: The Swordsman Receives the Soldiers

The moonlight in the sky is very bright and the moon is sparse. It is a good time to enjoy the moon. At this time, the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty sat upright on the palace building with a minister and guests, lit the palace lanterns, drinking and watching the battle, and there were beauties singing and dancing with each other. It can be said that it was so enjoyable.

Yuwen Shu drank a lot of wine today, and now he said with a red face, "Your Majesty, at this time the moon is on the treetops, has our army begun to prepare for the 'Yuliang' Avenue?"

Yang Guang stood up and walked to the railings of the palace building, holding a golden cup in one hand and slapped the railings with the other, looking at a torch in the distance. At this time, the Sui army's siege was at a critical moment, not to mention that without the orders of His Majesty the Emperor, no general dared to withdraw his troops without authorization. All the generals ordered to fire the torch, ignite the bonfire, and fight against Liaodong City at night.

At this time, standing on the top of this tall palace building, the moon is bright in the sky, and torches on the ground are as bright as the starry sky. At this time, Yang Guang really felt that he was above the nine heavens, and was full of enthusiasm. "My warriors are so brave, I give them this opportunity to make achievements. I should defeat the barbarian chief with a dignified army."

The ministers naturally flattered them immediately. Even the guests such as Chuluo Khan also flattered a few times. Yang Guang felt it even more and turned to Gao Qi, who was sitting in the last seat and said, "Submit, what do you think of my Great Sui army?"

The surrender was Gao Qi, the prince of Goguryeo who was captured by Chen Kefu in Xincheng. Since he arrived at the Liaodong camp, Chen Kefu kept his promise and said a lot of good things to Yang Guang. Yang Guang was not bad for the first Prince of Goguryeo who surrendered to him. When he was also thinking about the attack on Xincheng, he also made a lot of efforts and gave him a large letter to a short title without a real food seal. Although the name was not very nice, it also made Gao Qi feel relieved.

After that, Yang Guang would always call him up at every banquet. Gao Qi was smart and would always flatter Yang Guang. Yang Guang was very comfortable and often rewarded him. At this time, when Gao Qi heard Yang Guang ask him, he quickly stood up and knelt down on the ground and said respectfully, "Goguryeo used to live in the far east, so he didn't know that the Great Sui army was just a frog in the well. Now he doesn't accept the Great Sui army, but he just blocked the chariot with his arms and overestimated his ability. Your Majesty, after entering the Sui camp in Liaodong, he discovered that the Great Sui army was really the common ruler of the world, and the Great Sui army was also the strongest soldier in the world. It was just a matter of pacifying Goguryeo."

"Okay, it's good to say. It seems that the people of Goguryeo have lived in remote places for a long time and have been blocked for too long. This time, I will definitely move the people of Goguryeo to the Central Plains, so that they, those in the bitter and cold land of Liaodong, can also see the prosperity of the Central Plains of the Great Sui Dynasty! After surrendering, when I arrive at the Central Plains, I will reward you with another manor so that you can enjoy the wealthy life in the Central Plains."

"I thank Your Majesty for your kindness. I am very grateful. Your Majesty let this despicable body be driven by Your Majesty, but I have no fear of swords and fire!" Gao Qi kowtowed to the ground and gave up a lot of money. When Yang Guang called him up, his head was already bleeding.

"Report to Your Majesty, General Sima of the Hu Ben Lang asked for a visit! He said that there was an urgent report from the East Capital of 800 miles!" An eunuch walked up the palace building and knelt down to report the report.

When Yang Guang heard that it was the 800-mile emergency report from the eastern capital Luoyang, he was surprised. Although the capital of the Great Sui Dynasty was in Chang'an, he had been in Chang'an for a long time since he ascended the throne. Basically, after he ascended the throne, he built Luoyang into a new capital. Now Luoyang is not only the political center of the Great Sui Dynasty, but also the economic center. The families of the civil and military officials who followed him to fight this time were basically in Luoyang. If something happened in Luoyang, it would affect the ministers.

However, Yang Guang thought about what could happen to Luoyang? This time he personally went to Goguryeo and specially selected a very mature minister to stay. This man, Jin Zi Guanglu Dafu, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Fan Zigai, a senior minister in the East. He was an old minister in his 70s. He was very careful in his work, and he was also very good at being a official, not greedy or corrupt. Yang Guang couldn't think of anything, so the careful and cautious person actually sent a 800-li to report.

"Let the Hu Ben Lang General Sima Dekan bring the messenger up!" Yang Guang returned to the couch and said to the eunuch.

After a while, General Hu Ben brought the messenger Wang Gui. After Wang Gui saw Yang Guang, he hurriedly took out the message tube that was in a hurry to report and handed it on.

Yang Guang took the bamboo tube of the emergency report presented by the eunuch and carefully looked at the seal on it. It was indeed intact and no one had moved it. He hurriedly opened it and looked at the first line. His expression changed. He hurriedly looked down with the letter, and in a short while he finished reading the entire emergency report.

After reading the letter, Yang Guang trembled, his face suddenly turned black, his face was so gloomy that it was scary, and his teeth were even biting tightly.

