Luo Yi's stern shout not only surprised Yang Gongren, Cui Xun and Wang Bian, but also surprised Galan.

What caused Luo Yi to suddenly change his position and actually support Galan? Could it be that the Wuchuan faction adjusted their established strategies and instead tried to protect domestic political interests while seeking more and greater profit opportunities on the battlefield of the Third Eastern Expedition? Or, the Wuchuan faction tried to further approach the political forces with King Yang Tong of Yue as the core in order to win the initiative in the future battle for imperial reunification?

Luo Yi clearly stated his position and made public the higher goals he sought for the third Eastern Expedition by the Wuchuan faction. As a result, the nature of this military discussion changed.

In this tent, if the forces are divided by their respective political interests, then Yang Gongren, Cui Xun and Galan are the biggest forces because of their common interests, while Luo Yi represents the Guanlong Wuchuan faction. In the Longwei Army, Chai Shao, Wei Zheng and Huang Junhan are the same political forces as Luo Yi. In other words, so far, the Guanlong Wuchuan faction is still using Galan as a "bridge" and deliberately maintaining an alliance with the moderate reformist forces headed by Pei Shiju. This alliance has fully demonstrated its immeasurable value in the just-passed political storm.

As for Wang Bian, he represented the military radical forces in the Long Army headed by Xue Shixiong who supported the emperor's reform. Wang Bian was actually a simple soldier. With his humble origin, he could not enter the political circle of aristocratic families. Therefore, he simply made judgments from a military perspective for the attack strategy, while Yang Gongren, Cui Xun, Luo Yi and Jialan weighed the gains and losses from a political perspective.

At this point, Wang Bian completely shut up his mouth. He knew his status and weight, and it was no longer his turn to express his opinions for the next discussion.

"It is the only way for the subordinates to go deep into the army. It is not feasible."

Cui Xun's attitude immediately became tough. The 10,000-strong army, and the 10,000-strong army were also the 10,000-strong army soldiers, who were mainly the Dragon Guard Army. Half of them were rebel soldiers who were deliberately "deceived" from Hebei. It would be a joke to use such an army to attack Pyongyang for a long distance.

The Wuchuan faction has ulterior motives, and there may be a conspiracy to destroy the Dragon Guard Army and drive King Yang Tong of Yue out of the imperial throne cleanly. Cui Xun's idea is very simple and cannot be fooled. Cui is already tied to King Yang Tong of Yue. Yang Tong is too far from the emperor's throne, so Cui must save the Dragon Guard Army at all costs, and strive to seize any opportunity to rise to power in the future.

You should know that the greater the achievements of King Yue Yang Tong. The stronger his strength, the more dangerous his situation in the battle for imperial rule. King Qin Yang Jun, King Shu Yang Xiu, and King Han Yang Liang are realistic examples. Cui even had to dance on the tip of the knife under the pressure of the emperor, living one step and dying one step, and whether he could survive in death depends on how well his "internal skills" are practiced and whether he can seize the initiative. Once Yang Tong did not take the throne, his future will be gone, and the political forces with him as the core will also disappear. Perhaps the young, arrogant and arrogant Jialan dared to gamble again and again. But Cui was a big ship shaking in the whirlpool of China-Turkey. After several overturns, Cui suffered heavy losses and could no longer afford to gamble.

The final decision-making power lies with Yang Gongren, and Yang Gongren hesitated.

Yang Gongren could hand over the decision-making power of this strategy to Xue Shixiong, but Xue Shixiong was not the supreme commander on the front line with a single word. There were emperors and centers above him, and Li Jing and Zhao Cai were beside him. In fact, Xue Shixiong was constrained and could not make the decision he thought was the best based on his own interests and his consideration of the situation.

