Zhu Xiaoshan's army had almost no ability to resist, and was trampled clean by Zu Zhao's iron cavalry. And he himself was shot down from his horse by Zu Zhao with an arrow, and then he was trampled into pulp by the war horse. As soon as Zhu Xiaoshan died, the rest of his troops basically surrendered.

The most important thing on the battlefield is killing, and even more so is to spare life in the final analysis.

Zu Zhao is refreshing, and he doesn't care, he takes it all in with a wave of his big hand, and if he is willing to go home, let them go back by himself, and if he is willing to stay, he will be recruited, as long as they don't make trouble, they will basically be treated the same as the troops they brought out, and gradually, the captives left behind in Goguryeo have changed their views on Zu Zhao, and they also admire him from the bottom of their hearts, but they still don't do this kind of thing when they are admired and admired, and they still don't do this kind of thing when they help Zu Zhao fight their own country. In the army, they only do some logistical work.

Zu Zhao knew that this was where their integrity was, and he didn't care about it, just let them go.

In this regard, the adjutant generals also very much agreed.

After the victory in the small battle outside Yanyun Pass, Zu Zhao began to march rapidly, and the route turned out to be a direct route to the capital of Goguryeo, Marudu City. He changed his previous combat style and became vigorous and resolute, and everywhere he passed, no one could stop him, like a sudden wind. Goguryeo simply could not resist.

In fact, there is a reason for all this.

Just after Xiaojie outside the Yanyun Pass of Zuzhao, he received a report from a scout sent to find the whereabouts of Quan Zhiyu's army, saying that Quan Zhiyu's troops had mysteriously disappeared near Changbai Mountain, and it was very likely that they were completely annihilated by Goguryeo, and the queen was captured.

This is undoubtedly bad news, and the only thing that makes Zu Zhao happy is that because Quan Zhiyu is the queen of Silla, even if he is captured, the barren country of Goguryeo will not do anything to Quan Zhiyu in order to make a fortune from it.

In order to stabilize their power, the elders of Silla suppressed this news and threatened Goguryeo that if they dared to leak the queen's capture, it would be a big deal to break the kettle and set up a new king.

Of course, the latter sentence was just an expedient measure, in order not to let Quan Zhiyu be wronged in Goguryeo, but Zu Zhao was still very unhappy and blamed himself.

If you don't drag yourself into the water, there will be no such problem at all. Yes, this is why he later marched rapidly and resolutely in battle, and the reason is very simple, there are only two words - save people.

He believes that as long as he rescues Quanzhi, all this will be solved. Of course, Goguryeo must also be destroyed.

And in this battle, Zu Zhao also felt that this country was not as weak as it appeared, and many places were easy to defend and difficult to attack, so breaking the city wasted a lot of his thoughts, but even so, it did not suppress his pace of progress at all.

What's even more commendable is that after he broke the city, he never burned, looted, or even slaughtered the city like other armies, and this kind of thing never happened to Zu Zhao. Moreover, he was strict under his rule, and the soldiers were basically obedient.

However, people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, and even if the army is good, there will always be one or two ruffians.

On this day, when Zu Zhao broke Li Jingcheng, the soldiers who came out of the low level molested the women of the good family, and almost forced the girl to death. If Zu Zhao hadn't met him, he would have been surrounded by acquaintances, and if he opened his eyes and closed his eyes, this matter would have passed.

But it should have been that person's bad luck, and it happened that he happened to meet the depressed Zu Zhao that day. Zu Zhao saw that there were many people around, so he walked over and asked, and when he saw that it was a disheveled girl, he cried and grabbed a soldier, saying that he had despised her and tarnished her innocence.

When Zu Zhao saw that the man was wearing a military uniform under his command, he immediately squeezed in and kicked the man in the chest. The man who was still arrogant just now suddenly flew out of the road and crashed down in front of the stone steps of a shop on the side of the road, panting like a dying dog, but he still cursed: "Ge Laozi, do you know who Lao Tzu is?!" Lao Tzu is a centurion under the command of General Zhenyuan, you treat Lao Tzu like this, Lao Tzu must report to the general, I want you to look good! ”

Zu Zhao sneered: "I don't remember that I have a shameful dead dog like you under my command!" ”

When the man heard this, his face turned pale with fright, and he trembled on the ground with fear. And his friends also came up to intercede for him.

