When the soldiers of the Sui army heard the sound of gold, they were all dumbfounded, and everyone was asking in their hearts: "Seeing that the city is about to be broken, and it will be able to return triumphantly soon, why do you want to give up the attack?" ”

But the discipline of the Sui army is rare in the world. After hearing the order to withdraw the troops, although they were all reluctant, they still had to climb down from the top of the city, and then retreated like a tide.

At this time, the Goryeo people watched the Sui army retreat, and none of them went up to intercept and kill. All the Koreans just watched them retreat in a daze, feeling like they were in a dream. Everyone has a feeling of not dying and the rest of their lives.

Too many people died on the western wall today, and although they eventually defended the western wall, there were mountains of corpses piling up on the city's head, and even the base of the wall inside the city wall was full of corpses, and these bones had fallen in the melee.

There were so many dead people in Liaodong City that there was not much place to stand on the western city wall.

In addition to Xicheng, although the other three city walls did not attack as fiercely as Xicheng, they fought for three days, and the other three city walls were also damaged in many places, trebuchets and fishing nets were almost completely destroyed, and a lot of ballista arrows, rolling stones and wood were also consumed.

At this time, except for the Goryeo people who sat on the ground and silently rejoiced in their hearts that the Sui army had retreated, all the soldiers of the Sui army felt a little unwilling. Conquering Liao again and again, in order to destroy his country. This is already the third expedition to Liao, and in the face of such a broken city, they have to retreat, and all the soldiers are unwilling.

A wounded soldier who lost an arm in today's melee at the head of the city said helplessly, "My younger brother is in the Youwu Guard, and I heard that they attacked Fuyu City as well, and almost took the city, but as soon as the Goryeo people said that they were going to surrender, the father-in-law who was the envoy of surrender asked him to stop the attack." This time, maybe it was also the Goryeo general of Liaodong Fortress who said that he was going to surrender, so the general asked us to withdraw our troops. ”

All the Sui soldiers heard the dissatisfaction in his words, and they all felt a sense of frustration.

After returning to the camp, Luo Cheng immediately ran angrily to find Yue Zeng's theory, and he almost took the southern city wall. But as soon as Mingjin's order to withdraw troops came, he also fell short.

But when Yue Zeng Province saw their indignant generals, he showed a smiling expression, and said in a rooster voice that was neither male nor female: "Generals, this is Your Majesty's holy decree!" It was explained that once the Goryeo people expressed their intention to surrender, they must stop the attack and arrange for the surrender. In this way, we will be able to take Liaodong City without bloodshed. Wouldn't it be better that way? ”

"But...... The Goryeo people are cunning and changeable, in case it is a fake surrender and take the opportunity to repair the city wall......" Yuwen Chengdu wanted to say more, but was interrupted by Yue Zengxing with a cold snort: "General Yuwen, do you want to disobey Your Majesty's will?" ”

Yuwen Chengdu's second half of the words were swallowed back suddenly, and then left angrily.

After Yue Zeng looked at the generals in the tent, Fang smiled slightly and said: "You don't have to worry, this seat will immediately send someone to contact the main general of the Goryeo army to arrange the surrender ceremony, then our army can enter the city smoothly, and your subordinates can also avoid heavy casualties, isn't it the best of both worlds?" ”

The generals looked at me, I looked at you, with a helpless look on their faces, and then retired one by one.

As a result, the attack on Liaodong City was terminated, and Yue Zeng saved five days and negotiated the terms of surrender with Yiwen Zhide.

Yiwen Zhide means that after he surrenders, he still has to be the Taishou of Liaodong City, and his troops cannot be dispersed, but he can replace the officials in the city with those appointed by the Sui Dynasty, and at the same time, he cannot pay more taxes than under Goryeo......

Due to many harsh conditions, even the chief eunuch of Yang Guang's favor like Yue Zeng Province did not dare to agree, and he needed to ask Yang Guang for instructions......

After several negotiations and repeated bargaining, Yang Guang finally agreed to the improved terms.

However, when this surrender plan was handed over to Ebwen Zhide, Ebun Zhide suddenly repented, saying that he was a loyal vassal of Goryeo and would never surrender to the Sui Dynasty.

Yang Guang was furious when he heard this, and immediately ordered Yue Zeng Province to urge the three armies to attack Liaodong City again.

When the Sui army resumed the attack, it was discovered that the Goryeo had already repaired the broken city wall, and the fishing nets with hook blades were re-set on the city head, and even some iron fern terrestris were placed on the city wall to prevent the Sui army from climbing.

At the same time, most of their tarbuchets, ballistas, etc., which had been damaged, were repaired, and a large number of rolling stones and logs were re-piled on the city walls, and the wounded soldiers were almost healed and returned to the battle.

And the Goryeo Minzhuang, who was originally used to make up the numbers, has also increased their combat effectiveness a lot after the previous bloody battle, and they are no longer afraid of the Sui soldiers.

