In March of the third year of the Tang Dynasty, Gaozong took the Mingtang system as different in the past dynasties, so he increased the loss of the ancient and modern, and made a new map, so he issued an edict to amnesty and changed the yuan to the first year of the general chapter.

At the same time that Emperor Gojong issued an edict to amnesty and change the Yuan, Goguryeo is now in turmoil and precarious. Although the city walls are still strong, and although the soldiers are still using their lives, the hearts of the people are constantly scattering, and even the treasure king Gao Zang is trying to find a way to surrender.

As the nominal supreme ruler of Goguryeo, the treasure king is grateful and hated to Yuangai Suwen and his son, it can be said that if there was no Yuangai Suwen, he would not have been able to sit on this throne, but after he sat down, he found that he had no power, just formally accepted the worship of the ministers, and at the same time was forced to sign his name on one after another edicts, and even the matter of establishing a queen and prince by himself also needed the consent of others, so he has now had enough of this kind of day.

What's more, now that the Tang Army is pressuring, whether he chooses to surrender or not, he is just a figure with no real power, in this sense, the result is actually almost the same, and he can save his life if he chooses to surrender, and if he chooses not to surrender, he may not even be able to save his life.

"Yuan Nanjian is looking for death by himself, why should I bury him?" So the Treasure King began to secretly look for like-minded figures in the court, hoping to escape from Pyongyang and surrender to the Tang Dynasty at the right time.

At this time, as the situation became more and more tense, Yuan Nanjian's personality became more and more irritable, and more and more soldiers not only had to suffer the pressure of the Tang army attacking the city on the battlefield, but also were beaten by Yuan Nanjian, which made their psychology almost collapse, so more and more people had a tendency to surrender.

After only a few days, the Treasure King had secretly contacted dozens of civil ministers and military generals while Yuan Nan was not in the palace to build a city, and agreed to surrender one night. However, their biggest problem now is the lack of an intermediary who is connected with the Tang Army, or the lack of an envoy who can express their sincerity to the Tang Army on behalf of these people.

And at this moment, a person suddenly came to the palace, and it was precisely this person who solved their biggest difficulty at present, this person was the monk Xincheng who was driven out of the palace because he advised Yuan Nanjian to surrender.

I saw that Xincheng came to the treasure king with two men dressed in black, saluted and said: "The little monk Xincheng sees the king, the little monk must be very clear about the king, Da Mo Lizhi did not hesitate to burn jade, and the Tang Dynasty stubbornly resisted to the end, expecting a miracle to appear, but with the current situation, Goguryeo has no possibility of success at all, the king has been constrained for many years, why should he be buried for Da Mo Lizhi today?" According to the opinion of the little monk, the king Mo Ruo led the crowd to quietly open the city gate and let the Tang army enter the city, so that he could still make great contributions to the Tang Dynasty. will definitely be rewarded, at that time, the king will be clothed and fed, and he will be chic for a lifetime, wouldn't it be much better than being trapped here? ”

When the Treasure King heard this, he nodded thoughtfully, and then said, "What the master said is not reasonable? Xiao Wang is also thoughtful for a long time, alas, thinking that Xiao Wang has no virtue, and the people suffer from the war, if the war can be ended in time, and the people are healthy and quiet, Xiao Wang is a death, not to mention that it is a good day to respond to the people and return to the Tang Dynasty? It's just that there is a very difficult matter now, who should guide us to go to the Tang military camp to write a book? ”

But he heard Xincheng and smiled: "There is no need to be embarrassed about this matter, this one next to the little monk is the messenger of the Tang Dynasty, the king only needs to dedicate the letter to this person, and I believe that he will definitely be able to help us bring it to the Tang military camp." ”

"I see, I don't know the name of Mr.?" The Treasure King immediately bowed to the man in the direction of Xincheng's finger.

I saw that the man bowed his hand and saluted: "My name is Zhang Wuchen, but I am the general of the right military guard of the Tang Dynasty, the general of the march of Liaodong Road, and the pro-army team under the command of Zhou Wang Xian, and I came to pay homage to the king on the orders of the king of Zhou and the general manager of Li, my king knows that the king has always been obedient to my Tang Dynasty, but he has no choice but to be in charge, and the thief Quan Nanjian caused the war in Goguryeo to break out for his own selfish interests, so he ordered Zhou Wang Xian and Li Daguan to raise the army to be martyred. Fortunately, the king understands the righteousness and cannot bear to let the people fall into the flames of war, and if I know it, I will definitely reward and encourage it. ”

In fact, where does the Treasure King know? This Zhang Wuchen is actually a fake by Li Xian, although the real Zhang Wuchen is strong in martial arts, it is difficult to say such a thing at all.

It turned out that the monk who met in Huayan Temple was Xuanyou, Li Xian had not spoken, and he knew his intention to come, and then talked about the origin of Xuanzang and Shaolin Temple, it turned out that Xuanyou was a registered disciple of Zhikong Zen Master, when Li Xian took out the jade talisman given by Zhikong, Xuanyou immediately bowed respectfully, and promised to persuade Xincheng to surrender.

