The horn whimpered.

In the twilight, the Sui army retreated from under the city of Liaodong like a tide again.

Under the city, the corpses are lying in ambush.

Emperor Yang Guang frowned, and there was impatience in his expression.

"Can a new city open and fall?" The Emperor asked.

Pei Shiju, who took over as the secretary of the Ministry of War, replied in a low voice, "There is no news yet, Yang Wanchun has been reluctant to open the city and surrender, but I am afraid that it will not be surrendered at all." ”

"What about Li Yuan, what is this mother-in-law doing, why hasn't he been able to enter the new city for a month, doesn't it mean that there are only five thousand defenders in the new city?"

Pei Shiju helped Li Yuan defend himself, "There are only three hundred people around Li Weiwei. ”

"How many more men does he need, does he want thousands of troops? Incompetent, wasted, passed the decree, dismissed Li Yuan from the post of Weiwei Siqing, transferred to the young eunuch in the palace, and told Li Yuan that I would give him three more days, and if he still couldn't enter the new city after three days, then he would never come back to see me. ”

"Your Majesty, now that Yang Wanchun is clearly unwilling to surrender, why don't you transfer Luo Yi and Li Jing to turn back and attack Xincheng first?"

"I have already sent Li Jing to the north to attack Jinshan City, and sent Luo Cheng to attack Baiyan City, and now let them attack Xincheng again, wouldn't it be a change of order?"

"But if you don't send a general, it will be impossible to take the new city with Li Yuan's mouth alone."

"Send Guo Yan to lead the two armies of the imperial camp to fight Xincheng." Yang Guang thought about it and said. Although Liaodong City could not be attacked for a long time, the six armies of the imperial camp were all surrounded by Liaodong City, but it did not have much effect, so it was better to divide the troops to fight the new city.

"How's the Ninth Army progressing?"

Yang Guang asked again.

Pei Shiju knew that the emperor was in an irritable mood now, so he hurriedly said good news first.

"Your Majesty, on the side of the Ninth Army, the Left Fifth Army is led by Luo Cheng, and it has now traveled hundreds of miles eastward and has arrived at the foot of Susheng Bone City. Luo Cheng went to the city and sent people to challenge the city, the Goguryeo people hung up the battle exemption card, and the infant city did not defend itself. Luo Cheng sent people to sweep around, captured thousands of Goguryeo people, beheaded them under the city, the Goguryeo people were angry and went out of the city to attack, Luo Cheng fought a column battle, destroyed more than 1,000 enemies in a war, and almost took the opportunity to capture the city of Susheng bones, after this battle, the Goguryeo people did not dare to fight again, so the city gate was closed. ”

"Luo Cheng scolded the battle under the city for three days, and then swaggered and led the whole army through the city, and now Luo Cheng reported, he has arrived in the domestic city, the domestic city defenders because of the defeat of the bone city, although there are more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in the city, but they dare not go out of the city to fight, Luo Cheng scolded the battle for three days, continued to go southeast, and has now arrived at the Yalu River."

Hearing this news, the emperor was really in good spirits.

"Sure enough, Luo Cheng is the most courageous, and I am most pleased. It's a pity that the Goguryeo thieves in the domestic city are too cowardly, otherwise going out of the city to fight will definitely allow Luo Cheng to take the opportunity to win the city, but it's a pity. ”

The emperor danced excitedly, during this period of Liaodong siege, he was exhausted, and originally pulled all the elders to watch the battle, in order to let them see the strong combat power of the Great Sui, but it turned out to let them see that the elite of the Sui army lost troops under the Liaodong city, and the soldiers were unarmed under the city.

"What about Yu Wenshu, what about Yu Zhongwen, where have they been?"

"Luo Cheng has arrived at the Yalu River, why haven't they arrived yet, it is reasonable that their route is much closer than Luo Cheng."

