On June 15 of the second year of Xingning of the Great Sui Dynasty, Zhang Xuan, the king of Qi, personally led 80,000 troops to the city of Pyongyang, due to the rapid arrival of the Sui cavalry, the general Quan Wenshou stationed outside the city could not retreat, and was cut off from the way back to the city, and Quan Wenshou led the army to surrender to the Sui army.

At the same time, 20,000 Sui army sailors landed from Hunshui under the leadership of the old man Hu'er, and completely annihilated Gao Huizhen's 5,000 troops, Gao Huizhen was unwilling to be captured and committed suicide.

100,000 troops surrounded Pyongyang, and only 10,000 defenders remained in Pyongyang, the soldiers and civilians in the city were chaotic, and the people were panicked, fearing that the Sui army would break the city and slaughter the city.

Early in the morning, hundreds of elders from large households in Pyongyang gathered in front of Kwon Huan's official residence and asked to meet Lord Moliji, "We want to see Lord Moliji, please come out and speak!" ”

The crowd was emotional, constantly shouting loudly, more than 100 soldiers were very nervous, and formed a wall in front of the steps to prevent the excited crowd from rushing into the palace, at this time, Quan Huan was about to set off to the palace, and the continuous shouts outside the palace gate made him sigh, and said to the guards on both sides: "Don't stop it anymore, I'll go meet them." ”

Quan Huan has been very passive in the past two days, his eldest son Quan Wenshou surrendered to the Sui army without fighting, although Quan Huan ordered to block the news, but there was still gossip spread in the city, which damaged Quan Huan's prestige.

Quan Huan walked out of the gate, and the crowd outside became even more excited, surging forward desperately, shouting constantly, Quan Huan waved his hand, and a soldier shouted: "Quiet, my lord is going to speak." ”

After a while, the crowd gradually quieted down, and everyone leaned their necks to look at Quan Huan, who said loudly: "I can understand everyone's feelings, I will do everything possible to save your lives, please rest assured,"

An old man asked excitedly, "May I ask Lord Mo Lizhi, do we have to resist the Sui army's siege?" Can't we make peace? ”

Quan Huan sighed, "Whether or not to negotiate peace, I still have to discuss with the ministers, but I'm afraid that the price of peace talks is very high." ”

The crowd began to shout excitedly again, and the old man just now hurriedly turned around and shouted to everyone: "Everyone be quiet, don't make noise!" Don't be noisy! ”

Everyone quieted down again, and the old man saluted Quan Huan, "My lord, no one wants to negotiate peace, but if you can only choose between slaughtering the city and peace talks, then you would rather negotiate peace, although the cost is large, but at least you can save your life, if a person dies, what's the use of asking for money, my lord said isn't it?" ”

Quan Huan nodded, "I understand your demands, I will think about it, let's disperse!" ”

"Let's not bother the adults."

The old man said to everyone: "Everyone disperse! Go home separately. ”

Everyone left in twos and threes, and at this time, a family member waiting below ran forward and whispered to Quan Huan: "The eldest son sent someone to deliver a letter." ”

Quan Huan was shocked in his heart and asked anxiously, "Where is the messenger?" ”

"Now wait in the side hall."

Quan Huan didn't care about going to the palace, turned around and walked to the side hall, walked to the side hall, Quan Huan saw a scribe, he immediately recognized it as the eldest son Quan Wenshou's staff Sun Deyi, Quan Huan was disappointed in his heart, he thought it was Zhang Xuan sent by the person, but he didn't expect it to be his own person, this is actually an attitude, if it is a person sent by Zhang Xuan, it means that there is still room for accommodation, now it is their own people, the situation they face is still very serious, and it is very likely that they will encounter an ultimatum.

Sun Deyi hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, presenting a letter, "This is a letter from the eldest son to the adult." ”

"How is he now?" Quan Huan took the letter and asked.

"The eldest son is fine, but he was under house arrest and was not abused, so let's read the letter first!"

Quan Huan opened the letter and read it, as he expected, his son begged him to surrender in the letter, but this was only his son's meaning, not Zhang Xuan's meaning, Quan Huan could not hide the disappointment on his face, Sun Deyi saw Quan Huan's disappointed expression, so he carefully reminded: "But the humble function to send the letter was specially approved by the King of Qi." ”

Quan Huan suddenly realized that since Zhang Xuan was willing to agree to let people deliver the letter, this actually showed an attitude, and he had just drilled the tip of the bull's horns.

