In the main hall, Liu Jiande spoke easily, but only Di Xin could hear the decisive tone beneath his relaxed appearance.
This is the intention to die.
Di Xin couldn't help but sigh.
This is the struggle in the court. Personal interests often override the interests of the country, and most of the people involved in it are not immune. Even people like Liu Jiande who never collude with factions cannot escape.
Even if Liu Jiande is not dragged down by Di Xin today, there is a high probability that he will be involved in other matters in the future.
Cruel and inescapable.
But what made Di Xin a little confused was that it had been nearly twenty days since Liu Jiande led his troops to support him. Such a long time was enough for the news to reach the capital.
The seriousness of this matter of deploying troops without complying with the order was enough to cause the news to reach the capital court at an accelerated speed of 800 miles.
The other princes and princes may be watching with the idea that Emperor Xin can delay becoming the king, but now the king who is the dominant family in the capital and the officials in his faction will definitely not let go of this opportunity.
Logically speaking, when the news reached the capital, officials should have impeached Liu Jiande on the pretext of arbitrarily deploying troops to attack Goguryeo.
Correspondingly, the results of the court's handling of this matter should also be transmitted to the border at an accelerated speed of 800 miles, and then transferred to Di Xin and Liu Jiande in the expeditionary force.
Judging from the time, when he was approaching the city of Khan, the documents or imperial edicts from the imperial court should have arrived.
But until now, the Emperor of Goguryeo has surrendered, and his army has entered Khan City, but there is no movement at all in the capital.
Di Xin did not believe that the imperial court would be so slow that it has not yet negotiated a solution.
No matter how difficult it is to negotiate, the court officials headed by King Cheng will speed up the process.
There is a saying that the merits outweigh the faults.
When the achievements of the expeditionary force become greater, let alone the long-term success of the Goguryeo and Uighur tribes, when the two tribes are completely conquered, the imperial court will only be able to do small punishments and big warnings based on the achievements made by Emperor Xin and Liu Jiande.
After all, people's support is something that the court must consider, and Emperor Xin and Liu Jiande, who have made such great achievements, will inevitably have a great increase in their prestige among the people.
This was not in the interest of King Cheng and his factional officials.
Di Xin's guess was indeed correct, but because of the old emperor's specious statement, all officials in the imperial court were now very cautious about handling Di Xin's expedition.
If the old emperor is really secretly supporting King Yu, then not only will they not get the results they want by dealing with King Yu, but they may also make themselves embarrassed.
Di Xin didn't know that it was the old emperor who helped him block all the overt and covert arrows that might come from the capital, but he only knew one thing, and that was that the later the court dealt with the matter, the harder it would be for him and Liu Jiande.
favorable.
Although Di Xin was not too afraid, the less trouble the better.
However, you can't just sit back and relax.
Beyond the noisy crowd, Di Xin's voice sounded in the hall.
"Master Liu, what is the other way?"
When King Yu spoke, naturally no one dared to make any more mistakes, and the hall suddenly became quiet.
A strange look flashed in Liu Jiande's eyes, but he still raised his hands and said, "Your Highness, this second method is not safe."
Di Xin smiled and said, "It's okay, let's talk and listen."
"yes."
After Liu Jiande responded, he said respectfully: "The second method is simple to say, and that is to divide the troops."
"Split the troops?"
Everyone once again looked at Liu Jiande with puzzled expressions.
Di Xin was thoughtful, but did not interrupt Liu Jiande's words.
Liu Jiande continued: "It's time to divide the troops, but before dividing the troops, we need to demobilize some people."
"According to our previous intelligence collection on Goguryeo, when His Highness's army arrived at Khan City, there should be only more than 10,000 defenders in Khan City."
"But after the Emperor of Goguryeo surrendered in Kaicheng, statistics showed that there were fully 20,000 soldiers in the city."
He turned sideways and looked at Ouyang Xuan and others, and asked with a smile: "My lords, do you know where these extra 10,000 people come from?"
This matter was investigated clearly when he entered the city. Ouyang Xuan replied without thinking: "They were all formed by forcibly recruiting the people in the city."
Liu Jiande nodded and said, "That's exactly it."
"Of the 20,000 Goguryeo soldiers in the city, more than 10,000 were just commoners a few days ago."
"These common people are just trying to get on the shelves. Although they put on the clothes of soldiers, they cannot become real soldiers in just a few days. In essence, they are just ordinary people."
"These ten thousand people can be dismissed on the spot."
"Now that the war in Goguryeo is basically over, as long as His Highness promises not to pursue them, they will have no intention of resisting."
Everyone's eyes lit up.
Yes, the people and the soldiers have different ideas.
As long as they take off the soldiers' clothes and return the land to them, basically no one will take the risk of resisting again.
Ouyang Xuan said with great joy: "In this way, we only need to deal with the remaining 10,000 soldiers."
"That's right."
Liu Jiande smiled and took over the conversation and said: "The remaining 10,000 soldiers are all soldiers who have undergone long-term training. It is useless to send them away directly, but it will easily leave hidden dangers."
"At this time, we need to use the strategy of dividing our troops."
Ouyang Xuan asked with bright eyes: "How to divide the troops?"
Liu Jiande said: "These 10,000 soldiers together are a powerful force, but when separated, they are not so dangerous."
"The so-called division of troops strategy is to divide these ten thousand people into several armies and send them to the cities we captured before."
"While they are assisting the soldiers in the city to maintain order, they are also monitored by my soldiers in Dali to prevent them from being used by people with malicious intentions."
After saying this, he sighed.
"It's just that the number of defenders we left behind in each city was more than 2,000, and the few we had left were only around a thousand. However, the number of Goguryeo soldiers assigned to each city was slightly exceeded."
"The advantage of this is that even if some of the 10,000 people want to rebel, the rebels of one or two thousand people can easily suppress it; but the disadvantage is that if the Goguryeo soldiers in a city have rebellion, then the local Dali soldiers want to
It’s not easy to rely on your own ability to settle things.”
"If you are not careful, a city may be occupied by rebels. At that time, countering the rebellion will require more energy."
"That's why I say this second approach is riskier."
After telling his own method, Liu Jiande raised his hands to Di Xin and said: "Your Highness, to be on the safe side, it is better to choose the first method. Move the 20,000 soldiers together to the vicinity of Jiande City. I, the soldiers of Jiande City, will