(Today is still a chapter, brothers, there are some trivial things to deal with at home)
Here in Donglai County, Lai Huer and Yuan Hongsi, who were in charge of shipbuilding, were almost driving people to death.
Because the shipbuilding progress could not keep up, the emperor wanted 300 large-scale ships, but at present, less than 200 ships have been built, and the rest are still under construction.
Therefore, Lai Huer could only force the migrant workers to work day and night, and he also lived in a barracks not far from the dock and supervised it personally.
Historically, in order to build these 300 ships, 200,000 civilians were used, and nearly half of them died. However, this time, the situation was slightly better, because I had some concerns about protecting my children.
Everyone knows that what the prince hates the most is the abuse of people's power. Once oppression and persecution result in too high a death toll, the prince will have a hard time with it. Moreover, after learning from the Hebei Civil War, Lai Huer will not dare to act recklessly.
The completed warships have been put into the water for drills so that the soldiers can adapt to naval warfare. After all, they are the Jianghuai navy who came to protect the children. In the past, they were surfing the waves on the Yangtze River, which are two different things from surfing the sea.
However, many of the soldiers under his command were fishermen who traveled across the sea and knew a lot about the characteristics of the sea. Lai Huer selected some capable people from among them and promoted them to military academy lieutenants, responsible for assisting General Zuo.
Train soldiers.
School lieutenant and military school lieutenant are two different things. The former is a formal establishment, while the latter is a temporary worker.
Of the 80,000 Jianghuai naval forces, 60,000 were sent to protect the children, and the remaining 20,000 were returned to Zhou Fashang. Originally, the two were the general manager and deputy general manager, but later on, according to the emperor's decree, they became the general manager of Pyongyang Road and the general manager of Canghaidao.
Such a change will have a completely different nature.
It was not appropriate for the deputy general manager to report to the emperor on his own, and he had to discuss it with the general manager. However, after Zhou Fashang took the lead, he had a lot of decision-making power on his own, which gave Lai Hu'er a headache.
Because these two people have always been at odds with each other, he was afraid that he would not be able to control each other.
Regarding the conflict between the two, there is nothing wrong with Lai Huer. After all, Zhou Fashang has offended many people. In his early years, he served as a general in Zuowuwei under Liu Chang. After Liu Chang died, Pei Ju took over, and Zhou Fashang again
He offended Pei Ju and was kicked to Yongzhou (Lingling County), which was under the jurisdiction of Jingzhou, as the general manager, so that he could get close to Yang Ming.
Because Zhou Fashang is regarded as Shi Wansui's man, Yang Ming has been supporting him, and he is considered a princeling at the moment.
In the barracks, Zhou Fashang came uninvited and did not come to protect his children. He sat down on his own and then said:
"Our army has detected the activities of the Beishe Marine Division in the distant sea. Should we drive it away to prevent the enemy from observing our military formation drills?"
In the barracks, almost all of them were people who came to protect the child. There were more than thirty people, either brothers and sons, or generals who had followed him for half his life, plus a few staff.
Except for protecting the child, everyone in the hall turned a blind eye to Zhou Fashang and was doing whatever he was supposed to do.
Lai Huer put down the wooden stick in his hand, frowned and said: "My navy is not yet skilled, so it is not suitable to go to sea. I can only send some warships to patrol and guard, and there is no need to drive them away."
Zhou Fashang pondered for a moment, nodded, and said: "In the future, our army's first battle will be in the Liaodong Sea. If we can deploy in advance and eliminate the Beishe Navy in one fell swoop, the pressure will be much less when we enter Xu River (outside Pyongyang) in the future."
Cousin Lai Chengmin chuckled and said:
"The Beishe Navy only has more than 60 ships. As soon as our army arrives, it will inevitably flee and rush to Pyongyang to join the Xishui Navy so that it can fight. Manager Zhou's suggestion is good, but it won't work.
He's not stupid. Sixty ships will fight against my three hundred ships. What kind of general dares to issue such a military order?"
"You don't seem to understand what I'm saying," Zhou Fashang said coldly: "I just said it was planned in advance. You know that the other party will run away, why don't you think of a way to prevent him from running away?"
"The vast sea stretches as far as the eye can see. Our ship is too large and our speed may not be superior. It is better to fight decisively than to chase the enemy," comfort envoy You Yuandao said: "What's more, our mission is to join the army of General Manager Yuwen outside Pyongyang.
It is not appropriate to waste time in the humble sea."
Zhou Fashang shook his head helplessly, feeling that talking to these two people was playing the piano to a cow. On the contrary, Lai Huer understood what he meant and nodded:
"We can give it a try. In the first battle in the future, we can confuse the enemy troops in the lake and lure them into my trap. If successful, we will annihilate them in one fell swoop. Otherwise, we need to rush to Xishui immediately."
