Chapter 105: Goguryeo surrenders

"Your Majesty, you must not open the door and surrender!"

Hu Sizheng, who had been standing behind everyone, hurriedly stepped forward to object, "Your Majesty, we have to negotiate with the Sui army, if we open the door and surrender like this, even your life safety will not be guaranteed!" ”

Hu Sizheng, a traitor of the Great Sui and a favorite of Yang Guang at the beginning, when Yang Guang organized the second expedition to Goguryeo last year, he colluded with Yang Xuangan, but at that time he remained with Yang Guang and was not exposed.

He secretly contacted Goguryeo, secretly told the Goguryeo chief general all the secrets of the Sui army's various deployments, and wanted Goguryeo's army to cooperate with Yang Xuangan's rebels to flank the Sui army before and after, and kill Yang Guang and his hundreds of thousands of Sui troops outside Liaodong City.

Fortunately, Yang Guang was already on guard against Yang Xuangan at that time, and he did not fail in the ambush. After Yang Xuangan officially raised his army, Hu Sizheng left the Sui army camp in time and fled to the Goguryeo army, so he temporarily saved his life!

At this time, his heart was full of worry and fear, his usual face that had been through the wind and waves for a long time and remained immobile also changed and became pale, he was really afraid that Gao Yuan would open the door and surrender like this!

He knew his situation very well, and he was the one who was most at risk to his life of all the people in this palace now. Even if Gao Yuan really opened the door and surrendered like this, others, including Gao Yuan, may not be in danger of their lives, but he is different, as a traitor to the Great Sui, he will definitely not escape death!

Therefore, in order to save his own life, he must strengthen Gao Yuan's determination to hold on to the inner city of the palace, and he must not let Gao Yuan open the door and surrender like this!

"Your Majesty, the chief general of the Sui army attacking the city this time is named Laihu'er, when the Sui army invaded the year before last, he led an army of 180,000 from the sea to attack Pyongyang City directly! In the end, it was under the wise command of the king that he could defeat him in one fell swoop, so that his army of 180,000 would not be left with one out of ten! ”

"Your Majesty, you may not know that this Lai Hu'er has always been very conceited in battle, and he will be rewarded for his defeat in Pyongyang City last time, and less than 20,000 of the 180,000 soldiers were able to follow him to escape. Wang, think about it, you let him suffer such a big loss in the first place, with his character, will he let you go? ”

"Another point, among the Sui army that attacked the city this time, there are still many enemy generals who participated in the original battle, and they must also want to avenge their former brother!"

"Your Majesty, for the sake of your safety, it is best for us to defend the city now, wait for the reinforcements of Lord Yuan, and never open the door to surrender, otherwise when the gate is opened, then the king's life will be difficult to protect, and you will be in a dilemma of life and death!"

Hu Sizheng racked his brains to persuade Gao Yuan, in order to save his life and let Gao Yuan give up the idea of opening the door and surrendering, he did not hesitate to slander the character of the child who came to protect his children, and said how serious the consequences of opening the door and surrendering were as serious as they were!

"And what do you have to do?" Gao Yuan looked at Hu Sizheng, and his face became very ugly at this time.

"Tell me, with our current strength, can we still hold the inner city of this palace? If we resolutely do not open the door and surrender, what will the people of Pyongyang do when the time comes? The families and relatives of these soldiers who defended the city were all left outside! ”

In fact, he was also very scared in his heart, what Hu Sizheng said was exactly what he had been worried about! Two years earlier, he not only led his army to defeat the 180,000 troops who came to Hu'er, but also personally ordered the execution of many Sui prisoners.

He was worried that after he opened the door and surrendered, Laihu'er and his subordinate generals would still not let him go. Although, if he took the initiative to open the door and surrender, Laihu'er and they might not dare to kill him openly, but after he entered Laihu'er's barracks, if Laihu'er wanted to secretly kill him, it would be too easy, and he couldn't prevent it at all!

"Your Majesty, now that the territory of the Great Sui is turbulent and civil strife is raging, it is impossible for the Sui army to stay in Pyongyang City for a long time. As a general of a hundred battles, it is impossible for him not to understand the consequences of storming Pyongyang City, which will cost huge casualties! Now the reason why he forcibly stormed Pyongyang city regardless of casualties is because he has little time to stay in Pyongyang city, and they will soon withdraw their troops and return home! Therefore, as long as we hold on, Wechen believes that they will withdraw soon! ”

Hu Sizheng tried his best to dig out various reasons, while trying to calm his mood, trying to persuade Gao Yuan in a very confident tone.

"As for the threat of the people of Lai Hu'er's order, I don't think I need to care about it at all! Wang, Weichen knows Yang Guang's character very well, and he also knows the thoughts of those officials in the Sui Dynasty, they have been Confucian and Mencian since childhood, and they pay attention to governing the world with benevolence, it is impossible for them to agree to the order of Laihu'er! ”

Hu Sizheng's seemingly reasonable analysis made Gao Yuan's heart that had been nervous relax a little, and he agreed with Hu Sizheng's statement!