As a result, the Sui army's attack was greatly frustrated, and the casualties were doubled compared to before. It wasn't until after more than ten days of continuous attacks that Liaodong City fell into the crisis of breaking again.

But at this time, Eulwen Zhide repeated the old trick and asked for surrender again, but the surrendered envoy Yue Zeng Province ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops and wait for the Goryeo army to surrender.

At this time, the Sui army was full of righteous indignation, saying that they had just learned from the past, and they must not believe the untrustworthy words of a despicable villain like Yiwen Zhide.

But Yue Zeng Province refused to agree, saying that this was His Majesty's will, and as long as the Goryeo people had the will to surrender, they would never attack, and even ordered the execution of two partial generals who were furious and spoke disrespectfully to them. Let the soldiers of the Sui army dare to be angry and dare not speak, but their hearts are dripping blood. At present, everyone understands that if they continue to fight like this, even if they all die here, Liaodong City will not be able to fight.

The siege of Liaodong City began in early May, with a total of 300,000 Sui troops from Yuwenshu's Zuoling Guard, Yang Yichen's Right Ling Guard, and Duhuluo's Zuotun Guard, attacking this fortified city in the Far East from all directions.

The 50,000 defenders and 150,000 people in Liaodong City resisted desperately under the command of the main general Yiwen Zhide. Although the Sui army was well prepared and brave and good at fighting, it could not be attacked for a long time and suffered heavy casualties.

What particularly made the Sui officers and soldiers angry was that when they saw that they were about to capture the city, the commander of the Goryeo army, Ulmoon Zhideok, immediately announced his surrender, hoisted a white flag or shot a surrender document.

At this time, Yue Zeng Province ordered the Sui army to abandon the attack, and the whole army retreated, waiting for him to negotiate with Yiwen Zhide, and after he negotiated, the Goryeo army had already repaired the broken city wall, replaced the damaged city defense equipment, and transported a large number of arrows and rolling stones and wood, refusing to surrender.

Then, the Sui army had to fight again from the beginning.

Such examples have appeared no less than five times in a row, and the Sui army has lost more than 50,000 people in battle.

And what I learned from Yu Wenming was not only the city of Liaodong City, but also the Goryeo city attacked by the Sui army from all walks of life, and the Goryeo people repeatedly played this kind of deceptive trick.

What made the Sui soldiers even more helpless was that no matter how they told or even pleaded with the eunuchs who served as the envoys, those eunuchs always replied coldly: "This is the will of the saint, I just do what the saint wills!" ”

Although the Twelve Sui armies reported to Yang Guang that after setting up the surrender envoys, they would bring great consequences to the siege. It is strongly demanded that these surrendered envoys, who do not understand neither military affairs nor the art of war, but only know how to mechanically carry out the so-called "will".

But Yang Guang ignored it, and all the approvals of the report were just one sentence: "I have my own plans, and everything is according to the original plan!" ”

The vast number of officers and soldiers of the Sui army were puzzled, and they really couldn't understand why the wise and martial emperor in their eyes seemed to have suddenly changed a person.

Where is this still like the saint who led them to destroy Nanchen, subdue the Turks, and attack Tuyuhun? It seems to be a stupid and stupid brain-dead emperor who only knows how to be benevolent and righteous to the enemy, and does not care about the life and death of his own people.

Until June, the Sui army had not captured even a small city. The total casualties of the Sui army on all walks of life have exceeded 200,000.

At this time, Yang Guangfang felt that he could officially start fighting, and he had already consumed half of the strength of the Guanlong nobles in the army. The Sui troops of all walks were heavily wounded and demoralized.

And he was originally a person who was very happy, and although the attack on Goryeo was to weaken the power of the Guanlongmen valve, he also had the intention of taking the fertile land of the northeast. Otherwise, he mobilized the soldiers and horses of the whole country, but went back with a big defeat, so how could he face the civil and military officials and the military and civilians of the world?

Accompanied by the Imperial Forest Army, Yang Guang went to the front line of Liaodong City to inspect, looking at the tall Liaodong City standing not far away, and at the sluggish and numb Sui soldiers. There was also a burst of awe-inspiring in my heart.

Obviously, he didn't expect that the morale of the Sui army had fallen to this point. The situation he expected that the soldiers would rush to him to ask for battle and demand that the surrender be cancelled did not appear.

Yang Guang also knew that although he had done this a little too much before, it was for the long-term peace and stability of the Great Sui. He felt that it was worth sacrificing a little soldier.

It's just that everything must be done in moderation, and the mission of the surrendered envoy can end here, and you can't go too far, otherwise the morale will really collapse completely, and it will be a big defeat. And he, Yang Guang, can't defeat the battle!

"Tell me that all the surrenders of the armies may be withdrawn! In the future, all armies can attack according to the previous battle plan, and there is no need to worry about whether the Koreans surrender or not! Yang Guang ordered.

And the day after he gave the order, the three-way Sui army besieging Liaodong City launched a general attack. This time, they are all holding back their strength to take Liaodong City, and they must slaughter all the Koreans inside! It's a bad breath.