Liaodong City, West City, besieged by 400,000 Sui troops under the city, what is the concept of 400,000 people? The slave defenders at the head of the city didn't know before, they only knew that all the soldiers and civilians in Liaodong City added up to less than 200,000 people, and all of them together were not half of the Sui army under the city.

The 400,000 people have not all attacked, but the more than 100,000 Sui troops that have surged up have already made the Goguryeo people feel a little endless.

Fortunately, from sunrise to the middle of the sun, although the Sui army did not want to die in the onslaught, the city was rushed up by the Sui army several times, but in the end they still held, although the 20,000 soldiers at the head of the city plus 20,000 people have now fallen almost half, and the remaining half are basically everyone with injuries. But fortunately, they still have sufficient equipment, and just now King Rongliu has collected more than 20,000 people from the city to go to the city.

Although the recruits are all over 50 years old and teenagers under 15 years old, in today's critical situation, no one feels that there is anything inappropriate to do so. Gao Ming, the general of the defense of Xicheng, only had one arm left at this time, and even a scar on his face, but even if he was so seriously injured, he was still guarding the city. As long as they hold on for two more days, then when General Yizhi Wende arrives, everyone will attack inside and out, and attack from both sides, and they will be able to defeat the Sui army again.

Last time, General Yizhi Wende used tens of thousands of horses to annihilate the 300,000 troops of the Sui army in one fell swoop. And the prince also annihilated the 40,000 elites of the Sui army's naval division with tens of thousands of people in Pyongyang last time, and all the defenders are full of confidence, with the two most famous generals in the court today, they will be able to defeat the Sui army in one fell swoop, maybe even the Sui emperor will be able to catch it.

The prince has already issued an order, and when the war of the Liaodong defenders is over, everyone can be promoted to one level, with a reward of ten yuan, ten slaves, and 100 cattle and sheep. When these soldiers, who were mostly slaves, heard such news, they undoubtedly suppressed the fear of the Sui army in their hearts a little more, and on the contrary, a kind of excitement and anticipation rose.

Gao Ming's left hand was cut off by the Sui army that rushed to the city in the last wave of siege, and at this time it was just wrapped casually, he walked to Gao Jianwu's side with a big knife, and said in a low voice, "Lord Wang, I just asked people to go to the east, west, and north gates to check it." Although this time the Sui army took our west city as the main direction of attack, but the other three city gates also had many Sui troops attacking the city, and they were not feints, they were all the same lifeless raids as us, and there were not many soldiers left in the three city heads over there. If the Sui army continues to attack at such an intensity, we don't have to wait until tomorrow, and we will not be able to hold it today. At that time, even if we hold the western city, the other cities may be broken by the Sui army first. ”

King Gao Jianwu is the younger brother of today's Goguryeo King Gao Yuan, who is handsome and generous. It is also capable of writing and martial arts, and it is also very prestigious in the Goguryeo Dynasty. In addition, last year's defeat of the Sui army's naval division commander Commander Hu'er's army in Pyongyang made him a general second only to Eulji Wendeok in Goguryeo.

Gao Jianwu's body at this time has long since lost his previous clothes and demeanor, and the white robe on his body at this time is all stained red with blood. He sat casually on the corpse of a Sui soldier who had attacked the city, holding his long sword in his hand, leaning on the battlements, his eyes were a little distracted, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

It took a long time before he said, "I don't know the current situation, my Goguryeo has been defeated twice to attack the Sui army." As a result, the nobles in the court had long been unable to see the situation clearly, and they became arrogant one by one. It seems that the Sui Dynasty is really so vulnerable. But they forgot that the Sui Dynasty had only been established for decades, but it had already swept away the entire Central Plains and Saiwai by force. If they were really so unbearable, how could they have achieved this? ”

"Think of the Turks, we used to fight with them in the past, but how many times have our warriors taken advantage of the Turks? But you see that the wolf of the steppe has been divided into two, and even the Khan king of the Western Turks has now surrendered to the emperor of the Sui Dynasty. Although my Goguryeo soldiers are brave, my people are only 3 million, which is far worse than the Great Sui. Now that the Sui Emperor has come to the country with an iron heart, we can stop them for a while through the mountains of Liaodong and the mountain cities between the mountains and passes, but we can't stop them for a lifetime, and we will defeat them once or twice. But it also hurt our vitality, I'm afraid that this time we really can't hold on. Gao Jianwu's eyes were full of unwillingness, as well as hatred for those nobles in the court.

