Liao people really crazy? These troops, but the number of soldiers and horses of the Liao people, are the Liao people really going to fight with us?"

The Goguryeo people fought against the Great Sui for several consecutive years, and their strength was greatly damaged. Especially this time, the entire Liaohe line was lost, and half of the kingdoms lost all the war reserves. And they also lost nearly 60% of the army and nearly 300% of the population. Now there is only about two million people left in the entire Goguryeo, but they have sent 150,000 troops and 300,000 slaves at once. This is equivalent to Goguryeo mobilizing all adult men to participate in the war. This is definitely a battle of the country, victory, regaining Liaodong, and defeat, and the entire Goguryeo has no chance to breathe. From then on, this dynasty will no longer exist in history.

Shen Guang, Lu Shishen and other powerful generals were so surprised that they couldn't speak. They didn't expect that the Goguryeo King could be so amazing. What kind of end of the way could a king make such a determination?

Looking at the surprised expressions of the generals, Chen Kefu shook his head, "Actually, Gao Yuan is not crazy. This is not gambling. It is because he is sure that he has the confidence to win. It is because he dares to fight to the country."

"Impossible, there has never been a war that will win. Now our army is guarding Liaodong, with high walls and sufficient food and salary, so it is no problem to defend for several years. What's more, behind us is the Great Sui Dynasty, and the imperial court can send reinforcements to support us at any time. Although the Goguryeo people had 150,000 troops, they were hard to expedition and had difficulty in logistics supply. In addition, the current time is not suitable for war. I think our siege of Liaodong City twice, and hundreds of thousands of elite troops have been surrounded by Liaodong City for several months, so why did Gao Yuan think that his 150,000 troops could go down in one battle?" Li Jie shook his head and retorted loudly.

Chen Kefu said calmly, "At the time when His Majesty surrounded Liaodong City, there were hundreds of thousands of troops, but the ones guarding the city in the city were also the 100,000 elite soldiers from Goguryeo. Now that the offense and defense have changed hands, we have more than 100,000 soldiers, but there are only more than 20,000 veterans, and the gap is still very large. Moreover, although we are backed by the Great Sui Dynasty, it takes at least more than a month for reinforcements from the Central Plains to Liaodong. If Gao Yuan was confident that he could break the Liaodong City and take down our army when the reinforcements arrived?"

"This is even more impossible. I want to take the Liaodong City in one month. That is Gao Yuan’s dream of spring and autumn. If his troops doubled and were all elite soldiers, there is still a little possibility. Now, with his tens of thousands of weak soldiers, he also wants to take the Liaodong City in one month? Dreaming." Li Jie was already a little angry. He didn’t know why Chen Kefu kept increasing the majesty of the Liao people and destroying his own sharpness.

"What if Gao Yuan had more than these people?"

As soon as these words were said, the generals changed their color. The 150,000 soldiers from Goguryeo had already made it difficult for everyone to deal with and were ready to defend themselves. But now the commander said such a sentence. Is there any unknown variables in the matter?

Chen Kefu sighed, "This is the bad news I said before. The Liao people dispatched 150,000 troops to fight the country. This is a fact that we have known for a long time. The real bad news is that Gao Yuan is really crazy this time!"

Speaking of this, Chen Kefu could not keep calm, and his face was tightly surround.

"The Goguryeo was about to destroy the country, so he took the initiative. According to the secret letter sent back from Pyongyang, the Goguryeo people had already sent several envoys to the Marine, Khitan, Shiwei, Xi tribe, Japan, Baekje, and Turks, and their purpose was only one, and the alliance borrowed troops."

Mao Bo frowned and said, "This is unlikely. If it is really as the Grand Marshal said, then the Khitan and the Martree tribe have now joined us. Why have they never heard of this?"

"Because they were looking for the Dahe tribe of the Khitan and the Hei Shui tribe of the Mushi, but these two tribes have no contact with us. The information said that the Turks rejected the request of the Goguryeo people, and the Xi tribe also refused. Now the Dahe clan of the Khitan is being attacked by the nine Khitan tribes, and they can't even get in the way. This is good news among the bad news."

However, Chen Kefu's words did not make the generals relaxed. Goguryeo borrowed troops from the seven forces, but now only three parties will not participate in this war. So, that is to say, the remaining four parties may lend troops to Goguryeo and send troops to Liaodong.

Goguryeo has already come out to mobilize 150,000 troops. If the forces from all sides come again, even if one side produces 10,000 troops, this is definitely not a bad news that cannot be broken.

Amid the laughter and joy of the university, the highest-level generals of the Liaodong camp all frowned, had gloomy faces, and were silent.
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