By the Yalu River, under the city.

Yizhi Wende and Gao Jianwu were arguing fiercely, "You are confused, you have been chasing for a long time, and you haven't even found out that you chased the wrong person?" ”

Even Gao Jianwu is brother couldn't care less, and directly reprimanded.

Gao Jianwu was also a little ashamed, but in front of the generals, this face still had to be wanted.

"It's not that I'm confused, it's that the thief is too cunning."

Yizhi Wende pressed the sword in his hand, and really wanted to draw his sword and cut this guy directly, "Let you lay an ambush in Sashui, but your 70,000 army was defeated by Luo Cheng's 30,000 people, if it weren't for the help of 20,000 horses and horses, you would have let Luo Cheng be completely annihilated." ”

"Because of your own fault, let Sashui's plan to encircle and annihilate 300,000 Sui troops fall short."

"And now, because of your own fault, let Luo Cheng go to Pyongyang with 20,000 Sui troops, if Pyongyang has a half-point difference, can you bear the consequences?"

Gao Jianwu was annoyed, "General Yizhi, please remember your identity, although you are a mattress, I am also a mattress, and I am still the king's brother." ”

"What if the thieves went to Pyongyang treacherously? But with 20,000 horses, how could he capture the city of Pyongyang? ”

The two quarreled.

Although Gao Jianwu is the younger brother of the king, he is not the king after all, and Yizhi Wende is a general with high military prestige, and he is also the one who broke the Sui army this time, and the prestige is even more unparalleled, and he is not afraid of Gao Jianwu's status as the younger brother.

"Report!"

A Goguryeo light rider came to report.

"Report to the general, according to the scout's report, I found that Luo Cheng led his troops to Pyongyang."

Eulchi gritted his teeth, he was really worried that whatever he wanted, he was worried that Luo Cheng would kill him and go to Pyongyang, but he really found out that Luo Cheng went to Pyongyang.

"Order, immediately return to Pyongyang, and be sure to completely annihilate this Sui army."

Gao Jianwu was not happy.

"Daxing City must be taken first, and the more than 50,000 Sui troops who escaped the Yalu water can't let them run, they have to cross the river to pursue, and they can't let any of them go. As for the 20,000 thieves, don't worry, just send 350,000 people back. ”

"Thirty or fifty thousand? You can't beat Luo Cheng's 30,000 people with 70,000 people, and now you say that you can send 350,000 people to annihilate Luo Cheng? ”

Yizhi sneered, "It's good to leave 350,000 people under Daxing City to continue to besiege the city, as for the defeated army of the Sui Dynasty that escaped the Yalu Water, it will be handed over to the defenders of Wugu, China, Sushenggu and other cities, there are so many mountain cities, hundreds of miles of roads, heavy interceptions, and a Sui army doesn't want to escape back to Liaodong." The top priority is to bite Luo Cheng and annihilate him, and not let them continue to wander. Even if he can't attack Pyongyang, but now that the rear is empty, letting the 20,000 Sui troops burn and loot everywhere, it can also cause huge damage. ”

"He must be stopped."

But no matter how serious Ren Yizhi said, Gao Jianwu just refused to agree.

"If you want to go to Pyongyang, you go, in short, I will continue to fight Daxingcheng."

If Gao Jianwu doesn't leave, then now on the front line of the Yalu River, as many as half and nearly 80,000 people will not leave under his command.

After arguing for a long time, Gao Jianwu just refused to go, and in the end, Yizhi Wende had to redeploy, and he still transferred the remaining 30,000 people out of half of the 80,000 to return to China and other cities in Jiangbei, responsible for searching and suppressing the defeated army of the Sui Dynasty. And he personally led 50,000 horses and horses to return to King Qin of Pyongyang.

Bei River Estuary.

On a sea less than 100 miles from the mouth of the Beijiang River, there is a small island no more than 20 miles offshore.

This small island spreads its wings like a white bird, so it is also called Bailing Island.

