Yang Wanchun, who had returned from an inspection in the main palace of the ancient mountain city of Changgong Ridge, sat heavily on the couch. The endless confrontation made him feel exhausted. He took the wet towel from the soldier and wiped his face haphazardly, making his confused mind a little clearer.
Over the past few days, they have had dozens of small-scale but extremely fierce battles with the Sui army. Although the Goguryeo army also won a few battles, the trivial victory could not reverse the overall situation, and the soldiers were unable to see The hope of defeating the Sui army became demoralized and people's hearts fluctuated due to the continuous bad news.
What's even worse is that they are on the very passive defensive side, while the Sui army can harass the Goguryeo army day and night without any worries. While harassing the soldiers, the Sui army also paralyzed him, Song Zun, and Li Yong, causing them to subconsciously regard the bluffing enemy as their primary enemy, thereby ignoring that the real enemy was the enemy lurking near the small and medium-sized fortresses.
While harassing them, the enemy specifically attacked small and medium-sized fortresses. In just a few nights, more than 30 fortresses were removed from the Longbow Ridge defense line, and more than 6,000 soldiers were missing. The loss of troops not only caused loopholes in the defense line, but also caused great turmoil in the morale of the military. If this continues, the soldiers who already have little fighting spirit will collapse on their own without the Sui army coming to attack.
The commander of the soldiers nearby saw his haggard face and red eyes, so he advised him: "General, General Arimatsu is in charge now, you should sleep for a while!"
"Many people are so tired that they can't sleep. I am this kind of person. I also want to have a good night's sleep and maintain strong energy, but I just can't fall asleep." Yang Wanchun gave him a wry smile and told him: "There is no clue. The clear tea can refresh you, please pour me a cup of strong tea."
The nine-grade tea used for making tea has long been introduced to Goguryeo. Each tea has beautiful romance, or poignant and tragic legends, but the price is extremely expensive; and Yang Wanchun's family is only a small family, and his father and his son cannot afford to drink the third-grade, middle-grade tea. Third level, you can only drink three levels.
"General!" A school lieutenant broke in and saluted Yang Wanchun: "A general of the Sui Army came outside the city with a convoy. The bodies of our soldiers on the car were said to be returned to our army."
"Oh?" Yang Wanchun stood up suddenly, a pair of tiger eyes flashed with a cold light, and asked in a cold voice: "Who is coming?"
The captain was startled by the general's eyes that looked like he was choosing someone to eat, and said rather uneasily: "The general is a young general named Yu Wenhao."
The soldier commander's face turned red with anger, and he gnashed his teeth and shouted: "The Sui army bullied people too much, so I'm going to kill him." As he said that, he picked up his knife and ran outside.
"Stop!" Yang Wanchun snorted coldly and stepped forward with his helmet in hand.
The commander of the soldiers turned around and looked at the general with a sinking face in confusion: "General, the enemy is clearly insulting people, I..."
"Whether the Sui army came to humiliate our army or attack our soldiers, the fact that they returned the remains of our soldiers is an indelible fact. We must accept and recognize this benevolence and friendship; if we kill the enemy general, Not only did it violate the rules, but it also caused our army to have strange thoughts!" Seeing many generals arriving one after another, Yang Wanchun obviously heard the news, and he said coldly: "Let's go, come with me to welcome the returning warriors."
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Wrapping one's body in leather is the highest honor for a soldier. Now you and I are each our own masters, so naturally we will do whatever we can, but a loyal and brave person should not be insulted in any way. These warriors from your country died on the battlefield, and their grudges with our army are over. Our army also does not want their bodies to be exposed in the wilderness, so my "big king" has specially ordered me to return their remains so that the warriors can return to their roots and enjoy the glory that a warrior deserves. "
After hearing Yu Wenhao's words, some Goguryeo generals who could speak and understand Chinese were filled with anger. Many soldiers looked at the corpses on more than a hundred carriages and couldn't help showing sadness in their eyes.
