While Wang Zhong was concentrating on practicing martial arts, Gao Yuan in Pyongyang City also received a letter from Zhou Fashang.

Unexpectedly, Gao Yuan refused to exchange 7,000 Sui soldiers for Fu Junwu, which made Lai Hu'er depressed and directly issued an order to attack the city.

Later, Laihu'er learned why Gao Yuan refused to exchange, as long as he sent troops to attack the city, Gao Yuan pulled a hundred captives to the city, killed the prisoners in front of Laihu'er, and left the city wall.

Gao Yuan let out his words, as long as Lai Hu'er dared to attack the city, he would kill the prisoners, kill a hundred a day, and seven thousand prisoners were enough to kill for two months!

The angry Laihu'er had no choice but to besiege the city, but he did not dare to attack the city.

It is impossible for the soldiers of Pyongyang Province to watch the tragic death of their comrades and go to attack the city, Gao Yuan grasped this point, and would rather sacrifice Fu Junwu to defend Pyongyang.

Lai Hu'er couldn't think of a way to rescue the captives for the time being, so he could only send people to surround the city of Pyongyang, and send a letter to Emperor Yang Guang of Sui, hoping that the other 24th Route Army would arrive as soon as possible.

But he didn't know that Yang Guang was also big at this time, and a million troops were stuck on the road, far away from Pyongyang!

Just when Laihu'er besieged Pyongyang City, Fu Cailin, the No. 1 master of Goryeo and the master of Yijian, was not idle.

Fu Cailin led a group of Goryeo masters to destroy the supply line of the million-strong army of the Great Sui.

The Great Sui sent a million troops to conquer Goguryeo this time, and there were more than 1.5 million logistics troops alone, and the millions of mouths consumed every day of grain and grass were astronomical.

Fu Cailin just saw this day, and led the masters to frequently harass the supply line, and burned the grain when he saw it, causing a lot of trouble to Yang Guang's million-strong army.

The three armies have not moved, the grain and grass go first, and millions of mouths have nothing to eat, I am afraid that they will mutinier before they reach Goguryeo.

What's even more troublesome is that Fu Cailin's martial arts are too high, and no one on the Great Sui side can resist him at all.

Later, Yang Guang was also blamed for his bad luck, encountering a blizzard weather that was rare for decades, the temperature in eastern Liaodong dropped suddenly, many soldiers froze to death on the road, and the road was difficult to travel, which greatly reduced the speed of marching, but the consumption rate of grain and grass rose sharply.

Now the 24th Route Army by land has all encountered the problem of lack of grain and grass, coupled with the bitter cold of Liaodong, it is difficult to find food, many troops have begun to kill horses for meat, the morale of the army is even more low, and many soldiers are clamoring to return to the Central Plains.

Seeing that if he persisted, the army was about to mutiny, Yang Guang gradually couldn't hold it anymore, and he originally planned to let Laihu'er take Pyongyang City, but Laihu'er's message made him very annoyed.

When Laihu'er received a letter from Yang Guang about the withdrawal of his troops, he immediately called Wang Zhong and Zhou Fashang to discuss.

"Your Majesty has given the order to retreat, let us abandon those captured soldiers!" Lai Hu'er handed over the holy decree to Zhou Fa Shangdao.

Zhou Fashang looked at the holy decree and said helplessly: "The sudden heavy snowfall, the blockade of the road, and the lack of preparation of our army, this battle really can't be fought!"

Wang Zhong didn't read the holy decree, nor did he express his opinion, he stood by and didn't speak!

Laihu'er was in a bad mood, and he didn't care about Wang Zhong, but he said unwillingly: "The imperial court raised millions of troops to conquer Goguryeo, can it just be withdrawn, how can I save face in Dasui!"

Zhou Fashang said: "I heard that Fu Cailin secretly attacked our army's supply line, causing a shortage of grain and grass, many logistics troops are starving to death and freezing to death on the road, and if the imperial court continues to hold on, our army's losses will be even greater, I am afraid that before Goguryeo is captured, the Great Sui will collapse!"