Zu Zhao learned about the general situation, and found that it was really the centurion who was wrong, and after he defiled the innocence of the girl, he was furious, so he squatted down and helped the girl up. Then ask her what she wants to do with the man.

Because the girl was bullied by the army of the Han Dynasty, she didn't treat Zu Zhao very well as the general now, so she said angrily: "I want him to die, can you do it?!" ”

Zu Zhao laughed: "Simple! ”

With that, he took out the saber at his waist and threw it directly at the man, stabbing it through the sword and nailing it to the ground. The centurion was furious on the spot, and all the onlookers were amazed and emotional. I was amazed by Zu Zhao's courage and momentum in what he said, and he felt that his country did not have such a strict general, and it was reasonable to realize that he would lose the battle, and he admired Zu Zhao very much in his heart.

After killing the centurion, Zu Zhao asked him to collect the body, and then took off the money bag from his waist, and gave a whole bag of broken silver to the lightly treated woman: "Girl, he shot at you, it was his fault, and it was also the result of my lax rule, and now people have also been killed, I hope you will be relieved and forget those unpleasant things, but since he followed me out to march and fight, I still can't leave this corpse to you, please Haihan." With that, he clenched his fists apologetically and turned to leave.

People looked at his departing back, and their hearts were not only expressed with admiration. Such a loving and righteous general, what a blessing!

Two days later, Zu Zhao went out of the city to the north and went straight to the city of Marudu, the people of Li Jingcheng actually opened the city gate, and even some people sent some dry food and fruits to the army, and directly stuffed them to the soldiers and left. And the girl who was helped by Zu Zhao that day even followed the army for more than a day. The balance of the people's hearts has been completely biased in favor of Zu Zhao.

Zu Zhao was not happy, and he was still in the same style, because he was worried about Quanzhi. For this reason, the scouts sent out the scouts in waves, however, Maruto Castle seemed to be very well defended, and there was no news from the scouts he discharged.

Finally, the night before the soldiers came to the castle of Maru, the scouts finally came with news, but it was not good news.

When Zhu Chuanxin, the king of Goguryeo, learned that Quan Zhiyu was attacking Goguryeo in alliance with Zu Zhaoxiang, he had already thought about the matter of threatening Quan Zhiyu's life to force Zu Zhao to withdraw his troops and let Zu Zhao stay alone.

So, that's what the scout brought back.

On the day when the soldiers came to the city, Zu Zhao would be able to see Quanzhiyu, on the walls of Marudu City. As long as he gave the order to attack the city, all the dangers would fall from the hundred-foot wall, and blood would be splattered on the spot.

Zu Zhaoqi smashed the wooden table in front of him with a punch, and scolded King Guli for being despicable and shameless, and hateful!

Zhang Yu was also indignant when he heard this, and said: "General, it's not a matter if it goes on like this, it's better for me and my brother to sneak in and steal the queen out, otherwise this battle won't be able to be fought." If the queen dies because of us, then Silla will be the enemy, and then the belly will be the enemy. ”

At this point, Zu Zhao didn't know how to do it. Therefore, Quan Zhiyu must not die, Yu Gong is the queen of Silla, and Yu Privately she is his wife. Whether it is emotional or rational, Zu Zhao knows that she must not die.

However, if this is the case, then the troops must be withdrawn.

They have already arrived here, and if they quit, they will give up the territory they have won before, and they will do a futile effort of a long-distance run, and hundreds of brothers will all die in vain! Zu Zhao was unwilling.

Seeing that Zu Zhao was silent, Zhang Yuan also stood up at this time and said: "General, what my brother said is right, you just let us go, this matter is very important, if you don't give it a try, you will withdraw from the army tomorrow, and the brothers will be too unwilling." But if we can't steal the queen, there's no way to do it, and we have to think of other countermeasures. ”

"Alas, it's not that I don't agree with your ideas," Zu Zhao sighed, "It's just that this pill capital city is well defended, if there is a case, then I will lose my wife and lose my generals......" Zu Zhao looked contacted, unwilling to show their risk.

"General, you once said that if you can't afford a child to trap a wolf, the benefits that can be obtained without taking risks are never the best." Zhang Yuan said, "This time, please let us go!" ”

Zu Zhao was very hesitant, but after thinking about it for a long time, he found that there seemed to be only such a way to choose, so he nodded heavily: "Remember, safety first, even if you can't be rescued, you two must come back safely." ”

"Don't worry, general! We'll get the job done! Zhang pre-hugged his fist.