Yu Wenhao waved his hand, and four Sui soldiers carried two stretchers over. The bodies on the stretchers were Gao Huizhen and Gao Xinggong. These two prisoners were also sent back to the base camp; Yang Yichen, in order to implement Yang Ji's policies, sent them Slaughtered.
However, this was not enough. After a while, two more soldiers came up with two boxes. When they opened them, they found the heads of Mu Bin and Eulji Eide, as well as their flags, Seal.
When Yang Wanchun saw the two corpses and the two heads, the shock, horror, anger and other emotions welling up in his heart made him feel cold all over his body, stars dancing in front of his eyes, and he felt dizzy.
As if Yu Wenhao was worried that too few people knew, he asked the two soldiers to unfurl the battle flags of Wu Bin and Eulji Yi Deok, and said loudly to Yang Wanchun: "General Yang, General Wu defeated our army in Niangniang City." , General Eulji was defeated by our army at "Qianshan-Bisha River". The two generals refused to retreat until the death, fought to the death with the entire army, and never insulted the honor of the military from beginning to end, which is really admirable. But it is a pity that our soldiers only sent their heads and battle flags. Please forgive me for not being able to return their bodies intact. "
"General Gao, General Wu, and General Eulji were also defeated?" The Goguryeo generals who watched closely were in an uproar, their faces turned earth-colored, and waves of turmoil arose in their hearts.
If the deaths of Gao Huizhen and Gao Xinggong who were trapped in Lisan City were within their expectations and acceptable, then the deaths of Moo Bin and Eulji Eui-deok were unexpected, and these two people His death also meant that the two armies rushing to support the north had been defeated by the Sui army.
How many days have it passed! The army of more than 100,000 is gone?
In fact, everyone has a very clear idea of the strength of the Sui army in the north, and even knows where it is deployed. This is one of the important reasons why they dare to continue to confront and fight the Sui army in Liaodong; but far away in the south Moo Bin and Eulji Eidek lost unexpectedly. What does this mean? This shows that the Sui Dynasty navy, which has always been worrying, has arrived across the sea. Otherwise, the Sui army would not have any extra troops to fight in the south.
Goguryeo lost these two armies, and the Sui Dynasty navy was able to easily cross the Yalu River and fight towards the Pyongyang Plain.
This, what should we do?
Li Yong's eyes were filled with stars and his eardrums were buzzing. He could no longer control his anger and shouted at Yu Wenhao: "Boy, don't bully me too much! Do you really think that I am Don’t I dare to kill you?”
"Why did the general want to kill me?" Yu Wenhao still had more trump cards in his hand and was not afraid of Li Yong's threat at all. He looked at Li Yong with a confused look and said in a questioning tone: "My family The king admires General Yang very much and often says that General Yang is a hero of the world. Unfortunately, the current situation of Goguryeo is small and the people are small, which limits the development of General Yang. If he serves as a general in our Sui Dynasty, he will definitely achieve great things and become famous in history. Famous generals and marshals. He is a hero of the world, how can he kill me regardless of right or wrong? What's more, if I come here to send back the bodies of your soldiers, even if I have no merit, I have no fault, right?"
Yang Wanchun waved and ordered Li Yong, who was holding the hilt of the sword, to step back. He stared at Yu Wenhao with a serious look. The atmosphere was extremely oppressive and dull for a moment; but Yu Wenhao remained calm, smiled and said, "I don't know what General Yang is doing." Order?"
"Hahaha," Yang Wanchun suddenly burst out laughing. His laughter startled the surrounding Goguryeo soldiers, who all looked at the general in confusion.
After a long time, Yang Wanchun stopped laughing and praised: "General Yuwen is such an eloquent and courageous general. No wonder King Wei ordered you to serve as his envoy." At this point, his words suddenly changed and he asked casually Said: "The leader of the camp should not be King Wei, right?"
