Wen Shan, the city lord of Xuansu City, also rarely relaxed on this snowy day.

Since the city of Wuli Luo on the other side of the Liao River was captured and 13,000 Goguryeo soldiers were completely annihilated, Xuansu City, which was only 60 miles away from the Liao River, could not help but panic.

Xuansu is just a small city, and although Wenshan is the city lord, the city lord of Goguryeo has four levels.

He, the city lord, is just the last Lou Xiao small city lord, compared with the Sui State in the Central Plains, Lou Xiao is actually equivalent to a county order.

Xuansu City is located on the Liaohe Plain, which is located in the plain, the terrain is open, and the land is fertile. Previously, Goguryeo had defended the city of Wuli Luo on the west bank of the Liao River, so that Xuansu City was not considered the forefront, so it was rare to be relatively stable for many years. Because of this, Xuansu City has developed agriculture and a large population, and for many years, it has been providing a large amount of grain and grass supply for the mountain cities and garrisons in the front line and rear.

Xuansu City is actually a large agricultural planting county, with more than 10,000 households and a population of more than 60,000. Countless fertile manors, incomparably rich.

It's just that because of the vigorous development of agriculture, there are Wuli Luo City in front, Gaimu Mountain City in the southeast, and Xincheng Mountain City in the northeast, so that Xuansu City itself has no soldiers and horses stationed.

It turned out that there was just a building owner leading thousands of troops to garrison.

Last time the Sui army besieged Wuli Luo City, the city lord of Xincheng gathered all the troops and horses and organized 5,000 men and horses to cross the river to rescue, and Xuansu City drew 500.

Five hundred people went and never returned, leaving only five hundred defenders in Xuansu City.

Later, he also asked the lord of the new city to send reinforcements, but the lord ignored him. He also knew very well that he was not from the same department as the city lord, so it was naturally difficult for him to take care of him.

There are five major ministries in Goguryeo, one is internal, also known as the Huang Ministry, that is, the Guilou Ministry. The second is the north, also called the rear, that is, the slave department. The third is the east, also known as the left part, that is, the Shunnu department. Fourth, it is called the south, also known as the front part, that is, the slave department. The fifth is called the west, also known as the right part, that is, the slave elimination department.

These five departments are also divided into levels, the first level is the Guilou Ministry to which the royal family belongs, the second level is the Juan Nu Department and the Absolute Slave Department, and the third level is the Shun Nu Department and the Irrigation Slave Department.

The Shunnu tribe, that is, the east, had a relatively low status in the early and middle Goguryeo periods, until the middle and late Goguryeo five tribes were in civil strife, and the eastern part rose.

Nowadays, the eastern part of the Goguryeo tribe is second only to the Guilou tribe to which the royal family belongs, and even the strength is faintly on top.

Goguryeo's five-part system is their tradition, but it is this five-part system that has caused frequent civil strife in the nearly 700 years since the founding of Goguryeo.

The most recent civil strife was in the Central Plains of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, when the rebellion of the five tribes greatly damaged the vitality of Goguryeo, until the late Northern Zhou Dynasty, the rebellion of the five tribes subsided, the east rose, and Goguryeo reached a balance again, and since then it has recuperated and recuperated, and its strength has recovered rapidly again.

By the time of the Sui Dynasty, the strength of the Goguryeo people had regained a peak, and it was precisely because of this that the Goguryeo people dared to send troops to cross the Liao River in the early years of the Sui Dynasty, invade western Liao, and even besiege Yingzhou and force the Khitan.

At this time, the eastern part was extremely powerful, and the Yuan family in the eastern part of the country served as the Great Commander of Goguryeo for three consecutive years.

The big pair of Lu is equivalent to the position of prime minister of the Central Plains.

In the 700-year-old Goguryeo, in fact, there was already a relatively stable official rank system.

The official has the eldest brother, the second eldest brother, the second younger brother, the second to Lu, the second Yi Hou luxury, the second Wu clumsy, the second too big messenger, the second small messenger, the second mattress luxury, the second Fei genus, the second immortal, all the twelve, and there are internal evaluations, external evaluations, and five mattresses.

Now the eastern lord of Goguryeo is Yuangae Suwen, and he also served as the chief of Goguryeo.

