On the east bank of the Liao River, thousands of tents had just been built, densely packed and stretched for several miles. Thirty thousand Korean reinforcements arrived, but at this time, the battle in Yancheng County had ended for three days.

Gai Suwen stood on the bank of Liaoshui with his hands behind his back, staring at the opposite shore coldly, and there was no expression on his face, which was in line with his personality, and his emotions were not reflected.

He already knew about the great defeat in Yancheng. Some defeated soldiers swam across the Liaoshui River with wood. But his father still has no news. He was either captured or killed in battle. He knew it, but he had no choice but to do anything about it.

At this time, a personal soldier next to him pointed at the river and shouted: "Young master, a boat has come from the river."

Gai Suwen had already seen a small boat coming from the other side. There was only a boat rowing and a scribe in green robe on the boat. The scribe stood on the bow of the boat with his hands behind his back, wearing a gauze hat, and was about thirty years old.

"Bring him to see me!" Gai Suwen said coldly. He had already guessed that this must be the Sui envoy.

The boat approached the shore and was immediately surrounded by hundreds of Goryeo soldiers. The scholar was Sun Jiayan, the former leader of Gao Kaidao, surrendered to Luo Shixin and came to serve as an envoy to Goryeo in the name of Yang Yuanqing.

Sun Jiayan is from Yan County and can speak fluent Goryeo. He bowed and smiled, "Tell you general, the envoy of His Highness, the King of Chu of the Great Sui Dynasty, asks for your visit!"

Several personal soldiers led him to Gai Suwen. The two of them looked at each other, one was shocked and the other was stunned. It was Sun Jiayan. He was surprised that the King of Chu was accurate in his predictions. He actually expected that Gai Suwen must have come to rescue him personally. It was indeed him.

The person who was stunned was Gai Suwen. He knew Sun Jiayan and the chief military advisor under Gao Kaidao's tent, and he actually became the envoy of the Sui Dynasty.

"Is Gao Kaidao dead?" Gai Suwen asked contemptuously.

Sun Jiayan understood his meaning, and was ridiculed by his rebellion and surrendering to the Sui Dynasty. He also smiled faintly and said, "I was originally a Sui citizen, and it is natural to be loyal to the Sui Dynasty. It is better than loyal to the foreign race and betrayal of the nation. But I think Young Master Yuan should care more about Ling Zun at this time."

"snort!"

Gasuwen snorted coldly, "Tell me!"

"I am on the order of His Highness the King of Chu..."

"etc!"

Gai Suwen interrupted him, "Yang Yuanqing is in Liaodong?"

"That is, the one who defeated the Prime Minister Yuan is His Highness, and now the Prime Minister Yuan is a guest in Liucheng County."

Gai Suwen's face became ugly. After a while, he asked, "What does Yang Yuanqing mean? What are his conditions? Only then will he let my father go?"

Sun Jiayan took out a letter and handed it to Gai Suwen, "This is Lingzun's letter!"

Gai Suwen opened the letter and looked at it. It was his father's handwritten letter. He seemed to have said something else in Liucheng County, but the content behind it was torn off. This letter proved that his father was indeed captured.

Gai Suwen sighed, "Mr. Sun, please continue to say it!"

Sun Jiayan said calmly: "The Prime Minister of Yuan was a guest in the Sui Dynasty for a long time and was not convenient to continue to rule Goryeo. That is naturally the position of Young Master Yuan to succeed the Goryeo Kingdom. His Highness, the King of Chu, hopes that Young Master Yuan can successfully take over the military and political power of Goryeo, destroy Silla and Baekje as soon as possible, and unify the Three Kingdoms."

Gai Suwen's face turned pale in an instant. Yang Yuanqing actually saw through his thoughts. Although he led his army to support him, he actually did not want his father to come back deep in his heart. At the same time, Yang Yuanqing was also threatening him, not only using his father to threaten him, but also using Silla and Baekje to threaten him.

Gai Suwen looked at Sun Jiayan deeply for a while and waved his hand, "Please! Sir, please come to my big account to discuss in detail."

Gassuwen's quick attitude changed, which made Sun Jiayan sigh at how far-reaching Yang Yuanqing's thoughts were. He saw through the situation in Goryeo and also through Gassuwen's thoughts. Gassuwen did not want his father to come back. Only when Yuan Taizuo was not present can Gassuwen take charge of Goryeo's power.

They entered the big tent. Gasuwen immediately ordered his personal soldiers, "No one can tell me my orders. Do not approach the big tent, and those who violate the big tent will be killed!"

The personal soldiers went outside the tent to watch, and only Gai Suwen and Sun Jiayan were left in the tent. Gai Suwen pondered for a long time before then asked slowly: "I want to know, what are the conditions for the King of Chu?"

"The conditions of the King of Chu are very simple. Within five years, the Goryeo army will not be allowed to step over the Liaoshui River."

Gai Suwen pondered for a while. He would take two years to gain military and political power, and then he would also need time to destroy Silla and Baekje. He could agree to Yang Yuanqing's condition.

"Okay! I promised the King of Chu that within five years, the Goryeo army would not step past the Liaoshui River. I, Gai Suwen, would never go back on my word."

In fact, a so-called oath or covenant cannot stop Gasuwen's ambitions. The key is that Yang Yuanqing also knew that Gasuwen had no energy to invade Liaodong in two or three years after his father's tenure. This is the political pattern that will inevitably be formed after seizing Yuan Taizuo. There will be power struggles and even civil strife within Goryeo, which is crucial to stabilizing the situation in Liaodong.