"Bang", Yang Guang kicked the small bit in front of him and raised his body and shouted angrily, "All the palace maids will go down. The banquet will end here. Summon the ministers from the third rank or above in the camp to see me. Another order is to call the Jin to withdraw the troops immediately." After saying that, he turned around and surrounded by the eunuchs, he went down the palace building, leaving behind a full list of civil and military ministers and guests. Everyone was confused and did not understand what was important and why His Majesty was suddenly so angry. What puzzled them even more was that now that the Liaodong City is about to be broken, why did His Majesty suddenly order the Jin to withdraw the troops?

Although I was puzzled, the emperor's words should not be disobeyed. At this time, I had no intention of guessing these things. They all stood up and rushed to the imperial tent.

With the emperor's order, the Sui army began to call the Jin army to withdraw troops, and the big gongs were ringing, and the sound spread throughout the battlefield in an instant. The Sui army was a army of hundreds of battles. Although all the soldiers and generals were a little confused about why they withdrew at such a critical moment, the military law had some words. They advanced when they heard the drums and retreated when they heard the Jin army. The orders were prohibited, and no one dared to refuse. Under the call from the generals, the Sui army began to retreat neatly.

Fortunately, they retreated at the time of victory, so they were not worried that the enemy would take advantage of the situation to cover up the killing. The retreating Sui army even calmly pushed back the intact siege equipment under the city.

What really couldn't accept this fact was the Sui army on the top of the city. When they heard this voice at first, Qin Qiong and others thought it was the Goguryeo people who were not supported, so they were ready to retreat to defend the inner city. They happily launched a charge against the Goguryeo people, killing the Goguryeo people to retreat.

After a while, he could clearly hear the sound of the gongs from his own formation under the city. The sound of the gongs made Qin Qiong a little at a loss. Why, why did he retreat? The Sui army soldiers who had fought on the city for a day, the Sui army comrades who were lying on the city. Why?

Before he could figure it out, the team leader Wang Daniu shouted loudly, "Shubao, retreat, withdraw the troops. Come back quickly. Those who hear that the gold will not retreat will be killed."

Qin Qiong held a horizontal knife in one hand and an axe in the other, ran to Wang Erniu and said blankly, "But in a while, we can conquer Liaodong City. Now we retreat, that's not everything back to yesterday? Why is this?"

Wang Daniu shouted at the name of Xiaoguo in the same team. After a group of people, the whole team gathered together. When they came up, there were only twenty-eight people left, and basically all were injured. At this time, everyone was stained with blood and fought for a day. Everyone was tired and hungry. Everyone followed the retreating Sui army and retreated to the back. There were already rows of ladders, and all the soldiers on the top of the city would retreat from there.

Qin Qiong couldn't believe that the army ordered them to retreat, and even the Goguryeo people on the top of the city were a little unbelievable. There were not many Goguryeo soldiers on the top of the city, and they were basically Goguryeo civilians, both young and old, men and women, and even some little boys who were just a little longer than a horizontal knife followed behind with bows.

At this time, the Goguryeo people watched the Sui army retreat, and none of them went up to intercept them. All the Goguryeo people just watched them retreat in a daze, feeling like they were dreaming. Everyone had the feeling of dying and surviving the disaster. Too many people died on the west city wall today. Although they finally defended the Xicheng, there were corpses everywhere on the top of the city wall, and even the ground on both sides of the city wall were filled with corpses. These fell in a melee, and some were cleaned up by both sides. There was no way, there were too many people who died, and even the city walls were piled with no place for soldiers on both sides to stand.

In this short day, Goguryeo had 50,000 troops and 150,000 people. At this time, the remaining army was less than 10,000, and countless people were killed or injured. Ten thousand people came to the city to defend the city, and 60,000 people were recruited to the city in Xicheng alone. At this time, there were less than 10,000 people left at the city. In addition to the ten thousand people who were injured and sent down the city, forty thousand people died in less than a day.

Except for Xicheng, although the other three walls did not have as fierce attacks as Xicheng, they fought for a day. Nearly 10,000 people on the three walls died, and thousands of people were seriously injured and disabled.

The Liaodong City, which has 200,000 people, is still standing at this time. Even the most elite Sui army, because it was a siege battle, although it consumed a lot of the Goguryeo people in the previous month, today nearly 10,000 people were killed and more than 10,000 were injured. It can be said that this is a battle where both sides shed too much blood.

But at this time, except for the Goguryeo people who fell to the ground and silently thanked that the Sui army withdrew their troops, all the soldiers of the Sui army felt a little unwilling to accept it. They conquered Liao again and again in order to destroy its country. This was the third conquering Liao. Faced with such a moment of breaking the city, they had to withdraw their troops, and all the soldiers were unwilling to accept it.

A Xiaoguo, who lost one eye in the melee at the city wall today, said, "The same was true for the last time when he attacked Liaodong City. He almost captured Liaodong City several times, but when the Goguryeo people said they would surrender, his Majesty asked him to stop the attack. This time, maybe the Prince of Goguryeo said he surrendered, so the generals asked us to retreat." The Xiaoguo, who simply blindfolded the wounded eyes with a piece of coarse cloth, said helplessly.

All the soldiers could hear the disrespect in his words, but no one said anything about him.

Wang Daniu sighed, "Maybe the Goguryeo people really surrendered this time!"
Chapter completed!