Pei Shiju told the emperor that the three armies led by Yuwen Shu were now under the Wugu City, while Yu Zhongwen led the three armies under the Shicheng, and the other two armies were blocked at the Baisha City, which was only two or three hundred miles away from the Yalu River, but it had not been able to advance an inch for many days.

The emperor's face turned from sunny to gloomy.

"It's almost the end of May, what are they waiting for? Even if there is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of them, they have to go over to me, Luo Chengdu has already arrived at the meeting point, why can't they get through? ”

Su Wei said below, "It is estimated that the generals have not yet entered the cities of Liaodong, Xincheng, Anshi, and Beisha, so they are worried that the back road will be unstable, so they are slow. ”

"My previous will has been made clear, and at the end of May, when the Yalu River is shallow, the Ninth Army will cross the river together and attack Pyongyang. Now it's almost the end of the month, but they are stopping at one or two hundred miles away, are they trying to resist the decree? ”

"Give me an order to Yu Wenshu, Yu Zhongwen and others, so that they must rush to the Yalu River immediately, before the first day of the sixth month, the army that has not arrived on the bank of the Yalu River, the general will be dismissed on the spot, and escorted back to Liaodong to be handed over to me for disposal, and the second general will take over."

The emperor started a fire, and it was not ordinary.

"What's the news on the sea route?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the naval battalion of Donglai County will report to Admiral Hu'er, the fleet is about to depart, the first batch of 40,000 sailors and boatmen will escort the three armies to 100,000 horses to cross the sea to the east, the fleet will cross the Bohai Sea along the Miaodao Islands, arrive at the Liaodong Peninsula, and then continue sailing along the coast of Liaodong, and finally arrive at the mouth of the Beishui River, from the mouth of the river to lead the fleet to the vicinity of Pyongyang, camp and wait for the Ninth Army to converge, and attack Pyongyang City together."

"How long will it take?"

"It will arrive at the mouth of the Beishui River in late June."

"So, the first batch of navies who come to Hu'er will arrive at Pyongyang in more than half a month? Yuwen said that they have not yet reached the mouth of the Yalu River, bastards. ”

At this time, Yang Guang even wanted to send someone to dismiss Yuwenshu directly.

"Send someone to take my sword to Yuwen Shu and Yu Zhongwen, and if you hesitate, you will die directly."

"These two bastards, I knew that I should have let Luo Cheng lead the Ninth Army in the first place."

"Your Majesty, you can't help it, Luo Cheng is not enough to lead the Ninth Army in terms of age, seniority, and prestige, if you take him as the commander, there will be chaos." Pei Shiju hurriedly dissuaded.

Not to mention the commander of the Ninth Army, even if he is now the general of the Fifth Left Army, I don't know how many people are dissatisfied.

In order to express his determination to take Liaodong City, Yang Guang ordered to build a city near Liaodong City, called Liuhe City, which was the emperor's temporary palace, and the people accompanied him in this city, and the emperor personally commanded the siege battle, and the generals had to report to the emperor for instructions every day.

In order to succeed as soon as possible, Yang Guang left only 100,000 horses under Liaodong City to continue the siege, and then sent tens of thousands of horses out to sweep the nearby fortress mountain city, in order to cut off the wings of Liaodong City first.

The emperor's decree was transmitted to the generals of Yuwenshu.

"General, what now?"

Yu Wenshu also had a headache, he originally wanted to wait for Liaodong City to take it before leaving. Or if Liaodong City can't be taken, then the emperor may change his will and let them go back.

But who would have thought, but in the end they waited for such a will.

"Damn, it's just him Luo Chengneng, since he is so capable, then why didn't he Luo Cheng lead the Left Fifth Army alone to fight directly to Pyongyang City?"

After scolding, after scolding, Yuwenshu faced the imperial sword sent by the emperor, and had to give an order, pull out the camp and send troops, and kill to the Yalu River.

"Black Bone City, let's go around." Yu Wenshu added a sentence at the end.