The island is not big, but it is close to the coast, and it is not far from the mouth of the Bei River, and there is a good bay port on the island, so after the defeat of the Laihu'er army, he retreated all the way down the river, and finally withdrew from the Bei River.

Because of the great defeat and the arrival of the Ninth Army, Laihu'er was worried about the attack of the Goguryeo army in Pyongyang, so he finally chose this island to settle down temporarily.

At this time, there were 30,000 soldiers and 40,000 auxiliaries on Bailing Island.

However, there were very few ships on the island, and the huge fleet had already returned to Donglai, ready to transport the second batch of soldiers, horses, money and grain.

Of the eight armies on the sea route, only three armies came over last time, and although they lost 30,000 main soldiers, they only lost 30,000 after all, and the total number of the Eighth Army was 300,000.

In the port camp of Donglai, there are still 200,000 troops.

Laihu'er believes that as long as the second group of men and horses arrives, even if it is only 100,000, he is confident that he will fight back to Pyongyang City.

"Marshal, I don't know if the Ninth Army has arrived in Pyongyang?"

"Who knows, the men sent to find out the news haven't come back yet."

Lai Hu'er said a little worriedly, he knew that he was careless for a while, and as a result, he lost tens of thousands of main forces and had to withdraw to this sea, but if the Ninth Army then arrived in Pyongyang, without the support of their sailors, it would be difficult.

Everyone knows that the Ninth Army only brought a small amount of grain and grass, and along the way, it is impossible to mention a lot of losses, but I am afraid that even if it reaches the city of Pyongyang, there will not be much food.

After the Ninth Army arrived at Pyongyang, what it needed most was the replenishment of food, grass and ordnance.

But before the Ninth Army arrived, Laihu'er did not dare to venture to stay on land, and the powerful Goguryeo army in Pyongyang City made him very afraid.

He only hoped to wait for the news of the arrival of the Ninth Army as soon as possible, so that even if the second batch of sailors did not arrive, he would dare to return to Pyongyang City with tens of thousands of horses.

"Dashuai, the people who went to Pyongyang are back."

As soon as Laihu'er heard this, he immediately came to the spirit.

"Hurry up."

As soon as the people arrived, Laihu'er couldn't wait to ask.

"How? Has the Ninth Army arrived? ”

The face of the person who came was sad.

"Marshal, we have just retreated from Pyongyang, and the Ninth Army will arrive later, only three days apart."

"Ah, the Ninth Army has arrived?"

As soon as he heard that it was only three days late, Lai Hu'er couldn't help but regret it even more, if he hadn't been careless at the time, it would be good to wait three more days, so that he could successfully join the Ninth Army and conquer Pyongyang, maybe now Pyongyang has been defeated.

"Immediately send an order to the whole army, prepare the ships, we will land, and kill back to Pyongyang!"

"Dashuai, I can't go."

"Why can't you go?"

"Three days after our defeat from Pyongyang, the Ninth Army reached the city of Pyongyang, and they attacked the city for several days, killing and wounding more than 10,000 people, and then ran out of food, so they had to withdraw their troops. As a result, on the way back to the north, he was pursued by the rank and tail of the Goguryeo army, with heavy casualties, in the Sashui River and the Yalu River, two major defeats, the collapse of the Ninth Army, tens of thousands of war dead, and as many as 100,000 prisoners, only 350,000 people who could escape the Yalu River, only 350,000 people fled into the Daxing City at the mouth of the Yalu River, but they were also surrounded by the Goguryeo people, and the lonely city was trapped. ”

Laihu'er was stunned.

"The Ninth Army is defeated, defeated? 300,000 lost? ”

"It can't be, it can't be!"

"Marshal, this is true, the Ninth Army is defeated, and it is completely defeated."

Deputy Marshal Zhou Fashang also looked defeated, "The Eastern Expedition has failed, come to Shuai, let's prepare to retreat from the sea." ”

"No, we can't withdraw yet, we have to go and rescue the brothers in Daxing City!" Laihu'er gritted his teeth and said, "Gather all the ships on the island, and then send an elite, I will personally lead the team to Daxing City!" ”