The siege was raging, arrows rained down, wood and stones fell like hailstones, screams continued to come out in the night, and black shadows fell down the city one by one, and it was impossible to distinguish whether it was the Sui army or the Goryeo army.

However, a ladder was pushed away from the city by Goryeo soldiers with an iron fork and fell heavily to the rear, and a string of soldiers on the ladder let out a desperate scream.

Sui soldiers continued to attack the city, but they were constantly killed and thrown off the city, and on the city, the spears of the Sui soldiers pierced the chests of the Goryeo soldiers, and the corpses were carried high down the city.

For siege warfare, the significance of night battles is actually not great, the two sides do not need to arrange troops, and there is no need to deploy troops, just blindly attack and kill.

The besieging side seized every opportunity to charge upward, while the defending side desperately held the head of the city, not allowing the enemy to attack the top of the city, and they just blindly fired arrows into the shadows.

In the dark night, death will come quietly, without any warning, which will bring great pressure to the soldiers on both sides of the attacker and defender, only fight to the death, either you die, or I live.

But the reason why Yang Yuanqing chose to fight at night had another purpose, that is, to contact the scouts in the city, and attacking the city at night brought opportunities to the scouts in the city.

Fifty Sui scouts in the city were all incorporated into the ranks of the people who assisted in defending the city, but they were scattered, and the captain Wu Jie, and a dozen other brothers were thrown into the defense of the night.

The chaos at the head of the city brought them together very quickly, and Wu Jie, hiding behind a battlement, watched the Sui army's attack, and he found that the Sui army had not invested many troops, but only a tentative attack.

After a moment of contemplation, he whispered to a few of his men, "I have to find a way to send a brother down the city." ”

"Captain, with a rope!"

One of the soldiers noticed a coil of rope not far ahead, which was used to hang arrows up the city, six or seven feet long. Wu Jie rushed forward. Hold the rope back.

In the night, the city was in chaos, and there was no Sui army attacking the city. No Goryeo army noticed the strange behavior of a few of them.

Wu Jiezhi ordered a small, nimble scout to go down to the city to report the news, and he tied a rope around the soldier's waist and told him repeatedly. "Tell the governor that tomorrow night let the army attack the southern city, and we will meet on the west side of the suspension bridge near the southern city gate."

The soldier nodded, turned over and went down the city, the soldier pulled the rope, lowered it little by little, and when it was still three feet from the ground, the soldier cut the rope with a dagger and jumped lightly to the ground. Seeing that there was no one left and right, he plunged headlong into the moat......

A mile away, Yang Yuanqing watched as the Sui army attacked the city of Pyongyang. Although it was difficult to see the battle between the two armies in the night. But the Sui army obviously did not capture the city, and he invested too few troops. Unable to break through the dense defenses of the Goryeo army.

Yang Yuanqing's brows furrowed, this kind of decent siege method has too many casualties, and it is a bit more than worth the loss, so we still have to find a way to find an opportunity to break through.

At this time, Luo Shixin stepped forward and suggested: "Chief, it's better to use the Modao Army to attack the city and give it a try." ”

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "The city is too high, and the Mo Sword Army is too cumbersome, in addition to not being afraid of arrows, it is not as flexible as ordinary soldiers, making it more dangerous for them to attack the city." ”

"Then let me be humble! The lowly position was sure to break through the defense line of the Goryeo army and kill the head of the city. Luo Shixin was impatient.

Yang Yuanqing thought for a while and said, "But it's feasible, but today is just a tentative attack, and we will talk about the official attack." ”

Yang Yuanqing immediately ordered, "Pass my order, stop the attack, and the army withdraw!" ”

The order was given, and there was an immediate message from the Sui army camp that 'dang! While! The bell rang, this is Mingjin to withdraw the troops, and thousands of Sui troops withdrew like a receding tide, carrying the wounded soldiers, leaving only ten broken ladders.

The Goryeo soldiers at the head of the city cheered, celebrating the failure of the Sui army in the siege, and some soldiers had already rushed to the inner city to report to Gao Jianwu on the defeat of the Sui army......

In the big tent, Yang Yuanqing was listening to Niu Jinda's report, Niu Jinda was the commander of tonight's tentative attack, and tonight's attack was very unsmooth, which made him very ashamed.

"Back to the commander, tonight the attacking brothers were killed and wounded more than 700 people, of which about 430 were killed, the rest were wounded, all ten ladders were destroyed, the Goryeo army fought very fiercely, the brothers attacked the city four times, but all four times finally failed, more than 100 brothers were killed because of this, it is a poor command, please be punished by the commander."

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "It's not your responsibility to attack tonight, I only invested 4,000 people, and the defenders have 20,000 or 30,000 people, and there are cities to rely on, it is reasonable for you to lose the battle, but you have to comfort the wounded soldiers, and the dead soldiers must find a way to get the corpses back." ”

"I understand the lowly position, thank you for your forgiveness."

