The mid-autumn in Liaodong can already feel some of the taste of autumn, although the sun during the day is still as hot as midsummer, but when the sun slowly reaches the west, it is blocked by the mountain shade. The mountain breeze in the forest blew through the day, and the heat of the day was quickly blown away, and although the sky was still bright, I could already feel some coolness.

The western sky was as red as blood. With the sunset in the west, a knight rode a fast horse and came from the west with a serious expression. His clothes were already soaked with sweat, and his mount was already foaming at the mouth.

This is a messenger, a messenger of eight hundred miles in an expeditious manner. He came from Luoyang, and several fast horses had died along the way, originally there were three of them, but in the end, two fell in Zhuojun, and he was the last. Although he felt extremely tired, and even felt like he wanted to fall to the ground, he knew very well how important the letter he was carrying was.

He gritted his teeth over and over again and told himself that if he held on a little longer, he would be there in a little longer. He didn't remember the first mountain he had climbed, he only remembered that there were mountains everywhere in Liaodong, except for mountains.

The mountain passes were even a little desperate for him, and he already felt that the fast horse he was stepping on was about to fail. Although the horses under his seat were the best horses he had selected, and he didn't bring anything extra with him in order to move quickly, he knew that this horse was finally going to die after running at such a speed.

It was getting dark, and if he didn't reach the camp, and the horses fell, he didn't know if he would be able to get out of the mountains. Even if he could avoid the beast and get out, it might have been too late by then.

Then he had crossed a mountain pass, and suddenly out of the trees on either side shot a feathered arrow, which was not directed at him, but at a point in front of him. The knight tightened his horse, which had already exerted too much force, and now it was only running with the last bit of instinct, and at this time it was strangled by the knight, and finally he could no longer control it, and he neighed, and his front hooves were raised high.

As soon as the knight heard the sound, he knew that the horse was no good, and hurriedly picked up his horse and dismounted, and as soon as he rolled off the horse, the horse finally gave up, and fell to the ground with a cry of sorrow, and his mouth was full of foam. The knight glanced at the horse and prepared to get up from the ground.

A spear was on his neck, the cold spear edge made his expression tighten, and before he could speak, a cavalryman dressed as a Sui army on a horse said, "Who are you?" "This knight is a Sui army leader, and he was ordered to go out of the Liaodong camp to the west of the hundred miles of cavalry guard. Although the west is the Great Sui, the battlefield also has to prevent the Goguryeo people from taking a detour. I didn't expect that it had been almost a month here, and I usually saw some people from the brigade, but this evening I saw a fast rider who was desperately hurrying, so I thought about a routine check.

As soon as the messenger on the ground saw that it was the Sui army blocking the way, he hurriedly asked loudly, "Are you Sui army?" ”

The team on the horse jumped off the horse, looked at the somewhat tired man in front of him, and saw that he was wearing the uniform of the Sui army and speaking the authentic Central Plains dialect. took out the military card and lit it up in front of him, "The rangers of our Liaodong battalion are responsible for guarding here, what is this?" ”

The messenger on the ground took a few serious glances at the military card, and after finding that there was nothing wrong, he immediately said, "I am a messenger from the Eastern Capital, and I have an urgent report of 800 miles, and I want to report it to Your Majesty immediately." Now that my horse is dead, requisition your horses. Show me the way ahead. ”

When the team heard that it was actually an 800-mile express report from the eastern capital, they were also shocked. These 800 miles of urgent news, unless you want the most urgent things, it is generally impossible to send them. These messengers who delivered an eight-hundred-mile dispatch also had great temporary powers. If you encounter someone on the road who can't dodge or something, not only does it not matter if you are killed, but the person who is killed will be held accountable. Even now, as it is now, it is normal to requisition his war horse.

The team was busy ordering his men to retreat, plucking a pot of water from their horses, "You drink saliva first, and I will immediately send two people to escort you to your majesty." We have military orders to be on guard here, and we can't all go back to the camp with you. But don't worry, there are only a few dozen miles to the camp here, and there will be a lot of patrol cavalry from the big army along the way, so you won't run into any trouble. With the two people I sent you, you can also save yourself a lot of interrogation along the way. ”

After the messenger had drunk his water, the team had prepared three horses for them, and two horsemen escorted him along. Credit turned over and hugged his fist, "Thank you brother for your help, if it weren't for my brother's help." My brother will definitely miss this errand today, and his head will not be protected by then. Brother, this is a life-saving grace for me, and I don't thank you for my great kindness, and my brother has it in my heart. In the next, Wang Gui, don't you know the name of your brother? ”

"It's nothing, it should be. In the letter of the south section of the Xiahe River, I will see you again in the future. ”

With the war horse sent by Duan Zhixin and the escort of two cavalrymen, although he encountered many rangers along the way, he passed without much effort. When the moon rose, he finally arrived at the camp in Liaodong.

