Please? If he couldn't beat them, he would ask for mercy and even call it asking for peace. As expected of a Goguryeon tradition, bullying the weak and fearing the strong.
I haven't even felt good yet, and you're already asking for peace. Yang Guang felt very uncomfortable.
"What is the meaning of this? Did I kill the people of Great Sui for nothing? How am I going to explain this to my countrymen?" Yang Guang shouted.
Hearing the Emperor of Great Sui's might, Li Laisheng was so frightened that he almost peed his pants.
"Your Majesty, Goguryeo knows its sins." We will send the soldiers who killed your country to the camp and kill them as we please.”
"So simple?" Yang Guang continued. Dream on!"
Before Li Laisheng came, he had already been told the bottom line. He had to pay tribute, submit to the court, pay reparations, and send hostages, but he was not allowed to cede territory.
Afraid that they would meet again in their next life, Li Laisheng quickly poured out the beans from a bamboo tube to tell Yang Guang about Goguryeo's sincerity and even revealed Goguryeo's bottom line.
This was too boring. I've mobilized so many people to make you surrender so easily. The bar spirit was very unhappy!
After making up his mind, Yang Guang said," I only have one piece of advice for Goguryeo. Open the gates and surrender, and all of Goguryeo will be incorporated into Great Sui. Goguryeon King Quan Gaesomun could still be a leisurely prince in the Eastern Capital.”
After hearing the suggestion of the Great Sui Emperor, Li Laisheng was so scared that he peed and shit. No matter how bold he was, he did not dare to agree.
Yang Guang knew that this insignificant official couldn't make the decision, and he reckoned that Goguryeo wouldn't agree to it either. He had Li Laisheng return to discuss this matter. In any case, his goal was all of Goguryeo, so he couldn't ask for peace.
After the Goguryeon envoy left, Yang Guang continued to talk to Jangjin about their relationship after marriage.
On the second day, Yang Guanggang was about to send troops to Baiyan City.
The camp gate officer came to report that Li Laisheng had come to see him again.
Without waiting for him to enter the tent, Li Laisheng kowtowed.
"What do you Goguryeons have to say? Tell me quickly! I still have to enter Baiyan City for dinner! Don't waste time." Yang Guang said impolitely,
" This..." Li Laisheng seemed to be a little embarrassed.
"Hurry up and tell me, or I'll be dragged out and beheaded.”Yang Guang threatened.
" My King agrees with the Emperor of Great Sui and agrees to the merger of Goguryeo, but…" Li Laisheng mustered up his courage and looked at Yang Guang.
"But what? Zhen has no time to waste with you.”Yang Guang shouted.
"Our king has said that if Great Sui defeats us in three matches, Goguryeo will be completely merged into Great Sui, and there will be no more Goguryeo in this world. If we are lucky enough to win, we will surrender, pay tribute, pay reparations, and send hostages.”Li Laisheng said in a low voice, afraid of angering Yang Guang.
Ah, the Goguryeons are still not convinced? There's still a competition, and the bar spirit is interested.
"Tell me, what are we fighting?" Yang Guang asked.
Seeing that the Emperor of Great Sui wasn't angry, Li Laisheng said bravely,""A battle of arrows, generals, and wits. A total of three rounds."
After hearing Goguryeo's suggestion, Yang Guang couldn't help but chuckle, There was no difficulty at all. Yang Youji was invincible in archery, unless you dug Hou Yi out of the ground. Zhao Yun, Yuwen Cheng might not be invincible in the world, but he was not someone a puny Goguryeon like you could deal with. Could it be that you could summon the likes of Xiang Yu and Lu Bu?! It was impossible for them to lose two out of three matches. What was with that battle of wits? She greeted him in her heart.
Yang Guang never fought a battle he was not confident in. He asked,"What do you mean by a battle of wits?”
"Great Sui and Goguryeo each have a question," Li Laisheng timidly said. Both sides answer."
Yang Guang's interest was piqued, and he thought to himself,"I'm a straight-A student, and I'm guaranteed entry to Peking University. If I were to give you a calculus, wouldn't you cry?"
Knowing that this battle of wits would at least end in a draw, and that there was a monster like Zhuge Liang on the other side, it was impossible for the two top students to lose if they joined forces, he immediately said to Li Laisheng,"We agree to your Goguryeon's request for the competition to begin at noon today! It will also be convenient for me to enter Baiyan City for dinner tomorrow night!”
When Li Laisheng heard that the Emperor of Great Sui had agreed to the challenge, he knew that he had completed his task. He happily kowtowed and returned to the city.
……
After some discussion, they decided to level out a drill ground in front of Baiyan City.
The ministers were afraid that Yang Guang would fail and did not let the emperor participate.
Who am I afraid of? Yang Guang snorted in his heart. Besides, it was impossible for the bar spirit to not join in the fun.
However, he still had to express his stance. Yang Guang said,"Beloved ministers, this is a war that concerns the destruction of Goguryeo, so how can I not go? Even if there is danger, I have countless valiant generals by my side, and I can go anywhere in the world, let alone a tiny country like Goguryeo? Did the ministers not have confidence in themselves?”
The ministers pondered for a moment and agreed.
Yang Guang didn't just go alone. He was afraid that Wan Zhen 'er and Changjin would be lonely in the camp, so he made them wear female official uniforms and medical official uniforms to participate openly.
The generals looked at the two imperial concubines beside Yang Guang, and their noses almost went crooked from anger, but they had nothing to say. The other identities of the two imperial concubines did meet the requirements. One was a female official in the imperial kitchen, and the other was a military medical officer.
The main civil and military officials of both sides gathered at the temporary drill ground outside Baiyan City. Zhuge Liang was afraid that the Emperor would be in trouble, so he ordered He Ruobi to lead 3,000 cavalrymen to hold the line a few hundred meters away.
Quain Gaesomun was an old man in his fifties, dressed in Goguryeon clothing. The civil and military officials followed beside him.
Gaesomun knew that Goguryeo had lost regardless of the outcome of this battle. If they won, they would only be able to preserve the country. In a few years, Great Sui would definitely make a comeback. If they lost, they would have nothing left.
Gaesomun led the Goguryeon officials to bow to Yang Guang, and he was extremely respectful.
Yang Guang was slightly satisfied, but he was also clear about the nature of the Koreans. If he didn't kill the snake, he would be harmed instead. Yang Guang would not do such a thing.
Yang Guang didn't make things too difficult for the Goguryeons.
"Rise!" Yang Guang said.
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