Chapter 71 Bloody Tears

Yang Guang shook his hand, "War is not about gains and losses of a city and a pool, but about national strength. The Sui Dynasty fought Goguryeo by relying on strong national strength. We should defeat Goguryeo with a dignified army. It is not a big deal to abandon a city and a pool first. Besides, the army now has no food and grass, so it is not the best way to stay here. I have decided on this matter, so don't say much."

Yang Guang had already decided on the matter in a few words, and the third expedition of Goguryeo of the Sui Dynasty ended. All the generals hurriedly prepared, sent orders, and packed things. In another two hours, when the third update arrived in the evening, hundreds of thousands of troops and hundreds of thousands of civilians would quietly run away.

Chen Kefu advised him a few words and stopped talking. Anyway, he couldn't stop the Sui Dynasty from falling. But as a soldier, he couldn't pretend to be invisible when he saw such a thing. Since Yang Guang was leaving, he felt that he could stay. Moreover, Yang Guang didn't even allocate the camp this time, and even threw down all kinds of equipment and supplies.

If he stays, then these things will be his. These are the equipment and materials of hundreds of thousands of troops, especially those large-scale equipment, which are the heavy weapons of this era.

But Chen Kefu didn't know how to speak for a moment. Although Pojun Camp was an elite, it was also a personal army beside the emperor. If the emperor left, they would definitely have to leave. Just when he didn't know what to say, a familiar voice next to him rang out.

"Your Majesty, is it that my Great Sui Dynasty's dynasty has been expedition several times, and this time it will end like this again? Even if the Liaodong City is placed in the Central Plains, it is also a first-class city, which is not much worse than Chang'an and Luoyang. For such a city, we have been besieged by hundreds of thousands of troops for more than a month, and countless casualties are killed or injured. Now that the city is about to be destroyed, Your Majesty wants to train and leave immediately, not even care about food, grass and equipment. Your Majesty, we abandon these things like broken shoes, but if they are taken away by the Goguryeo people, it will be the weapon to kill my men in the Central Plains."

Chen Kefu saw that the old man Li Benlei, who had been sitting cross-legged next to him without saying anything, was flushed at this moment, and his lips were trembling when he stood there. His voice was tragic and tears had already flowed down.

"Your Majesty, I have been killed and injured in the Sui Dynasty for three years. Can you tell me that the Liao dog picked up the bones of my Sui Dynasty under the city of Pyongyang to build a Jingguan? There are more than 100,000 white bones, all of which are good men in the Central Plains, and there are also ministers' sons and grandsons. Even if I die in battle, I still have to be insulted by the Goguryeo people, picked up the bones of the Goguryeo people and built them into Jingguan. They are admired by the Goguryeo people, and even passers-by men often urinate there."

"Your Majesty, those are also your people. They are all summoned by you to come to Liaodong, thousands of miles away. They abandon their families and their children, and they cannot even return to their roots after death, and they cannot even return to their hometowns. Now that the city of Liaodong is about to be destroyed, your Majesty wants to give up. Will your Majesty still want to let more men in Central Plains fall under this city of Liaodong next year? Does your Majesty want more men in Central Plains to be built into Jingguan by the Liao people for their appreciation and play, and insults?"

Mr. Li Benlei persuaded Yang Guang with tears, while kowtowing and pounding. After a while, his head was bleeding, and his face was covered with blood, and he was flowing down with tears.

Chen Kefu was also a little stunned. He did not expect that the old man with gray hair, who was over 60 years old, had such a loyal and fierce side. Seeing him kneeling on the ground while beating hard, and going to Yang Guang to refuse to retreat, Chen Kefu felt as if his heart was cut by one knife and one knife, which was extremely heartbreaking.

Although he was also a little worthless for the soldiers who died in Liaodong, and although he was also humiliated and angry for the soldiers who were picked up by the Liao people after their death and became Jingguan, he never thought of asking Yang Guang in such a way.

He was thinking more about protecting himself. He was even thinking about how to take this opportunity to strengthen himself, but now he felt that standing with the old man was particularly small and childish. He even felt that he was a little cowardly and without the passion of a soldier.

Chen Kefu hurriedly knelt down together and pulled Mr. Li and said, "How could Your Majesty not know these things? It's just that Your Majesty is pretending to be the whole world. Your Majesty knows that the Liao people use the corpses of my Great Sui soldiers to build Jingguan. It's just that Your Majesty didn't reveal this feeling. Your Majesty also knows that many people will die next year after giving up Liaodong, but Your Majesty is also trying to return to the Central Plains as soon as possible to quell the chaos."

