Eight thousand Goguryeo light horses, all of them are as good as mourning Kaoyan.

I really didn't know what to do in the face of that ruin, let alone when they appeared, the 100,000 hungry people scattered around were hungry for another day, so they all gathered to see their eyes shining even more.

The hungry people looked at them with their eyes lit up, and they were even looking at them as food.

"Dashuai, what should I do?"

After Yizhi Wende took a sip of Changbai Mountain old ginseng soup, he finally recovered his spirits. He shook his head, looked at the hungry people who were getting more and more around, and sighed, "Divide some dry food and cook some porridge for the hungry people to drink." ”

"But we rode south, and we didn't bring much dry food."

"Then put more water, boil it thin, let everyone drink a hot meal first, and the foot soldiers and baggage will arrive later, and then there will be food."

Although these hungry people, the more they look at it, the more annoyed they become, all of them are old, weak, sick, disabled, women, children, and children, but after all, they are all Goguryeo. Pyongyang may not be able to recover from this heavy blow in a hundred years, and the loss of 100,000 young people is a fatal blow, and if these hungry women and children are not saved, it will be even worse.

"It's all Gao Jianwu's incompetence and mistakes, if he hadn't stupidly followed the wrong target and let Luo Cheng go, there would not have been such a big defeat."

A general said, "But Luo Cheng's left Fifth Army is only more than 30,000 people, he first captured Daxing City on the Yalu River, lost thousands of people, and divided 10,000 troops to stay in Daxing City, and then defeated Gao Jianwu in Sashui, and he lost thousands of people, and then returned to Sashui, the soldiers were divided into two roads, and took away seven or eight thousand people to lead Gao Jianwu to Dahang City, then when he came to Pyongyang himself, there should be only 10,000 people around him." ”

"Yes, Luo Cheng led more than 10,000 people around Pyongyang under our noses, it's all amazing, but how did he capture Pyongyang with only 10,000 people?"

These generals found it incredible.

Even if they were replaced by Goguryeo generals who knew the city of Pyongyang well, with only 10,000 men, they did not dare to say that they could capture Pyongyang City.

After all, even if the city of Pyongyang was empty, there were thousands of guards defending it at that time.

Not to mention that the city of Pyongyang is so tall and strong, and it has several weights inside and outside.

Etoji Wende also frowned.

Indeed, in any case, the city of Pyongyang should not have been lost.

"It is estimated that it is the same as Xuansu City, there are traitors and spies of the Sui people in Pyongyang City, and they must have cooperated with the outside to help the Sui army open the gate of Pyongyang City and let them in."

It's just that the news that Eozhi Wende initially grasped was not like this.

When Luo Cheng came to the city of Pyongyang, there were not 10,000 people, but at least 20,000 people, and these 20,000 people all had horses, if not all light horses, at least a horse infantry. They were well-armed, well-armed, and very brave.

The outer gates of Pyongyang were not opened inside, but were taken by them by pretending to be the Goguryeo army.

As for the inner city gate and the palace city, it was hard to knock it out.

In the first time that the Sui army entered the outer city, the king did not immediately lead his troops out to counterattack, but closed the inner city gate tightly and sent guards to purge the Yuan party in the inner city.

All of the new henchmen of the Yuan Taejo faction in Pyongyang were washed away by the king's blood before the Sui army invaded the inner city.

It is said that at that time, the king thought that it was the northern and eastern armies of Won Taejo who had invaded Pyongyang.

Now, the city of Pyongyang has been razed and the king has been captured alive, but the trouble is that all the henchmen and family members of the Yuan Taejo party in Beijing have been purged and beheaded.

And Yuan Taizuo is now sitting in the domestic city, his eldest son is in Liaodong City, the entire Liaohe defense line of 150,000 troops, more than 200 mountain cities, basically controlled by the Yuan family, if Yuan Taizuo knows the news here, I am afraid that it will be a bigger trouble.

In addition, King Gao Yuan was captured and taken away by Sui Junsheng, which was a fatal blow to the Goguryeo army, which had just won the three major victories of Pyongyang, Sasu and Yalushui.

In case Gao Yuan is forced to surrender to Sui, what will they do then?

"Now I'm not thinking about how the Sui army razed Pyongyang, nor is I thinking about anything else, I think that with Na Luo Cheng's cruelty and cunning, he must have killed the king. Our top priority is to immediately send people to Daxing City to welcome Gao Jianwu back and respect him as king. Only in this way can we continue to fight against the Sui army under the leadership of the new king. ”

Welcoming a new king?

This is something that the generals never expected.

Wait for the generals to retreat.

Ochi's eldest son came over and said, "Father, why did you say that the king had been killed?" The king was only captured, not necessarily killed. ”

Yizhi Wende slapped his palm on his thigh, and said hatefully, "How can I not know, but if the king is still alive and controlled by the Sui army, it will only be bad for us, not good, it is better to say that the king has been killed, and then we will set up a new king." Especially before the destruction of our great king's city, he did such a big foolish thing, if he continues to respect him as the king, if Yuan Taizuo knows the truth here, I am afraid that my Goguryeo foreign enemies have not been chased, and civil strife will arise again. So now that the opportunity is made, we must first welcome Gao Jianwu as the king. ”

"But why is it Gao Jianwu again?"

"Because although Gao Jianwu is also very incompetent, he is still enterprising and young and brave compared to Gao Yuan. Another one, although he is not good at fighting, he is still middle-class, and he is a person who knows soldiers and understands current affairs. Again, Gao Jianwu has never had a good impression of Yuan Taizuo and the east, but the relationship with the Yuan family is still good, if he is made king, I believe Yuan Taizuo can accept it. ”

"We, Goguryeo, can't afford to experience a great civil strife now, no matter what."

Etozhi Wende seemed to have aged ten years overnight.

Not long ago, he commanded several great victories and defeated hundreds of thousands of Sui troops.

"It's me who was careless, I calculated everywhere, but I forgot Luo Cheng, I also went to the Sui camp to observe in person, but I didn't notice that Luo Cheng was not there. One wrong step, one wrong step, it's all my fault. ”

"Father, how can I blame you, if you want to say that it is strange, you can only blame Gao Jianwu, he 70,000 people were defeated by Luo Cheng 30,000 people in Sashui, and later got 20,000 reinforcements from Yan Ya to counterattack Luo Cheng, but he was able to lose the main force. Again, if he had reported this information to us in time, he would not have made such a big loophole. ”

"I am the one in charge of the Pyongyang army, and if something goes wrong, I am of course the one who is responsible. Don't talk about this, my father will now give you an important task, and when the rear army arrives, I will hand over to you 5,000 light cavalry and 30,000 foot soldiers, and you will personally lead the south along the Bei River to pursue Luo Cheng. ”

"Father, don't worry, I will definitely catch up with Luo Cheng, and then kill him and his Left Fifth Army cleanly."

"No, that's not what I meant, if you catch up with Luo Cheng in the south, remember not to go alone, you just need to follow him from a distance and send someone to report the news back to me."

"Then what if the Sui army gets on a boat on the beach and escapes from the sea?"

"Then let them go." Yizhi gritted his teeth and said, "But there is one thing you should remember, if the Sui army releases the king, you can't let him come back alive." ”

"Ahh Etoshi Wende's eldest son stared at him in shock.

"Remember, no matter whether Gao Yuan escapes back by himself or Luo Cheng puts him back, you can't let him come back, Goguryeo doesn't need him anymore, it will be better without him, remember, remember!"