After reciting someone's famous sentence, Chen Yingliang, who is quite familiar with the history of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, asked again: "Brother, do you know the reason why the emperor conquered Goguryeo for the first time?"
"I know." Mr. Qiao Song is also a well-informed person, and replied: "The imperial court discovered that Goguryeo sent envoys to contact the Turks. The emperor was worried that the two would collude to invade our Central Plains, so he used this as an excuse to send 300,000 troops to conquer Goguryeo?"
"Brother, have you seen our map of Huaxia?" Chen Yingliang asked again, and then said with gestures: "The location of Gaoli Bangzi is just on the edge of the Liaoxi Plain, with the Tunguska beasts to the north, Turkic cavalry to the west, and us to the south." The Liaoxi Corridor of the Sui Dynasty, the south of the Liaoxi Corridor is the North China Plain.”
"In this way, if Koryo Bangzi really joins forces with the Turks to attack our Central Plains, then we will immediately be able to form a pincer attack on the Liaoxi Plain of our Great Sui Dynasty. Once the strategic area of the Liaoxi Plain falls, our Great Sui Dynasty will not only lose the Northeast. The land that produces horses will also be forced to garrison heavy troops in the Liaoxi Corridor to strengthen the defense, and pay more money and food for the army, because if the Liaoxi Corridor is lost again, our North China Plain in the Sui Dynasty will have no danger to defend. It can form a overwhelming momentum against us in the Sui Dynasty, and will threaten us in the hinterland of the Central Plains all the time. There is no way to defend, and it is even more difficult to counterattack."
"So! The Goryeo barbarians must be wiped out!" Chen Yingliang waved his hand and said excitedly: "The Goryeo barbarians, like the Turkic barbarians, have long coveted my rich and prosperous Central Plains land! Conquer and fear, and then kill them all, then our northeastern border of China will never have peace!"
"Because Bangzi is a white-eyed wolf who is not familiar with it, and a mangy dog who sees the wind and helps the tyrant. Whenever they have the opportunity, they will never miss the opportunity to bite our Da Sui! Even if they are slaves to other barbarians. Bangzi will also be hostile to our Huaxia, and will take away everything from our Huaxia!"
Mr. Qiao Song has been listening attentively to Chen Yingliang's opinion. He feels that although Chen Yingliang's hatred towards Goryeo is a bit extreme, and he doesn't understand why Chen Yingliang calls Goryeo a stick, but he feels that Chen Yingliang's analysis is very reasonable and his strategic judgment is also very correct. After secretly nodding, Mr. Qiao Song asked again: "My dear brother, in your opinion, what is the prospect of the emperor conquering Goguryeo for the second time?"
"It's more bad than good." Chen Yingliang, who just vented his anger but didn't dare to beat Nan Bangzi for unreasonable troubles, sighed, drank another bowl of mulled wine, and said sullenly while pouring wine: "The emperor's purpose is very right. , but the method is wrong. To deal with the gangsters of Goryeo, do we need to use hundreds of thousands of troops to conquer Goryeo? Using so many troops and running such a long distance to conquer Goryeo is not only unbearable for the common people, but also the logistics of our Sui army. Once the war becomes protracted, we ordinary people in the Sui Dynasty will have a heavier burden, and it will be more difficult to guarantee the food, grass and military supplies ahead, and we will be forced to retreat before long."
Putting down the wine jar that was about to bottom out heavily, Chen Yingliang, who was already blushing and thick-necked from drinking, picked up the wine bowl again, and while drinking, he said to Mr. Qiao Song who was listening intently: "My little brother thinks that in the current situation, we have to deal with it." The best way for Goryeo is to fight consumption, send partial divisions to conquer, the army does not need to be large, 30,000 to 50,000 elite soldiers are enough each time, and the scale of the expedition is absolutely affordable for us in the Sui Dynasty, but Goryeo is different, their country is small and the people At least, even if it is to deal with our partial teachers, we will have to pour the power of the country."
