Liaodong.

Siping Mountain is located on the east side of Anshi City.

Qin Qiong rode up the mountain and handed a urgent letter to Luo Cheng.

Luo Cheng took the letter, took it out and handed it to Qin Qiong after reading it, "Look at it too."

After reading it, Qin Qiong was surprised, "His Majesty stopped the Eastern Expedition?"

This was a good thing, but at this time the cessation of the Eastern Expedition undoubtedly put the 80,000 troops in Liaodong in a dilemma.

Luo Cheng sneered a few times.

"The emperor not only stopped the Eastern Expedition, but also accepted the surrender of Yuan Taizuo and set up the remaining territory of Goguryeo to the five counties of Fuyu, Xuantu, Lelang, Daofang and Zhenfan."

Qin Qiong thought for a while, "After a demotion, we will set up five counties. I'm afraid it will not be possible to implement it, right?"

"Now the Yuan clan has never been defeated and does not lose a single army. The so-called seeking surrender is just like the deceitful surrender of Yuan Gaisuwen when His Majesty attacked Liaodong City. It has no sincerity and no substantial effect. If you really want to surrender, it is not like this. How can it be useful if you don't fight a war?"

"But Your Majesty has issued the order, and we will also send most of our troops."

The four counties and one county east of the Liaohe River retained 5,000 people, a total of 20,000 people were retained, a county west of the Liaohe River retained 3,000 people, and the two counties retained 6,000 people.

Total, only 26,000 troops were left in the six counties outside the pass.

What is this guy enough?

"Why are there only these people left?"

"What else can it be? Guanzhong cannot supply more food, grass and weapons. So before the heavy snow and freeze in Liaodong, it will quickly withdraw most of its troops, so that the supply of food, grass and weapons will be much easier."

"But just these 26,000 people are not easy to defend."

It’s not just that it’s difficult to defend. If you really want to retreat like this, when it’s snowing heavily, the Goguryeo people will plan a counterattack. Even if they don’t attack this winter, they will attack next spring.

"What should we do?"

Without thinking, Luo Cheng said firmly, "The general is outside, and the king will not accept anything. To be surrendered and to stop the expedition, it is not now. You must finish this battle. If you don't fight, you will have no meaning in accepting surrender. Even if you withdraw troops now, you may destroy the four counties that have been exchanged for the lives and blood of hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the first two times. I must not sit idly by."

"But this is the emperor's will, and the consequences of resistance are serious."

If you violate the imperial edict, the consequences will be very serious, and you will lose your head.

"Call the generals for me."

On Siping Mountain.

Not only were the generals and schoolmen of the 50,000 generals at the foot of the mountain summoned, but also the generals and schoolmen of the 30,000 soldiers and horses under the city of Anshi dozens of miles away came.

All the generals and schools gathered together.

Everyone didn't know what was going to be called up, and they thought it was Goguryeo reinforcements coming.

But Luo Cheng just waved his hand, so Qin Qiong read out the edict that the emperor had just sent to deliver.

"Stop the expedition and withdraw the troops."

When they heard this news, all the generals and schoolmen were shocked.

If you don’t do it early or late, why do you do it at this time?

"Everyone, this is an edict sent by Your Majesty. I have accepted it, but I do not intend to obey it."

This was even more amazing as soon as this was said.

What are you doing if you accept the order but do not obey the order?

"Everyone, the army has been launched three times but has not been able to suppress the thieves. A million troops were dispatched, hundreds of thousands of soldiers who died in Liaodong, and they have consumed countless money and food. At present, the civil strife of Goguryeo is constantly storming, and it has been severely damaged. It is actually the end of the force. As long as we finish this battle, the Goguryeo people will be able to resist our Central Plains."

"Now Goguryeo is pretending to surrender, how can our front-line soldiers believing it? I want to resist the order to advance, defeat An City, and defeat reinforcements, and pull off the last piece of Goguryeo people, so that they can no longer resist our Central Plains. In this way, if they surrender again, they can safeguard Liaodong for ten years, and wait three or five years later, or ten years later, and then a battle will be decided."

"We cannot let the blood of hundreds of thousands of sacrificed soldiers flow out, and we cannot let the comrades who have fought side by side with us be uneasy underground."

The emperor sent the imperial official also in the military tent. His face changed drastically when he heard these words.

