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Although Quan Gaisu led an army of 100,000, he knew very well that this army of 100,000 had "water".

Less than a half of these people are real soldiers, and the rest are all strong men who have been forcibly captured, and they have no training at all, and many of them are not even skilled in the use of weapons until now.

A soldier like this, when the battle is going well, can certainly form a passable combat force, and if he fights a few more times, he will be able to become a qualified soldier with confidence and experience.

But the downside is also obvious, once they encounter a bad situation, they can easily be crushed by the enemy and then defeated.

If he was leading 100,000 elite soldiers at this time, he would choose to attack Pyongyang and take back his royal city without saying a word.

But it's a pity that he is now carrying a group of "parallel goods" with weak combat effectiveness, and he is sure that if he takes these soldiers to attack the city, once he can't attack for a long time, the Tang army will counterattack again, then he will be finished.

At that time, not only did Pyongyang City not be defeated, but even the last Marudu City was lost, which is really sad.

Therefore, Quan Gaisu's first thought at this time was not to fight Pyongyang, but to go back to rescue Marudu City!

"Although there are some new recruits in Marudu City, there are a large number of them, there are 100,000 people, even if the Tang army is powerful, it will not be able to attack it in five days, I will have time to go back to rescue now!"

With this in mind, Izumi Gaisu immediately rushed in the direction of Marudu Castle with his army, and in order to keep the soldiers in good condition, he did not choose to march in a hurry.

On the afternoon of the first day, when Izumi Gaisu arrived at Maruto Castle with a large army, he was stunned by the scene in front of him.

He saw a mess outside the city, there were a lot of blood stains and fragments of armor on the ground, the blood stains had completely dried up, and it looked like the battle had been over for a long time.

And the flag on the castle tower has also been replaced by the Tang military flag with the word "Tang" written on it, and it is obvious that Marudu City, like Pyongyang City, has changed hands.

Everything in front of him could be said to be completely beyond Izumi Gaisu's expectations, and he suddenly opened his mouth wide, and his eyes were glazed.

"How is that possible...... How is this possible......"

However, he is also a veteran of the battle, and he quickly came back to his senses, looking at the familiar and unfamiliar Xiongcheng in front of him, he suddenly clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, and squeezed out two words from his mouth.

"Siege!"

Siege is not the best strategy, this is something that Izumi Gaisu knows very well, but he has no choice, because if he doesn't fight the capital city, then he will become a lost dog.

Moreover, the 100,000 troops he brought with him are also a huge burden, without the supply of grain and grass, in four or five days at most, the grain and grass they carry will be used up, and when the time comes, they will be finished without the Tang army to fight.

He's at the end of his rope!

Quan Gaisu never thought that he would come to this point, and he didn't expect Datang to be so strong, so strong that he had no power to fight back.

Now he could only pray, praying that the Tang army had been defeated by the time they fought against the defenders of Marudu City; Pray for the emptiness of defense in the city of Maruto; Pray that they will be able to take this city, which was their own just a few days ago......

Unfortunately, he was doomed to disappointment, and a loud roar made him recognize the facts.

"Boom...... Rumble ......"

With this loud bang, several Goguryeo soldiers were suddenly lifted into the air, and by the time he landed, he had already turned into mutilated corpses.

Seeing this scene, the surrounding Goguryeo soldiers suddenly exclaimed.

"Here it is, here it is again, this is the evil art of the Tang people!"

"It's horrible! Who the hell are we fighting against?! ”

"I can't beat it...... I can't beat ......."

In a panicked shout, the first batch of attacking soldiers began to slowly retreat, and these grabbers who had been grabbed by Quan Gaisu began to show their huge shortcomings at this time.

That is the lack of courage to fight to the death!

Looking at these slowly retreating soldiers, Quan Gaisu immediately rode forward on horseback, hacked to death several retreating Goguryeo soldiers one after another, and then shouted angrily.

"Herald the Overseers, those who dare to retreat, behead!"

"Yes!"

At his command, the Overseers stepped forward to slash the retreating soldiers, and when they saw this, the soldiers who were about to retreat quickly stopped and stood there with fear on their faces.

At this time, Izumi Gaisu raised his sword again.

"Give me the order and start the siege! Those who dare to retreat, slash! Stop and chop! ”

"Kill!"

Under the orders of Izumi Gaisu, the soldiers began to storm the city again, and the explosion of mines sounded again.

"Boom...... Rumble......"

Gao Ming stood on the city tower, looking at the smoke and dust in the distance, and suddenly frowned.

"It seems that Quan Gaisu is planning to fight us to the death, and if this continues, our soldiers may suffer a lot of losses."

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Cheng Yanjin, who was standing next to him, immediately burst out laughing.

"Hahahaha, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's words are wrong, how can there be immortals in the war, this time we even took the royal city of Goguryeo, and there were less than 10,000 dead and wounded, this is an unprecedented victory! Wei Chen dared to say that even His Majesty today has never had such a record! ”

Goguryeo is notoriously hard-headed, so before going to Goguryeo, Cheng Yanjin was ready to lose his troops and lose his generals.

In his opinion, it was an extravagant hope to defeat Goguryeo without damage.

But now that hope has come true!

At present, the royal capital of Goguryeo and most of the country are in their territory, and as long as the army led by Quan Gaisu is defeated, then it will be a matter of time before Goguryeo is destroyed.

Arguably, they have already won.

Looking at the Goguryeo army that was stepping on mines in the distance, Cheng Yanjin's face suddenly showed a smile, and then arched towards Gao Ming.

"Quan Gaisu will definitely lose this battle, His Royal Highness the Prince, the old minister thinks that when the evening comes, he will be able to send a good report to Chang'an."

"Hmm!"

Gao Ming also agreed with Cheng Yanjin's statement, so he immediately nodded.

"This good news will be handed over to Lu Guogong, and this last battle will also be handed over to you, my tank can also be lent to you, what you have to do is to minimize the casualties of our Datang soldiers!"

Hearing that Gao Ming was willing to use the tank for himself, Cheng Yanjin was overjoyed, and immediately bowed to Gao Ming.

"Yes, Wechen obeys! Thank you, Your Highness the Prince! ”

At this time, the Goguryeo soldiers led by Izumi Gaisu passed through the minefield and entered the attack range of Marudu Castle.

Seeing this scene, Cheng Biting Jin suddenly swung and then roared.

"Shoot the arrows!"

With his order, Quan Gaisu's troops ushered in the first rain since the beginning of spring, the rain of arrows.

Suddenly, the screams were endless.

Hearing the wailing outside the city, Gao Ming suddenly frowned, then turned around and went down the city tower.

Seeing this scene, Cheng Yanjin suddenly showed a puzzled look.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, where are you going?"

"I'm tired, go back to sleep, and tell me when I'm done!"

Gao Ming said this, and left without looking back, looking at the back of his departure, Cheng Yanjin's face suddenly showed helplessness.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really a soft-hearted person!"