The other civil and military ministers in the palace, after listening to Hu Sizheng's analysis, also quieted down for the time being, they also felt that Hu Sizheng was right, so they didn't continue to suggest that Gao Yuan open the door and surrender, they all wanted to wait and see the situation first!

Everyone is silent, time is passing, and before you know it, an hour is about to pass.

At this time, the enemy general defending the city with a anxious face hurriedly walked into the palace again, and quickly came to Gao Yuan and the others!

"Your Majesty, the Sui army has captured more than 3,000 people in Pyongyang, and they have now escorted all the people to the city gate school field, and they have put forward an ultimatum, if we have not opened the door and surrendered within a pillar of incense, they will kill a thousand people in the city gate school field! More importantly, many of the more than 3,000 people are family members of the soldiers, and now the soldiers are very emotional, and the army is in danger of mutiny! ”

"Don't worry, Your Majesty!"

Gao Yuan just frowned, and before he could speak, Hu Sizheng hurriedly spoke out to comfort, "Wei Chen expected that this Laihu'er didn't have the guts to kill, he was just acting like a guy now, forcing us to open the door and surrender!" ”

"Let's go! Let's go up to the city first! Hu envoy, you can come along! ”

The ministers didn't say anything, obviously agreeing with Hu Sizheng's statement, and Gao Yuan had no choice but to take everyone to the city to see the situation first!

However, he didn't want Hu Sizheng to stay in the palace, he wanted to take Hu Sizheng with him. Now this Hu Sizheng is the only small card in his hand, if there is any accident, exchanging his life with Hu Sizheng is his last resort, so he must firmly hold Hu Sizheng in his own hands!

Gao Yuan led the ministers and hurried to the head of the inner city with the enemy guards. At this time, the soldiers of the enemy army defending the city were all leaning on the battlements and looking at the school field outside the city, many people were shouting loudly, and even some people were crying loudly, and they were very excited!

Gao Yuan and others climbed the battlements and looked out, on the school field three hundred steps away from the city wall, tens of thousands of Sui troops were densely packed, and they were neatly arranged into a huge phalanx, the flags were lined up in the array, the hunting and hunting moved, the soldiers were bright and sharp, and the morale was very high!

At this time, the enemy soldiers leaning on the battlements found Gao Yuan and the others, and ran over one after another, kneeling on the ground to Gao Yuan and the others and crying, "Your Majesty, please save our people......

Gao Yuan was silent for a while, he didn't know what to say now, the ministers didn't say anything, and they had no way at this time, and they didn't know how to persuade these soldiers! Although they had all analyzed it and thought that the Sui army would not dare to order the people, but at this time, they did not dare to say this conclusion!

At this time, in the Sui army array under the city, a general walked quickly to Hu'er, "General, the hour has come, but the enemy has no sign of opening the door and surrendering!" ”

"Kill!"

Lai Hu'er looked up at the head of the inner city, his face did not change at all, and he ordered directly!

With the order of Laihu'er, the war drums beat, and there was a burst of "Knock! Boom! Boom! The sound of war drums suddenly spread throughout the entire school field, echoing in the sky above the phalanx of the entire Sui army!

The abnormal changes under the city alarmed the enemy soldiers who were kneeling on the ground and begging Gao Yuan, they stood up one after another, walked quickly to the battlements, and looked at the city with all their might, and the scene that was happening in the school field under the city suddenly made them look at each other, and they were extremely sad and angry!

At this time, in front of the Sui army array under the city, the general in front of the school field was waving the order flag in his hand vigorously, shouting the order: "Cut!"

On the school ground, the soldiers of the Sui Army, who had been standing solemnly behind the kneeling people, who had already been ready, raised their long knives one after another when they heard this, and one hand fell to the ground, and in the blink of an eye, a thousand young and strong people in Pyongyang City were in a different place in the deafening sound of war drums!

"Ahh Yes...... Father! ”

"Devil! Devil! Child, my child......"

Above the city, a heart-rending cry suddenly sounded, and the enemy soldiers who had lost their relatives were all crying with grief and hatred all of a sudden, and fell into extreme grief and resentment!

The rest of the enemy soldiers were also red-eyed, and they cried again and knelt in front of Gao Yuan: "Your Majesty, please save them quickly!" Hurry up and save your family......"

Looking at the scene that happened under the city, Gao Yuan's face was like death, and his originally straight body became a little rickety at this time, he knew that the inner city of his palace could not be defended, and the grain and grass materials in the city could not be saved, and the dream of kingship in the Central Plains would also disappear!

He turned around and looked at the soldiers kneeling on the ground in front of him, as if he had exhausted all his strength, before he spit out a sentence from his mouth: "Open the city gate, all go out of the city and surrender!" ”

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