Daleng's eyes widened and he said in surprise: "You mean, His Majesty is still...impossible."
The guard chuckled and said: "General, do you think His Majesty is a mortal like us? Your Majesty is a god! It's not strange for him to toil until dawn."
Daleng didn't seem to have recovered from the shock, and he said indifferently: "Where did this girl come from? How can she bear it?"
Another guard said: "Your Majesty said, this Korean woman really has a different taste. It's just that Master Eulji is too cunning. He dared to fool a few ordinary women. Hum, hasn't he heard of it? Emperor Yi
Anger, corpses lying thousands of miles away, blood flowing like rivers! Who is your majesty? Naturally, he came to Liaodong City to choose for himself, and he found several stunning beauties. No, I guess I will have to struggle until dawn."
Daleng nodded repeatedly: "No wonder, let me tell you, no woman can bear it. There are quite a few."
Eulji Wende finally understood that this happened to the women he sacrificed, and he couldn't help but regret it. If he had known that this would be the result, he would have sent all the women in the city to
He was willing to let him choose in front of Liu Ziqiu. But there is no regret in the world, so Eulji Wende had to hold back his temper and asked cautiously: "General Daleng, look, what should we do now?"
Daleng spread his hands and said: "What should I do? There is no other way, I can only wait!"
Eulji Wende let out a long sigh, and sat down on the ground without caring about the snow on the ground: "Okay, I'll wait here!"
Daleng pretended to be surprised and said: "Oh, my Lord Eulchi, if you freeze here all night in this icy and snowy land, you won't turn into ice pimples. When His Majesty comes out tomorrow, you won't even be able to move. How can you talk to His Majesty?"
matter?"
Eulji Wende thought that this was also the case, so he got up from the ground and said, "Then please general, please help me find a bench."
Daleng turned to the guards and asked, "Is there a resting place nearby?"
One of the guards pointed to a room next door and said, "I'm afraid there's still some room in there."
Daleng immediately took Eulji Wende's arm and said in a dragging voice: "Let's go, Eulji-sama. Your Majesty has been working hard until dawn today and must take a nap. I will send someone to invite you at that time. Absolutely
I won’t let you miss seeing His Majesty.”
The climate here is really cold, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a drop of water turning into ice. Eulji Wende was also afraid that he would be frozen, so he missed the opportunity to see Liu Ziqiu, so he had to swallow his anger and follow Daleng into the room next door. Just entered.
As he walked into the room, he heard bursts of whispers coming from inside. Eulji Wende took a closer look and saw that there were more than a dozen people sitting around the room. They turned out to be the city guard of Liaodong City and his men. He couldn't help but exclaimed: "Why are you here?"
here?"
The Liaodong city guard was also surprised when he saw Eulji Mundeok: "General, have you been caught too?"
Eulji Wende was immediately furious: "Why are you being caught! I'm here to see His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty!"
Daleng also scolded: "Can you speak? Sir Eulji is an envoy and you are prisoners, how can it be the same? We big men attach great importance to etiquette and never kill envoys. You are different,
As for the prisoners, we can kill them if we want and release them if we want, all in one thought!"
The Liaodong city guard bowed repeatedly: "What the general said is that the young ones are waiting for your majesty's gift. If your majesty has a good time tonight, he will definitely let us go tomorrow, and we will definitely be indispensable by then."
benefits.”
Eulji Wende heard something and asked the guard behind him in a low voice: "Why are they here?"
A wicked smile appeared at the corner of the guard's mouth: "In order to survive, they gave their wives and daughters to our Majesty. Of course, several other people also wanted to give them, but they were not chosen. They are lucky, and several others will be given away tomorrow.
He was beheaded in public."
Eulji Wende was speechless. He looked down upon the Liaodong City Guards, who were greedy for life and fearful of death. But then he thought about it, and felt that Liu Ziqiu was too licentious. There must be twenty or thirty women here, and I'm afraid it would be too much trouble.
He couldn't calm down even at dawn. He himself was drunk last night and didn't get a good rest. Today
After another day of traveling, and even more walking back and forth in the city in the middle of the night, I was exhausted. Thinking about it and not knowing how long it would take, I looked at the low couch next to me and felt tired, so I cupped my hands and said, "Da
General Leng, I don’t want Ning Wei to wait for a few hours anyway, how about I just lie here for a while?”
Daleng stretched out and said, "As soon as you tell me, I'm sleepy too. So, I'll go to sleep first, and when it's dawn, you wake me up, and I'll report to Your Majesty on your behalf."
He slept as soon as he said he wanted to, and as soon as he lay down on the low couch, he started snoring. Eulji Munduk originally wanted to hold on, but when he heard Daleng's snoring, he immediately yawned and fell asleep in the blink of an eye.
…
Eulji Wende fell into a deep sleep, and it was already past noon when he woke up. He was startled and jumped up from the couch. When he turned his head, he saw that there was drool hanging from the corner of Dalun's mouth, and he was still asleep.