"Liu'er, tell me, don't we save those captured soldiers?" said to Wang Zhong who was standing aside.

Wang Zhong couldn't hide, so he could only stand up and say: "This time, the imperial court is making a big fanfare to conquer Goguryeo, but now it has made a tiger and a snake, Your Majesty's mood can be imagined!"

"Most of the Great Sui army is now in Liaodong, the Central Plains defense is empty, and Your Majesty can't let it go, the longer it drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for our army!"

Wang Zhong said again: "In fact, the imperial court's strategy of conquest at the beginning was wrong, the million-strong army marched forward, which seemed to be highly mobile, but in fact it also weakened its strength, giving Goguryeo a chance to break through!"

"Coupled with the lack of preparation of the imperial court and the rash dispatch of troops, the army cannot work together, and it is easy to be exploited by Goguryeo!"

Hearing Wang Zhong's words, Zhou Fashang's eyes lit up on the side, but Lai Hu'er was furious: "Shut up, you are a little forward captain, what qualifications do you have to criticize the policies of the imperial court!"

"The decision to conquer Goguryeo was made by His Majesty and the nobles of the same court, where is your turn to discuss the government in vain!"

Wang Zhong knew that it was for his good to come to Hu'er to get angry, and the 100,000-strong army in Pyongyang seemed to be under the command of Hu'er, but in fact, there were many court spies in the army, in case Wang Zhong's words leaked to Yang Guang, the Rongguo Mansion would not be able to eat and walk around!

"What the young general said is not unreasonable, the imperial court is really not prepared for Pingliao, and if it continues to hold on, I am afraid it will shake the foundation of the country!" Zhou Fashang stood up for Wang Zhong and said.

How could Lai Hu'er not know that Wang Zhong was right, but the rise and fall of the Rongguo Mansion was all in Yang Guang's thoughts, and he couldn't be careless!

The Rongguo Mansion and Yang Guang are too close, and they seem to be prosperous, but in fact, they are cooking oil on fire, and the slightest mistake is that the Chi Lai clan will never recover!

"Our army has lost, lost our troops, and captured 7,000 soldiers, I am afraid that Your Majesty will blame!"

Wang Zhong smiled at this time: "Father and marshal don't worry, although our army lost, but it was a small achievement to behead Gao Yuan's younger brother Gao Jian, and the other armies were not so lucky, the enemy didn't see it, and the soldiers froze to death and starved to death, Your Majesty wants to blame them first!"

Zhou Fashang also smiled and said: "Gao Jian's head will always be kept, this is a credit! Besides, we still have Fu Cailin's apprentice in hand, no matter what, Your Majesty will not blame us!"

Laihu'er was a little moved, and then Wang Zhong said again: "Besides, we still have merit to be gained!"

Lai Hu'er and Zhou Fashang looked at Wang Zhong again.

"I don't expect Fu Cailin to let our army withdraw easily, I'm afraid he will set up an ambush and sneak attack on the way His Majesty withdraws, as long as we respond in time, the credit of this rescue is enough to offset Pyongyang's defeat!"

Lai Hu'er asked hesitantly, "Fu Cailin will really sneak attack Your Majesty?"

Wang Zhong said firmly: "Heavy snow in the sky, closed roads, and snow in the mountains, if I were Fu Cailin, just an avalanche would be enough to win a big victory! Such a good opportunity, he can't let it go!"

Lai Hu'er was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly found a map of Liaodong and asked, "Where will Fu Cailin set up an ambush?"

Wang Zhong glanced at the map slightly, then pointed to one of the high mountains, and said firmly: "This is it!"

When Laihu'er looked around, he found that the place Wang Zhong was pointing to was not far from the city of Pyongyang! It was the only way to enter Pyongyang! Where was the way for the Sui army to withdraw?

"Liu'er, are you mistaken? Your Majesty gave the order to withdraw the troops?"

Wang Zhong said with a smile: "Your Majesty has an arrogant temperament, how can he tolerate his million-strong army returning in vain!"