"In this way, Koryo Bangzi will be miserable." Chen Yingliang said with a belch, "We don't want to destroy Goryeo just once, we just need to force Koryo Bangzi to fight against the country every time, and kill some Goryeo every time. Soldiers and common people, destroy some of their farmland and cities, delay their farming season, and retreat when they see good results, so that Koryo Bangzi will be exhausted, and there will never be peace. , there is no food to eat, civil strife is self-evident, and our Great Sui will send heavy troops to kill them all, it will be as easy as pie."
After finally finishing the long speech, Chen Yingliang, who was thirsty, lowered his head to drink again, but Mr. Qiao Song was completely shocked, and thought to himself: "If I didn't see it with my own eyes and hear it with my own ears, I wouldn't dare I believe that this seventeen-year-old boy in front of me can actually come up with such a correct and reasonable strategy to destroy the enemy! If the emperor can adopt this strategy and use troops to wipe out the barbarians in Korea, it will be really easy!"
By the way, this strategy is Datang’s strategy to eliminate Goguryeo in the end, and it was copied by Chen Yingliang from later generations, and the person who put forward this strategy happened to be the first to say the phrase “He who is Goryeo, the barbarians are inferior” people.
After thinking about it for a long time, Mr. Qiao Song suddenly asked Chen Yingliang again: "Brother Yu, I have another question. Since you want to join the army and make meritorious service, why do you think of going to Duke Tang Li Yuan and serving under his command?"
"This..." Chen Yingliang hesitated for a moment, and then replied: "My little brother heard that Mr. Tang Li Yuan is very thirsty for talent, and he only values people so that he doesn't care about his family status. He thinks that he will have more chances to make a name for himself, so little brother." It was only then that I came up with the idea of going to join him."
"So that's it." Mr. Qiao Song nodded, looked at Chen Yingliang again, and then said: "My dear brother, Mr. Tang is good at making friends with heroes from all over the world. Brother Yu has also heard about it, but as far as Mr. Yu knows, Mr. Tang is very good at seeking talents. Thirst, it's not that everyone makes friends and uses him highly, my virtuous brother has neither a deep background nor a great reputation, even if a virtuous brother goes to him, it will be difficult to get reused, right?"
"Then let's start from the grassroots." Chen Yingliang replied confidently: "My younger brother is not a person who is too ambitious. I am confident that as long as I have the opportunity to serve the country, I will be able to shine and show my talent, so I don't care about the position. , whether the treatment is good or bad, I only need one chance, just one chance to show my strengths!"
"Well said, you have ambition!" Mr. Qiao Song applauded, hesitated for a while, Mr. Qiao Song, who admired Chen Yingliang's strategy and insight very much, made up his mind, and said with a smile: "Brother Yingliang, I can give you this opportunity as a brother, but I don't want to give you a chance." I know you're willing to accept it."
"Brother, can you give me this chance?" Chen Yingliang was taken aback.
"Yes." Mr. Qiao Song nodded, and said: "To tell you the truth, Brother Yu, I used to be an official in office. Although I am at home now, my father has always been serving the court. He is currently working in the court we just talked about. I served as an army supervisor on the Liaodong battlefield, and my father sent me a letter the day before yesterday, saying that there was a shortage of civilian officials in the Liaodong Army, asking if I would like to serve in the Liaodong Army."
"My dear brother, I've seen your calligraphy and it's pretty good. I've also seen your literary talent several times today, and I admire it a lot." Mr. Qiao Song said with a smile: "Your sister-in-law is pregnant, and now I really want to take off your clothes." I don't want to leave, but here is the opportunity. If my brother intends to serve in the Liaodong Army, I can transfer this opportunity to you and write a recommendation letter for you. You will have a position when you take the recommendation letter to Liaodong to meet my father. Let you flex your muscles."
