In the spring season, the people of the Northeast can finally be seen, and the cities of Xincheng, Jishi, Jian'an, and Beisha were all taken by the Tang army in one winter, which forced Yuangai Suwen to give up all the land in the Northeast outside the peninsula.

When he fled to Pyongyang, there were less than 3,000 troops left, and if it weren't for the distance and the supply problems of the Tang army, he wouldn't even have been able to escape from Pyongyang.

Frightened in the city, he carefully reflected on the whole war, it seems that from the beginning of the battle, Goguryeo has not won a single battle, even if it burned Yanjin and paid the price of losing the hearts of the people of Goguryeo, he only let the Tang army lose thousands of people.

And the evil consequences of losing the hearts and minds of the people were manifested in Pyongyang City at this time.

"General, today I arrested more than 30 people who spread rumors in the city, all of whom came from Yanjin."

"Kill, all of them will be executed on the street······"

Interrupted by this kind of irritating news, Yuan Gai Suwen was very annoyed, and it was Kim Chao, the captain of Pyongyang's city gate, who reported the situation to him, and after receiving the order, he turned around and walked down quickly to carry it out, and he didn't know how many people in the city spread rumors in the city.

In his opinion, how could the Tang Army be as good as those rumor-mongers said, distributing clothes, food, and even meat to the people, there is no way there is such a rich country in the world, millions of people, how much meat they have to eat for one meal? What country can give meat to all its people? These people really have bad brains to come up with such unrealistic rumors.

"No, they must have accepted the benefits of the Tang Army to be willing to do things for the Tang Army."

Jin Chao thought about it, and felt that he should force these people to hand over the benefits they got before the execution.

Soon, Jin Chao came to the barracks where the prisoners were held, and dozens of prisoners who were tied up with hemp rope were escorted to him by the sergeant.

"I'm sure you already know how the city has dealt with those who spread rumors in the past few days! Let's talk about it, what benefits did the Tang Army give you, so that you disregarded the national righteousness and helped outsiders? ”

Jin Chao said as he raised his foot and stepped on the shoulder of a prisoner in the front row, who would have expected that this prisoner still had the strength to do it, and with a shake of his shoulder, he shook off his big foot and shouted, "Bullshit national righteousness, if you do something for that crazy guy in Yuangai Suwen, it is called national righteousness?"

Bah.

Something that pigs and dogs are inferior. ”

When the man said this, some of the other prisoners who were forced to kneel on the ground also raised their heads and glared at Jin Chao angrily, just like the previous batches of prisoners who were executed.

Seeing this kind of expression a lot, Jin Chao also began to be a little suspicious, everyone is a Goguryeo, but the people who are loyal are different, if they are loyal to the Gao family, then, Jin Chao will be able to understand them.

But why, would they respect Tang so much? That's an intruder!

kicked the prisoner on his back and fell, Jin Chao yelled at him viciously, "Dare to insult Ben Jiang, after a while, Ben Jiang will personally cut your body into pieces." ”

After saying this, he remembered his purpose of reaping benefits, and said, "However, now that the general is in a good mood, I want to hear your explanation, the general resisted the invasion of the Tang State for Goguryeo, although he failed one after another, why did he lose his heart?" He is also dedicated to the country! What benefits did the Tang Army give you, so that you would rather betray the country and give up your life for them? ”

"Hmph, our Goguryeo, there are too many guys like you who don't distinguish between right and wrong, and they have all been deceived by the dog thief of Yuangai Suwen, he killed the king and usurped the throne first, and invaded the Tang State later, His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty sent troops to quell the rebellion, in order to protect himself, regardless of the safety of the people of Yanjin City, he burned more than 100,000 people to death with a fire, my mother, wife, and a pair of children, were burned alive in that fire······"

Jin Chao was a little stunned when he heard this, "Wait, you say, it was the general who burned Yanjin City?" "He is not a sergeant who has retired from the Yeonjin front, he has been stationed in the rear of Pyongyang City.

"Then there can be a fake, among our people, there are many of them, who were originally sergeants who followed the thieves to resist the Tang army, and this is what we have seen with our own eyes."

"Yes, we were arranged to resist the Tang army outside the north gate of Yanjin at that time, but the thief saw that the situation was not good, and he directly led the supplementary team to withdraw to the south gate, I was unable to defeat the Tang army, turned around and evacuated, and when we were about to reach the south gate, we saw the thief order to light the fire, we only then knew that it turned out that he had arranged fierce fire oil everywhere in the city early in the morning, but for the sake of secrecy, he not only did not inform the people, but also regarded tens of thousands of our brothers as outcasts.

Moreover, I am afraid that you may not have imagined that the generals of Silla, Baekje, Wa, and coastal tribes were already controlled by the Yuan thieves before the war, and forced them to give orders to let their subordinate soldiers go out of the city to consume the Tang army, and in the end, those people were burned alive by him, so treacherous, the beasts that entrap their allies, and ······ in vain."

Many of the bound prisoners rushed to tell some things about Yanjin City, which made Jin Chao's face cloudy.

"Even if the general burned Yanjin City, it was to resist the invasion of the Tang Army, although the means were ruthless, but he was also dedicated to the country?" Jin Chao was a little pale and defended Yuan Gai Suwen.

"Hahahaha, dedicated to the country? It's just ridiculous, he is just dedicated to himself, in the new city, he forcibly recruited the whole city of young and strong into the army, the slightest disobedience, he beheaded on the spot, the money and food in the people's homes, all by him as military funds and military food, many people who were robbed of the only ration by him, starved to death in the city, he never paid attention, this is also called a heart for the country?

