On the east bank of Liaoshui, thousands of tents have just been set up, densely packed and stretching for several miles, and 30,000 Goryeo reinforcements have arrived, but at this time, the battle in Yancheng County has ended for three days.

Gai Suwen stood on the shore of Liaoshui with his hands behind his back, staring at the other bank with a cold gaze, and no expression could be seen on his face, which was in line with his character, and his joy and anger were invisible.

He already knew about the defeat of Yancheng, some of the defeated troops swam across the Liaoshui with logs, and his father has no news so far, either captured or killed, he knows it in his heart, but he is helpless.

At this time, a personal soldier beside him pointed to the river and shouted: "Young master, a boat has come on the river." ”

Gai Suwen had already seen that a flat boat was approaching from the opposite bank, and there was only one rowing boat and a blue-robed scribe, the scribe was standing in the bow of the boat, wearing a gauze hat, and was about thirty years old.

"Bring him to me!" Gai Suwen ordered coldly, he had already guessed that this must be the Sui envoy.

As the boat approached the shore, it was immediately surrounded by hundreds of Goryeo soldiers, and the scribe was none other than Sun Jiayan, the mastermind of the original Gao Kaidao, who surrendered to Luo Shixin and came to envoy to Goryeo in the name of Yang Yuanqing.

Sun Jiayan is a native of Yanjun and can speak fluent Goryeo, he arched his hand and smiled: "Tell your general, His Royal Highness the King of Chu of the Great Sui asks to see him!" ”

Several personal soldiers led him to Gai Suwen, the two looked at each other, one was shocked and the other was stunned, it was Sun Jiayan, he was surprised that the King of Chu was accurate, and he expected that it must be Gai Suwen who came to the rescue in person, and it was really him.

And it was Gai Suwen who was stunned, he knew Sun Jiayan. The chief military advisor under Gao Kaidao's account turned out to be the Sui envoy.

"Is Gao Kaidao dead?" Gai Suvin asked contemptuously

Sun Jiayan understood what he meant, he was ridiculing himself for betraying his lord and surrendering to the Sui Dynasty, and he also smiled lightly: "I was originally a Sui people, and it is natural to be loyal to the Sui Dynasty, which is better than being loyal to a foreign race and betraying the nation." However, I thought that Young Master Yuan should be more concerned about Ling Zun at this time. ”

"Humph!"

Gai Suwen snorted coldly, "Say it!" ”

"I am on the orders of His Royal Highness the King of Chu...... Wait a minute! ”

Gay Suvin interrupted him. "Yang Yuanqing in Liaodong?"

"Exactly, the one who defeated the Yuan Xiangguo, His Royal Highness the King of Chu is also. Now Yuan Xiangguo is a guest in Liucheng County. ”

Gai Suwen's face became ugly, and after a long while, he asked, "What does Yang Yuanqing mean, and what conditions does he have to let my father go?" ”

Sun Jiayan took out a letter and handed it to Gai Suwen, "This is Ling Zun's letter!" ”

Gai Suwen opened the letter and looked at it, it was his father's handwritten letter, he is now in Liucheng County, and there seems to be something else to say, but the content behind it has been torn off. This letter proves that the father was indeed captured.

Gai Suwen sighed, "Mr. Sun, please continue!" ”

Sun Jiayan said unhurriedly: "Yuan Xiangguo has been a guest in the Sui Dynasty for a long time, and it is inconvenient to continue to govern Goryeo, so it is naturally the position of Mo Lizhi of Yuan Shaozhu to succeed Goryeo, and His Royal Highness the King of Chu hopes that Yuan Shaozhu can smoothly take over the military and political power of Goryeo." Destroy Silla and Baekje as soon as possible and unify the three kingdoms. ”

Gai Suwen's face instantly turned pale, Yang Yuanqing actually saw through his thoughts, although he led the army to support, but deep down he didn't want his father to come back, and at the same time, Yang Yuanqing was also threatening him. Threaten him not only with his father, but also with Silla and Baekje.

Gai Suwen looked at Sun Jiayan deeply for a long time, and waved his hand, "Please!" Sir, please come to my big tent and talk about it in detail. ”

Gai Suwen's attitude changed quickly, so that Sun Jiayan felt that Yang Yuanqing's thoughts were far-reaching, he saw through the situation in Goryeo, and also saw through Gai Suwen's thoughts, Gai Suwen did not want his father to come back, only in the absence of Yuan Taizuo, Gai Suwen could take charge of Goryeo.

When they entered the big tent, Gai Suwen immediately ordered his own soldiers, "No one is allowed to go near the big tent without my orders, and those who violate it will be killed!" ”

The soldiers went to guard outside the tent, and only Gai Suwen and Sun Jiayan were left in the big tent, Gai Suwen pondered for a long time, and then slowly asked: "I want to know, what are the conditions of the king of Chu?" ”

"The conditions of the king of Chu are very simple, within five years, the Goryeo army is not allowed to step across Liaoshui."

Gai Suwen pondered for a long time, he needed two years to master the military and political power, and then he also needed time to destroy Silla and Baekje, Yang Yuanqing could agree to this condition.

"Alright! I promised the King of Chu that within five years, the Goryeo army would not step across the Liaoshui River, and I would never break my word. ”

In fact, a so-called oath or covenant cannot stop Gai Suwen's ambitions, the key is that Yang Yuanqing also knows that Gai Suwen does not have the energy to invade Liaodong west after two or three years of his father's throne, which is the political pattern that will inevitably be formed after seizing Yuan Taizuo, and there will be power struggles and even civil strife within Goryeo, which is very important for stabilizing the situation in Liaodong.

