At the beginning of the morning, there was heavy snowfall again, covering the sky and the ground. Pieces of snowflakes fell on my face, bringing a little bit of coldness to my heart.
In front of the platform in the atrium of the state capital, Yang Ji was wearing a large sable fur cloak sewn by Liu Rumei. He was sitting behind the desk with a golden sword and was only looking at the bamboo scrolls on the desk. However, he unexpectedly found something engraved on it. One of them didn't know it, so he looked for it and threw it on the table.
After a while, Zhu Can led a team of people, and Pei Xingyan escorted more than a hundred people into the central courtyard gate. In an instant, the courtyard was filled with a dark crowd.
"Your Majesty, the Goguryeo army disguised itself as Khitan herdsmen and wandered through our Sui Dynasty without authorization. The general has fulfilled his mission and captured them all. Please punish me." Pei Xingyan strode forward and saluted Yang Ji.
"Didn't you say there were two to three hundred people? Where are the others?" Yang Ji took one look and couldn't help but feel happy. These ragged and disheveled "Khitan herdsmen" were soaked all over, and the parts exposed by their torn clothes were full of scars. Some people's faces were bleeding profusely. They hardly needed to be threatened by the Sui soldiers, just like a ball of mud. He collapsed on the ground.
"They were overtaken by the general, but they dared to run away. The general had no choice but to order the arrows to be fired!" Pei Xingyan said loudly: "These are the ones alive, the rest are dead, their bodies should be Meal in the wolf's belly."
"Well done." Yang Ji praised Pei Xingyan and glanced at the people who were escorted to the front. These people had their disguises torn off, revealing broken brocade robes. They seemed to be people of higher status. He asked a middle-aged man The young man asked: "What is your name? Why did you sneak into our Sui Dynasty?" He was afraid that the other party would not understand Chinese, so he asked again in Turkic dialect.
"Hmph!" The middle-aged man met Yang Ji's eyes, and his body stiffened for a moment. Then he straightened his back, looked at Yang Ji with disdain, and let out a heavy cold snort in his nose.
I don’t know whether he understood Chinese or Turkic, but his attitude was very unpleasant.
"Hey! I'm quite proud!" Yang Ji smiled, but his smile was cold. His eyes glanced at Zhu Can, who was about to move, and ordered Pei Xingyan, who was holding an eight-edged plum blossom bright silver hammer: "Xingyan, this People don’t need to be judged; just take off his pants and castrate him!”
Goguryeo is a highly civilized country and understands the principle that "a scholar must be killed but not humiliated". Being stripped naked in front of so many people in the ice and snow made the middle-aged man want to die. He struggled desperately, but After being dragged all the way, how much strength do you have left?
After only a moment, his pants were taken off, and Yang Ji was scolded angrily in blunt Chinese: "Despicable and despicable, I will not die a good death."
"When I was in Madam Fan's city, I used knives." Zhu Can drew out a sharp horizontal knife and stepped forward and said: "General Pei, let me do it, I am the most experienced!"
"General Zhu, wait a minute!" Pei Xingyan stopped Zhu Can, picked up the hammer and stepped forward, saying: "Using a sword is too cliché and boring! I'd better do it."
"It's creative, I like it!" Yang Ji picked up the tea cup and said to Pei Xingyan with a smile, "Come here and let me see the effect."
Pei Xingyan is as powerful as Xue Ju, Qin Qiong, and Yuchi Gong. For those who don’t know him, just think about the Silver Hammer Taibao in the novel and the third fierce general of the Sui and Tang Dynasties to know how powerful he is; just because Pei Yuanqing in the novel It was created based on Pei Xingyan. However, his weapon for riding combat is the horse spear, while his weapons for close combat and infantry combat are the pair of eight-edged plum blossom silver hammers.
Although this pair of hammers does not reach the exaggerated level of weighing 300 kilograms each, if the danger index of melee weapons is set to five stars, then his pair of hammers will have four and a half stars at least; they can not only shoot headshots, flatten armor and shock You can also use the spikes on the top of the hammer to stab dead people, which is much stronger than swords and whips.
"Here!" Pei Xingyan stepped forward after hearing the words, and the eight-edged plum blossom silver hammer in his hand fell heavily between the middle-aged man's legs. He only heard a "bang" sound, and the man's crotch was suddenly bloody and bloody. He didn't even make a cry, he just passed out.
"Drag him out and freeze to death!" Yang Ji opened the lid of the tea cup and took a sip of tea.
