Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 539 Ruthless
Yuan Taizuo felt dizzy and chest tight when he heard Li Shimin read out a lot of demands in one breath.

This is simply the lion's big mouth.

Not to mention the return of 20 Sui army captives and the bones of 20 Sui army victims, but also the return of all the Han people who have been plundered throughout the history. What does this mean?
Goguryeo has been established for 700 years, and now among the millions of people, if we really want to investigate, it is estimated that half of them are the people of the Han family or their descendants.

These people were not all taken captives. Many of them were the people under the rule of the Han, Jin and Yan Dynasties in Liaodong. Later, these territories were captured by them, and the above population naturally returned to them, and some were in the Central Plains. During the war, some of the people who were defeated and escaped were taken captives, but the number was definitely not many. Most of these captives were taken as slaves, and most of them died later, and there were very few who survived. back.

How could Yuan Taizuo hand over half of his subjects?

He had already lost seven or eight big cities along the Liaohe River, dozens of small cities, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers who died in the battle. If he had to hand over half of it, what kind of king would he be?

"The envoy, why not enter the city first?" Yuan Taizuo did not directly refuse.

After all, I just lost a big defeat, so it's better to drag words.

But although Li Shimin was young, he came with a mission this time. Although he didn't understand why Luo Cheng chose him, he guessed that Luo Cheng wanted to punish him.

After all, these requirements are relatively strict, even if the Goguryeo people are newly defeated, they will never agree.

If he can't complete the mission this time, Luo Chengcheng probably has a reason to deal with him.In fact, he couldn't figure out why he was naturally hostile to the third sister-in-law, maybe because he hated him for forcing the third sister into a concubine?Is this taking advantage of others' danger to ruin Third Sister?
Or in fact, he has always been jealous of Luo Cheng in his heart. After all, Luo Cheng is only a few years older than him, but this person's achievements are beyond his reach.

No matter what, Li Shimin had no choice but to come even if he had seen through all of this.

Luo Cheng is the commander-in-chief, so he has to go if he is asked to go to the supply camp, and he has to come if he is asked to go out.Although Luo Cheng said it nicely, if you feel that you are not competent, you don't have to raise it.

He even said that if he felt that Liaodong could not stay, he could propose to return to Luoyang.

But is he, Li Shimin, the kind of person who retreats when he sees difficulties?He is not the eldest brother, Jiancheng wanted to leave at the beginning, but he persuaded him, but now he thinks that it is not bad in Liaodong. Li Shimin looks down on Jiancheng, thinking that he is an unprincipled and spineless person.

He can't control others, but he can control himself.

he came.

Not only did he come, but he also wanted to find a way to complete this task.

"Yuan Taizuo, do you want to refuse?"

He asked coldly,
A group of Goguryeo generals couldn't bear it anymore, and some even drew their swords directly.

Yuan Taizuo pretended not to see him.

Li Shimin suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed.

"Yuan Taizuo, Yuan Taizuo, you only have this little ability. During the national war, you mutinied and murdered the king. It is shameless. After seizing the throne, you bullied the weak and feared the hard, so you immediately asked Da Sui for peace. But I, Da Sui, agreed You have become a vassal, but you dare not go to the capital to meet the emperor, you only dare to cower, and hide in this one-acre land in Liaodong to be the overlord, is it interesting?"

"Boy, how dare you insult my king, I will cut off your head!"

A guard shouted loudly and drew his knife over.

Li Shimin continued with a cold snort.

"Yuan Tae-joo, take care of your dog, you really dare to touch me, but if I lose a hair, you and your so-called North Korea are finished."

"Your Majesty gave you a chance to accept your surrender, but my family Luo Shuai has always been unwilling to agree to a truce. He wished you could kill me, so that he could become famous and destroy your remaining half of Goguryeo in one fell swoop. To accomplish his immortal feat."

Yuan Taizuo's face twitched.

He waved, and the guard stepped back.

"Angel, how can I have other intentions, I really belong to you, Gao Yuan, Gao Jianwu and others who have been fighting against the heavenly kingdom before, I can't see it, and I tried to persuade them to no avail, so I killed them. It is to help Da Sui stabilize the frontiers."

"I agree to the few things Tian said just now, let alone five, even fifty to five hundred."

Yuan Taizuo put on a flattering smile.

