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It took Izumi Gaisu two days to run back and forth between Marudu Castle and Pyongyang with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, but the enemy did not meet him, but he was tired enough.

These improvised soldiers were untrained, and the two-day long journey had exhausted them to the last of their strength, and after returning to Marudu Castle, many of them even fell asleep against the corners.

Seeing this scene, Quan Gaisu also knew that they had to take a rest, otherwise, I am afraid that they would be knocked down by exhaustion before they had even dealt with Tang Jun.

In fact, Izumi Gaisu hadn't closed his eyes for two days, but he couldn't sleep, and while the Goguryeo soldiers were resting, he waited for his bloodshot eyes to think about countermeasures, thinking about how to save the situation in front of him.

"It's not okay to ask for peace with Datang, if you ask for peace with Silla, Silla will definitely not agree, Baekje is also ready to move now, last time they asked them to send troops to help, they didn't pay attention to it at all, if it goes on like this, Goguryeo will be over, no, I have to think of a way......"

After thinking about it for a while, he realized that he couldn't think of anything.

Therefore, since the Tang army entered Goguryeo for ten days, every step has been unexpected by him, and it can even be said that every step of the Tang army has subverted his understanding of war!

It was a feeling beyond his control, which made Quan Gaisu feel unprecedented fear, so he gave up his usual main battle idea and chose to make peace.

Quan Gaisu hoped that by suing for peace, he would alleviate the current situation that was unfavorable to him, and at the same time, he could buy some time to wait for him to recover his breath and compete with the Tang army.

Just as his ancestors did to the Sui Dynasty.

It's a pity that he was disappointed, he never expected that a big country like Datang would play the trick of "stealing chickens" with him regardless of his face, making his original unfavorable situation even more unfavorable, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is worse.

Izumi Gaisu's instincts told him that if he didn't take action, Goguryeo would die!

As soon as he thought of this, Quan Gaisu couldn't calm down at all, and in the end, he only came up with a way that wasn't the way.

"If you want to save Goguryeo, you must defeat the Tang people, there is no other way, but with my current strength, if I go to fight for the city with the Tang army, then it is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, and the only way to win is to sneak attack them while the Tang army is attacking the city."

After coming up with a general direction, Izumi Gaisu's head began to come alive, so he began to think of specific implementation methods.

"I can first send people to lure the enemy, pretend to be defeated, lead them to attack the capital of Maru, and at the same time ambush the army outside the city, when they attack the city, I will throw it in the back, and use the advantage of defending the city to defeat it in one fell swoop, yes, just do it!"

It took Quan Gaisu a whole night to finally figure out how to deal with the Tang army.

However, what disappointed them was that the Tang army in Ji'an City did not pay attention to them at all, and once they approached, the Tang army directly shot them with bows and arrows.

Looking at the Tang army who was confined to the city gate, Quan Gaisu immediately frowned.

"I only sent 50,000 people to lure the enemy, but the Tang army was unmoved, in this case, either the Tang army is cautious, or their troops are not enough, can it be said that the city defenders are less than 20,000 people?"

Thinking of this, Quan Gaisu suddenly had the idea of attacking Ji'an City, but soon, he extinguished this idea again.

"Maybe this is the Tang army's strategy to lure the enemy, once I go to attack Ji'an City, then they will work together to destroy me outside Ji'an City, and then take advantage of the situation to attack Marudu City or my Goguryeo's royal city Pyongyang!"

I have to say that Quan Gaisu is very good at empathy, and after summarizing the tactics of the Tang Army with his own strategy, he finally came to a conclusion.

Not only could he not attack Ji'an Fortress, but he also had to divide his troops to garrison Marudu and Pyongyang.

If in the past, when Ji'an City had not fallen, Ji'an City, Marudu City and Pyongyang were an "iron horn", he only needed to wait for the rabbit in Pyongyang, no matter if the Tang Dynasty wanted to attack Marudu City or Ji'an City, he could deal with it in time.

But now that Ji'an City is lost, the originally strong iron horn is missing a corner, and the defense has become no longer stable, and he can't give up Marudu City, in this case, he has no other way but to divide his troops and garrison them, and then watch and help each other.

During this time, Quan Gaisu desperately grabbed strong men in Pyongyang and Marudu City, and finally gathered more than 600,000 troops, ready to compete with the Tang army, but now after choosing to divide the troops and garrison, there are only 100,000 soldiers and horses left in each city.

Quan Gaisu is not stupid, he knows the combat effectiveness of the Tang Army, and it is okay for the soldiers and horses to defend the city, if he fights with the Tang Army, I am afraid that he will be cleaned up in two rounds.

Thinking of this, Quan Gaisu felt particularly unwilling.

"Damn the Tang Army! It seems that we can only wait for the meeting, waiting for a meeting where the Tang army makes a mistake. ”

With this in mind, Izumi Gaisu left 100,000 soldiers and horses in Marudu City, while he himself took the remaining 100,000 soldiers and horses to Pyongyang.

This time, Quan Gaisu did not choose to march quickly, and in order not to make the soldiers too tired and maintain a certain combat effectiveness, it took him two days to return to Pyongyang.

"It's finally back!"

Looking at the gate of Pyongyang City, Quan Gaisu couldn't help but smile a little on his face.

"I didn't expect these guys to be useful, and when I wasn't there, they knew how to repair the city gates, uh...... Repairing the city gates? Wrong! ”

Realizing the problem, Quangaisu's eyes widened suddenly, and when he looked up, he found that there was an extra row of flags on the castle tower, and these flags all had the same word written on them - "Tang".

"Pyongyang has fallen?"

At this time, if Quan Gaisu still doesn't understand, then he is too stupid, it is better that even if he understands, but he still feels incredible.

"When did it fall? Why haven't I received any messages? ”

Although Quan Gaisu still has a lot of confusion in his heart, he also understands that Pyongyang City has indeed fallen, after all, no one will be idle and bored to plant the flags of other countries on the tower of their own city.

At this time, Izumi Gaisu felt that the sky was about to fall.

"God, could there be anything worse than this?"

It seems to feel Izumi Gaisu's thoughts, and reality uses its unique method to tell Izumi Gaisu - there is!

"Report! Report to Lu, the scouts outside the city of Marudu came with news that the Tang army was attacking the city of Marudu! ”

"Ahh

After receiving this news, Izumi Gaisu suddenly felt that the world was spinning, and he screamed and fell off his horse.

Seeing this scene, several soldiers hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, shouting as they helped.

"Big Pair Lu!"

"What's wrong with you, big Lu!"

"Come on, people......"

It took a long time for the soldiers to wake up Izumi Gaisu.

When Izumi Gaisu opened his eyes, he shouted hoarsely.

"Marudu Castle can't afford to lose, ...... quickly Hurry back to Marutsu Castle...... Go back and reinforce Marutsu Castle! ”