The sky is gradually brightening, it is still raining lightly, the cold is invading, the area where Yancheng is located is already a vast ocean, the turbid jet-black water surface is floating with wood and the corpses of soldiers, only a canopy is left in the woods, and groups of crows hover over the woods, making a terrible cry.

There is only one city wall left in Yancheng, and all the stone houses in the city have been submerged, leaving only the roofs of a few warehouses, and the roofs and city walls are crowded with soldiers, all of them are cold and blue, shivering, and their eyes are full of despair.

Wrapped in a sheepskin, he sat silently on the battlements, he couldn't face the scene in front of him, it was like a nightmare, but it was so real, at this time, a general stepped forward and whispered: "General, the count has been completed, there are still 5,100 people, only more than 100 stones of grain have been grabbed, half of them have weapons in their hands, and the others are barehanded." ”

Ezhi Wende sighed and said in a hoarse voice: "Go and invite General Yuan!" ”

After a while, Yuangai Suwen, who was also a little depressed, walked quickly, he sat next to Yizhi Wende, and asked in a low voice, "General, what should we do?" ”

Yizhi Wende smiled bitterly and said: "In the Three Kingdoms era, Guan Yunchang dug the Han water and flooded more than 100,000 horses of the Cao army, and today, Yancheng was also flooded by the Sui army's digging white wolf water, and our 40,000 troops were almost wiped out, stupid westward expedition!" ”

"The matter has come to this, there is no use complaining, the key is whether we have a way out, as long as we can leave Yancheng, we will immediately rush to the Khitan and seek help from the Khitan."

Ezhi Wende glanced at Yuan Gai Suwen strangely, then looked up at the gloomy dark clouds, shook his head and said, "This rain will not end for two or three days, but this flood will not subside until at least half a month later, does General Yuan think we can still retreat with our whole body?" ”

Yuan Gai Suwen said coldly after a while: "What does the general mean, we have no other choice but to surrender?" ”

"Even if it is surrender, it must be done by Jang Hyun's kindness, if he does not accept it, all of us will have to die."

Yuangai Suwen's face turned pale and lowered his head, and at this time a soldier shouted: "There is a boat, the ship is coming!" ”

Eulzhi Wende and Yuangai Suwen raised their heads, only to see a small boat coming from the north, on board were several Sui soldiers, all of them stood up and looked at the small boat blankly, they wanted to call for help, but the other party was their enemy, so that the Goguryeo soldiers were at a loss.

After a short time, the boat began to turn around and head east about thirty paces away from them, and Ezhi Wende was in a hurry and shouted in Chinese: "Please tell His Royal Highness the King of Qi that we are willing to surrender!" ”

Several Sui soldiers glanced back at him, then sped up and drove eastward, and gradually disappeared, Yuangai Suwen glared angrily at Yizhi Wende, and it was a shame to say the words of surrender in front of so many soldiers!

Ezhi Wende said coldly: "If General Yuan is unwilling to surrender, even if he leads his troops to the southern city wall, I will not force it." ”

Yuan Gai Suwen's face turned white and red, snorted heavily, and turned to leave.

However, there was no news after the Sui boat went, and it was not until noon the next day that the hungry and dizzy Goguryeo soldiers finally saw the second Sui boat, and thousands of Goguryeo soldiers immediately waved their hands desperately and shouted, "Surrender!" We surrender! ”

The boat was heading towards Yizhi Wende, and the bow of the boat was a scout lieutenant of the Sui army, and he said to Yizhi Wende from afar: "General Yizhi, my marshal can accept surrender in principle, but only give you one chance, no armor and weapons are allowed when surrendering, all armor and weapons are placed in Dongcheng, people are concentrated in Beicheng, we need to take away the weapons and armor first, and then come to pick up people, I repeat, you only have one chance, if we see a sword and a sword, then we will not accept surrender again, we will collect your body after ten days." ”

After speaking, the boat turned around and left, and Eji Wende asked anxiously, "When will you pick up people?" ”

"Tomorrow morning, collect weapons, pick up people in the afternoon!"

The lieutenant dropped a word and sailed away.

Yizhi Wende had no choice but to order the soldiers: "Everyone hand over their armor and weapons!" ”

At this time, Yuangai Suwen came with a group of soldiers, all of them holding knives in their hands, and Yuangai Suwen said coldly: "General Yizhi, do you really believe the words of the Sui army?" Hand over your weapons, and we'll have to let them slaughter. ”

Etozhi Wende laughed angrily, "Have you ever seen anyone surrender with a weapon?" ”

Yuangai Suwen pointed to the warehouse in the city and said: "Just now, a soldier swam over, saying that there are still hundreds of stones of grain in the warehouse that have not been flooded, and we can use wood to make a raft and transport the grain to the city wall, I think it can last for ten days and half a month." ”

Yizhi Wende nodded, "I won't force General Yuan to do anything, I just said that if General Yuan is unwilling to surrender, you can take your own army to the south city, and those who are willing to surrender will stay in the north city, everyone has their own ambitions, no one should force anyone!" ”

The meaning of Eulzhi Wende is very clear, he and Yuangai Suwen have their own armies, it can be said that they belong to different factions, he can't command Yuangai Suwen, but he also hopes that Yuangai Suwen will not interfere with his decision.

