The city of Pyongyang is built on a hill and is surrounded by shell water to the south. The city is high and thick, in addition to the area, when it comes to defense, I am afraid that the real Chang'an City is not as good, no wonder the Goguryeo people can proudly call it Little Chang'an.

On the narrow wharf of Beishui, it took five busy days before the 100,000 army and the supplies on the ship were unloaded, during which the Goguryeo army completely shrank in the city, without any intention of attacking the Sui army, which was completely inconsistent with the previous aggressive image of the Goguryeo people, which made the Sui army puzzled.

It is said that the Goguryeo people were too frightened, but in the face of the defeat at sea, Goguryeo panicked up and down, but it is a fact that from 427 AD, the Goguryeo king moved the capital here, and Pyongyang City has always been the capital of Goguryeo, and now in the fifth year of the Great Cause (608 AD), the Goguryeo people have taken Pyongyang as their capital for 180 years.

The whole Korean Peninsula is a mountainous area, only two large plains, one is the Han River Plain, the other is the plain south of Pyongyang, the Han River Plain has the Han River as the feed, the flat principle in the south of Pyongyang is the Bei Shui, that is, the Taedong River in later generations, it is still a first-class anointed land, these two places are the granary of the peninsula, when Goguryeo was in its heyday, not only Pyongyang was the capital, but also the power covered the whole Han River basin.

Although Goguryeo lost the Han River Plain more than 50 years ago, its national strength has not decreased much because of the huge land north of the Yalu River and west of the Liao River, and while guarding against the Sui Dynasty, it has not forgotten to fight with Silla and Baekje, and wants to recapture the fertile land of the Han River Plain.

Although Goguryeo had long been prepared to fight the Great Sui, it never imagined that the Sui army would reach its capital so quickly. At this time, Goguryeo's troops were mostly distributed on the Liao River, the front line of the Han River, and there were not many soldiers and horses in the capital, adding up to only 30,000 troops, facing the 100,000 troops of the Sui army. Although he knew that the Sui army had not yet gained a firm foothold, even if the king of Goguryeo was willing to send troops, he had no troops to send, so he had to urgently send envoys to the front line of the Han River to transfer back the troops confronting Silla.

However, although the army confronting Silla was only more than 300 miles away from Pyongyang, the mountain roads were rugged, and it would take at least ten days for the hundreds of thousands of troops to return, so the Sui army had to easily survive the first few days and set up camp. Gained a foothold under the city.

After a few days of rest, the Sui army did not immediately attack the city, but left most of the troops to surround Pyongyang, and the fleet was divided into three groups. One was stationed outside Pyongyang to block the remnants of Goguryeo's naval army, and the other was heading north along the coastline to open up a route to Liaodong. If possible, they can also receive He Ruobi's army, and the other will return to Zhuo County. Deliver supplies to the Great Army.

Look at the way Pyongyang does not dare to move. Zhou Fashang and others have already guessed that Pyongyang may not have many soldiers and horses, but the city of Pyongyang is built on the mountain, and it is not possible to take it in a short time. Just wipe out the Goguryeo reinforcements on the periphery. No matter how hard the tortoise shell in Pyongyang City is, the Sui army can calmly smash it. The city was built in the day. Because the emperor drove here, plus the people who came and went, it was even more lively than the Liaodong City where Goguryeo was originally located.

If you want to say that the place that is more lively than the city is the Liao River, after capturing the Liaodong City, the Sui army has opened the waterway from the Liao River to Zhuo County, which is also about a thousand miles, if it is from the land, it will take at least 20 days, but it only takes 10 days to set off by sea, and the volume of a thousand large ships can reach the volume of seven or eight hundred people, of course, the sea route is far more cost-effective than the land route.

On the side of the Liao River, a small boat with only about 200 materials mixed with several large ships with about 1,000 materials entered the wharf together, and those thousands of materials or so were naturally the ships of the Sui army transporting supplies, and as soon as several large ships docked, the people on the shore rushed up and began to unload all kinds of materials, only after the small boat docked, the people swept a few glances, revealing a trace of doubt, but no one passed.

The cabin opened, and several people dressed in foreign clothes walked down from inside, two of them were monks with shaved heads, and a Sui army official was already waiting on the shore, and when he saw these people, a smile appeared on his face, and he asked, "Is the person who came from Silla an envoy?" ”

"Yes, we are the envoy of Silla, the foreign minister Da Nama Wanse, to meet the ambassador of God." A middle-aged man in his thirties, slightly fat, and less than five feet tall, bent down respectfully and replied.

"Amitabha, the foreign envoy Huiwen, Tan Yu to meet the ambassador of the kingdom." The two monks also hurriedly put their hands together.

