All the generals were silent, and many people did not understand the meaning of Galan's words.

Why did the imperial army have no way out when it crossed the Sashui River? Why was the east bank of the Sashui River a trap set by the Goguryeo people? How much power does Goguryeo have today have to force the Emperor* team to burn their boats and fight back on the water?

"What does the general mean?" Liu Heita asked hesitantly, "Is there something wrong with Peking?"

If something happened in Peiping, the emperor and the central government had to temporarily suspend the eastern expedition due to the severe domestic situation, and the main army would not arrive. After the Dragon Guard crossed the Sashui River, it would of course fight against the enemy without support.

Galan shook his head, "Do you know why my first Eastern Expedition of Middle-earth was defeated? Who else did he lose?"

This is a secret in the empire. Apart from the empire center and the emperor's army, the rest know very little. After all, they were defeated by barbaric countries and were defeated by the entire army. It was the biggest defeat since the empire unified Zhongtu, an irreversible shame, and the deepest and most painful wound for the emperor, center and military today. In order to cover up this wound, the specific battle of the first Eastern Expedition was firmly sealed and there was no period of unblocking, and perhaps it became the eternal secret in the history of the empire.

For example, the generals here only know the result, but they don’t know the process of the result. The various speculations generated by hearsay make people wonder about the process of that battle.

"Can you tell me in detail?" Liu Heita asked immediately with a clue of understanding.

Liu Heita's words aroused the dissatisfaction of several Northwest Wolf brothers such as West Travel. Asking for secrets he shouldn't know is a taboo, especially for secret soldiers. With Galan's status, of course, it is impossible to know this secret, but his special relationship with Pei Shiju, Xue Shixiong, Yang Gongren and other powerful people today is enough to make people believe that as long as he wants to know this secret, he will definitely know it. Today, he chose to tell this secret at this moment, which must have a deep meaning.

Chai Shao, Huang Junhan and Wei Zheng were also in the tent, and their expressions revealed that they were eager to know this secret. They were always respected by Galan. All military proposals must be invited. Although some people raised objections to Galan's actions, considering the complex interest relationships faced by Galan and the many difficulties caused by this, they could only bury their dissatisfaction in their hearts.

Chai Shao, Huang Junhan and Wei Zheng clearly opposed Galan's alone army going deep into the killing of Pyongyang. Although there was a victory for Wugu before, it was too lucky to win that battle, and Wugu was close to Liaodong. It could get strong support from the main army. On the contrary, Pyongyang was nearly 700 miles away from Wugu City and a thousand miles away from Liaodong City. It could not get the support of the main army at all, and it was very difficult to supply food, grass and weapons. Going deep into the alone is actually equivalent to self-destruction. However, Galan is the commander of the Dragon Guard Army, and most of the generals of the Dragon Guard Army are loyal to Galan. They are a minority, and even if they have different opinions, they can only follow Galan's orders.

At this moment, Galan chose to tell the secret of the first defeat in the Eastern Expedition, and there was also the intention of persuading opponents to gather all the strength of the Dragon Guards to the greatest extent.

"The first great defeat in the Eastern Expedition was at the hands of Yizhi Wende." Galan had no intention of hiding it. "Yizhi Wende was highly respected in the military of Goguryeo. He once fought in the Far East as a powerful general under Gao Tang. Later, he assisted Gao Yuan to continue to implement the rise plan as one of the ministers. The main planner and executor of the joint Marine invasion of Liaoxi was Yizhi Wende."

Such a person can be imagined for Goguryeo and Gao Yuan, so before the Eastern Expedition, the emperor secretly ordered the commander of the nine front lines. If he encountered Yizhi Wende during the expedition, he would capture him at any cost to kill Gao Yuan's strength.

After the first Eastern Expedition began, the emperor personally led the army to attack Liaodong City. In the case of repeated attacks, he failed. Considering that the rainy season in Liaodong would seriously hinder the process of the conquest, he changed his strategy. The general of the left guard Yuwen Shu and the general of the right guard Yu Zhongwen and other nine commanders led the army to gather on the west bank of Yalushui. While besieging Wugu City, he waited for an opportunity to cross the river. Together with the help of Zhou Fashang's navy attacked Pyongyang.

At that time, Urzhi Wende led the main force of Goguryeo to line up at Yalu River and Sashui, and jointly built a three-level defense with Kyoto Pyongyang. The purpose is very obvious, which is to drag the war to winter at any cost. The Liaodong battlefield has its own special features. First, the winter is too long, and half of the year is not suitable for conquest. In addition, the rainy season in summer lasts about a month. After the rainy season ends, autumn will soon enter. The autumn in Liaodong is very short. In other words, the imperial army must fight to Pyongyang before the rainy season comes. First, it can avoid the difficulties of crossing the river in the rainy season, and second, it will have enough time to launch an attack. Even if it cannot be conquered, the imperial army will have enough time to evacuate the battlefield.

