Although this hostel is large, it seems to be relatively old, the houses are all wooden, and the whole hostel presents a gray-black tone, which makes people feel a little unhappy, so the business of the hostel is not too good, only sparse and sparse guests.

But as soon as the merchants moved in, the inn was lively, and lodging was arranged, and five or six men began to busily prepare supper.

At this time, the leading merchant took out a bronze medal and shook it in front of a fellow, and the guy's face immediately became serious, and he said in a low voice: "Please follow me!" ”

Actually fluent in Chinese, this hostel was actually an intelligence hall installed by the Sui Dynasty in Goryeo, just as Goryeo collected intelligence in the Sui Dynasty, and the Sui Dynasty also set up intelligence points in Goryeo.

This inn was opened by the internal guards of the Sui Dynasty, and a total of more than 20 sergeants were installed, all of whom were from Liaodong and could speak fluent Goryeo, and they pretended to be Koreans and bought this poorly run hostel half a year ago.

And this merchant is actually dressed as a Sui army, there are a total of thirty-five of them, all of whom are elite scouts with high martial arts, disguised as businessmen and entered Pyongyang.

The chief, surnamed Wu and called Wu Jie, was a scout lieutenant in the Sui army in Liaodong, who was ordered to come to Pyongyang, and he followed his men through several gates to a courtyard.

"Please come with me, our shopkeeper is here."

They walked into the courtyard and saw a dark-skinned middle-aged man come out of the room, this person was the shopkeeper of the inn and the person in charge of the intelligence hall, surnamed Li, what his real name was that everyone had forgotten, and everyone called him Li Heitan.

Shopkeeper Li had already seen Wu Jie just now, and now he saw that he was actually led to the backyard, he couldn't help but be stunned, the guy stepped forward and whispered a few words to him, and Shopkeeper Li was suddenly surprised. He held out his hand. "Please show me the bronze medal again."

Wu Jie took out the bronze medal and handed it to him, Shopkeeper Li looked at it carefully, and suddenly became enthusiastic. "It turned out to be my own person, please come into the house and talk."

Wu Jie smiled slightly and walked into the room with him. The two sat down, and the shopkeeper Li poured him a bowl of herbal tea, and asked with a smile: "In addition to the bronze medal, there should be a letter!" ”

Wu Jie took out a letter from his arms, this was a letter from Sun Jiayan, the Taishou of Yanjun, and he handed the letter to Shopkeeper Li, "The things you want to know are all in the letter, so I won't say more." ”

Shopkeeper Li took the letter and read it, and his face suddenly became solemn. He nodded slowly, "I understand, you can stay in peace." I'll take care of everything. ”……

Yuzhang County. The power struggle between Xiao Mo and Laihu'er has entered a white-hot one, in order to seize the military power in Laihu'er's hands. Xiao Mo did not hesitate to use an absurd method, proclaimed himself the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and led an army of 80,000 to conquer the remnants of Lin Shihong entrenched in Jian'an County.

At the same time, he appointed Lai Hu'er as the deputy marshal of the soldiers and horses, but he was not allowed to go out with the army, but ordered him to lead 20,000 people to be stationed in Jiujiang County to defend against the Tang army's eastward attack.

Just as the Central Plains War was coming to an end, Xiao Mo led 80,000 elite soldiers from Western Liang to Jian'an County and attacked Lin Shihong's last 50,000 troops.

At this time, Lin Shihong has declined, the army is insufficient, the army is discouraged, and Xiao Mill's army collapsed in a battle, the army was defeated, Lin Shihong died in the chaos, this battle beheaded 20,000 people, more than 30,000 people were captured, and Lin Shihong's power was completely wiped out.

But Xiao Miao's real purpose was not to exterminate Lin Shihong, but to seize military power, and the imperial expedition was indeed a very effective means of seizing military power.

Through this battle, Xiao Mo firmly grasped the power of the 80,000 army, and the two sons of Laihu'er were also purged from the army, one was appointed as the Taishou of Jian'an County, and the other was appointed as the Taishou of Linchuan County.

But the two brothers did not dare to take office, as long as they went to take office, they would die on the road, and the two brothers fled to Jiujiang County overnight to join their father.

At this time, there were 100,000 troops in Xiliang, Xiao Milling had mastered 80,000, and Lai Hu'er was obviously down, he only had 20,000 subordinates in his hands, as long as Xiao Mill returned to Jiujiang, the 20,000 troops were estimated to be unable to be saved.

At night, Laihu'er was discussing with his eldest son Laikai how to deal with it, and Laikai was more anxious than his father at this time, "Father, Xiao Mo has always been a ruthless person, he will never show mercy, since his father has turned his face with him, then there is only one ending, he wants to kill his father to prevent future troubles." ”

Laihu'er paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, he knew that his son had a point, this time Xiao Miao's success was mainly because he was not ruthless enough to dare to kill Xiao Miao, but Xiao Miao dared to kill him, which made Laihu'er frustrated.

He sighed, a little depressed in his tone, "It seems that we have to think about the way back, you brothers should discuss it first!" Let's talk about it and tell me the results. ”

Lai Kai was surprised, "What about my father?" ”

"I'm ready to retire and take your mother back to Danyang County to spend my old age in peace, forgetting all my troubles."

"But father, Lin wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, although my father has the intention to retreat, but the world is not stable, I am afraid that my father will not be able to retire if he wants to, these southern heroes are staring at my father! There is no doubt that Li Mi will be the first to find his father. ”

Lai Hu'er frowned, this is indeed a nasty thing, Li Mi actually wants to develop in the southeast, and the soldiers of the Central Plains who are not accustomed to water warfare are actually divided in Jianghuai, can they let themselves go?

