Chapter 484: Victory Without a Fight
The Sui army was under the city of Liaodong, hundreds of thousands of troops, surrounded here, Yizhi Wende and Gao Cheng brought 10,000 horses to support earlier, but before the Sui army attacked the city, Goguryeo sent envoys to the Great Sui camp to send the news that Goguryeo would submit to the Sui State and no longer be king, please discuss peace. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Yang Guang's line stood facing the city of Liaodong, heavily guarded, with trenches, horse rejection, thorns, etc., everything and heavy guard.
The Goguryeo envoy passed through the layers of military formations, was searched by several checkpoints, and after making sure that he did not carry any weapons and was not proficient in martial arts, he was allowed to pass, fearing that he would come and assassinate the current saint with a dagger.
Yang Guang met with the middle-aged envoy in the big tent, and after learning the intention of the king of Goguryeo, he was stunned, he thought that this time he would also fight to the end, conquer Pyongyang City, and completely destroy this small country, but he did not expect that soon after the war, the king of Goguryeo sent someone to sue for peace.
"Your Majesty, beware of trickery!" Yu Wenshu reminded that he was defeated in the middle of the plan, buried 200,000 troops, suffered heavy losses, and was almost dealt with by military law when he came back.
"Who is in charge of coming to negotiate peace, King of Goguryeo?"
The envoy's name was Huyan Yu, a diplomatic envoy of Goguryeo, and he said respectfully at this time: "My king is seriously ill, and the prefects who came to surrender this time are Prime Minister Eulzhi Wendeok, and Prince Qizhu Gao Cheng, all of whom are the highest courtiers of my Goguryeo with full strength and status, which is enough to represent my king." ”
When Yang Guang heard this, he nodded slightly, he had also heard of these two people, Eozhi Wendeyun Yunwu, who was the mainstay of Goguryeo, and Gao Cheng was Gao Yuan's half-brother, Gao Yuan had no children, and he might inherit the throne in the future, these two people came to negotiate, which showed their sincerity.
"Are you going to surrender the whole country?"
Huyan Yu bent over and said: "My Goguryeo was originally a small country, at the beginning, I braved the power of heaven to resist the Great Sui, in fact, I was a villain's heart to spend the belly of a gentleman, worried that the Great Sui would annex us and kill them all, and later realized that the Great Sui is a state of etiquette, the Central Plains culture has a long history, conquered the Western Regions, the steppe Turks, etc., they were vassals of the Great Sui, but they were still able to retain the race, rich life, Your Majesty is like a holy khan, treat all ethnic groups as a family, my king regrets not belonging as soon as possible, which led to the destruction of life, this timeThe king of Goguryeo voluntarily sacrificed his land and became the Liaodong County of the Great Sui, only to be the king of Liaodong County, and no longer use the name of Goguryeo, at the same time, pay tribute to the Great Sui every year, and cede land to compensate for the losses of the Sui army, and hand over some traitors who fled from the Sui State to Liaodong! ”
These words were all told to him by Yizhi Wende in advance, and he should put on a low posture of bowing his knees slightly and give face to Emperor Zudasui, so that he could negotiate.
Sure enough, after Yang Guang heard these words, he almost achieved the purpose of his trip to send troops, conquer Liaodong, expand the territory, and make Goguryeo submit and obey.
Now the Goguryeo envoy said this, more sincere than Yang Guang thought, abandoned the name of Goguryeo, changed to the king of Liaodong County, paid tribute every year, no longer confrontation, and handed over the traitors, praised him as a holy khan, etc., which made him really feel a lot more comfortable.
Yu Shiji, Pei Yun, Yu Wenshu, Su Wei, Pei Ju, Feng Deyi civil officials, as well as Li Jing, Zhou Fashang, Lai Hu'er, Wei Wensheng and other military generals, heard the envoy's remarks, they were a little surprised, if what the other party said was true, then they did not have to continue to fight in Liaodong without a fight, and most people were secretly glad in their hearts.
