The hunting of the Jiangnan army caused nearly 40,000 Goguryeo troops to be tortured and killed by the river, and the blood stained the river red.

These 40,000 troops are almost the main Goguryeo army in Jiangbei, and there are probably not many Goguryeo troops left in the Jiangbei area today.

Although there were not many Goguryeo troops in the Jiangbei area, the Jiangnan army did not rush forward, and stopped advancing along the river, and the army no longer crossed the river.

This year, the Liaodong region is not the focus of the military operations of the Jiangnan army, and if it crosses the Jiangbei and enters the Liaodong region, its military operations may be smooth, but it may also cause the erosion of the war situation.

In order to deal with Yang Guang of the Great Sui Dynasty, Goguryeo built a wide range of castles in the Jiangbei region, and asked the Jiangnan army to uproot the castles one by one, such a war is not cost-effective for the current Jiangnan army.

In case the progress does not go well and the war drags on until the cold season, the Jiangnan Army will still have to retreat. Rather than rushing forward and perhaps creating such a situation, it is better to stay on the peninsula and clean up the rear, and wait until the beginning of spring next year, when the army will cross the Jiangbei and enter the land of Liaodong step by step.

Besides, at present, the Goguryeo Royal City is still there, and now it is only a siege, and it is necessary to solve the Goguryeo Royal City as much as possible to avoid leaving future troubles.

Once the Jiangnan Army eliminated the royal family of Goguryeo, Goguryeo would be considered destroyed, and the peninsula would be in the hands of the Jiangnan Army.

The entire operational steps were well planned before the war, and the war on the peninsula focused on speed, and it was necessary to sweep across the peninsula with lightning speed, so that all three aspects of the peninsula would die out in an unexpected situation.

Judging from the current situation, this battle plan has almost been realized.

Because, counting from the start of the war with Silla, that is, more than a month, the army led by Zhang Yu has reached the Yalu River.

The battle of the peninsula, which began in the south and now reaches the Yalu River in the north, has almost achieved the main purpose of the war, and now only the hard bone of the city is left.

Once the land of the city is settled, all that is left are the remnants of the soldiers and some civilians, which is really easy for hundreds of thousands of troops.

So, Zhang Yu set up defenses on the south bank of the Yangtze River and led the army to turn back to deal with the royal city of Goguryeo.

Goguryeo Soil City was built on the banks of the Datong River, a small plain impacted by the river.

Although it is close to the Datong River, it is completely possible to consider water attack, but considering that the walls of the Goguryeo royal city are still tall and strong, water attack is not a good way, so Zhang Yu took fire attack.

It happened that many mountainous areas in the east had not yet had time to be cleared, so Zhang Yu sent the auxiliary army out to arrest people, and Zhang Yu planned to take the method of crowds to conquer the royal city.

A large number of people were escorted to the city, where they cut down firewood for the siege.

Auxiliaries supervised the excavation of tens of thousands of Goguryeo youths, and a long ramp stretched towards the city wall, rising higher and higher, reaching a distance of dozens of paces below the wall.

If you get too close, you may be too lethal with the bows and arrows on the walls, and far away you will be much less threatening.

Yuangai Suwen is very disdainful of this kind of pediatric siege method, Nima, can you capture the city wall with this little idea?

Try it a little closer and see if the bows and arrows of the Goguryeo army are vegetarian.

Yuangai Suwen was also afraid that the Jiangnan army would attack the east and west, so he only mobilized some people from other city walls to strengthen the defense here.

The problem is that it takes a lot of time to build a platform to occupy the commanding heights, and then use a bow and arrow to suppress the city, and it should be said that the method of this project is not too clever.

Yuangai Suwen didn't worry too much about the other party's stupid method to attack the city.

Because, the closer the platform is to the city wall, the more vulnerable it is to being shot by the bow and arrow on the wall, and the progress will be slower and slower.

According to Yuangai Suwen's speculation, it was almost impossible for the enemy to get the fortress to reach the city wall, because the distance of a dozen paces behind was simply impossible to construct, and the Goguryeo army's suppression with bows and arrows would cause a large number of civilian laborers to die.

Jiang Nanjun doesn't care what Yuan Gai Suwen thinks in his heart, he still does his own thing.

When the height of the city wall is about the same, the mound continues to push forward, getting closer and closer to the wall.

The Goguryeo army on the city wall panicked and desperately shot these young men with bows and arrows.

Minzhuang didn't dare to move forward, so the Jiangnan army made people stop, changed tactics, and let people push a large number of firewood and grass down the high slope, and then set fire to the firewood and grass.

When the fire was burning, the Jiangnan army ordered Minzhuang to continue to put firewood into the fire, and at the same time let Minzhuang transport half-dry and half-wet firewood and grass into the fire.

