The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 263

The fortified battle was going on in the city of Pyongyang, arrows rained like rain, there were constant screams, and Turkic slaves fell to the top of the city one by one.But Goguryeo's 5000 regular army has already been squeezed into a group by four times the young and strong who were temporarily conscripted!Under the impact of waves of javelins, they covered the ground with corpses.Now the top of the city is crowded with people, let alone stretching the bow, it is difficult to even move.

Soon, the Turkic slaves went up and killed the Goguryeo people. The two sides fell into a tragic hand-to-hand battle for a while, and people kept screaming and falling from the top of the wall.

under the city,

The crossbows and trebuchets began to move in a fan-shaped manner, firing to both sides of the city tower, protecting the Turkic slaves who were constantly attacking the city.

Weaving a black arrow net in the sky, causing Goguryeo to suffer heavy casualties.Short-range trebuchets slammed one after another boulders into the crowd, and screams kept coming. The huge fear caused the morale of the Goguryeo army to drop, and many Goguryeo soldiers turned around and ran away. The Goguryeo guards were already prepared. Thousands of imperial guards held knives behind the formation, chopping down the Goguryeo people who were trying to escape.

The Goguryeo people had no choice but to bite the bullet and kill in the direction of the collapsed city tower, but what greeted them was still suppressed by the powerful crossbows under the city.

"This way of suppressing firepower is not enjoyable?" Yang Tong turned his gaze from the Turkic slaves who kept pouring up the ladder to the fighting blades centered on the ladder and expanding towards the city walls on both sides. To the dumbfounded Zhang Zhenzhou.

"It's so enjoyable!" Zhang Zhenzhou praised, and then laughed again: "But, it's too extravagant."

When Yang Tong heard this, he couldn't help smiling: "Compared with human life, it's nothing."

"Husband, it seems that no one in my Tai Sui's army has been damaged so far, right?" Li Xiuning's phoenix eyes widened.

"Well, the dead are all Turkic slaves, it doesn't matter."

"Husband is so ruthless!" Li Xiuning gasped, then said with a smile like a flower, "But I like it."

Everyone: "..."

"Your Highness, Your Majesty, have you flirted with each other, have you considered the feelings of us single dogs?" Luo Shixin said with gritted teeth.

"Is it not pleasing to the eye?"

Yang Tong looked at the fierce fighting on the top of the city, spreading far to both sides, and said with a smile, "Bring some people and open the city gate."

"Here!"

Luo Shixin led thousands of Xuanjia troops to the top of the city quickly. He saw that all the Turkic slaves who had ascended the city were crazy. Some of them were chasing and killing Goguryeo people on the spacious city wall. Unable to bear the extreme fear in his heart, his morale collapsed.However, some Turkic slaves rushed directly to the city and killed the residential areas, and the places they passed were full of flames.

He didn't bother to mix it up. With the Sui army on the burnt city tower, dozens of people pushed the iron gate winch to rotate. With a loud rumbling noise, the south gate of the outer city of Goguryeo slowly rose up. After reaching the extreme, ten people The soldiers used ten iron rods as thick as rice bowls to penetrate the holes in the iron gate, then destroyed the winch and cut off the iron chain by more than ten feet.

The Sui army outside the city pushed the well fence to the edge of the moat, and the twisting arm turned, and the two ladders made a loud "boom", and a bridge immediately connected the north and south banks, and the natural moat became a thoroughfare.

……

Pyongyang City.

As Gao Jianwu and other high-level Goguryeo leaders withdrew into the inner city, the Goguryeo army, which had already been leaderless, had no way to resist.

The grievances accumulated by the Turkic slaves for two years turned into crazy killings and high fighting spirit. They faithfully carried out Yang Tong's order to "slaughter the city". During this one-sided killing, they gradually became wild , The feeling of flying flesh and blood was restored, one by one, like tigers descending the mountain, with the instigation of the Sui army, they killed anyone they saw, mercilessly, and the howling sound resounded throughout the entire outer city of Pyongyang.Wherever they pass, it is really like locusts crossing the border, leaving no chicken or dog behind!

Goguryeo is a feudal country, and it is also a rare country with faith in the world. They were born in a harsh environment, and the soldiers and civilians all have the characteristics of tenacity, blood, and fearlessness!

But this time-

The soldiers and civilians in Pyongyang were terrified by the devil-like Turkic people!