Zhou Fashang nodded: "That's what I mean. The timing of joining forces with the main land forces must not be delayed."
"Mr. Zhou's statement was wrong. Why didn't I understand what you meant just now?" You Yuan said in a strange tone.
Zhou Fashang snorted coldly: "Youshijun doesn't know how to use troops, so naturally he won't understand."
Look, can this temper not offend others? Who is You Yuan? Yushitai, who governs books and serves as Yushi, has always been an official family. He was born in the You family in Guangping, which is the area around Wu'an County and Xiangguo County in Hebei Province.
This person is a confidant of the emperor, and his job is to complain. How dare you offend him?
You Yuan was also angry: "As the commander-in-chief of the naval force, you are contemptuous of your colleagues and disrespectful of your superiors. I am the one who is the first to say something ugly. If you dare to do this nonsense, I will ask your Majesty to handle it with military law."
Zhou Fashang's mouth twitched and he did not dare to speak.
In fact, You Yuan is not the kind of unreasonable person. This comforter is actually qualified. After decades of officialdom, his skills as an official have become extremely proficient. He just wants to scare Zhou Fashang, and he does not really care about it. After all,
The other party's bad temper is exactly the same as Shi Wansui's. Such a person is disliked by others, but respected by others.
Lai Hu'er tried to smooth things over and said, "Okay, okay. When discussing matters in the military tent, everyone should express his or her own opinions. Demai (Zhou Fa Shang's courtesy name) is just like this. You two cannot argue with each other."
You Yuan nodded: "I won't argue with him."
Other people's comfort envoys are arrogant, but the comfort envoys under Lai Huer's command are very honest. The reason is that they only watch people do things. They are Rong Guo Gong, the absolute direct descendants of the emperor. They are only mentally ill.
Don't deal with others.
When I came to protect the children, I received a message from the prince from the eldest grandson Laiyu early. The prince was hinting to him not to get into trouble with Zhou Fashang and that the two of them should cooperate well.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Of course, Zhou Fashang also received a warning from the prince. From that time on, Lai Huer felt that Zhou Fashang's attitude towards him had greatly improved, unlike
As in the past, the nose was not the nose and the face was not the face.
A top-ranking minister like Lai Hu'er has long been proficient in self-cultivation, so naturally he will not argue with Zhou Fashang.
"You might as well make a summary now and figure out how to lure the enemy. If you can annihilate the Beishu navy in one fell swoop as Demai said, the future battle at Xishui will be easy."
In the barracks, dozens of people began to gather together to discuss.
The Beishe Navy has not left yet, but is actually investigating the movements of the Sui Navy, and the Goguryeo side already knows the march sequence of the guards.
After all, Comrade Yang Guang had already announced it to the outside world.
The road the navy took was called the Canghai Road, and there were 80,000 sailors. From the number of people, Goguryeo could roughly judge how many ships there were in the Sui Dynasty.
The military officer who came to protect the children was the military commander of Pyongyang Road. He knew from this that he was going to attack Pyongyang.
Regarding Comrade Yang Guang's obvious choice, Lai Ning was helpless, but he was used to it.
The Beishe navy will basically retreat to the Zhu River, so how to encircle and kill them requires setting up an ambush on the sea route where the enemy retreats to the Zhu River.
When marching by sea, it is basically not too far from the coastline to prevent unexpected events. Therefore, Laihu'er believes that one hundred ships should be sent directly to the base of the Beishu Navy, and then an ambush should be set up on the coastal sea road to wait for the enemy to flee towards the Xishui River.
If you can hit him, hit him. If you can't hit him, hurry up and go to Xishui.
The sea is vast, not to mention 60 ships, but even 600. It is not easy to find them, because within a small area, the sea looks flat, but in a large area, the sea surface is curved.
This is why when a ship comes from a distance, you see the mast first and then the hull.
Because the earth is round, but Sui Dynasty did not know that, and thought it was seamounts formed by waves.
Under Hu'er's tent, there were many people who knew water warfare, and there were also many generals who were good at land marches.
During the first expedition to Goguryeo during the Kaihuang reign, the naval commander was Zhou Luohu. This man was very powerful. Unfortunately, he died. However, his sons all knew how to fight with water. Among them, the eldest son Zhou Zhongan, the second son Zhou Zhongyin, and the third son Zhou Zhongyan
, Zhou Zhongmo, who was most favored by Yang Ming, was actually not very powerful.
