Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 375
On the field sixty miles away from Pyongyang City.

Yu Wenshu, Yu Zhongwen and other generals of the Eighth Army all looked like they were sure of winning.

Nearly 27 troops, with a battalion of more than ten miles.

"Report, someone outside the camp who claimed to be the Goguryeo general Ulji Mundeok came to see him and said he would come to ask for peace."

"Hahaha, this Ulji Boondeok can run faster than a rabbit in a war. I thought he could go anywhere else, but it turns out he can't. Haha, let him come and see you."

Yu Wenshu was elated.

After a moment.

A middle-aged man in a robe came in, bowed to the generals as soon as he entered the account, and even said he had met the generals of the heaven.

"Are you Ulji Wende?"

Yu Zhongwen squinted at this man. He was wearing a long robe and did not wear a sword. He looked more like a Confucian crown than a general.

Na Ulchi smiled flatteringly, "Going back to the general, this is Ulchi Wende, a young general from the lower country. The monarchs and ministers of our country are afraid of the power of the heaven and the kingdom. My king specially ordered me to come and ask for peace. The general of the kingdom of heaven can be lenient and let us go."

The generals Xin Shixiong laughed, and looked down on Ulji Mundeuk's appearance very much, thinking that he was really ugly and had no integrity.

"Since asking for surrender, why didn't Gao Yuan come to ask for surrender in person?"

Ulji said, "My king is preparing wine, meat, money and silk in the city of Pyongyang, in case the heavenly soldiers enter the city to cleanse the dust." Then, Ulji handed over a surrender form, but it was written by Gao Yuan himself.

The first sentence is "Gao Yuan, the minister of Liaodong dung". The posture should be as low as possible, but Yu Zhongwen was unmoved when he saw it. You know, in the 18th year of Emperor Kaihuang, Emperor Wen sent 30 The army conquered Liao in response to Goguryeo's attack on Yingzhou in the west of Liaoning. Although the 30 troops were almost lost before they arrived in Liaodong due to various reasons, Gao Yuan immediately went on the list and claimed to be The minister of dung in Liaodong.

Everyone knew that Gao Yuan's apology was just a show, and Yu Zhongwen didn't believe it at all.

"Come on, take down this thief for me, push him out and behead him." Yu Zhongwen shouted loudly.

Ulji Wende's face changed dramatically, but he quickly pretended to be calm, "General, the little one sincerely came to surrender on behalf of our great king, why did you kill the little one."

Yu Zhongwen sneered.

"Before I set off on the expedition, I will say goodbye to Your Majesty. Your Majesty once gave me a secret edict. If you see Gao Yuan and Wende, you will be captured and beheaded. Come, take it down for me, and behead it."

"I'm wronged, I'm really sincere to surrender."

Over there, Shangshu Youcheng and Ninth Army Consolation Envoy Liu Shilong shouted loudly, "Stop!"

"Liu Youcheng, what do you mean?"

Liu Shilong flicked his sleeves, "I am the consolation envoy of the Nine Armies personally appointed by His Majesty to be responsible for all matters such as consolation and surrender. Since Wende came to surrender on behalf of Gao Yuan, we should naturally accept the surrender and promise to kill him. reason?"

Yu Zhongwen said bluntly, "This commander has a secret imperial edict from the emperor."

"What about the imperial edict, can you take a look at it?"

"Since it's a secret edict, of course it's just an oral edict, so there's no reason to put it on paper."

"Without an express edict, how can I trust you? How can I know that you didn't kill and surrender for greed?" Liu Shilong refused to budge.

Yu Zhongwen and Liu Shilong stood up and refused to give in.

One is the general of the First Right Army and the commander-in-chief of the Fourth Right Army, and the other is the comfort envoy of the Ninth Army, and there was a stalemate for a while.

At this time Liu Shilong turned his head to look at Yu Wenshu, "Marshal Yuwen, I invite you to host."

Yu Wenshu looked at Liu Shilong, then at Yu Zhongwen, and smiled.

