Emperor Yang of Sui fought the third war to attack Liaodong. This news seemed to have a hurricane across the country, which incited more civil unrest and fleeing. However, Yang Guang obviously did not realize that his rule was in danger. News about local rebels rarely came to his ears, and often memorials detained by Pei Yun, Yu Shiji and others to avoid them being with him. Yang Guang was in a bad mood and they were in trouble.

Therefore, these close ministers reported good news but not bad news. If a rebel in a certain place was wiped out, the memorial of such good news would be transmitted to Yang Guang's Long case in time. If there were a large number of uprisings and civil unrest in a certain place, the memorial would sink to the sea, making Yang Guang unable to see or hear it.

After March, Yang Guang couldn't wait to send troops to the emperor and personally led the army. This time, the civil and military ministers were still accompanied by Fan Zigai, the Minister of the Civil Affairs Department, who assisted King Yang Tong of Yue to take over Luoyang, and took advantage of the last rebellion of Yang Xuangan, and left behind General Zhang Jin and General Chen Ling of Wu Ben to guard the Eastern Capital to prevent any nobles from rebelling.

The 100,000 Imperial Guards and the 100,000 Xiaoguo Guards came out one after another, and their tails were connected, with great might, with their soldiers and armor clanging and murderous intent.

Tens of thousands of cavalry teams rushed forward, dust was flying, rolling like waves.

After the imperial army arrived in Zhuo County, Luo Yi brought 50,000 troops to Yuyang County. There were only four routes of government soldiers here, and the other fifteen routes were still on the way. It took half a month to wait until twenty routes of government soldiers, but the number was insufficient, and the army was incomplete, and there were all old and weak. Many of them were arrested in the village to make up for the number of people, and some prison criminals were uneven.

Such mixed army is much worse than the regular army that attacked Goguryeo for the first and second time, and the morale of the army is not uniform. They all feel that they will be killed in Liaodong this time, and they are very resentful in private.

This time, the generals accompanied him include Li Jing, Zhou Fashang, Yu Juluo, Lai Huer, Pei Renji, Xue Shixiong, Tu Wanxu, etc., and the scale is much weaker than the previous two times.

It was originally expected that the number of troops was only more than 600,000. It left the Yan County border and headed to the Liaodong battlefield to attack the first line of defense - the Liaoshui River Beach!

In this battle, the Sui army invested 100,000 elite troops, and the force on the opposite bank was only 20,000. The battle was very fierce. Half a month later, the defense line was broken, and hundreds of thousands of Sui army entered Liaodong again, with the troops pointing to the Pyongyang City.

Goguryeo was originally a small country. Although it lasted for the first two times to fight against the Great Sui Dynasty, it still held on its own, but its national strength was less than one-twentieth of the Sui Dynasty. In recent years, it has desolated crops and killed many strong men in battle, which made Goguryeo weaker and no longer the three major countries on the Korean island.

The palace in Pyongyang City was filled with sorrow. Because of the invasion of the Sui Kingdom, the royal family and ministers and nobles all changed their faces. They personally realized that the country was not a country and could not withstand the war.

Although the hawks still insisted that they would rather break up than be completely broken, more conservatives and neutrals did not agree to continue to fight against Sui until the end.

Yizhi Wende stood up and analyzed: "The Emperor Yang Guang of Sui State was a very fond of merit. He split the Turks, pacified Tuyuhun, and comforted the Western Regions. Only Goguryeo did not lean over and submit to him. Therefore, he was too extreme and obsessed with demons. He had to conquer our country and leave his name in history. The first time, because he underestimated the enemy too much, he returned without success. The second time, because Yang Xuangan rebelled in China, they hurriedly withdrew their troops when they were about to succeed."

"And this time, it is coming in a fierce manner, claiming to be a million, and our military strength is less than 50,000. At present, the Liaoshui Front has been broken. Our army is not strong enough to set up checkpoints one by one. The Sui army will drive one horse to the city of Pyongyang. This is a death battle. Goguryeo is likely to destroy the country and be slaughtered. If we want to protect the royal family and prevent Goguryeo from suffering a catastrophe, there is only one way."

"What method?" From Gao Yuan, the King of Yingyang of Goguryeo, to officials of all ranks, they all pay attention to and listen.

"That is to take the initiative to surrender, express your surrender to the Sui State, recognize Yang Guang as the Saint Khan, and pay tribute to the Sui court every year. Like the Western Regions and Turks, it is just a nominal sanction. It will not dissolve the imperial system here. It can be abolished, and it can be called a marquis. As long as Yang Guang can be saved, it may withdraw its troops, and the crisis of Goguryeo will be resolved." Yizhi Wende has always been a representative figure of the pro-war faction. This time, even he said this, so naturally no one objected.

"Can this fool Yang Guang?" Gao Yuan was a little worried. Could it be that if the Sui army would retreat without voluntarily expressing his surrender, but he would not disband the army and hand over the power? Will Yang Guang believe this verbal recognition of the other party's Saint Khan without substantial expression?

Yizhi Wende smiled mysteriously and said, "Actually, Yang Guang and many ministers probably don't want to come to conquer Liaodong, but Yang Guang is the name of Saint Khan and to cover up his two failures. Therefore, he is unable to get rid of the emperor and must wash away the shame of the emperor. The other ministers have no choice but to advise him, and they have to come if they don't come. Moreover, we are not completely sincere, just make the necessary severance."

The ministers thought he wanted to cede land and pay compensation. In fact, the meaning of Yizhi Wende was to return the Minister of War, Hu Sizheng, who rebeled from Sui last year and defected to Goguryeo. As sincerity, with Yang Guang's face-saving character, he gave enough face to defeat others without fighting.

Gao Yuan hesitated for a moment, half-believing and half-doubted, handing over the negotiations and peace-seeking matters to Yizhi Wende, and let his brother Gao Cheng accompany him to represent the royal family of Goguryeo. If the negotiations were reached, it would be better. There was no need to worry about the city being destroyed and the country being destroyed and the family being destroyed. The remaining tens of thousands of people could not stop the Sui army's fierce attack.

In addition, Baekje and Silla were eyeing each other and were already secretly united to take advantage of Goguryeo to come to fight and seize territory. He really didn't want to fight with the powerful Sui Kingdom like this.
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