Zhou Zhongan is currently in Li Jing's department, but Zhou Zhongyin and Zhou Zhongyan are both here to protect their children.
"The last general believes that if we fight like this, it is better to give up our humble luxury and go straight to the Xu River. With the power of thunder, we can annihilate the main force of the navy in one fell swoop." Zhou Zhongyin said: "Although there is the risk of being attacked from a flank, my ship is strong and the rear is strong.
As long as our army deploys many tower ships, the enemy will not be able to break through our sea formation. We can buy opportunities for our main force, and when we succeed, we can turn around and chase the enemy."
What he meant was to attack Zhu Shui directly. If the Beishu navy came from behind, block it first. After destroying the main force of Zhu Shui, then deal with the Beishu navy.
Zhou Fashang smiled and said: "Actually, that's not right. The enemy wants to join forces, and we also want them to join forces so that we can annihilate them in one fell swoop. Our ship's tower is tall and our ship is large, so our ship's speed will suffer. If the enemy forces try to flee by then, we won't be able to pursue them."
, if you keep harassing me again afterwards, it will be very annoying."
"That's the truth," Lai Hu'er said with a smile, "So when we fight, we can only encircle, and we can't be attacked from both sides. It's not that we can't defeat them, but that we can't catch up."
Zhou Zhongyin wondered: "Then why do we build so many high-rise ships and stern ships instead of more fighting ships and stern ships?"
Don't ask me about this. This is what His Majesty has decided. Lai Huer looked at Yuan Hongsi and said:
"Young Master Yuyang can answer him."
Why don't you answer and let me answer? Can I say that this is what His Majesty meant? In this way, wouldn't those generals who know about water warfare think that Your Majesty is giving random orders?
So he said perfunctorily: "In a decisive battle, big ships will naturally be used. That's the reason."
Your theory is untenable. Zhou Zhongyin wanted to ask again, but was kicked from the bottom by his younger brother. He swallowed the words he spoke with a confused look on his face.
The reason why Yang Guang ordered more large ships to be built was because the large ships looked mighty and majestic and could withstand wind and waves at sea. Moreover, the battle of destroying Chen Yangtze River was indeed played by the Wuya large ship, so he felt that the bigger the ship, the better.
As a result, the Sui Dynasty Navy had a major flaw: its speed was not good enough.
Of course, it's not that Yang Guang really doesn't understand, but the navy's established strategy is to enter Pyongyang and join forces with Yu Wenshu. The ship is too small to transport so many troops.
Rather than saying that the army that came to protect the children was a naval force, it would be better to say that the army was the main force and the navy was the supplement.
The main mission of the people here is to conquer Pyongyang, and the Zhushui Navy is just an appetizer.
In history, the Sui Dynasty attacked Goguryeo for the first time. Lai Huer directly attacked Pyongyang City after defeating the Jinshui Navy without waiting for reinforcements, and he did indeed enter the outer city.
However, this was a tactic to lure the enemy in. The reason why Lai Hu'er dared to enter was because he found out that the main force of the King's Division in Goguryeo was setting up a formation at Sashui north of Pyongyang and was in trouble with Yu Wenshu, so he thought that the city of Pyongyang was empty.
of.
After entering the outer city, the army under Lai Huer's command thought that all the Goguryeo soldiers had escaped, so they looted the outer city and were eaten bit by bit.
Of the 40,000 people who entered the city, only 6,000 people came out to protect the children. If Zhou Fashang hadn't been waiting in formation, he would have been eaten by the pursuers behind him.
It was Zhou Fashang who saved his life, which is why, the second and third time he attacked Goguryeo, he still came to protect his children and partnered with Zhou Fashang in the navy. The two brothers had a tacit understanding.
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Over in Luoyang, Yang Guang was preparing his imperial edict to conquer Goguryeo, which was written by a group of talented and talented literati from the Neishi Province, while Yang Guang was correcting it.
In an edict like this, every word needs to be carefully considered. You have to find a justifiable reason for the expedition to Goguryeo. You can't say that I don't like it, so I have to fight it.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Because the edict is not only for the people of the Sui Dynasty, but also for all surrounding countries to see. It must be upright, just like if I don't fight Goguryeo, I am guilty.
"Your Majesty, what do you think of this sentence?" Lu Chu presented the beginning of the poem written by Yu Shinan to the emperor.
Yang Guang took one look and threw it away:
"not good."
This was the eleventh time he had killed the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. They usually drafted the emperor's edicts. They were the ones who understood the emperor's wishes best and were the best at writing them. However, their performance today was nothing like
Make Yang Guang satisfied.
Yu Shinan sighed and started writing again, intending to think about it again.