"Did Jang Hyun hint at anything? For example, what words have been spoken, or what things have been given. ”

Sun Deyi smiled bitterly and said: "Letting the humble post come to deliver the letter is actually a hint, the lord should take the initiative to send someone to negotiate, instead of waiting for the envoy of the king of Qi here, I think, there will be no first salute and then soldiers, if the lord does not send someone for a long time, there will be a miscalculation, and the siege will be inevitable." ”

Quan Huan sighed, "You're right, it should be us who go to ask for Sui Jun, and we can't hesitate any longer." ”

At noon, Goguryeo's ceremonial chamberlain Wu Yujun appeared outside the Sui army camp, and after a short time, a sergeant led him into the military camp until he came to a large tent.

"Please sit down for a moment, and I'll report it!"

Wu Yujun sat down in the big tent with some trepidation, not knowing what kind of result was waiting for him, he was not Quan Huan's henchman, the reason why Quan Huan sent him was because he had been an envoy to Beihai County and dealt with Zhang Xuan.

After a while, the curtain was suddenly lifted, and a gust of wind blew into the big tent, and when Wu Xuanjun turned around, he saw that it was the military master Fang Xuanling who walked in, and Wu Xuanjun hurriedly got up and saluted, "See Fang Junshi." ”

"Wu Shilang, it's been a long time."

Fang Xuanling smiled slightly, waved his hand and said, "Please take a seat!" ”

Wu Xuanjun sat down uneasily, he had dealt with the Sui army, and knew that Zhang Xuan would not usually receive him, and Fang Xuanling had already attached great importance to the meeting, Wu Xuanjun hurriedly bowed and said: "I was entrusted by Lord Mo Lizhi to negotiate with your army this time to see if I can peacefully resolve the current situation and find a plan acceptable to both parties." ”

Fang Xuanling smiled faintly: "There is a plan, but if both parties can accept it, I'm afraid it will be very difficult." ”

Wu Yujun was silent for a moment and said: "This attack on Liaodong is completely Yuan Taizuo's personal strong decision, in fact, Lord Quan hopes that the two countries will reconcile and not fight again, so he has always been opposed, but Yuan Taizuo holds the military power, and Lord Quan cannot stop him, but for the fate of Goguryeo, Lord Quan has taken the risk to eradicate Yuan Taizuo, and all the officials who support Yuan Taizuo have been eliminated, please understand our sincerity." ”

Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "His Royal Highness the King of Qi also knows that Yuan Taizuo was killed, and he also knows that Lord Quan is the lord and faction, so he gave you a chance, otherwise there will be a large-scale siege of the city yesterday, once the city is breached, it will be a slaughter of the city and the destruction of the country, I hope you can seize this opportunity." ”

Wu Yujun knew that it was unlikely that the Sui army would give in, so he sighed secretly in his heart, and plucked up the courage to say, "I am willing to forward the opinion of King Qi to Lord Quan and other ministers. ”

Fang Xuanling took out a scroll, handed it to Wu Yujun, and said slowly: "I am also a literati, I don't know how to speak rudely, and I am used to expressing it implicitly, but this matter is related to the life and death of Goguryeo, please forgive me for saying it bluntly, Goguryeo only has the choice of accepting and not accepting, if you accept, Goguryeo can keep it, if you don't accept it, it will be a slaughter of the city and the destruction of the country, please reply within three days, and if it is overdue, it will be regarded as a refusal." ”

Wu Yujun's heart was as heavy as being filled with lead, he silently took the scroll, and saluted Fang Xuanling again, "Thank you for the tolerance of Master Fang, I will take my leave!" ”

Fang Xuanling took out a roll of red door seals from his sleeves and handed it to him: "For the sake of the two dealings, I personally give Wu Shilang a gift, if the negotiation breaks down, please Wu Shilang must stick this seal on the gate, and the house can be kept safe after the city is broken." ”

Wu Yujun was very grateful, took the seal and saluted again and again: "Thank you for the kindness of the military master Fang, Wu Yujun remembers it in his heart." ”

Wu Xuanjun said goodbye and left, at this time, Zhang Xuan slowly walked out from the side of the big tent, looking at Wu Xuanjun's back in the distance, Fang Xuanling smiled: "Does Your Highness think they will agree?" ”

Zhang Xuan sneered, "Do they still have a choice?" ”

(To be continued.) )