Yizhi Wende saw Gai Suwen's hesitation, and persuaded him again, "The king has promised that if the general is willing to send troops, the king will award Mo Lizhi to the general." ”

This promise is not insignificant, Gai Suwen has been angry about not getting this position for more than half a year, and if it was usual, he would not hesitate to agree to send troops.

But at the moment...... He was very hesitant, he had to weigh the pros and cons, if his father came back, then Goryeo would have two Mo Lizhi, and more importantly, once his father took away the military power, what was the point of a Mo Lizhi without military power?

On the one hand, there is real power, and on the other hand, there is a false name, between the virtual and the real, Gai Suwen has nothing to hesitate, he is just worried that Yang Yuanqing will not keep his promises.

In fact, Yang Yuanqing didn't promise him anything at all, Yang Yuanqing just made a momentum, everything was understood by himself, maybe Yang Yuanqing's condition was not allowed to support Pyongyang, maybe not.

This made Gai Suwen's heart extremely entangled, did he agree or not?

He paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, and when Ezhi Wende saw him hesitate, he was secretly surprised in his heart, could he not even agree to this condition?

"General, everyone is a Goryeo, in the face of the invasion of the Sui Dynasty, if the general does not rescue the king, I am afraid it will chill the hearts of the Goryeo people, the general thinks twice!"

Gai Suwen wants benefits, but he also needs reputation, thinking of this, he said slowly: "Pyongyang is surrounded, of course I want to rescue, but the Sui army suddenly stationed troops west of the Liao River, I have sent the main force to the Liao River to defend, it will take three or five days to transfer them back, and transfer them back, who will defend against the attack of the Sui army in Liaodong?" ”

Eji Wende hurriedly said: "What about the army on the north bank of the Han River?" They can support Pyongyang, and it should be too late to transfer their support! ”

Gai Suwen took a sip of tea and said unhurriedly: "I will consider this, don't worry." Mobilizing the army is not child's play, and it is absolutely impossible to be careless when it takes the whole body to mobilize. ”

"But Pyongyang is in danger, and there is no time to drag it out."

Yizhi Wende had already seen that Gai Suwen was not sincere, and he was so anxious that he wanted to jump up, but Gai Suwen suddenly had a change of heart, and he had a countermeasure.

"Don't worry, I will send the eagle letter to the Han River. At noon, the 50,000 garrisons on the north bank of the Han River could be dispatched, and at most half a day could reach Pyongyang. ”

Yizhi Wende was overjoyed and gave a deep salute. "Everything will have General Lao!"

There was a grim smile in Gai Suwen's eyes, of course he had to put on the posture of going to the country to be the king of hard work, but whether he could save it or not was another matter......

Although Goryeo is also a big country. But its main territory is in the north, where there are majestic mountains. There are reckless forests, large rivers alluvial plains, fertile land, but sparsely populated, mainly nomadic people.

The population of Goryeo is mainly concentrated in the northern part of the Zhugang River Plain and the Han River Plain. The two places were less than a hundred miles apart, when Gai Suwen's eagle letter was sent to the Han River. The 50,000 Goryeo troops stationed north of the Han River were immediately dispatched.

They marched all the way to Pyongyang, but at dusk the 50,000 marching army stopped, and they were blocked by the mighty Zhuo River on the south bank, without a bridge. There were also no ships, and all three wooden bridges were destroyed by the Sui army. Thousands of civilian ships were also burned by the Sui army.

They could only watch as the behemoth-like warships of the Sui army cruised in the Zhuo River, flaunting their might, while Pyongyang, which was close at hand, on the other side, could not help......

Night once again fell on the north bank of the Zhuo River, and the city of Pyongyang was ready for battle, and even the king of Goryeo, Ko Jianmo, had once again ascended to the top of the city, and the victory of the previous night greatly encouraged the Goryeo defenders and raised their morale.

But the Goryeo generals also knew that last night was just a tentative attack by the Sui army, and the Sui army did not go all out, and when the anxiety had passed, as night fell, the Goryeo generals began to get nervous.

