Chapter 396 They won't have a second way except obediently please surrender
Chapter 396
Gao Yuan stared blankly at the majestic royal capital, Pyongyang City, the supposedly indestructible royal capital of Goguryeo.
At this moment, its towering city wall is like a huge brazier, with raging flames rising in it.
"Oh my god, the royal capital, what happened to the royal capital?!"
The Goguryeo dignitaries who were imprisoned in the cages yelled like crazy.
There was also a commotion among the prisoners of war, but it was quickly suppressed by the soldiers.
The expressions of Yang Qian and a group of generals were not much better. They stared blankly at the Goguryeo capital, which was a few miles away and was in flames.
Subconsciously speeding up, he saw Lai Hu'er and Zhou Fashang, the two chief and deputy supervisors, arriving hand in hand in high spirits.
"Yang Jianjun, after this battle, our Sui Dynasty has another famous general who can destroy the country."
"The lower officials are just supervisors of the army. The merit of this battle is also that the two generals commanded well and dispatched calmly. Otherwise, how could we have achieved today's results."
Yang Qian saluted the two men, then raised his hand and pointed to the side. "That is Gao Yuan, the leader of Goguryeo."
Lai Huer and Zhou Fashang only glanced at each other, then turned their heads away in disdain.
It seemed that such a big shot as the leader of Goguryeo was not in the eyes of these two famous Sui generals.
Yang Qian asked about the fire in Pyongyang City, and then he learned that after all three gates were destroyed.
Lai Hu'er asked the defenders in the city to leave the city and surrender. Unexpectedly, the enemy pretended to surrender and invited Lai Hu'er to enter the city and accept the surrender.
In the end, Zhou Fashang was still cautious and persuaded Lai Huer, who was tempted, and sent a military general to represent him in the city.
"...As a result, General Xu Lang and more than a hundred elites entered the city, and were hacked to death by the Goguryeo dog thieves in the city. Their heads were even hung on the city wall."
Having said this, Lai Huer gave a sinister smile and looked towards the city of Pyongyang.
"Since those die-hards dare to kill General Xu Lang, how can I be polite to them again?"
"Have people cut a batch of thousand-pound stone bullets into hollow ones, then stuff cloth soaked in kerosene into them, and blast them..."
"As a result, I didn't expect that Pyongyang is almost entirely made of wooden buildings. Coupled with today's strong wind, the result is like this."
"However, most of the Goguryeo people in the city escaped and scattered in the wild.
As for the soldiers who escaped, they were all arrested, as for the counselor who planned to kill General Xu Lang.
Of course he was killed, and his head was used to pay homage to General Xu Lang's heroic soul."
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"We are short of manpower, and we have been too weak to capture prisoners of war. We have only captured more than 30,000 prisoners."
"The fire in this city is really big. I have no choice but to wait. We can't let our soldiers die in vain trying to put out the fire again."
Yang Qian nodded. On the battlefield, in the heart of the enemy's country, if you want to be merciful, then just don't go to the battlefield.
This is a battle for the survival of the country, not a competitive sport where friendship comes first and competition comes second.
Fortunately, a rain that night finally extinguished the fire in Pyongyang City. Looking at the dilapidated and messy Pyongyang City.
Lai Huer was really not interested in moving a large army into the city, so he simply held a military meeting in the Chinese army's tent outside the city to discuss the next affairs.
"The king of Goguryeo, as well as the high-ranking officials and nobles of Goguryeo, were all naturally put on the ship and sent to Liaodong to present to His Majesty."
"But what should be done with these tens of thousands of prisoners of war?"
"There are too many prisoners of war. It is useless for us to keep them. It is better to take them all..."
Yang Qian, who had been sitting and listening silently, finally stood up and shook his head to reject the proposal of a general.
"No, you must not forget that His Majesty's imperial edict states that the purpose of sending troops this time is to conquer the unsubordinated country and punish the people for their crimes, not for fame."
"If the killing is too heavy and it displeases His Majesty, it will not be beautiful."
He stood up to speak, but the general had no choice but to shut up and sit back.
As the supervisor of the army, Yang Qian was also a major contributor to this battle, and he also received the full support of the chief and deputy general managers.
In addition, he was a popular person in front of the emperor, so no one was willing to offend him.
Lai Hu'er raised his eyebrows noncommittally. "Then what should we do according to the supervisor's opinion?"
"I think it's okay to keep these 30,000 to 40,000 prisoners of war. It's better to mobilize some strong men and let them clean up the ruins and clean the battlefield."
"Although the fire in the city has been extinguished, if an epidemic breaks out, it will not be a good thing."
"In addition, send another group of soldiers to the north.
Send an oral message to King Yingyang who is supervising the war in the north, as well as Goguryeo’s important minister No Eulji Mundeok and the eastern lord Yeon Taejo."
"Tell them that their king has become a prisoner of my Great Sui Dynasty, and ask them to surrender as soon as possible."
"If we send fewer people out, we might be stopped by bellicose people with ulterior motives."
"So, let's just send more people. I want to see what choice they will make when facing tens of thousands of their own defeated soldiers coming in embarrassment."
Lai Hu'er couldn't help but his eyes lit up and he burst into laughter.
"Okay, this is a really powerful move. I think we can wait until these prisoners of war go all the way north.
If word spreads that the king's leader has been captured and the capital has been destroyed, the morale of the army will collapse.
They will have no other choice but to surrender obediently."
"In this case, let them immediately be escorted back to the dock camp and take a boat to the sea to go north to Liaodong."
"I think His Majesty should be satisfied with such a result..."
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The prince, who has been at the dock camp for a long time, is very bored and helpless. But there is no way.
After all, Yang Qian, a little brat, couldn't afford to offend him. However, he naturally didn't dare to disobey His Majesty the Emperor's will.
Therefore, Eunuch Wang could only stay at the dock camp and wait for Yang Qian's return.
"I'm afraid it's been almost half a month. Sigh... Our family is really tired of staying in this miserable place."
The prince sat outside his tent, lifted up the curtain and propped it up with bamboo poles to form an awning.
The prince, the great eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, lay facelessly on the recliner, sipping tea and complaining.
Several young eunuchs could only carefully serve the big eunuch who was in a bad mood because he could not follow Yang Qian.
"Grandpa, how about your grandson go get you some seafood to try today?" A well-behaved little eunuch suggested.
"Okay... Sigh, I'm almost tired of eating seafood. If we continue like this, I'm afraid our family will return to His Majesty.
I'm afraid that when the time comes, the fishy smell of the sea might make His Majesty not... huh?"
Waves of cheers came from the distance, as if the entire dock camp was boiling, and the prince sat up in confusion.
At this time, the sound of great successes in the Sui Dynasty could not be heard without stopping.
"Could it be that they have already won and returned? So quickly..."
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