Although tens of thousands of troops had gathered outside the city, Wei Shuo and they were not worried at all, after all, most of the enemy were cavalry, and it was impossible to use them to attack the city. Taking advantage of the gap between the siege of the enemy, Wei Shuo gathered his staff and began to discuss the strategy of retreating from the enemy.

"My lord, just looking at the fact that Gao Yifu, the king of Mikawa, only sent a few thousand soldiers to the alliance, it can be seen that the Goguryeo people did not take this alliance to heart at all. As long as the Goguryeo people retreat, the other enemies will definitely be suspicious, and then we will provoke a little more to prevent the enemy from messing around. I just don't know if the Xiake of the Yushi clan is willing to give up some of the Goguryeo prisoners of war? ”

"Huh? What does Changshi mean by this? Do you want to release Goguryeo prisoners of war in exchange for the withdrawal of troops? ”

"No, my lord, the construction of Port Arthur now depends on the maintenance of Goguryeo prisoners of war, and once most of the prisoners of war are withdrawn, the construction of Port Arthur will temporarily come to a standstill due to lack of labor."

When he heard Pei Wei's idea of fighting Goguryeo prisoners of war, he suddenly became anxious. These 20,000 Goguryeo prisoners of war were the main force in the construction of Port Arthur by the Xiake of the Clan, and he really couldn't believe that without the prisoners of Goguryeo, how would Port Arthur be built in the future.

Seeing that the Xiake of the Yu clan strongly opposed Pei Wei's proposal, Wei Shuo couldn't help but feel embarrassed. For the sake of the immediate situation, he naturally agreed with Pei Wei's proposal, but he couldn't help but consider the issue of building Lushun in the future.

Just when Wei Shuo was in a dilemma, Han Shou, the director of the Joint Logistics Department next to him, said with a smile: "Don't be embarrassed, don't be anxious!" Han promised that after this battle, how many Goguryeo people Mr. Yu lost, how many prisoners of war he would replenish for Your Excellency. ”

Han Shou's words immediately reminded Wei Shuo, yes, although he temporarily lost some Goguryeo prisoners of war, as long as this victory is over, he is afraid that there will be no prisoners of war? In this way, Wei Shuo had no worries at all, and immediately sent Yang Tan to secretly go to the Goguryeo camp

In the evening, the Goguryeo people, who were about to rest, learned that Wei Shuo's envoy asked to see them, and although the Goguryeo people could not figure out Wei Shuo's true purpose, the Goguryeo people still let Yang Tan into the big tent.

"Yang envoy, you should know very well that my Goguryeo has just been defeated by your lord in the past, and you are my enemies of Goguryeo! If you come to my big tent today just to let Goguryeo withdraw its troops, you don't need to say anything, and our Goguryeo will not withdraw our troops without breaking the Xi'an Peace! ”

When the Goguryeo people saw Yang Tan, they affirmed that they had no intention of retreating without waiting for him to speak. In the face of the stubborn Goguryeo people, Yang Tan did not flinch, only to see him smile and say: "General, Goguryeo and my Dajin have always been well water and not river water, only because the country of Erguo first invaded the two counties of my belt and Lelang, and my lord had no choice but to raise troops to meet the enemy. ”

"Fortunately, the previous grievances and grievances have become a thing of the past, and we should both look forward with the vision of development, and it would be great if we could coexist peacefully. Originally, this time, the lord sent a faction to come down, and I just wanted to tell you that my lord was willing to release some Goguryeo captives to show his sincerity. It's a pity that the general is not interested in this, so he has to go back to the city to report to the lord! ”

said that Yang Tan stood up and was about to leave, which made the Goguryeo people anxious. They came to Liaodong this time to make soy sauce, if they can bring some prisoners back by the way, they will definitely be praised by the minister and the king, maybe they can take this opportunity to be promoted and make a fortune, such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, how can the Goguryeo people give up so easily?

"Yang Messenger...... Yang...... The Yang Messenger is slowly leaving! ”

Yang Tan didn't plan to leave, he was just trying to catch the old man before, but seeing that the Goguryeo people had taken the bait, he naturally took advantage of the situation and stayed again. After Yang Tan sat down again, the Goguryeo people in the big tent no longer had their previous hostile attitude, but instead rushed forward to say good things to Yang Tan.

"Mr. Yang, is what you just said about the release of our prisoners of war true?"

