Buyeo Chang was a strong man, otherwise he would not have ascended to the throne of Baekje as a side branch. After regaining the royal power internally, he suppressed the eight major families in the country, actively expanded externally, and plundered many Silla cities, causing Baekje to decline day by day. and once again kept up with the pace of Goguryeo and Silla.
But no matter what, he has never been as desperate as he is today.
Manpower is sometimes scarce!
Hearing the report from his subordinates that the Sui army was approaching the city and that the main force in the north was afraid of being wiped out, Fu Yuzhang sat heavily on the couch and did not react for a long time.
Being a little dull, he even thought that these were all illusions.
Qiwei has misled me, Yunzhong has misled me, and all the ministers in the dynasty have misled me!
Fu Yuzhang, who was angry and frightened, swept away all the things on the table hysterically, pulled out his sword, and hacked at the table randomly.
Until he was exhausted from chopping, Fuyu Zhang sat down on the ground and burst into tears.
At this moment, Fuyu Zhang was really scared and was really helpless.
When Goguryeo fell, Fu Yuzhang still laughed at Gao Yuan, the king of the ruined country, who pretended to be a king. He would not be a prisoner of others even if he died. But now, he found that he had no courage to die.
Not being able to even die is the most despairing thing.
It¡¯s not that Fuyu Zhang never thought of holding on, just like when Gao Yuan defeated Lai Huer, he used the capital as a battlefield and fought fiercely with the Sui army. However, the situation in Baekje was very different from that of Goguryeo.
After the Holy King of Baekje, power was transferred to the "Six Zoping Council" controlled by the "eight clans" such as Sa, Yeon, Hae, and Zhen. Even though Buyeo Chang continued to strengthen the royal power, these eight clans still controlled Si most of the rights.
In times of national calamity, the emperor cannot surrender, but ministers can. Fuyu Zhang couldn't even trust the eight major families. He didn't know which family would secretly communicate with the Sui army and cooperate inside and outside. How could he stick to it?
" Moreover, in the defeat of Sa Shui a few years ago, a hundred thousand troops were lost. This time Qiwei and Yunzhong took away another hundred thousand troops.
The entire Baekje army, only 200,000 of them were showing up, is now lost in the north. In the entire Baekje country, the total number of combatable troops does not exceed 30,000, and there are only a few thousand in the entire Sixian City. Should he be allowed to rely on these thousands of people to block the Sui army outside the city?
Fu Yuzhang¡¯s mind was split, he didn¡¯t want to be a prisoner.
At this time, Zuoping Chengzhong and Zuoping Wang Xiaolin came to see him together.
Cheng Zhong and Wang Xiaolin were both Fuyu Zhang's confidants, and they were Fuyu Zhang's courtiers who checked and balanced the eight major families at the Liuzuoping Conference.
Baekje is somewhat similar to an organization of a tribal alliance. Its political operation has always adopted the method of aristocratic collegiality. The Liuzuoping Conference is the core of Baekje's power. Zuo Pingyuan is equivalent to the prime minister of the country. He is the king's auxiliary official and belongs directly to the king. Later, Baekje combined the official positions directly subordinate to the king and the official positions directly subordinate to the heads of various ministries into one, and the extremely powerful Zuoping was also divided into six, becoming the highest official rank, similar to the Three Dukes of the Sui Dynasty. Within Baekje, Zopyeong serves as both an affairs officer and a decision-maker. Each Zopyeong is responsible for a share of physical goods and serves as the speaker of the Six Zopyeong Conference. For example, Uchitou Zuoping is in charge of finance, which is equivalent to being a member of the Standing Committee of the Seven-person Bureau plus the Minister of Finance plus the Vice Chairman of the General Assembly. This shows how powerful he is.
Cheng Zhong and Wang Xiaolin are Fuyu Zhang's confidants, but once chaos breaks out in the country, Fuyu Zhang will regain the support of the eight major families, and they will be the first to die. So seeing the army approaching the city and the country about to fall, the two people hurriedly came to Fuyu Zhang to discuss countermeasures.
The most important thing is to stay with Fuyu Zhang to avoid being excluded from the center of power.
