Chapter 266: The Three Giants
The water meanders from the north to the south, less than ten miles away from the nearest place of the city of Seoul, and although it is cold and dry now, the water of the water is abundant.
Fifteen miles away, Yu Wenwen and Li Chun stood by the river and looked out, only to see the mighty soup on the river, and the endless waves were rolling towards the east and south.
A craftsman looked at the blazing Zhuhan City several miles away, and asked puzzledly: "General Yuwen and Li Shilang, our army has already conquered Zhuhan City, why do we want to go to this wilderness to drink the cold wind?" ”
"You know what?" Yuwen Wen laughed and said, "We didn't come to see the scenery, Fang Shuai asked us to make a great contribution!" ”
"Great meritorious?" The craftsmen and the 1,000 Sui troops guarding them were stunned.
Yuwen Wen said solemnly, "Flood Seoul!" ”
"Huh!?" A partial general was shocked when he heard this, "Flooding Seoul? Didn't even our army drown? ”
"Don't worry, the duck can't flood our own people." Li Chun said with a smile, "Although the water in Yalu is abundant, we don't cofferdam and the water can't flood Zhuhan City." Our mission was to remove the embankment and divert water into the plains below to prevent the enemy from escaping north. ”
"Let's do it!"
"Whoa!"
Everyone was shocked, and each of them used the tools in his hand to dig up.
The place chosen by Yu Wenwen and Li Chun was in the place where the turbulent river violently collided, and after more than 2,000 people were in full swing of excavation, a southward ravine was quickly formed, and then, everyone worked together to dig up the river embankment.
Under the impact of the river, the gap became bigger and bigger, and at a certain moment, with a loud bang, the embankment was finally broken, and in an instant, the surging flood was like a wild horse, forming a huge flood peak, roaring away in the southwest direction.
Everyone stood in a safe place and looked south, only to see a sea in the southwest!
"Cut down bamboo and wood nearby to make a raft, go south downstream, and hunt deserters." Yu Wenwen ordered.
"Whoa!"
……
The sky is getting brighter.
Yuan Taizuo, Eulzhi Wende, Yuan Gai Suwen and other generals, under the escort of thousands of cavalry, finally fought out of the northern city, all the way unimpeded, and the victory was unbelievable.
Looking back at the blazing Zhuhan City, everyone's hearts were heavy, dignified, and extremely sad.
Goguryeo's biggest characteristic is the doctrine of take-it-or-leave-it, relying on the knowledge learned from the Central Plains to counter the Central Plains Dynasty, and using the terrain advantage to build fortified cities to deal with the Central Plains Dynasty is one of their most powerful means.
This Zhuhan City was an important fortress built by the whole country after the fall of Liaodong, but the fortified city surrounded by water on all sides and with a circumference of 20 miles at a cost of countless costs was lost overnight, which has to be said to be a great irony.
"140,000 Goguryeo warriors, there are only a few thousand people left in front of you." Yuan Taizuo said bitterly.
Eulzhi Wende was silent, he and Yuan Taizuo have never dealt with each other because of their different political views and interests, but at this time, the mood of the two is the same, and Goguryeo, which has lost its 140,000 army, how can they resist the galloping Sui army?
The future is bleak.
The two let out a long sigh.
"What sound?" At this time, Yuan Gai Suwen on the side said vigilantly.
The crowd was silent and listened.
A loud "boom" came from the front.
"Cavalry!" Yuan Taizuo was shocked.
"That's not right!"
Yizhi Wende's eyes were round, this voice, he was too familiar, when the digging was flooded with 300,000 Sui troops, it was this voice, that battle was his Yizhi Wende's fame all over the world, the great victory of the gods in the first war, every time he thought about it, his heart would be beautiful, and therefore, he was very obsessed with the sound of the tide, when he had nothing to do, he would always go to the seaside and the river to listen for a long time. But now, he couldn't be beautiful, and screamed in horror: "It's a flood, the Sui army dug the embankment of the duck water." ”
The group was completely stunned.
They saw that the huge waves in front of them were several feet high, and in the blink of an eye, the flood peak swept them into the huge waves.
The flood peak of Yalushui was turbulent, like an invincible water dragon, engulfing thousands of survivors such as Yuan Taizuo, Yizhi Wende, and Yuan Gai Suwen......
Before the power of nature, manpower was so small.
Hong Feng swept away all the creatures for four or five miles, and finally rolled back, and the whole area became a Ze country, and the city of Zhuhan a few miles away was unharmed.
Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were on a high ground, and they looked at it through the faint dawn, only to see an ocean in front of them, and the radius was estimated to be ten miles wide.
Seeing Zhuhan City not far away, both of them secretly rejoiced, fortunately, Yuwen Wen and Li Chun did not come to block the entire river, otherwise, Zhuhan City would not be spared, but if they dodged once, can they hide the second time?
Zhuhan City is not a good place after all, it cannot be garrisoned, and it cannot be relied on, unless it takes the entire territory west of Yalushui, I hope that Yuan Taizuo, Yuan Gai Suwen and his son will not die, and I hope that the old thief of Yizhi Wende will escape, this old thief, only a thousand knives can relieve the hatred in his heart.