"Remember, there are two tasks, the first is the necessary mission, which is that you must come back alive; The second is to save the Queen of Silla, and this is an optional mission, so the first must be a prerequisite. Got it?! Zu Zhao admonished.

The brothers were moved in their hearts and seriously agreed. Immediately, he left the camp with the scouts.

The scout could easily enter and exit Marudu City, and he also knew where Lu Dao Quan was imprisoned, so it was most suitable for the two brothers to follow him.

This night, Zu Zhao stayed up all night in the camp, and got up from time to time to see if Zhang Yuan and Zhang Zhen's brothers had returned, but until dawn, they didn't see anyone. His heart sank inch by inch, and he regretted how he agreed to the words of the brothers.

The danger of saving the whole can actually be discussed in the long run, but the good general is difficult to find!

However, now that the decision has been made, all he can do now is wait for news.

When the sun rose, Zu Zhao stood at the gate outside the barracks, and suddenly saw two fast horses flying in front of him, all of them in night clothes, and behind them, there were clearly chasing soldiers.

Zu Zhao's eyes lit up, and he immediately turned on his horse and shouted to the dozen or so soldiers who were keeping vigil on the left and right: "Vice General Zhang is back, there are chasing soldiers behind them, hurry up and help!" Before the words fell, he himself had already taken the lead in rushing out. The long sword in his hand made a whistling sound in the wind, and he clearly saw that Zhang Yuan's horse was also carrying a big cloth bag, and the bag was the appearance of a person, and he was even more happy in his heart, it seems that the brothers have succeeded!

He suddenly fell asleep, only felt that his whole body was full of strength, and he rode his horse and galloped towards the people chasing Zhang Yuan and them, and the killing intent was Ling Ran.

However, in one round, Zu Zhao had already killed two, and at this time, the reinforcements behind him also arrived, surrounding several pursuers in the middle, and slashing them all.

And Zu Zhao had already returned from his horse, and he couldn't wait to see the people Zhang Yuan and the people they had brought back.

As a result, when he arrived at the main tent, he walked in and saw Zhang Yuan and Zhang Yu kneeling there, and the black cloth bag containing people was really thrown aside at will.

Zhang Yuan and Zhang Pre listened to the movement behind them, turned their heads, and saw that it was Zu Zhao, and immediately said guiltily: "The last general has been humiliated by his mission and has not rescued the Queen of Silla, please punish the general!" ”

Zu Zhao was stunned for a moment: "You didn't rescue the Queen of Silla, so who is this?" He pointed to the black bag on the ground, a little puzzled, but more lost in his heart. However, the loss must not be put on the face. That would chill the hearts of the soldiers.

"This is the son of the King of Goguryeo," Zhang Yuan sighed, "The garrison of the place where the Queen of Silla is located is too strict to sneak in, but she is not willing to come out like this, so she kidnapped the son of the King of Goguryeo." I don't know if it's useful, the emperor's sons are generally many, and if he is not taken seriously, it may not be of much use......"

At this time, Zu Zhao's eyes lit up, he quickly walked over, opened the bag, pulled out the young man inside and took a look, and was immediately overjoyed: "Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yu, you guys are so good!" If this is really the prince of Goguryeo, then we will definitely be able to change back to the queen of Silla! Zhu Chuanxin is already thin, although he is over half a hundred years old, but he only has one son under his knees, and now you have him, it is simply his life, ha, ha! If he doesn't have a son, it's useless for him to guard this royal city, and there is no successor! ”

The road turned back, Zhang Yuan and Zhang Yu listened, looked at each other and laughed, laughed and laughed, and the two of them simply fell to the ground and fell asleep, because of a night's long-distance running and fighting wits and courage, the physical strength of the two people was basically at the limit.

Zu Zhao was taken aback when he saw them like this, and immediately called a military doctor to examine them. After the military doctor examined, he told Zu Zhao that only Zhang Yu had suffered some skin trauma, and the rest were unscathed, and the two were now just tired and asleep, so Zu Zhao was relieved and ordered someone to help the brothers to sleep on the bed, and personally covered them with quilts.

The prince of Goguryeo was carefully guarded.

Because the hostage-taking was delayed, on the third day, Zu Zhao's army finally arrived in the city. First of all, they sent a loud voice to shout and curse, and not long after, the king of Goguryeo appeared on the castle tower.