Pei Ju and Xue Daoheng, who were present, looked at each other and remained silent. These two people were now spirits. Yang Guang called them over to help with the discussion because these two people had done this before.
Especially Xue Daoheng, he was the main author of all Yang Jian's edicts, edicts, and proclamations. He was an expert among experts when he wrote this, so he was summoned by Yang Guangda all the way from the capital.
But today, he didn't speak much because he guessed that the emperor himself had an idea in mind.
Of course Pei Ju also guessed it, so he smiled and said: "Your Majesty, why not write a rough article so that we can know the essence and start writing."
Yang Guang chuckled, came to the table, took the pen handed to him by Lu Chu, pondered for a moment, and wrote the first sentence:
The great virtues of heaven and earth send down the frost in the autumn order, and the sages and philosophers are most benevolent, and they wear armor and soldiers in the punishment code. Therefore, we know that nature has the purpose of killing, justice lies in selflessness, and the emperor's use of war is not to gain his own.
Either that, Yang Guang is really talented, and his knowledge is definitely ranked among the emperors of China.
This sentence means that heaven and earth are kind to the living people, and they will also send frost in autumn. Saints are benevolent, and they will also write down the preparation of weapons and wars in the law. Heaven, earth and saints have the grace of creation and the punishment of killing.
, this is selfless, and the emperor has no choice but to resort to fighting.
Well, he is giving himself a head start, which means that I hit it, not because I want to hit it, but because I comply with destiny and must hit it. This is God's will.
After Xue Daoheng came over to read this sentence, he immediately guessed that the emperor already had a draft in his mind, because Yang Guang finished this sentence in one go, without a single mistake. Only a ghost would believe it if he hadn't thought deeply about it.
Because that’s what Xue Daoheng’s job is. What is drafting? It’s just making a draft. Changes often occur, so it’s never done overnight.
"Heaven and earth are in mourning, and the emperor is also in mourning, good! Your Majesty's sentence has the meaning of inheriting the destiny of heaven, and there is no need to change a word," Xue Daoheng said sincerely in admiration.
When a person who had never flattered him said such a sentence, Yang Guang was immediately overjoyed and said with a smile:
"Xuanqing is a master in this field, can't he change a word?"
Xue Daoheng shook his head: "Every word is precious, and I can't change it."
Pei Ju and others also hurriedly flattered him. Yang Guang was so happy that he wrote another sentence:
In Banquan and Danpu, there was no banditry and Gong Xing, who caused chaos and overthrown the unconscious, and Xianyou moved smoothly. What's more, Ganye swore to be the master, Xia Kai inherited the inheritance of Dayu, Shang Jiao investigated the crime, and Zhou Fa became King Wen's ambition. Yongjian's predecessor is the right one.
I bow.
The meaning of this sentence is that the Battle of Banquan (the battle between the emperor and Emperor Yan) and the Battle of Danpu (the battle between Yao's eldest son Danzhu and Shun) were all wars that followed the will of God.
The cause of Dayu was to question King Zhou in the suburbs of Shangdi, and Ji Fa fulfilled his father's will. Drawing on the records of previous generations, this mission of conquering Goguryeo happened to fall on me, and I couldn't help it.
Yang Guang's sentence mostly refers to ancient wars, and justice defeats injustice. There is nothing to criticize.
"Your Majesty, you might as well finish it in one go. Then I will read it carefully and see if there is anything that needs to be changed." Pei Ju means, hurry up and write. You already have the manuscript, so why bother? It's already dark, and I still need to do it.
Going home.
Yang Guang laughed: "There is no need to rush in this world."
After that, pick up the pen and start writing.
After a while, the 1,068-word imperial edict to conquer Goguryeo was completed, and all the ministers came up to watch.
Yang Guang let out a long breath, put down his pen, and said with a smile:
"I hate the cunning thieves of Goguryeo with all my teeth, so I can implement this edict in one go."
Xue Daoheng's mouth twitched, you are really hypocritical. You have been thinking about this edict for at least a month.
But, it’s really well written, so I don’t have to choose.
One of the sentences says: But the clowns of Goryeo, who were in a daze and disrespectful, worshiped Jubo, recommended food to the Liao Dynasty, and were in the realm of the 19th century. Although the Han Dynasty was restored and the Wei Dynasty slaughtered them, the nests were temporarily collapsed, and there were many obstacles in the chaos, and the seeds were scattered and gathered again.
...
Let Xue Daoheng be immediately impressed.
Anyway, the whole edict has the same meaning: if I don’t attack Goguryeo, I will be sorry to heaven and earth, the saints, the benevolent kings of the past generations, the former emperors, the people, and myself.