Sun Jiayan smiled again, "We still have 13,000 Korean prisoners of war in our hands. Can Young Master Yuan be willing to redeem them?"

Gai Suwen's face became very ugly. The 50,000 elite Korean troops fought in the west, and there were only more than 2,000 prisoners of war, and the number of 38,000 killed in battle was too cruel. He was extremely hated, but he had no choice but to ask, "What conditions can be used to redeem them."

Sun Jiayan said without hesitation: "The Sui army retreated hastily, leaving a mountain of materials in Goryeo, and 30,000 Sui soldiers became prisoners. Now the Goryeo Dongjiang mine is used as a coolie. The condition we offer is to release all Sui army prisoners. If the young master refuses, then these 10,000 prisoners of war will be taken to Liaoshui to kill them, and use their heads to sacrifice to the heroic souls of the fallen soldiers of the Sui army, and at the same time, the Prime Minister Yuan will hand over to your newly ascended King Rongliu."

"Bang!" Gai Suwen slapped the table hard and said angrily: "Yang Yuanqing is too much!"

Sun Jiayan sneered, "Each one another!"

Gai Suwen paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back. Ten thousand prisoners of war could not come back, so he could only accept it, but he could never allow his father to be given to King Rongliu. That was his political enemy. Once his father fell into King Rongliu's hands, his power would be greatly weakened. Yang Yuanqing captured his father and made him passive step by step.

Finally, he stopped and did not look back, asking helplessly: "How to exchange?"

"We will build a floating bridge. You will first release 30,000 Sui army prisoners, and we will release Goryeo army prisoners. This is the promise of the King of Chu."

Gai Suwen was held by Yang Yuanqing. He had no choice but to nod, "Okay! We'll just make up for it."

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Ten days later, Yang Yuanqing also led 30,000 troops to Huaiyuan Town, and the army was still escorted to 13,000 Korean prisoners of war, including 3,000 Korean soldiers in the logistics camp on the east bank of the Liaoshui River.

The army set up a camp in the Liao River. At this time, a simple floating bridge on the Liao River had been built. Yang Yuanqing stood by the river and looked at the other side of the Liao River. He could vaguely see that the other side was also stationed in full tents.

Although the third battle against Goryeo more than three years ago ended with the surrender of the King of Goryeo, in fact, it was just a decent ceasefire, and neither side had the energy or national strength to continue to fight. As for the issues of prisoners of war, land and materials that should be negotiated after the war, they were gone.

During this battle of Liaodong, the Sui army seized a large amount of food and supplies. The total amount of food from Gaokaidao and the Goryeo army alone was as high as 400,000 stones, which was enough to support Hebei for more than half a year.

Now Yang Yuanqing is concerned about the return of 30,000 prisoners of war. According to the Goryeo Army prisoners of war, nearly 100,000 Sui Army prisoners of war were escorted to mine. Most of them have died in six years. Now there are about 30,000 people left, concentrated in the Dongjiang mining area to mine copper and iron ore.

These 30,000 prisoners of war must come back. Since Yang Yuanqing inherited the mantle of the Sui Dynasty, he had to treat the trauma of the Battle of Goryeo that year. At the same time, these 30,000 prisoners of war in the Sui army were of great benefit to replenishing the population of Hebei.

Yang Yuanqing sighed deeply and said to Luo Shixin: "Send someone to tell the other side, let's start!"

An hour later, groups of ragged Sui soldiers appeared on the floating bridge. They supported each other and slowly walked towards the west bank of the Liao River. Everyone's eyes were filled with tears. What kind of eyes, excitement, sadness, hope, joy, all the most complex feelings of human beings were contained in the eyes of these Sui army prisoners of war.

He once despairedly thought that he would die in a foreign land and would never see their wives, children and parents again. Unexpectedly, six years after being captured, he could finally return to his homeland and meet his relatives again.

They stumbled across the floating bridge, pounced on the land of their homeland, holding the soil in their hands and cried bitterly. Six years of humiliation and torture were vented at this moment on the land of their homeland.

The crying sounded, and this scene made all the Sui soldiers who were receiving them cry. The soldiers hurried forward, helped them up, and headed towards the camp, where they had prepared hot soup cakes and clean clothes.

Yang Yuanqing rode on the horse and looked at this scene from afar. His eyes were a little wet. He ordered people to call Cao Sheng, the marching marching man in charge of exchange of prisoners of war, and said to him: "First let them raise them in Liucheng for ten days to recover their strength, and then each person will give them a horse, twenty kilograms of rice and ten hangs of money, and let them go home. Even the Guanzhong soldiers will let them go back, don't stop them."

"As for the order!" Cao Sheng bowed, turned his horse's head and headed towards the camp.

As more than 32,000 prisoners of war in the Sui army were released, more than 13,000 prisoners of war in the Goryeo Army were also released. The floating bridge was burned down. Yang Yuanqing stared at the burning flames on the Liao River. After a long time, he said to himself: "One day, I will come back."

On the other side, Gai Suwen also watched the fire on the river for a long time. He also said coldly: "Yang Yuanqing, the shame of one arrow thirteen years ago, the deep hatred of my father and sister, and the humiliation today. One day, I will settle it with you!"

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