Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3045
"drive!"

The war horse under his crotch neighed, hoofs churned, and he rushed out like an arrow.

The three thousand black-armored cavalry started at once, hooves roared like thunder, and dust flew up, converging into a torrent, heading straight for Jian'an City in the north.

Along the way, there were Goguryeo people with their families and bags on their backs, seeing such a mighty and majestic army from a distance, they couldn't help but change their colors in horror.

How could Goguryeo resist such a powerful army?

At this moment, in the imperial palace of Pyongyang City, Goguryeo King Gao Baozang and Yuan Gai Suwen sat opposite each other, silent.

After a long while, the tea on the table was already cold, Gao Baozang sighed, and said dejectedly: "Occupy the corruption so far, what is the best way to get away from the branch?"

Yuan Gai Suwen didn't answer, took a sip from the teacup, and found that the tea was cold, so he knocked on the table, and asked the waiter standing beside him to bring a new pot of tea, poured a cup, and drank for a long time.

The news of the fall of Jian'an City made the atmosphere in the entire palace tense.

The Tang army's hundreds of thousands of troops came to attack, which indeed brought enormous pressure to Goguryeo. However, there was an inexplicable confidence in the ruling and opposition parties—this was the confidence brought about by Emperor Sui Yang's three personal expeditions. The emperor could not conquer Goguryeo with all his efforts, and neither could the Tang Dynasty!

Of course, no matter how confident you are, you have made full preparations for the hardships of the upcoming war. After all, the national power has grown by leaps and bounds after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, especially when all the forces in the country are closely surrounding His Majesty Li Er. The political situation is turbulent and the situation is constrained by all parties, but there is no spare power to launch an attack, Goguryeo must be very difficult to resist.

Therefore, Yuangai Suwen still adopted the previous strategy of resisting the Sui Dynasty from the very beginning. There was a strong wall to clear the country, and the battle was retreated. He exchanged space for time, and lured the Tang army into the heart of Goguryeo step by step, and then waited for the severe winter. , The Tang Army soldiers who were not tolerant to the severe cold were rapidly reduced. At the same time, the severe cold weather and heavy snow cut off the Tang Army's logistics supplies, making it difficult for the Tang Army to continue, and voluntarily withdrew from Liaodong.

Emperor Sui Yang's three expeditions to the east almost all failed like this.

However, Yuan Gai Suwen suddenly discovered a problem now. There was nothing wrong with the strategy. Goguryeo had no chance of winning in a head-to-head field battle. A few battles would wipe out all the troops in the country.But he never expected Tang Jun to advance so fast.

The Tang army claimed to start the war in March. In fact, the vanguard of the Tang army had already broken through Goguryeo's defense line in the Xincheng area before that, forcibly crossed the Liaoshui River, and entered the heart of Goguryeo.When His Majesty Li Er came to Liaodong in person, the Tang army had successively conquered Xincheng, Tongding Town, Nansu City, Xuantu City, Gaimu City, Yuandong City, Beisha City, etc., and most of Liaodong was captured by the Tang army. , Bingfeng went straight to Anshi City, an important town in eastern Liaodong.

Tang Jun advanced too fast!
Wherever the soldiers go, they are invincible. The "Liaodong Great Wall", built over decades and highly anticipated by Goguryeo, is like paper paste in front of the Tang army, and it can be broken with a poke.

If it is at this speed, I am afraid that before the severe winter arrives, the Tang army will still trample across Liaodong and break through the city of Pyongyang...

Facing Gao Baozang's question at this moment, Yuan Gai Suwen, who had always been confident, was also a little frustrated, and sighed: "I'm afraid I will disappoint the king, and I have no better plan."

Gao Baozang's eyes were burning, looking at the most powerful official in Goguryeo, he couldn't tell whether he was happy or worried.

The reason why he was able to become the king of Goguryeo was entirely because of Yuan Gai Suwen's single-handed support, which was regarded as his "benefactor".

However, Yuangai Suwen's domineering and domineering monopoly made him the king of Goguryeo in vain. In addition to being submissive, he had to be more careful not to disobey this powerful official, be beheaded by him, and establish a new king.

If the Tang army is irresistible until the city of Pyongyang is broken, Yuangai Suwen will undoubtedly die, but he, the king of Goguryeo, is likely to survive. After all, it is impossible for the Tang Dynasty to annex the entire land of Goguryeo and establish separate prefectures. In the end, he still needs himself Sitting here and stabilizing the hearts of the people for them can calmly digest this vast river and mountain.

Therefore, he was not in a hurry in his heart, and his face was full of sadness and resentment, but he was actually determined to see Yuan Gai Suwen's joke...

