The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 259 Chen Han is on the move
"Pass my order, the gates of the city will be closed immediately, entry and exit are prohibited, the whole army will go up to the city to defend, and then mobilize the whole city people to prepare for the defense."

In Pyongyang City, a magnificent, majestic, and tall hall of the imperial palace, a majestic voice sounded. On the main seat of the main hall, Liurong King Gao Jianwu quickly issued a defensive order. He was of medium build, with black temples and beard, and a pair of The piercing eyes are majestic, giving people a feeling of incomparable dignity.

At this time, Gao Yanshou, the second minister of Goguryeo, came out and said: "My lord, I think it is very likely that it is the Sui army."

After Gao Jianwu heard this, his face changed slightly: "Didn't the intelligence say that the main enemies of the Sui army were not the Turks and Li Yuan in Guanzhong? And their number one enemy is the Turks, so how come they still have the strength to attack our capital city of Goguryeo?"

"My lord, Yang Tong is very good at scheming. I suspect that the Sui army's attack on the Turks was a trick to confuse us. More importantly, Silla has just suffered a disastrous defeat. Now they are confronting Baekje in the southern part of the peninsula. They don't have the strength to attack us, so the enemy can only be the Sui army." Gao Yanshou concluded.

Gao Jianwu's eyes were full of anxiety, he walked back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back, he didn't know what to do for a while, the navy army has now been wiped out, there are only [-] troops in Pyongyang, can it withstand the attack of the Sui army?

Gao Yanshou's status in Goguryeo was second only to Yuan Taejo and Eulji Moondeok, and he was also one of Gao Jianwu's most important ministers. He was also considered a strategist in Goguryeo.

It's just that this person is extremely arrogant and conceited, and he doesn't look down on Yuan Tae-jo and Ulji Moon-deok at all.

It's mostly a matter of origin.

Goguryeo's domestic hierarchy is strict, and the ethos of heavy families is even more serious than that of the Central Plains. When the Sui Dynasty invaded, they were ordered by Gao Yuan to select young and strong men from among the people to form an army. In the battle after battle, the military strength of the aristocratic family was further increased, and they opposed the weaker Gao Jianwu Yang, which was also the biggest factor for Gao Jianwu's "cutting the feudal clan".

The Goguryeo nobles were originally divided into five tribes: Juannu, Juenu, Shunnu, Guannu, and Guilou. According to the distribution of regions, they were also called the inner, eastern, southern, northern, and western five aristocratic families.The five largest tribes are divided into three levels: the first level is the Guilou tribe headed by the Gao family, the second level is the Juannu tribe and the Juenu tribe, and the third level is the Shunnu tribe and the Guannu tribe.

The Yuan family originally belonged to the Shunnu tribe in the third rank, and their status has always been the bottom of the family, but a surprisingly talented Yuan Ziyou emerged from the Yuan family. Taking advantage of the opportunity of conquest, he took control of the real power in Goguryeo, and embezzled the power of the second-level Juannu and Juannu tribes in Goguryeo.

In today's Goguryeo, there are only the Guilou tribe of the royal family, the Shunnu tribe of the Yuan family, and the neutral Guannu tribe. Gao Yanshou is currently the Guilou tribe's tsa, and the tsa is the head of the family, equivalent to the patriarch and head of the family in the Central Plains.

The high-ranking and powerful Gao Yanshou instinctively rejects the hostile Yuan family and Ulji Moon-deok, who was born as a commoner but is highly valued by Gao Jianwu.

It's just that the Yuan family is in full swing in Goguryeo, and the head of the Yuan family, Yuan Taizuo, is extremely ruthless, so he has to maintain superficial respect.However, such an 'untouchable' like Ulji Mandeok ranks above him, which has always been regarded by Gao Yanshou as a great shame.

Seeing the anxiety in Gao Jiande's heart at this time, Gao Yanshou felt that this was an opportunity for him to replace Eulji Moondeok and become the king's number one confidant: "My lord, the Sui army's navy invaded aggressively, so they must have come prepared. The capital of the country is empty. This battle to defend the city will inevitably become very difficult, and I suggest that before the Sui army besiege the city, let Ulji Mundeok send troops back to help, and then we should cooperate internally and externally to defeat the Sui army."