He pointed at Luo Cheng with trembling fingers, "Ship Luo, how dare you resist the order?"

"I am the commander of Liaodong, the emperor, whom I am fully responsible for the military affairs of Liaodong. Nowadays, I, the commander of the front line, knows more clearly. How can I listen to the command thousands of miles away? When I break through An City and severely damage the Goguryeo army, I will naturally be able to force Goguryeo to truly surrender, and then I will truly establish five counties on the land occupied by Goguryeo."

"Luo Cheng, you are so brave!" the messenger roared in fear.

"After this battle, I will return to Beijing to apologize, but before this battle is over, the six counties in Liaodong still have to obey my temper. Whoever dares to withdraw his troops and dares not obey our military orders, and then apply for military law."

"Before the end of the war, there will be 100,000 troops in the six counties, and one soldier and one soldier shall not be withdrawn, otherwise it will be considered as guilty of escaping in the last battle!"

"I want to report to Your Majesty immediately!"

Luo Cheng snorted, "In order to prevent you from shaking the morale of the army, now you must stay in our army temporarily and not leave."

"Luo Cheng, what do you want to do? Do you want to rebel?"

But Luo Cheng just waved his hand, "Send the angels to rest, send a team of soldiers to protect the angels in person, and you must ensure the safety of the angels."

The angry and fearful angel was 'escorted' by a team of white horses. No matter how he shouted, it would be useless.

In the account.

Everyone is in a complicated mood.

"Everyone, if Your Majesty holds you accountable in the future, Luo Cheng will bear this matter alone."

Afterwards, Luo Cheng ordered Song Laosheng to command 30,000 troops under Anshi City to launch a siege against Anshi City.

Luo Cheng led 50,000 troops to continue to defend Siping Mountain.

Four square meters east of eighty miles.

Sanjiabao.

Yuan Gai Suwen led 50,000 troops to arrive here and stopped moving forward. He stationed his troops in the fortresses of various mountain cities and then closely monitored the movements of the Sui army.

He already knew the news that the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty stopped the Eastern Expedition and announced the withdrawal of his troops. However, Luo Cheng, outside Anshi City, not only did not withdraw his troops under the order, but instead began to send troops to attack Anshi, which made Yuan Gaisuwen confused.

Yang Guang accepted their surrender, but Luo Cheng dared to resist the order?

"The Grand Commander, the Sui army attacked Anshi fiercely. They had a large number of catapults, crossbows and siege equipment. The attack was very fierce, and Anshi was shaking!"

Yuan Gaisuvin gritted his teeth.

"This damn Luo Cheng, he dared not to resist the order!"

Yuan Gai Suwen jumped and scolded for a long time, but finally decided to endure it first. Maybe the Sui army would retreat by itself if it could not be attacked for a few days.

But the next day, the Sui army's offensive became even more fierce. Not only that, a Sui army light cavalry came to Sanjiabao.

"Even two thousand light cavalry dares to come and seek death?" The angry Yuan Gai Suwen heard that only two thousand light cavalry had come, so she immediately ordered her troops out of the city.

The person who led this vanguard was Cheng Yaojin. He led his troops to the city of Sanjiabao and cursed at the city for a long time. When Yuan Gai Suwen came out of the city, the two armies had just confronted each other, Cheng Yaojin pretended to be defeated and retreated and fled.

"Chase!"

Yuan Gaisuwen ordered a pursuit, but as soon as he chased, Cheng Yaojin ran away. As soon as he stopped, Cheng Yaojin turned around and provoked and verbally, Yuan Gaisuwen continued to chase again.

After chasing, he chased for dozens of miles and reached the vicinity of Siping Mountain.

"The Grand Commander, the Sui Army camp is ahead, and Luo Cheng leads 30,000 to 40,000 troops in the front line."

Yuan Gassuwen looked back at his troops. He brought 50,000, and when he was chasing, he asked the soldiers from nearby castles to join. Now he has 80,000 troops.

Completely better than Luo Cheng.

"Let's go, I'll meet Luo Cheng. I want to ask him, the Sui Emperor has issued an edict to stop the truce of the war, why is he still staying here and not leaving!"

"Master General must be careful of Luo Cheng, that's a man torture." A general reminded him.
Chapter completed!