Volume 9 Goryeo Under the Smoke of Gunpowder Chapter 23 The Last City

The snow is falling, in this windy night, a vigorous figure shuttles between the mountains and forests, countless trees around them quickly swept backwards, the wind mixed with snowflakes, blowing into their clothes, but these people are unconscious, they are light leather armor, their feet are like the wind, squeaking on the snow. In front of us was the capital of Goryeo, and if we took this city, Goryeo would disappear completely, and from then on, only Silla would be left on the peninsula. Everyone's hearts are boiling, Kim Yushin and his army have destroyed Baekje, and now only the surviving Goryeo remains, and after tonight, this dynasty that has lasted for hundreds of years will also come to an end. They have great confidence, because along the way, they have conquered countless cities, and no city can stop them, and the city of Pyongyang is no exception.

It's just that they didn't expect that the city had been evacuated and plunged into darkness, not because of the darkness of the night, but because of the loss of people's hearts. There may still be a spark of hope buried deep in it, but now it is the most cruel world shrouded in darkness, where no one is worth believing, everyone's hearts are filled with infinite **, everyone is red-eyed and defensive, because no one knows who will give you a knife in the back in the next moment, and no one knows who is coveting what you have in the corner of the darkness.

Countless corpses lay quietly on both sides of the streets of Pyongyang City, and during this time, countless people fled the hopeless city, not knowing when they would lose their lives if they stayed here, and did not know when the outlaws who had already gone crazy would appear on their doorstep. So everyone who still has good thoughts in their hearts has already left. Even if this road is bloodstained. Forged with countless blood and tears.

Countless people wore thin clothes like this, and did not dare to bring anything. In the cold winter, with snowflakes on top. Facing the cold wind, they left the land they had been living in. Leave everything to the beasts that have lost their minds. The whole city became a Colosseum, a Colosseum deliberately created by Gao Jianwu. Countless people were armed with weapons, guarding everyone around them, guarding them, and they didn't dare to relax at all. And he is constantly thinking about how to seize other people's property, and if he doesn't agree with each other, he will draw a knife and face each other, and blood will be splattered on the long street. But they didn't have the slightest vigilance and took it for granted. Because their world has been completely distorted. All are accustomed to this inexplicable thrill, the thrill of robbery.

"Haha...... Now this city is the king's last gift to you Silla people, I hope you like it! "Standing on the walls of the high palace, this palace is basically empty now, only a team of soldiers is still under his control, deterring those outlaws in the city, although Gao Jianwu has the will to die, but he will not be so stupid to let those outlaws break the palace, as an emperor. He has his own pride.

"Great King......" A soft voice sounded behind him, making Gao Jianwu's body shake slightly, why did this woman refuse to leave? Why are you waiting here to die so stupidly? Didn't he already let her go, how did he come back?

Gao Jianwu turned around. looked at the woman behind her, and sure enough, she was dressed in plain clothes. This was the person he was most worried about, and the woman stood quietly on the city wall. The cold wind blew the hem of her skirt, like a green lotus blooming in the ice and snow: "Why haven't you left yet?" If you don't leave, you won't be able to leave! Gao Jianwu's voice was low. The latest news he received was that the soldiers of Silla had reached ten miles outside the city, so he had come here to watch how the invaders had invaded his country and conquered the land. He had to keep it in his heart, even after he died, and he had to remember the hatred. But this woman is so innocent, she is so kind, he Gao Jianwu can turn his back on everyone, but he can't bear to hurt her. So everything was done without her before, but I didn't expect that in this last step, there was a mistake when she was sent away.

"Didn't the king leave either, did it really come to this point this time? Why does the king have to carry it himself? The woman came in a curl, as if she had come out of a picture scroll, with an ethereal temperament.

"Are you here to have mercy on me? Ha ha...... That's right, it was this king who was fascinated by it for a while, but it was also out of love for you, and this king loves you more than Yuangai Suwen! At this time when he was about to die, Gao Jianwu opened his heart and said the words hidden deep in his heart. Who is this woman? She used to be the fiancée of Yuangai Suwen, but at the courtier's banquet again, Gao Jianwu was shocked when he saw it, so he ordered her to be summoned into the palace and became his confiner. Because of this incident, Gao Jianwu gave a lot of benefits to Yuangai Suwen's family, and of course this woman's family. Because of this incident, Yuangai Suwen walked out of Pyongyang City alone, went to fight in the border army, and with his extraordinary courage and talent, he continued to be promoted all the way, and he continued to fight all the way, and he couldn't hold his head up to Silla and Baekje. Because he needed a reason to keep himself busy, so that he didn't have time to think about the woman.