Fang Xuanling and Du Ruyan unanimously made a conclusion in their hearts.
The water in Zeguo is not deep, and the embankment near the lowest part of the terrain is only about two meters, and many Goguryeo people spontaneously move towards the high place. However, what awaited them were hundreds of bamboo rafts shared by 4,000 Sui troops, which shuttled on the water, happily capturing and hunting the survivors.
Yuan Taizuo, Eulzhi Wende, and Yuan Gai Suwen are lucky, but they are not unlucky.
Fortunately, their horses counteracted the impact of the flood peak for them, the horses died, they lived, and unfortunately they all became prisoners of the Sui army.
When the three were detained together, they looked at each other speechlessly.
Yuan Taizuo recalled that a month ago, when he led the 140,000 army to the battle, he was full of spirit, and he thought that he could recapture Liaodong in one fell swoop, but he never expected that the 140,000 army would be exhausted in less than half a month, including his three sons and nearly 100 outstanding sons of the Yuan clan.
Thinking of this, Yuan Taizuo suddenly lost all his thoughts, and even had the heart to die, but at this time, he couldn't die if he wanted to, there was no weapon left, not to mention, he was tied into a zongzi, and his mouth was stuffed with a stinky foot cloth (socks), and the stinky thing almost took Yuan Taizuo's half life, depending on the situation, Yizhi Wende and Yuan Gai Suwen were not much better.
Soon, they were escorted into Danfeng City by the Sui army. In less than half a day, he was identified by Zuo Tiancheng and other old Sui soldiers.
In Danfeng City, Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "Yuan Taizuo, Yuan Gai Suwen, Yizhi Wende!" It's all right! ”
He asked the three of them to get rid of the stinky stuff in their mouths, and as soon as the thing left their mouths, the three of them immediately vomited.
After a little recovery, Yuan Taizuo glanced at Fang Xuanling and sneered: "Who are you?" ”
Fang Xuanling arched his hand and said with a smile: "Contemptible Fang Xuanling, the secretary of the Great Sui Minister, the commander of the Northern Route Army of Goguryeo, this expedition to Goguryeo, unfortunately, your failure has achieved the prestige of the contemptible, and the battle is decided, and you also captured Mo Lizhi and the 'God of War' of Goguryeo!" Hehe, the contemptible man has also become a military god, but this military god is too easy to come. ”
Da Sui Wenwu burst into laughter.
Yuan Taizuo said angrily: "What do you want to do with us? ”
Fang Xuanling said: "It doesn't matter what the contemptible people do to you, what matters is what His Royal Highness the King of Qin of the Great Sui does to you." By the way, the commander of the Southern Route Army who attacked Pyongyang is my Royal Highness. ”
Eulzhi Wende's eyes froze, and he said coldly: "Pyongyang, how can you beat it?" ”
Fang Xuanling glanced at him sadly and said, "To disappoint the Eji Army God, Pyongyang City has been slaughtered by His Highness yesterday. ”
When the three of them heard this, they were already dead, knowing that at this point today, Fang Xuanling had no need to lie to them at all.
"Good news for His Highness!"
Fang Xuanling grabbed the brush, waved it, waited for the ink to dry, and handed it to a guard.
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In the early spring morning in Pyongyang, it is still cold, snowflakes are falling, and the mournful wind whins through the window lattices. A magnificent, luxurious, and atmospheric palace has its own spring quietly blooming.
Yang Tong stretched his waist refreshed, his leisurely body fragrance mixed with some strange breath lingered on the end of his nose, and Li Xiuning on the bed exuded an indescribable laziness and comfort after a night of wind and rain. Last night, Li Xiuning was obsessed very late, Li Xiuning curled up in her husband's arms, and her pretty face was still full of satisfaction and joy after the rain and dew.
Reaching out to hug Li Xiuning away, Yang Tong sat up from the bed!
"Husband, let Ning'er serve you." The sound of Yang Tong getting up finally woke up the sleeping Li Xiuning, she yawned and said in a daze.
Ordinary people naturally don't have so many cumbersome etiquette, but the royal family is different, but Yang Tong is not used to this kind of treatment, touched Li Xiuning's head that seemed to be awake, and said softly: "I have said it many times, these red tapes save energy." The life of clothes and food to open your mouth will depress people's will and make people feel dependent. ”
"My husband's ideas are always different!" Although Li Xiuning is a heroine, perhaps because of her noble background, the idea of marrying her husband and her husband as a woman has a perfect embodiment in her, and she has never resisted Yang Tong's words.
"The Goguryeo people are very cunning, don't mess around."
Yang Tong finished getting dressed and explained softly.
"Hmm!" Li Xiuning was used to such a scene, and smiled indifferently.
Walking outside, a gust of cold wind made Yang Tong sober up a lot, and after washing, Luo Shixin had already walked over with a smile.
"What's so happy?"