Gao Ming has been following Gao Jianwu all these years, and he is also his hardcore confidant, and he knows many things better than other generals. At this time, he also stood beside Gao Jianwu with some sorrow and said, "Lord Wang, since you have seen this, why don't you tell the king?" Wouldn't it be great if we could cut off a piece of meat from the Central Plains Dynasty every time, as we have done in the past, and then immediately put a watch on the Central Plains emperors as a sign of submission? ”

Gao Jianwu smiled bitterly, "Why don't I know this, my ancestors of Goguryeo have a foothold in a small land, and finally created a country, how many hardships have been experienced." At that time, the ancestors made a national policy on this, taking advantage of every time the Central Plains Dynasty was in turmoil, they took the opportunity to encroach on their land and population, and after the Central Plains Dynasty decided the victory, we surrendered. For 500 years, the kings of Goguryeo have been like this. Only in this way can we Goguryeo become the king of the Far East. ”

Speaking of these past events, Gao Jianwu's eyes were full of pride, yes, no matter how strong the Central Plains Dynasty is. Although they are located in the Far East, they have witnessed the rise and fall of one powerful dynasty after another in the Central Plains. Think about the Han Dynasty, the later Qiang Wei, then the Jin Dynasty, and then the Central Plains of these northern and southern dynasties, which emperor was not the hero of the world at the beginning, but in the end they all became a passing cloud, and only they Goguryeo has been going through 500 years without falling. Not only did it not fall, but it became stronger and stronger, and even had the strength to compete with the Central Plains.

When the Great Sui conquered Goguryeo for the first time, the whole country was afraid, but they didn't expect that God would help that time, and they would pack up the 300,000 troops of the Sui army so easily, and in the end, there were few left. After this time, they couldn't help but start to change their mentality, and the original Central Plains Dynasty was not so terrible.

And last year's Second World War made all Goguryeo people completely confident. With an army of 1.1 million, plus the strength of the people's feet, the Sui people's army of up to 3 million drove to Liaodong, and he was also the main battle that time. And it was precisely at that time that they annihilated more than 400,000 Sui troops in one fell swoop, and the fear that all the Goguryeo people had for hundreds of years of fear of the Central Plains Dynasty was gone.

From King Gao Yuan to his Gao Jianwu, and then to the nobles below, everyone felt that there was no need for them to submit to the Central Plains Dynasty anymore. This inferiority complex for hundreds of years suddenly became arrogance. Everyone felt that it was time to fight with the Central Plains Dynasty, as long as they won the Sui army again, they were even ready to let King Gao Yuan change his title to emperor, and from then on he would be on an equal footing with the emperor of the Sui Dynasty.

But when Gao Jianwu came to Liaodong from Chang'an City in Pyongyang, he felt something different in the face of the Sui army, which was much smaller than last time. Yes, this time is different from last time. Last time, the Sui army was bent on coercing them into submission with a large army, but this time the Sui army no longer cared about these people.

Especially today's siege, last year's war, Liaodong City was breached several times, but as soon as they pretended to surrender, the Sui army would stop the attack and let them repair the broken city walls. And today, when a part of the Sui army rushed to the city, as soon as it occupied a period of the city, the Goguryeo people immediately came up with this trick, but the Sui army did not have any intention of paying attention to their surrender. In the end, if Gao Ming hadn't desperately led a group of dead soldiers to fight and recapture that section of the city, Liaodong City might have been broken by then.

Gao Jianwu finally understood that the emperor of the Sui Dynasty was determined to take Goguryeo this time. The Son of Heaven was angry, and the blood flowed and the pestle flowed, Yang Guang, the son of heaven of the Sui Dynasty, came to the real time this time. The optimism that I still had in my heart finally left Gao Jianwu. Only then did he realize that Goguryeo and the Great Sui were still far behind.

Gao Jianwu and Gao Ming didn't speak for a long time, just sat at the head of the city.

"Lord Wang, I think Liaodong City can't be defended, a few days ago, the notice shot in by the Liao army also claimed that Xincheng and other four cities had fallen into the hands of the Sui people, and now it seems that this matter is not all fake. In this case, we are afraid that there will be no reinforcements. Lord Wang, we have been here for more than a month, and we have been supporting the Sui army for a long time. Or we'll break out of the city tonight. Liaodong City is gone, there are still many mountain cities behind, and we still have a chance. ”

Gao Jianwu looked ahead with a pair of eyes without focus, and said unwillingly, "Liaodong is the gate of our Goguryeo, and this is the first natural danger." Ever since we took the city from the Han Dynasty, we have used it as our first and most important line of defense. With this city, we can make the Central Plains return again and again in vain, and there is no way to take us. It's almost August, and the rainy season in the Far East is coming. If we can hold on to that time, Liaodong in the rainy season will be a nightmare for the Sui people, and then their million-strong army will be here, and they will not even be able to guarantee logistics and grass, so they can only retreat. If we give up now, we will undoubtedly give the Sui people a bridgehead to attack us in the future, which will cause endless troubles. ”