At this time, the Liaodong city was still in a fierce battle, the Sui army had successfully occupied a city wall on the Liaodong city, although the Liao people pounced on the counterattack many times, but with a steady stream of soldiers to join the Sui army, again and again repelled the enemy's counterattack. even continued to use that section of the city wall as a foothold, and began to rush to both sides. As long as the number of people who climbed the city wall reached a certain number, then the Sui army could drive the Goguryeo people off the city wall in one fell swoop.

Although Liaodong City has two floors, inside and outside. However, the defense of the inner city is not comparable to that of the outer city. Not only was the inner city small, but even the walls were not as tall or strong as the outer city. As long as you take the outer city, then take the entire Liaodong City, it will really be like looking at the pattern.

The Sui army understood this truth, so the Sui army was extremely excited, so the soldiers seemed to have seen the reward after the city was broken. One by one, they all pushed to both sides as if they were dying.

Gao Jianwu also understood the situation at this time, in order to seize Liaodong City, the Goguryeo Dynasty spent more than 200 years to seize it. After taking the city, it took the Goguryeo people another two hundred years to fortify the city. This Goguryeo city can be said to be the first fortress in the Far East, it is a veritable military fortress, and even its fortification far exceeds that of Pyongyang, the capital of Goguryeo.

However, many of the defenses of Liaodong City are located in the outer city, and if the periphery is breached, then the inner city will definitely not be able to hold it for long. Gao Jianwu looked up at the sky, a new moon had already appeared in the sky, as long as they held on for a while, they would be able to fight their way back to Pyongyang at night.

"Pass my general order and order all 3,000 reserves to be dispatched to drive down the Sui army on the city wall. In addition, when he went to the city to give an order, he said that the Sui army had attacked the city wall, and let all men, women and children in the city go to the city to participate in the defense. Tell them that Yang Guang, the emperor of the Sui Dynasty, has issued an order to slaughter the city, and as long as Liaodong is broken, none of the 200,000 soldiers and civilians in Liaodong City will be able to escape. As long as they help hold today, tomorrow the great general Yizhi Wende will arrive with 100,000 troops, and then they will be able to repel the Sui army. Hurry up! ”

Now that he has made up his mind to retreat, then these people from Liaodong City will not have a good result if they stay in the city, and they will be taken captive by the Sui people as slaves. Instead of letting the Sui people take captivity to increase the strength of the Sui people, he should let them die with the city, even if he killed one more Sui army, he could reduce the strength of the opponent for Goguryeo.

The last reserve of 3,000 went to the city and immediately unveiled the offensive of the Sui army on the head of the city. With the addition of these new forces, they even began to compress the Sui army backwards. The two sides went back and forth, and a brutal battle was waged on the city wall. The place above the city wall is only so big, no matter how many people there are, they can't set up a formation, they can only be completely scuffled together.

For both sides, every time one falls, someone will immediately be able to make up for it, and after Gao Jianwu's mobilization, nearly 50,000 civilians with weapons have been added to the four walls of Liaodong at this time. Although they are no longer strong, they can also play a lot of roles in this melee.

The follow-up troops of the Sui army were more, and the city walls occupied by the Sui army were lined up with ladders, and the elite soldiers climbed up like ants. If it weren't for the fact that the head of the city was too small and blocked by the Goguryeo people on both sides, the Sui army would have captured the city by now. And now, although the Sui army is numerous, it is squeezed on the city wall, and can only advance step by step. And the Sui army, which was crowded behind, had already begun to prepare to pull the cloud ladder up to the city at this time, put the cloud ladder directly on the city head, and send the soldiers crowded on the city head to enter the city directly.

In this way, even if the people of the entire Liaodong City block the city wall with flesh and blood, then as long as the Sui army entering the city gathers a certain number, they can directly kill the city gate, as long as the city gate is opened. Hundreds of thousands of Sui troops have entered the city, and no matter how many people you have, it is just a meal.

Gao Jianwu was like an outlaw gambler at this time, staring at the more and more Sui troops in the city with blood-red eyes. Looking at the Sui army on the city wall for a while, and looking at the moon that was still just rising, he had never felt that the moon rose so slowly as he did today. The 3,000 reserves had already been blocked, but it was only a short cup of tea.

"Lord Wang, no, the Sui army jumped directly into the city from the city wall with a ladder." A Goguryeo soldier covered in blood rushed in front of Gao Jianwu and said.

Gao Jianwu was taken aback, if he let the Sui army rush into the city, then he would have no soldiers now, how could he stop it. "You, immediately bring my guards to block it, and then requisition the people from the city, let them bring oil and firewood and grass from home, and burn the Sui troops who entered the city directly for me."

Now Gao Jianwu felt that he was on a broken boat that was leaking everywhere, although he tried his best to fill it, but he had no choice but to block it here, and there was leaking again. It's busy, but it's still overwhelming. Gao Jianwu sighed, raised his head and looked at the sky again, is it true that the naivety wants to kill me?

The New Year is almost over, does anyone give a red envelope, first say 10,000 words of blessings, and then reach out to ask for a red envelope reward