Chapter 189: Dispute on whether to enter Pyongyang

"Your Majesty, no!" Seeing Li Daozong say this, Changsun Wuji quickly stepped up and replied: "The emperor personally attacks, and he should not take risks and luck. I think our army must first seize Liaodong City, Anshi City, and Jian'an City. Only after destroying all the most powerful troops in these cities in Liaodong can you attack Pyongyang again. If you go straight to Pyongyang, the most powerful troops in Jian'an, Anshi and other cities will follow me. We are worried about the enemy from both sides. Our army gathers less than 100,000 troops, and several *** armies have hundreds of thousands. This is Your Majesty's personal attack. If there is any mistake, what should we do?"

Yang Shidao, Minister of Personnel, immediately expressed his same opinion as Changsun Wuji: "Your Majesty, I also think it is not possible. The people in the country fight on their own, and various supplies are easy to replenish. Although our army has obtained the food and grass from Zhucheng, Liaodong, it is not convenient to transport materials in this area. Some artillery shells and other items needed by our army cannot be delivered in time. If our army marched forward to Pyongyang, how can the supply of food and grass be guaranteed? If the progress of the war is unfavorable and the power is lost under the combined attack of the superior forces of the army, a major event will happen!"

Qi Bi Heli looked at the silent Li Shiji and couldn't help but stand out and said, "Your Majesty, I think this statement is feasible! Soldiers are very important. The army of the *** people is coming to Liaodong. The Pyongyang area will definitely be empty. I think that we can attack Pyongyang directly, so as to avoid the real and attack the virtual, and speed up the process of the war!" Qi Bi Heli said, and he strengthened his tone and continued, "Our army fought against the *** people in Liaodong, and was also far away from our hinterland. If we were entangled with the *** people in Liaodong for a long time, then we would definitely have a long time and we would lose the opportunity to attack Pyongyang. If you think that the risk of Your Majesty personally led the army to attack Pyongyang is too high, you can divide your troops to attack, and use one to siege Zhucheng in Liaodong, and the other to quickly attack Pyongyang..."

"Your Majesty, General He Li said very well. If you think that it is inappropriate for all the troops to enter the hinterland of ***, you can attack Zhucheng in Liaodong with most of them. One attacks Pyongyang, and the *** people will be caught off guard. Our army's attack may also be successful!" Li Daozong said as he stepped forward and looked at Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty, I am willing to lead 5,000 soldiers to attack Pyongyang!"

"Your Majesty, I am willing to lead the army to attack Pyongyang!" Qiheli, Zhishili, and generals such as Ashinasheer, Niu Jinda, Cheng Mingzhen all stood up one after another and expressed their willingness to lead a sergeant to attack Pyongyang.

Hearing the request from the generals, Li Shimin, who had been staring at the sand table, looked hesitant. He looked at Li Shiji, who was also hesitant and wanted to speak but stopped, could not make up his mind.

According to Li Shimin's fighting style, the strategy he mentioned was exactly what he had thought of many times along the way. If he had led troops to fight before becoming the emperor, he would have adopted this strategy without hesitation and led the troops directly to attack Pyongyang. However, now he has become the emperor and led an army with a small number of personnel to fight, and Zhang Liang's violation of orders all made him worry a lot, and what made Li Shimin unable to make up his mind was the disastrous defeat of the former Sui Emperor Yang Guang.

In the eighth year of Daye, Yang Guang personally led nearly one million troops, advancing on land and water, and approached the near Pyongyang City. He was deceived by the trick of surrendering. When crossing the Sashui River, he encountered a surprise attack by the *** people, and suffered heavy casualties. The other army led by Lai Huer and Zhou Shangfa, who marched from sea, went straight to the city of Pyongyang. Lai Huer led a 40,000 army to attack Pyongyang, but was defeated by the *** people, and suffered heavy losses and eventually returned in vain.