Look at the Tang army again, after attacking the city, not only did they not commit any crimes with Minqiu, but also distributed their clothes and military rations to the people, built houses that collapsed due to the war for the people, and healed the sick people······"

"This is the emperor's way to buy people's hearts, you fools, for the sake of this little benefit, you will forget your ancestors." Hearing these people say something he didn't believe in at all, Jin interrupted them loudly.

"Hehe, our ancestors gave birth to us, so that we can reproduce and live well, not to let the thieves poison to death, as the people of Goguryeo, we can't watch the thieves harm Yanjin, the people of Xincheng, and the people of the entire Goguryeo, you may not know! The thieves have already asked people to conscript all the young and strong people in all the surrounding cities and villages into the army, and all the surplus food in the people's homes will be swept away, so that those old people, children, women and children will starve to death.

They are trying their best to save the people of Goguryeo who have no food and living materials, city by city, village by village, we wait, because we don't want to see the people in other places continue to be killed under the rule of the thieves, so they spontaneously came to tell those people who have no way to live, go to the Tang Army, and accept the help of the Tang Army, they have brought us warm clothes, medicine to cure diseases, and grain seeds that can produce high yields, as long as everyone ······."

Originally, Jin Chao, who just wanted to reap some benefits, was actually shaken by what these people said, and now he is no longer doubting the truth of what these people said, because, as the captain of the city gate of Pyongyang City, he knows some news in the city.

Recently, the young and strong people in the surrounding areas will be escorted by the sergeants to the camp in the city for training, and there will be a steady stream of food, gold and silver and property to ensure military pay and military supplies.

You must know that Goguryeo itself was in the midst of war last year, and the people had no chance to farm, and it was impossible for any finance, taxes, and grain to be sent to Pyongyang from all the surrounding places, that is to say, these grains and money were all bloody, and they were all looted by the people in the hands of the people.

However, in his heyday, Yuangai Suwen had an army of one million, and he was not the opponent of the Tang Army, and now, he was just a young man who was captured by 300,000 strong, how could he beat the Tang Army?

Jin Chao can mix into the position of captain of the city gate, proving that he is not a stupid person, after thinking about it carefully, a sense of fear rose from his heart, at least he understood, with Yuan Gai Su Wenming, his future will be very slim, maybe when the Tang army arrives under the city of Pyongyang, it will be when his end comes, he doesn't want to die in vain.

"Well, you guys, go down first, there will be important things to interrogate them, you are not allowed to eavesdrop."

Jin Chao touched his chin, and after thinking about it for a long time, he finally waved away the surrounding soldiers who were in charge of guarding these prisoners.

After those soldiers retreated, Jin Chao lowered his voice and said to the man who was kicked by him just now, "If the general is willing to rebel against the thieves and take refuge in the Tang Army, why should the Tang Army treat me?" ”

The man was overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "It seems that you are not stupid to the bone, so let me tell you the truth!" There are more generals in the city who want to take refuge in the Tang Army, with your military position, even if you take refuge in the past, you can't be a big official, if you want to get a background, you need to make great contributions······"

Jin Chao, who came out of the cell, was very glad that he had committed a greedy thought just now, and chose to ask a few more words, otherwise, one day when Tang Jun arrived, he might be killed by a dark arrow or a black knife that didn't know from that direction.

Those prisoners did not tell him any information that was actually useful, but only let him know, and now they saw that there were many Goguryeo generals who saw that the ship of Yuangae Suwen was going to sink, and if he could find a way to let his people go back, and when the Tang army arrived, they would be willing to prove to the Tang army the authenticity of his surrender.

So, Jin Chao decided to take out his savings and invite the lieutenant generals and officers he knew well to drink and talk about something, and the team of prisoner cars escorting these people to the streets, when passing through the downtown area, actually ran into another group of people who spread rumors, and when they went to arrest people, this group of people took the opportunity to escape from the prisoner car that was not very secure.

The time soon came to the end of April, and Li Shimin had been very busy since the beginning of spring, until the grain in Guanzhong finally arrived in Goguryeo, and now it should be said that under the Xinzhou city of the Tang Dynasty, he was relieved.

In the spring of this year, the wind and rain in Guanzhong are smooth, and after a month, the summer grain will be harvested, so the grain of more than 10 million stone collected in the Changping warehouse last year can be withdrawn and used, and only such a large amount of grain can alleviate the food crisis in Goguryeo.

The old and weak Goguryeo people, who were robbed of their property and food by Yuangai Suwen, reached a very terrifying number under the initiative of the Tang army, more than 2 million, and it was not easy to feed these people, which is also one of the reasons why Li Shimin did not rush to march to Pyongyang after the ice and snow melted in the spring.

He has to arrange the life of these people, farming, otherwise, these people will starve to death, or continue to eat the military food of the Tang Dynasty for nothing, more than two million people, but a year to tens of millions of stone grain to feed, although the grain of the Tang Dynasty is more, but it can not feed people in vain, therefore, this year's northeast land, also planted Guanzhong high-yield grain crops, and in the entire actual control area after urging the spring ploughing, Li Shimin began to point troops to the expedition, the army is divided into three routes, directly directed at Pyongyang, the capital of Goguryeo, where Yuangai Suwen is located, All possible escape routes are blocked.