Yuangai Suwen groaned and said: "Since General Ochi must surrender, I will not force it, but please give me the weapons and armor of General Ochi, and I will go to Nancheng!" ”

"Yes! I'll send someone to deliver it later. ”

Yuangai Suwen glanced at Ezhi Wende deeply, turned around and left, and then a general whispered to Ezhi Wende: "General, this person has always been ruthless, and he gave them weapons, I'm afraid he will turn his face and deny people." ”

Echiwende nodded, "I know, I will never let him succeed!" ”

Among the 5,000 soldiers, most of the soldiers were willing to surrender and ask for a way to live, and there were only more than 1,000 soldiers who were willing to follow Yuangai Suwen, and they were all his family soldiers.

At night, the rain gradually stopped, the hungry and cold soldiers were falling asleep, and a scream suddenly broke out on the eastern city wall, and more than a thousand soldiers began to slaughter the unarmed Goguryeo soldiers under the leadership of Yuangai Suwen, who was wearing armor and holding iron guns, and viciously ordered: "These cowards who just want to surrender, not a single one will be left, and they will all be killed by me!" ”

His men slaughtered even more ferociously and mercilessly, and countless soldiers were awakened by screams in their sleep, and stumbled and fled to the northern city, when an army of several hundred men under the leadership of Ulji Wende came from the northern city and withstood the killing of the soldiers under Yuangai Suwen.

Yizhi Wende's war knife pointed at Yuan Gai Suwen and reprimanded angrily: "The enemy army has not yet come, you have killed each other, these are your countrymen, how can you do it!" ”

Yuangai Suwen sneered, "Fighting side by side with me is a Goguryeo soldier, and those who surrender are traitors, and everyone will be punished!" ”

"Fart! You clearly want to monopolize military rations. ”

Yizhi Wende's words exposed Yuan Gai Suwen's true thoughts, Yuan Gai Su Wen was annoyed and angry, and shouted: "Kill me!" ”

Hundreds of soldiers shouted and rushed towards Ezhi Wende, Ezhi Wende sneered, gave the soldiers next to him a look, the soldiers opened their bows and arrows, shot a Ming Di into the air, and killed an army of more than 1,000 people from behind Yuan Gai Suwen, flanking back and forth, blocking Yuan Gai Suwen and his men in the middle.

In the night, the two Goguryeo soldiers broke out into a brutal infighting, this battle was so tragic, so unreasonable, it was difficult to distinguish between friend and foe in the night, but the soldiers were red-eyed, desperate to kill, many soldiers were killed by their own people, human bestiality broke out in the killing, only by killing each other, they could live.

The battle did not finally end until the next morning, Yuangai Suwen's soldiers were killed, most of the soldiers of Yizhi Wende were killed and wounded, only more than 500 people remained, the city wall was full of corpses and broken weapons, and the bloody Yuangai Suwen was forced into a corner, behind him was a muddy rolling flood, he was stabbed by more than a dozen knives, and he was almost dying, dozens of soldiers surrounded him with copper spears.

Yizhi Wende looked at him coldly and said, "General Yuan, for the sake of being a minister in the same hall, I'll send you on your way!" ”

Yuangai Suwen laughed miserably, and said with a faint breath: "Bringing the head to my father is enough!" ”

He stabbed himself in the chest with a backhand sword, and a generation of young heroes of Goguryeo finally died in Yancheng.

Yizhi Wende looked at him for a long time, sighed and said: "I didn't have to die, but I looked for death by myself, and I lost the lives of so many brothers, it's extremely stupid!" ”

At this time, a soldier pointed to the distance and shouted: "General, the ship of the Sui army is coming!" ”

Yizhi Wende looked back, only to see a small black dot in the distance, it should be the ships of the Sui army, Yizhi Wende immediately ordered: "Everyone take off their armor, throw away all weapons, and go to Beicheng to concentrate." ”

In the second year of Xingning of Sui and the first year of Tang Wude, the Goguryeo army of the western expedition to Liaodong was flooded by the Sui army, and almost the whole army was wiped out, and finally 3,000 soldiers surrendered to the Sui army under the leadership of the general Eulzhi Wende, and the 70,000 invasion army of Goguryeo was wiped out. (To be continued.) )