Chapter 358
"Your Majesty, the Grand Sima is dead."
Late at night, an eunuch entered the palace and reported bad news to the emperor.
Yang Guang shook his head, which was still a little dizzy, "What did you say?"
"Your Majesty, the Grand Sima is dead."
The emperor sat there without saying a word.
The eunuch thought that the emperor had not woken up yet, so he said again, "The Minister of War, Duan Wenzhen, the Marquis of Beiping, has just passed away."
The Minister of War, also known as the Grand Sima, the Minister of War of the Beiping Hou, Duan Wenzhen was also the General of the Left Hou Guard and the General of the Five Right Army. He was the commander of the three armies responsible for attacking the Liaodong City of Goguryeo this time.
But before the three armies crossed the river, the commander was killed.
"Diet illness?" The emperor finally spoke, but his voice was extremely cold. Duan Wenzhen was not old, but he had been in poor health in the past two years, but the emperor did not expect that, so he would disappear if he said nothing.
"Yes, the illness suddenly broke out. The imperial doctor has already been seen. The illness suddenly broke out and the imperial doctor cannot rescue it."
"Why!"
Yang Guang sighed.
As soon as the war began, the commander who formulated the military strategy died of illness, which gave Yang Guang a very bad premonition.
"Issuing an edict to posthumously award Duan Wenzhen Guanglu Dafu, Shangshu Youpushe, posthumously named Duke Zhao, and posthumously named Xiang!"
"Give me one thousand pieces of money and two thousand stones of millet and wheat, and I was proud of my pride and sent to the tomb."
The eunuch took the order to retreat.
Yang Guang sat on the bed and couldn't fall asleep for a long time.
Duan Wenzhen died like this, so who will take over as Minister of War, General of Right Martial Arts, and General of Right Five Army?
Who will be the head coach of Liaodong City?
The current Minister of War is Mingya, who is just a relatively mediocre official. Duan Wenzhen died, and Mingya must not be able to bear the heavy responsibility of the Secretary of the State.
Haven't sleep all night.
On the second day, the emperor issued an edict to convene Duan Wenzhen for three days.
At the same time, the Huangmen Minister Pei Shiju was appointed as the Minister of War, Duke of Yan, Luo Yijin, the Right Marquis of Right Wu, and Pei Shiju also served as the General of the Right Five Army, responsible for commanding the Right Five Left Seven Right Seven Three Army to attack Liaodong City.
Yang Guang summoned Duan Lun, son of Duan Wenzhen, in the palace.
Duan Lun was Yang Guang's personal guard at this time. He went to the palace to pay homage to the emperor and presented his father's letter.
"Since the New Year, my father has been feeling unwell. I suddenly wrote this form a few days ago, but I knew that my father actually left as soon as he said he would leave."
Yang Guang comforted Duan Lun a few words. This noble child is usually famous for his chivalrous spirit and is very brave and loved by him.
Taken the letter.
"The water is slump and you cannot be drowned. I only hope that all the troops will be strictly enforced. Xingchi will be launched quickly and both water and land will be forward. If you are unintentional, then the isolated city of Pyongyang will be able to be defeated."
Duan Wenzhen only talks about three things in his confession. One is that the ambition of Turkic wolves will be a national problem in the future. They say that their nature of barbarians is not about family affection and greed. When they are weak, they surrender, and once they are strong, they will bite back. This is their nature. When the militia was defeated, they were placed in the inner place, and they returned their wives to princesses. Now they are rebellious and strong, and should be sent in time and moved them back to the outer border. They should not live in the south of Yinshan for a long time.
In order to prevent the Turks, we must also send troops to defend and defend the border areas. This is the long-term plan.
