"Alas......"

A lament rang out above the Goguryeo court, and there were far fewer people standing in the empty hall than usual, not even half of them.

Lamentations rang out in the empty lobby.

The king of the plains sat on the throne and looked at the courtiers, and the courtiers of the court today actually fell ill and did not come to the court.

The reason is actually very simple, the Great Sui army hit the domestic city.

Early this morning, the Great Sui army crossed the front defense line and came to the domestic city, although the main force of the Great Sui was still fighting with the Goguryeo army, but the team that crossed over has explained that it is a matter of time before the main force rushes over.

Everyone in the domestic city was in danger for a while, for fear that the army of the Great Sui would come in the next second.

The people are always ignorant and panicked, they heard that their army was losing in the face of the Great Sui army, they were naturally very afraid, and many people wanted to flee, but now Goguryeo is the Great Sui army before and after, and they don't know where to flee.

And I don't know since when the rumors began to spread.

Changbai Mountain was born before the turbidity, there was no right way in the world, the blue sky and the red sun shone on the black soil, and the holy dragon crossed the sea to kill the evil Jiao.

When people are panicking, this kind of rumor is the most bluffing, because it is deliberately made up in popular terms and easy to understand, so there is no need to pay too much attention to the literary style, and it is widely spread.

As a result, many people of Goguryeo also began to think that this sentence was true.

The people are always ignorant and ignorant of this, not to mention these poor people with a low average level of education, and even the contemporary elite who have undergone nine years of compulsory education are often incited to do stupid things.

For example, on QQ back then, Mr. He and the Koreans next door were about to cry when they bet, and forwarded three QQ groups Hua Teng to charge you up.

Another example, I, Qin Shi Huang, playing money, KFC Crazy Thursday this stupid scam.

Of course, the luo chat scam that often hangs banners in the community is not a simple scam, it is too sophisticated, and it is not a stupid thing to be deceived.

All in all, when rumors spread, the vast majority of people will fall into a false circle of gossip and always fall into it.

The ordinary people of Goguryeo naturally didn't know that when the Goguryeo army was losing and retreating, and their hearts were panicking, they were subconsciously injected into the consciousness that their enemy was now correct, and the king of the plains could not fight such a high-end attack.

Allowing this situation to develop has led to the fact that half of the ministers who have come to the court today are missing, and it is desperate to be afraid or panicked.

Despair spread, and the king of the plains was first furious, and then lamented: "I have no brave man in Goguryeo? ”

At this time, only Yuan Taizuo walked out alone, and said: "Wang, the domestic city is our largest city and the highest city wall, my general will lead the troops to fight on the city wall to resist the foreign enemy, the enemy has crossed our main force and approached the domestic city, it seems dangerous, but as long as the main force of our army can have a chance to win, their front-line troops are the turtle in the urn." ”

The Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, why is it that only Your Excellency is the main battle, and Your Excellency wants us and other ministers to die in the country? That's not good, I have a wife and a little wife, how can I die?

This is what the elite class really thinks now, once they encounter a war, the ordinary group of people who are the most loyal and patriotic will run the fastest and surrender the most neatly.

Only Yuan Taizuo was under the main battle, and the morale of the entire court was low, and the king of Pingyuan looked at the lifeless court and knew that the current Goguryeo had no advantage in a war.

If the fight continues, it may really be ruined, so it is better to take advantage of the fact that the main forces are still there, and make peace talks first, at least something can be preserved.

"Yuan Taizuo, today you go to the front line and sue for peace between this king and the Sui Dynasty."

The King of the Plains said this with difficulty, Yuan Taizuo was shocked, and immediately persuaded: "Wang, we still have a chance, really surrender to the Sui Dynasty, according to the current situation, I am afraid that we can only have a piece of land left within the scope of the Plains City, surrounded by the Sui Dynasty, it is still unknown when they will call again." ”

Yuan Taizuo was heartbroken, but the other courtiers stood up and said: "King, you are planning for the people and coexisting peacefully with the Great Sui, and you should be the Holy Monarch of the Ages." ”

"The Holy Monarch of the Ages."

The ministers began to pat themselves on the back, and Yuan Taizuo directly pulled out his long sword and pointed at the ministers.

He had the right to go to court with a sword, but this was the first time he had drawn a sword in the court.

Seeing this, everyone retreated.

