Chapter 549
"Your Majesty, Anhu City is the gateway to the capital, so we must save it!"
In the inner city of Goguryeo, in the Qinzheng Hall of the Royal Palace, an old official with white beard and hair cried bitterly and advised Gao Yanyou.
"Your Majesty, Anhu City is deeply surrounded by heavy enemy troops. The frontline soldiers resist desperately to repay the King's great kindness. If you don't send troops to rescue, I'm afraid the frontline soldiers will be disappointed!"
A man who looked like a general also came out and said to Gao Yanyou who was sitting on the throne.
"Damoda (an official position in Goguryeo, equivalent to a general), the king is not not sending troops to rescue, but we have no soldiers to send at present. The Han soldiers are divided into three groups, and all the soldiers in Bencheng, Wandu City, and Anhu City are in emergency. Don't you worry about the soldiers on the front line? But how many troops can we use now? As Damoda, you must know it well!"
Another Goguryeo official came out and said to the general.
"Hmph, don't you know why the troops are insufficient? If you hadn't been in arrears with military expenses, why would only 400,000 of my 500,000 Goguryeo warriors remain?!"
It's good that the official didn't make a sound, but when he made a sound, the general was immediately enraged. He took two steps forward, grabbed the official's collar and shouted angrily.
"enough!"
Gao Yanyou on the throne suddenly shouted angrily, patted the throne and stood up.
"The enemy is coming, you are still arguing here, what's the point?!"
"Your servant is rude, please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
The officials who were still arguing immediately bowed and apologized.
Gao Yanyou really wanted to pull out all the bastards in front of him and kill them, but he knew clearly that he couldn't. Goguryeo at this time was not so much a centralized state as it was a tribal alliance.
Behind each of these important officials in the court is a tribe, and Gao Yanyou can't deal with it at will!
In addition, he promised many benefits to these tribal leaders in order to ascend the throne. Before it could be fulfilled now, Shang Ji's soldiers came to suppress the border.
Gao Yanyou, as an incompetent monarch, lacked confidence in the face of this group of creditors who could be armed to collect debts at any time.
"Sister-in-law, do you want to send troops to support?" Gao Yanyou turned his attention to the silent Goguryeo Queen Yu Shi.
Gao Yanyou was able to ascend the throne smoothly, thanks to Yu's great efforts. And Yu's political skills are quite superb. In the current Goguryeo government, Yu's status is even vaguely better than Gao Yanyou.
Yu lowered her head and said with a slight smile: "I am a woman of the first class, how can I speak nonsense about important military affairs? Your Majesty and all your lovers will do as they see fit. If I am exhausted, I will retire first!"
After finishing speaking, without waiting for Gao Yanyou to respond, Shi Shi ran away with her maid under the eyes of many courtiers.
"Bitch!"
Seeing Yu Shi's defiant appearance, Gao Yanyou's anger was soaring, he clenched his fists and cursed in his heart!
From Gao Yanyou's psychological point of view, he didn't want to send troops. Mainly because of his severe insecurity. The domestic city has 500,000 troops on paper, but the enemy found out that the actual number is only 400,000!
According to the regulations, the army in the domestic city should start at the fourth rank, but the world is as black as crows. The county soldiers of the Han Dynasty had a large number of second-rank soldiers indiscriminately, and Goguryeo also had a large number of unqualified soldiers serving as the forbidden army.
In the end, it was found that there were only about 200,000 Tier 4 troops, and the rest were Tier 3 troops. Although more than 300,000 troops were urgently recruited, the actual combat effectiveness was even worse!
This little army is not safe to use to guard the inner city, let alone send it out to support Anhu City.
However, the courtiers' persuasion was justified, and they refused to go to the rescue, let alone the question of whether the soldiers would surrender to the enemy in cold hearts. Gao Yanyou didn't believe that the Pingzhou army would stop after capturing Anhu City.
Gao Yanyou still understands the simple truth of the so-called isolated city. Although the domestic city has high walls and deep terrain, it will definitely collapse after being besieged for a month or two!
"Your Majesty, the envoys sent to Han and Xianbei have already replied, and they all claim to support us in resisting the tyrannical Hanping State Shepherd. But Your Majesty, if we behave too cowardly,
I'm afraid they'll give up waiting for me! "
The report of this courtier is very interesting. Except for Xianbei, no one gave an actual answer to Goguryeo. They were all ambiguous statements. After a little revision and processing by the courtiers, it became that as long as Goguryeo showed the potential to resist the merchants, it would provide massive support.
Gao Yanyou is not a fool, and he understands all of it. But he doesn't intend to expose it, Goguryeo is now in a moment of panic, and it really needs some good news to boost the morale of the army!
"Okay! As the saying goes, the right is more helpful than the unjust. Since there are many righteous people, the mad thief will not last long. As long as you block the enemy in Anhu City and wait for the support of Xianbei, Ding Gong, and Gongsun Gong, you will be able to fight back and forth." Defeat the enemy!"
Gao Yanyou pretended to be very excited, and looked into the hall: "Da Moda, let you lead the troops to Anhu City, how about teaching the Han people a lesson?"
The general's expression was shocked, and he asked respectfully: "May I ask the king, how many soldiers do you need to support Anhu City?"
"The newly recruited 300,000 strong soldiers, plus 200,000 elite troops, will send 500,000 troops to the domestic city. Then I will recruit the garrison troops in Wudu City, Liuping City, Anmo City, etc., and gather a total of 800,000 troops. Damoda is allowed to be recruited into the army along the way, the number is not limited! After arriving in Anhu City, Damoda will take over Anhu City with full authority. As long as he can block the enemy's attack, Damoda will be the next Crouching Tiger, and Anhu City will be permanent Give it to the Bodu family!"
The big model named Boduqing is the current patriarch of the Bodu family and the most powerful tribal leader in Goguryeo.
Hearing Gao Yanyou's promise, Da Mo Da's eyes turned red, and he said in a broken voice, "Your Majesty's words are serious?"
"You are not joking!"
In Boduqing's concept, there are 800,000 regular troops, and then their Bodu family can also send out another 200,000 private troops. This is an army of one million, plus the existing army in Anhu City, the regular army is already 1.4 million. It's exactly twice the size of Liu Yijun. With some strong men, he can easily break through two million, and then rely on the defense of the strong city. There is no reason why he can't defend it!
Uh, after such a comparison, I found that He Jin is quite competent as a general. At least he knows that war is not a simple numbers game.
Bo Duqing excitedly went to prepare to lead the army. Gao Yanyou ordered all the troops from all over the country to come to the inner city to serve the king as long as they could move, and the inner city was also desperately recruiting troops.
But the really smart people have already started to prepare for the backhand.
After Mrs. Yu returned to the harem, she immediately said: "Goguryeo is finished, we can't be buried with it. Qinghong, you take someone to secretly go to Han with rich gifts, and contact the shepherd of Pingzhou. I need to get in touch with him!"
"Yes, Queen!"
A man in white behind Yu said in a low voice.
After the white-bearded minister who was crying bitterly in the main hall returned home, he immediately arranged for the younger generation of the family to leave the city for refuge.
As for Gao Yanyou, he was not a fool, he turned around and ordered his confidantes to prepare to escape, and he planned to go into exile in North Korea.
In short, Goguryeo, from the king to the courtiers, each had their own little calculations.