At that time, Yu Zhongwen decided to rush to the city of Pyongyang before the rainy season came, but was strongly opposed by Liu Shilong and Yu Wenshu. Yu Zhongwen, the general of the Right Guard, was highly prestigious in the army and had rich combat experience, so the emperor handed over the command of the battlefield to him and asked him to command the nine armies. However, in order to restrict Yu Zhongwen, the emperor also asked his confidant Minister, Yu Wenshu, to participate in the decision-making, and sent the Secretary of the Shangshu, Liu Shilong, to Yu Zhongwen as a comrade to comfort and pacify.

Yu Zhongwen has a high status, experienced and outstanding military achievements. He can beat Yuwen Shu, but he cannot suppress Liu Shilong, the Right Chief of Shangshu.

The Right Chief of the Shangshu was originally an official of the Shangshutai. The Left Chief assisted the Shangshuling and the Right Chief assisted the Pushe. However, in order to centralize power, the Shangshuling and the Pushe assisted the Pushe. However, after the reform of the official system, not only did the Shangshuling that had already become a false position, but the left and right chief of the Shangshutai were no longer set up. The Six Ministers of the Ministry of the People directly obeyed the emperor, but the emperor could not directly manage and supervise and audit the affairs of the Taiwan Provincial Department, and needed an "agent". Therefore, the Shangshu's Left Chief of the Emperor naturally became the "agent" of the Emperor at the Shangshutai. His rank was the fourth rank, and he was the deputy chief of the Six Ministers of the Six Ministers of the Six Ministers. Moreover, because he was directly "responsible" to the emperor, he was the confidant of the emperor's trust, so he was highly powerful.

Liu Shilong's idea represented the emperor's idea. Coupled with Yu Wenshu's strong opposition, Yu Zhongwen had to shelve the proposal to cross the river.

The imperial army was in trouble with Yalu River in the west bank and directly threatened Pyongyang. Pyongyang was of course panicked, so Yizhi Wende was ordered to cross the river in person. One was to represent Gao Yuan and negotiate surrender with the imperial team, delaying the time, and the other was to inquire about the reality of the imperial army. Yu Zhongwen had no intention of negotiating and planned to directly seize Yizhi Wende and arrest the traitor commander who came to his door. However, he was firmly opposed by the Secretary of the Shangshu Right Prime Minister Liu Shilong.

Liu Shilong did not deliberately violate the emperor's will, nor did he take bribes from the Goguryeo people, but based on the needs of the domestic political struggle of the empire and the national defense and diplomatic strategies in the Far East, he firmly opposed the seizure of Yizhi Wende.

From the perspective of the domestic political struggle of the empire, Liu Shilong represented the interests of the local aristocratic group in Guanlong, and his conservative political stance led him to oppose the emperor's expedition. He urgently hoped to end the war as soon as possible; and from the perspective of the Far East national defense and diplomatic strategy, the empire needed to maintain the balance and stability of the political situation in the Far East, and Goguryeo was the key and core "chess piece" to achieve this goal. If this "chess piece" is removed, the Far East will inevitably fall into chaos.

It affected the entire national defense and diplomatic strategy of the empire, so the foreign country of Goguryeo still needs to exist. Since the Kingdom of Goguryeo still needs to exist, the Eastern Expedition was mainly aimed at severely damaging Goguryeo with force and destroying its ambition to expand and dominate. From this goal, Liu Shilong believed that the Edge Wende could not be seized on the spot. On the contrary, he should be let go. He should use his prestige and power in Pyongyang to promote Goguryeo's surrender as soon as possible, and then end the war.

Yuwen Shu opposed the release of Yizhi Wende. Judging from the situation on the battlefield at that time, Yizhi Wende could not be released. In Goguryeo, Yizhi Wende had a role of more than 100,000 troops, which is an unquestionable thing, and is well known. However, Yu Zhongwen came from a large family of Guanlong Lu surnames and was one of the core members of the Guanlong Xianbei noble group. The Guanlong Xianbei noble group was a serious person under the reform of the imperial centralized system. Therefore, in the political stance of opposing reform, it stood together with the local Han noble group of Guanlong, and the interests of both sides were closely related. Therefore, Yu Zhongwen actually accepted Liu Shilong's persuasion and let Yizhi Wende go.

In anger, Yuwen Shu immediately reported to the emperor regardless of the consequences, suing Yu Zhongwen and Liu Shilong. Yu Zhongwen was "forced to helplessness" and suddenly changed his mind to attack with the elite cavalry and arrest Yizhi Wende.

