Everyone was very dissatisfied when they heard such an order, although at this time the Goryeo army in Liaodong had been beaten to the ground. However, there were still many Goguryeo troops east of the Yalu River, and there were still more than 100,000 troops. And they only have 30,000 people, can they hold the defense line of the Yalu River and block the counterattack of the Goryeo army?

Moreover, once the Goryeo army learned the news of the withdrawal of the main force of the Sui army, then they would inevitably counterattack on all fronts. The Goryeo army was familiar with the terrain and had a numerical advantage, and most of the local people in Liaodong supported Goryeo. The Sui army will soon fall into the predicament of the right time, the right place and the unfavorable people.

Although Yang Guang left those Minzhuang, there are still a lot of Minzhuang, about 300,000 people. However, the combat effectiveness of these people is too poor, and they will inevitably flee in all directions as soon as they fight, disrupting the formation of the Sui army.

Moreover, now the source of grain and grass in the rear has been cut off, and the grain and grass left behind are only enough for them to eat for more than a month.

If it was only more than 30,000 people in the army, the food would be easy to solve, but after adding these people, I am afraid that the food problem alone will drag them along.

Looking at everyone's expressions, Yu Wenming also smiled bitterly, even his subordinates could see the problem. Why can't he see it?

Everyone returned to the camp, Guo Ziyi was still a little unwilling to say: "Boss, why don't we go and ask Your Majesty to see Your Majesty again, and let Your Majesty leave more troops to break the queen." Otherwise, relying only on our 30,000 people, plus more than 300,000 people who have no combat effectiveness, although we can indeed pretend to be a large army, how can we deal with the Koreans who came to surround after knowing the news? ”

Yu Wenming shook his head and said: "This is already His Majesty's final will, it's useless for us to talk about it, the military order is still like a mountain, let alone the holy decree." And when a large army retreats, someone has to break it off, and now His Majesty is in a bad mood, and to reflect it is just to be scolded again...... Forget it, you don't have to worry too much, Your Majesty also said that when the army returns to the Central Plains, troops will be sent to meet us and wait back. We just have to hold on for a month! ”

Wei Chi Jingde has always spoken and acted calmly, but at this time, he frowned and asked: "General Yuwen, now that he is about to cross the Yalu River by force, and the fall of Goryeo is imminent, why did His Majesty suddenly issue an edict to let the whole army return to the Central Plains?" ”

As soon as his words came out, sure enough, all the generals shifted their eyes to Yu Wenming's face, and this question did make everyone feel a little confused. Seeing that victory is in sight, the fat of Goryeo has already reached his mouth, but he wants to give up, which always makes people feel pity.

Yu Wenming sighed and said: "The Holy Majesty's order to retreat is also a last resort, the Duke of Chu, the inspector of the seven counties of Henan, and the grain and grass supervisor of the Liaodong army Yang Xuangan rebelled in Liyang, and got the help of the original Luoyang County Order, Pushan County Duke Li Mi. Now they have cut off the supply of food and grass for our army, and it is very likely that they have sent troops to attack the eastern capital Luoyang. ”

"The army has not moved, grain and grass go first, and now that my nearly a million troops and civilians are gathered here, if there is no stable supply of grain and grass, what can we do even if we take Pyongyang? In the end, they still had to retreat. At that time, the grain and grass were completely cut off, and the morale was low. When the Goryeo army came after him, our army would inevitably collapse, leading to a defeat that was even worse than last year's losses. ”

"What's more, Luoyang, the eastern capital, is the capital of the Great Sui Dynasty, and how can such a capital division fall into the hands of a traitor like Yang Xuangan, so His Majesty will order the whole army to return to the Central Plains. And leave us as the broken rear army to resist the counterattack of the Goryeo army. Yu Wenming said with a grim face.

"What, Yang Xuangan, the Duke of Chu, rebelled?" Everyone was taken aback. You must know that Yang Xuangan can be said to be extremely wealthy, not only his father Yang Su is at the top of the top of the world, but even if he himself, he has served as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, presided over the imperial examination, and is an official that Yang Guang trusts extremely much.

They didn't expect that such a person would rebel.

It's just that some careful people immediately thought that Yang Xuangan had been at odds with Yu Wenshu and Yu Wenhua before. Four years ago, Yu Wenming's recognition of his ancestors and his return to his ancestors was also caused by the complaints of Yang Xuangan and his brother Yang Xuan.

And now after Yang Xuangan rebelled, the Yuwen family had a big enemy in the court.

Ignoring the congregation's astonishment, Yu Wenming turned and walked into his tent and sat down on the top seat.

