"What about the general?" The messenger, who was Quanyuan Nanjian's confidant, asked cautiously: "If you surrender here, do you want to inform the general?"
"Not bad!" Quanyuan Nanjian nodded: "I'm in a mess, thank you for reminding me! Bring me a pen and paper, I'll write a letter to my third brother!"
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Silla, Shuchuan City.
The house is warm.
The stone walls are covered with thick tapestries, which not only block the light, but also block the cold wind blowing in from the gaps between the stones. Although there was an oil lamp on the desk, most of the room was still immersed in darkness. The two braziers kept the room warm. The only problem was that there was always a disgusting smell in the air. But Jin Renwen couldn't complain. Like most mountain cities, most of the houses in Shuchuan City were not comfortable - cold, damp, and drafty. This was already the most suitable place for patients.
When Jin Renwen returned to Shuchuan City, he collapsed immediately. The arrow wounds and fever tormented him twice as much. There were burst blood blisters on his lips. The warmth of the brazier and double brocade quilt could not stop him. Trembling. Maybe I will die soon, he remembered thinking, in this dark stone house.
But under the careful care of the doctor, Jin Renwen gradually recovered. The doctor carefully treated the wound, applied ointment, and fed him fish porridge and medicinal soup sprinkled with a lot of minced garlic. Gradually, he no longer coughed and the blood on his lips The bubbles disappeared and I finally woke up.
"What time is it now!" Jin Renwen opened his eyes and asked the doctor who was examining him.
"June 14th! Dajiao fuck!" The doctor's voice was a little hoarse.
"June 14th? I've been lying down for so long?" Jin Renwen was surprised. He tried to sit up, but the severe pain from his thigh made him scream. He remembered, He was shot in the thigh during the battle. The doctor on the side quickly supported Jin Ren and asked, "Dajiaogan, be careful. The wound has not healed yet. You will tear it open again!"
"Damn it!" Jin Renwen said with a bitter smile: "The army has been defeated, the king is extremely worried, the friendly troops are in danger, but I am lying on the bed unable to move, like a girl!"
There was a strange look on the doctor's face, as if he heard something funny but didn't dare to laugh. He replied carefully: "Dajiaogan, actually you don't have to get out of bed in such a hurry, the situation has improved now! "
"Is it getting better? What do you mean? The Goguryeo people retreated?"
"Yes!" The doctor nodded: "The Goguryeo people did not pursue us!"
"Then we are going to besiege Wang Wenzuo!" Jin Renwen sighed: "I hope Sanlang can retreat quickly, otherwise we will be in trouble!"
"The King has not retreated!" the doctor said: "He has captured Pyongyang City, and the Goguryeo people have surrendered to him!"
"What?" Jin Renwen opened his mouth wide and didn't close it for a long time. He seemed to think there was something wrong with his ears: "What did you say? Say it again!"
"The King Commander has captured Pyongyang City, and all the Goguryeo people have surrendered to him! The war is over, and Goguryeo is finished!"
Jin Renwen stared at the doctor's face, spent a few minutes making sure that the doctor was not joking, and finally said: "Go on, tell me everything you know!"
"..., this is all I know. If you want to know more, you can ask the generals!"
After listening to the doctor's story, Jin Renwen held his head. After a while, he raised his head again: "Go out and tell the generals to come to me!"
The doctor heard Jin Renwen's order, but did not leave. He carefully replied: "The king has arrived, and the generals are all with the king!"
"Your Majesty, he is here. When did he come?"
"Eight days ago!"
"Eight days ago?" Jin Renwen made some calculations and found that Jin Famin should have left the capital and rushed here immediately after learning that he was defeated by the Goguryeo people. He exhaled a long breath: "Okay, call a stretcher to deliver it. I’m going to see Brother Wang!”
A few minutes later, the stretcher arrived. Jin Renwen sat up and tried to climb onto the stretcher, but he slipped off the bed. His legs and feet were shaking and the world was spinning. He hurriedly grabbed the doctor's arm and almost fell down. "Damn it!" Jin Renwen could feel the arrow wound on his thigh. The severe pain was as if an invisible beast was biting him. He hated his current state, which made him feel ashamed and angry: "Hua Lang, where is my Hwarang?" He called his pet's name.