"Yu Shuai, since Liu Youcheng is the comfort envoy, let him be responsible for accepting the surrender. As the general of the army, I just need to lead the army to fight. Since the king of Goguryeo is willing to surrender, that is Good thing."

Yu Zhongwen despised Yu Wenshu in his heart, knowing that this old thief was just trying to overwhelm him.

"Brother Yuwen, I am following the emperor's secret edict."

"But you can't produce an edict, so there's no way to prove it."

With the support of Yu Wenshu, Liu Shilong was even more proud. He accepted the Gaoyuan Jiangshu sent by Ulji Mundeok, and then warmly entertained him. After chatting for a long time, he finally made an appointment to hold a dedication ceremony at the west gate of Pyongyang City in three days. Surrender ceremony, and then let Ulji Moon Deok leave.

When Ulchi Wendeok was in the camp, he looked right and left, pretending that he wanted to witness the majesty of the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals of the Heavenly Kingdom, but in fact he was secretly looking at the details of the Sui Army.

When he was sent out of the camp by Liu Shilong, he mounted his horse and galloped back.

On the way, Ulchi's proud opponent said, "I see that the Sui army has no food left, the men are hungry and the horses are exhausted, and it is already at the end of its strength, especially that Yu Wenshu, Yu Zhongwen, and Liu Shilong are still at odds. This is a godsend opportunity. The time is ripe to close the net."

there.

It was only half a day before Yizhi left the camp when a small cavalry team arrived.

"Who is coming?"

"We are members of the Fifth Left Army. We came here under the order of General Luo. We have an urgent military situation to pass on to Shuai."

The guards took them into the camp, and the information was quickly delivered to Yu Zhongwen.

After Yu Zhongwen read the information sent by Luo Cheng, he slapped his thigh and said regretfully, "As expected, that cunning Ulji Wende, hurry up and chase after him."

After reading the letter brought by Yu Zhongwen, Yu Wenshu and Liu Shilong also regretted it.

"Can Yu Shuai guarantee that Luo Cheng's words are true?"

Yu Wenshu was still wondering.

"If Luo Cheng has no evidence, how dare An say that? Hurry up and chase Eul Chi back."

Now Liu Shilong was also a little panicked, "Okay, I hope I can still catch up to him. If I catch up with him, I said that there are still some specific things to discuss, and I invite him to come back and discuss."

A team of light cavalry chased after them.

After chasing all the way to the city of Pyongyang, he finally caught up with Eulji Moondeok.

When they forwarded the conversation to Eulji Moondeok, Eulji Moondeok smiled and said, "Oh, I've already arrived in Pyongyang, if only you caught up earlier, now I have to report to the king first. Please go back and tell Marshal Yuwen, Marshal Yu, and Ambassador Liu, and ask them to come to Pyongyang directly, and if there is something to do, just talk to them face to face.”

Several people looked at Pyongyang City behind Ulji, and had no choice but to turn around and return to their lives.

In the big camp, everyone heard that Ulchi refused to come back, so they had to keep silent.

"What now?" one asked.

Yu Zhongwen said a little angrily, "What else can I do? Eulji Wende was let go for nothing, and the reality of our camp has been peeped by Eulchi. Now we can only set up camp here temporarily according to what Luo Cheng said. Lei, wait for Luo Cheng to lead his troops to join us."

But Yu Wenshu and Liu Shilong were a little bit annoyed after being tricked.

"We only have a few days of food and grass left. Wait here? When will it be, who knows when Luo Cheng will come? Even if Luo Cheng comes, but we don't have food and grass. There is also food and grass, if you go directly to the city of Pyongyang, there may be a chance to capture Pyongyang city in one fell swoop."

Yu Zhongwen objected.

But Liu Shilong supported Yu Wenshu, and several of the other generals felt that it was not a good idea to wait, so in the end Yu Wenshu and others outnumbered the minority and decided to move on and attack the city of Pyongyang.

(End of this chapter)