On April 30, the imperial army of the Eastern Expedition Army captured Wugu City.

On the third day of the fifth month, Galan led the Longwei horse army to Huer Mountain on the north bank of Yalu River and began to prepare for crossing the river. The killings for several consecutive days came to an end.

The fire in Wugu City is still burning, and the thousand-year-old ancient city is destroyed; the Goguryeo army in Wugu City is wiped out, and none of them survived; the Goguryeo nobles sheltered in Wugu City, all civilians and slaves were killed and injured, and blood flowed into a river, especially on the river, there were countless floating corpses, which were shocking.

The "revenge" of the Middle-earth people was bloody and cruel. The third eastern expedition launched by the empire began with the destruction of Wugu City and launched an extinct killing against Goguryeo.

Galan's plan was successful, and he turned his vision into reality. From beginning to end, he was dominating the development of the situation, but he hid himself, including Yang Gongren and Cui Xun, Luo Yi and Wang Bian in front of him, and his contributions were his, but his guilt was evenly distributed.

Now, Yang Gongren must make reasonable and morally reasonable explanations to the Supreme Commander of the Expeditionary Force Xue Shixiong, the palaces and emperors of Beiping, regarding the matter of the Wugu Massacre.

Middle-earth people have always praised themselves for their "benevolence and righteousness" and ruled the world with "virtue". Even if they launched a war, they had to find a moral excuse to produce "the army of justice". The bloody massacre of the city obviously deviated from "benevolence and righteousness", and naturally they would be condemned and whipped. As for the protagonist of the bloody massacre, they would inevitably be labeled as "shamed" by those so-called benevolent and righteous gentlemen and recorded in history for thousands of years.

When the emperor launched the Third Eastern Expedition, neither military nor political purpose nor the purpose of the emperor could be implicated by a serious deviant act such as "bloody city massacre". Once such an incident occurs, even if the third Eastern Expedition achieves brilliant results, it will be covered up by a thick layer of haze, and will be written into history and become an irreparable "shame". As for the current political situation of the empire, the "Black Bone City Massacre" will surely become a sharp weapon for conservative forces to attack the emperor and the reformists from the "flank side".

Yang Gongren's joy was gone. Wugu Massacre was done by Luo Yi, Wang Bian and Jia Lan, but he was the commander of the vanguard army, and he was the main bearer of this crime. He would be written into history and labeled as "bloody and barbaric". However, no matter how history is written, how he is evaluated is secondary, because history is written by the victors, and the same thing. Under the manipulation of those in power, "blade and pen official" can write it black or turn it into white. Therefore, what Yang Gongren is most worried about now is his future. If the emperor and the palace are to hold him accountable, even if he made great achievements in this conquest, he would be abandoned forever.

Yang Gongren knew that the real planner and implementer of Wugu Massacre were Galan. As for Luo Yi and Wang Bian, they were deceived by Galan and boarded the "pirate ship". When they saw Galan's real purpose, they had no time to jump off the "pirate ship".

Yang Gongren sighed secretly, and only then did he truly know Jialan. From beginning to end, Yang Gongren looked down on Jialan too much. As a result, he suffered a huge fallout today. This fallout may make Yang Gongren lose everything.

Yu privately, Yang Gongren believed that this was the intention of Jialan to deliberately retaliate against the Yang family, while Yu Gongren and Yang Gongren believed that Jialan's slaughter of the city had an extraordinary profound meaning, which involved the struggle at the core of the imperial power.

Yang Gongren clearly remembered that Jialan once told him bluntly that the empire was in a crisis of collapse, and as the emperor, he had to take on the important task of saving. Jialan also came up with a strategy, and the most critical point was to manage the northeastern border. Taking Liaodong and even Youyan as the foundation, he accumulated strength. For this reason, Jialan proposed to find ways to keep the Dragon Guard Army in the northeastern border, and even persuade Yang Gongren to stay in the northeastern border.

Of course, Yang Gongren didn't believe that Jialan had such foresight. He believed that behind Jialan was Pei Shiju, and that the strategies that Jialan had come up with Pei Shiju. If we reasoned from an angle, then Jialan would have a reasonable explanation in Wugu Massacre City, and his real purpose was to stay in the northeastern border.

It is certainly a great contribution to taking down Wugu City, but Wugu City is an unscrupulous stain. Whether it is Yang Gongren, Jialan and Long Guards, they all became the target of public criticism. The best way for the emperor and the central government to deal with them is to leave them in the border towns. In this way, they have achieved their full play to their talents, won over the meritorious soldiers, and are conducive to the national defense security of the empire. They have also made a dethrone and punished attitude, blocked the mouths of those who defended the Central Plains, and remained invincible in politics.

Such a long-term plan, such a perfect plan, such a turbulent method, is it the ability of the Western Tu garrison? This must be Pei Shiju's strategy. Jialan's absolute loyalty and trust in Pei Shiju made him execute Pei Shiju's strategy without any worries. As a result, the third Eastern Expedition not only achieved brilliant results at the beginning of the beginning, and washed away the shame of the defeat of the previous two Eastern Expeditions, but also shocked the world by completely burning the thousand-year-old ancient city of Wugu and massacring countless Goguryeo people. Not only were the enemys in the world afraid of it, but even the Middle Earth would tremble in the thick blood.