"As ordered!" A Sui soldier laughed ferociously, grabbed the man by the collar and dragged him out like a dead dog, dragging out a long trail of blood.
Yang Ji pointed at another person and asked, "You, what's your name?"
Gudu~
The man's face turned pale in an instant, and he looked at Yang Ji in disbelief, but he didn't say anything.
"Xingyan! Continue!"
"Here!" Pei Xingyan didn't wait for the soldiers to take off his pants. He stepped forward and raised the hammer to the man's crotch, and smashed it down with a "clang" sound. The man screamed and passed out again.
"Tug away! Freeze to death!"
"Here!"
"May I have your name?"
"..."
"Have ambition!" Yang Ji sneered, "Xingyan! Keep going!"
With a "clang" sound, another one was finished.
"Tug away! Freeze to death!"
"Here!"
"Next! What's your name?"
"..."
"Wait a minute." A tall and mighty middle-aged man saw Pei Xingyan swinging the hammer and finally stood up to stop him. Although his head was covered with blood from the tossing, he was energetic and his waist was straight. He asked Yang Ji bowed his hands in a salute and said in fluent Chinese: "General, they can neither understand Chinese nor Turkic, so they have no idea what you are talking about."
Everyone: "????"
"If you ask me to wait, then I, Yang Ji, will be so shameless!" Yang Ji sneered, looked away from this person, nodded to Pei Xingyan and said, "This damn dog can't even speak Chinese, how dare he wear Smash the clothes of my Sui Dynasty...and then smash twenty soldiers."
"Cang-dang", "cang-dang", "cang-dang" sounded, and twenty-one more were finished.
In an instant, all the Goguryeo people were so frightened that they bowed their heads deeply and did not dare to make a sound.
"..." The tall and mighty middle-aged man looked at Yang Ji sweating profusely, and did not dare to say a word. He never thought that this gentle and personable young man was Yang Ji who destroyed the Khitan, and he also Unexpectedly, Yang Ji would respond to his "Wait a minute" in such a cruel way.
Yang Ji glanced at him and felt that he was almost frightened. He put down the tea cup in his hand and said, "Now we can talk. What's your name?"
"My name is Eulji Mundeok, and I am the ambassador of the Goguryeo Kingdom. The position of ambassador is equivalent to the six ministers of the Sui Dynasty, and the person in charge is the 'Ministry of Rites.'" Eulji Mundeuk introduced in great detail, but when he was greeted Yang Ji's cold gaze made his heart tighten slightly, and he clenched his hands tightly, with faint sweat oozing out of his palms.
"Are you Eulji Wende?" Upon hearing this name, Yang Ji felt a strong murderous intention in his heart.
Eulji Mundeok was a man of both civil and military skills and a hero of Goguryeo, but he was the sworn enemy of the Sui Dynasty. In that war, he adopted the delaying tactic of repeatedly asking for surrender and dealt with the Sui army for several months. Then he adopted the strategy of luring the enemy in-depth to Lai Hu'er, the chief naval officer of the Sui army, who was in place, and ignored Lai Hu'er. The army reorganized and did not listen to Zhou Fashang's advice, so they drove 40,000 elite troops towards Pyongyang City. The Sui army "defeated" the Goguryeo army outside the city and easily entered the city. However, they occupied two high walls inside and outside. The trapped urn city. When the Sui army entered, Goguryeo closed the door and beat the dogs. In the end, only four to five thousand people escaped.
Lai Huer was frightened by the Goguryeo army. Once again, he did not listen to Zhou Fashang's hard advice and gave up the key task of the navy to connect the army and provide supplies to the army without authorization, and directly sailed back.
Eulji Mundeok came to protect his son, and he adopted a strategy of retreating from the Sui army and luring the enemy deeper. After the "seven battles and seven victories" of the Sui Dynasty Army led by Yu Wenshu, they underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly; but when they arrived at Pyongyang City, they received the news that the naval army transporting food had suffered a disastrous defeat, leading to the sight of countless corpses of their comrades. The morale of the army plummeted, and Pyongyang was difficult to conquer due to its high altitude and deep walls. Yuwenshu, who was logistically weak, had no choice but to fight and retreat.
When the Sui army retreated to the Sa River with alternate cover, Ulji Mundeok, who had already built a dam upstream to store water, ordered the opening of the floodgates to release water, flooding the Sui army. Then he led the ambush troops to pursue and attack the Sui army. The ambush troops hidden in the mountainous areas cut off the Sui army's retreat.