"General Yang has a unique vision and is right in what he says. He is indeed a general that our king admires." Yu Wenhao cupped his fists and said to Yang Wanchun with a smile: "The commander-in-chief of the camp is Yang Yichen, deputy general manager of our army's march, and the military advisor is Prime Minister Pei Ju. Their fighting style is indeed different from my king. As for where my king has gone, I believe General Yang will know tomorrow and the day after tomorrow!"
Yang Wanchun was stunned for a moment. During the past few days of confrontation, he had always felt that the Sui army's fighting style was completely different from the aggressive aggression that Yang Ji had shown in the past. This steady and steady fighting style was not only very unfamiliar, but , and it always made him worry that the opponent's elite soldiers would stand out and catch them off guard, so he took the opportunity to deceive Yu Wenhao. Unexpectedly, Yu Wenhao admitted it directly.
The other party's decisiveness not only did not eliminate Yang Wanchun's suspicion, but made him suspicious, thinking that the enemy's leader might still be Yang Ji; and the information revealed in the following sentence made him feel even more frightened.
Unable to avoid being noticed by the other party, Yang Wanchun turned to the commander of his soldiers and ordered: "General Yuwen returned the remains of our soldiers, which is an act of benevolence and justice. If we don't express it, won't we be looked down upon? Go get three hundred taels of gold and give it to General Yuwen."
Although everyone was puzzled, they had different thoughts at the moment and did not dare to ask out loud. Soon, the soldier commander came back with a baggage. Yang Wanchun waved his hand and the commander handed it to Yu Wenhao with a dark face.
"Thank you, General Yang, for the reward!" Yu Wenhao waved his hand, and a Sui soldier stepped forward and took the bundle.
Yang Wanchun had already calmed down and asked, "Were the armies of General Yuwen, General Wu and General Eulchi carried out by your navy?"
"General Yang's expectation is correct! Our land army of the Sui Dynasty and the Northern Navy have already crossed the sea and successfully reached Bisha City in the Liaodong Peninsula and the entrance of the Yalu River." Yuwen Hao had received Pei Ju's teachings before setting off, and he knew that there were many truths. When he lies, it is more lethal and makes the enemy more suspicious and frightened. Nearly a thousand Goguryeo generals and soldiers are already surrounded in front of him. As long as he reveals the information one by one, even if Yang Wanchun issues a gag order afterwards, he will not be allowed to tell lies. Without the spread of news; once the news spread that Wu Bin and Eulji Yide were defeated and the Sui navy moved northward in large numbers, it would cause a fatal blow to the morale of the soldiers and civilians of Goguryeo in Liaodong.
Seeing the drastic change in the faces of the generals, Yu Wenhao then said honestly: "To be honest, due to the lack of military strength in the south of your country, our army, commanded by the Northern Navy Commander Zhou Fashang, has already taken control of the north of the Sa River. , the vast area south of Boishui; however, General Manager Zhou is at the end of his game due to his small number of troops and follow-up management capabilities, so General Yang does not need to worry about the situation in the south."
Liaodong and the Sui Dynasty lived next to each other, and they had been learning Han civilization. In addition, there were many Huhua Han people, so there were many people who could speak and understand Chinese. After hearing Yu Wenhuo's words, the soldiers outside the city suddenly There was an uproar and excitement.
After all, Yang Wanchun was too young. He had been battered and exhausted by the Sui army recently. He was inevitably a little impetuous, and he did not think carefully about the problem. In order to defend Changgong Ridge and repel the Sui army, he just wanted to take the opportunity to inquire. Military situation, but ignored the harm caused by military situation. At this time, seeing the generals in an uproar, he finally realized that something was wrong. He was so angry that he pointed at Yu Wenhao and shouted: "This person is talking nonsense, this person is talking nonsense." Ah! He is trying to shake the morale of our army. Come here, kill this bastard for me!"
Yu Wenhao knew it would be like this. When he saw the Goguryeo soldiers drawing their swords one after another, he suddenly shouted: "General Yang, you don't want anything to happen to your queen and prince, do you?"