"If the Central Plains is injustice, if Yang continues to rebel, the Central Plains will suffer even more destruction, and more people will be in dire straits. Today, the Liao people have done to us. Your Majesty will seek justice for those soldiers in the future. General Li, you are also a veteran who has been in the battlefield for a long time. Don't you understand tactics and strategies? Why do you have to guess your Majesty's thoughts? That's not what a vulgar soldier like you and me guessed. Lord Li, please apologize to Your Majesty, we have to go back and prepare to pack up and retreat later."

Chen Kefu knew that Yang Guang was a person with good face. The old man said something just now was very rude, although everything was right. However, it was undoubtedly inappropriate to say such words to the emperor, and that emperor was still Yang Guang, which was even more inappropriate.

Originally, Yang Guang was just escaping and said it was triumphant. Everyone was just trying to save face for the emperor. Now that you criticize him one by one, where would you let Yang Guang go? If you get angry, you will be looking for death.

After being with Mr. Li for so long, Chen Kefu really treated Li Benlei as his grandfather. Such a veteran in the battlefield lost his three sons and two grandsons on the battlefield. Chen Kefu really didn't want to see him shed blood for the country and shed tears again.

Yang Guang's eyes were wide open, his face was so gloomy, even more scary than when he received the news of Yang Xuangan's rebellion. Originally, this rebellion of Yang Xuangan had already made this emperor who was unparalleled in civil and military affairs in the world unable to come to Taiwan. Now, a small fourth-rank general dared to accuse him in public at such a time. He was even vaguely scolding him. Could it be that Yang Guang had reached a point where anyone could betray him and accuse him?

Just now, Yang Xuangan pulled Li Mi to rebel. They were all nobles of the empire. Now it is better. A small general dared to come and criticize him in public. If this continues, what is the majesty of the emperor? Where will his emperor be placed? Will people in the world follow suit in the future? Everyone dares to criticize him, and even a commoner dares to say bad things about him?

Chen Kefu turned around and slapped Yang Guang's flattery, and found that Yang Guang was still dark-faced, and knew that the matter was getting worse this time. While helping the old man, he knocked his hand knife on his neck, knocking him fainted.

Chen Kefu knelt on the ground and pretended to be frightened, "Your Majesty, it's because I'm not disciplined, so I'll let my subordinates say such ruthless words. However, General Li was a little dazed today. He was afraid that when he was watching the formation on the battlefield, he touched the past and remembered his three sons and two grandsons who died in Liaodong who fought for the country. General Li fought for the Great Sui Dynasty for his whole life, and never said anything. Now he has a long white hair, but he has sent black hair. The family of three generations serves the country, and even sacrifices all his life for the country, except for the old man. How loyal and martyr are he? Such a minister is Your Majesty's most loyal minister, Your Majesty."

Yang Guangling smiled and said, "Loyalty, so loyal that he is not as loyal as the emperor. Can he blame me in person? Will people all over the world scold me when they see me in the future to show their loyalty?"

"Your Majesty, General Li has shown his loyalty to the people of the world through his more than 60 years of actions, and even his whole family has shown his loyalty to Your Majesty. General Li was worried that others would criticize His Majesty what he did today in the future, so he said those words rashly. Although the way was wrong, his heart was loyal to Your Majesty. General Li was entirely to safeguard Your Majesty's power. Please give your Majesty a clear guide."

Chen Kefu didn't know what to say. No matter how you say this, the old man handled it wrongly, unless the emperor in front of him was a very enlightened emperor.

Pei Yun stood beside him with a dark face and looked here. For him, it was undoubtedly a good opportunity. He had not spoken before, but felt that if he took action, then the crime would be just Li Benlei's crime. Although Chen Kefu was Li Benlei's boss, with his favor in front of the emperor now, it would be impossible for him to trouble him with this matter.

Now, after waiting for so long, Chen Kefu is still a little tender. When he encountered this incident, he couldn't understand the principle of abandoning his troops and protecting his car, so he jumped in.

Pei Yun was waiting for this opportunity now. He was too lazy to take action against a small Li Benlei, but it was very necessary if it was Chen Kefu, who he had always disliked. Youdao is to bully the old and don’t bully the young, and Li Benlei is just an old man with no foundation. Such a person does not pose any threat to them. Since a person like him has bullied the young, he will definitely find a way to completely defeat his opponent.

But Chen Kefu is different. Their relationship has become worse and worse because of a little thing before, and Chen Kefu is now rising faster and faster, which has made him feel a serious threat. Naturally, the sooner he dealt with such a threat, the better. He never ruthlessly faced his political opponents. Especially when he was an official in Nanchen back then, he was extremely unpopular, and he only hated the royal family of Nanchen.
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