The lessons from the past, and the fact that Zhang Liang's army did not enter Pyongyang according to the original order, and our army had already achieved huge victory in Liaodong at a very small price. These reasons made Li Shimin, who used to use troops, couldn't make up his mind after hearing what Li Daozong said, after Changsun Wuji dissuaded him.

While Li Shimin was hesitating, Changsun Wuji said again: "Your Majesty, you must not divide your troops to attack Pyongyang! We must not repeat the defeat of the previous dynasty to retreat, we must be cautious and cautious. Our army's strength is less than 100,000, less than half of the previous dynasty's expeditions. If we divide the troops again, the forces of each unit will be weaker and more likely to be attacked by the *** people. I will die without any resentment. Your Majesty is the lord of the nineteenth century. What if there is any mistake? Your Majesty must think twice!"

"Your Majesty, I feel that it takes me a lot of thought before I can make a decision!" Yuchi Gong, who was standing beside him, also said something like this.

At this time, a news broke out outside the tent, and Yuchi Gong heard the sound and went out of the tent to inquire about the situation.

Soon Yuchi Gong turned around and came back to the tent, and reported to Li Shimin in a very surprised voice: "Your Majesty, Xiong Jindao has heard news that our army is victorious!"

"What!?" Li Shimin, who was still depressed just now, jumped up as if he had changed his body, and grabbed a thick stack of battle reports from Yuchi Gong, and opened them to see them in a hurry.

The battle report on Xiongjin Road was delivered from the sea. Because it was inconvenient to deliver, several battle reports were delivered to Liaodong in one by one.

The ministers also stopped the argument just now. Qi looked at the emperor who was getting happier and happier. Everyone wanted to know how the battle was in Xiong Jindao.

After reading the battle report in his hand quickly, Li Shimin laughed a few times and set out: "Hahaha! This kid really didn't disappoint me!"

As he said that, Li Shimin read these battle reports again, and said while reading: "The soldiers of Xiongjindao Navy, at the mouth of Xiongjin, annihilated most of the Baekje and the Japanese coalition navy in one fell swoop, destroying more than 800 enemy warships and killing more than 30,000 enemies. Our navy only injured dozens of ships and hundreds of casualties..."

"The army advanced to Xiongjin City, captured Xiongjin City in half a day, and then attacked Sifeng City. Sifeng City was quickly captured. Fuyu Yici left the city and fled and was captured by our army. Fuyu Long soldiered the city to surrender... Hahaha!" Li Shimin handed the battle report in his hand to Li Shiji on the side, and laughed again, "The soldiers of Xiongjindao went out of the city mountain to pacify Baekje in just over twenty days. Such a record is enough to be recorded in history. I have such a good general in the Tang Dynasty, so what else can I worry about!"

"Your Majesty, Baekje has been pacified!" Hearing Li Shimin say this, Li Daozong and Qi Bi Heli, who could not catch the war report, asked almost in unison.

Baekje was captured and the Baekje king was captured. In their minds, Baekje was already conquered.

"Yes!" Li Shimin nodded vigorously and said with some dancing hands, "Fuyulong is willing to obey the orders of our Tang Dynasty, and the whole country is asking for surrender. The Xiongjindao army is heading for Zhouliu, Galin, Daosa and other Baekje, and a city guarded by Japanese soldiers. He is preparing to join the Silla army to occupy and control most of the Baekje area, and then head north to take Pyongyang, and join our Liaodong Road and Pyongyang Road army to attack and destroy ***!"

"Your Majesty, since Baekje has been pacified, the Xiongjindao Li Da General Administration Office will soon lead the army to the north and attack *** Zhucheng, and point sword at Pyongyang. Therefore, I believe that our army should send a group of people to raid Pyongyang, and join the Xiongjindao soldiers to attack Pyongyang from north to south to capture Pyongyang. The *** defenders of Zhucheng from Liaodong will surrender at the news, which will also make the price our army pay less!" Li Daozong once again loudly expressed his request, "Please ask your Majesty to pretend that I will attack Pyongyang with 5,000 troops, or our army will abandon Zhucheng in An City and rush to advance eastward and then go south to break Pyongyang!"