Yuangai Suwen is a big pair of Lu, and naturally he reuses people from the east, such as the lord of Xincheng, who is the eldest brother from the east, and serves as the Xincheng Fusa, which is equivalent to the position of the governor of the Central Plains and the assassin of history, not only the lord of a city, but also the commander of a war zone.

Xuansu City is subordinate to the city lord of Xincheng, and the previous Wuli Luo City is actually the same. But Wenshan, the city lord, was born in the southern slave department, whether it was in the past or now, it was the last of the five departments, and they were still royalists, so naturally they were not appreciated by the city lord of the new city, and even gave him small shoes to wear everywhere.

At such a time, the city lord of Xincheng did not give him additional troops, and even issued an order a year ago, asking him to transport a large number of grain, grass and equipment to Xincheng after the New Year.

The city lord of the new city is like this, and Wen Shan is also a little self-defeating.

It was not yet dark, and the snow was falling.

The gate of Xuansu City is still open, and on a snowy day, there are a few people in and out of the city.

The defenders shrank in the hole of the city gate, their necks hunched and their sleeves caged, squatting in front of the fire to roast the fire, holding poles and spears in their arms, chatting without a word.

Just a few glances at the people who came in and out.

In the midst of the wind and snow, another came from the city.

The defenders looked up, but saw that it was Wu Sanbao, a horse merchant in the city.

"Where are you going with such a snowstorm?"

"It's not today's New Year, the wind and snow are so big, I am worried about the brothers who are guarding the city, and I specially asked people to send some freshly cooked steamed cakes, and the brothers eat them while they are hot."

Wu Sanbao's entourage came up, carrying two boxes of steamed cakes kept warm, and as soon as they opened, the heat rose, and a fragrance came to their nostrils.

"Lamb stuffing, eat it hot."

Several defenders could not bear it, so they all surrounded it.

A ten-master also smiled and thanked him, "Wu Lang is really polite." ”

Wu Sanbao smiled and said, "I heard that the Sui army has been pressed to the edge of the Liao River, and the safety of our Xuansu City depends on the defenders in the city." ”

Several defenders boasted that the Sui army really dared to come, so they came to kill one and two to kill a pair.

Wu Sanbao laughed.

Several defenders made a bowl of steamed cakes, which were eaten in large pieces, and the food was fragrant.

But he didn't see it, Wu Sanbao's eyes flashed with murderous intent.

No one knew that this horse merchant, who had lived in Xuansu City for several generations, had actually been rebelled against by the staff of the Great Sui Military Department. Not long ago, the city of Wuli Luo was breached, and Wu Sanbao had secretly connected with the Sui army.

This time, he had already received an order from Li Jing, the Taishou of Liaodong, asking him to cooperate with Luo Cheng and take Xuanxuan City.

Although Ma Sanbao's family has lived in Xuansu City for several generations, as a horse merchant, he has been to Sui Bian City more than once to trade, he has read books, and met many Han people in the Central Plains, so he still remembers that his ancestors are Han people, and he has never regarded himself as a Goguryeo.

He had been looking forward to the day when the Han army would be able to cross the Liao River again.

Thinking about the ancestors of his Wu family, the ancestral genealogy records that it was immigrated to Liao during the Han Dynasty and has survived here for hundreds of years.

After several migrations, he has always been a citizen of Xuansu City.

They were the people of the Han Dynasty, the people of the Jin Dynasty, the people of the Yan Kingdom, and then they became Goguryeo people, but in their hearts, they always remembered their roots.

In the wind and snow.

Suddenly there was a sound of arrows outside the city.

Wu Sanbao smiled.

He suddenly drew his saber from his waist and slashed at the defenders who were eating without warning. Several of the family members he brought with him also suddenly burst out and cut people.

And as he shouted to kill the thief, more family members and the children of the Han people in the city rushed with swords and swords.

Outside the city, horses' hooves flew, and a cavalry galloped in the snow.

At the gate of the city, Wu Sanbao was covered in blood, laughing and wielding a knife.

Several Goguryeo people were hacked to death, and the Goguryeo people in the city rushed in surprise, but they were stopped by the Han people who arrived.

Wu Sanbao stood at the gate of the city, shouting to the heirs who rushed first, "Enter the city, enter the city!" ”