Wang Shichong stood on the empty platform, his brows were deeply locked, looking at the soldiers of Goguryeo, lost their souls, like a long snake, the military academy and the soldiers were mixed together, retreating in the direction of the city gate, the defenders who were still dense at the head of the city, this time has also run ten or eight, from time to time I saw a few officers still drawing their swords and swords, dancing and giving orders to stop their subordinates from escaping, but it was still to no avail, when the soldiers outside the city were about to flee to the city gate, There were still 30,000 defenders at the head of the city, and there were less than 2,000.

Wei Zheng had a smile on his face: "Lord, the war is going very well, Laihu'er is to let his Liulang have full command, this Laigongzi looks like he has two brushes, interlocking, twice using the tactics of encircling three queyi, first let the defenders of Dazhai flee to the top of the mountain, and then let the enemy troops on the mountain flee to the city, in order to deceive the city gate, it seems that Pyongyang City may really be broken today." ”

Wang Shichong shook his head, his brows were still deeply locked: "No, Xuancheng, I believe in my judgment, Goguryeo will never be so weak, they must be cheating, there will be no mistakes." ”

Wei Zheng smiled slightly: "Lord, if you are defeated, most of them will collapse at the touch of a button, even if they are dead, they will not lose more than half, and these Goguryeo troops have killed more than 5,000 in Dazhai, I think this is definitely not a fraud." Besides, if it is a fraudulent defeat, it should also lure our army to pursue, open the formation, and then ambush the troops in all directions, giving the enemy a annihilating blow, how can there be any reason to run towards the city? ”

"The Sui army is sharp, and if it enters the city, the Goguryeo people will be even more unable to resist. I think the lord may really overestimate Goguryeo's strength. Maybe the pressure of Baekje and Silla. Let their army also be transferred to the south. The capital is empty, so these defeated soldiers can only be allowed to defend Pyongyang, those soldiers at the head of the city, such a large number of escapes, the officers can not be stopped, it may be that the king of Goguryeo Gao Yuan was also watching the battle at the head of the city just now, and when he saw that Lianshan Fort was lost, he himself ran first. Otherwise, how could more than 30,000 people run like this?"

Wang Shichong shook his head: "No, no, if the Goguryeo people are really empty of troops, this huge Pyongyang city will not be able to be defended, it will have run away a long time ago, and it will not waste time here." ”

"You said that if you were Gao Yuan, you would put it ready-made. The elite of the Sui army, which was less than 100 miles away from the capital, did not deal with it, but drew troops. In particular, the cavalry from the north went to the south to deal with the attacks of Baekje and Silla? Even if the entire south is lost, it will only be the pain of a broken arm, but if Pyongyang is gone, it will directly destroy the country. ”

Wei Zheng pondered for a moment and said: "Maybe Gao Yuan has already run first, so the soldiers in the city know that they are staying and sent to death, which will be the morale is so low, as soon as they see that they can't hold outside the city, the whole army will flee, my lord, I think your worries are unnecessary, and even so, it is very cautious to protect the father and son with troops, and after no big victory, they will disperse in formation to pursue, and now it is still the infantry phalanx that follows the slow pursuit, and the cavalry holds the flank, even if Goguryeo has an ambush to kill, it is impossible to deal with, If you don't defend the city, but you want to lead the Sui army into the city, my lord, are you thinking too much? ”

The corners of Wang Shichong's mouth hooked, and his intuition told him that there must be a problem, but Wei Zheng's analysis was reasonable, so he couldn't refute it, he could only sigh: "Continue to observe, inform Xiongxin and Gongqing that their five hundred elite cavalry are ready, once there is a change, they must quickly pick up the troops who come to Hu'er, at least don't let Lai'er's father and son fold here." ”

In order to give these people time to escape into the city gate, he even specially ordered his subordinates to slow down, so that the forward followed the Goguryeo army that was already surrounded in front of the city gate, leaving a gap of three or four miles.

On the other side of the city, some bows and arrows were shot sparsely, and they were weak, often falling into the moat more than 20 steps away from the Sui army, but they still didn't dare to be careless, so that the Sui troops leaning on the city wall were still holding on their sides, with shields on their heads, in case the other party might suddenly attack intensively.

Lai Hong rode beside Lai Quan, his brows were deeply locked, this eldest son of Lai Hu'er, in this war, he became the sixth brother's hand, his heart was somewhat unhappy, he shook his head, pointed to the enemy army in front of him, and said: "Sixth brother, it seems that they will not open the city gate, let's rush up, slaughter all these Goguryeo, fill the moat with corpses, and then take advantage of the victory to attack the city, you see that there are no defenders in this city, we can directly capture it." ”

Lai Yuan also smiled and said: "Yes, sixth brother, the Goguryeo people are not stupid, our army is already outside the city, and it will be a great risk to open the city gate at this time." ”

Lai Cheng shook his head: "Wait a little longer, anyway, it's not too late, if they don't open the door after walking two miles, it's not too late for us to start." ”

Lai Wei glanced back at the thousands of sergeants who were harvesting the heads of the enemy army on the camp and mountain road, and said hatefully: "Father Shuai doesn't know what to think, let Xu Gai's people collect people's heads there, that is, kill all these Goguryeo people, only seven or eight thousand people, not as much as he cuts." ”

Lai Hong said with a smile: "That's only a few heads, thousands of kills, but the attack on Pyongyang, but the great merit of breaking the country and capturing the king, when the time comes, it's not as much as you want to cut, my father drove Zhou Fashang and Wang Shichong away, and let Xu Gai's people stay behind, I just don't want them outsiders to take advantage of the great merit of our army, sixth brother, you have to understand the hard work of your father, the city is broken in today's battle, don't leave it to outsiders." ”

Lai nodded his head: "Thank you big brother for the point." ”

While the Lai brothers were talking, suddenly, there was a fierce quarrel in the direction of the city gate, it seemed that the Goguryeo soldiers under the city were shouting loudly and scolding, about to open the city gate, but an officer at the head of the city seemed to be surrounded by a group of soldiers, with his back to the outside of the city, he kept retreating, drew his knife, and was shouting loudly, as if he was on the verge of mutiny.

A sound of breaking the sky sounded, and an arrow was shot out of the Goguryeo army under the city, impartially, in the back of the heart of the officer at the head of the city, he snorted, and an upside-down onion fell from the city, fell to the root of the city wall under three zhang, rolled twice, and fell directly into the moat with a "plop", dyeing the river water a blood red.

At about the same time that the officer's body fell into the city, the tall drawbridge was lowered heavily, the Atsugi gate was opened, and the Goguryeo people outside the city let out a burst of cheers and rushed to jump over the drawbridge and run towards the city! (To be continued......)