There is only deep panic and fear in their hearts, and their only thought is to escape from here, without the slightest will to resist.However, at this moment, the saying that there is no way to heaven and no way to earth.Because Pyongyang is a "back"-shaped city, now the four gates of the inner city are closed tightly, and the three gates of the east, west and north of the outer city are firmly closed, the winch is destroyed, and only one hole opens the south gate, which is guarded by the Sui army.Therefore, Gouli sentences living in the middle of the big and small "mouths" can only run forward.

The Turkic slaves chased and killed them frantically from both ends. Once the two groups of Turkic slaves met, it also meant that the city of Pyongyang was killed.

This war was a feast of massacres. There was no training basis for the Goguryeo people. When dealing with ordinary people, they might be able to rely on the weapons in their hands and their own numbers to defeat them. Like sand dunes, with a slight movement of their hands and feet, they can easily crush these frightened losers.

……

A day later, when a white belly just appeared on the edge of the day.In the resplendent main hall, Gao Jianwu was lying on the couch, staring blankly at the flames rushing outside, his whole body seemed to have aged a lot in an instant, and his gray hair was so glaring at this moment.

"My lord, the outer city was killed for a day and a night, and the outer city was burned for a day and a night. The outer city and the outer city were completely destroyed." Gao Yanshou, whose eyes were bloodshot, reported tremblingly.

"I know!"

Gao Jianwu murmured, "There is no shouting for killing anymore. After the Sui army slaughtered the outer city, it will be the inner city's turn soon."

Gao Jianwu is not inferior to his elder brother in talent. Since childhood, he was talented, magnificent, resolute and resolute. He liked to make friends with talented people. He entered the military camp alone at the age of 12 and made great contributions. At the age of 28, he succeeded his elder brother Gao Yuan.

However, although the elder brother died, his glorious life, the great cause of Goguryeo entrusted before his death, was like Mount Tai, firmly pressed on Gao Jianwu's shoulders, if Gao Jianwu was a fatuous person, then he would not fight the Yuan family endlessly.But he is not Gao Jianwu, he has great ambitions, and he wants his father and brother's will of Mie Yuan Clan and entering the Central Plains to be realized in his own hands.

However, man is not as good as God.

"Your Majesty!"

At this moment, a bloody general stumbled towards him and shouted, "Your Majesty, the south gate of the inner city has been lost, and the Sui army has entered the city!"

"boom!"

As soon as this remark was made, the whole palace was shocked instantly.

'puff! '

Gao Jianwu spat out a mouthful of blood, and his heart fell into the abyss.

At this time, there was a thunderous sound of horseshoes coming from far and near, and the Sui army rushed into the inner city of Pyongyang.

The inner city of Pyongyang suddenly burst into flames, and there was a sound of crying and shouting. Turkic slaves were running in the city.

This time, Yang Tong learned the lesson of protecting his children. After conquering the outer city, although the Turkic slaves were allowed to kill, the Sui army strictly guarded the four gates of the inner city to prevent the Goguryeo inside from killing him by surprise.

The inner city is the core of Pyongyang and Goguryeo. It is as tall and strong as the outer city, but unlike the outer city, it has no moat or suspension bridge, which facilitates the Sui army's attack on the city.

The inner city gate is still made of pig iron, which is very strong, and it is difficult to attack with fire. Yang Tong was about to hit the gate with a battering ram, but before he gave the order to attack the city, the south gate was surrounded by a large group of Sui troops who conquered Goguryeo three times. The surviving soldiers opened up.

After appeasing the group of soldiers, Yang Tong was about to enter Miyagi.A Sui soldier galloped up and shouted beamingly, "His Royal Highness, Gao Jianwu has surrendered to our army."

"Hey!" Yang Tong sneered, and said, "The city is broken, so it's too late for Gao Jianwu to surrender, isn't it?"

"Your Highness, it's better to go in directly." Luo Shixin said fiercely.

"Your Highness!" Seeing that Yang Yu was very moved, Zhang Zhenzhou hurriedly stopped him, "Gao Jianwu is not going to die now, and our army has traveled a long distance and consumed a lot of money. No matter what, we need to bring it back from the inner city. If Gao Jianwu is forced to die Yes, it is very likely that jade and stone will be destroyed."

Yang Tong nodded approvingly and said: "When we are unable to control the remaining power of the peninsula, Gao Jianwu really has to die, otherwise, a Goguryeo with one heart and one mind will not be easy to deal with. He is alive, and Goguryeo will continue to fight among itself. He is alive , is worth more than dying."

"Your Highness is wise." Zhang Zhenzhou heaved a sigh of relief.