"Since you are an envoy, you don't have to be polite, the official's surname is Liu Mingkang, and he is currently a member of Honglu Temple, responsible for receiving everyone, and inviting the three envoys to enter the city with the official."

In fact, after knowing that Emperor Wen of Sui valued the Buddha, the monks had an important position in the several missions sent by the King of Silla to the Great Sui in the past, that is, in order to please the Great Sui Emperor, but also in the name of Buddhism, to gain some benefits in the exchanges of the Great Sui.

Hearing Liu Kang report his name, Da Naima Wanshi couldn't wait to say: "It turned out to be Lord Liu, the military emergency ahead, my king intends to join forces with the Great Sui to eliminate Goguryeo, I don't know when Lord Liu can send us to meet with the Great Sui Emperor." ”

"The three envoys are not in a hurry, the emperor is hunting, and the official will immediately send someone to inform the emperor, but when there is news, it is not known to the official, and the three envoys might as well settle down in the city and wait for the emperor's summons."

Da Naima Wan Shi and Hui Wen, Tan Yu glanced at each other, although he was anxious in his heart, but he still nodded, even the king of Silla had to accept the canonization of the Great Sui Emperor, although they were envoys, they could only accept the summons of the Great Sui Emperor. However, after a moment's hesitation, Da Nai Ma Wanshi still asked, "Lord Liu, I wonder if the envoy of the Baekje Kingdom has seen the Great Sui Emperor?" ”

"Your envoy rest assured, the Baekje envoy only arrived yesterday, and the emperor did not see him, if the emperor intends to summon him, the palace will try to arrange for them to meet with the emperor with the envoy." Liu Kang said briskly.

After learning that the Baekje envoy had only come for one day and had not been received by the Great Sui Emperor, Da Naimawan's heart suddenly relaxed: "Thank you, Lord Liu." ”

Ten miles away from Liaodong City, outside a dense forest, people roared and horses neighed, and countless Praetorian Guards wearing red armor surrounded the forest within a range of more than ten miles, drove out the beasts hidden inside, and then drove them in the direction of the emperor for the emperor's hunting pleasure.

The Liaodong city built by Goguryeo was destroyed by He Ruobi, and now the new city is just built in a hurry, which is equivalent to a large barracks, Yang Yong is idle and bored in the rear, and often hunts for fun, anyway, now many places in Liaodong are covered by forests, there are many prey in the forest, and there are no animals worth protecting, hunting can enrich food, and can be used to train soldiers, improve the morale of the team, why not?

"Beat the robe and scoop the fish." This is the Qing Dynasty immigrants from the customs to describe the wealth outside the customs, at this time the Liaodong prey is much richer than the later generations, the forest deer, yellow sheep, wolves and other prey are not counted, tigers and bears are also a lot, the army rushed, all the animals ran out of the forest in a panic, carnivores and vegetarian animals mixed together, desperately fleeing without stopping.

It's just that their escape happened to be sent to Yang Yong's side, in this case, Yang Yong will hit a prey every time he shoots an arrow, and after firing more than ten arrows in a row, seven or eight prey of different sizes have fallen in the field.

"Hooray! Banzai! Hooray! ”

Every time the emperor shot a prey, the soldiers outside cheered, and when those prey ran through the range of the emperor's arrows, the rest of the soldiers on both sides were also unceremonious, they all pulled their bows and arrows, and began to shoot the prey, less than half a day, there were hundreds of prey of different sizes were besieged and killed, Yang Yong gave an order, immediately stopped hunting, found an open place to set up a bonfire, moxibustion prey.

Yellow sheep, elk, wolves, etc., stripped their furs by the stream, set them on the fire and roasted them, and in a short time, a fragrant smell of cooked meat filled the entire clearing.

A sound of horses' hooves sounded, and a Sui soldier came from the direction of Liaodong City, and hurriedly came to the secretary Lu Mulin to report something, and after a while, Lu Mulin came to the emperor's side and said, "Your Majesty, the Silla envoy has arrived." ”

"Silla envoys, hmph, don't they think it's too late?" Yang Yong snorted coldly.

In fact, after Yang Yong issued an edict to crusade against the Goguryeo people in March, as a subject state of the Great Sui, Yang Yong also asked Silla and Baekje to send troops to fight together with the Great Sui, but the two countries dragged their feet and refused to send troops, and did not even reply.

"Let them wait a few more days, and then arrange to meet me in three days."

"Yes, Wechen obeys." Lu Mulin nodded in response.

In the humble palace in the city, the Baekje envoy and the Silla envoy were guided to the emperor by Liu Kang, and after shouting three long live, Yang Yong asked with a smile: "I heard that you and the other two kingdoms are interested in forming an alliance with the Great Sui to destroy Goguryeo, I don't know how many troops you can send, and what do I need to reward the two countries afterwards?" ”