They watched the Sui army camp as if they were facing a great enemy, and almost all of them knew that if the Sui army attacked again, it would be them who would officially launch an offensive.

Gao Jianwu stood on the south city wall, looking at the Zhuan River several miles away, he already knew that Gai Suwen's army was on the south bank of the Zhuojiang River, but a big river blocked the hope of Pyongyang City, Gao Jianwu could only look at the river and sigh......

On the north bank of the Zhuojiang River, Yang Yuanqing was standing by the river, also staring at the other side of the Zhuojiang River, and he also received news that the 50,000 troops of the Goryeo Army rushed to aid Pyongyang, but they were blocked on the south bank of the Zhuojiang River.

Yang Yuanqing knew that this was Gai Suwen's cunning, and instead of supporting from the north, he rushed to Pyongyang from the south, making it clear that he had no intention of rescuing Pyongyang, and it seemed that he was very concerned about the return of his father Yuan Taizuo.

"It's just...... Did you promise him anything? A mocking smile appeared at the corner of Yang Yuanqing's mouth.

After a long time, Yang Yuanqing turned around and calmly gave an order: "Let's start the siege!" ”……

'Boom! Boom! Boom! The huge sound of war drums in the camp of the Sui army broke the quiet night, and a group of Sui soldiers lined up, this time the siege of the city, the Sui army invested 20,000 troops, and the 3,000 strong crossbow army took the lead in attacking, they ran to a hundred and fifty steps away from the city wall, set up a strong crossbow and aimed at the head of the city.

With an order, fifteen hundred bolts were fired at the head of the city, and the crossbow arrows were so powerful that they shot at the battlements and made a 'Bang! Syllable! The sound of the crash, the debris was scattered, the fire burst out, the defenders at the head of the city were caught off guard, more than 200 people were shot by crossbow arrows, and a terrible scream was released.

The sudden arrival of the night death made the city chaotic, the defenders squatted down one after another, hiding behind the battlements, many careful soldiers found that most of the more than 200 people who were shot dead were shot through the head or chest, and the crossbow arrows used by the Sui army were longer than ordinary crossbow arrows, which was not seen when the Sui army attacked last night.

This unexpected discovery filled the Goryeo army with an aura of terror, the Sui army was much stronger than they imagined, and yesterday's siege, the Sui army did not do its best at all.

The powerful crossbow arrows of the Sui army suppressed the counterattack of the Goryeo soldiers at the head of the city, and hundreds of Sui army fortifications quickly rushed forward to rebuild the improvised flat bridge to cross the moat.

In the dark, the Sui army began to attack on a large scale, and 20,000 Sui troops launched an offensive from Xicheng and Nancheng at the same time, of which there were about 30 cloud ladders and 10 nest cars in Xicheng, with a total of 15,000 people. And there were only ten ladders in the southern city, and 5,000 people attacked the city, and it was obvious that the Sui army put the main attack on the western city.

Dense Sui soldiers poured up like a tide, holding their shields and spears in their hands, and following the ladder to the sound of fierce war drums.

Arrows are flying all over the sky. Raining down, the Goryeo Army's stone cannons continued to shoot boulders at the approaching ladders and nest carts, which in the darkness resembled slow-walking trolls. With a thud, a ladder was smashed and the long ladder snapped.

However, the defense of the Goryeo defenders could not stop the Sui army's attack, and three cloud ladders reached the city first. The long ladder reached the top of the city, and dozens of Sui soldiers climbed towards the head of the city like apes. On the top of the city, boulders and logs fell like hailstones, and Sui soldiers were constantly smashed and rolled down the city.

Yang Yuanqing was outside Nancheng at this time, watching Nancheng's attack, and the attack of more than 15,000 people in Xicheng was actually covering Nancheng's attack. Tonight's breakthrough will come in the South City.

Yang Yuanqing's eyes stared sharply at the head of the city, a section of the city wall located on the west side of the suspension bridge. Whether the scouts of the Sui army have been mixed in with the defenders of the city.