Yuan Taizuo scolded: "You incompetent rats, from the very beginning, did not dare to fight for Goguryeo, when you saw the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty, you were afraid like tigers, and they wanted to surrender one after another, did any of you receive money from the Sui Dynasty, is there anyone who is a traitor to Goguryeo, come, stand up, I will cut off your heads one by one and hang them on the city wall." ”

For a while, no one dared to step forward, and the round red eyes made people feel ashamed at a glance.

Who still doesn't understand in their hearts that he is the only one who is fighting for Goguryeo now.

The king of the plains said angrily and helplessly: "Yuan Taizuo, this king has made up his mind, you go to negotiate peace with the Sui Dynasty instead of this king." ”

"King!" Yuan Taizuo shouted weakly.

"The others retreat first, and Yuan Taizuo stays."

The king of the plains directly asked the others to retreat first, and then said to Yuan Taizuo in a serious tone: "The situation is stronger than people, although the Sui Dynasty wants to capture the domestic city is not a day's work, but it drags on for a long time, you have also seen the attitude of these people, and you have also seen the combat morale of our soldiers on the front line, do we really win?" ”

"Wang ......"

The King of the Plains stretched out his hand to interrupt what he was about to say, and continued to say to himself: "This letter was sent to me by a man named Li Jing in the Sui Dynasty, you can take a look." ”

When Yuan Taizuo heard Li Jing's name, he asked, "Is it Li Jing, the initiator of the sea-crossing battle?" ”

The Plains King nodded.

Yuan Taizuo opened the letter and read it from beginning to end, and then his eyes widened in disbelief and said, "Wang...... Wang, this is the next tactical arrangement of the Sui army, and even includes the next arrangement for the transportation and supply of grain and grass, is this Li Jing going to get through our dynasty? ”

The face of the King of the Plains was unusually solemn: "The letter contains the Sui army's arrangements for fighting with us in the next year, and all aspects of the concise sentences are mentioned, but this Li Jing is not here to surrender, and this letter is accompanied by a sentence brought to me by Li Jing's order." ”

"What's the matter?"

"Take the book as a chess piece, and ask the King of the Plains to explain my art of war."

Li Jing's purpose is naturally not treason, but like the two of them, Li Jing directly told you the number of ways he will play chess next, and the way to move, so that you can crack it yourself, which is tantamount to showing off at the highest level, I have a card, but you still have no way to take me.

If you don't have absolute confidence in your own strength, you don't dare to do so.

Yuan Taizuo shouted angrily: "Extremely arrogant! ”

But with his anger, he read Li Jing's letter again, and after reading it carefully from beginning to end, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat behind his back.

The King of the Plains knew that Yuan Taizuo finally understood the weight of this letter.

Yuan Taizuo stared in surprise and pondered, obviously thinking about the solution to all the tactical arrangements they were going to make for the next attack on Goguryeo mentioned in Li Jing's letter.

The entire hall fell silent, and the King of the Plains stood beside him, watching his most trusted courtier, studying the tactics of the other party.

After a long time, Yuan Taizuo let out a sigh and announced his final result.

He read it word by word, and what made him desperate the most was that he really couldn't think of any way to fight the next battle with the Sui Dynasty, and even if he had, it was an unrealistic idea.

For example, as in the case of the Great Sui, it suddenly crossed the sea to attack the Sui Dynasty itself, or cut off the Sui Dynasty's sea supply lines, but these arrangements are obviously impractical for the current Goguryeo.

Li Jing informed them in the letter of the grain and grass supply and transportation that the Sui Dynasty had received, and even wrote the route, but the current army of Goguryeo knew the other party's route but was unable to intercept it, and once it was intercepted, the Sui army might wipe it out, and now the gap between the enemy's strength and morale is too great.

Yuan Taizuo sighed: "This son, all the tactics are gradual, there is no place to be picky, people who are familiar with the art of war have such skills, all the logistics and supplies are even more meticulous, what is even more frightening is that he is not talking on paper, according to his command ability in the battle of crossing the sea, he can really do such a command, if it is written in the letter, at this time next year, Goguryeo should be destroyed." ”

The King of the Plains himself had fought a war, and he knew how powerful it was.

"Talking on paper, people say it's easy to talk about soldiers on paper, Yuan Taizuo, this king is watching here, if you can break this Li Jing's paper talk, this king will swear to resist, if you can't even break the paper talk, we still ...... Let's talk about it. ”

The letter slipped from Yuan Taizuo's hand and slowly fell to the ground, and Yuan Taizuo said in a daze: "The Great Sui Evil Dragon has such wings, how can it be stopped?" ”

Alas, his attitude has been indicated in the sigh.