"Wait a minute! Everyone, please step aside." Yang Wanchun was so worried that he felt angry, hateful, helpless and aggrieved. He looked at the confident Yu Wenhao with hatred and said grimly: "Our prince Where are you with the queen?"
Yu Wenhao ignored Yang Wanchun who was about to eat people. He took a deep breath and said loudly to the many Goguryeo soldiers: "King Gaoyuan of Goguryeo asked General Gao Huizhen and General Gao Xinggong to be sent to Nanfang's house for a lot of questioning, but they were killed by our army in one fell swoop. From now on, everyone will become prisoners; at this time, Gao Yuan’s family papers are all locked up in our army’s camp!”
As he spoke, he beguiled the Goguryeo soldiers: "Goguryeo is bitter, cold and barren, and will be finished soon. You can't defeat me, the Sui Dynasty. The only one
The only way out is to surrender as soon as possible; and I, the Sui Dynasty, are the common masters of the world, wouldn't it be good for you to be my subjects of the Sui Dynasty? "
Yang Wanchun was so angry that he almost vomited blood, but there was nothing he could do.
Yu Wenhao didn't wait for Yang Wanchun to threaten him, and shouted directly at him: "Although Gao Yuan betrayed the Sui Dynasty and led you to the road of death, we, the Sui Dynasty, are a country of benevolence and righteousness. We have always believed that sins are not as bad as those of our parents. In line with the principle of wives and children, our army will return Gao Yuan's wife and children to you and reunite their family. Please tell Gao Yuan and let him be prepared to respond."
"Seriously?" Yang Wanchun asked in disbelief.
"My king is always kind to his own people, and he always sticks to his word. Of course he won't lie to fools like you who don't know the current affairs!" Yu Wenhao snorted coldly: "If nothing happens, I'll leave!"
Yang Wanchun asked patiently: "I wonder when you will return it to me?"
"You can't make the decision on this matter. Go ask Gao Yuan first." Yu Wenhao said, "Ask Gao Yuan to prepare one hundred thousand taels of gold and two hundred thousand taels of silver, and then come and talk to us!"
Yang Ji didn't actually ask for ransom this time, but there was Pei Ju in the military camp! Pei Ju felt that Yang Ji could not be so kind. The reason why he did not mention the ransom was because he felt that everyone understood that Yang Yichen and others believed in Pei Ju's words, so they asked Yu Wenhao to offer such an astonishing price.
In addition, Pei Ju felt that there were deficiencies in Yang Ji's plan, so he made supplements on this basis. In addition to sending Yu Wenjie, who took the initiative to ask for help, to Yang Wanchun to shake the enemy's morale, he also asked Li Jing to send troops to Yuan Zicheng. An envoy; since Li Jing had no prisoners, Pei Ju generously gave Gao Yuan three concubines and a concubine in order to shake Yuan Zicheng's military morale and make Yuan Zicheng's soldiers believe in the envoy's words. .
If the morale of these two armies is disrupted, it will soon affect other armies and the people in the area under the jurisdiction of Liaodong City. This will provide huge convenience for the subsequent battle of Liaodong City.
"Let's go!" When Yu Wenhao saw that the enemy had made way for them, he stopped staying and left with his soldiers.
Yang Wanchun did not dare to act rashly and could only watch them go away. The words Yu Wenhao said, as well as the bodies of Gao Huizhen and Gao Xinggong, and the heads of Wu Bin and Eulji Yide, left a deep impression on everyone's hearts. shadow.
"I'm so angry!" Yang Wanchun, who had been exhausted and tired for the past few days, was stimulated repeatedly by Yu Wenhao. He was so angry that he couldn't stand it. A mouthful of blood spurted out from his mouth, and he fell down.
Everyone was so frightened that they stepped forward to watch, and their hearts became even colder when they saw the master fainted with a face as pale as gold.