There are only a few warmongers who want to use this as a good opportunity to make meritorious contributions on the battlefield and be knighted, so they don't want to accept peace like this.
"Your Majesty, we need to see the black and white letters, as well as the seal of the king of Goguryeo, which is personally spoken by their representatives of the council and signed by them, and truly takes effect, before we can believe it." Pei Ju was a Great Sui diplomat and had a lot of experience in this area, so he made suggestions.
"Makes sense!" Yang Guang nodded, his expression moved slightly, if Yizhi Wende and Gao Cheng came in person, bowed their heads to the ministers, sacrificed Liaodong City, and let the Sui army enter the city, then there would be sincerity.
Therefore, Yang Guang asked the envoy to go back to pass the word, to negotiate peace, His Majesty is sincere, open Liaodong City, withdraw the army, and let Yizhi Wende and Prince Gao Cheng personally come to submit the letter of surrender, sign and draw the charge, and stamp a king's seal, and to write the surrender into a text, and then post it in Goguryeo, as we all know, from now on attached to the Great Sui, that is acceptable.
Huyan Yu should come down, say goodbye and leave the camp, and return to Liaodong City to spread the word.
Two days later, Liaodong City actually opened the city gate, thousands of guards were unarmed, took off their armor, and went out of the city gate, at the same time, Gao Cheng and Yizhi Wende took people out of the city, asking to see the Great Sui Emperor, and discuss the details and terms.
When Yang Guang first conquered Liaodong, he had this purpose, not letting the army fight selfishly, everything was under his command, and when the Goguryeo army surrendered, he must not kill indiscriminately, but accept them all, showing his holy khan's mind, but it led to a delay in the fighter plane and heavy losses.
But after the failure of the two conquests, Yang Guang held back the fire in his belly, this time he wanted to completely eliminate Goguryeo, but by the words of the other party's envoy, the hatred in his heart was eliminated a lot, if he could conquer the Gao Fanbang Dynasty in this way, so that it would be included in the territory of the Great Sui and set up Liaodong County, then his strategic goal of driving the expedition was also achieved, and he did not have to fight to the ground and kill the other party, which would affect the Western Regions, Turkic, and Tuyuhun people, and they would have opinions on the Holy Khan.
"My king is willing to bow his head and be a minister, and from now on return to the Sui State, no longer regard himself as the king of a country, pay tribute every year, and reconcile forever ......" Gao Cheng said something, which made Yang Guang very useful to listen to.
Yang Guang paused, and said loudly: "Since Gao Yuan has changed his past mistakes, regretted his mistakes, and realized his decision-making mistakes, he once caused the lives of Liaodong to be miserable and bloody, which is indeed a big crime. But now that I have learned from the pain, I am willing to belong to my Great Sui, and I will not pursue my past sins too much. I named Gao Yuan as the king of Liaodong County, and I am a king with a different surname in the court of the Great Sui, and the area of Liaodong was ceded to me in the Sui Territory, east of Liaodong City, across the Yalu River, and the land was still owned by the Goguryeo people, and I wanted to coexist peacefully with Baekje and Silla, and wait for the dispatch of the Great Sui in the future......"
What Yizhi Wende and Gao Cheng were thinking in their hearts, no one in the Sui Dynasty knew it, but at this moment, they agreed in unison, and Yu Shiji's Zhongshu Province drew up a treaty for armistice and surrender to Sui, Gao Cheng took out the king's seal, and Yang Guang took the jade seal and stamped each other's seals to make the treaty officially effective.
The Sui army took over the city of Liaodong, and since then it has become a county of the Sui State in the northeast, and the Goguryeo people withdrew to the east of the Yalu River, and handed over Hu Sizheng and other Great Sui rebels, Yang Guang got what he wanted, got rid of his heart disease, and his obsession was eliminated, and he was not so enthusiastic about other things in Liaodong, and issued an order to withdraw the army.
The third expedition to Goguryeo, the thunder was loud and the rain was small, so the curtain came to an end, Yang Guang saved face, completed the expansion of the territory like a self-deception, and left Liaodong.