Zhuge Liang was right, the contemporary ruler of Goguryeo, King Dongchuan, had already sent a scout horse to secretly spy on the movements of Ao Lie's army. The ice city that Ao Lie and Zhuge Liang teamed up to create was naturally seen by these tanma, out of the unique reverence of the Goguryeo people for the gods, these tanma were shocked in their hearts, thinking that there were really gods helping Ao Lie in secret, otherwise, how to explain the ice city in front of them?

When the news was transmitted back to Goguryeo, the king of Dongchuan was also shocked in his heart, but after all, the king of Dongchuan was the king of a country, and his knowledge was not comparable to that of several low-level Tanma, although he was shocked, he did not mess up, and ordered Tanma to continue to investigate the movements of the Ao Lie army.

However, what happened in the next few days made King Dongchuan more and more unable to sit still. As if the Ao Lie army was really blessed by the gods, it would stop advancing and camp every evening to rest, and after dinner, the soldiers in the camp would rest early, and there was no other action at all. However, every next morning, there will always be an ice city that magically appears on the periphery of the Ao Yeol military camp, encompassing the entire military camp, and the shape of the ice city gate is becoming more and more hideous, as if it can swallow the entire Goguryeo in one bite at any time.

One city per day for five consecutive days. The miracles that were created seemed to have turned into real miracles, and even many of Ao Lie's soldiers thought that there were gods helping them in secret, and their morale was getting higher and higher, and they were eager to kill Goguryeo immediately and use their own swords and guns to conquer the aliens there. On the other hand, Goguryeo, although the king of Dongchuan ordered the news to be blocked, the miracles still went away like wings, which made the domestic soldiers and civilians panic all day long, thinking that the army of Ao Yeol was sent by the gods to punish Goguryeo's heavenly soldiers and generals.

Five days later, Ao Yeol's troops came to Liaodong, which bordered Goguryeo. When he arrived in Liaodong, Ao Yeol could use troops against Goguryeo at any time. At that time, the Taishou of Liaodong was Deng Zhi, a new savage from Yiyang who was promoted by Ao Lie during his tenure in Wancheng. At the beginning, Deng Zhi followed Ao Lie back to Youzhou, and soon after, he was appointed by Ao Lie as the Taishou of Liaodong, after Deng Zhi took office, he cleaned up the remnants of Gongsun Du, so that the vast Liaodong County was completely in the hands of Ao Lie. It is not only a grain producing area in the rear, but also the first line of defense in naval warfare. In the following two years, Deng Zhi fully demonstrated his political talents, managed Liaodong in an orderly manner, and the people in the county lived and worked in peace and contentment, showing a scene of peace and security.

When Ao Lie came to the outside of Liaodong City, Deng Zhi had already led the crowd out to greet him. As Deng Zhi entered the county guard's mansion, Ao Lie asked Deng Zhi about his views on the Goguryeo people and what to do. Deng Zhi explained the situation of the Goguryeo people to Ao Lie one by one, which was roughly similar to what Zhuge Liang said. But it needs to be more specific and detailed. It can be seen that since Deng Zhi took office, he has always maintained due vigilance against Goguryeo. Finally, Deng Zhi summed up his remarks: "Lord. Goguryeo is located in a remote area, calm today, and revolt tomorrow, and it is not easy for our army to go on an expedition. Therefore, Zhi thinks that the lord should attack the heart first. Conspiracy is the next, and the first battle subdues its heart, shatters its courage, and makes it dare not fight again. ”

After Deng Zhi finished speaking, Zhuge Liang smiled and applauded: "I didn't expect Bo Miao to be not only good at government affairs, but also so sharp in strategizing. Lord, you have yielded. Ao Lie also laughed and said: "Bo Miao's talent, succumbing to Liaodong, is indeed a bit condescending. I intend that after conquering Goguryeo and Buyeo, the two countries will be changed to one county, and at that time, Bo Miao will go to the new county to serve as the Taishou. Ao Lie's words moved Deng Zhi's heart very much. Buyeo and Goguryeo are two kingdoms bordering Liaodong, Deng Zhi naturally knew that each of the territories of these two kingdoms was not under Liaodong, and they would be merged into one county in the future, which was simply a country within a country, and he was not a person that Ao Lie trusted very much, and he would never be appointed by Ao Lie as the Taishou of the new county.

