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In the night, the moon finally climbed into the air, and the entire Liaodong City was clearly visible.

More than half an hour ago, the entire Liaodong City was still in the fierce battle for life and death, and the sound of shouting and tearing was endless. But in less than half an hour, this place was already as quiet as a ghost domain. Not even the wounded guards dared to snort loudly, which made everyone feel that the strange scene of escaping death made them feel incredible.

Under the moonlight, the dead and wounded soldiers of the Sui army under the city had already been taken away when they retreated. The corpses still lying inside and outside the city walls are all Goguryeo people defending the city, and under the moonlight, the corpses that are scattered all over the place, the faint armor, and even the torn battle flags, the swords that reflect the moonlight.

Rongliu Wang Gao Jianwu half-knelt at the head of the city, looking at everything in front of him a little sluggishly. To this day, he still feels like he's dreaming. Originally, he thought that today was the time when he was martyred, and according to the scale of today's Sui army city wall, it was impossible for him to rush out.

But why did the Sui army retreat?

Under the onslaught of the Sui army for a day, the city wall of the west city has been damaged many times at this time, especially the battlements on the head of the city, which have basically been destroyed by the Sui army's rushing car at this time. At this moment, the section of the city wall of Xicheng where he stayed was even more occupied by the Sui army.

Around this section of the city wall, the Goguryeo people fought to the death and did not retreat, before and after the death and wounding in this countless casualties, the city head has already been stained with blood, the entire city head is black dry bloodstains, but also exudes a pungent smell of blood.

The soldiers and civilians at the head of the city who escaped death and picked up their lives no longer have half of their energy at this time, and they are hiding or leaning one by one, lost their minds and at a loss.

There was a sound of footsteps, and Gao Ming, who had only one hand left, ran over, and at a glance saw King Rongliu under the escort of the guards at the head of the city.

"Lord Wang, why did the Sui army suddenly retreat?" Gao Ming had been preparing for the retreat at night according to Gao Jianwu's orders, but he didn't expect to hear someone report that the Sui army had withdrawn.

"I don't know how the Sui army retreated, it was like a tide, retreating in such an instant before the city was broken, and the retreat was so inexplicable." Gao Jianwu was still a little frightened, he had never experienced such a dangerous war today, and in the period before the Sui army retreated, he even felt that he was about to collapse. He never thought that Sui Jun would make him feel so frightened.

For the first time, he felt the gap between Sui and Goguryeo, and the gap between the two was too great. Now he was fully aware of how lucky he was in defeating the Sui Dynasty Sailor in the first place. The real battle between the two countries, even if they have a strong city to rely on, they can still make him feel the thunderous momentum of the Sui Dynasty.

Gao Ming also looked at King Rongliu in front of him with some surprise, it was the first time he had seen him look like this in the always confident King Rongliu. He raised his eyes and looked around, looking around Liaodong City, the people whose eyes were full of fear, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"Lord Wang, is something wrong with Sui Jun? Could it be that His Majesty the King sent troops to help, maybe it was General Otoji who led his army north. ”

Gao Jianwu smiled bitterly a few times, "You see that the Sui army has now all returned to the camp, if it is really reinforcements coming, no matter how many come." The Sui army will definitely not react like this now, and they will definitely send a large army to meet it. Although I, Goguryeo, dominate in this Far East, if we really fight with the Sui army, we still have a gap. Now that hundreds of thousands of Sui troops are accumulating here, Goguryeo does not have the ability to suppress hundreds of thousands of Sui troops in the camp with one army, and dare not come out. ”

When Gao Ming heard this, he couldn't help but be disappointed, but he had to admit what Gao Jianwu said.

"Then according to the prince's opinion, why did the Sui army retreat in a hurry? You know, they even occupy our walls, and it won't be long before the outer city will be broken. Once the outer city is broken, the inner city cannot be defended. ”

Gao Jianwu got up from the ground, stood at the head of the city and looked up, looking at the lights of the Sui Dynasty camp, and even saw the figures walking like ants in the camp. After staring at the big camp for a while, he still didn't think of the reason why the Sui army retreated.

"I don't know why they withdrew, and I haven't heard them come to surrender, so I'm certainly not waiting for us to surrender. Hey, don't care about him, just retire, whatever the reason is. ”

Gao Ming also nodded, and said softly, "Lord Wang, according to your orders, I have prepared three thousand elite cavalry, and the things in the prince's mansion have also been packed, and several princesses have also brought them." In addition, according to the order of the prince, I have arranged a team of men and horses to pile up all the major warehouses in the city with firewood and grass, and even all the neighborhoods in the city have also piled firewood and grass. Lord Wang, now that the Sui army has withdrawn, we just take this opportunity to break through. As soon as we get out of the city, the men and horses after the arrangement is broken will burn the entire Liaodong City, and if we can't hold it, the Sui people won't be able to get it. ”

Gao Jianwu nodded, raised his head and looked at the moon, which was already in the middle of the moon at this time, although it was a little earlier than the breakthrough time he set. But now that the Sui army has retreated inexplicably, although they don't know what happened, if they want to break through at this time, it will be a good opportunity. If the Sui army launched another siege, he would not even have the slightest confidence to hold the city.