Speaking of the battle of Liao, it was rainy at this time and it was not delayed. If the army wanted to destroy Goguryeo once and for all, then it could not face the Goguryeo people head-on. It was unrealistic to attack and attack the mountain city. The Goguryeo people built countless mountain cities. If they attacked and attacked one by one, they would be hit by the Goguryeo people's trick of exchanging space for time. The best strategy was to advance all kinds of troops and horses quickly, advance on water and land, and attack Pyongyang unexpectedly. Then Pyongyang's lonely city would be able to capture, and to destroy the enemy's capital and capture the enemy king, you could destroy the country in one fell swoop.
Finally, Duan Wenzhen said that the emperor usually relied heavily on the Shangshu Jian, Cao Langhusizheng, was sinister and mean, and secretly made friends with Yang Xuangan's brothers, saying that this person must not be entrusted with confidential matters, and advised the emperor to be more careful about Yang Xuangan, saying that he made friends with honorary officials everywhere and had a lot of plans.
"I am a mediocre and humble person. Fortunately, I have received rewards and promotions in a prosperous era. My honor exceeds that of my peers. However, my intelligence is nothing to be desired and I have obtained too much. Therefore, I often talk about the great kindness of the country, forgetting to eat and sleep, and I often want to work hard to repay the great kindness of the country. But I have no way to maintain my health, and the disease is very serious. With such deep guilt, I will be buried underground forever. I cannot bear the great regret, so I briefly state my views. I see that this Liaodong clown did not accept severe punishment. My country surrendered to the six armies from afar, and the emperor personally led the army. However, many barbarians have gone through many actions.
The emperor should be more careful. They often say surrender but want to betray them in their hearts. They are tricky. Please do not accept their surrender at will. The water level is just falling, so our army cannot hesitate. I hope the emperor will strictly order all the people to run at night, and the water and land are moving forward. If they are unexpected, then Pyongyang can be captured. If Pyongyang is captured, their roots will be dug, and the rest of the cities can be pacified. If they are not pacified on time, if there is a deep barrier, the soldiers and food will be exhausted, the strong soldiers are in front, and the people in the back are hesitant, this is not the best strategy."
After reading this letter, Yang Guang sighed again.
Duan Wenzhen understood his intentions very well, but unfortunately he left so early.
"Duan Lun, your father has been diligent and loyal all his life, but unfortunately he died early. Although you are young now, I hope you can inherit your father's will and promote your Duan family's lintel in the future."
The emperor issued an edict, ordering Duan Lun to inherit his father's title of Marquis of Beiping, and also granting him the position of General Yingyanglang, and allowing him to serve as the position of Yifang General in the Five Right Army and make achievements under the city of Liaodong.
Three days later.
Yang Guang rushed from Huaiyuan Palace to the Liaohe Front and headed to the camp of the three armies of the Liaodongcheng Group, which was about to cross the river.
"Now that the water level of the Liao River has faded, it is a good time to cross the river. Yuwen Kai immediately built a floating bridge and the troops were ready to cross the river."
Pei Shiju, the new general of the Right Five Army, Mai Tiebang, the general of the Left Seven Army, and Yang Yichen, the general of the Right Seven Army, came forward to collect the orders.
He was once responsible for designing and building the Daxing Palace. Yuwen Kai, the Minister of the Ministry of Works, the construction master of Luoyang Palace, received the order.
A large number of civilians began to build pontoon bridges on the Liao River, building three pontoon bridges at a time.
The pontoon bridge was built very quickly.
Yang Guang stood on the west bank and watched, watching the floating bridge extending and was about to be completed, Yang Guang was impatient to issue an order to cross the river and attack.
"Three armies cross the river and the troops besiege Liaodong City!"
"Long live!"
The 100,000 soldiers of the three armies shouted long live the emperor, and then stepped onto the floating bridge with a rumbling sound and rushed towards the east coast.
The vast Liao River has turbulent waves and undulating waves.
The craftsmen are making their final efforts. The stream bridge is about to be completed, only a few feet away from the east bank.
But at this moment.
A craftsman was suddenly surprised to find that a dark tide suddenly appeared in the distance of the east coast opposite.
Chapter completed!