The king of the plains suddenly said: "No, Yuan Taizuo, you remember that we are only temporarily suing for peace, when the Central Plains people are strong, we have always avoided their edge, this is our standard for so many years, but this time we seem to be proud, when the Central Plains is so strong, we dare to start a war rashly, it is my fault, I forgot the ancestral explanation, I have to give up so much land and city, and the ancestral inheritance will be wiped out, but don't forget to ......"

"The Central Plains Dynasty alternately appeared, there is strength and weakness, every time they are weakened is when we expand, I want to write this ancestral oracle to the family tree so that the children and grandchildren of future generations can remember it well, today's experience of failure should become a lesson for our daily logistics, and when there is turmoil in the Central Plains, we will advance steadily, do not seek quick success, and there will always be a day to recover Goguryeo!"

Yuan Taizuo immediately knelt down: "The king has such ambitions, Yuan Taizuo will definitely take the lead." ”

The two of them spoke boldly in the empty court, but after the rhetoric, they were faced with the matter of how to negotiate peace with the Great Sui.

"Wang, the people of the Sui Dynasty will inevitably press forward step by step when they negotiate peace, and what we can keep may be very limited, and we still have to pay the Sui Dynasty New Year's coins, and maybe there will be peace and kinship."

These are all normal peace negotiation processes, but the king of the plains hesitated to kiss the matter, not that he was unwilling, but he didn't have a daughter, he had few daughters, and they were all married, so he couldn't take a wife over.

"Wang, let's forget about the matter of harmony, and when the other party mentions it, let's make up for it with other things."

……

Youzhou City received a request for peace talks from Goguryeo, and Yang Guang smiled with satisfaction: "Li Jing is young but more stable than everyone else, and he does things properly, and the battle of the Yin World Master should also be regarded as the first merit, and he will be rewarded after the peace talks are completed, Brother Yuwen, it will be your time to appear next." ”

Yu Wenhua and hugged his fists: "Your Highness, the last general is ready and ready to set off at any time." ”

"Okay, you go and join the frontline troops of the Yin World Division now, and then talk about everything according to the agreement."

"The last will understand."

As soon as Yu Wenhua left, Yang Guang sent the news of Goguryeo's peace to Daxingcheng.

Emperor Yang Jian, who was in Daxing City, looked at the newspaper sent back, and summoned Gao Gong and other ministers to discuss the matter with the King of Shu.

Yang Jian said happily: "Ladies and gentlemen, the news has come back from the battlefield of Goguryeo, and now that Goguryeo has officially sued for peace, the King of Jin has begun to negotiate peace with Goguryeo, and after this battle, Goguryeo has also surrendered to the feet of the Great Sui." ”

"My emperor is blessed."

After everyone praised for a while, Yuan Yan stood up, because the King of Shu was reused, and Yuan Yan, as the first adviser under the command of the King of Shu, was now also reused.

"Your Majesty, in Weichen's humble opinion, now that the situation is just right, why not let His Royal Highness King Jin directly take the royal capital of Goguryeo and include it in the territory."

Sure enough, some people still questioned that Yang Guang's policy on Goguryeo's governance was only sent to the emperor alone, and Yang Jian didn't even show him Gao Gong, but he himself was very satisfied with this matter.

The emperor did not announce it, because the fewer people who knew about this kind of thing, the better, and also wanted to see if this very good policy on paper could be implemented, if it was really effective, there would be a long-term peace and stability for the surrounding small countries in the future.

"Yuan Changshi, King Jin and Goguryeo have been fighting for so long, and they have used so many large armies, if they continue to fight, they are afraid of excessive consumption."

"Your Majesty, Weichen is not talented, I have calculated that our army is now operating well, and it is more than enough to fight Goguryeo for another year."

Yuan Yan is Yang Xiu's person, Yang Xiu is not easy to speak, so he can only speak, no matter what, he has to find some mistakes for Yang Guang a little.

Yang Jian said: "It's okay, it's okay, it's good." ”

Yang Xiu fought Gu Hun beautifully, but now there is a problem in governance, a small uprising in three days, a big uprising in five days, there is no time to stop, those soldiers who have been scattered, gangs and gangs are now a lot of grass, and the trouble is terrible.

The emperor had already spoken, and Yuan Yan couldn't say it anymore.

And the emperor called them today, there is another more important matter.

"Gao Gong, the East Palace is the foundation of the country, and now the prince is immoral, and I intend to appoint another virtuous son and grandson as the prince, who do you think is more suitable?"

(End of chapter)