Gao Jianwu thought for a while, and said: "The Sui army's naval forces are attacking in a large scale. Presumably, the Sui army's reinforcements in Liaodong have also arrived. The news of the capital's attack spread to the front, and morale must have plummeted. If the army is transferred back , I am worried that the frontline soldiers will not be able to withstand the attack of the Sui army! With the fall of Liaodong, we have lost too many natural dangers, and the Sui army can completely chase along the coast to Pyongyang!"

"The more than [-] troops in Han City accounted for [-]% of Goguryeo's troops. Once defeated, our Goguryeo will be finished, so the front-line army should not be dispatched! Pyongyang City looks dangerous, but it is actually safer than the front line, because Pyongyang City is tall and strong, with money and food. It is sufficient, and there are hundreds of thousands of people inside. The Sui army's navy came from afar, so there must be a lack of large-scale siege equipment. .”

Gao Jianwu is also a man who knows soldiers, his arrangement
At this moment, a soldier rushed to the front of the hall and reported loudly: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent military situation. The Sui Dynasty navy has invaded massively, and all our navy has been wiped out."

"What?" This earth-shattering news, like a thunderbolt from the blue sky, shocked the faces of civil servants and generals in the hall.

"The navy of the Sui army has only arrived not long ago. How could my more than 1 sailors in Goguryeo be defeated so quickly? You actually reported the military situation indiscriminately and killed without mercy," a tall young man dressed in Chinese clothes, with cold eyes, said angrily. Said.

"Your Majesty, I have been wronged! My navy is really wiped out." The scouts were taken down, but no one listened to him anymore.

Gao Jianwu felt a tearing pain from the bottom of his heart, and sat down heavily on the couch: it really was the Sui Dynasty navy that invaded, and his navy was wiped out in a short period of time.

"My lord, no matter how many invading enemies the Sui Dynasty has, the country cannot make any mistakes. The last general asks for orders, lead troops to meet the enemy, and catch him by surprise when the Sui army lands." A tall general stood up with a radiant hair all over his body. With an extraordinary momentum.

Gao Yanshou was also anxious, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, make up your mind! Otherwise, it will be too late."

Gao Jianwu sighed, stood up slowly, and said in a deep voice: "Second Minister, I appointed you as the prefect of Pyongyang. The main task is to mobilize the young and strong in the city to stick to the capital, and at the same time be in charge of the security of the people."

"Here!" Gao Yanshou answered loudly.

"Uncle, you are so cowardly. What is the face of my big Goguryeo? We have [-] elite soldiers in the city, but we can stop [-] elite soldiers. We are not afraid of the Sui army at all. I think General Liu is right. We should take the initiative to attack." The young man heard Gao Jianwu Arrangement, very unwilling to growl.

"Shut up!" After Gao Jianwu cursed angrily, he waved his hand lightly, making all the officials quiet down temporarily.

He looked back at the aggrieved young man with a hint of love in his eyes. The name of this son was Gao Zang, the son of his younger brother Gao Dayang: "Zang'er, you have extraordinary courage, and I am very pleased to be uncle, but you are just too proud! Sui The army is equipped with excellent equipment and advanced equipment. Hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops were killed and wiped out. Their combat effectiveness and fighting will are not comparable to Silla soldiers. If our [-] elite soldiers are defeated outside the city, Pyongyang City will be over. .”

Gao Jianwu sighed and shook his head. His nephew has received a good education and has a good military level, but he is young and energetic, arrogant and arrogant, and has the drive that a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers.

"Here!"

Gao Zang closed his mouth in dissatisfaction, and his eyes were full of unwillingness.

Gao Jianwu said to the mighty general: "General Liu Cheng, the [-] elites in the city will be handed over to you, and the city defense of Pyongyang will be handled by you. You must not go out of the city to fight."

Liu Cheng glanced at Gao Zang, hesitated a little, and finally said in a deep voice: "The general obeys orders!"

Gao Zang gave Liu Cheng a jealous look, but remained silent.