The generals glanced at each other, and they all hurriedly followed, and sat down in order.

After Yu Wenming glanced at the generals at this time, Fang said slowly: "Immediately notify all the officers above the rank of the team in the Broken Rear Army, and let them immediately come to the big account to participate in the discussion, including the troops that have recently been assigned to my command...... It's not far from the official departure of the army, and I'll have to get ready as soon as possible. As soon as His Majesty leads the main force of the army away, we will take over the camp and start a defense. ”

Guo Ziyi and Wei Chi Jingde immediately got up and responded, "Yes!" General Yuwen, I'll notify you immediately, so that everyone can come to the big tent to discuss immediately! ”

About half an hour later, more than a hundred officers came to the big tent under the summons of Yu Wenming.

At this time, the elite troops transferred from various armies were also led by Luo Cheng and Changsun Wuji, and came to Yu Wenming's camp to join them, and everyone gathered together. Many people also learned that Yang Xuangan rebelled, and the main force would retreat, but they had to leave the matter behind. So everyone couldn't help but have a sad face and a lot of discussions.

After Yu Wenming pacified the generals, he immediately ordered the troops mobilized from various armies to be scattered and reorganized with the soldiers under his original command, except for the ironclad cavalry specially transferred to him by Yu Wenshu.

He handed over this ironclad cavalry to Commander Luo Cheng. After all, in the current broken rear army, only Luo Cheng is the best at cavalry combat.

After the reorganization of the army, the main force of the Sui army quietly retreated. The army of more than 400,000 people was all silent and showed good quality.

Although so many people retreated, the momentum must have been very large, and it was impossible not to be discovered by the scouts of the Goryeo army. But they were also a little puzzled and didn't understand why the Sui army was retreating. Because no matter how you look at it, the Sui army has an absolute advantage, and can cross the Yalu River in one go, occupy Pyongyang, and destroy Goryeo.

Therefore, the Goryeo Army's chief general Gao Jianwu and deputy general Ulmoon Zhide, who were stationed on the banks of the Yalu River, did not dare to act rashly, and while sending additional scouts to reconnoiter on the other side, they made defensive preparations and planned to wait and see what happened.

And Yu Wenming was also relieved after discovering the movements of the Goryeo army, secretly thinking that the Goryeo army did not seem to know about their own situation and did not react. If this state is maintained for a long time, then the task of defending yourself for a month can be completed relatively easily.

But at this moment, an uninvited guest came to the Goryeo army.

"General Gao, there is a scribe from the Central Plains, who said that he has something important to discuss with the general!" When Gao Jianwu and Yiwen Zhide were a little confused about the sudden retreat of the Sui army, the guards at the gate of the camp came to report.

"The original?" Gao Jianwu and Yiwen Zhide were stunned for a moment after hearing this.

"Let him in!" Gao Jianwu waved his hand.

A moment later, a middle-aged scribe in his forties walked into the tent. He had a thin face, two locks of clear beard, and was in good spirits, wearing a green cloth robe and a white scholar's scarf on his head. It looks like a wandering scholar.

"Who are you? What did you do when you came to my camp? Isn't Mo a spy of the Sui army? Gao Jianwu's eyes flickered, and he looked at the visitor.

After hearing this, the middle-aged scribe laughed and said, "Although Zai Xia is from the Central Plains, he is not on the right path with Yang Guang's faint monarch. At present, the Sui Dynasty should be the common enemy of our side and Goryeo. ”

Speaking of this, he bowed his hand to Gao Jianwu and said: "Under the surname Hu, the name is Si Zheng." I came to Goryeo this time to cooperate with General Gao on the order of my lord, and to destroy the violent Sui! ”

"What? Are you Hu Sizheng? When Yiwen Zhide heard this, he was immediately surprised.

"General Yiwen, do you recognize him?" Gao Jianwu saw Yiwen Zhide's reaction, and he was also surprised.

Yiwen Zhide said slowly: "Hu Sizheng, his father Hu Hui, is the Sui Dynasty's free cavalry attendant and the prince of Xincai County. Zheng Mingwu has a tool to do, at the beginning of the Sui Emperor's personal guard, and later with military merits awarded the same ceremony, very Yang Su courtesy. After Yang Guang ascended the throne, he was Cao Lang, a scholar of Shangshu. There is a god of wind in government, and every thing is done, it is not unsatisfactory. Emperor Yang Guangyue of the Sui Dynasty gradually saw the trust. After the Battle of Liaodong last year, Duan Wenzhen, the squire of the military department, died of illness, so Hu Sizheng became the squire of the military department. His administration was quick to assert and very competent......"