If we continue to push this, we can't help but ask, is this really Pei Shiju's plan alone? Today, Yang Gongren can analyze many inside stories like layers of cocoons. Then when the news of the Wugu Massacre spread, the powerful and powerful people in the empire could also infer more secrets. Wouldn't Pei Shiju be the target of public criticism? Pei Shiju would never put himself at the forefront. Therefore, the only reasonable explanation is that this is the emperor's strategy, and even if it is not, it is a strategy implemented with the emperor's consent and authorization.

If the manipulator behind all this is the emperor, then what else can Yang Gongren do? Yang Gongren thought about it again and again, and had no choice but to accompany Galan to gamble. In fact, the decision is not the emperor, but the center Pei Shiju. The emperor only has political interests first, and the result of the Wugu City Massacre incident will only be beneficial to his political interests, so Pei Shiju is the key figure in determining the development of the situation. Next, it is Pei Shiju's turn to "turn the sky". He must stand in front of the emperor and repel all the attacks of political opponents in order to make subversive conclusions morally, politically and military.

Therefore, Yang Gongren remained silent about the massacre of the city and refused to express his opinion.

Cui Xun realized that the situation was out of control, so he truly knew Galan. At the same time, he also had a rough estimate of the political goals that Galan and the huge forces behind him wanted to achieve. After repeated weighing, he resolutely decided to adhere to the established strategy, continue to maintain the original political alliance, and firmly "bind" the political interests between the imperial royal family and the Shandong noble group. Cui was already making a political gamble, and the chance of winning this gamble was very small. If he wanted to reverse the situation, he had to do extraordinary things with extraordinary means.

Cui Xun continued to impeach and continued to "attack" Luo Yi. While blaming Luo Yi for the crime of the Wugu massacre of the city, he also sounded the horn of attack on Guanlong Wuchuan faction.

Luo Yi was afraid. Chai Shao, Huang Junhan and Wei Zheng were even burned by the fire in Wugucheng. Although the purpose of the Eastern Expedition was to intimidate the enemy from all over the world and ensure the safety of Middle Earth, the attack did not mean extinction killing. Wugucheng violated the imperial diplomatic strategy, because history has proved that extinction killing of foreign enemies cannot guarantee the safety of Middle Earth. On the contrary, it will arouse the stronger resistance of foreign enemies, and then worsen the security of Middle Earth.

At this point, they finally realized the true face of Galan. Galan is an Asura and a devil. Whether he is his enemy or his ally, he will eventually become his deceased soul. Galan pushed Luo Yi into the "Abyss" and also pushed Guanlong Wuchuan to the political "point of the storm". From now on, the imperial political struggle caused by the third Eastern Expedition will cause shocking waves.

The Wang Bian and the Xue brothers were also shocked by the bloody killings of the Galan and the Dragon Guards.

The Northwest Army guarded the border, and the soldiers fought with the Northern Barbarians year after year, and had already become bloodthirsty; the anger that the Hebei rebels had accumulated over the years due to the hatred of the country and the suffering of slavery, finally found a place to vent on the battlefield in Liaodong. The brutal killing did not represent their loyalty to the empire nor their hatred for the external enemy, but only represented their anger and boundless anger. This anger quickly destroyed the rationality of the soldiers of the Beiping Army and the Huaiyuan Army, so they also joined the massacre.

The massacre was over and rationality was restored, and everyone began to face the cruel reality. Luo Yi was the first to find Jialan. He was angry, and he was ruthless, and he roared angrily. However, his excitement could not cover up his ruthlessness. Wang Bian and the Xue brothers also found Jialan. Although they were not as angry as Luo Yi, their heavy expressions clearly showed their attitude.

Jialan looked cold and said a cold word, "Go and ask the dead souls in the Yalu Water, then count the bones in the Sa Water, and then tell someone, what are you going to pay tribute to them? What are you going to comfort the dead robes?"

Luo Yi was extremely angry. He could not find any reason to refute Galan's words or blame Galan. Although from a moral and political perspective, the Wugu Massacre of the City was an unforgivable crime, from the perspective of an imperial soldier and an old imperial army, only by returning blood to blood and violence to violence can he pay tribute and comfort those dead robes.

Suddenly, Luo Yi looked up and roared wildly at the sky with both hands, as if crazy, and then left without looking back. Now that things have come to this point, I can only wait for the verdict of fate.

Wang Bian sighed and left.

Xue Wanche looked at Jialan and smiled bitterly, "Now, you have become the target of public criticism."

Xue Wanche reached out and patted Jialan on the shoulder and sighed, "You damn Asura, you are going to drag countless people to hell this time."

Galan looked at the east bank of the duck green water and sneered, "This has just begun."

=(To be continued...)
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