A splash of water rose high on the shore, engulfing the figures of thousands of Sui soldiers who jumped from the bridge. The splash dissipated, and the figure of the Sui soldiers was presented in front of everyone again, but there were fewer of them, and the river was turbulent and cold.

The bridge was about to be completely broken and destroyed, and the water was so deep that there was no turning back, and the Sui soldiers roared tragically, jumping off the pontoon bridge one after another with red eyes, following behind the wheat iron staff, and rushing to the opposite bank, they were actually going to die.

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The siege on the other side of the river lasted for an afternoon, and finally came to an end.

Zuo Wuwei's general Mai Tiecane, Wu Xianlang's general Qian Shixiong, and Yingyanglang's general Meng Jincha and other eleven generals of five grades and above died on the east bank of the Liao River. There are more than 43,000 elite soldiers of the left army, the left tun, and the right army, and none of the elite soldiers survived.

Yang Guang, the Great Sui Emperor who witnessed this scene, fell into a frenzied rage, and ordered the guards on the spot to push more than a dozen officials, including Shangshu Yu Wenkai, who was responsible for supervising the construction of the pontoon bridge, and more than a dozen officials, who were responsible for reconnaissance and investigation of the situation, to the river and beheaded them for public display.

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Three days later, when the news of the emperor's defeat in the first battle with a million-strong army reached the ears of Wang Junlin, who was on Bailing Island, although Wang Junlin already knew the result, he still couldn't help but curse in his heart: "This is almost exactly the same as the historical record. ”

"Send a letter to ask Xu Jingzong, I specially asked him to report in the name of the Blue Yiwei Mansion to pay attention to the upper reaches of the Liao River, and be careful that the Goguryeo people sent people to destroy the pontoon bridge, why this incident still happened." Wang Junlin shouted with a gloomy expression.

Zhang Tiangang promised to deliver the message, and then Shen Guo'er hurriedly walked over and said: "Lord Xu sent an urgent report to explain, he wrote three times to remind the emperor, and the emperor asked Yu Wenshu to be responsible for handling this matter. ”

"The emperor who is arbitrary, the favored minister who is selfish and does not dare to take responsibility, I don't expect anything anymore, they beat theirs, I will beat mine!" Wang Junlin sighed, his heart was completely disappointed with Yang Guang and the court he led.

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After winning the battle, Yuan Taizuo sent an envoy to cross the Liao River that night and met Yang Guangwei to negotiate peace.

Moreover, when the Goguryeo envoy came, he also brought the remains of fifteen Great Sui generals such as Mai Tiezhu and Qian Shixiong.

Yuan Taizuo expressed the hope that His Majesty the Great Sui Emperor would understand the panic of "a small country is afraid of death and dare to fight with the trapped beasts", forgive them for their reckless behavior that they had to face today, and ask the Great Sui to withdraw its troops.

Emperor Yang Guang of Sui did not hesitate, directly refused the request to withdraw the army, and gritted his teeth and said: "One day later, I will order people to continue to build bridges." Whether to fight or surrender, the people of the small country will decide for themselves!"

The Goguryeo envoy still wanted to quibble, but Yang Guang ordered them to be driven out.

The generals looked at the corpses of the fifteen generals and asked the emperor for battle, but they all cautiously stated that after a few days of rest, they razed Liaodong City to the ground.

However, Yang Guang said: "This expedition to the east, the envoys of the ninety-nine countries followed, and the horses were behind the saddle. If you break your faith, how will you be able to convince them in the future? Goguryeo is a small barbarian country, we must defeat Goguryeo as soon as possible, and we cannot rest any longer, otherwise we will lose the prestige of the Celestial Empire of China and the Great Sui. ”

If Wang Junlin is here, he may think of the word "Son of Heaven's baggage", which is similar to those stars who have been surrounded by brainless star-chasing fans for a long time in later generations, and really regard themselves as superior, and often have some "star baggage".