At this moment, there was a report from the soldiers outside the hatch: "Old General Qiqi, there is a Sui envoy under the ship who asks to see him, it is Mr. Xie last time, saying that he has come all the way, please see him." ”

Laihu'er was stunned, walked out of the cabin quickly, looked down over the side of the ship, and saw a few people standing on the shore not far away, under the light of the torches, it seemed to be Xie Sili who came last time, Laihu'er nodded, "Please come up!" ”

Lai Hu'er and Xie Sili are fellow villagers, Xie Sili is a descendant of the Xie family, a famous family in Jiangnan, moved to Dunhuang County with his father, his ancestral home is Jiangning, and Lai Hu'er is a native of Jiangdu, his hometown is on the Yangtze River, and Xie Sili's hometown is across the river.

So the two get along quite well, and this time Yang Yuanqing sent Xie Sili to come again, there is a sense of imperativeness.

Soon, Xie Sili, under the guidance of the soldiers, walked into the cabin and bowed, "Junior Sili see the old general!" ”

"It turned out to be Mr. Xie, and we met again."

Xie Sili smiled, and bowed his hand again, and said hurriedly: "Sir, please sit down and talk!" ”

Lai Hu'er felt his son's anxiety, he couldn't help but glance at his son, and said to Xie Sili: "Sir, please take a seat!" ”

Xie Sili sat down, he was also subtle, and said straight to the point: "I heard that Xiao Mo led an army of 80,000 to exterminate Lin Shihong, and now he is on his way back to Jiujiang County, and he will arrive in Jiujiang County in a few days, the old general should understand the consequences of Xiao Miao's return, I'm afraid that even Cen Wenwen can't persuade him, has the old general considered his own retreat?" ”

Lai Kai said: "My father plans to go to Danyang County to live in seclusion, but we all think that this is not realistic, and we can't escape the hands of Li Mi, and now my father feels that it is very difficult to do, I don't know if Mr. Xie has a good way?" ”

Xie Sili took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Laihu'er, "This is a handwritten letter from His Royal Highness the King of Chu to the old general, please take a look at the old general!" ”

Lai Hu'er took the letter, only to see that the letter was written on the cover: 'Sui Shangshu Ling, the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and Yang Yuanqing, the king of Chu, sent a letter to the general of Sui Lai. ’

Yang Yuanqing still only recognized him as the general of the Sui Dynasty, but did not recognize his identity in the Western Liang Dynasty, Lai Hu'er sighed secretly and took out the letter.

The content of the letter surprised him slightly, and then he became a little excited in his heart, Yang Yuanqing actually wanted to attack Goryeo and summon him to return to the Great Sui to serve.

Laihu'er's biggest regret in this life was the failure of the Eastern Expedition to Goryeo, so that it caused a great chaos in the world, Sui lost its deer, and the failure of the Eastern Expedition to Goryeo has become his greatest shame and a lifelong regret.

He thought that he would never have a chance to redeem his regrets in his life, but he didn't expect that Yang Yuanqing would actually conquer Goryeo.

Laihu'er also knew about Yang Yuanqing's defeat of the Goryeo army in Liaodong, he was very confident in Yang Yuanqing, and now Yang Yuanqing invited him to go to Goryeo again, Laihu'er was really moved.

Xie Sili continued to persuade: "His Royal Highness the King of Chu also participated in the second Eastern Expedition to Goryeo, but because of the Xuangan rebellion, he lost the opportunity to attack Goryeo, and it also became His Highness's biggest regret. ”

Although Lai Hu'er is over sixty years old, he is extremely sober and quick-witted, he immediately guessed a few points, Yang Yuanqing is so wooing himself, he must take the sea route.

Lai Hu'er then asked, "Does His Royal Highness the King of Chu have a sea vessel?" ”

"Yes! At the mouth of the Weihe River in Beiping County, there are already more than 1,000 large sea ships. ”

Laihu'er was silent for a moment, then sighed and said, "Mr. Xie can stay on the boat, let me think about it, tomorrow morning, no matter what the result is, I will give Mr. an explanation." ”……

At night, the river slapped against the big boat, the big boat shook slightly rhythmically, and Laihu'er stood on the side of the boat with his hands in his hands, staring at the black and bright river for a long time, his heart was as undulating as the river.

He is over the age of six, and he has experienced too many twists and turns in this life, and his fate has also fluctuated with the turmoil of the world.

But the biggest turning point in his life was in his old age, that is, now, he is facing the biggest choice in life.

Of course, he understood in his heart that the new Sui Dynasty that Yang Yuanqing now controlled was no longer the Sui Dynasty of the past, and the Sui Dynasty had lost its deer and had perished in Jiangdu with Yang Guang.

The current Sui Dynasty is a new dynasty, and the master of this dynasty, Yang Yuanqing, actually wrote a letter to himself, with a sincere tone, asking himself to go out of the mountain again, revive the Great Sui, and reproduce the prosperous era of the emperor.

In the prosperous era of the emperor, Laihu'er thought of the strong and powerful force of the Great Sui, destroying the Northern Qi in the east, sweeping Liang Chen in the south, chasing the Turks in the north, and establishing immortal military exploits.

At this moment, Lingyun's ambition surged in Laihu'er's heart, and there was a sense of grandeur in his chest that he was in the middle of a thousand miles and was ambitious.

Come and go'er's! Di pulled out his sword, stared at the cold blade, his eyes narrowed into a line, who said that he came to protect the sword of the child is old?