(Thanks again to the robber for the tip)

I have to say that Wang Qinian is a "good man" who can afford to let go, and he was demoted from the position of brigade leader to the team leader by Li Xian, he actually did not complain at all, but always showed a grateful look. This kind of psychological quality can no longer be described by the word strong, at least four words.

Very powerful.

In the morning, Wang Qinian led 50 rangers to inspect the Sashui River all the way upstream, and saw some Goguryeo people along the way, and the soldiers planned to just go over and ignore the non-lethal refugees, but Wang Qinian suddenly ordered the four or five Goguryeo people wearing tattered clothes to be killed. The soldiers hesitated, but obeyed the team's orders. A burst of crossbows fired, and four or five Goguryeo people were instantly knocked to the ground.

Wang Qinian jumped off the horse, walked to one of the corpses of a Goguryeo man, squatted down and examined it, and sure enough, a steel knife and a Goguryeo soldier's uniform were found from the package that the man was carrying. The same is true for several other people, all of whom are hiding sharp blades, and it is clear that these people are scouts of the Goguryeo army. The reason why they saw the Great Sui cavalry and did not hide was because the Sui army had always regarded itself as a benevolent and righteous army, from Liaodong City to Pyongyang City, and almost never harmed the people along the way. Of course, the vast majority of Goguryeo people hid in the big city and did not dare to come out at all. But the Sui people do not kill indiscriminately, this is a true thing. So much so that these Goguryeo scouts brazenly stood on the side of the road and watched the Sui army rangers pass by and did not dodge, but this time it was obvious that their judgment was wrong.

Looking at those few words of corpse, Wang Qinian suddenly frowned.

The city of Pyongyang has been besieged by the Great Sui Expeditionary Force, where did these Goguryeo scouts come from? The answer is obvious, naturally it is the soldiers under Ulzhi Wende.

Wang Qinian asked the soldiers to cut off their heads and take them back to report their merits, and then continued to patrol upstream with the rangers.

After they went away, several Goguryeo soldiers hiding behind trees and rocks quietly showed their heads, watching Wang Qinian and others disappear from sight, these Goguryeo soldiers talked in a low voice, and then left two people to continue to monitor, and the others turned around and ran out.

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Li Xian knew what Xue Wanche meant, and left the three folding battalions of Zuo Tunwei on the south bank, which seemed to be a good thing for Li Xian and handed over the task without danger to him, in fact, this was the embodiment of Xue Wanche's distrust of Li Xian. I have to say that Xue Wanche is indeed not a smart person, much worse than his younger brother Xue Wanjun. Li Xian believes that if Xue Wanjun is replaced to command, he will definitely not pick out the original non-existent contradiction between Zuo Tunwei and Zuo Yuwei, and he has created such a situation, and a clear-eyed person can see that the people of Zuo Yuwei do not take Zuo Tunwei's soldiers as their own at all.

Luo Fu and the others were all sent out by Li Xian to arrange for the soldiers to set up camp, and Li Xian deliberately left Liu Man behind.

"Captain Liu, I first led the troops and horses, and I was not familiar with the things in the camp, so I left Captain Liu just to ask for advice, and I ask you to give me advice."

Li Xian said sincerely.

Liu Man is a man in his thirties, a Boling person, and a son of a poor family. Although there is an older sister in the family who married into the Boling Cui family, the child of the Cui family who married is only a distant branch of the Cui family, and he is not stained with any light. Really speaking, that family's family background is not as good as their Liu family. It's just that the Boling Cui family is too famous, and even if a woman marries a child of a partial branch as a concubine, it can be regarded as a good thing for ordinary people to glorify the lintel.

However, this Liu Man is a gentle man, not good at speculative drilling, and he is very popular among the soldiers, but he does not have a good relationship with his original boss Zhang Beijiang. That Zhang Beijiang is a guy who never softly collects money, and hinted to Liu Man several times to let him be filial, but first, Liu Man really can't take out a lot of money, and secondly, he is not willing to spend this money, and his salary will be sent back to Boling's house every three months to honor his mother, such a person who puts filial piety first more or less looks down on the face of the other general.