In just a few days, the 350,000 Sui soldiers who fought at the gates of Pyongyang were completely killed or injured, and only 2,700 finally escaped back to Liaodong City. Therefore, the "Book of Sui" records that "at the beginning, the nine armies that crossed the Liao Dynasty numbered 35,000, and when they returned to Liaodong City, there were only 2,700." If the losses of the navy are added, the number of Sui soldiers who died directly in battle was There are as many as 330,000.
Although this kind of human tragedy has not happened yet, it does not prevent Yang Ji from wanting to kill Eulji Mundeok.
"Your Majesty, do you know?" Eulji Wende asked in surprise.
"I know something." Yang Ji gathered his murderous intent and asked with a smile, "But I don't know where Mr. B came from and where he is going?"
Eulji Wende corrected in a low voice: "Your Majesty, my surname is Eulji!"
"This is not important. What is important is where you came from and where you are going?" Yang Ji said.
"This..." Eulji Wende hesitated.
Yang Ji glanced at this famous Goguryeo official who looked embarrassed, had an extraordinary temperament, and was hesitant to speak, and said coldly: "You are heading west along the Xinkai River, and there are only two destinations. One is the Xi tribe in the west; The second is to cross the Xi tribe and enter the Eastern Turks. The strength and financial resources of the Xi tribe are more than twice that of the Khitan, and there is nothing worthy of your attention, so the purpose of your trip is the Eastern Turks."
"The former King of Goguryeo, Gaotang, and the current King Gaoyuan received the canonization of the Great Sui Dynasty, but they never refused to go to court to meet the saint. Now, you, the Minister of Rites, are sent to meet the king of my subordinate country in the Great Sui Dynasty. What exactly do you mean? In your eyes, a saint is not as good as his ministers?"
"Your Majesty, it's not that the king of our country doesn't want to come, it's that he can't come!" Eulji Mundeok lowered his head, secretly gritted his teeth, and said respectfully: "It's true that he can't come."
Yang Ji asked coldly: "Why can't you come?"
Eulji Wende handed over his hands and said: "The military power of our country is in the hands of the great rival Lu Yuanziyou, and the political power is in the hands of the elder brother Silk Tou. Their brothers are like Dong Zhuo of the Han Dynasty. They control the military and political power of our country. In addition, Silla, Baiyi, etc. Ji always has evil intentions, so the king of our country cannot help himself. When I return next time, I will report the truth to the king, and persuade the king to repay the kindness of the Sui Dynasty and show his sincerity as a minister."
No matter what, let’s get through this first.
Yang Ji's expression softened and he said calmly: "We, the Great Sui Dynasty, are members of the etiquette group and believe in the principle of not killing envoys when two countries are at war."
Eulji Wende was surprised and happy. Judging from his previous posture, he thought he was dead. He never expected that Yang Ji would be so pedantic. He believed in "the two countries are at war without killing the envoys" and let them go so easily. Own.
However, before he could thank him, Yang Ji added: "But you are not a damn envoy, but an intruder, spy, and spy who broke into our Sui Dynasty without authorization. Isn't it too much for us to kill you?"
"Lao Zhu, you cut him down, right here, in front of the steps, let me take a look..."
"Here!" Zhu Can responded loudly, stepped forward and struck Eulji Wende to the ground with the back of his knife, and then dragged one of his legs to the steps.
He, Old Zhu, had never cut off a high-ranking official at the level of "Shang Shu of the Ministry of Rites". He never dreamed that he would cut down such a high-ranking official. Now that the king has given him such an opportunity, it is enough for him to honor his ancestors.
I am extremely grateful and excited!
Eulji Wende was struck on the back of the neck with a knife and felt dizzy. It was not until Zhu Can held the handle of the knife with both hands and gestured towards his neck that he finally came to his senses: "Wait a minute!"
"Huh?" Zhu Can looked at Eulji Wende, who was trying to climb up the steps, with a look of disgust in his eyes.
"Your Majesty, you, you can't kill me!" Eulji Wende felt extremely regretful, tried to organize his words, and looked at Yang Ji pleadingly: "I am..."
"Cut it down!" Yang Ji originally thought he had something shocking to say, but looking at his posture, he announced his family status and revealed his family background... Haha, the Ashina family has killed countless people, and the Khitan, the ancestor of the Liao Kingdom, was destroyed, and the three ancestors of Xixia were destroyed. If even one of them is destroyed, what does your mere Eulji Munduk, who has not yet become world-famous, count for? Can you still count on Gao Yuan to raise troops to avenge you?
