"The minister sees the emperor, the last general is in armor, please forgive the last general for not being able to perform the full salute!"

Li Hun came to Yang Yong's carriage with a group of generals, and saluted on the left chest on the horse, this etiquette came from the early Xianbei people, however, because Wei and Zhou pursued sinicization, gradually disappeared in the upper echelons, after Yang Yong ascended the throne, this etiquette was implemented in the army, so as to avoid the trouble of kneeling when the war was fierce, as for the military salute of later generations, because there is no distinction between the upper and lower, Yang Yong is willing to implement the army, I am afraid there will be many resistances.

Yang Yong raised his hand: "Ladies and gentlemen, Shen Guogong, how is the war?" ”

Li Hun told him about the situation on the battlefield, Yang Yong nodded with satisfaction, so quickly broke through Silla, Goguryeo's camp, it was really unexpected Yang Yong, after this battle, Goguryeo's last combatable force was equivalent to disappearing, even if Yuan Taizuo could escape from Zhongwen's pursuit, it would not have much impact on the overall situation.

"The emperor can rest assured, Weichen promises to take down the mountain before sunset." Li Hun finally added.

Yang Yong shook his head: "Don't worry, it's important to take this mountain, but I don't want the sergeant to be hurt more." ”

"The emperor's sacred heart is benevolent, and the ministers can't do it." Li Hun hurriedly put on his high hat, he was much more relaxed with the emperor's words, he just boasted that solving the remnants of Goguryeo Haikou on the mountain before sunset was equivalent to taking advantage of the situation to take back.

"Hooray! Banzai! Hooray! ”

Louder cheers rang out, although the war was now coming to an end, it was always rare for the emperor to be on the front line in person, not to mention that since entering the Great Cause year, the internal affairs of the court had been overhauled. The lives of ordinary people are getting better and better, foreign wars are even more victorious, the Turks who used to show off their military might, often go deep into the territory to rob and become river workers, and now the war in Goguryeo is so smooth that in the eyes of the soldiers, the talent of the new emperor has slowly risen to the level of surpassing the previous emperor.

The place where Yang Yong was located was not far from the hill where the remnants of Goguryeo had gathered, and as far as the eye could see, the entire camp was littered with corpses and arrows. Broken knives and broken spear heads were mixed in, although most of them were the corpses of Silla and Goguryeo people, Yang Yong still felt extremely miserable, and his heart was unbearable: "Spread my will, if the Goguryeo people on the mountain are willing to surrender, I will guarantee their lives as the emperor of the Great Sui, and promise not to drive them to become enemies of Goguryeo." ”

"Yes, I obey!" Li Hun hurriedly gave a few instructions to his soldiers, asking them to convey the emperor's will to the Goguryeo people. After a while, two specially selected soldiers with loud voices rode towards the hill occupied by the Goguryeo soldiers.

After Yang Yong arrived on the battlefield, the Silla attack had been temporarily stopped, and the Goguryeo soldiers on the hill seized this rare time to rest. Seeing the two Sui cavalry suddenly come out of the queue and run out from the bottom of the mountain, several personal soldiers around Gao Yanshou who were still able to pull the bowstring took out long arrows from their bodies and quietly aimed at the two Sui cavalry who rushed over.

Gao Yanshou squinted his eyes and looked at the two Sui cavalry rushing down the mountain, and saw that the Sui army brigade had no intention of dispatching. He commanded, "Don't let go of the arrows just yet." ”

The soldiers looked at Gao Yanshou puzzled, at this time, they didn't have to think about it to guess what these two Sui soldiers were doing, could it be that General Gao, who had always been brave and loyal, would also want to surrender. But they didn't dare to ask this, so they had to slowly loosen the tense bowstring.

"The people on the mountain listened, you and the others have been heavily surrounded, there is no food and grass inside, no reinforcements outside, and there is no chance to rush out, the Great Sui Emperor Shengming. Remembering that God has the virtue of a good life, he authorized Er and others to put down their weapons and surrender immediately, which can ensure safety and ensure that they will not be allowed to attack the Goguryeo army, otherwise once the mountain is breached, you and others will die without a place to be buried. ”

There was silence on the mountain. Then came a whining cry. Then there was another shout from the officer, and Gao Yanshou frowned. The fingers clenched tightly, the green tendons flared up, and after a while, he put it down again, and sighed: "Order, put down your weapon and surrender." ”

The pro-soldiers were taken aback and almost cried: "General! ”

"Don't hear clearly, put down your weapons and surrender" Gao Yanshou repeated again.

"Yes." The pro-soldier passed the order down with tears, but the eyebrows were a lot more relaxed, after all, Gao Yanshou's pro-soldier is also a person, and people will be afraid of death, and they didn't have a chance to think about it before due to the tension of the war, and they will definitely think about it after relaxing.

"Your Majesty, the Goguryeo people have surrendered."

Yu Zhongwen was surprised to hear this, he had worked hard for most of the day, and he was afraid that he would not be able to attack today, but he didn't expect that the enemy would disarm and surrender as soon as the emperor came, and he couldn't help but be annoyed, he knew that he had persuaded him to surrender earlier.