Gao Jianwu said: "As for the rest of us, let's look at the situation and not be careless. Disperse!"

Just when everyone was about to leave, Gao Jianwu said again: "Liu Cheng, you stay."

Liu Cheng paused.

Gao Zang gritted his teeth, and left the hall angrily.

Liu Cheng sighed: "Your Majesty loves the young general so much, and the latter will never repay you, but I'm afraid that this will make the little prince unhappy."

Gao Jianwu's face was ashen, and he snorted: "I'm so young, so ambitious, I want to run when I can't walk well, what can I do. My son has no talent and incompetence, so I entrust the next generation of Goguryeo to him, but I don't want to cultivate His arrogance and conceited temperament. Even the talents of the sky have to go through honing to shine. Besides, he only has a little talent, and he is far from being a talent of the sky. Compared with the dazzling Yuan Gai Suwen , He is too far behind. Among the generals in Pyongyang, you are the most calm and steady. If I don’t hand over the four gates to you, who else can I give them to? Get ready to fight.”

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The news of the Sui army's invasion and the annihilation of the navy quickly spread throughout the city of Pyongyang, and the whole city fell into complete chaos. There were running soldiers everywhere on the streets, and all the civil and military officials in the city were mobilized. They knocked on doors from door to door. , Mobilize the young and strong in the city to help defend the city.

A heroic young man ran into a barren tavern. He pushed open the door of the tavern. At this moment, there was no one in the tavern. The shopkeeper was dozing off on the counter with his wrist on his hands.

As soon as the door was opened and the cold wind came in, the shopkeeper shuddered from the cold, and said angrily, "Why are you so anxious, you boy?"

"Uncle Chen! Something big has happened!"

"What's the matter?"

The heroic young man said lightly and quickly: "There is news from outside that the Goguryeo water army was wiped out by my Tai Sui water army in Beishui."

The shopkeeper stood up all of a sudden, his lazy eyes brightened, "Really?"

The name of the shopkeeper is Chen Han, who was a survivor of the Battle of Sashui. In that tragic battle, Tai Sui lost more than 40 troops. Of course, it is impossible for all the lost troops to die. Take Zuo Tiancheng as an example. Most of the thousands of people he gathered were survivors of the Battle of Sashui!
The same is true for Chen Han and the young people who are talking to each other.

However, Chen Han and Zuo Tiancheng made different choices. The former escaped into the mountains, while Chen Han and the others mixed in with various soldiers from Goguryeo. There are several shops in the area to make a living. They are headed by Chen Han, with a total of more than 360 people, and they are a force that cannot be ignored.

"It's true. Goguryeo's civil and military officials are now mobilizing from door to door, demanding that all the young and strong must help defend the city!" the heroic young man said in a low voice.

"This is an opportunity for us to avenge our hundreds of thousands of comrades, and at the same time to make contributions!" Chen Han said very excitedly.

The heroic youth whispered, "Uncle Chen, what should we do?"

Chen Han pondered for a while, and said: "Since they mobilize the whole city to help defend the city, there must be chaos, and no one will know anyone by then. Let's find a way to gather in one place."

The young man nodded, "That's it, I'll contact the brothers."

A clerk rushed over and shouted in fluent Fufu language: "The shopkeeper, a senior official is here!"

Chen Han walked out quickly, only to see a civil official standing at the gate, he immediately saluted, "This official, do we want to help defend the city?"

The official said: "Your Majesty ordered all the young and strong in the city to participate in defending the city."

"This is the responsibility that our people of Goguryeo should fulfill!" Chen Han said with a flattering smile, "The villain used to be a general of hundreds of people, and many people around here are subordinates of the villain. How about I go and call everyone?"

"Very good, very good, this area will be handed over to you, let everyone get the weapons as soon as possible." The official was very satisfied. All the people in Goguryeo were soldiers back then, and he had no doubts about Chen Bo's words.

"Yes yes yes!" Chen Han answered yes repeatedly.

After the officials left, Chen Han said to the young man, "Let everyone come here. We don't have much time, so we can discuss and come up with a plan."

(End of this chapter)