Fu Yuzhang had just vented his anger and calmed down. Hearing that the two henchmen asked to see him, he quickly ordered them to come in.
Among the two, Wang Xiaolin is a rare talent because of his wisdom, loyalty, decisiveness and direct advice. And Fuyu Zhang was able to establish a firm foothold step by step from a partial royal family and suppress the eight major families. The two of them made great contributions.
Wang Xiaolin and Cheng Zhong entered the palace and saw that the palace was in a mess, knowing that Fuyu Zhang had just lost his temper. Both of them were familiar with Fuyu Zhang's character, so they didn't dare to mention it.
When Fuyu Zhang saw the two men coming in, he did not circle around, but asked directly: "The main force of the Sui army is approaching the city. Sixian City is in danger, and the country is also in danger of overthrowing. You two are important ministers in the court. At this moment, there are He Jianyan.¡±
Fu Yuzhang was too lazy to go around in circles with the two of them.
Wang Xiaolin and Cheng Zhong looked at each other, and Wang Xiaolin stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I think it is appropriate and inappropriate to fight this war. No matter how much the price is paid, we must reconcile with the Sui Dynasty. The Sui Dynasty is a giant. Compared with me, it is insignificant. The difference in strength is too big. I fight with the Sui people. Even if I win a hundred battles, I won't be able to hurt the Sui army. But if I lose one battle, there is a possibility of catastrophe."
Wang Xiaolin is just missingPointing at Fuyu Zhang's nose, he said to him, "Stop sleeping, open your eyes and see how big the gap is between the two sides."
Wang Xiaolin also hated it. Fu Yuzhang was far superior to the previous kings in terms of ability and domineering, and wiped away the weakness of the royal family after the Holy King. But Fu Yuzhang was too eager for quick success and self-willed, which eventually led to the current disaster.
Fu Yuzhang sat on the threshold and said nothing. Did he understand what Wang Xiaolin meant? Of course he doesn't want to fight, but the problem is that the matter does not change according to his will. If he said no fighting, would the Sui army agree?
At this time, Cheng Zhong also said: "Now the main forces of the navy and army of the Sui army are approaching the city, and the entire city of Sixian is besieged. If he really wants to destroy me, he will definitely build siege equipment and besiege it day and night. But now the Sui people are only besieging the city. , and did not launch an attack, it must be that the Sui people have no intention of attacking me."
Fuyu Zhang was stunned after hearing this, and asked quickly: "Why is this?" The Sui army was coming fiercely, so how could he have no intention of attacking Baekje.
Wang Xiaolinai said: "I heard that there was internal chaos in the Sui Dynasty. The general of the Sui army who destroyed Goguryeo was quelling the chaos in the country and was not in Liaodong. Therefore, the entire Sui army in Liaodong and Lelang was only diverted along the way. The Sui people's ambitions were at home. If they fight, they may not have time to take care of Lelang's affairs.
And after the Sui Dynasty overthrew Goguryeo, the Goguryeo people were in chaos day and night. The Sui people were tired of quelling the chaos and could not rest. In this case, Goguryeo has become a burden to the Sui Dynasty. How could the Sui people attack us who are further away? "
Fu Yuzhang was a little happy when he heard this, and said quickly: "In this case, we can't wait to close the city and defend ourselves until the Sui army retreats."
Since the Sui army has no intention of destroying Baekje, let them suffer some setbacks and retreat.
Wang Xiaolin said quickly: "No, Your Majesty!"
Wang Xiaolin was really speechless. This king was just a weakling. How could he get ahead of him with just one sentence?
Fu Yuzhang said with an unhappy expression: "Why is this?"
Wang Xiaolin said quickly: "The Sui people are proud of themselves and cherish their face. Once they encounter a setback, in order to save face, they will definitely increase their troops and attack. By then, Baekje will probably have no peace. I think Goguryeo was also a big country and was eventually destroyed by the Sui people. It was because when the Sui people first attacked Goguryeo, they were defeated at Sa Shui, which angered the Sui people."
Fu Yuzhang then said no more. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com