A fire in the bay of Hunshui shrouded the city of Pyongyang in a state of panic, even the children knew that the Sui army had landed again in the bay, and the soldiers at the head of the city were even more worried, and they did not know when the Sui army would come to the city. … ≦，

The landing of the Sui army at Hunshui Bay was undoubtedly a clever strategy, which contained the Goguryeo army assembled on the front line of Pyongyang, so that they did not dare to act rashly and could not go north to meet the land army of the Sui army going south, and to a certain extent, ensured that the Sui army could smoothly move south by land.

At this time, Goguryeo had gone through two wars, the national strength was weak, the population was sharply reduced, and the army was less than 50,000, and in the second war with the Sui army, Goguryeo knew that it would definitely be defeated.

In order to protect themselves, they did not hesitate to send the 300,000 pieces of armor left by the Sui army to the Turks, and only begged the Turks to send troops south to contain the Sui army's eastward crusade, but unexpectedly the armor disappeared unexpectedly halfway, and the Turks' hopes of sending troops also came to naught.

At a time when Goguryeo was extremely sad, there was turmoil within the Sui Dynasty, and Yang Xuangan, one of the powerful people of the Sui Dynasty, rebelled in the hinterland of the Central Plains, and the momentum was huge, forcing hundreds of thousands of Sui troops who were assembled on the front line of Liaodong and were preparing for a large-scale attack to quickly withdraw to Hebei, which also saved Goguryeo in despair.

The whole country of Goguryeo rejoiced, and some people even proposed to form an alliance with Yang Xuangan to help Yang Xuangan defeat the Sui Dynasty.

The so-called impermanence of soldiers, impermanence of water, Goguryeo's excitement has not subsided, Yang Xuangan's rebellion was extinguished, and the Sui army's third attack on Goguryeo also came unexpectedly, so that the whole country of Goguryeo once again fell into extreme panic.

As the capital of Goguryeo, although Pyongyang is limited by its national strength, it does not occupy a large area, and its circumference is only 30 li, but after all, Goguryeo has been established for more than 600 years, and the capital of Pyongyang has been established for more than 200 years.

Under the painstaking management of the Gao Dynasty for more than two hundred years. The city of Pyongyang is magnificent, all kinds of magnificent buildings abound, and it is deeply influenced by the culture of the Central Plains, all kinds of cornices and arches, pavilions and pavilions, and it looks no different from the Central Plains city.

There is a mansion covering an area of nearly 100 acres near the north gate of Pyongyang. This is the residence of Quan Huan, the second most important minister of Goguryeo, and Quan Huan is the official of the Great Governor of Lu, that is, the prime minister, but the military and political power of Goguryeo is in the hands of Yuan Taizuo, and Quan Huan has no real power in the imperial court.

But Kwon Huan has a lot of power, he has been named the Lord of the East for generations, and the thousands of miles east of Pyongyang are his family's sphere of influence, so although Kwon Huan has no power in his hands, he has a pivotal position in the imperial court. Even Yuan Taizuo didn't dare to despise him too much.

At this time, in the back hall of the mansion, Quan Huan was wearing a wide robe, nervously listening to the report of a messenger, he was very worried about the life and death of his eldest son Quan Wenshou.

"Lord Qiyu, the eldest son is currently imprisoned in the Sui army barracks, and he is safe and sound, and he is not injured. He implored the Lord to negotiate peace with the Sui Army as soon as possible, so that the Sui Army could release him! ”

After speaking. The messenger presented a letter to Quan Huan, and Quan Huan recognized the handwriting on the cover at a glance, which was his son's handwriting, he spread out the letter and read it hurriedly, and suddenly his heart was put down, and his son was really safe.

He paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back. Although 5,000 soldiers were completely annihilated by the Sui army, and none of them survived, Quan Huan didn't care about the life or death of these soldiers at all, in his heart, even 100,000 soldiers were not as important as one of his sons. Besides, he is still his eldest son.

He knew what to do, but in this way, the contradiction between him and Yuan Taizuo would be completely exposed.

Just this morning, Pyongyang received news that Yuan Taizuo's third son, Yuan Wuning, was unfortunately killed by Sui generals near Liaodong City.

At this time, his son was captured by the Sui army, and Quan Huan knew that there were only two ways to save his son's life, either to negotiate peace with the Sui army, or to exchange his son with Sui army prisoners of war, but hundreds of thousands of Sui army prisoners of war were working as coolies in the mines, controlled by Yuan Taizuo, was Yuan Taizuo willing to give himself a part of the prisoners of war?

After pondering for a long time, Quan Huan decided to enter the palace to talk to the king about the matter first.

"Pass my order, prepare the car immediately, I will go to the palace!"

King Gao of Yingyang was nearly fifty years old in the first year, he ascended the throne in the second year of the Sui Dynasty's destruction of Chen, and Emperor Wen of Sui canonized him as the third division of Kaifu Yitong, the prince of Liaodong County, and the king of Goryeo.

In the career of more than ten years as the king of Goguryeo, Gao Yuan spent his time in fine wine and beautiful women, and the power of Goguryeo's government was actually in the hands of Mo Lizhiyuan Taizuo, and Gao Yuan was only a king in name only.

