Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Page 2154

"Did I hear you right? You're asking me for an idea?"

"You heard me right. If you listen to it, you will be clear and you will be convinced, but I will ask you for your opinion. Is there anything wrong?"

"Then you are not afraid that the old man will cheat you?"

"Whether it's a scam or not, Mr. Guo will decide for himself."

Yuan Taizuo closed his eyes and thought for a while, then said: "Since you are willing to listen, then I will tell you. The best thing for you to do now is to abandon the city and leave."

"Tell me your reason."

"Pyongyang City has been breached, and it is impossible to hide the news. Every quarter of an hour you stay, you will be in more danger. At that time, hundreds of thousands of troops will be surrounded on all sides, and you will not be able to leave even if you want to."

Guo Ye nodded, and said: "It sounds reasonable, but... Although it is dangerous to stay, I only stay for one day, so I can get more benefits, right?"

"Benefits? The biggest benefit, you have already got it!"

Yuan Taizuo said: "First, you attracted hundreds of thousands of troops from Goguryeo and Baekje, and bought time for Li Shimin to escape. Second, how great is the achievement of breaking Pyongyang? I am afraid that the emperor of Tang Dynasty is thinking about it day and night. That’s the thing, after returning to court, there will be a lot of rewards.”

"Then is there another third?"

"Of course I did. With the trophy of this old man, Li Shimin can completely cover up the failure of the Eastern Expedition. As you who caught the old man, you are another amazing feat."

Guo Ye smiled slightly, and said: "Actually, I have thought about everything you said. But, life is hard and never satisfied. Now that I have returned to Long and forget Shu, I want to get some other benefits."

"Other benefits?"

"For example, is there any way to drain Goguryeo's national power?"

Yuan Taizuo sneered: "There are too many ways. But the easiest way is to burn Pyongyang City. I don't know if Qin Guogong dares?"

"Why don't I dare?"

"From the point of view of the Tang court, if you burned Pyongyang City, and I don't know how many Goguryeo people were buried with it, then you will have a deadly enmity with the Goguryeo people. When you invade again, the Goguryeo people will definitely resist desperately. Even if you can destroy Without my Yuan family, it would be difficult to rule this land."

Guo Ye said, "Does Mo Lizhi still have something to say?"

"That's right, apart from the court, you have to think about yourself. Although what you do is not good for me, Goguryeo, in the eyes of those honest gentlemen, it is just two words-inhumane. After returning to the country, it is bound to be impeached by all officials. Why do you do it? What about such a thankless thing?"

Guo Ye smacked his mouth and said, "What you said is indeed reasonable. However, someone Guo came up with a way to set fire to Pyongyang City without these disadvantages."

"How could there be such a way? If you burn down other people's homes, how can they not hate you?"

"I'll give you money!"

"Give...give money?"

"That's right, Yuan Nanjian is quite capable of raising money. I can't take away so much money in the treasury, so it's better to distribute it to the people."

"That's not enough to make up for their losses."

"Of course I understand this, but so what? We are an occupying army. Not only do we not rob money but also give it out, it is already very good. If they pick and choose again, they will be too dissatisfied."

As soon as Guo Ye gave an order, the news that he was going to burn the city had already been notified.

The people of Pyongyang were out of luck, and they helped the old and the young to flee for their lives outside the city.As for those who scold Guo Ye, there are actually not many.

There is no international agreement these days, whether to burn the city or not depends entirely on the conscience of the general.In fact, as soon as Tang Jun progressed, some people guessed that they would do this.

It was better than expected. Before Tang Jun set the fire, he also informed that it was very benevolent and righteous to allow everyone to escape with gold and silver.

After everyone left the city, they didn't expect an even bigger surprise in front of them.

Copper coins, cloth and even medicinal materials piled up into several hills.These are all the things in Yuan Nanjian's treasury. Guo Yekang gave all these things to the people due to the generosity of others.

As for Tang Jun himself, he only left 40 taels of gold.Two thousand cavalry, 200 taels per person.I really can't bring more, any more will affect the combat effectiveness.

Seeing the scene where the king of the mountain is doing justice for the sky, Yuan Taizuo said: "Duke Qin, you are so cruel."

"How do you say this?"

"You divided everything in the treasury, except for the food."

"Food? It's all about giving money. If you don't have money, you can buy it."

"But the food in Goguryeo is fixed. If you burn all the food in the city, the price of food will inevitably be raised. Although the people who were driven out of the city can buy food, those who are not in Pyongyang will suffer."

Guo Ye said: "Mo Lizhi is really smart. Although I burned the homes of the people in Pyongyang, I gave them money to make up for it, and they will not starve to death. Their resentment towards me will not be deep. As for people in other places who starved to death, they only People in Pyongyang will be blamed for raising food prices."

"As expected of Duke Qin of the Tang Dynasty, you are really poisonous." Yuan Taizuo gritted his teeth and said, "People can be deceived, but the heart of heaven cannot be deceived. If you die, you will fall into the eighteenth level of hell, and you will never be reborn forever!"

Guo Ye shrugged and said, "Speaking harshly is useful, so why do you need the police?"

……

……

Goguryeo camp, Chinese army tent.

Yuan Nanjian sat upright in the middle, feeling his eyebrows twitching and restless.Suddenly a small school stumbled in and said, "Report! Report to the king that something is wrong!"

"What's the panic?"

"Qin Guogong Guoye raided Pyongyang, burning the city with fire, and the whole city has become a piece of white ground."

"Huh? Is that so?"

"Little people dare not lie."

Immediately afterwards, there were several visits to Malaysia to report.Yuan Nanjian knew that the burning of Pyongyang was a foregone conclusion!

hula~

Yuan Nanjian pushed all the things on the table to the ground, and said angrily: "Quickly ask Da Zhongxiang to come and see me!"

Chapter 1970 Playing Off?

"My lord, I have committed a crime, so please punish me. Even if you cut me into pieces, I will have no complaints." Da Zhongxiang knelt down on his knees and touched his head to the ground.

"Oh! What's the use of me punishing you?"

Now that Yuan Nanjian's anger has subsided a little, thinking about it carefully, he really can't blame Da Zhongxiang.

Who would have thought that Guo Ye would dare to attack Pyongyang City with 2000 people?Make up your mind, just make up your mind, this matter is extremely difficult and dangerous, and it was actually done!

This is really beyond everyone's expectations.

It's not that Da Zhongxiang is incompetent, but that Guo Ye is too cunning.