Urged by the wind, for a while, the smoke billowed under the city wall, choking the city wall and not daring to open their eyes, and the Goguryeo soldiers in the city could still take care of archery.

Yuangai Suwen took a look, it's not good, this is a fire attack.

Yuangai Suwen hurriedly asked the soldiers to carry water and extinguish the firewood.

Yuan Gai Suwen's idea is good, but the Jiangnan army is not afraid at all, Zhang Yu means to smoke the soldiers on the city wall, and he is not afraid to pour some water, how much water can the soldiers use a basin? I'm afraid it will only make the smoke thicker.

The thick smoke choked people in the city at all, and they retreated one after another, and even Yuan Gai Suwen didn't know where to run.

The next step was easy to do, the Jiangnan army continued to let people throw firewood and grass down, and continued to expand the force and range of smoke, while continuing to let people bulldoze the earth, so that the ramp was extended forward, and soon it was pushed to a position within ten steps of the city.

A large amount of firewood and grass was thrown down, which was also mixed with all kinds of feces and garbage, and the firewood and grass piled up higher and higher, and the smoke covered the city, and the billowing smoke was sealed and blown into the city.

For a while, thick smoke billowed and enveloped the entire Goguryeo royal city, and there were no people standing on the city walls at all, and there were all kinds of unpleasant smells in the smoke that made it difficult to breathe.

The city of Goguryeo has been shrouded in thick smoke, and the Jiangnan army has almost taken this move, and it is estimated that there is no one near the city wall.

Then, the Jiangnan Army ordered the auxiliary army to tie the prepared hay balls one by one with grass and rattan ropes on the high slope, and the people at both ends dragged them into the city after they were ignited and burned.

Fireballs were constantly being thrown into the city, hundreds or thousands, no one counted, anyway, these fireballs were meant to cause the houses in the city to ignite.

Sure enough, after a while, the houses in the city were set on fire, and the fire quickly spread.

The houses in the city are connected to the houses, and they are all private housing areas, which are basically wooden structures, and the wind helps the fire, and the fire is getting bigger and bigger, and it spreads throughout the northern city.

The people in the city are fighting fires, how can this kind of fire be extinguished in a short time?

Moreover, fireballs were constantly being thrown into the city from outside the city, which contributed to the spread of the fire.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Goguryeo people in the city were all going to fight the fire and not taking care of the outside of the city, the Jiangnan army immediately ordered those young and strong people to quickly fill in the soil, and the soil platform continued to advance.

The Jiangnan army used this stupid method to get the earth platform close to the city wall little by little, the fire was filled, the smoke on the city wall was billowing, and the Goguryeo soldiers could not stand on the city wall at all.

As a result, there was not even a single soldier defending the northern city wall of Goguryeo, and the Jiangnan army simply made Goguryeo's defense a waste.

The rest of the distance was not filled in the soil, and the Jiangnan army had people carry it over and put it on the city wall with a long board tied into trees, and the auxiliary army rushed up the city wall along the long board.

Aren't the auxiliaries afraid of smoke?

It doesn't matter, everyone covers their mouth and nose with strips of damp cloth wrapped around their faces, so as not to hinder breathing.

The northern city of the Goguryeo royal city was broken, and tens of thousands of auxiliary troops rushed into the royal city, and there must have been a madness raging, and these auxiliary troops were full of bestiality.

The auxiliary army rushed into the city and seized the north gate, and a large number of auxiliary troops swarmed in from the city gate.

The city was in flames, the heat was rolling, there were almost no people here, and a small number of Goguryeo people fled in all directions as soon as the city gate was broken.

The auxiliaries did not advance blindly, but progressed inward along the streets in a step-by-step manner, lighting fires when they saw houses, allowing the fire to spread from the north gate.

This is what kills people, and the wind fuels the fire to turn the city from north to south into a sea of fire, which burns more and more fiercely.

The auxiliary army was not impatient, set fire to play, and slowly advanced inside.

In fact, there was no hurry, the fire was burning violently, the heat was so high that it was difficult for people to get close at all, and they could only continue to move forward when the houses in and out were almost burning.

Nima, isn't this all the people in Goguryeo City roasted into jerky?

Yes, the purpose of the Jiangnan army was to let the fire engulf the city, and the houses were set on fire one by one from north to south, who made the Goguryeo people like to build houses out of wood?

Except for the leader who led the auxiliary army, the Jiangnan army basically did not enter the city, and all the auxiliary troops took on this role, and these beastly auxiliary troops would not have the slightest mercy.

Even, they can't forget the entertainment while lighting the fire, and the competition is to see who lights the most fire. There are also people who bet that they will walk through the flames and set fire to the houses in the distance.