"No matter what, the past is gone, and now I am only your glory! Whatever it used to be, it didn't matter, did it? Goryeo is almost gone, I don't want the king to be so lonely alone! The woman said movingly, and on her face, two lines of tears glistened in the light of the fire. But she didn't have the slightest intention of wiping it, but just looked at the thin figure in a daze. At this moment, she saw what a heavy burden she was carrying on his shoulders, and what sacrifices she had made for her in the first place. With such a man who is willing to bear endless burdens for herself, what woman would not rejoice in her heart? So at this moment she was moved, but everything was over, in the past, she couldn't forget the brilliant young man who was a childhood sweetheart, and she lost too many opportunities.

"That's it...... Now I can't go if I want to, so let's go to Huangquan together! Those Silla people are already ten miles outside the city, and now it's time to charge towards this city, I didn't expect this king to die with you! Haha...... "As a monarch who loves both the country and the beauty, Gao Jianwu is undoubtedly a failure, the country has been completely finished, and the woman has not really loved him for a day in the previous years, but now he feels very satisfied, because this woman understood him at the end."

"Rush...... Take this city, and the world will be ours! "The Silla army began its final charge, countless rumbling horses' hooves came from far away, war horses galloped, the earthquake trembled, countless birds perched in the woods, were startled, flying in the night sky, the torches of the army were like a long dragon, far away connected to the sky, the whole earthquake trembled, because countless armies stepped on their feet at this moment. At this moment, the night sky shone with a strange red light, like a giant dragon churning in the air.

Xue Wanche was riding on a horse, and the armor on his body was covered with endless scars, one by one, one by one, telling about his conquest and fighting along the way. There was not the slightest expression on his face, he had always had such an expression since he set foot on this land, he needed endless blood to vent, and that morning, the playful eyes of Li Kuan, the king of Chu, made him feel really humiliated by this. So he wants to prove with endless exploits and the heads of his enemies that he is an absolutely powerful man, and not the kind of incompetent man with a hidden disease.

So along the way, he kept fighting, every battle was the first soldier, after every battle, his body was dripping with blood, infected by the blood of the enemy, this armor on his body was already the third armor, the previous one was completely scrap metal, filled with countless knife marks and arrow marks, and even once, a spear directly pierced his armor, and then penetrated from his waist. But he didn't have the slightest fear, thinking that he was already used to the days of licking blood at the tip of a knife, and even for Li Kuan's explosives to help siege the city, he was a little unaccustomed to it, because there was no fun of siege. It was to rush over and ambush outside the city, waiting for the city gate to be blown open, or the city wall to be knocked down, and then rush over to pick up the bargain, this kind of battle really made Xue Wanche feel a little depressed. But he had to admit that if it weren't for these explosives, it would be good if they could have achieved a third of the results at this time.

This time, in the last city, Xue Wanche made a special trip to ask Li Kuan for support without explosives, and they wanted to fight by themselves and draw a perfect end. So now Xue Wanche rode a war horse and rushed to the front, and behind him, countless soldiers either rode horses or carried siege ladders, charging towards Pyongyang City.

"Report ...... The gates of Pyongyang are wide open, and there seems to be no army stationed there! "A soldier came to report the latest news. This news made people murmur. Things are very abnormal, why did Pyongyang, the largest city in Goryeo, not close its gates in the middle of the night? And isn't this most important city supposed to be garrisoned by countless armies? Now the army has not been found.

"Could it be that Gao Jianwu is luring us into the city? There must be countless armies in ambush in the city, and as a king, the madness before death is the most terrible! Xue Wanche's heart wavered, not knowing the depth of the other party, offensive actions were really the biggest taboo.

"General, are we going to wait any longer?" The interpreter assigned to Xue Wanche by Silla said to Xue Wanche at this time, these are the words of several generals in the Silla army. (To be continued......)