He said a lot of classical Chinese, and Gao Jianwu didn't understand it very well, but only figured out one thing, this Hu Sizheng was the military squire of the Sui Dynasty, and he was even trusted by Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty. But now, why does this guy want to ally with himself and destroy the Sui Dynasty together?

"Mr. Hu, why don't you be a good soldier in the army, but vote for others? You say that you are at the behest of your lord, who is your lord? Gao Jianwuqi asked.

"Hehe, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty went perversely, and used troops against Goryeo twice in a row, which made the heavens angry and resentful, the domestic complaints were full of complaints, and bandits were everywhere...... Therefore, Yang Xuan, the head of my family, wants to fight on behalf of the heavens and crusade against the tyrannical Sui ......" Hu Sizheng will explain his intentions at this time. And took out the secret decree of the king of Goryeo, Gao Yuan.

It turned out that he, like Li Mi, had thrown himself into Yang Xuangan as early as the end of last year, preparing to rebel with Sui and become a founding hero. In Yang Xuangan's plan, he hoped to nail Yang Guang to Liaodong as long as possible, so that he would have enough time to occupy the surrounding counties and expand his strength.

Therefore, before the uprising, Yang Xuangan sent Hu Sizheng to Shandong, and then took a ship from Laizhou to Pyongyang to contact Goryeo, thinking that after his uprising, Goryeo would send troops with him to attack the Sui Dynasty.

It's just that after Hu Sizheng arrived in Pyongyang and visited the king of Goryeo, Gao Yuan, he learned that the Sui army had won a great victory and Goryeo was in danger.

Because of this, Gao Yuan was like grasping a life-saving straw for his arrival. When even agreed to ally with Yang Xuangan and deal with the Sui army together.

And Hu Sizheng was also sent to the front line by Gao Yuan, and he hoped that this Sui Dynasty official, who had been a squire in the military department, would be able to give advice to the Goryeo army to attack the Sui army. And wrote a secret decree specifically for this.

After Hu Sizheng showed Gao Yuan's secret decree to Gao Jianwu and Yiwen Zhide to see, the two of them suddenly had all their doubts. They also reacted immediately, the retreat of the Sui army's large army that they had detected before was definitely not a conspiracy, but that the Sui army was really going to withdraw. There was such a big thing in the country, and Yang Xuangan rebelled. It is strange that Emperor Yang Guang of Sui can still sit still in Liaodong.

"I didn't expect that God would be kind to me Gaoli, and even let such a big rebellion within the Sui Dynasty when we were in danger. What a blessing from heaven! Gao Jianwu and Yiwen Zhide both looked at each other and smiled, and the originally tight strings immediately relaxed.

Hu Sizheng was anxious, the purpose of his coming here was not just to tell these two people that the Sui army would retreat due to Yang Xuangan's rebellion.

He hurriedly waved his hand and continued: "At present, although the people of the Central Plains are loyal to my lord, the tyrant Yang Guang still has a strong strength and controls most of the counties. Therefore, Hu hoped that General Gao and General Yiwen would be able to send troops to counterattack and pursue the Sui army. First, it can recover the lost territory in Liaodong, and second, it can avenge the attack of the Sui army. It would be great if we could take the opportunity to kill Yang Guang's faint monarch......"

When Yiwen Zhide heard about it, he scoffed. The Sui army had 500,000 people, no matter how flustered they were, it was impossible for them to defeat them so easily, and it was even more unlikely that they would kill Yang Guang.

It's just that now that we know that the main force of the Sui army has retreated, there must not be many people left to defend, and there are many people who may be full. Then the Goryeo army can launch a major counteroffensive.

He and Gao Jianwu glanced at each other, and both nodded knowingly.

"Mr. Hu, since the Duke of Chu has such a righteous act, how can my Goryeo warriors be willing to be the last of the people? Please rest assured Mr. Hu! We will immediately send troops to counterattack the Sui army! Gao Jianwu said.

"That being the case, then Hu is here to wait for good news!" Hu Sizheng was overjoyed in his heart. I secretly thought that my mission to come to Goryeo was finally completed.

It's just that he can't return to Yang Xuangan now, so he has to go back to Pyongyang first to wait for news. If the main force of the Sui army was really annihilated in Liaodong, then he would be a great achievement, and he would be more valued by Yang Xuan than Li Mi, who had the title of Duke of Pushan County.

At this time, Gao Jianwu ordered loudly and vigorously: "General Yiwen, you go and call all the officers above the centurion in the army to the big tent, we have to prepare for a counterattack......"