Chapter 363: Flattened
Gao Jianwu and Yuan Taizuo, who were the first to escape from the city, were the first to escape from the city, but there were only eight hundred troops and horses around them, Gao Jianwu looked at Pyongyang City in despair, and all the glory was wiped out in an instant?
"King, let's go! Now there are only a few hundred of us, and if we are caught up by Cai Cong and them, the consequences will be unimaginable. Yuan Taizuo said bitterly, only he still had a trace of reason at this time, knowing that he was going to escape, he felt that all this was very likely not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster.
"The capital established by the ancestors is gone?" Gao Jianwu turned his head stiffly and asked Yuan Taizuo in a dry voice.
"Escorting the king away, this is a natural disaster, as long as we are still here, Goguryeo is still there. The herald was withdrawn to the east. ”
Yuan Taizuo said loudly, the corners of his mouth slightly hooked up a smile, it doesn't seem to be a bad thing that Pyongyang is gone, and from now on he can coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes.
It's a pity that Gao Jianwu is in a daze at the moment, and he doesn't have the energy to think through the mystery at all, otherwise he won't go to Yuan Taizuo's base camp even if he dies.
"The slave meets the big pair of Lu, this is His Majesty's jade seal, the slave snatched it out of the fire in a hurry, and now His Majesty has broken his mind, and the slave is immoral and incompetent, this king seal asks the big pair of Lu to keep it on his behalf."
The eunuch who had been serving by Gao Jianwu's side didn't know when he hit the horse and arrived at Yuan Taizuo's side, presented a jade seal, and said flatteringly.
"It's rare that you are knowledgeable, so you will serve by the old man's side in the future!" Yuan Taizuo couldn't help but laugh when he saw the jade seal. The king and the jade seal are in his hands, and Goguryeo will be up to him in the future.
The fire burned for four days and four nights, the moat was burned dry, the corpses in the river turned from floating corpses to broth, and finally a few dark bones were scattered on the river.
In the early morning of the fifth day, the rain from the sea finally fell on the city of Pyongyang, and the rain poured down the fire and the burning red city wall was suddenly cracked by the cold rain, and finally burst with a bang, shattering into wreckage, and the huge Pyongyang city disappeared from the map, leaving only rubble and black soil on the ground.
Cai Cong and they have been eating white rice for several days, and the smell of meat wafting from the city makes them sick, they are not perverted, who can eat with this taste? So they didn't have a good meal.
No one has the heart to eat, and wherever they go, they feel that those dead people in Pyongyang City are staring at themselves with bloody eyes?
"The rain is already light, you take someone to collect the remains of the former Sui warriors, it's been so long, we should go back."
Cai Cong said with a pale face, he didn't know how many times he had vomited in the past few days, and when he smelled the smell of meat, he thought of the people in the city, maybe he would never be able to eat barbecue again in this life.
Fang Niu retreated in response, and after a while, he walked in and said, "Master Hou, Your Majesty has sent a messenger, and now he is outside the barracks, and it is an imperial history named Ma Zhou." ”
"Is it Ma Zhou? Let him in! You go and get busy with yours, finish it early, let's leave early, and stay any longer, I'm afraid everyone will starve to death. Cai Cong said lightly, but Ma Zhou's arrival made him a little surprised, he didn't expect this person to walk into Li Shimin's sight so quickly.
"Xiaguan Ma Zhou, meet the Marquis of Chang'an." As soon as he entered the door, Ma Zhou was very excited to salute Cai Cong, this is his idol! was born in Weimo, but he was named a marquis and worshiped the prime minister, and he was only thirteen years old, which made him admire.
"By no means, you are Your Majesty's angel, representing Your Majesty's face, how can you bow to Benhou?"
Cai Cong hurriedly avoided the side and said, Ma Zhou smiled embarrassedly: "I was so excited when I saw Hou Ye that I almost lost my etiquette, I really should fight." Master Hou, the lower officials came this time to inquire at the behest of His Majesty, how is the war? Need reinforcements? ”
"No, the war is over. The city of Pyongyang was reduced to ashes, Gao Jianwu fled in a hurry with the remnants of the horses, thousands of people fled, and the rest died. ”
Cai Cong said lightly, Ma Zhou gasped, and the rest were all dead, you must know that there are more than 100,000 people in Pyongyang.
"Master Hou, don't be joking, you can't explain to Your Majesty like this." Ma Zhou laughed a few times and said embarrassedly. In his opinion, it was probably his rude behavior just now, which made Cai Cong unhappy and deliberately teased him.
"Ben Hou is not joking, at this moment my people are collecting the remains of Qian Sui, I will send someone to send you over to have a look, so as not to turn around Your Majesty to ask, you don't know how to answer."
Cai Cong said kindly, Ma Zhoumu nodded, if what Cai Cong said is true, then this is boundless killing!
When he arrived at Pyongyang City, the place under his feet was full of black muddy water, and when he looked up, it was all ruined, and he couldn't even find a two-meter-high wall of a huge city.
"What's going on? You can't do this kind of thing when you are poor, what's going on? Ma Zhou was like crazy, grabbed the little soldier beside him and asked, there is no city, what will he say when he goes back?
"Damnation...... It's damned. The soldier was jumped and stumbled, and Ma Zhou pushed him down violently and shouted: "Tell me more details!" ”
"Angels, don't embarrass the soldiers, just tell you." Fang Niu walked step by step, his hands were dark and full of dirt, and the others were still digging graves to pick up the corpses, he was afraid that the little soldier would leak his mouth, so he hurriedly came over and said.
"What's going on? Even if I give you another 100,000 people, I can't do that. ”
Ma Zhou asked in disbelief, he didn't know what to tell Li Shimin when he went back.
"Damnation, damnation. Five days ago, the stars rose in the east and burned the city of Pyongyang into a heavenly fire, and in four days and four nights, a huge city was burned to ashes. ”
Fang Niu said with a smile, four days have passed, and it would be very hypocritical to say that he had some sympathy for those who were burned to death.
"Damnation? This official has to check with the military commander, and then show his majesty. ”
Ma Zhou said with disbelief, and the other party Niu Gong gave up his hand and left. Fang Niu's face was ugly, the most hateful thing in the army was Jun Sima, and he was unwilling to communicate well.
"Master Ma stays, so you don't need to ask the military Sima, right? Don't we want military merit? Fang Niu stepped forward and shouted, Ma Zhou glanced at him coldly, and left after hitting the horse.
Fang Niu snorted and slapped his thigh, he still wanted to wait for the bones to be picked up, go to Jun Sima to talk about it, and suppress Cai Cong's burning of Pyongyang City, now everything is over.
"Speed up your hands and feet to pick up the bones, Lao Tzu will go to find Master Hou, I'm afraid something big is going to happen." Fang Niu shouted at the soldiers, and he stepped on his horse and whipped away.
"Master Hou, Master Hou, something is wrong, Ma Zhou went to find the military Sima, he will know that we burned Pyongyang." Fang Niu shouted loudly before he entered the camp tent, and when he opened the curtain and entered, he saw Ma Zhou sitting in front of Cai Cong. Fang Niu felt like someone had choked his throat, and he couldn't say anything.
(End of chapter)