This is the chaotic situation of the decision-making level of the third Eastern Expedition. In comparison, the decision-making level of the previous two Eastern Expeditions was centered on the emperor, and things were easier to handle. Even if the decision was wrong, there was still a decision. At least the generals below had an order to follow. This time, the electorate army was at the city of Liaodong. The commander of Huaiyuan Town had not yet come up with a specific attack deployment. Should we gather all our forces to attack Liaodong City, or should we divide the troops into two groups to siege Liaodong City and kill Pyongyang? Or should we throw away Liaodong City and meet at Wugu City to protect the other side and fight toward Pyongyang without hesitation?

The reason why the emperor and the central government allowed Yang Gongren to serve as the commander of the Selected Front Army was because the chaos in the decision-making level of the Expeditionary Army was intensified and had to do so. In a sense, it was made Yang Gongren take the initiative to take the initiative to deal with the situation with his noble royal family. However, Xue Shixiong and others did not have such an advantage, because once they abused power or made wrong decisions, the price they paid was their career and life. Although Yang Gongren also had the same concerns, the royal family always had privileges. Moreover, the emperor also granted him the right to deal with the situation with the situation. Even if he overturned his power or made mistakes, he would be lenient. At most, he would sink for a few years and then find a chance to make a comeback.

It is precisely because of the transcendent status of the royal family and privilege that the royal family will protect their national destiny and protect their interests at all costs. From Yang Gongren's standpoint, he is willing to see that the political forces of the two major empires, the moderate reformers in the court and the Guanlong and Wuchuan factions, can maintain a long-term alliance. If this alliance lasts for a long time, it will inevitably affect or even change the empire's struggle for imperial throne. Once the empire establishes its own crown prince, the political situation of the empire will inevitably undergo huge changes that are enough to promote the empire to develop in a better direction.

Yang Gongren weighed the pros and cons, and finally made a decision, but he still rejected Galan's suggestion to kill Pyongyang.

"The Liaodong city is solid, easy to defend but difficult to attack." Yang Gongren said to Cui Xun, "The 10,000 soldiers of the Selected Front Army cannot take over this city. If you forcefully attack, you will inevitably suffer heavy losses, and the mission of the Selected Front Army will end here."

The implication is that since the Selected Front Army has arrived at the Liaodong city, it must make decisions. Based on the principle of obtaining the greatest benefits at the minimum cost, siege is obviously the worst strategy, but the Selected Front Army cannot stay at the city and do nothing, and is passive and lazy to fight, and is criticized for nothing, so there is only one choice left, to get rid of Liaodong city and move forward.

"The front-selected army is in front, the main force is in back, and the food and supplies are in back. If the front-selected army goes on a long distance and kills Pyongyang, how can we attack Pyongyang when the troops and food and supplies are seriously insufficient?"

This is a fact. Without the continuous supply of food and supplies, even if the Selected Front Army reached the city of Pyongyang, it would only stare at me. After Goguryeo's bloody battles in the first two Eastern Expeditions, the fields were deserted and there was no need to strengthen the walls and clear the fields. Now, no matter how the Selected Front Army of the Empire burned, killed, plundered, it would not rob a grain of food, and even the bark and grass roots that could satisfy hunger could not be robbed.

Then, Yang Gongren came up with a compromise plan.

"The front-selected army killed Wugucheng directly, met the navy of Ronggong and Qiaogong in Wugucheng, and then attacked Pyongyang."

This is a good strategy. Judging from the current chaos in the commander's headquarters, it is unrealistic to expect Xue Shixiong, Li Jing and Zhao Cai to work together to fight to Wugu City as quickly as possible to meet Lai Huer and Zhou Fashang. A very simple fact is that Xue, Li and Zhao are the three Dingzhu characters in the Guanlong rank of the Emperor's Realm, while Lai Huer and Zhou Fashang are from Jiangzuo. They are leaders of the Jiangzuo faction of the Emperor's Realm. Just imagine, can the generals of the two opposing factions of the Emperor's Realm put aside conflicts and conflicts and unite to kill foreign enemies? It is impossible. On the contrary, in order to seize the achievements and merits, both sides must have done their own tricks and do everything they can. It would be good to be able to do anything in accordance with the morality of the soldiers and not take the blame behind their own people.

