Jiangjie City.

As the main city of a palace, it is also a city that stands on a fertile plain. It is also close to the Yalu River and has convenient water transportation.

Jiangjie City was originally very prosperous.

However, Goguryeo restricted trade with Liaodong on its own, and could only force merchants to use sea trade and send Goguryeo's specialties to Chu or Fusang.

The risks at sea are too great. If things go wrong, the ship will be destroyed and people will be killed.

Ordinary businessmen could not bear such losses. This led to a decline in commercial activities in Goguryeo, and also led to a considerable decline in the prosperity of Jiangjiecheng.

Being an enemy of Liaodong would be a lose-lose situation for Goguryeo.

However, Goguryeo had smooth sea trade and was twice as big as Liaodong. A skinny camel was bigger than a horse.

Jiangjie City is still densely populated and very prosperous.

There are countless pedestrians on the street, and there are endless streams of cars and horses. Most of them are famous nobles wearing silks and satins, riding horses or traveling in cars.

The shops on both sides are full of goods.

Vendors peddled along the street, making the place bustling with excitement.

Its city walls are very wide and its gate towers are majestic. As long as there are elite soldiers guarding the city, it is impregnable.

"Da da da!!!!" A fast horse galloped from the north and entered Jiangjie City along the avenue. The knight on the horse was sweating profusely and had a look of fear on his face.

He ignored the densely populated streets and ran rampantly, causing many people to yell and scold him. When he arrived at the government office, he got off his horse while crawling.

The gatekeeper thought he was a gangster and pulled out the steel knife from his waist to serve him.

The cavalryman had exhausted all his energy and lay on the ground panting. He said intermittently: "I. I am a government official in Chongming County."

"Wu Nian's army crossed the Yalu River and headed straight for Jiangjie City along the highway."

"Quick. Take me to see the prefect."

"What did you say?" The yamen officer's face changed drastically, and then the two yamen officers hurriedly set up their cavalry and entered the county yamen.

After meeting the prefect Zhang Chonglou, the cavalry was dragged away.

In the living room, Zhang Chonglou sat on the main seat with a dull expression, speechless for a long time. He was thirty-nine years old and came from a well-known family. He grew up reading books about sages and sages. He followed the serious imperial examination route and got the Jinshi as he wished.

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Because of his outstanding ability and honest official conduct, he was gradually promoted to become the prefect.

He had no military experience and no illusions. He just wanted to go further and return to the court as an official and become an important minister.

Wu Nian crossed the river and attacked Jiangjie Mansion brazenly. To him, it was as if he had been struck by thunder, sending three souls and seven souls flying.

"The Tigers of Liaodong are not idle people. They come with hatred. I can't take any chances. The disaster of national subjugation is right in front of me. I have to cheer up."

Zhang Chonglou reached out and slapped his cheek, letting the three souls that had flown away return to their places, and cheered up his spirits. Then he stood up and walked out of the house, and said to the frightened government servant at the door: "Go to Qujiang Camp immediately

, ask Zhuge Wu to lead troops into the city."

"Close the city gate immediately. No one is allowed in or out."

"Assemble all the government officials and prepare to defend the city."

"yes."

Although the yamen servant was panicked, he still wrote them down one by one and left in response.

Zhang Chonglou took a deep breath and calmed down a little. Li Yunchong and Zhao Mancheng were responsible for training the 50,000 soldiers.

Most of them are concentrated in the capital, and a few are scattered in local areas. Mainly in grain-producing areas, they can eat food from nearby cities on the spot.

Qujiang Camp is located fifty miles east of Jiangjie City.

General Zhuge Wu has three thousand soldiers. After the news is sent out, it will take at least four or five hours before Zhuge Wu leads his troops to the city.

That is to say, it is night.

Before that, I must hold on.

"Go find Li Tianyang, Zhang Qiushan, Zhu Yunjun...gather the officials in the city. Immediately." Zhang Chonglou turned to another government official, and after announcing many names in one breath, he breathed.

"Yes." The yamen servant was sweating profusely and turned around and walked away.

Zhang Chonglou straightened his clothes, then walked around and calmly came to the main room and sat down.

"Whether it's the Tiger of Liaodong or the Overlord of Yan. I will stop him."

"The Kim dynasty cannot perish in our hands."

After a while, the people Zhang Zhonglou needed came in one after another. They were all in a mess, and some were even disheveled.

Zhang Chonglou looked at everyone and said in a deep voice: "You all know the matter. The disaster of national destruction is right in front of you. I want you to come out."

"Whether they are brothers, nephews, domestic slaves, or retainers. Assemble as many people as you have. Follow me to the treasury to get weapons and armor."

"Remember one sentence. The Kim family's court is the roots of the big tree, and we are the branches and leaves on the trunk. If the roots fall, can the branches and leaves survive?"

"The family is in trouble. Men should fight, and women should help."

"Of course. There are also people who are just lucky and unwilling to contribute. But, I will kill you."

Having said this, Zhang Zhonglou slapped his right hand heavily on the coffee table, with a ruthless smile on his face, and said: "The city gate has been closed. You can't escape."

His words moved him with emotion, made him understand with reason, and threatened him with force.

Although Zhang Chonglou did not know how to fight, he was a member of the dynasty and had outstanding abilities.

All the officials, distinguished families, and squires present were sweating profusely. Some looked ashen, while others cheered up, stood up, and bowed in agreement.

"yes."

Zhang Chonglou nodded with satisfaction, and then asked his cronies to organize everyone to go to the treasury to collect weapons and armor. He stood up, took a deep breath. A sneer appeared on his face, and said: "I, Goguryeo, are not the Chu Kingdom, and you are not a subjugated country.

The king and the minister are not the ministers of the subjugation of the country."

"My Jiangjie Mansion is not made of paper from Liaodong General."

"Wu Nian. I'm going to make your teeth break."

As Zhang Chonglou's orders were issued one by one, and as the news spread, the city fell into chaos, but order amidst the chaos.

Teams of government servants, teams of domestic slaves, children of wealthy families, or loyal ministers and righteous men who received the news, received their armor and climbed onto the city wall.

Time passed slowly.

In the afternoon, as the sun set in the west, Wu Nianjun arrived outside the north gate of Jiangjie City.

Soldiers from three thousand families were spread out on the fields full of rice stubble. The military formation was in strict order, and the aura of killing was soaring into the sky.

Under the banner with the word "Wu", Wu Nian rode on a tall horse and held a horse spear. He looked up at Jiangjie City. Seeing the crowds in the city, he sighed and said: "At this moment, it's like the ten years of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.

Ten thousand households invaded Liaodong."

"It's just that there are no people in Liaodong. There are people in Goguryeo."

"There are many loyal ministers like Zhang Chonglou, the prefect of Jiangjie, in Goguryeo."

"But...can he stop me?"

Wu Nian suddenly changed the topic and showed a domineering look on his face. An extremely powerful aura spread out, creating unparalleled pressure.

Zhang Zhen shivered, took a breath, and turned to look at his uncle with admiration.

Good guy.
Chapter completed!