A cargo ship of about a thousand stones is moored far away in the sea, this is the ship of Yuangai Suwen, and it is also a very ordinary cross-sea cargo ship, and there are many such cargo ships in Silla that sail to Gangdu.

Around the cargo ship, surrounded by more than 20 Sui army patrol ships, they were not allowed to go to the bay wharf, Yuan Gai Suwen stood on the bow of the big ship, looking at the military port from afar, since the Sui army crossed the sea to attack the city of Beixu and Liaodong, his father Yuan Taizuo has attached great importance to the scale of the Qingzhou army's warships.

The entire Goguryeo government and the opposition regarded Jang Hyun as Goguryeo's number one enemy, and Yuan Gai Suwen was no exception, and he was also concerned about the warships of the Cheongju army, and he believed that Jang Hyun's purpose in seizing the city was probably to attack Pyongyang by water, repeating the scene of the invasion of Pyongyang by the army of the Navy Division led by Hu'er back then.

Yuangai Suwen stared for a long time, but unfortunately his ship was a little far away from the military port, and he couldn't see the situation in the harbor clearly, and faintly only saw dense masts, like a forest of masts, which made him secretly frightened, if you look at the scale of the masts, Zhang Xuan has at least hundreds of sea ships.

I thought that the Sui Dynasty naval army was disbanded, and Goguryeo went to a big hidden danger, but I didn't expect that the threat faced by Goguryeo would reappear so soon.

At this time, a fast boat came, and the captain of the Sui military academy on board shouted: "There is an order from above, no boats are allowed to stop here, go to the port of the Yellow River to anchor and go ashore." ”

"Can't we go in through the mouth of the Great Ocean?"

"No, leave immediately!"

Yuangai Suwen stopped the boatman's plea, stepped forward and arched his hand: "Down there is a Goguryeo envoy, may I ask if your commander is in Beihai County?" ”

"The handsome is in Beihai County, you can go to Yidu County to find him."

"Thank you!"

Yuangai Suwen waved his hand, "Go to the Yellow River ferry!" ”

The ship lifted its sails and headed for the mouth of the Yellow River, hundreds of miles to the west

Two days later, Yuangai Suwen drove into Yidu County in a carriage, and he was curious about everything here. And he knows that Beihai County is Zhang Xuan's lair, and by observing Beihai County, he can see what kind of person Zhang Xuan is.

On the wharf, he saw countless cargo ships and fishing boats, saw the bustling wharf town, saw the neat and clean wharf, and went all the way south. There was a lot of life everywhere, there were no large wastelands, almost all the farmland was full of crops, flocks of sheep and cattle could be seen everywhere, and on the banks of the Jishui River, he also saw the legendary riverside pastures with his own eyes.

And the prosperity of Yidu County surprised him even more, with newly renovated shops on both sides of the street, and the shops were piled up with all kinds of goods, and pedestrians rubbed shoulders with each other. Almost everyone is red-faced, neatly dressed, mostly fine linen, silk is rare, it can be seen that the folk customs here advocate simplicity, but every man is equipped with a sword, and his waist is straight. All of them are in a hurry.

This made Yuangai Suwen more vigilant in his heart, under the rule of Zhang Xuan. Beihae County has become so rich and orderly, the people are martial, this enemy is too terrible, once he gets Hebei, Qingzhou, Hebei, and Liaodong will be connected into one, and will become the biggest threat to Goguryeo.

Yuangai Suwen secretly made up his mind. In any case, he had to remind his father that he must not let Jang Hyun sit big.

After a short time, his carriage slowly stopped on the steps of the county office, which covers an area of about twenty acres, and it is only a nominal county office. In fact, it has become Jang Xuan's military office, and the real county government only accounts for a small part of it.

The entourage opened the car door, and Yuan Gai Suwen walked out of the carriage, and arched his hand to an officer on duty who came forward to inquire: "Please report to Zhang Dashuai for me, Goguryeo envoy Yuan Gai Suwen asks to see you!" ”

The officer rushed in, and after a while, Fang Xuanling walked out quickly, clasped his fists and saluted: "In Xia Fang Xuanling, welcome General Yuan!" ”

"It turned out to be Fang Junshi, I've been looking up for a long time, I don't know if Zhang Dashuai is there?"

"The handsome man is waiting in the inner hall, please come with me!"

Fang Xuanling politely took Yuangai Suwen to the inner hall, Yuangai Suwen was a little nervous in his heart, he had seen Zhang Xuan once on the battlefield, when Zhang Xuan was still a small martial arts general, but now he is a prince of the Great Sui.

Of course, Yuangai Suwen himself changed from a young boy to a Goguryeo general in Pyongyang, the fourth person in the military, after his father Yuan Taejo, the great pair of Roh Kwonhuan, and the great general Ulji Moondeok.

Yuangai Suwen followed Fang Xuanling to the inner hall quickly, only to see Zhang Xuan standing in front of the steps with a smile and looking at him, as if he had already known that he was coming, this smile reminded him of a Han word: 'Smile hides a knife'.