Hearing Yuan Gai Suwen's words, Gao Baozang sneered from the bottom of his heart, but comforted him in his mouth: "The so-called soldiers come to block, water comes to cover up, the former Sui Dynasty has invaded several times, and it is also a million-strong army, aggressive, but it is also we who are attacked again and again." If we fight back, but shake the foundation of the country and overthrow the country? Today’s Tang Dynasty seems to be strong, but it may not be stronger than the Great Sui back then. If we can defeat the Great Sui, we will naturally be able to defeat the Great Tang!”

Yuan Gai Suwen remained silent.

How could he not know that Gao Baozang was waiting to see his jokes?It's just waiting for a critical moment, and I'm too lazy to argue with him.

He can support Gao Baozang to come to power, and if he wants to dethrone him, it will be effortless...

He even scoffed at Gao Baozang's words.

In the past, he also thought like Gao Baozang, although Tang Dynasty was powerful, could it be stronger than Sui Dynasty?During the Sui Dynasty's southern and northern wars, it successively conquered Turks, conquered Linyi, subdued Khitan, recovered Ryukyu, conquered Yiwu, and attacked Tuyuhun, laying down a huge territory.

Most of the territory of the Tang Dynasty today was also inherited from the Great Sui Dynasty.

Its domestic economy is prosperous and grain is abundant. The grain stored in warehouses such as Xingluo Cang, Huiluo Cang, Changping Cang, Liyang Cang, and Guangtong Cang are all more than one million shi.Its Xijing government treasury has become the inventory of Datang, which has not been exhausted until now.

The Sui Dynasty has been destroyed for 20 years, but the food and cloth at that time have not been used up...

Emperor Sui Yang conquered Goguryeo three times, sent more than a million troops twice, and once more than 60, and the number of civilians recruited was twice the number of troops.

Although the Eastern Expedition of the Tang Dynasty is known as an army of one million, Yuan Gai Suwen speculates that it will never exceed 50. The national strength of the Tang Dynasty is still far behind that of the Sui Dynasty when it was at its peak.

All in all, it seems that the Tang Dynasty is much easier to deal with than the Sui Dynasty.

However, the reality is that it took Datang less than a month to capture more than half of the mountain cities in Liaodong. Not only the Liaoshui natural moat could not stop the Tang army, but the Great Wall of Liaodong was useless. The Tang army cavalry drove straight in, unstoppable...

Anshi City has gathered more than [-] Goguryeo elite troops, well-equipped and well-trained, but once the supply road is cut off by the Tang army, without the support of Pyongyang City, how many days can it resist the Tang army?

Even the strongest castle in the world would not dare to say "impregnable as gold" in front of Tang Jun's firearms that could make shocking noises enough to open mountains and crack rocks. This made Yuan Gai Suwen's heart full of gloom...

After a long time, he managed to squeeze out a smile, and said calmly: "Your Majesty, you can live in the palace safely, and your subordinates will take care of border troubles. You must let Goguryeo last forever, and the throne will be passed on from generation to generation! There are still military affairs in the palace that you need to take care of." , leave first."

Without waiting for Gao Baozang's permission, he got up, bowed slightly to salute, turned around and strode out of the palace.

Gao Baozang knelt behind the table, he was not annoyed by Yuan Gai Suwen's rudeness, instead he took a sip of tea and smiled slightly.

So what if Goguryeo was overthrown by the Tang army?

I am the king of Goguryeo conferred by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and the golden book and jade seal are still there. Can the Tang Dynasty still deny it?In addition, Datang needs someone to stabilize the people's hearts for them, so his throne is almost as stable as Mount Tai.

As long as the throne can be kept, what else do the rest have to worry about?
With Yuan Gai Suwen here, he is just a puppet, and he has to be careful at all times, so as not to provoke this violent person to be murdered.Even though he is cautious now, with the ambition shown by Yuan Gai Suwen, sooner or later he will be dethroned as the king of Goguryeo, ascend the throne by himself, and pass it on to the world.

It's better to change to Datang, at least my life is guaranteed...

……

Yuan Gai Suwen came out from the palace, rode on the street, and was closely guarded by his own soldiers.

The originally quiet street in front of the palace is now bustling with people. Countless merchants and merchants flock to the city gate with their families. People neigh and children cry, which makes Yuan Gai Suwen very worried.

In the spring and February of the 21st year of King Dongchuan, "Wang Yiwan's capital city was in chaos, and the capital could not be restored. Pyongyang City was built, immigrants and temples." So far, even when the Sui Dynasty was aggressively attacking, Pyongyang City has never been as it is today. flustered.

Obviously, the people in Pyongyang City are afraid...

Yuangai Suwen has a flame of rage burning in his heart. Since he was born as a citizen of Goguryeo, he should serve the country loyally and rest with the country. Now that the country is in crisis, these grassroots people don’t know how to serve the country with death. Crash, damn it!

(End of this chapter)