During the first Eastern Expedition, Lai Huer and Zhou Fashang took the lead in attacking Pyongyang and failed. They lost more than 30,000 soldiers. Their "excusation" was that the navy brought insufficient food and grass. They were also worried that the land army would not come to meet as soon as possible, so they couldn't wait to launch an attack. In fact, to put it bluntly, it was just a matter of robbing the merits. As a result, when the land army arrived, the navy had been defeated, and the established strategy of joint attack by the navy and land army could no longer be implemented.

It is precisely because of this that Lai Huer and Zhou Fashang will definitely land in Goguryeo as quickly as possible this time, and quickly head north from Bishe City to Wugu City. What is certain is that regardless of whether Xue Shixiong, Li Jing and Zhao Cai arrived at Wugu City, Lai Huer and Zhou Fashang would not wait for them, because the people of Jiangzuo wanted to clean up their previous shame, conquer Pyongyang, and win the first great achievement of destroying Goguryeo.

The Long Guard Army killed Wu Gu City directly, and the food and grass along the way were still more than enough. After arriving at Wu Gu City and meeting with the Navy, they could get the food and grass support from the Navy. With sufficient food and grass and enough troops, the Long Guard Army followed the Navy and killed Pyongyang directly, which greatly reduced the risk, but the possibility of obtaining a war record was greatly increased, which was completely in line with the principle of exchanging the minimum cost for the greatest benefit.

Yang Gongren's plan immediately won everyone's approval, and even Cui Xun praised it.

On April 25, while reporting to the Liaodong base camp, Yang Gongren led the Eastern Expedition Army to kill Goguryeo's hinterland at a rapid march and rushed to Wugu City more than 400 miles away.

Yang Gongren "supermed" the army of Liaodong Base Camp, which made the Eastern Expedition Command feel embarrassed in the chaos.

When the commander arrived at the city of Liaodong, he did not issue specific orders, neither let the army attack the city immediately, nor let the army attack stand at the city of Liaodong. As a result, Yang Gongren chose the third route, and left the city of Liaodong in the name of "vanguard", and advanced towards the hinterland of Goguryeo, intending to meet with Lai Huer and Zhou Fashang first, and then advance with the Imperial Navy, land and water, to fight against Pyongyang, and directly attack the heart of the enemy.

Xue Shixiong could not control Li Jing and Zhao Cai, so he could only rely on the emperor and the central government to make decisions. In fact, he returned the power in his hands to the emperor and the central government. This approach is indeed very "safe". He did not seek to be rewarded but to be wrong. But the problem is that the main goal of the emperor and the central government to launch the third Eastern Expedition was not to achieve victory in the expedition, but to win domestic political victory with victory in the expedition. Therefore, the emperor delegated power and let the generals fight, but the generals did not want this power, so the absurd scene of "no orders to obey" appeared on the battlefield.

Yang Gongren made his own decision and decided to meet Lai Huer and Zhou Fashang to fight Pyongyang with the navy. It can be foreseeable that with Yang Gongren, the commander of the vanguard of the vanguard, the emperor-authored expedition, will Lai Huer and Zhou Fashang hesitate? Will he still wait to meet with the main land army before going to fight Pyongyang?

Xue Shixiong, Li Jing and Zhao Cai dare not delay any longer. The delay not only delayed the military opportunity, but also deliberately delayed the Eastern Expedition and went against the emperor and the central government. Therefore, under the coercion of the situation, the three had to give up their disputes, each formed their own troops, quickly crossed the Liaoshui River, and then surrounded Liaodong City with a force to ensure the smooth flow of food and advance quickly towards Wugu City with their main force in order to meet with the Imperial Navy as soon as possible.
Chapter completed!