"However, we still have to eat. As for the return of the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty, the supply of food and grass, etc., these will be arranged immediately."

Yuan Taizuo's behavior like changing his face made Li Shimin feel ashamed.

But even if he saw that this guy wanted to procrastinate, Li Shimin had no other way to do it now. Anyway, Luo Cheng asked him to pass on the message, and he was considered finished.

As for whether Yuan's cash will be honored in the future, this is another matter.

Of course, things are not so easy.

"Since your Majesty is so happy, why don't you express your sincerity first? Please immediately send [-] shi of grain to Anshi, Lushun, Liaodong, Xincheng, and Jian'an, and immediately let the soldiers and horses on the Liaodong border retreat for a hundred miles."

"Our army will not be stationed in this hundred miles, and both sides will be vacant as a buffer zone."

"Oh, no problem, I will arrange for someone to prepare one hundred thousand shi of grain and send it to Zhucheng."

"I want to see your grain and grass convoy set off before I enter the city."

Yuan Taizuo frowned, he didn't expect this guy to be so difficult.

"I'm afraid it will not be easy to recruit people's chariots and horses at once. How about giving Gu some time?"

"Actually, it's not that troublesome. As far as I know, you also imprisoned 20 captive soldiers of the Sui Dynasty. You can release them and ask them to help transport food and grass. In this way, you can kill two birds with one stone. I believe Luo Shuai heard I will appreciate your sincerity in the future."

Yuan Taizuo stared at Li Shimin, and found that this guy didn't like oil and salt.

If he does not agree today, he will not enter the city.

He doesn't pay much attention to a little Li Shimin, but the point is that if he is not satisfied, Luo Cheng, the god of death, will also be dissatisfied.

If Luo Cheng is dissatisfied, the [-] Sui troops under his command may come to kill him at any time.

"Okay, just do as you say."

Yuan Taizuo called his courtiers in front of Li Shimin.

"How many brothers from the Tai Sui Fubing who are our guests in the domestic city?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty who are currently visiting our country are scattered in hundreds of places in the country. There are about 2 people inside and outside the city."

The so-called guests are naturally captives, and being a guest is actually not as good as they say.More than [-] soldiers of the Sui Army who were captured during the two Eastern Expeditions were scattered in mines, farms, and pastures all over Goguryeo, and they were all doing coolies.

Many people even died of freezing, starvation or exhaustion in the previous winter.

Of course Yuan Taizuo knew about these situations, he just deliberately asked his subjects to speak out in front of Li Shimin.

He waved his hand, "Invite these more than 2 guests over immediately, and prepare to send them home, divide them into five routes, and let them bring some food and grass back."

Let go of more than [-] captives, and let each of them bring back a stone of grain. This is Yuan Taizuo's last resort. First, give some sweets to appease Li Shimin and Luo Cheng. As for the follow-up, delay it if you can. .

In short, he couldn't beat Luo Cheng, so he had to stabilize first, or at least wait until the snow fell, then the situation would get better.

"Your Majesty, please remember to give Yuan Gai Suwen of Shicheng an order to go to Liaodong City to visit my family Luo Shuai. When he gets there, Luo Shuai will arrange for someone to send him to Beijing to meet the emperor."

Li Shimin stared at Yuan Taizuo and made another request.

Yuan Taizuo was silent.

It's overkill.

But Li Shimin refused to give in.

"My son Gai Suwen is not feeling well recently. I'm afraid it will be difficult to travel long distances to Beijing to meet the emperor. Why don't I let my second son Jiantu go to Liaodong to meet Luo Shuai, and then go to Luoyang to meet the emperor?"

"Luo Shuai specified that he wants to see Yuan Gai Suwen."

"But Gai Suwen is sick now, why don't you write a letter to Luo Shuai and discuss with him to see if you can let Jiantu go for him?" Yuan Taizuo had no choice, but he was reluctant to send his eldest son to Sui .

"No, no discussion!" Li Shimin refused to accommodate at all.

Yuan Taizuo really had the urge to draw his sword at this moment, but he finally endured it.

After a long time, he sighed, "Okay, I'll give an order to Gai Suwen."

Now Li Shimin nodded in satisfaction, "Let's enter the city!"

Seeing Li Shimin riding a horse and swaggering into the domestic city with a group of followers, Yuan Taizuo became dizzy and almost fell to the ground.

(End of this chapter)