Chapter six hundred and eighty-first
In the morning, in the meeting room, the envoy sent by the King of Goguryeo to supervise the battle was talking to the eastern Lord Yoon Gassumwen. The Goguryeo generals present remained silent and listened quietly. In the back hall, Kim Mingcheng was also listening to the conversation between the two sides.
He had been here for more than ten days, and was very wise and wanted to persuade Yuan Gaisu to understand the current affairs and abandon the darkness and turn to the light. Now the effect is obvious. The messenger sent by King Goguryeo to supervise the war will probably be in vain.
As the head coach of the Goguryeo army in the upstream area of the Sashui River, Yongasuwen lost an important barrier - the Wangchuan area. This means that it took more than ten years to build an important defense line with a large amount of manpower and material resources, but there was only one corner (the northern end).
If the mountain city guarded by Yongaisuwen is now lost again, it means that the Zhou army breaks through the entire defense line from the flank and approaches the area where the "temporary capital" of Goguryeo is located.
A large number of troops and people gave up the plains and hid in the mountains in order to strengthen the walls and clear the fields, avoid the enemy's edge, and avoid the enemy's strength, so that the opponent would withdraw his troops because of the high logistics cost.
If the confrontation cannot be guaranteed and the enemy approaches the temporary capital, there is no way to escape.
To this end, the center hopes that as the head coach of the side, Yoon Gaisuwen quickly finds a way to change his blind approach and finds ways to turn the situation around.
However, Yuan Gai Suwen did not move his troops and just defended his defense, as if he was waiting for the Zhou army to attack. If this strategy was not wrong before the Battle of Wangchuan, the battle of Wangchuan would be fine, but the fortress group that was hard-working on Wangchuan would not be over for long. If he blindly defended his life, he would probably not be able to defend it.
For this reason, King Goguryeo sent envoys many times to urge Yongaisuwen to take the initiative to attack properly and use attack instead of defending. He should not defend as hard as before, but the results were achieved.
Later, there were rumors that the Zhou army was persuading Yuan Gaisuwen to surrender, so Yuan Gaisuwen remained unmoved and wanted to wait for the price. For this reason, the King of Goguryeo became increasingly restless. This time he sent an envoy again to urge Yuan Gaisuwen to fight, but it was difficult to force him too much.
I'm afraid that the other party will really vote for Zhou State.
Jin Mingcheng listened to the tone of the messenger's anxious but afraid to speak too ruthlessly, deeply felt the helplessness of King Goguryeo, and couldn't help but sneer in his heart: If I had known this, why would it have been the first?
Yuan Gaisuwen's grandfather Yuan Ziyou accumulated great military achievements and prestige by storing Martin, Baekje, and Silla, so he was appointed as the post of Datonglu, which was equivalent to the priest of the Central Plains.
By leading foreign wars, Genji cultivated a group of close friends and attracted a large number of nobles, so that he specially set up the post of "Molizhi" on top of the Great Lu, and his power went further.
The position of Mo Lizhi is probably equivalent to the Central Secretariat and the Minister of War in the Central Plains. The military and political power is in the hands of the royal power, and the royal power is somewhat overshadowed compared to it.
Yuan Gaisuwen's father Yuan Taizuo, as Mo Lizhi, had been seizing power, which made Gao Yuan, the newly succeeded king at that time, restless. In order to win the game, he personally led his troops and joined forces with various troops of the Marine to launch an attack on the western Liaoning region of Zhou.
Gao Yuan wanted to revive the royal family's might by relying on military victory, but this move angered Zhou.
Later, the Zhou State launched a large-scale military force, defeating Goguryeo. It was difficult to make a successful peace, but the areas north of the Yalu River were all lost, and the Pyongyang area was swept away by the Zhou army, with heavy casualties.
Many nobles suffered losses, and they complained.
Gao Yuan's prestige fell sharply, but the Yuan family's prestige was also greatly affected, because it was this incompetent to the monarch and ministers that seriously damaged the interests of the "national people" (nobles) and caused the loss of troops and humiliation of the country.
Therefore, after Gao Yuan's death last year, his son had no chance to succeed to the throne, and the nobles supported Gao Yuan's younger brother Gao Jianwu to succeed to the throne.