Being able to come so soon means that you must have been waiting for a long time.

As usual, as soon as Zhu Chuanxin came up, he talked to Zu Zhao about the conditions and said that he would withdraw from the army. Zu Zhao naturally sneered and was unwilling, at this time, Zhu Chuanxin asked someone to bring out the whole danger of being plain and facing the sky with black hair and a shawl. said that if Zu Zhao did not surrender, he would kill Quanzhi.

In fact, Zhu Chuanxin had basically guessed that his son was in Zu Zhao's hands, but he still had some hope, after all, he didn't see Zu Zhao take his son with him, so the cards that could be played naturally still had to be played.

Zu Zhao sneered disdainfully, hooked his finger behind him, and Zhang Yuan escorted the little prince out.

The boy was only fourteen or fifteen years old, and because he was pampered on weekdays, where had he ever seen such a battle, he was so frightened that he wept bitterly, and only shouted "Father, save me!" He was originally placed on Zhang Yuan's horse, but suddenly, Zhang Yuan smelled a foul smell, and after being stunned for a moment, he immediately lifted the little prince down.

"Fuck! Are you a man? At this time, it can also scare the pee! What a bear thing. Zhang Yuan looked disgusted, and after taking the prince off the horse, the spear was directly compared to his neck, "Don't move, if you move, you will be killed directly!" ”

Zhu Chuanxin on the city tower didn't know the reason, but when he saw the young general next to Zu Zhao who really wanted to kill his son, he was immediately frightened and shouted, "I can't help it." As soon as he shouted like this, the morale of the Goguryeo army was much lower, and the dignified king, showing cowardice in court, was not a very good thing to listen to.

Zu Zhao shouted: "If I release the Queen of Silla, I will release His Royal Highness the Prince, how about this deal?!" ”

Zhu Chuanxin just wanted to answer, but was stopped by the staff next to him, who told him that Zu Zhao would definitely save the whole danger, and since he had to exchange hostages, it was better to let them withdraw to the border between Liaodong and Goguryeo and exchange again, so that they would not be able to fight again.

This was supposed to be a two-pronged strategy, but Zhu Chuanxin was furious when he heard it, and felt that the staff had not considered the little prince at all: "How can that Zu Zhao be a good stubble, treat him like this, he will definitely sprinkle his anger on Yu'er's head, how can I look at it." ”

"My king, if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, the little prince may suffer a little, but there will definitely be no danger of his life, just like we dare not kill the queen of Silla."

"Shut up, it's not your son, of course it's not distressed!" Zhu Chuanxin lost his son, just like he lost his backbone, and suddenly became an angry parent.

When the staff saw this, they stopped talking.

After Zhu Chuanxin saw that the staff did not speak, he found that what he said was also right, so he asked Zu Zhao to withdraw from the army and then hand over the people, and the two sides bargained, and the result was set in Li Jingcheng to exchange hostages.

Zu Zhao's army of 80,000 retreated to Li Jingcheng, and the people in the city had a good impression of Zu Zhao, and directly opened the city gate to welcome him, as if he directly recognized Zu Zhao as the master, but when Wang Jun came, the city gate was closed.

The deal was finally done outside the city.

Quan Zhiyu returned to Zu Zhao's side and was quickly protected. And the little prince also returned it to Zhu Chuanxin.

After Zhu Chuanxin got the hostages, he launched an attack directly outside the city.

Zu Zhao was actually a plan, but he didn't expect him to do it first, he was overjoyed, and immediately ordered people to spread the news that the royal army was attacking the city and maybe even slaughtering the city, and he took the soldiers to the city wall to defend, looking like he was going to protect the people in the city to the death. This move laid the foundation for his complete annexation of Goguryeo, and the people in the city loved him very much, and even on the night of the decisive battle, he was directly elected as the lord of the city and crowned him with a garland.

Needless to say, after Zu Zhao defeated the royal army, in order for the people in the city to live in peace and stability for a long time, he rose up and chased and killed, completely occupied the city of Marudu, and ended the history of the Goguryeo Zhu royal family for more than 100 years. Goguryeo has completely become the world of Zuzhao, and the hearts of the people are to him, and the honor is to him.

And Quan Zhiyu, after a short time with Zu Zhao, was sent back to Silla, and she was always sad about the annihilation of the troops she led, so Zu Zhao gave her the jurisdiction of Goguryeo directly. But that's all for later.