However, many soldiers of the Sui army were wounded by arrows and could no longer move, and were survived by Wang Ting's broken arm, and finally Wang Ting broke out, and the Sui army killed by the Turks was as many as 5,000 people; The casualties on both sides were about the same, but Wang Ting's troops were only one-third of that of the Turks, and although they were defeated, they were still glorious. Wang Ting's attack, all the way back and forth, killed 16,000 Turkic troops, captured more than 5,000 Turkic people, and grabbed more than 20,000 cattle and sheep.

However, there were countless accusations in Chang'an City, believing that Wang was very happy and caused 5,000 Sui troops to be killed; Some people even compare Wang Ting with Li Ling in the Han Dynasty, thinking that Wang Ting was able to escape back, but it was just a little luck. Fang Xuanling clearly pointed out in the letter that Jiang Duo, Du Fuwei, and Wei Yunqi were all accused, and Yang Wang and Yuan Wei may not be able to withstand it; After Yang Chong and Yang Ze and others discussed, they sent a letter to Chang'an, and Wang Ting contributed a lot, but the statement of the political hall and the imperial history platform made sense, and everything would be discussed when the war was over.

No one expected that the person who dealt a fatal blow to the Turks was Duhu usurpation, and the army of the Protectorate in the clouds was small, and it was difficult to fight, but the Duhu valve had money and connections, and found another way in the overall situation. Duhu usurped a few turns, and actually bought Gao Kaidao's three adopted sons, and when the Sui army arrived at Yanmen, he opened the gate of Yanmen Pass, allowing Song Jingang to attack at night and easily enter Yanmen Pass. After 2,000 Turkic defenders and many adopted sons were killed in battle, Gao Kaidao could not break through in the face of the heavy Sui army, but refused to surrender and committed suicide with his family.

As soon as Gao Kaidao died, Yuan Junzhang was difficult to support independently, and in the case of his subordinates defecting one after another, he and his son Yuan Xiaozheng surrendered, except for the fifteen cities in the Western Regions, Yanmen County was all occupied by Song Jingang, and Mayi County was all occupied by Han Shige. Jieli Khan once waved his army to counterattack, but after Li Jing recovered Dingxiang and joined forces with Liang De, Yujuluo's tens of thousands of cavalry approached Fengzhou, Jieli Khan could only retreat from Yanmen and Mayi and retreat to Yulin City.

The Turkic envoy Yang Shanjing was still well-informed, and when he came south, he did not go to Chang'an, but met Yang Chong in Yinchuan, which had just been renamed. Empress Xiao said in the letter that she was old and frail, and she and Yang Zhengdao wanted to live a stable life in Yulin City, and hoped that Yang Chong would see that the Holy Son of Heaven would sympathize with the Turks, and the two sides would negotiate a truce.

Yang Chong nodded and said: "I don't want to fight either, this is forced by the Turks, since Brother Shanjing has come forward, I only have three conditions, first, I will give you the fifteen cities of the Western Regions, exchange Fengzhou with the Turks, and Yulin City will still be for Empress Xiao to live in; Second, you go back and deal with us for the exchange of Han people, 16,000 Turkic soldiers plus 8,000 Turkic people from all over the country, in exchange for 40,000 Han people; Third, Jieli Khan went to Chang'an to claim to be a minister. ”

Yang Shanjing was a little surprised, Yang Chong's three conditions were actually beneficial to the Turks, except for Yulin City, Fengzhou was just four castles, which could not be compared with the prosperity of the fifteen cities in the Western Regions; It is a very reasonable thing to exchange civilians for soldiers, and it can even make up for the lack of Turkic warriors; As for the above-mentioned ministers, the Great Sui was originally the suzerainty of the Turks. Yang Shanjing understood after thinking about it that Goguryeo had an alliance with the Turks, and the current Northeast must be a mess.

Yang Shanjing guessed correctly, Goguryeo reacted in advance, but considering the sailors of the Great Sui, the time for Goguryeo to send troops fell behind the Turks. Goguryeo mobilized 200,000 troops to attack Houcheng, carrying a large number of siege equipment, wanting to eat Xu Shiji's large army in one bite; However, after choking on a mouthful of blood in his heart, Houcheng turned out to be an empty city, Xu Shiji's army was missing, and the 1,000 horsemen left behind quickly fled to the west after the Goguryeo scouts appeared, and did not even give the Goguryeo forward troops a chance to encircle.

Yizhi Wende left 50,000 people to guard the city, and he led the army of 150,000 to kill Xuansu County, and found that all the cities were empty, and the Sui army and Heishui Yan were evacuated cleanly, not even a grain of rice was left, and the Beji tribes hid in the mountains. The officials of Goguryeo kept patting on the back: "As soon as Eulzhi Wende came out, the Sui people fled in despair, and they didn't have the courage to fight at all, and they knew that there was no need to mobilize 200,000 horses, and a few tens of thousands of people were enough." ”

Eulji Wende's face changed, if this word was to be spread to Pyongyang City, his crime was not small; Gai Suwen reprimanded the official who spoke, saying: "What nonsense, it is precisely because we have an army of 200,000 that the enemy does not dare to fight far away, and if there are 100,000 people, the Sui army will fight with us no matter what it says." However, the general, the enemy army seems to be in a panic, and the grain in the field is not burned. ”

When this area was in the hands of Goguryeo, the Sui people tried their best to burn the crops in the fields, but this retreat was so calm, but the crops were not burned; Yi Zhi Devin looked at the green fields outside the city, and sighed: "The Sui people did not burn the grain, so they wanted us to divide our troops to defend here." There are many soldiers left to waste, and it is difficult to work with few soldiers left, and it can be harvested after a month, which is enough for us to be entangled. Su Wen immediately found out the movement on the side of Beisha City. ”

Twice was landed by the Great Sui in Beisha City, Goguryeo this time arranged heavy troops there, the Baishan Jin and Goguryeo combined army of 60,000 people, B to Devon soon got the news, the Great Sui sailors still relied on the power of the airship, attacked the beach again, Goguryeo's reinforcements came one after another, the two sides fought fiercely on the beach for a day and a night, Goguryeo lost more than 10,000 people, and the Great Sui Navy finally retreated because of the weather.

However, three days later, the news of the fall of Pyongyang made Eulji Wende's soul scattered, and the Great Sui ordered Zhang Bojian, the king of the Ryukyus, to be the head of the Pyongyang Road march, and Chen Ling divided his troops to attack from the waterway; Taking advantage of Chen Ling's attraction of Goguryeo troops at Beisha City, Zhang Bojian directly captured Shicheng, and then attacked Pyongyang by land and water. Due to the attack on Pyongyang, there were no other troops around, so they could only transfer back the army south of the Han River, and as a result, Goguryeo's naval army left on the Han River went to sea to block the Sui army, and the two sides fought fiercely for five hours, and Goguryeo lost 39 large and small warships, which won a day.

However, the army of Silla was also cooperating with the Great Sui, and Goguryeo and Baekje had been suppressing Silla, so Silla had to advance and retreat with the Great Sui, and the attack on Pyongyang was the plan of both countries. On the Han River, Silla 50,000 troops suddenly swooped down with all their might, and the Goguryeo army was on the way to retreat, and was defeated by Silla, and all the areas south of the Han River such as Joseon County were lost, and Silla slaughtered 20,000 troops at one time and destroyed 35 warships.

(End of chapter)