Yuangai Suwen didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "See the general of the envoy!" ”

Although Yuangae Suwen was the eldest son of the first powerful minister of Goguryeo, and his status was comparable to that of a prince, and Jang Hyun was just a local prince's general, one level lower than Yuangai Suwen, but this time he had a request for Jang Hyun, so he tried his best to meet him in a humiliating posture.

Zhang Xuan nodded, "Young Master Yuan doesn't have to be polite, please go into the inner hall to talk about it." ”

Zhang Xuan invited him into the inner hall, and the two sat down separately, while Fang Xuanling sat aside, and several personal soldiers served them tea.

Yuangai Suwen came to negotiate with Zhang Xuan this time, first, Zhang Xuan's Goguryeo prisoner of war, ordinary soldiers are not enough, mainly a few important generals, such as Jian Wuqi, the lord of the humble city, he was originally the governor of Liaodong, and the military status is very high, and then there is Ning Shoude, who is a henchman whom his father relies on very much.

But in addition to a few important figures, the most important thing is the city of Beixu, once Zhang Xuan occupies the city of Beixu, the Liaodong Peninsula will be controlled by him, and the city of Beifu is the gate of Pyongyang's sea route, which is very important to Pyongyang, and Yuangai Suwen also intends to come back through negotiations.

If the negotiations fail, then they can only retake it by force, and in any case, the city must not fall into the hands of the Sui army.

But Zhang Xuan didn't mention the negotiation at all, and asked with a smile: "Is Ling Zun in good health?" ”

"Thank you for the general's concern, my father is still in good health."

"I still remember the first battle in Liaodong, when we were opponents, but it was my military rank was not high, there were only 1,000 soldiers in our hands, that battle was very miserable, we won by luck, but you did not lose in the end."

The meaning of the last sentence of Bai Jang Hyun of the Yuan Gai Su civilization refers to the fact that the Sui army finally retreated with the whole army and gained nothing, although Goguryeo was forced to surrender, the actual losses were not large, at least Pyongyang was not breached, and they can still sit here and negotiate.

"After the end of that war, we also deeply reflected, we didn't want to fight with the Great Sui anymore, we just wanted to recuperate well, but we didn't expect that Lin wanted to be quiet and the wind did not stop, and the general actually led the army to occupy the humble city, this kind of thing surprised us very much, and it was also very sad, the Great Sui should not"

Without waiting for Yuan Gai Suwen to finish speaking, Zhang Xuan said coldly: "I think Yuan Gongzi is in the wrong place, it should be Jiangdu and the imperial court to negotiate, why did you come to me Zhang, it wasted everyone's energy, Yuan Gongzi, please!" ”

As soon as Zhang Xuan waved his hand, he was about to send off the guests, which frightened Yuan Gai Suwen's face changed greatly, and Fang Xuanling hurriedly persuaded: "Dashuai, General Yuan is not easy to come by, he should let him finish speaking, this is our hospitality, Dashuai will give General Yuan another chance." ”

Zhang Xuan snorted lightly, "I still have something to do, so please ask the military advisor to treat me for me!" ”

After speaking, he ignored Yuan Gai Suwen, got up and walked away.

Yuan Gai Suwen's face was red and white, he finally understood Zhang Xuan's power, and Zhang Xuan's eyes couldn't rub a little sand in front of interests.

After a while, he said apologetically to Fang Xuanling: "The general may have misunderstood me. ”

Fang Xuanling said lightly: "Ming people don't say secret words, in the future, General Yuan and my marshal should talk realistically, since there are requests for others, the attitude must first be correct, such as don't use a big hat to press people, such as don't put cold arrows behind your back, etc., say things that shouldn't be said, do things that shouldn't be done, that will cost a lot of money." ”

Yuan Gai Suwen was secretly frightened, he felt that Fang Xuanling had something to say, he could understand what he shouldn't say, so what shouldn't be done? Could it be that it refers to Jiangdu?

Although Yuangai Suwen was frightened, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "I came here this time to ask the general to withdraw his troops from the city of humble luxury, and please return the sword general and Mr. Ning, we are willing to pay to redeem them." ”

"General Sword is in our hands, but Ning Shoude has been taken to Jiangdu by the envoy of the Son of Heaven, I'm sorry!"

"What!" Yuangai Su Wen stood up suddenly, he couldn't say a word for a long time, Ning Shoude was actually sent away, so what should I do? How can I go back and explain to my father?

"General Yuan, now you're begging us!" Fang Xuanling said coldly.

After a while, Yuan Gai Su Wen restrained the anger in his heart, slowly sat down, and said in a calm tone as much as possible: "Then can you return the Sword General and the Humble City to us?" ”

Fang Xuanling smiled faintly, "People can return it, and the city of despicable luxury can also be handed over, the key is price and sincerity!" ”

"What's the price? What is sincerity? ”

"The sincerity is very simple, it is to pay the money first, and then we will deliver the goods, as for the price, we have two conditions, but now my family commander only told me one of them."

"Sincerity can be done, please say the first condition." Yuangai Suwen finally couldn't hold back the anxiety in his heart, he couldn't wait a little.

Fang Xuanling said unhurriedly: "The first condition! It's eight transoceanic boats, and you must return them all to Qingzhou. (To be continued.) )