"Hwarang?" The doctor looked at Jin Ren blankly and asked, "I'm sorry, I don't know who Hwarang is!"
"My black panther, my pet!" Jin Ren asked, "Where is it? Bring it to me!"
"Excuse me!" A familiar voice came from outside the door, and an officer came in: "Your black panther is too ferocious. After you were in a coma, it wouldn't let anyone get close to you, not even the doctor. To treat your wounds, we can only drag it away with a rope net!"
"Then where is it now?"
"I've sent a few people to take care of it in the kennel near the city gate. Please don't worry!"
"Bring it to me immediately!"
"Dajiaogan, that beast is still very excited now. Will he do it again in a few days?" The officer wanted to say something else, but it exceeded the limit of Jin Renwen's patience: "I just said right away!"
The officer's tongue was frozen by Jin Renwen's gaze. He instinctively lowered his head and stepped back, walking out the door. At this time, Jin Renwen sighed: "Someone, help me change my clothes!"
After Jin Renwen changed his clothes, the black panther was sent back. It was locked in an iron cage. Its originally shiny fur became dirty and bruised. It was spinning anxiously in the iron cage, constantly It let out a low roar until it found Jin Renwen and stopped roaring.
"Open the iron cage!" Jin Renwen placed the saber across his chest and ordered.
"This beast is in danger now!" the officer tried his best to explain.
"For my enemy, the more dangerous it is, the better!" Jin Ren asked: "Open the iron cage!"
The officer shook his head helplessly and gestured to the soldier behind him. The soldier stepped forward carefully and used his spear to push the buckle of the iron cage. With a soft sound, the iron cage opened. The Black Panther immediately rushed out, came to the stretcher, pressed his head against Jin Renwen's palm, and whimpered like a child acting coquettishly.
"Very good, now send me to see Brother Wang!"
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Jin Famin's residence is the strongest place in Shuchuan City, a city within a city. Perforations, parapets, and archery towers are all available. When Jin Renwen arrived, it was already evening, the suspension bridge was raised, and armored guards stood in front of the oak gate.
"Open the door, I want to see Brother Wang!" Jin Ren asked.
"It's getting late, and the king won't see any visitors!" said the gatekeeper.
"I'm not a foreigner! I'm your Majesty's brother!" Jin Ren asked: "In addition, I am also the deputy pacification envoy of Liaodong Road in the Tang Dynasty and the general of You Xiaowei. You can't stop me from seeing your Majesty!"
Jin Ren's words created magic. The captain guarding the gate grunted dissatisfiedly while giving instructions, and the oak door was opened. The stretcher was carried through the door. In front of it was a narrow spiral staircase that the stretcher could not go up. Jin Renwen had no choice but to get off the stretcher and hobbled up on the doctor's shoulders. He opened the door and saw Jin Famin sitting under the window, writing letters by candlelight. He raised his eyes when he heard the sound of the door latch. "Renshou, it's you!" he said calmly, putting down the brush in his hand.
"I am really overjoyed to see that you are in good health, Brother Wang. I am unable to salute because of the injury on my leg. Please forgive me, Brother Wang!" Jin Renwen let go of the doctor and limped forward. With his panther following him, he suddenly realized something was wrong.
"Doctor!" Jin Famin said: "While I am talking to Da Jiaogan, you'd better wait outside!"
The doctor bowed and withdrew as if he had been granted amnesty. Jin Famin turned his attention to the black panther, while Jin Ren Wenquan pretended not to notice. The heavy door was closed behind them, leaving the two brothers alone facing each other. It was night, and although the windows were closed, it was still cold in the house. What should I say? Jin Renwen thought to himself.
The king's body was as strong and strong as before he ascended the throne. His thick beard covered his chin, setting off a majestic face and a closed mouth. He was dressed very simply. The signet ring on the index finger of his left hand was the only visible sign. Something that connected him to the king.
"I'm so happy to see you, brother. I didn't expect to see you here!" Jin Renwen said with a smile, "So close to the front line!"
The king ignored the thorn in his words and said, "Sit down. Is it wise to leave the hospital bed in such a hurry?"
"I've had enough lying down!" Jin Renwen tried his best to stand upright: "I heard that you came here eight days ago. I really can't believe that you came so quickly, as if you were prepared for it! "
"What can I do? The messenger said that you were defeated in the battle and were injured by an arrow. You are unconscious and do not know whether you are alive or dead. Either I or Yu Xingong will command the army. Yu Xingong is already seventy, who else but me?"