"Your Majesty, spare your life, Your Majesty, please spare your life!" In addition to being a man of both civil and military skills and being well versed in military and political affairs, Eulji Mundeok's greatest characteristic is his ability to bend and stretch, and to be aware of current affairs. Feeling that the sharp blade was approaching, he quickly crawled on the ground and kowtowed to Yang Ji.
Eulji Mundeok?
hey-hey!
The moment he announced his identity, his fate was sealed.
There is no such thing as letting the tiger return to the mountain.
Yang Ji was unmoved and glared at Zhu Can: "Old Zhu, what are you waiting for? If you can't do it, just let Xingyan shoot you in the head!"
Compared with the historical context that Yang Ji knew, the internal and peripheral situations of the Sui Dynasty were completely different. But Yang Ji had no idea about Yang Guang. Just because the external environment was better than what he was familiar with, but the internal situation in Sui Dynasty seemed to have become more tense because of him. If Yang Guang goes to attack Goguryeo like in history, he is afraid that when he returns after failing for the first time, internal struggles will explode.
But now, he can't do anything and doesn't know what he should do; the only thing he can do now is to kill this person who is a great threat to Sui Dynasty first.
Zhu Can was afraid of being snatched away by Pei Xingyan, so he chopped it down with one knife. Eulji Wende's screams stopped abruptly in the middle of his scream, and a human head rolled down to the snow.
Zhu Can mentioned Ulji Mundeok's head and excitedly said to Yang Ji: "Your Majesty, I will kill him."
"Throw it away." Yang Ji waved his hand in disgust.
"Oh!" Zhu Can casually threw Eulji Wende's head towards the courtyard gate. Pei Xingyan chased him out with a hammer like a badminton, waited for the head to fall in a parabola, and then smashed it out with skillful force.
The head flew into the sky above the Goguryeo people, shattered into pieces, and scattered all over the ground.
They saw that Yang Ji, Hao Yuan, Da Xijing, Huangfu Wuyi and others had black lines on their faces, while the Goguryeo captives kneeling in the snow had pale faces.
The barbarians of the Sui Dynasty were really too violent!
But not only that, Yang Ji said again: "Cut all these soldiers."
"Here!" the soldiers standing next to the prisoners responded loudly. They didn't wait for the confused Goguryeo soldiers to react, and they pulled out their horizontal swords and chopped them down.
"puff!"
"puff!"
"puff!"
In an instant, heads were rolling, and they were kneeling on the ground one by one, with blood spurting from their necks. They fell forward unsteadily and plunged into the snow. Balls of blood dyed the earth red, as if they were blooming. There were red plums on the ground, and a smell of blood filled the courtyard.
－－－－－－Digression－－－－－
[During Yang Guang’s first expedition, he dispatched 1.1338 million troops, twice as many civilians as soldiers, and a total population of more than 3.4 million. If indirect participants are included, the total population invested in this battle was no less than 5 million.
The first defeat of Goguryeo was naturally caused by Yang Guang according to historical data. However, archaeological results have confirmed that this defeat, there is also a hidden story that has been ignored by humans and few people know!
Since the last century, many tombs of Sui Dynasty generals and soldiers have been unearthed in Liaodong, Shaanxi and other places. Some of the epitaphs are related to the first conquest of Goguryeo: Before the war, many top generals of the Sui Dynasty died before the war began. In Zhuojun, there were both King Ande Yang Xiong, Minister of War Duan Wenduan, and General Liu De... As for the unnamed middle and low-level officials and soldiers, there were even more.
This catastrophic non-combat attrition occurred because a large number of people gathered in Zhuojun in the hot July, and due to the lack of attention to hygiene and epidemic prevention, a serious epidemic broke out in Zhuojun. For this point, history books provide evidence: "In autumn and July... hundreds of thousands of people often go to and fro on the road, filling their throats day and night. The dead sleep on each other, the road is filled with stinky filth, and the world is in commotion."
Combining the two, it can be seen that this war was the same as the expedition to Goguryeo in Yang Jian's era. Many people of the Sui army died before the war. Although they were finally controlled, it caused a huge weakening of the Sui army's strength, morale, and combat effectiveness. Indirectly affected the outcome of the First Battle of Goguryeo.
The reason why I wrote this "hidden story" is of course not to excuse Yang Guang, but to tell everyone what I know. 】
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