The Liaodong City Guards and others who were locked up in the same room had disappeared. Eulji Mundek had a premonition that something was not good, so he quickly pushed Dal and said: "General, wake up, general, wake up."
Daleng opened his eyes in a daze: "Oh, Lord Eulji. What time is it?"
Eulji Mundeuk said repeatedly: "It's past noon!"
"No!" Daleng yelled, sat up, and complained, "Why didn't you wake me up earlier! I don't know if His Majesty has left Liaodong City?"
Eulji Wende was embarrassed to say that he had just woken up. It seemed that he was not in a hurry about asking to see Liu Ziqiu, so he had to smile bitterly and said: "Stop talking about this now, please hurry up and inform me."
Daleng waved his hand, called a guard, and asked: "Where is your Majesty?"
The guard raised his hands and said: "Back to the general, at dawn, your majesty will go to the inner city!"
Eulji Wende was surprised: "Your Majesty went to the domestic city? How is that possible?"
The guard sneered and said: "Last night, several women told your Majesty that the Korean women in the inner city were much more beautiful than them. Your Majesty couldn't hold it back at that time. He ordered all the men and horses to rush to the inner city. I must have thought that at this time
Have already entered the city."
Eulji Wende heard that Liu Ziqiu had just set out for the domestic city this morning. He thought that the domestic city was so impregnable that it might not be possible to capture it in a short time. He couldn't help but ignited hope again and urged: "General Daleng, please come.
It is convenient for me to take you with me to pursue His Majesty."
He is self-aware. Firstly, it is impossible for the Han people to relax their surveillance on him. Secondly, if a person is running alone on the snowy field, it is easy for the Han people to kill him as a spy. Therefore, he still wants to tie Daleng to him.
together.
Daleng was not in a hurry, and said slowly: "Master Eulji, it is not difficult for me to take you to catch up with His Majesty. But you must not forget the agreement between you and me. Of the one thousand taels of gold, not one tael is less!"
"
At this time, Eulji Mundeok couldn't care less about this, he nodded repeatedly and said: "Don't worry, when your Majesty agrees to withdraw the troops, I will definitely offer you gold with both hands!"
"Okay, I'll take you to chase your Majesty!" Daleng stood up and shouted, "Here comes someone! Prepare your horse!"
…
The road from Liaodong City to the Inner City was quite long. It was covered with ice and snow along the way. Fortunately, the weather was clear and windless, so the journey was very smooth. Eulji Wendeok was riding on the horse, getting closer and closer to the Inner City, but his heart became more and more
It was getting heavier and heavier. Because along the way, he saw many messy horse hoof prints. Based on his many years of experience in the military, these hoof prints indicated that the army attacking the domestic city should be about 100,000 people. Such a huge army,
If the domestic city is not prepared, it is likely to be unable to withstand it. Moreover, Eulji Mundeok found that these hoofprints were of different depths, and some hoofprints were very deep. They were obviously carrying heavy objects and should be the siege of the Han army.
Equipment. In this case, the situation becomes even worse.
Seeing that the domestic city is not far ahead, the shadow of the domestic city can be seen, but there is no sound of fighting. Does this mean that the domestic city has been lost? Thinking of this, Eulji Munde felt a pain in his heart, almost
Fall from the horse.
With his last glimmer of hope, Eulji Wendeok managed to reach the gate of the inner city. Sure enough, he saw the Han Dragon Flag flying on top of the city!
This time I didn’t bother to call the city gate, because the city gate was already open. The city gate was heavily guarded, with two rows of fully armed Han soldiers standing there like javelins. On the streets in the city, except for the occasional Han soldiers patrolling by,
There were no soldiers, but no one was seen. Obviously, this city had not just been captured by the Han army.
Seeing this scene, Eulji Wende couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. The Han army's combat power was too strong. Attacking the city was simply devastating! But he didn't know that after Yuchi Gong captured Liaodong City, the Han army was too powerful.
The army had almost no rest and had already marched towards the inner city overnight. And Liu Ziqiu did not stop at Liaodong City at all last night, let alone summoned the Liaodong City Guards and the wives and daughters of a group of officials together. Hu Tianheidi, all this was just
Liu Ziqiu's plan was to not give Eulji Munde a chance to speak.
However, Eulji Wende is indeed a very dedicated guy. Although he is full of anger, he still knows that the top priority is to negotiate peace with the Han Dynasty as soon as possible, and to negotiate peace, he must first meet with Liu Ziqiu, and this time, there must not be as many people as in Liaodong City
He had taken the wrong path. He couldn't help reining in his horse, turned around and said: "General Daleng, please ask where your Majesty is now?"
Daleng also understood what Eulji Wende meant, he smiled and said: "Don't worry, your Majesty will definitely be at the castle guard house at this moment!"
Eulji Mundeuk said bitterly: "If I don't see His Majesty at the castle guard's mansion, the agreement we made will be invalid from now on!"