It is precisely because of this that Zhang Bei will not have a good impression of Liu Man. He was sent to the front in all the battles, but I don't know if it was luck or God's eyes, Liu Man was alive and well, but it was Zhang Bei who was shot to death by a stray arrow when the Sui army attacked the unknown city.

"General, you still call me Shanwei."

Liu Man also has a good impression of Li Xian, and feels that this young man who was promoted to another general at a young age is not like Zhang Beijiang, and he is not arrogant at all, but he is also courteous to someone like himself who is not his cronies.

"Don't take evil as small, don't take good as small...... Captain Liu's words are good. ”

Li Xian smiled and said.

Liu Mandao: "This is a gift from Professor Li of the county school, and he is actually deserved to be humble." ”

Li Xian waved his hand and said, "It shows that the elder of the county school appreciates you, and the old man's vision is good." ”

Liu Man bowed slightly to thank him, and then asked, "What does the general have to ask?" The time spent in this army is not short, and if the general has any doubts, the lowly post knows everything. ”

Li Xian said: "Actually, it's nothing, I just heard about it...... Before leaving, General Xin specially called you there, but is there such a thing? ”

Liu Man's face changed, and he lowered his head and said, "This is indeed the case." General Xin called me there, but he just told me to help the general lead the troops and not to bully the general's youth. General Xin said that the general is appreciated by His Majesty, and he said that he will become a great weapon, so let me try my best to help the general stabilize the morale of the army. ”

Li Xian nodded and said with a smile: "General Xin is polite, since he entered Zuotunwei, Yan has been taken care of by General Xin, and he is also grateful in his heart." ”

Liu Man lowered his head and said: "The general is young and ...... promising."

Li Xian looked at Liu Man's face, and then smiled self-deprecatingly: "What young people are promising, if it weren't for the help of nobles, I'm afraid that I would have already become a dry skeleton under the city of Pyongyang." ”

Liu Man's face changed greatly, as if he didn't know how to answer.

Li Xian didn't say anything more, just told a few words about military affairs, and asked Liu Man to go back. Liu Man hung his head and walked out, and when he arrived at the door of the military tent, he suddenly stopped, turned around and said to Li Xian: "General, the grain and grass we carried this time is barely enough for ten days, and I ask the general to pay more attention." ”

These words didn't seem to have any deep meaning, but Li Xian stood up and saluted solemnly: "Thank you." ”

Liu Man hurriedly returned the salute, then sighed and walked out of the military tent quickly.

After Liu Man left, Luo Fu and the others walked in from outside. The iron wolf nodded to Li Xian and said, "After counting, most of the grain and grass that Xin Shixiong allocated to us are filled with soil and stones, and there are not many things to eat, so we definitely can't hold on for two days." ”

Li Xian nodded and said, "Liu Man is indeed a gentleman, he won't lie." ”

Chao Qiuge smiled: "Fortunately, the young general has already guessed Xin Shixiong's dirty mind, we have stolen a lot of grain and grass ourselves, otherwise we will really be hungry this time." ”

Chen Que'er said: "That is, we are from the grain guards, if we can't get some grain and grass out, wouldn't it make people laugh." ”

Li Xian smiled and said: "Arrange for our people to replace the grain and grass, if Xin Shixiong finds that there is a shortage of grain and grass, he will inevitably use this as a lever to investigate, and when the time comes, he will send someone to check, as long as the grain and grass are right in quantity, he will not find an excuse." No, he admits that the grain and grass he allocated to us are all soil and stones. In addition, it is prudent to be cautious to pack the extra grain and grass in bags and mix it with the soil and stones to build the barriers. ”