"So this is all my fault?" Jin Renwen asked angrily: "You came here to punish me? What crime are you going to punish me for? Whipping, caning, exile, confinement or execution?"
"Are you here just to be childish with me?" Jin Famin frowned: "Save your energy! I still have many important things to do!"
"An important event?" Jin Renwen sneered: "What important event? Now that the war is over, you know and I know that the Goguryeo people have surrendered. What other important things do you have to do?"
"The war of the Tang people may have ended, but the troubles of us Silla people may have really begun! The war of swords is over, and the war of brushes has just begun!" Jin Famin had already sat back at the desk: "Okay! I know you are If you come to accuse me, don’t be secretive. I visited you once and the doctor said you can’t die!”
"Accuse? Yes, I am indeed here to accuse you!" Jin Renwen felt that he could not vent his breath, and he felt uncomfortable: "Because of you, I lost the battle and ruined my reputation. Now you are Take away my honor!"
"Because I made you lose the battle?" Jin Famin laughed: "Where do you start talking about this? I have been staying in Jincheng from the beginning. What does this have to do with me?"
"Jin Qinchun!" Jin Renwen sneered: "He didn't listen to my command from the beginning. He deliberately kept our army at a distance from the Tang army. He also hoped to use the Goguryeo people to eliminate the Tang people. In the end, he was caught off guard by the Goguryeo people. !”
"Then why didn't you kill him?" Jin Famin asked.
"What?"
"Why didn't you kill him!" Jin Famin asked: "You are the general and he is just the deputy general. If he hinders your command, why don't you kill him?"
Jin Renwen opened his mouth, but didn't know how to answer. Jin Famin continued: "Do you want to say that his identity is important? But this is war, and you are the leader of an army. You don't need me to teach you what to do." Right? You lost the battle, I came to clean up the mess for you, and then you came to blame me, saying that I caused you to lose the battle, do you think this is reasonable? "
Jin Famin's words were like an invisible iron fist, hitting Jin Renwen's face, leaving him speechless. Jin Famin glanced at him: "As for you and I have destroyed your reputation, yes, your reputation is indeed ruined. Thanks to you, the decades of hard work of my father and King Yu Xingong have been destroyed in one day, and the Silla Kingdom has been destroyed." very dangerous!"
"What do you mean?" Jin Renwen asked warily.
"Didn't you notice? After this battle, our army was defeated and countless weapons and equipment were lost. The Tang army went to Pyongyang without a fight, and almost the entire Goguryeo army surrendered. If the Tang people used Goguryeo's troops as a precursor to attack Silla, , what can I use to resist? At that time, my father under Jiuquan will probably regret it too much! Of course, Renshou, you are probably the only one who can benefit from it. The prince of the Tang Dynasty favors you so much, I am afraid that you will be disappointed. Come and be king for me!”
As Jin Famin said, after this complicated dispute, although Goguryeo fell, it actually preserved most of its army and national power. In a sense, the number of troops that could be invested on the Korean Peninsula actually increased, because it did not need Then defend the Tang army in Liaodong. The only people who were harmed were the people of Silla. More importantly, Silla now had to face the pressure of the Tang Dynasty - it was already the only independent country on the Korean peninsula, and even the Japanese country across the sea was now They have all become potential enemies. This is worse than the situation when Jin Chunqiu went to the Tang Dynasty to beg for allies to deal with the alliance of Goguryeo, Baekje, and Japan. After all, Silla now has nowhere to find allies.
"This is all your imagination!" Jin Renwen retorted feebly: "People in the Tang Dynasty have not done this at least now!"
"Yes, this is my imagination! But one thing is not a fantasy. I originally planned to wait for you and Goguryeo to attack the Ungjin Governor's Mansion from behind and seize the Baekje homeland. It is no longer possible!"
Someone on the forum complained that the story suddenly moved too fast. But war is like this, it's constantly changing, not moving in a straight line at a uniform speed. For example, when Hua Ye went south to fight Huang Baitao at the end of 1948, could he have imagined that he would be preparing to cross the Yangtze River and liberate all of China a few months later? Unexpected, and this is the charm of history.