After Yang Tong sent several Goguryeo palace maids away, he greeted Luo Shixin with a smile and quipped: "Well, I got married when I returned to Yecheng, which is indeed worth being happy about." ”
"Happy, of course happy!" Luo Shixin said with a smile: "But today's happiness is our harvest in the palace." ”
"You counted a night?" Yang Tong's eyes lit up.
"Your Highness, please follow me!" Luo Shixin said with a smile
The Sui army had taken full control of the city of Pyongyang, and the imperial palace was also occupied by Yang Dong, and after a while, Yang Dong and Luo Shixin arrived at the Goguryeo treasury.
The treasury is made up of hundreds of large warehouses, and the amount of supplies is breathtaking.
When Yang Guang went on an expedition to Goguryeo, the materials abandoned in Goguryeo, such as money and grain, armor, tents, war drums, military flags, etc., were piled up, and now most of the materials are concentrated here, but Yang Tong is more concerned about the grain of Goguryeo.
Yang Guang successively lost nearly 10 million stone of grain in Goguryeo, and I don't know how much Goguryeo has left, even if it is not the old grain left, this is the practice of grain reserves, like the grain of the Great Sui, it is changed every two years, so as not to mold and spoil the grain.
Yang Dong was not short of food, but if he had, he didn't mind emptying it in order to drain Goguryeo's war potential.
"Your Highness, General Luo, please!"
A partial general took the two to a huge warehouse as high as three zhang and covering an area of more than ten acres, there are dozens of such warehouses, and each warehouse can store 100,000 stones of grain. The grain inside was piled up, and bags were neatly stacked.
An officer and dozens of soldiers were on patrol, and when they saw Yang Tong and Luo Shixin coming in, everyone hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "See Your Highness, General Luo." ”
Yang Tong nodded and asked, "How much grain is in this warehouse?" Is it new rice or old rice? ”
"Your Highness! The entire granary has about 5,630,000 stones, all of which are rice from the year before and last year. ”
"So much?" Yang Tong was taken aback.
"Goguryeo's accounting is very exquisite, and there is not much deviation."
"The small country with the small people and the widows are all living on a budget, which is worth learning from."
"Whoa!"
Yang Tong went to see other warehouses, and the mountains of armament, tents, saddles, war drums, and flags were all materials left by the Sui army back then.
Who would have thought that time would pass and return to his own hands, which made Yang Tong feel emotional.
At this time, Niu Jinda ran over excitedly: "Your Highness, Gao Jianwu's private treasure house has countless treasures, silver and gold, the manager, just seal Gao Li to me as Cheng Guo!" I don't dislike it. ”
Yang Tong said with a smile: "Mobilize Goguryeo Qingzhuang and carry all the supplies onto the ship." By the way, it is necessary to keep the account books, and the pension and the army will be distributed according to the standard when they arrive in Yecheng. ”
"Whoa!"
Luo Shixin and Niu Jinda galloped away.
"Your Highness." Zhang Zhenzhou hurried over with a happy face and said loudly: "Gao Jianwu agreed to our conditions. ”
Yang Tong's conditions to Gao Jianwu were very frank and harsh, with a total of three conditions:
First, Pyongyang's wealth and materials belonged to the Great Sui;
Second, the dividing line between the Great Sui and Goguryeo was redrawn, and the national boundary started from Xilin south of the mouth of the Yalushui estuary, and drew a straight line to reach the Furent on the eastern coast (the Xuansu County Administration Office was originally in the Furent, that is, after the territory of Hamhung in Later Korea, after the territory was encroached upon by Goguryeo, it moved further and further north), to put it bluntly, it was based on 39.8 degrees north latitude, and the land north belonged to the Great Sui.
Third, Goguryeo officially declared itself a vassal to the Great Sui, and paid tribute to the Great Sui every year with millions of stone of grain, 300,000 horses of weaving, and 200,000 taels of gold; 1,000 catties of ginseng and 10,000 catties of deer antler.
Agreeing to these three conditions, the Sui army could withdraw its troops and return to the Great Sui without bloodbathing Goguryeo, otherwise the Sui army would unite with Silla to occupy the whole of Goguryeo after the bloodbath of Pyongyang.
Yang Tong smiled and said: "The north of Yalushui is the sphere of influence of the Yuan clan, and it doesn't make any sense to rely on Gao Jianwu's paper alone, and we still need to fight a tough battle ourselves." ”
"Then when is Your Highness going to do it?"
"Attacking the interests of the Yuan clan too early will make them sincerely united and united with the outside world. Now there is no need to persecute the Yuan clan too much, and it is more in our interests to make Goguryeo's internal friction more in line with it. ”
Zhang Zhenzhou nodded and said in a low voice: "What about Gao Jianwu?" Extinguished? ”
"If Gao Jianwu dies, the Yuan family will be dominant, and no one can control it!" Yang Tong pinched his chin and said, "Tell Gao Jianwu that if you can't do the Yuan clan, send someone to Yecheng to find me." ”
"Your Highness, Danfeng City is in a hurry!" At this moment, a guard hurried in.
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