Yang Qianshou nodded, and gave a military salute: "Obey the commander's military orders!" ”

Yuan Taizuo took a step forward, untied the sword at his waist, and handed it to Yang Qianshou's hand: "Brother Yang, you and I have also been friends for decades, although there were some unpleasant things before, but now the enemy is now, you and I are fighting for the country, and we must be sincere and united, this saber is awarded to me by the king, and it can control the generals of Liaodong, this time the matter after the break, it is related to the safety of the whole army, little brother, I specially give this sword to Brother Yang, and the remaining troops, including the receiving troops, are all controlled by Brother Yang, and if there is a violation, my brother can use this sword to cut it!" ”

A gleam of gratitude flashed in Yang Qianshou's eyes, he didn't speak, nodded vigorously, took the saber, turned around in a dashing manner, and walked to his headquarters camp with Yang Wanchun.

Yuan Taizuo watched Yang Qianshou and Yang Wanchun's father and son retreat, and the corners of his mouth hooked up an imperceptible sneer, which flashed away, he turned back to Yizhi Wende and said: "Minister Yizhi, I still bother you to set off now, take the guards and baggage troops, move forward lightly, I will sort out the people of each department, and then I will arrive." ”

Yizhi Wende seemed to see something, a trace of unwillingness flashed on his face, and he stopped talking, and finally bowed and retreated.

Yuan Taizuo quickly gave the other dozen city lords and generals the order to retreat, agreed on their respective routes, everyone was ordered to retreat one by one, and after half an hour, only Yuan Taizuo and Yuan Gai Suwen father and son were left on the bank of the river, Yuan Gai Suwen was obviously not in a high mood, standing listlessly on the side, his eyes were staring at the pebbles on the ground, and he didn't say a word.

A smile flashed on Yuan Taizuo's face, and he first repelled all the guards around him, then walked to Yuan Gai Suwen's side and said softly, "Su Wen." Are you not satisfied with Ben Shuai's arrangement? ”

Yuangai Suwen turned his head and said coldly: "Marshal, this is in the army, you have the final say, Su Wen only has one way to obey, you leave Su Wen until now." I'm afraid that I have to explain to Su Wen and the details of the response with Vice Marshal Yang. ”

Yuan Taizuo smiled slightly and said, "What, is it that my father gave the sword to Yang Qianshou, are you unhappy?" ”

Yuangai Suwen raised his head and said through gritted teeth: "Yes, father, that is the sword that the previous king gave us to the Yuan family, symbolizing the supreme authority of our Yuan family in Liaodong. There is an ancient saying in the Central Plains, that you can't be a dummy, only the name and the weapon, this sword was given to the surname Yang, doesn't that mean that the status of the Yang family in Anshi City is higher than our Liaodong Chengyuan family? ”

Yuan Taizuo sneered: "If this is not the case, how can you deceive Yang Qianshou, an old horseman, to stay and die?" ”

Yuan Gai Suwen's face changed suddenly, and he lost his voice and said, "Father." You, what do you say? Do you want to? ”

Yuan Taizuo nodded. Zhengse said: "Yes, this battle of Liaodong may not be a good opportunity for us, Yang Qianshou has always been dedicated to the royal family, and has repeatedly asked the royal family and other troops to enter Liaodong, hum." He said it nicely, it was all righteous and famous, but in fact, he didn't want to use external forces to pressure me and give them the Yang family to seize the position of my eastern lord by themselves. ”

Yuangai Suwen nodded: "That's true, but this time it's the Sui army after all." You're borrowing a knife to kill people like this, I'm afraid it's not good. Besides, if the army of Anshi City is completely annihilated, the other cities are afraid that their fighting spirit will collapse and their resistance will be greatly reduced. ”

Yuan Taizuo's eyes showed a murderous opportunity: "No, this time we killed so many Sui troops on the side of the Liao River, killed their generals, and each city sent troops, that is to say, we have a blood feud with the Sui army, you next bring the thousands of Sui army heads the day before yesterday and take them to the reserve camp, and then insert them into the tip of the wooden fence, and the corpses are also brought, piled up into a Jingguan, and the flags of each city are planted on it, making a show of force." ”

"That Sui Emperor Yang Guang is a person who is very happy and wants to save face, and he must be angry when he sees his subordinates humiliating corpses like this, and the Sui army will also attack these cities desperately, thinking that his comrade-in-arms will avenge his comrades-in-arms."

"Therefore, as long as these city lords fight to the death, the Sui army will fight to our Liaodong City, at least it will take more than half a year, and when the time comes, they will be short of food and grass, and the old soldiers of the division will be tired, we will recuperate in Liaodong City, and then wait for the reinforcements from the northern Gao people to come, and then we can fully counterattack."

"As long as we can defeat the Sui army this time, then all the cities in Liaodong will regard our Yuan family as the first hero, and when the time comes, let alone consolidate the rule of Liaodong, it is not impossible to force Gao Yuan to abdicate and make way for Xian with this military exploit."

Yuan Gai Suwen nodded again and again when he heard this, and when Yuan Taizuo said the last, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes: "Father, don't you want foreign troops to enter our Liaodong, why do you want the military horses of the Gao family in the north to come?" ”

Yuan Taizuo smiled and patted Yuan Gai Suwen's shoulder: "Son, you are still young, I don't know the joint, Gao Qianhui is the righteous brother of his father, he is the royal family's distant sect, and he has always been in a remote and remote northern mountain city, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and the territory is mostly servant barbarians, and there is no ambition to fight for royal power, my father just doesn't want the royal army's army to enter Liaodong, they have the righteous name of the royal family, and it will be difficult to drive away when they come, but Gao Qianhui will not be like this." ”

"Besides, what Gao Qianhui relies on is just those Khitan, Tongluo, and Beji's servant tribal cavalry, even if he wants to save me, most of them are sending these foreign cavalry, and he is reluctant to use his own elite soldiers, and what his father wants, it is these unorganized and disciplined, but fierce and ferocious barbarian cavalry, what they want is just property, not my Liaodong's money, if the battle is won, the Sui army's baggage and gold and silver will be divided among them, and we will not have anything to lose."

Yuan Gai Suwen suddenly realized at this time, but he still shook his head: "But in this way, it will be too miserable to pit Yang Qianshou, what will the city lords of the cities think of us in the future?" Besides, father, you asked me to answer, if I run away at that time, then don't you scold the other city lords to death? What will everyone think of children in the future? ”

Yuan Taizuo smiled slightly: "This is what I came to tell you, this play, naturally you have to act like a little bit, you listen to your father slowly." ”

The moonlight is like water, shining on the gurgling Liao River, in the main camp of the Goguryeo army, more than a dozen gates of the back village have been opened, and the endless flow of infantry troops is constantly driving out of the camp, marching towards the east at the speed of a rapid march.

No one lit torches, even the mouths of the war horses were gambled, and the sergeants all bit wooden sticks in their mouths to avoid making a sound and revealing their whereabouts. (To be continued......)