Several people are masters, and that night they sneaked into the city of Pyongyang with their clever light skills, and under the guidance of Xuanyou, they came to Xincheng's mansion by car, and Xincheng had already had the intention of surrendering at this time, so Xincheng took Li Xian and Zhang Wuchen to persuade the treasure king to surrender.

"It turned out to be Zhang Zhuangshi, please wait a moment, Xiao Wang will write a letter of surrender." After the Treasure King finished speaking, he immediately wrote the next letter of surrender and signed his name, and then sent the letter of surrender to "Zhang Wuchen".

Li Xian looked at the surrender letter, and then said: "I have read the letter below, there is no problem, I will definitely present this letter to King Zhou and General Manager Li as soon as possible, but the king also needs to be prepared to open the city gate at any time to welcome my Tang soldiers into the city." ”

But seeing the treasure king, he said with a smile: "Hehe, Zhang Zhuangshi can rest assured, Xiao Wang has already planned this matter, please ask King Zhou and General Manager Li to wait for Xiao Wang's good news." ”

At that moment, Li Xian agreed with the Treasure King on some of the details, and at the same time asked Xincheng to help the Treasure King plan, and then floated away.

In fact, Li Xian did not need to return to the camp to deliver the letter at all, because he had already received a letter from Li Ji in advance before leaving, in which Li Ji agreed to the surrender of the treasure king and guaranteed the safety of the Goguryeo royal family.

After receiving the "reply letter", the treasure king immediately agreed to open the city gate at a suitable opportunity and let the Tang army enter the city.

After some careful planning and talks, the Treasure King decided to open the southern gate at the third watch on the tenth night of the first month of April and surrender to the Tang army, and agreed to raise fire as a signal.

Since it has been agreed, Li Xian immediately wrote a letter about the relevant situation and sent it to Li Ji's camp, of course, there is no need to slip down the city wall, Li Xian disguised himself as an ordinary soldier, and borrowed a bow from Xincheng, and shot the letter down at the head of the city with a feather arrow with a broken arrow, naturally a Tang army soldier picked it up, and then gave it to Li Ji.

The time unconsciously came to the third watch of the tenth day of the fourth month, and Yuan Nanjian, who had been kept in the dark, didn't know what the treasure king was secretly doing, and he still discussed in the palace until midnight as usual, and then went back to the house to rest.

But he didn't know at all, he left the palace with his front foot, and the treasure king and some civil and military ministers in the city slipped out of the palace with the back foot, although the treasure king had no power, but after all, there were still some henchmen and loyal people in the palace, these people had long been deeply dissatisfied with the arrogance of Yuangai Suwen and his son, and the city of Pyongyang could be broken overnight, so there was no hesitation, and he fled directly with the treasure king.

Of course, the identity of the Treasure King cannot be exposed, not to mention that even if his identity is revealed, he will not be able to affect the general who guards the city gate, so he is still helpless against the city gate.

However, this does not mean that others have no choice, because this gatekeeper has been favored by Xincheng and has been a protégé of Xincheng for so many years, so it is natural for Xincheng to persuade the guard to open the city gate.

But he didn't expect that the guard general would refuse Xincheng's request in person, and ordered Xincheng and others to be captured and handed over to Yuannan Jianfa Luo.

At this moment, I saw a black shadow flash, and with just one close, he grabbed the guard, and at the same time put the cold horizontal knife on his neck, and then said coldly: "If you don't open the city gate, you will be sent to see Yuangai Suwen immediately." ”

The general did not think of kindness, but he was very afraid of death, and as soon as he was threatened by the other party, he immediately softened, groveled and begged Li Xian to spare his life, and at the same time immediately ordered his soldiers to open the city gate.

Li Xian took the general out of the city gate, first sent the treasure king and others away, and then ordered the general to light a fire at the city gate, and after a while, he heard the rumbling sound of horses' hooves.

It turned out that Xue Rengui led his warriors to come first.

I saw Xue Rengui come to Li Xian, first hurriedly saluted Li Xian, said a little greeting, and immediately led the army into the city gate.

At this time, because some gatekeepers sneaked away to inform, Goguryeo also sent thousands of soldiers to rush over, and the two sides met at the gate of the inner city, and it was immediately a fierce battle.

Xue Rengui deserved to be the first fierce general of the Tang Dynasty at that time, I saw that his moves were simple and unpretentious, but every move could cause great damage to the enemy, although the enemy soldiers around him were heroic, but no one could hold out for a round under him. Even Li Xian, who saw this scene, couldn't help but secretly admire, this person is really a tiger general, and he is indeed sighing to himself.

However, Li Xian did not admit defeat, after all, the other party is middle-aged, and he is only thirteen years old, plus he has cultivated Shaolin mastery, I believe that it will not be long before he will be able to surpass Xue Rengui and become the first brave general of the Tang Dynasty.

"Hehe, dust-free, we don't have to be stunned, let's go and help." Li Xian lightly jumped onto an ownerless horse, snatched a spear from his hand, and then said to Zhang Wuchen with a laugh. (To be continued.) )