Years of drunken life destroyed Gao Yuan's health, his body was bloated, his color was dull, his face seemed to have been stung by a wasp, swollen beyond recognition, and his eyes were almost unable to open.

Although his body looked very tired, Gao Yuan knew very well in his heart that the Sui army's hundreds of thousands of troops would attack Goguryeo for the third time, and the troops would come to the city, and if they continued to fight, Goguryeo would be destroyed.

Gao Yuan strongly advocated peace with the Sui army from the beginning, but Yuan Taizuo and Ezhi Wende firmly advocated war, so that his appeal was ineffective, Gao Yuan was extremely dissatisfied, and in the palace, Gao Yuan was listening to Quan Huan's persuasion.

"Your Majesty, the army in our city is less than 50,000 people, if we continue to fight, I am worried that not only will the Sui Dynasty destroy us, but it is Silla who really has bad intentions, they occupy the fertile Han River Plain, and their ambitions have begun to swell, once our strength dies, even if the Sui Dynasty finally lets us go, the Silla people will also send troops to the north, what will we do to resist at that time?"

Quan Huan's persuasion said that in Gao Yuan's heart, Gao Yuan let out a long sigh, and wanted to ask Sui Jun for peace, but someone refused! ”

As soon as the words fell, a stern voice came from the gate of the palace, "Who wants to sue for peace with the Sui army?" ”

I saw more than a dozen burly warriors striding into the palace surrounded by Yuan Taizuo, who was wearing gold fine armor, a scarlet cloak, and a Pingnan sword at his waist, his eyes swept Gao Yuan and Quan Huan, and both of them were silent.

When Yuan Taizuo heard the report from his confidants, Quan Huan secretly asked to see Gao Yuan, and he immediately led the samurai into the palace, and he would never allow any secret existence in the palace to hide himself.

Yuan Taizuo's ambition is like Sima Zhao's heart, and everyone in Goguryeo knows that he originally served as Goguryeo's big opponent Lu, but he was no longer satisfied with being the prime minister of Goguryeo, and forced Gao Yuan to make himself Mo Lizhi, that is, the regent, and he was already preparing to replace Gao.

A trace of imperceptible hatred flashed in Gao Yuan's eyes, his dissatisfaction with Yuan Taizuo was not a day or two, but he had to endure it, he knew that as long as he showed a little dissatisfaction, he would immediately die on the woman's belly, and the new Goguryeo king would ascend the throne, Gao Yuan did not dare to say anything.

Quan Huan said unhurriedly: "Everyone saw the smoke billowing out of the bay last night, everyone knows that the Sui army should have landed, does Lord Mo Lizhi think that we can still defeat the Sui army?" ”

Yuan Taizuo sneered: "Lord Quan is worried about his son!" Your son was captured by the Sui army, so you have no will to resist, so you came to persuade the king to surrender, I am right! ”

Quan Heng shouted angrily: "Everyone has their own children, aren't you?" Your son was killed by the Sui generals, so you are bent on revenge, and you do not hesitate to tie up Goguryeo and bury you with you! ”

"You're right, my son was indeed killed by the Sui generals, but my son's death was worthwhile, and I didn't avenge him."

Yuan Taizuo turned to Gao Yuan and said: "King Qiqi, I received the information sent by Wu'er before his death this morning, this time the Sui generals' eastern expedition is not to attack us on a large scale, only the 30,000 troops who came to Hu'er to attack Pyongyang, and the other hundreds of thousands of Sui generals are still in Liaodong, it is said that even the Sui Emperor still said that he was sick and stayed in Zhuo County, the king still does not understand the situation in front of him?" ”

Gao Yuan was stunned in his heart, and hurriedly asked: "I don't know very well, please don't leave Master Mo Lizhi for advice!" ”

Yuan Taizuo glanced at Quan Huan, who was full of dissatisfaction next to him, and said lightly: "The key is that Yang Xuangan rebelled, Yang Xuangan is not an ordinary bandit, he is the secretary of the Sui Dynasty's Ministry of Rites, and his father Yang Su is the founding father of the Sui Dynasty, and has a huge influence in the officialdom of the Sui Dynasty, and his rebellion means that the division of the ruling class of the Sui Dynasty has seriously shaken the foundation of the Sui Dynasty."

Therefore, Emperor Sui found an excuse to stay in Zhuojun under the pretext of illness to prevent another Yang Xuangan from appearing, and hundreds of thousands of troops were also stationed in Liaodong, nominally the army pressed the border, but in fact it was ready to withdraw to the Central Plains at any time, Wang, the third eastward crusade of the Sui Dynasty, in fact, there were only 30,000 troops to Hu'er. ”

Gao Yuan was a little moved, if this is the case, maybe they will really have a little chance, Quan Huan saw that Gao Yuan was already moved, and said in a hurry: "Lord Mo Lizhi, can your son provide such information?" I think you came up with it yourself! ”

Yuan Taizuo turned around suddenly, glared at Quan Huan and said: "Why did Lord Quan say this, my information has its own source, I will tell you clearly, this is the information that Bohai will give me, but I didn't come up with it with my head." ”

Quan Huan was speechless, Yuan Taizuo ignored him anymore, looked at Gao Yuan again, and said decisively: "It's so decided, we will concentrate our forces and fight to the death with the Laihu'er army!" (To be continued......)