"Your Majesty, I am willing to lead my army to attack Pyongyang with the Deputy Chief Supervisor!" Qi Bi Heli also stood up again to express his support for Li Daozong.

"Your Majesty, no!" After Li Daozong said with confidence, Changsun Wuji stood up again and said, "Although my Xiongjindao soldiers have already broken through Xiongjin City and Siqi City, there are still many places in Baekje that have resisted. It is impossible to carry a large army north in a very short period of time. Moreover, Xiongjindao soldiers can get cooperation from the Silla army. Now there is Fuyulong's cooperation. If it is not good to march into Pyongyang, you can retreat to Baekje or Silla. If our army goes straight to Pyongyang, where will we retreat? Even if it is divided into troops, the small number of people cannot pose an effective threat to Pyongyang. Whether a few thousand troops can reach Pyongyang is unknown. If there are many troops, fewer soldiers guarding the border of Your *** will definitely go away. If it changes in life, how can you protect Your Majesty's safety!"

"Changsun Sikong, I would like to ask you, now most of the Pyongyang Road army under General Zhang Da has not arrived near Pyongyang as planned. If our army first captures Zhucheng in Liaodong and then heads south, we will definitely not arrive when Xiongjin Road soldiers march into Pyongyang. In this way, we miss the opportunity to attack from north to south. If there is no large army in the north to threaten Pyongyang, the *** people can gather large troops to block our attack from Xiongjin Road. If we are fighting continuously, what if the progress is not good, what should we do?" Li Daozonghan said angrily with his face, pointing at Changsun Wuji's face with his finger.

Li Daozong asked himself to attack Pyongyang with 5,000 soldiers. For our army, there was no fundamental lack of military strength. Unexpectedly, Changsun Wuji still tried his best to stop it. Li Daozong knew why the emperor was hesitating, because he was afraid that the army that was raiding was unexpected, and brought something disharmonious to this already victorious battle, while Changsun Wuji had a completely different idea.

Li Daozong also doesn't understand why Li Shiji, as the head coach, has not made any statement yet.

"The Deputy Chief Executive is such a bad statement. I am just worried that Your Majesty's safety will be threatened. If Your Majesty has a bad mistake, you and I can't afford it!" Changsun Wuji seemed to ignore Li Daozong's accusations and said lightly, "The Xiongjindao soldiers are brave in fighting and will take Xiongjincheng and Siqicheng within a few days. It is definitely not a problem to capture Pyongyang. Moreover, there are the support of the Silla army and the assistance of Fuyulong..."

After hearing what Li Daozong said just now, Li Shimin, who was thinking about it, couldn't help but feel angry when he heard Changsun Wuji's words. He glared at Changsun Wuji with a very cold look, and wanted to speak but stopped.

Changsun Wuji was shocked and dared not say anything else.

At this time, Li Shiji, who had already finished the battle report, spoke: "Your Majesty, I think it is better to attack Pyongyang or not to divide the troops. If you attack Liaodong City, you should discuss it again. There are tens of thousands of defenders in Liaodong City, and there are more than 200,000 troops coming to aid. If our army cannot effectively defeat these armies and conquer Liaodong, then attacking Pyongyang is actually a risk!"

After hearing Li Shiji say this, Li Shimin seemed to be stunned for a moment, and then he looked like he had some understanding. "General Li is reasonable and will continue the attack. I will wait until he takes the Liaodong City and defeats these 150,000 reinforcements before discussing it!"

On the side, Li Daozong, who hoped that Li Shiji would support the attack on Pyongyang, and Qi Bi Heli and others, after hearing what Li Shiji said and the emperor's final statement, he showed a disappointed expression on his face...
Chapter completed!