Although the fire had not yet reached the palace, almost all of them, whether it was King Gao Jianwu of Rongliu or important ministers such as Yuangai Suwen, were desperate, and the royal city of Goguryeo would soon be engulfed in flames.

Even Yuangai Suwen, who was experienced in the battlefield, did not expect that their opponent would be so vicious and use this method against them.

This is to exterminate my Goguryeo, whether it is the army or the royal family, they are all human beings, and no one is capable of surviving in such a fire.

Nearly half of the city was burned down, and in desperation, Gao Jianwu, the king of Rongliu, decided to abandon the city and break through.

I don't know if I can break through or not, but it's much better than staying here and being burned to death by fire. So, Yuangai Suwen led an army to protect the royal family, and they opened the west gate to break through from here.

Don't you know that the Jiangnan army has long known that they will break through, and the army outside has long been on guard and waiting for them outside the city.

How many troops are there outside the city now, it turns out that there are more than 100,000 troops here, plus the troops led by Zhang Yu who withdrew from the north, not counting the Jiangnan army, there are 60,000 auxiliary troops alone. There was also a steady stream of reinforcements from the south, with more than 200,000 troops here.

The Jiangnan army didn't even feel that it was necessary to make a move, and it was all the auxiliary army that took on the heavy task of interception.

When Yuangai Suwen led more than 10,000 people to rush out of the west gate of Yangcheng, he didn't run far before he encountered several phalanxes of the auxiliary army blocking and outflanking.

Since you are out, don't go back, in addition to the phalanx in front, there are auxiliary troops on both sides squeezing towards the city gate, outflanking Goguryeo's back road and preventing them from running back.

Bamboo poles were lined up, and the bamboo tips were densely stabbed into the Goguryeo people's bodies, and those who were stabbed let out a painful wail.

The Goguryeo soldiers who were not stabbed cut off the bamboo poles with their knives and rushed forward to kill the auxiliary army, and the Goguryeo people who were forced to be in a hurry also adopted a desperate way of fighting and resisted in despair.

Although the fighting on the battlefield was fierce, the Goguryeo people were also desperate, causing a large number of casualties among the auxiliary army.

It's a pity that it doesn't have any effect, the number of auxiliary troops is too much, and the people of Goguryeo can't break through the thick formation of the auxiliary army at all.

The army of Goguryeo was consumed very quickly, and the thousands of Goguryeo people were squeezed in the middle by squeezing on three sides, and the auxiliary army advanced step by step, and the bamboo poles were poked in one by one, and the number of Goguryeo was constantly declining, and the resistance was getting weaker and weaker.

The members of the royal family, who were surrounded by the Goguryeo army, were terrified, and they had probably never seen such a brutal killing, and they screamed one after another.

No matter who the auxiliary army is on the other side, as long as they have two legs that can run, they are all the targets they need to kill.

Assassination, or assassination, dense bamboo poles were stabbed in rows under the unified order, and the tips of the bamboo were still dripping with blood, which was terrifying.

There was so much blood that the soles of the auxiliaries were sticky.

There were still two or three thousand people left in the Goguryeo army, and the frightened King of Rongliu, Gao Jianwu, shouted loudly inside: "This king surrenders, don't fight, this king surrenders."

The crying shouts of King Gao Jianwu could only make the Goguryeo soldiers lay down their weapons, but the auxiliary army did not react at all, and still fought bravely according to the rhythm.

The auxiliary army compressed the Goguryeo people in a small range, and the frightened and crying King Gao Jianwu peed his pants, this kind of killing was really terrifying, looking around, the sky was full of bloody spear tips, and the blood was scattered everywhere in the dance, which was quite terrifying.

The killing continued, and the Goguryeo people were desperate and it was impossible to get out alive. Moreover, the other side simply ignored the Goguryeo people's request for surrender.

When the last Goguryeo man lay down, the blood flowing on the ground was an inch thick.

The royal family of Goguryeo, including King Ko Jianwu of Rongliu, were all killed in this battle and cut down the grass and roots.

At this point, most of Goguryeo's army had also been wiped out, except for some stragglers in Jiangbei, Goguryeo was almost destroyed.

Now that the Goguryeo royal family has been wiped out, there is no need to continue burning in the city. Even so, almost half of the city had been burned down.

The Jiangnan army gathered the auxiliary army, commended them for their bravery in battle, and in order to reward the auxiliary army, it was decided to let the auxiliary army enter the city for two days.

Hearing this order, the eyes of all the auxiliaries flashed with the light of a beast, and it was this moment that they were waiting for.

Under the order of the commander of the Jiangnan Army, more than 100,000 auxiliary troops swarmed and flocked to the west gate of Yangcheng (to be continued. )