Although he didn't lose a bloody battle with the Sui army before, he was only fighting with the last bit of courage. Now that the Sui army has retreated, the desperate heart in the hearts of all the soldiers and civilians has also retreated, and if the Sui army attacks again, he doesn't know how many people will be able to pick up arms and fight again.

If he leaves now, he still has a chance to make a comeback later, but if he doesn't go, he doesn't know what to use to resist the next wave of attacks from the Sui people.

Gao Jianwu stood at the head of the city, with his hands behind his back, walking around from time to time with his head down, looking up at the moon in the sky for a while, looking at the camp of the Sui army for a while, and looking at the mountain city of Liaodong behind him for a while. I turned around for a long time, but I didn't know how to decide.

Gao Ming was also a little dazzled by King Rongliu, "Lord Wang, you should judge the situation, now the main force of my Liaodong defenders has been lost, and the military spirit has dropped even lower." Now we have food and grass equipment, but there is no one. Now there are still 100,000 soldiers and civilians in the city, but our soldiers are only about 10,000, and except for the 3,000 elite soldiers who are ready to break through, they are basically wounded soldiers who were injured before and retreated to the second line. Even the less than 100,000 people in the city are all young and strong, and they are all old and weak, women and children. ”

Gao Jianwu gritted his teeth and looked at Gao Mingdao, "Gao Ming, you have followed me for so many years, you tell me, abandon Liaodong, where are we going?" For this place, we have been seeking for 200 years, and we have been operating here for 200 years. You should know the importance of Liaodong City to my Goguryeo, this Liaodong land, full of mountains and rivers, is a natural barrier for my Goguryeo to resist the Central Plains and the northern Turkic tribes. It is precisely because of the various mountain cities in Liaodong that Goguryeo has been able to establish the country for 500 years now. ”

"Lord Wang, Liaodong City is gone, we still have other mountain cities, we still have new cities, Beisha City, Fuyou City, and domestic cities, these are all big cities that are not much worse than Liaodong. In addition to these big cities, we also have more than 200 large and small mountain cities in Liaodong, and even if there is no Liaodong City, we can still resist the enemy in the north by relying on these mountain cities. ”

Gao Jianwu shook his head, "Gao Ming, you are wrong, although we have more than two hundred mountain cities in Liaodong, which one can compare with Liaodong City." If Liaodong City is not guaranteed, then the new city will not be guaranteed, and if Liaodong City and Xincheng are lost, then Beisha City, Fuyu City, and Domestic City will be cut into mountain cities that cannot take care of each other. Without these big cities, what is the use of having more mountain cities in the rest of the city, and once the big city is lost, those small mountain cities that rely on the big city are just to let the enemy spend a little more time to clear them. ”

After sighing, Gao Jianwu looked up at the sky, "As soon as the land of Liaodong is lost, my Goguryeo will really become a small country with no defensive ability." At that time, don't say that the Sui people sent a million troops to attack, as long as they hold Liaodong and send 100,000 people to attack Pyongyang, we will be irresistible. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the kings and ministers of Goguryeo have understood that this Liaodong is the lifeblood of our Goguryeo, and if Liaodong is protected, I Goguryeo will be able to attack northern Liaobei and the Central Plains. Retreat and defend the peninsula, go south to attack Silla and Baekje, as long as we hold Liaodong, we can continue to advance to the fertile plains in the south, and in a few generations, we will be able to destroy Silla and Baekje. ”

"As long as the peninsula is unified and there is a fertile southern plain, it will not take us a few generations to become strong, and then we will unite with the Turks in the north, and we will be able to enter the Central Plains in the north to compete for the world. With Liaodong, we can attack and retreat. This is the lifeblood of my Goguryeo, and now I will give it to the Sui people like this, then I, Gao Jianwu, will be the first sinner in the 500 years since the founding of Goguryeo. You say, "Can I do that?" Gao Jianwu said bitterly to Gao Ming.

And he still hasn't said a word in his heart, and now that he is gone, then he will always bear the stain of a defeated army and lost his land in the future. The prestige he had built up over the years in Goguryeo would also fall to the bottom, and the current king Gao Yuan was his own brother, but this brother had no son, and he was now bent on finding the throne of his brother in a hundred years. And if he leaves like this now, then how many nobles in the country will support him in the future. For public or private, he can't go. At this time, his heart was in turmoil, and his heart was hesitant.

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