Deng Zhi stood up, took two steps back, bowed respectfully to Ao Lie, and said: "Deng Zhi was originally a cloth cloth, and his reputation was not obvious in the world. Zhi is grateful in his heart, and he is willing to repay the great kindness of the lord. ”

Zhuge Liang saw Deng Zhi's excitement and didn't want Deng Zhi to bear too heavy psychological pressure, so he jokingly said: "Bo Miao, the lord hasn't won Goguryeo and Buyeo yet, he just gave you a picture cake, look at you, you're still serious." ”

Zhuge Liang's words made Ao Lie and Deng Zhi laugh at the same time, and in the laughter, Ao Lie also glanced at Zhuge Liang as if he was nothing, and he became more and more satisfied with Zhuge Liang in his heart. At the beginning, Ao Lie put Zhuge Liang in the position of the governor of the capital, after more than a year of training and accumulation, Zhuge Liang's progress is obvious, whether it is dealing with political affairs, or governing the military, or even coordinating the relationship between colleagues, Zhuge Liang has already begun to take on the style of a generation of leaders. Ao Lie believes that after Zhuge Liang personally experienced the campaign of crusading against Goguryeo, Buyeo, and resisting Xianbei, his talent in commanding the battle will be stimulated to the greatest extent, and then get a qualitative leap.

On the second day after arriving in Liaodong, Ao Lie led his subordinates and combined with the Liaodong soldiers led by Deng Zhi, totaling 15,000 people, to launch a fierce attack on Goguryeo. Starting from the town bordering Liaodong, it marched all the way to Marut, the capital of the Goguryeo Kingdom.

Within one day, Ao Lie's army conquered three cities. Due to the miracles, the morale of the soldiers under his command is high, and they are extremely brave in battle, and they are not afraid of death, which is no different from the legendary heavenly soldiers and generals. After breaking the city, Ao Lie adopted the strategy of Deng Zhi's attack on the heart, and appeased the foreign people in the city, telling them that he was the governor of the Han Dynasty and the Great Metropolis, the hussar general, and the champion Marquis, and that he was adhering to the will of the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty and came to Goguryeo to bring a better life to the people here. And let the sergeants hold advanced farming tools and demonstrate to the people of Goguryeo, so that they can know how to reclaim the land in the most efficient way.

Ao Yeol's kindness and advanced farming tools and cultivation methods caused a large number of Goguryeo people to go out of their homes and gather around the Han army to ask questions, and fear gradually disappeared from their faces, replaced by a desire for a good harvest. No matter which country the people are, they all hope that their land can harvest more food, and for these most ordinary working people, whoever can bring them a good harvest and who can let their family live a life of food and clothing is the hero in their hearts.

Thanks to Ao Lie's efforts, the Goguryeo people's hatred of the Han army was eliminated. Of the three cities already occupied, only a hundred Han soldiers remained in each of the three cities, and their task was not to defend the city, but to pass on more agricultural knowledge to the ordinary Goguryeo people.

The next day, Ao Lie continued to lead the army forward, and once again staged a great victory in conquering three cities in one day. However, the battle on this day was different from yesterday, and the resistance of Goguryeo was no longer so strong, and there was even a city whose people killed the brutal and unkind generals and spontaneously surrendered to Kaesong. For no other reason, yesterday's righteous deeds of Ao Yeol have won the approval of the people of Goguryeo, who no longer think that Ao Yeol is an invader who has come to plunder their country, but that Ao Yeol is a guide who has come to guide them and will lead them to a good life of abundance and food.

Sometimes, the hearts of the people at the bottom are so simple. Even if you are a king, if you can't give me a stable life, I won't recognize your position as king; Even if you are a foreigner, if you can make my life go in a good direction, then I will open my heart to you and consider you my friend.

On the third day, Ao Lie still maintained the momentum of the three cities of Lianke, on this day, the people of two cities, under the leadership of their defending generals, took the initiative to open the city gates, served wine and food, and welcomed Ao Lie's army into the city.

Maruto, inside the royal palace. King Dongchuan frowned and looked at the battle report in front of him, his face was both shocked and angry. He didn't understand what kind of magic Ao Lie had cast on his subordinates, and even made them surrender to Ao Lie on their own initiative. However, the king of Dongchuan knew in his heart that in two days at most, the army of Ao Yeol would be killed outside the city of Marudu, and at that time, in front of him, the king of Goguryeo, there would be only one way to die except surrender.

Greed exists in everyone's heart. Especially for a person as powerful as King Dongchuan, the greed in his heart is even stronger, he must not tolerate his comfortable life being destroyed and his royal power being trampled on! So, the king of Dongchuan made a crazy decision: "Come here, send an order for the troops of all cities in the south of Marudu to give up resistance, throw away those untouchables, and immediately gather in Marudu, and this king will fight to the death with the Han army in Marudu!" ”

The idea of King Dongchuan is crazy. In the south of Marudu, there are still seven cities that have not been occupied by Ao Lie's army, each city, there are 1,000 to 3,000 military horses, plus more than 20,000 garrisons in Marudu City, the king of Dongchuan is ready to gather 40,000 troops to have a head-to-head duel with the Han army under Ao Lie! He didn't believe that the 40,000 army he had gathered, with the solidity of Marudu City, couldn't defeat Ao Lie's 15,000 Han army?

So, under the order of the king of Dongchuan, the military horses of the seven southern cities were ordered to mobilize, and they had to leave their parents, wives and children, and in a mournful cry, they took their weapons and stepped out of the city of their hometown, and assembled towards the city of Marudu. (To be continued......)