Chapter 24: Capture of Buyeo Castle

All these difficult conditions also brought convenience to their raids, and at least until now, no one has noticed that the enemy has entered the city.

Zhang Zhongjian led people to the mansion quickly, a brick house, the door was empty, the door was open, of course, he rushed in without hesitation.

"What people!" There were dozens of people before the guards noticed and rushed out of the gatehouse.

"Puff puff!" Without saying a word, the two Fangzheng brothers slashed the guard to the ground with a swing of their sword.

"Spread out and try to keep your mouth alive!" The snow in the yard was all cleaned, so Zhang Zhongjian kicked off his skis and waved his hand to order.

"Bang bang bang!" The same was true of the fighters, who unloaded their skis, kicked open the door, and rushed in like wolves.

After a while, there was a faint scream from behind, and Zou Yu followed Zhang Zhongjian unhurriedly and walked in, and saw a guard lying in a pool of blood along the way.

Although Zhang Zhongjian ordered to try his best to live, the soldiers knew that this request was aimed at officials, and as for the guards, they should be killed first.

After a pillar of incense, several Goguryeo officials were escorted to Zhang Zhongjian.

"The general spares his life! The general spares his life! As soon as he saw Zhang Zhongjian, one of the chubby officials immediately begged for mercy loudly. It is not surprising that the upper class of Goguryeo basically spoke Chinese, first, they themselves admired the culture of the Central Plains and longed for the kingdom of the Celestial Empire, and secondly, there were many Central Plains people in Goguryeo, and most of the area was still the territory of the Central Plains during the Han Dynasty, and it belonged to the four counties of western Liaoning.

"Who are you?" Zhang Zhongjian asked expressionlessly.

"General Hui, the small Buyeo City Juncheng." The fat man hurriedly replied.

"Which is the county guard? How many soldiers and horses are there in the city? Zhang Zhongjian then asked.

"Two thousand guards, the county guard was killed just now!"

With the interrogation, it was quickly clear about the situation in the city, because it was not a time of war, so there were not many guards, plus the transfer, it can be said that in addition to the two thousand guards in Fuyu City, all the young and strong people were pulled out, and they were not enough to make up 10,000, which is also related to the lack of people in the land of Liaodong, Fuyu City is not small in their eyes, and in the eyes of the Central Plains people, it can really only be regarded as a small city.

"The four counties of western Liaoning, separated from the end of the Han Dynasty, although there was no major war, but the former Xiongnu, Wuheng, and now the Yan, Khitan, and Murowei have friction from time to time, so it is reasonable that the population is small." Zhang Zhongjian said to Zou Yu.

"So you want to take this place?"

"Yes, it's just a village, it's never a long-term solution, it's not far from Khitan and others, and Goguryeo is also a little out of reach, I think it's good." Zhang Zhongjian said.

"I'm not worried about the Khitans, but Goguryeo probably won't let it go."

"We have a winter to win the hearts of the people, and if Goguryeo wants to do it again, it also needs to be after the beginning of spring, the imperial court will definitely not be willing to be so defeated, and it will definitely send troops again next year, and Goguryeo will probably not be able to take care of us at that time, as long as we can defend one or two partial divisions, we will have no worries in a short time." Zhang Zhongjian replied, judging from his words, it was obvious that he had been thinking about it for a long time.

"This matter needs to be discussed by everyone, and I am worried that there are too few people to control the city, after all, although Buyeo City is small, it also has a population of 50,000. Once the soldiers come to the city, they are afraid of internal and external troubles. Zou Yu said worriedly.

"Of course, it's a matter of course, as for controlling the city, Xiao Yu, you think too much."

"Why is that?" Zou Yu asked puzzled.

"Later, you will understand when you listen to Lao Liu and them, now we still have to help them, and control the barracks first." Zhang Zhongjian said with a smile.

"Good!"

Soon the two acted separately, Zou Yu took fifty people to set up defenses in the county guard mansion to prevent anyone from coming to the rescue, and Zhang Zhongjian took the rest of the people and escorted Jun Cheng and others to the military camp.

When Zhang Zhongjian arrived at the barracks, the battle was basically over, a large number of Goguryeo troops, and there was not much resistance, after Li Keshi and others assassinated hundreds of people, after being discovered, the first reaction was to flee, found that they could not escape, and surrendered directly, which would be the officials were captured, and there was no intention of resistance, and the last person who insisted also laid down his arms, just like that, Zhang Zhongjian and they almost occupied Buyeo City without blood.

Because the weather is cold, there is no need to worry about the Goguryeo people escaping, and in this weather, running away is equivalent to looking for death. So in addition to guarding the barracks, arranging people to patrol and guard, you don't have to worry too much about the rest, as long as you control one of the city gates and the county guard, it is foolproof.

"Xiao Yu feels strange?" Back at the county guard's mansion, Li Keshi asked with a smile.

"Hmmm! It's a bit confusing. ”

"It's not surprising, Goguryeo must have all the elites withdrawn, these soldiers are not even county soldiers in our eyes, plus the weather is cold, look at what they are wearing, you can know how much combat power there is." Li Keshi explained.

"Then Uncle Li, you also agree with the battle situation in Fuyu City?"

"Yes, the countryside is never a long-term solution, and once it is discovered, it will definitely not be able to hold it."

"But with our troops, how can we defend Buyeo City?" Zou Yu frowned.

"I think Zhang Duwei must be paying attention to the Khitans." Li Keshi said with a smile.

"Khitans?"

"Yes, Khitans, we can completely induce them to take advantage, give them favors, and win over some Khitans." Zhang Zhongjian nodded.

"Just a few hundred of us? How to win over if the name is not right? Zou Yu asked rhetorically.

"The Khitans only know that we occupy the city, but they don't know how many of us have, for them, the interests are the most important, there is the lure of salt, plus they can live in the city, there is no problem at all." Zhang Zhongjian explained.

"Anyway, now that Buyeo City is occupied by us, of course we have to re-plan the land, as long as they come, they can divide the land for free and be exempted from paying taxes for a few years, which must be tempting." Li Keshi added.

"Can we be tax-free?" Fang Zhi asked with wide eyes.

"Stupid!" Fang Zheng scolded.

"Whether it's tax free or not, it's not up to us to decide, it's a high ground and far away, who can care about us now? As for later, let's talk about it later. Zou Yu reacted and helped explain, to put it bluntly, it is even coaxing and deception.

After listening to their explanations, Zou Yu has fully understood that for the Khitans, it is even coaxing and deception, and the most is to pay salt, as long as the Khitans join, in pacifying the people in the city and redistributing the land, they can win the hearts of most of the people.

In these years, the common people don't care too much about who is the official and who is the emperor, they only care about whether the taxes are high or not, whether they can eat enough, Fuyu City is not the Central Plains City, no one can care about it, as for the future, pat the ass and leave, who cares about those, Li Keshi and others are bent on returning to the Central Plains, they don't know, there are two failed conquests behind.