Beiping County, Lu Long.

Linyu Palace.

The emperor left Zhuo County in February and arrived in Lulong, Peking in early March. He summoned civil and military officials in the Linyu Palace to hold an imperial meeting.

Linyu Palace is a palace built by the emperor to conquer Liao. This palace is not very luxurious, but it is extremely strong. It is actually a castle full of military fortresses, called the palace. In fact, the city defense is strong and a large amount of food, grass and equipment are accumulated.

After the Linyu Palace was built, the imperial court established Linyu County where the Linyu Palace was located, moved the original Yu Pass southeast, established Linyu Pass in front of the Linyu Palace, and established Linyu Military Town.

Palace hall.

All civil and military officials stood in groups.

Emperor Yang Guang was in good spirits today, sitting on the dragon throne and smiling.

"My dear friends, please be calm."

"Your Majesty, I have something to do to report!"

When Yang Guang saw that it was Duan Wenzhen, the Minister of War, who was the Minister of the Right Guanglu, the General of the Left Wuhou, and the Minister of War, and said, "If you have something to do, just say it." Duan Wenzhen was considered the military strategist of the emperor's military conquest of Liao. Yang Guanglu invaded Goguryeo in Dong. Although he had a plan, there were still two people who really decided to fight the Eastern Expedition, one was Pei Shiju, the Yinqing Guanglu official, and the other was Duan Wenzhen, the Minister of War.

Pei Shiju has always been trusted and relied on by Yang Guang and was the craftsman of Yang Guang's external strategy. The expedition to Goguryeo was Pei Shiju's advice. However, the formulation of his military plan was made by Duan Wenzhen.

"Your Majesty, the previous Liaodong period sent back the news, Luo Cheng, the vanguard general of the left conquering Liao, reported the news again. After attacking and seizing the two cities of Xuantu and Cangyan, he seized Nansu City. General Luo had already won seven battles and won seven victories, and he completely gained his foothold in Liaodong. The thieves in the Xincheng area were scared and they shrank and did not dare to leave the city."

Yang Guang laughed and said, "Duan Qing said so much. The Marquis of Xiangyang was really beyond my expectations. When I used him as the vanguard, I never thought that he could make such a great contribution. He won seven battles and seven victories, captured three cities in a row, and killed more than 16,000 enemies and captured more than 16,000 prisoners. It was awesome."

"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Xiangyang is indeed unexpected. Because of this, I think it is necessary to adjust the previous combat plan." Duan Wenzhen said.

"Oh, Duan Qing thought how to adjust?"

Duan Wenqing reported, "It was originally planned that the 24th Army would first arrive at Huaiyuan Town in March. The sixth Army of the Imperial Camp would arrive later and Huaiyuan in April. However, it seems that the spring advancement still delays the speed. The first nine armies could only reach Huaiyuan at the end of April, and the other armies would have to be later. In order not to affect the summer offensive, I think the army could be adjusted."

As he said that, Duan Wenzhen handed over a memorial.

Yang Guang asked the eunuch to take it up.

Open it and take a closer look, Yang Guang nodded.

"It does make some sense."

The original plan was to launch twelve armies on each side of the left and right wings, then the six armies of the Imperial Camp, and then the Donglai River Army. Each army was equipped with huge baggage chariots, scattered soldiers and civilians. The army would reach more than one million, and one army would be dispatched a day, and the troops would be powerful.

But the current situation is that from Zhuojun to Huaiyuan Town, Liaohe, gathered, but the journey was difficult and the march was slow, especially the large number of baggage troops and civilians carried, which seriously affected the speed of the march.

On the other hand, the vanguard army, which was originally just a partial division, showed great power after crossing the river. They actually won consecutive battles, attacked cities and ponds, and killed generals and seized flags. This made Duan Wenzhen, the Minister of War, consider whether the plan he had made before was too conservative.

If a vanguard army can fight the Goguryeo so reluctantly, why bother to dispatch millions of troops?

Therefore, Duan Wenzhen's new plan is to reorganize the armies and reduce the number of troops in the Eastern Expedition.

In the new plan, the number of troops in the Eastern Expedition was reduced to thirty armies, which were the 24th armies on the left and right wings, plus the six armies of the Imperial Camp.

These thirty armies will be divided into three offensive groups.

The Pyongyang Naval Group was organized, with eight armies, the second, third, tenth, and right armies of the Left Army were all given to the troops gathered in Donglai County, and they were formed into the Eighth Army of the Sea.

The commander of the eight armies on the sea was Duke Rong, the general of the Right Guard came to Hu'er, and the deputy general was Zhou Fashang, the former general of the Southern Chen who was skilled in water battles.

The remaining sixteen armies in the twenty-fourth army are all army.

Duan Wenzhen divided the sixteen armies into two major groups, of which six were targeted by Pyongyang, and these six armies were the first, the eleventh, the twelfth army and the first, the third and the nineth army on the right. The combat mission of the sixth army was to take advantage of Pyongyang and join the navy to attack the Goguryeo royal capital Pyongyang.

The remaining ten troops.

The four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, and the ten armies of the left wing and the five, seven, eight, and twelve of the right wing are targeted between the Liaohe River and the Yalu River. Their goal is to attack Liaodong and be responsible for controlling this area before the six armies of the Imperial Camp cross the river.

Resolve the worries of the six troops who had previously traveled to Pyongyang.

As for the emperor's six imperial camps, the combat mission is to protect the emperor and follow the civil and military commanders, and act as the strategic reserve team.

"Your Majesty, the original army has organized 12,000 combat soldiers, 8,000 auxiliary soldiers, and 20,000 soldiers in one army. I have a new plan to increase each army to 35,000 to 40,000."

Originally, there were many armies after the 24th Army, but now Duan Wenzhen cut all the armies into thirty armies with one sword. One army of 30 to 40,000, and thirty armies can also reach more than one million.

The number of troops in each army increased, but the total number of troops decreased, which was to facilitate unified mobilization and combat after entering Liao.

"What do you guys think?" Yang Guang asked.

The General of the Left Guard, Yuwen Shu, was listed.

"Your Majesty, I think this plan is good, but if the city of Liaodong has not been broken and the six armies are directly in Pyongyang, it will be very risky. After all, the distance from the Liaohe River to Pyongyang is very far away. If the city of Liao is not lowered, the food cannot be supplied, so I can only carry food and grass with the army. Even if one army carries a hundred days of food, there will still be a risk of food being cut off at any time."

"Do you think this plan is not working?" Yang Guang asked Yuwen Shu.

"I think Duan War Ministry's plan is very good. Even if it enters Pyongyang, the six armies should be strengthened. The six armies can be changed to Ninth armies. In this way, there will be at least 300,000 troops. Such a large army will carry a hundred-day food and grass and fight all the way to Pyongyang. The people of Goguryeo dare not stop them. If they go to fight, they will defeat them."

Duan Wenzhen planned to launch six armies with a total number of about 200,000 troops. Yuwen Shu said that he would launch nine armies with a total number of at least 300,000 troops.

"Your Majesty, soldiers are more important than elites. If you send nine armies, there will be too many soldiers, which will not be beneficial." Duan Wenzhen still felt that the six armies were enough.

After all, he believed that the Navy had eight armies, and these eight armies were just marine forces, and the JAC sailor crew was not included.

After six armies from Liaodong and eight armies from sea, after converging at the city of Pyongyang, they can reach 14 armies, more than 30,000 in one army, and a total force of more than 500,000. How can it be insufficient?

"I believe that the six armies are enough, and I also recommend the left vanguard general Xiangyang Houluo to become the general of the first army." Duan Wenzhen said again.
Chapter completed!