The iron wolf said: "I have already arranged for someone to do it, don't worry, I promise not to let Xin Shixiong catch the handle." ”

Luo Fu smiled: "This is thanks to Wang Qinian, if it weren't for his secret help, it would not be easy to steal so much grain and grass." ”

Li Xian said: "By the way, speaking of Wang Qinian, I asked him to take a ranger to patrol the upper reaches of Sashui, and let him see me when he comes back." ”

As he was talking, he heard someone outside shouting: "The lowly ranger is Wang Qinian, ask to see the general!" ”

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Pyongyang City

Gao Yuan pointed to a few courtiers under his command and scolded, scolding those people who hung their heads and didn't dare to speak. It is no wonder that Gao Yuan was angry, and from this morning, the Sui army began to attack the city again. The news of being almost broken by the Sui army came several times on the city wall, which frightened Gao Yuan all day. He scolded his courtiers for being incompetent, Yizhi Wende for being insidious, and Sui people for not being faithful. In short, the dog who scolded everyone was bloody. It's just scolding and scolding, but he doesn't dare to offend Yizhi Wende now. If the Sui army's offensive continues like this, it is difficult to guarantee that the city will be broken one day, and then he will have to count on the 100,000 troops in the hands of Yizhi Wende to save him. Therefore, as soon as he heard that Yizhi Wende "accidentally fell from his horse" when he left the Sui army camp, he immediately sent his cronies and courtiers out of the city to offer condolences.

In addition, Gao Yuan asked Eulji Wendeok tentatively that the city of Pyongyang is not stable now, and how he plans to move to the army to live. As a result, what the courtiers brought back was not good news, Yizhi Wende did not agree with Gao Yuan to go out of the city! The reason is simple: he said that even if the city of Pyongyang is dangerous, it is much safer than the unsafe wilderness. Yizhi Wende said to the courtier, Liaodong City can withstand the siege of the Sui people's million-strong army for several months, and the Sui people's strong soldiers and horses are not helpless? Pyongyang City is far taller and stronger than Liaodong City, so please rest assured that the Sui army will not be able to break through Pyongyang City.

Gao Yuan's face turned pale with anger, but he couldn't do anything about Yizhi Wende. He had no choice but to send someone to ask Yizhi Wende again and ask if he would go to the Sui army camp again to sue for peace. If the Sui army is willing to withdraw its troops, it is not unacceptable to be a minister. Yizhi Wende's answer was very simple, if His Majesty was willing to sue for peace, the minister was willing to send someone to escort His Majesty to the Sui army camp in person to talk to Yuwen in detail.

Gao Yuan really had no choice this time, so he gathered his cronies and courtiers to discuss, but none of the boastful courtiers in Pingyu could say anything, just hung their heads to express helplessness.

Gao Jin, the king of Baoshan, saw that Gao Yuan's face changed when he was so angry, and saw that Gao Yuan's eager eyes had been floating on his face, and he couldn't say anything about pretending to be stupid, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "If there is no other way, or ...... The younger brother went to the Sui army camp and explained to General Yuwenshu that His Majesty is willing to be a vassal to the Great Sui? ”

Gao Yuan seemed to grasp the last straw, took Gao Jin's hand and cried bitterly: "At the critical moment, my brother is still good to me." ”

So, Goguryeo King of Baosan, Gokim, as the plenipotentiary representative of Goguryeo King Gowon, went out of the city to seek peace.

This time out of the city to seek peace, Gao Yuan gave Gao Jin great rights, granted him the right to be arbitrary in Linji, and even sent Gao Jin out of Pyongyang City with the same honor guard as himself, he said to Gao Jin, if the Sui army can retreat this time, this world is our brothers.

In the honor guard that left the city, a carriage that looked quite luxurious walked in the middle of the procession. Sitting in the carriage, Gao Jin, the king of Baoshan with a sad and angry face, suddenly slapped himself in the mouth.

"Call you a! Call you a! ”