At this point, Liu Shilong suddenly realized that he had been deceived by Yu Zhongwen, and Yu Wen Shu also found that he had actually used Yu Zhongwen's "planning" and exploited it.

Yu Zhongwen wanted to cross the river, rush to Pyongyang, get meritorious, consolidate his power in the empire, and increase his strength. Strength determines everything. Only with stronger strength can one have greater political voice, and only with voice can one influence the empire's national policy and maintain the political interests of the group. At that time, Yu Zhongwen was a military boss. If he wanted to achieve his goals, he must base his military merits on his way like Yang Su, the Duke of Chu, back then.

The foundation entered the center, so the Eastern Expedition gave him a chance. He could not miss this rare opportunity. He had to cross the river and kill to Pyongyang, and let Yizhi Wende go, which angered Yuwen Shu and forced him to "bite the dog" with Liu Shilong. The conflict between the two suddenly broke out. Liu Shilong was punished by the emperor because he was worried about Yuwen Shu's complaint. He had no choice but to support Yu Zhongwen to send Jingqi across the river to arrest Yizhi Wende.

Yuwen Shu knew that he was deceived by Yu Zhongwen and knew that he was "unable to support himself", but he tried his best to dissuade Yu Zhongwen from crossing the river. The reason was very simple, and the army was in a crisis of exhaustion.

During this expedition, due to the long journey and the difficulty of supplying food and grass, the imperial guards had to carry 100-day food and fodder, plus armor, clothing, military equipment, fire curtain and other equipment, each of which was burdened at least three stones. With the power of the guards, they could not bear the long journey under such a heavy burden, but the emperor had ordered that "those who abandoned rice and millet beheaded." The imperial guards were helpless and had to dig a pit in the curtain tent when camping at night. In this way, the army's itinerary was not yet half, but there was not much food and grass left. The commander of the Nine Routes knew this, but no one said it, nor did they punish the soldiers, because those were their own soldiers, and they would definitely lose their hearts of their brothers. They would not hurt their morale seriously, but they also revealed their family's misfortune and cause trouble.

Yuwen Shu believed that the army could not continue food and food, and could not cross the river and run to Pyongyang. At least, it was impossible to cross the river for the time being. They had to wait until the rear sent the food and food to come up before considering it. However, Yu Zhongwen took a compromise strategy to cross the river with elite horses and chase Yizhi Wende. However, once the horse army crossed the river, it would inevitably form a lonely army to go deeper. Once it was surrounded and killed by the Goguryeo people, Yu Zhongwen and Liu Shilong would inevitably blame Yuwen Shu.

Yuwen Shu refused to give in and firmly disagreed. Yu Zhongwen was furious, "The general cannot defeat the small thief, so why should he meet the emperor? Moreover, Zhongwen's journey is useless." Yuwen Shu asked sternly, "How can he know that he is useless?" Yu Zhongwen said, "In the past, Zhou Yafu was a general. Seeing that the emperor's army was unchanged, this decision was with one person, so he achieved success. Now everyone has their own hearts, so how can he fight against the enemy?" This means that you deliberately oppose me. Deliberately obstruct the army from crossing the river, deliberately violate the emperor's will. If the Eastern Expedition is ineffective or fails, the responsibility will be yours.

Yuwen Shu was helpless. Although he was deeply trusted by the emperor, the struggle between the imperial political factions was extremely cruel. If Yu Zhongwen and Liu Shilong joined forces to attack him, there would definitely be a group of sluts following him and attacking him, and he would be unable to deal with it. Considering his future and the political interests of his group, Yuwen Shu was forced to agree to cross the river, so the horse army took the lead, and the infantry followed him and crossed the Yalu River.

Yu Zhongwen's cavalry ran wildly and won many battles. Yizhi Wende retreated all the way. He also wrote a poem to Yu Zhongwen. "The divine strategy and study astronomy, and the geography is wonderful. The victory is high, and the content is willing to stop." It means to persuade Yu Zhongwen to stop at the right time. After all, the political situation in the Far East is here. If the Middle-earth Empire completely destroyed Goguryeo, although the territory of the Middle-earth Empire was expanded, the expansion ambition of the Middle-earth Empire will inevitably attract panic among the enemy outside the territory, and the empire's national defense and diplomacy will bear tremendous pressure. This is very unfavorable to the development of the empire.

After crossing the river, Yuwen Shu's sense of crisis became more and more serious, and the only way to solve the crisis was to obtain the command of the battlefield and decide his own destiny. So Yuwen Shu used this poem by Wende of Yizhi to sue Yu Zhongwen and Liu Shilong again to the emperor, and falsely accusing them of secretly interacting with Goguryeo. At a glance, the emperor and the central government knew that the conflict between the nine commanders on the front line was becoming more and more intense, so he issued a decisive order, and Yuwen Shu was changed to the general commander of the nine commanders.