Yang Tong asked the soldier, "Where is Gao Jianwu?"

"Here we come!" The soldier turned his head and pointed, and saw a group of Sui soldiers walking up Tianjie, surrounded by more than a hundred Goguryeo people.

The leader was a man in plain clothes with a seal hanging around his neck. They held a jade basin filled with black soil in both hands, and led the officials to kneel in front of them. More than a hundred civil and military officials, men and women behind him Young and old also wear plain clothes and kneel down with their hair covered. This is a ceremony for the whole country to surrender.

This ceremony of dedicating the country and surrendering was a great humiliation not only to Gao Jianwu, but also to every Goguryeo people, but in order to survive, they could only endure this great humiliation.

Yang Tong sat motionless on the back of the Lixian arrow, looking coldly at the Xuanjia army scattered on both sides of Tianjie hundreds of meters away, allowing his king to accept this moment of glory that can be remembered in history.

As a participant of Great Sui Glory!The generals and soldiers of the Sui Dynasty were so honored that the Sui Dynasty could achieve such a brilliant victory, and each of them raised their heads high, looked at them imposingly, and pressed their swords on guard excitedly.

Li Xiuning's charming phoenix eyes sparkled, looking at her majestic husband, an unspeakable pride arose spontaneously.

The handsome middle-aged man held up the jade basin in his hand, and led a group of people walking towards Yang Yu, kneeling at three steps, bowing at five steps, and kowtowing at seven steps, and said in a trembling voice: "Pianbang The guilty minister Gao Jianwu offended Tianwei and failed to open the city to meet the heavenly army, so he pleaded guilty to the general of the Celestial Dynasty and led all the civil and military officials to beg for surrender to the Sui Dynasty on behalf of Goguryeo."

Gao Jianwu said the word "begging and surrendering" very deeply, and the strong sense of shame pierced his heart like a thousand arrows. The next moment, tears welled up. At this moment, he had a regret that he would rather die than surrender, but at this moment even It is impossible to die.

"Great Sui Jizhou Mu, General Zuowei, General Tiance, Taiwei, King Qin Yang Tong accepted your begging on behalf of Sui."

On such a formal occasion, he had to accept the surrender in a formal capacity, but Yang Tong himself didn't know how many official positions there were, so he picked a few representative positions and read them out word by word with a straight face.

Li Xiuning on one side bit her lip, holding back a smile, her pretty face flushed red
Zhang Zhenzhou, Luo Shixin, Niu Jinda and others looked at the sky with their shoulders twitching.

On the contrary, Goguryeo rulers and ministers raised their heads and looked at Yang Tong in shock. They never dreamed that this heroic young general was actually the famous "Killing God"!
"Criminal Gao Jianwu pays homage to His Royal Highness King Qin of the Sui Dynasty." After being slightly taken aback, Gao Jianwu immediately changed his address.

Yang Tong didn't get off his horse, but said indifferently: "You surrender instead of leaving your subjects and fleeing. You can be regarded as a dutiful king. I will give you the dignity you deserve, so you don't have to worry too much."

At this time, under Zhang Zhenzhou's signal, two soldiers stepped forward and took the jade basin and seal ribbon from Gao Jianwu's hands.

Gao Jianwu kowtowed and said, "Thank you for His Majesty King Qin's mercy. The criminals are willing to die instead of innocent people. Please do not kill them." Knowing that the outer city had been destroyed and the inner city was full of corpses, he was instantly worried.

"Let Ming Dy." Yang Tong ordered Luo Shixin.

"Here!"

Luo Shixin opened his bow and fired an arrow, and the shrill sound resounded throughout the inner city. After a while, the shouts of killing gradually subsided.

"Our Sui army is bound by military regulations. After Mingdi, as long as your people surrender and do not resist, my soldiers will not kill indiscriminately." The slaves dare not disobey.

After Gao Jianwu thanked him, he also had someone sound the horn for a truce.

"Our Great Sui Dynasty is a state of propriety and righteousness, and the innocent will not be harmed!" Yang Tong stared and said nonsense that he didn't believe, "But you provoked for no reason first, and you have blood debts on your hands... If this king Letting you off like this, Wuwo Da Sui can't explain it, so you spend your money and eliminate the disaster."

"Here!" Gao Jianwu was helpless, but as a fish on the tiptoe, what could he say, dare to say?
"Send a good news to Shuai Fang!"

Yang Tong's mouth curled into an arc.

(End of this chapter)