Yang Tan put down the wine bottle in his hand, squinted his eyes and said: "What kind of person is my lord, how can he break his word and be fat and untrustworthy?" As long as you Goguryeo people are willing to make friends with us, we should abide by the agreement and release some Goguryeo prisoners of war! ”

When the Goguryeo people present heard this, they were overjoyed and hurriedly asked, "I wonder how many Chinese prisoners of war you are willing to release?" As far as we know, there are currently about 20,000 Goguryeo people stranded in Liaodong, and if you are willing to release them back to our Goguryeo, my king will definitely rebuild the old relationship with Liaodong! ”

Seeing that the Goguryeo people actually regarded Liaodong Wenwu as an idiot, Yang Tan showed a sneer at the corner of his mouth: "I think the general has misunderstood, and how many prisoners of war we release back to Goguryeo depends entirely on your country's choice." However, before that, we can release 3,000 Goguryeo captives to show our sincerity! ”

I heard that there were 3,000 Goguryeo captives in vain, and the Goguryeo people present were all elated, and at the same time they despised the Jin people fiercely in their hearts, feeling that the Jin people were still as easy to fool as before, as long as they said a few good words casually, the Jin people would send the benefits out like idiots.

It's a pity that the Goguryeo people didn't know that the reason why Wei Shuo agreed to release the 3,000 Goguryeo prisoners of war first was because these prisoners of war were all disabled and frail. Staying in Liaodong could not contribute at all except wasting food, and Wei Shuo did not hesitate to throw this burden on the Goguryeo people in order to reduce the burden.

After the two sides agreed on a time for the transfer of prisoners of war, Yang Tan returned to the city smoothly. The next day, after the appointed time, Wei Shuo and others deliberately let people beat gongs and drums to make the entire handover ceremony lively and grand, for fear that outsiders would not know what happened.

Although the Goguryeo people knew that the Jin people were playing ghosts, they did not take it to heart, and now the Goguryeo people only want more prisoners of war to return home. But when the 3,000 prisoners of war who were missing arms and legs returned to the station, the Goguryeo people were completely dumbfounded. They dragged Yang Tan and did not let him return to the city, not to say that Goguryeo had been deceived.

Yang Tan rolled his eyes and said, "General, when did you deceive you?" I only promised to release 3,000 prisoners of war, but I never assured you that the prisoners of war were intact. ”

This remark suddenly made the Goguryeo people speechless. However, they were not willing to lead 3,000 crippled prisoners of war back to China, and they had to let Yang Tan release another batch of prisoners of war.

Looking at the Goguryeo people who were blocking him, Yang Tan deliberately showed a hint of embarrassment on his face and said: "It's not impossible to release another batch of prisoners of war, but this matter requires your cooperation." Before coming, my lord told Yang that as long as your country agrees to withdraw its troops, we are willing to release another 3,000 prisoners of war! ”

"Is that true?"

"Seriously!"

"All intact prisoners of war?"

"All prisoners of war intact!"

"Okay, deal!"

The Goguryeo people returned home with 6,000 prisoners of war, leaving only the thunderous Cui Bi and the disapproving Yuwenxun Nickyan. Goguryeo did not say goodbye and completely broke the fragile balance in the enemy alliance, and without the Goguryeo people, Choi Bi could no longer suppress the unruly Yuwen Xianbei.

Yuwenxun is full of wariness of Cui Yu and Duan, who have been allies for many years, and the two are very closely linked. Yuwenxun was afraid that he would be calculated by the Duan clan and Cui Yu, so after Goguryeo left, he always acted on his own and ignored the orders of the alliance leader Cui Bi.

Duan Xiu had originally regarded everything that happened in the coalition army with the mentality that it was not about him, and after Goguryeo left, he was even more unwilling to get involved in the struggle between Cui Bi and Yuwenxun Nick Yeon. However, even so, he was still troubled by Yu Wenxun's nickname.

After seeing Cui Yu's incompetence, and seeing tens of thousands of coalition troops patrolling the city for many days without achieving anything, Duan Xiu couldn't help but feel worried. A few days later, Duan Xiu proposed a farewell to Cui Yu and Yuwenxun Nick Yan on the grounds that the southern expeditionary forces were tight.

Cui Yu naturally didn't want Duan Xiu to leave, just because Duan Xiu was gone, he himself was afraid that he would no longer be able to suppress Yuwen Xianbei. However, Yuwenxun Nick Yan was very happy about Duan Xiu's sudden departure, he didn't expect Duan Xianbei to do much in this battle, on the contrary, he was still worried that the Duan clan and Cui Yu would infringe on his due interests after the war.

In just a few days, the four-party alliance that Cui Bi had painstakingly put together collapsed. Only Yuwen Xianbei's 50,000 troops were left in the city, and Yuwen Xun looked at the backs of Cui Yu and Duan Xiu and said hatefully: "Hmph! But don't think that I can't do it without you, I can still destroy Xi'an Ping alone. ”

So Yuwen Xun Nick Yan ordered to continue the attack on Xi'an Ping, and the company camped for ten miles.