Taking another look at Chen Yingliang who was already tongue-tied, Mr. Qiao Song said with a smile: "Of course, since my virtuous brother didn't have any fame or title before, if you just go there, your position will definitely not be very high. Usually, you will work as a secretary under the account of a certain general." Or bosses and the like, but these positions are close to the generals, and they can even serve as a military officer, and the salary is better than that of the same military position. If you want to flex your muscles and just enter the official career, such positions are more suitable than county officials. "
Chen Yingliang, who was worried about not being able to find a chance to enter the official career, was overjoyed immediately, nodded quickly and said: "I am willing, I am willing, I can guarantee that I will not let my brother down." Your recommendation will definitely not disappoint my brother-in-law and uncle!"
"It's fine if you are willing, so it's settled." Mr. Qiao Song nodded, and reminded: "However, brother Yu, you have something to say first. Now Liaodong is the front line of the war. Our army of the Sui Dynasty and the army of Goguryeo are fighting fiercely there. Han, Brother Xian went there, although there are many opportunities, the danger is also great!"
"Wealth and wealth are in danger!" Chen Yingliang waved his hand with Jiu Jin, and said loudly: "Afraid of death and danger, dare not venture out. Does the opportunity to become famous fall from the sky? That's it, my younger brother is willing to go to Liaodong to join the army, no matter what No matter what happens, you will never regret it!"
Mr. Qiao Song smiled and nodded, still satisfied with Chen Yingliang's courage and ambition. But it was also at this time that Chen Yingliang suddenly remembered a big event, and asked quickly: "Brother, who is your father? Since your father has such a high official position, why do you still dress like this? You live in the most important place in Daxing. Poor Nancheng?"
"My father's name is Fang Yanqian, and now he is an official in Fuyu Road. He is a clean and honest official. He often teaches my brother that it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. I am not allowed to live in a mansion, wear fancy clothes, and be extravagant. Food and drink." Mr. Qiao Song replied with a smile: "Brother Yu didn't dare to disobey his strict father's teachings, so he lived here, and usually kept a low profile deliberately, not letting the neighbors know about the situation at home."
"Also." Young Master Qiao Song added: "It's just that Brother Yu didn't expect that living here, he would be able to meet such a talented young man as Brother Xian. It seems that what my father said is right, there are so many talented people in a poor family."
"So that's it." Chen Yingliang nodded in a sudden realization, and then discovered a strange thing, and hurriedly asked: "Brother, isn't your surname Qiao? Why did you say that your father's surname was Fang?"
"Who said my surname is Qiao?" Mr. Qiao Song was more confused than Chen Yingliang, and said, "Brother Yu's surname is Xuanling, and his name is Qiao Song. Why, dear brother, you don't even know this?"
"Brother forgive me, I really don't know..."
Chen Yingliang hurriedly handed over his hands to plead guilty, but before he finished speaking, Chen Yingliang jumped three feet high, pointed at Mr. Qiao Song and shouted like a butcher: "What? Fang Xuanling? Brother Qiao Song, you are Fang Xuanling?!"
"Brother Yu is Fang Xuanling, what's wrong?" Fang Xuanling asked back, and then exclaimed, "My dear brother, what's wrong with you, dear brother? Why did you fall to the ground?"
Chen Yingliang did fall to the ground. One reason was that he couldn't bear the shock of being in close contact with Qiangu Xianxiang, and the other was physical problems-don't look at what Mr. Qiao Song brought was just a jar of ordinary thin wine, but for a person who has been close to him for a long time For a boy who satiates his hunger with wild vegetable porridge, it is absolutely unbearable to drink most of the jar of wine in one go.
"Drunk? Younger brother Yingliang, you can't drink too much, right?" After carefully checking Chen Yingliang's situation, he found that Chen Yingliang was just drunk on the ground. Only then did Fang Xuanling feel relieved and heaved a sigh of relief. Afterwards, Fang Xuanling said silently in his heart: "The Koreans are barbarians and lowly people. They are not treated with benevolence and righteousness. They should not be blamed with common courtesy. In ancient times, even though they killed thousands of people every day, they are not ashamed. "
"Strange, why does this writing style resemble mine so much?"
"Maybe it's a coincidence, brother Yingliang, it seems that we two brothers really hit it off."