As the royal city of Goguryeo, there are as many as 300,000 people in the city.
On weekdays, there is often a constant flow of cars and horses at the gate of Pyongyang City, and the city is bustling with pedestrians, making it very prosperous.
But, at ten o'clock in the afternoon.
At the gate of the peaceful and prosperous city of Pyongyang, there was a sudden commotion.
At the city gate, a group of Goguryeo soldiers looked panicked, shouting towards the city gate while looking into the distance with wary faces.
The people who were still walking slowly at first suddenly ran into the city gate in a hurry.
After a while, a group of defeated soldiers, their bodies charred and even with faint traces of blood on their bodies, staggered over.
When they saw a group of Goguryeo soldiers at the city gate, they suddenly looked overjoyed.
"The Tang people are attacking!"
"The Tang Dynasty is attacking, and I want to see Da Duilu!"
"Hurry and open the city gate and let me in. I have something important to do and I want to see Da Duilu..."
…
After a stick of incense.
The gates on all sides of Pyongyang City were tightly closed, and the entire city gate was filled with groups of soldiers, all looking at the distance with wary faces.
Inside the city, pedestrians looked panicked.
More than half of the people living in Pyongyang can be said to be real Goguryeo people, that is, the earliest Goguryeo people.
Therefore, after more than a thousand defeated troops ran into the city, these Goguryeo people also learned the news.
It seemed that the Jin King of the Tang Dynasty, who had been dead for many years and crawled out of the coffin, came with fifty thousand demon soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.
Even the most terrifying thing is that the Jin King of the Tang Dynasty is a real devil and will summon fire and thunder from the sky to bombard them!
Although some Goguryeo people did not believe this, the rumors spread, and all the Goguryeo people were terrified, fearing that the Tang Dynasty Jin King would come with a large army to attack.
You know, Pyongyang is only more than 60 miles away from Yashan.
As long as the King of Jin is not stupid, he will definitely pursue the victory.
There are only 20,000 elite soldiers in Pyongyang City, and they are unable to resist the 50,000 Tang Dynasty army.
And on the other side.
To the east of the city, there is a mansion that is half smaller than the Goguryeo Palace, but its level of luxury is no less than that of the palace.
A middle-aged man with a tall and handsome appearance, a neatly trimmed beard on his face, dressed in gold-decorated clothes, and two exquisite swords slung around his waist.
At this moment, looking at the two generals kneeling below, they looked furious.
"Trash, what a bunch of trash!"
"A total of 50,000 soldiers and horses, with sufficient food, grass and baggage, and well-equipped equipment. Facing 50,000 Tang troops, they didn't even resist for half a day. They just fled back and waited for more than a thousand people. What's the use of waiting for you?"
"Humph, it's really embarrassing for me and the East...!"
Hearing this, the two generals below who were covered in blood were full of fear and kowtowed repeatedly to beg for mercy.
"My lord, please forgive me. Your Majesty, please forgive me. The general made preparations as early as two days ago. Who would have thought that the Tang army would be assisted by fire and thunder? If we didn't notice for a moment, half of the army would be killed!"
"Yes, sir, we have never seen that there is a large army that can summon fire thunder. When a fire thunder comes down, all the brothers around are directly burnt to death, or have their arms and legs broken. We wait
There is no resistance at all..."
The more he listened, the colder Yeon Gaesowun's expression became.
"If you dare to talk nonsense again and shake the morale of the army, I will cut you into pieces!"
"That's 50,000 men. How many of them are from our Eastern tribe? You are the sinners of our Eastern tribe!"
The earliest Goguryeo was composed of five tribes, generally named according to the five directions of east, west, south, north, and inner. The Sunnu tribe where Yeon Gaesumun was located was the east.
Yeongae Suwen is the tribal leader of the Shunnu tribe, also known as the Dongfang Lord.
The reason why he could become Goguryeo's chief minister, that is, the prime minister, control the military and political affairs of Goguryeo, and even suppress King Rongliu, the king of Goguryeo, was that most of the confidence came from the Shunnu tribe.
But now, the 50,000 Shunnu army that he had painstakingly arranged at Yashan Seaport, the nearest port to Goguryeo, was quietly wiped out by the same number of Tang troops.
Hearing this news, Yeon Gae So-moon was extremely distressed.
At the same time, there was another burst of rage.
When did he suffer such a big loss in the hands of the Tang army?
Without these 50,000 confidant troops, Yeon Gaesowun could imagine that the man on the throne in the kingdom next to him would start to be dishonest again.
"Come here, quickly send scouts to the surrounding cities to deliver the message, and order Laisa and Lu's nearby branches in each city to quickly lead troops to protect the royal city!"
Cursing, Yeon Gaesumun still lost his mind and gave orders to the generals in front of him.
"Yes, sir!"
All the generals quickly saluted and responded.
"You guys, follow me into the palace and meet the king!"
Then, Yeon Gaesumun shouted to the two defeated generals and other generals in front of him.
"yes!"
As one after another fast horses rushed out from various gates of Pyongyang City, the expressions of pedestrians and common people in the city were even more panicked.
They seemed to have seen that there were already fifty thousand menacing Tang troops outside the city, gradually approaching.
…
Yashan Harbor.
Li Xuan led a large army and was still calmly leveling the entire harbor.
"Report to the Chief Manager, I will wait for you this time!"
Just when Li Xuan, Li Ji and Cheng Zhijie were sitting on the ship drinking tea.
Cheng Duanbo, Cheng Chusi, Li Chongyi and others ran in with money-obsessed expressions on their faces.
"Oh? How many good items were seized this time?"
Li Xuan asked curiously.
"Go back to your Majesty, the food will be enough for 50,000 dan!"
Cheng Duanbo grinned and shouted loudly.
"Fifty thousand stones?"
Li Xuan, Cheng Zhijie and others were all shocked.
"In this way, our army will have more rations for more than a month!"
"Exactly!"
Cheng Duanbo slightly cupped his hands and reported again: "There are also a hundred large ships and two thousand horses.
In addition, there are 10,000 intact bows and arrows, and 100,000 missing arrows. As for weapons such as swords and guns, there are also a full 50,000 pieces.
Even the catapults, there are still fifty pieces intact..."
After listening, Li Ji and Cheng Zhijie stood up directly, their faces full of surprise.
"How come there are so many weapons and ordnance?"
"Reporting to the two managers, our army bombed so fast this time that the Goguryeo soldiers were killed before they could react.
As for the remaining Goguryeo hozens, they can’t escape, and no one will even think about destroying these ordnances!”
Reported by Cheng Duanbo.
"I see!"
After hearing this, Li Xuan nodded slightly, "This time, our army has been launched!"
"Report!"
At this time, another captain walked in quickly.
"Report to the General Manager, hundreds of fast horses galloped out of Pyongyang City and rushed towards the surrounding Goguryeo City."
"Very good!"
Li Xuan's face was overjoyed again, "I didn't expect that the execution efficiency of these Goguryeo nobles was quite high!"
As he said that, Li Xuan's expression suddenly turned cold.
"Keep an eye on these cities around Goguryeo for me. When they send troops, you must report back to me accurately!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
The captain responded and ran out quickly.
Inside the handsome tent.
Li Xuan stared at the map in front of him again and murmured.
"Gong Cao Guo, Duke Su Guo, please tell me, after the reinforcements from Goguryeo City enter Pyongyang City, how should we attack?"
"Lure those Goguryeo hozens out and fire two waves of arrows and bombs?"
"Or, just use a hundred catapults to rain fire and thunder from the sky inside Pyongyang City?"