The generals originally wanted to truce for a few days and renegotiate the battle plan, but seeing that Yang Guang was so resolute, they had no choice but to obey.

On the second day, in front of the army, Yang Guang personally held a white silk to wash the faces of fifteen generals such as Mai Tiecane. The edict commended the fifteen generals and said: "Zhiqi fruit, longing for honors, accompanying Mo to ask for crimes, first to enter the battle, high righteousness and martyrdom, and meritorious service." Sincere words, mourning, should be honored. Decorate with virtue. ”

And posthumously presented him in public as Doctor Guanglu, Su Guogong, Yi Wulie, and other generals also had rewards and posthumous titles.

But from beginning to end, Yang Guang never thought about the more than 10,000 craftsmen and people who died, and even the more than 40,000 soldiers did not order additional rewards for his family.

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"Our initial goal in landing in Goguryeo's Annan County was to capture Nanyangzhai, an important seaside town in Goguryeo, and put Goguryeo in a situation where the enemy was on its back."

"According to the information obtained by our spies, Nanyang Village is just a small village with 1,000 people, but because of the dangerous terrain, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, although we can capture it, it will take at least two days, and there will be at least 500 to 1,000 casualties, so we can only outwit it."

"Our spies in Goguryeo have already obtained documents and tokens, Guan Xiaotong led 3,000 people dressed up as Goguryeo troops, sneaked into Goguryeo Annam County at night in batches, and with the help of our spies, gathered together, went south from the north, and used fake documents and tokens to open the gate of Nanyang Village, and stationed in the name of helping defense, quickly control Nanyang Village, and disarm 1,000 Goguryeo people."

Wang Junlin pointed to the large map, and ordered the battle determination and plan that he led his generals to discuss and deduce for many days, and finally decided.

"The second operational target is Daluo City, which will be carried out after taking control of Nanyang Village, which is one hundred and twenty miles north of Nanyang Village, twenty-six steps in five miles of the city, and the city wall is three feet and five feet high. There were about 3,000 people stationed there. The difficulty of this battle was that there were no cities to defend and supply along the way, and it was inevitable that there would be a siege battle. ”

Wei Chi Jingde raised his hand and asked: "My lord, there will always be villages controlled by Goguryeo on the way, and there will be some grain in them, so we don't have to be polite to these Goguryeo people." ”

Wang Junlin glared at Wei Chi Jingde and said: "When we invade the territory of the enemy country, we must try our best not to arouse the hatred of the Goguryeo army and the people, which is extremely unfavorable to us, and I have already instructed Shen Guo'er to take people into Goguryeo's Annan County in advance, and let her arrange for people to spread rumors, saying that the Sui army is only here to find Yuan Taizuo and Yuan Gai Suwen to take revenge, so if it is not necessary, do not hurt the people of Goguryeo, of course, as long as the enemy people who dare to do something to us, they will be killed." ”

Wang Junlin knew very well how terrible it was in the people's war that fell into the vast sea of the enemy, after Yang Guang's million-strong army was dispersed in history, nearly half of the soldiers fell into the people's war of the vast sea of Goguryeo, and few people fled back, and many years later there were still surviving Sui soldiers in the mountains and forests of Goguryeo.

Wei Chi Jingde smiled and said, "Your Excellency, you continue." ”

Wang Junlin continued: "If Goguryeo does not withdraw after the siege of Daluo Fortress is attacked, we will build a trench near Daluo Fortress, and at the same time, I will order the 30,000 Fanyang County naval divisions led by Zhao Chen to approach from other places in a landing posture and harass the border cities of Goguryeo along the coast. ”

"And after we conquered Daluo City, we had to make preparations to attack the county town of Annam, and there were many Goguryeo defenders in the county town of Annam. The 10,000 army under Lu Han, Guan Xiaotong, and Wei Chi Jingde is the main force of the land war, 10,000 sailors and 1,000 people stay in Nanyang Village, 2,000 people stay in Daluo City, and the others are used as reserves, depending on the battle situation, decide whether to transfer to Annan County......"

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