Yang Yuanqing glanced at everyone again and said, "Let's brainstorm!" See if any of the surprise soldiers have breached the city. ”

At this time, Cheng Yanjin raised his hand and said, "Boss, I have a plan." ”

Cheng Yanjin still has a little level in terms of attacking the city with strange soldiers, and Yang Yuanqing attaches great importance to his suggestion, so he smiled and said: "General Cheng, please speak!" ”

Cheng Yanjin has always spared his life like gold, he will not take the risk of taking the initiative to ask for help, but thinking about crooked ideas and the like, he is very good, he smiled and said: "We came all the way, and saw that both sides of the strait are villages, densely populated, it is better to capture thousands of Goryeo women and children who are damn to attack the city as meat shields, I think the Goryeo people will not even kill their own people!" ”

Cheng Yanjin's suggestion was met with opposition from all the generals present, "How can women and children fight, when they fall into chaos, they scatter and flee, and our army is also chaotic, but it affects the morale of the army." ”

Luo Shixin was particularly dissatisfied, he angrily reprimanded Cheng Biting Jin and said: "The Sui army has always had strict military discipline, and women and children are not injured in battle, and the military regulations are clearly written, but you let women and children come to fight the forward, what is the significance of this military regulation?" ”

Cheng Yanjin's face was flushed when everyone said it, and he also said angrily: "The military regulations are only for the people of the Sui Dynasty, the Goryeo people are of a foreign race, it is best to kill them all, and the kindness of a woman like you will kill everyone!" ”

"That's it!"

Yang Yuanqing interrupted their argument, in fact, Yang Yuanqing also felt that Cheng Biting Jin's strategy was good, but the generals objected badly, and he didn't mention it anymore, he asked again: "General Cheng's strategy will be put aside for a while, what other strategies do you have?" ”

Everyone gossiped, some people said that they dug tunnels to enter the city, some people said that they followed suit to conquer Taiyuan City and made ideas from the suspension bridge, and some people said that they would withdraw the army first, and then send soldiers to follow the nearby villagers into the city, and attack the city together.

While they were discussing, a soldier entered the account and reported: "Chief Qiqi, there is a soldier from outside the battalion, he said that he is a Liaodong scout, and there is important information to report to the chief." ”

Everyone was stunned, how did the Liaodong scout come to Pyongyang, but Yang Yuanqing understood in his heart, and immediately said with joy: "Bring him in!" ”

Soon, the soldiers brought the scout soldiers who came out of the city into the big tent, he knelt down on one knee in front of Yang Yuanqing, held his military card high, and reported loudly: "The lowly position is the Liaodong scout, called Wang Xiaoyi, on the order of the captain, go out of the city to report important military information to the governor. ”

There was a whisper in the big tent, and everyone heard it, and it was surprising that there were scouts of the Liaodong Sui army in Pyongyang.

Yang Yuanqing explained to everyone with a smile: "Before sending troops, I secretly ordered Hou Mo Chenyi, the governor of Liaodong, to send scouts to infiltrate Pyongyang, but I didn't get in touch later, but I didn't expect it to be really successful." ”

Everyone was stunned, Cheng bit his golden eyebrows and said with a smile: "Chief, this method is good, let the scouts mix in the defenders, and take advantage of the chaos to lower the drawbridge, so that we can concentrate our forces to attack the city gate." ”

Cheng Biting Jin's plan was not scolded by anyone, everyone felt that it was feasible, and Yang Yuanqing asked the soldiers who reported the news: "How many people are there in total, and how are you going to respond to the army?" ”

"Back to the chief, there are a total of fifty of us, all of whom have been organized by the Koreans as assistant guards, but we can gather together, what Captain Wu means is to act at a critical time to help the Sui army attack the city."

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "Your captain should tell you what plan to use!" ”

"Governor Qiqi, what Captain Wu means is that it will be set for tomorrow night, or the same as today, but in the southern city, he will lead the brothers on the west side of the south gate, and then ask the chief to send the most elite soldiers to attack here, and we will meet at the head of the city."

Yang Yuanqing convened the generals to discuss the strategy of the surprise army, but there was news from the scouts in the city, which was called: 'There is no place to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it.'" ’……

Etozhi Wende led a dozen retinues all the way to the northeast on horseback galloping, running for nearly a day and a night, and at about the fourth watch, he finally arrived at the domestic city.

The soldiers defending the city hurriedly rushed to report to Gai Suwen, "General! General! "A soldier was banging on the window outside Gaisuwen's room.

Gasuwen woke up from his sleep, he yawned twice, and asked impatiently, "What's the matter?" ”

"Report to the general, the king sent the second minister, Yizhi Wende, to rush over, saying that something important had happened in the capital."

This news made Gai Suwen unable to sleep, and he immediately ordered: "Take him to your room and wait!" ”

During this time, Gai Suwen had not rested well, and he finally fell asleep tonight, but he was awakened by the soldiers, and he yawned a few times in a row, got up and put on a piece of clothing, and went to your room.

After a while, the guards led Eulzhi Wende into your room in a hurry, Eulzhi Wende and Gai Suwen had a good personal relationship, which was regarded as the lubricant for the contradiction between Gai Suwen and the Goryeo court, if there was no Eulzhi Wende, Gai Suwen would have turned his face with the imperial court a long time ago.

Gai Suwen saluted and smiled politely: "The second minister came in such a hurry, what happened in the imperial court?" ”

Eulzhi Wendeok's face was full of anxiety, and he said continuously: "General, Yang Yuanqing personally led tens of thousands of elite soldiers to attack Pyongyang from the sea, and the king asked the general to go to the rescue of Pyongyang. ”

This unexpected news made Gai Suwen stunned suddenly, his mind turned around, and he suddenly understood the deep meaning of Xie Sili's words, Yang Yuanqing could not release his father Yuan Taizuo back, but the condition was that he was not allowed to support Pyongyang.

Although Xie Sili didn't say anything, Gai Suwen completely understood what Yang Yuanqing meant, and this was the condition that Yang Yuanqing offered