Gao Yuan paid the price for this big defeat, and Yuan Taizuo was the same.
As Mo Lizhi, he was invincible to defend against the enemy during his tenure, and most of his territory was lost. Not to mention that his political enemies did not like him, even his originally loyal political allies were disloyal.
This is the pros and cons of the power in control: if you expand your territory, your contribution and reputation will belong to you; if you lose your troops and humiliate your country, your responsibility and infamy will belong to you.
Yuan Taizuo's prestige is not as good as back then, and his control over the situation has continued to weaken, and he cannot even pave the way for his son Yuan Gaisuwen to succeed him.
Yuan Taizuo died, and the counterattack of the nobles came later. The position of Mo Lizhi was abolished, and the position of Lu, who should have been inherited by Yuan Gaisuwen, lost Yuan Gaisuwen's share.
Not only that, even the position of the Eastern Lord, which belongs to the Yuan family's capital, was almost unable to get it. Faced with the open or secret obstruction of the nobles, Yuan Gaisuwen had to bow down and beg everyone to give him a chance to show off.
Anyone with a little self-esteem can't stand this kind of cowardice, let alone Yuan Gaisuwen, who should have just succeeded the Eastern Lord.
Now, the king and the great nobles were afraid that Yuan Gaisuwen, who suffered a lot of casualties after the Battle of Wangchuan, would join the Zhou army. Now they started to speak good things, and even appointed officials to make wishes, and used the position of Lu to win over Yuan Gaisuwen.
But it was too late, and the Eastern Adults had a better choice.
Jin Mingcheng thought so. He felt that everyone could see that Goguryeo would be over sooner or later, it was just a matter of lasting for a few years.
Anyway, the Zhou army controlled the plains and the Goguryeo military and civilians who were trapped in the mountainous areas had limited arable land. After eating up all the stored grain, there was no other way but to surrender.
So, how can you be a big couple that is not worthy of your name? Where can you join the Zhou Kingdom and be a county magistrate?
Even if it is not reused, it is always good to be a rich man.
After all, just when the powerful families in the Central Plains used "air conditioners" and "heating", the Goguryeo kings could not use such equipment, let alone enjoy various enjoyments. How could the so-called kings and princes in the small country enjoy?
Jin Mingcheng was just proud, but he heard the voices in the hall getting more and more intense, and the messenger actually started arguing with Yoon Gaisuwen.
He listened carefully and heard that the messenger was so excited that he spoke without saying a word, asking Yuan Gaisuwen whether he wanted to surrender to the enemy country and betray his ancestors.
Before Jin Mingcheng could even think something was wrong, he heard a clang and then a scream came.
The hall was commotion, and several screams were heard one after another, and many more voices were heard. Jin Mingcheng heard Yoon Gai Suwen without any disturbance. While breathing a sigh of relief, he was so anxious that he secretly scolded the young man for being young. Constantly, he couldn't hold back his anger.
Can't you fool it? Can't you be fooled? Why did you take the knife?
At this time, I heard Yuan Gaisuwen say loudly, "The king is suspicious of loyalty and kindness, knows people without knowing it, and appoints a favored villain, which leads to the decline of the state affairs. My intention is to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and welcome the heavenly soldiers. There are envoys from Zhou State here!"
Then, a soldier came over and asked Jin Mingcheng to come out of the hall to meet the generals.
It has come to this point, and it is useless to say more. Jin Mingcheng straightens his back and turns to the front hall.
The vestige was filled with blood, and several people were lying in pools of blood. Jin Mingcheng looked at the generals, but saw that everyone looked different and felt a little nervous. However, seeing Yuan Gaisuwen's face was firm, he finally felt relieved.
Yuan Gai Suwen introduced Jin Mingcheng's identity to the generals, then cut off the head of the messenger and placed it on the table, then raised the knife to question the generals: "My intention has been decided, and I will welcome the heavenly soldiers, who has something to say!"
After a moment, the generals bowed and bowed: "Everything is only followed by the orders of the great master!"
Seeing this, Jin Mingcheng was overjoyed: OK, I killed the envoy of King Goguryeo in public, and now I can only be determined to surrender to the official army!
Chapter completed!