Yuwen Shu was tied up in a cocoon. His original intention was to pass on the crisis to the emperor and the center, and then forced the emperor and the center to temporarily suspend the attack. In this way, the army still had time to wait for the rear to send food, grass and supplies. Unexpectedly, the emperor and the center asked him to replace Yu Zhongwen and ordered him to kill Pyongyang as quickly as possible.

Conflicts in the army broke out, and Yuwen Shu had to continue to move forward under the joint force of the emperor, Zhongshu and Yu Zhongwen.

Yizhi Wende did not know that the imperial army had fallen into a food and grass crisis, but he knew that the rainy season was coming. When the heavy rain, the Yalu River and Sashui surged, and the imperial army would have many difficulties in transporting food and grass. At that time, the Goguryeo army would frequently attack the food and grass roads of the Imperial Team with a small number of elite troops. Then the imperial army would inevitably not continue the food and grass, and would inevitably withdraw their troops in a hurry. In this way, Goguryeo had a chance to counterattack. So Yizhi Wende was defeated and defeated repeatedly, even seven battles and seven defeats within a day, resulting in the morale of the imperial army, and the nine armies rushed to the city of Pyongyang.

Everything was as expected by Yizhi Wende. The imperial army rushed to the city of Pyongyang, but the food and grass did not continue. Gao Yuan and Yizhi Wende continued to implement fraudulent surrender schemes to delay time by negotiations, while Yu Zhongwen firmly demanded an attack and took Pyongyang at any cost. As long as Pyongyang was captured, the food and grass crisis would be resolved after a plunder. Yuwen Shu dared not attack, and Liaodong City has not been captured yet, let alone Pyongyang, which is much stronger than Liaodong City. What is particularly important is that if the food and grass are not continued, what will the imperial army use to attack the city?

After Yuwen Shu tried his best to get a surrender agreement that could be "committed" from the Goguryeo people, he hurriedly withdrew his troops. The reason why the Goguryeo people met Yuwen Shu's requirements was because the Yizhi Wende was ready for a counterattack.

At this time, the rainy season had ended, and the construction of dams and water storage in the upper reaches of the Sa River had been completed. When the imperial army crossed the Sa River, dynasty Wende ordered the dam to dig the dam and release the water. For a moment, the flood roared down, and the ambushed troops were everywhere. The imperial army was caught off guard and the entire army was wiped out.

Therefore, the key figure that led to the empire's first Eastern Expedition was Yizhi Wende. This man started from personally rushing to the imperial army to commit fraudulent surrender, to his poems about Zhongwen's plan to dissuasion, to tricking the imperial army into the city of Pyongyang, and even the last half-cross to attack him. He can clearly see his strategy and his extraordinaryness.

How likely is the Dragon Guard Army to win when fighting such an opponent? When there are very few chances of winning, if there are many conflicts within the Dragon Guard Army and even used by the opponent, they will definitely lose.

Everyone was meditating and silent, and their minds kept churning with the battle scenes described by Galan, their hearts were as heavy as lead.

"As the general said, the east bank of Sashui is a trap." Huang Junhan, who has always been taciturn, suddenly said, "With the treacherous Yizhi Wende, when the morale of our army is as strong as a rainbow, the troops will face the city, and they will definitely use defense instead of attacking, and then patiently look for a good opportunity to counterattack. Once you find that the Dragon Guard is alone, you will inevitably surround and kill from all sides." Huang Junhan looked solemn and asked in a low voice, "General, is this what you said about a battle against the water?"

The same sentence, in other words, why do you insist on putting the Dragon Guards to death?

Jialan shook his hand, "If Wu Gu had not massacred the city, Yi Zhi Wende would have used defense instead of attacking and waited for an opportunity to counterattack, but now Wu Gu City has been completely destroyed by me. Do you think he can still use defense instead of attacking?"

Wugu Massacre City, the thousand-year-old ancient city was destroyed, corpses were buried everywhere, and creatures were tragic. The Goguryeo people were full of hatred. Seeing the culprit of Wugu Massacre City crossing the Sashui River, how could they not fight? If they don’t fight again and defend instead of attack, the morale of the Goguryeo people will inevitably collapse. Only in one battle, can they kill the imperial dragon guards on the Sashui River, avenge Wugu and the bitter hatred of the Sashui City, can they regain morale and win the basic conditions for final negotiations with the empire.

"Yizhi Wende is on the east bank of Sashui, and is waiting on the opposite side." Galan pointed to the east and asked sternly, "Do you guys have the courage to cross the river with someone and fight to the death with the enemy?"

The New Year is here, I wish you a happy New Year: I wish you all a happy New Year, good health, all the best, and a lot of money.

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