There was also chaos at the head of the southern city, in the darkness, there were running Goryeo soldiers and young men who assisted in defending the city, all the formations were scattered, and fifty Sui scouts gathered from all over the city wall to the south city tower.

There is an inscription here that records the history of the founding of Goguryeo. In normal times, this stele was protected by the Goryeo army, but at this time. No one cares about this historical monument, and it has become a gathering place for the scouts of the Sui army.

Captain Wu Jie quickly counted his subordinates, and forty-six people had come, except for one person who reported the news, three people had not yet arrived, but he couldn't take care of it.

At this time, all the forty-six Sui army scouts were wearing helmets and armor, holding spears and swords, no different from ordinary soldiers, Wu Jie took out a pack of white cloth strips, and said to everyone: "Each person tie a white cloth on his right arm, so that it is easy to distinguish." ”

The soldiers stepped forward, and one of them pulled a strip of white cloth and tied it to his right arm, and at this time, someone pointed to the city wall not far away and shouted: "Captain, the Sui army's cloud ladder is on it." ”

Wu Jie turned around, only to see a cloud ladder leaning against the city wall, he took a deep breath, and resolutely said to everyone: "The time has come for us to make meritorious contributions, everyone come with me!" ”

He clenched his spear and ran towards the dense Goryeo soldiers at the head of the city, and more than forty of his men rushed after him......

This is the most critical ladder, under the ladder gathered more than 1,000 of the most elite Sui soldiers, including 300 Modao infantry, commanded by the general Luo Shixin, Luo Shixin held a shield in one hand, and a big iron spear in the other, and quickly climbed to the top of the wall, on the wall, more than 100 Goryeo soldiers stabbed him with spears.

Luo Shixin roared, the spear head shook violently, and smashed more than a dozen spear heads in a row, he swung the big gun, and the spear head stabbed like a storm, and in an instant more than a dozen Goryeo soldiers were stabbed to death, and the corpses flew down the city.

But there were too many Goryeo soldiers, one was killed, and someone immediately made up for it, and more than 100 people fought desperately with Luo Shixin, although Luo Shixin was extremely brave, but after all, he was standing on the head of the cloud ladder, he could not exert his strength and speed, and was forced to take two steps back in a row.

At this moment, there was a great chaos behind the Goryeo soldiers, and nearly fifty Sui army scouts were killed from behind, fifty scouts were not worth mentioning among the tens of thousands of defenders, but they were launched at key points, but they had a bit of an effect.

Fifty scouts killed the Goryeo soldiers in confusion, they turned around to deal with it, not caring about Luo Shixin, Luo Shixin seized this golden opportunity, jumped on the city, like a tiger like a flock of sheep, spears continued to assassinate, those who blocked others died, those who blocked others died, invincible, in an instant, killed more than 30 Goryeo defenders.

But the Goryeo defenders also knew that survival was tied to the front line, they rushed up from all directions, desperately fighting, trying to kill the Sui army rushing to the city, Luo Shixin yelled at Wu Jie, "Control the point of ascending the city!" ”

Wu Jie led his men to the city wall and protected the entrance of the Yunti Dengcheng, while Luo Shixin single-handedly fought hundreds of Goryeo soldiers on the periphery, but as more and more Sui troops landed in the city, thousands of Sui army elites killed the city, and the Xichenglou was gradually controlled by the Sui army.

Yang Yuanqing stared at Xicheng coldly, behind him, five thousand cavalrymen with spears in their hands, ready to storm the city, the war horses roared, and the killing was irrepressible.

At this time, the drawbridge was slowly lowered, and the city gate was opened, which meant that the Sui army had already controlled the south city gate, Yang Yuanqing waved his sword, pointed to the head of the city, and shouted: "Those who dare to resist, no matter what they kill!" ”

Five thousand cavalry fought bravely, like a tsunami bursting the embankment, and swept away towards the south gate with an unstoppable force