Sun Jiayan smiled slightly, "We still have 13,000 Goryeo prisoners of war in our hands, is Young Master Yuan willing to ransom them back?" ”

Gai Suwen's face became ugly, 50,000 elite Goryeo troops went west, only more than 2,000 people fled back, only 10,000 prisoners of war, so the number of dead reached 38,000, this is too cruel, he hated it in his heart, but he was helpless, he needed this 10,000 troops very much, so he had to ask: "Then what conditions can redeem them." ”

Sun Jiayan said without hesitation: "When the Sui army hastily withdrew, leaving a mountain of materials in Goryeo, and 30,000 Sui soldiers became prisoners, and now the Dongjiang mine in Goryeo is working as coolies, and the condition we offer is to release all the Sui prisoners of war, if the young master refuses, then these 10,000 prisoners of war will be sent to Liaoshui to behead, and use their heads to sacrifice the souls of the fallen soldiers of the Sui army, and at the same time hand over the Yuan Xiangguo to your newly enthroned King Rongliu." ”

"Bang!" Gai Suwen slapped the table heavily and said angrily: "Yang Yuanqing is too much!" ”

Sun Jiayan sneered, "Each other!" ”

Gai Suwen paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, 10,000 prisoners of war couldn't come back, he could only admit it, but he must not allow his father to be sent to King Rongliu, that was his political enemy, once his father fell into the hands of King Rongliu, it would greatly weaken his power, Yang Yuanqing grabbed his father and made him passive step by step.

In the end, he stopped, didn't look back, and asked helplessly, "Then how to exchange?" ”

"We will build a pontoon bridge, and you will first return the 30,000 Sui prisoners of war, and we will return the Goryeo prisoners of war, which is the promise of the King of Chu."

Gai Suwen was pinched by Yang Yuanqing, he didn't have the slightest choice, so he had to nod, "Okay!" Let's just say it...... Ten days later, Yang Yuanqing also led an army of 30,000 to Huaiyuan Town, and the army also carried 13,000 Goryeo prisoners of war, including 3,000 Goryeo soldiers captured in the logistics camp on the east bank of Liaoshui.

The army set up a large camp in Liaoshui, at this time, a simple pontoon bridge on Liaoshui has been built, Yang Yuanqing stood by the river, looking at the other side of Liaoshui, and could vaguely see that the opposite bank was also full of camp tents.

Although the third campaign against Goryeo more than three years ago ended with the surrender of the king of Goryeo, in fact it was only a decent armistice, and neither side had the energy and national strength to fight again, and the prisoners of war, land, and materials that should be negotiated after the war were all gone.

In this battle of Liaodong, the Sui army captured a large amount of grain and materials, and the grain of Gao Kaidao and the Goryeo army alone added up to 400,000 stones, which was enough to support Hebei for more than half a year.

Now Yang Yuanqing is concerned about the return of 30,000 prisoners of war, according to the confession of the prisoners of war of the Goryeo army, nearly 100,000 prisoners of war of the Sui army were escorted to open mines, most of them have died in the past six years, and now there are about 30,000 people left, concentrated in the Dongjiang mining area, mining copper and iron ore.

These 30,000 prisoners of war must come back, and since he Yang Yuanqing inherited the mantle of the Sui Dynasty, he had to treat the wounds of the Battle of Goryeo that year, and at the same time, these 30,000 Sui prisoners of war were very beneficial to replenishing the population of Hebei.

Yang Yuanqing sighed deeply and said to Luo Shixin: "Send someone to tell the other side, let's start!" ”

An hour later, a group of ragged Sui soldiers appeared on the pontoon bridge, they supported each other, slowly walked towards the west bank of Liaoshui, everyone's eyes were full of tears, what kind of gaze, excitement, sadness, hope, joy, all the most complicated feelings of human beings are contained in the eyes of these Sui prisoners of war.

He had desperately thought that he would die in a foreign land, never to see their wife, children, and parents again, but he did not expect that after six years of captivity, he would finally be able to return to his homeland and see his relatives again.

They stumbled across the pontoon bridge, threw themselves on the land of their homeland, held the soil in their hands and wept bitterly, six years of humiliation and torture, at this moment, on the land of their homeland, to vent to their heart's content.

The crying rang out, and all the Sui soldiers who answered them could not help but burst into tears, and the soldiers hurriedly stepped forward, helped them up, and headed towards the camp, where hot soup cakes and clean clothes had been prepared for them.

Yang Yuanqing rode on a horse, looking at this scene from a distance, his eyes were also a little moist, he ordered someone to call Sima Cao Sheng, who was in charge of exchanging prisoners of war, and said to him: "First let them be raised in Liucheng for ten days to recover their strength, and then each of them will give them a horse, twenty catties of rice and ten hangs of money, and let them go home, even if they are Guanzhong sergeants, let them go back, don't stop them." ”

"Obedience!" Cao Sheng saluted, turned his horse's head and headed towards the camp.

As more than 32,000 prisoners of war of the Sui army were released, and more than 13,000 prisoners of war of the Goryeo army were also released, and then the pontoon bridge was burned down, Yang Yuanqing stared at the raging flames on the Liaoshui, and for a long time, he said to himself: "One day, I will come back again." ”

On the other side, Gai Suwen also stared at the fire on the river for a long time, and he also said coldly: "Yang Yuanqing, the shame of an arrow thirteen years ago, the deep enmity of my father and sister, and the humiliation of today, one day, I will settle accounts with you......