Hearing the surrender of the Goguryeo, Yang Yong was also a little surprised, after all, judging from the corpses in the camp, the Goguryeo people resisted very resolutely, but even if the other party did not surrender, persuasion to surrender could at least disintegrate the morale of the other party. Yang Yong couldn't help but be interested in this Goguryeo commander, and ordered: "Bring their commander here, I want to meet him." ”

"Yes." Li Mi responded.

After a while, Gao Yanshou was escorted to Yang Yong by Li Mi and several guards.

"Get on your knees!"

Gao Yanshou did not listen to the order to kneel, but struggled a few times, which made Li Mi and several guards very nervous, and hurriedly pressed Gao Yanshou to the ground.

Yang Yong looked at Gao Yanshou with cold eyes, Gao Yanshou was quite embarrassed at this time, the clothes on his body had many holes, they were covered with blood and mud, and his beard was also entangled.

Seeing this general, Yang Yong was just curious for a while, but he didn't necessarily pay much attention to it, since the other party refused to kneel, then he should suffer a little, and after a long time, Yang Yong waved his hand: "Let him get up." ”

"Yes!" Although several guards let Gao Yanshou go, they still watched him closely behind him.

"You're the Emperor?" The upper echelons of Goguryeo can basically hear and speak Chinese, and Gao Yanshou is no exception, and after hearing Li Mi's answer, Gao Yanshou finally knew Yang Yong's identity. "Yes, I am the Son of Heaven of the Great Sui."

Hearing Yang Yong's identity, Gao Yanshou became excited: "Your Majesty, my Goguryeo and Dasui well water do not violate the river water, the Central Plains has always been benevolent and righteous, I don't know why Your Majesty wants to invade our land?" ”

"Bold!"

Several people around hurriedly scolded Gao Yanshou, but Gao Yanshou didn't care, staring at Yang Yong with his eyes.

"Well water does not violate the river water, in the early years of the emperor, two years, three years, Gao Baoning invaded the land of Yingzhou several times, half of the borrowed soldiers are Goguryeo people, the eighteenth year of the emperor, the lord Gao Yuan is personally led people into Liaodong, how can the well water not violate the river water?"

Gao Yanshou was speechless for a while, and only said in a half-loud voice: "But even so, in the twenty years since the opening of the emperor, my lord has already presented a surrender table and is willing to pay tribute to the Great Sui, why should the Great Sui raise this army, it is necessary to destroy my Goguryeo, even if our country is disrespectful, it will not destroy the country." ”

Yang Yong laughed: "Even if there is disrespect, there will be no disaster to destroy the country, so how did Goguryeo develop, you can tell me, how many countries have Goguryeo destroyed?" ”

Gao Yanshou was silent, and Yang Yong continued: "Lying next to the collapse, how can you allow others to sleep soundly, I am the son of heaven, and I should dominate the five lakes and the four seas." ”

Gao Yanshou's face suddenly felt like ashes, did Goguryeo, which had been inherited for more than 500 years, really want to perish, although he had thought of it when he surrendered, otherwise even if he died, he would not surrender, but at this time, he personally heard the exact answer from the mouth of the Great Sui Emperor, and his heart was still hit hard, with the manpower and material support of the Great Sui, as long as the Son of Heaven made up his mind, Goguryeo had no possibility of continuing to survive.

"Let's take it." Seeing that Gao Yanshou didn't speak, Yang Yong also lost interest in continuing to ask, if there was no accident, this person should also become a member of the river workers, and when the canal is completed, he will become another kind of laborer until he dies.

"Slow!" Gao Yanshou struggled, unwilling to go down, and shouted: "Emperor Dasui, as long as you agree to a few conditions for me, the general of the defeated army is willing to help the emperor pacify Goguryeo, and is even willing to enter Pyongyang City to persuade him to surrender." ”

"Bold, what qualifications do you have to negotiate conditions?"

"Dreaming, you are already a prisoner, my emperor is a great luck to see you, and I dare to talk about any conditions."

Several generals refuted Gao Yanshou's words.

"Oh." Yang Yong was very interested: "Let's talk about it, what conditions do you have?" ”

Gao Yanshou can be regarded as a famous general of Goguryeo, and there is no doubt that the victory of the Great Sui is now, but Pyongyang is still in the hands of Goguryeo, Goguryeo Mo is on the run with a large army, and Princess Pingkang in the north is still resisting.

Gao Yanshou's spirit was shocked: "First, please ask the emperor to restrain the team and not kill the ordinary people too much." ”

Yang Yong nodded: "I can promise you that as long as you don't become an enemy of the Great Sui, I can guarantee their safety." "These people are free labor, and if they don't resist, of course Da Sui won't kill them.

Gao Yanshou was overjoyed: "The Emperor of the Great Sui is really a benevolent lord, and the villain has another condition, that is, if the villain says that the king of Goguryeo has been lowered, he will also ask the emperor to promise the safety of the king of Goguryeo." ”

"It's rare to be faithful to the Lord, and I will allow you to do this."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, the villain has no conditions, and he is willing to surrender." After speaking, Gao Yanshou was dazed for a moment, knelt down, and knocked his head nine times: "The villain sees the emperor, long live my emperor!" Banzai! Hooray! ”