The war has been ruined to the present situation, Gao Quansheng's mood is extremely depressed, coupled with the dispute on the occasion of the previous discussion, Gao Quansheng is even more annoyed, this return to the barracks, he will all the generals retreat, alone in the Chinese army tent to drink stuffy wine, originally planned to borrow wine to eliminate sorrow, how can the wine into the sorrow of the intestines more sorrowful, an originally handsome face wrinkled like a bitter melon, from time to time sighing, listening to the guards on duty outside the tent are all nervous, lest one accidentally anger his master and bring death to himself.

"Bring the wine! Hurry up and bring the wine, bastards, where are the people? "Gao Quansheng drank a lot of wine, and in the past, he was also a person who was not drunk, but today he had something in his heart, and he didn't drink it for long, he was already slightly drunk, and when he saw that the wine jar on a few sons was empty, he shouted at the top of his throat, and when he heard a chaos outside the tent, it was not the guards who sent the wine that entered the tent, but a group of generals, not only Liang Dahai and Geng Cheng were both overseers, but Gong Chaofan and other high-status generals also followed into the big tent.

"Huh? What are you doing here? As soon as Gao Quansheng saw that the generals had entered the tent without being announced, he became angry, his eyes widened, and he asked angrily.

Gao Quansheng has a high prestige among the generals, he stared at him like this, all the generals were a little panicked, you pushed me to hint at it, and they didn't dare to come forward to speak, seeing that Gao Quansheng was even more angry, and he was about to attack with a black face. Liang Dahai, the governor of the left army, who had the highest status among the generals, saw that the situation was not good, so he had no choice but to step forward and say in a low voice: "General, I heard rumors in the army, saying that Prince Tang's army has arrived under the city of Pyongyang, the army is in turmoil, and all the troops are thinking of returning, so I implore the general to get an accurate idea for us." ”

As soon as Gao Quansheng heard Liang Dahai talk about this, he was furious, slapped a few times, jumped up, and roared angrily: "Fart, this is all Tang Kou's nonsense, you even believe it, who dares to chew the root of the tongue again, military law will deal with it!" ”

"The general is angry, the general is angry." Geng Cheng, the right governor standing on the side, saw Gao Quansheng have a seizure, and hurriedly flashed out from the side and said: "General, the ancients have a cloud: the wind comes out of nowhere, it may not be without a cause, now we are trapped in the city of Zhou, we can't fight again, there is no food to defend, there is no reinforcements outside, it is inevitable that the soldiers will have some complaints, and remember the emptiness of the country, if it is really a matter for the Tang prince, wouldn't we be the sinners of the country?" ”

"Yes, general, now that Zhou Liu is obviously undefendable, why should our army be martyred for Baekje, even if we really want to die generously, we should die in the country, I hope the general will think twice." As soon as Geng Cheng's voice fell, Liang Dahai immediately echoed.

"Yes, general, we are not greedy for life and afraid of death, so what does it matter if we die in battle, we are just martyred for others, it is not worth it, general, please give an order."

"General, as far as the last general knows, the grain and straw in the city will be supported until the end of the month at most, and after this stubble, I can't leave even if I want to."

"General, it's better for me to fight to the death than to wait in the city and starve to death, so you give the order, and we will follow the general desperately!"

……

As soon as Liang and Geng Er came out like this, the generals below followed one after another, and for a while, the big tent was full of noisy noise, making Gao Quansheng one head and two big.

"Enough, shut up General Ben!" Gao Quansheng waved his hand irritably, stopped the noise of the generals, lowered his head and paced back and forth in the big tent for a few steps, suddenly stood on his feet, and said fiercely: "This general was ordered to defend against the enemy on the southern front, and since he should sacrifice his life to take righteousness, if Baekje dies today, my Goguryeo will also be in danger, and Baekje is my ally of Goguryeo, and I have always communicated with each other, so how can I do this treacherous act." ”

"General, I'm afraid you don't know yet, after the Tang army shot a letter into the city early this morning, the red cloth in the city has been announced, and many people have broken their heads for a foot of red cloth, this Baekje is no longer reliable, if we don't make a decision, I'm afraid that there will be changes in the city, if it really comes to that time, there is nowhere to go if you want to, the general must not make a mistake." As soon as Gao Quansheng's words fell, the general Gong Chaofan stood up in crowd and shouted loudly.

"What? Is there such a thing? When Gao Quansheng heard this, he glared at him and said, "Okay, you Gong Chaofan, you dare to lie and coax General Ben, you are so bold!" Come on, drag this guy out! ”

As soon as he heard that Gao Quansheng was going to dispose of himself indiscriminately, Gong Chaofan panicked, hurriedly knelt on the ground, and shouted loudly: "General, the last general is wronged, what the last general said is true, today the last general is on duty to guard the city, and the scene seen on the way back to the camp is indeed the case, if the general does not believe it, he can send someone to the market to investigate, if the general has a lie, let the general deal with it." ”

"The general is angry, what General Gong said is true, we have witnessed such things with our own eyes, and we must prevent the Baekje thieves from selling us."

"General, we can testify for General Gong, and there is no falsehood in this matter."

"General, we waited thousands of miles to work for Baekje, but it was extremely despicable to calculate against us behind their backs, why should we work hard for such villains, or go back to the military state and defend the country as the best policy."

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The generals had obviously reached a consensus in advance, and at this time, when they saw Gong Chaofan shouting injustice, they all spoke out as a guarantee, and everyone was clamoring to abandon the city and leave, hearing Gao Quansheng's face change uncertainly, but he was unwilling to make a decision.

Seeing the look of intention on Gao Quansheng's face, Liang Dahai immediately took a step forward and persuaded with burning words: "General, as the saying goes: the tree is dead, and the person is alive, and it is better to stay in the city this week, it is better to abandon it as soon as possible, and it is better to leave a useful body to guard the border than to rot in this dead city." ”

"I'm willing to follow the general to the death!" As soon as Liang Dahai's words fell, all the generals knelt down and expressed their postures in unison.

"Wait, wait, wait......, hey, wait, you're going to fall into injustice." Gao Quansheng saw that the generals behaved like this, and the last trace of persistence in his heart disappeared, and he shook his head and sighed with a bitter face.

"General, even if we stay in the city, Baekje is bound to die, rather than let me sacrifice tens of thousands of soldiers in vain, why not withdraw from this city to preserve our strength, but to defend the border, in the future, we can try to restore the country for Baekje, after all, Tang Kou will never be able to stay in Silla more, once Tang Kou retreats, Silla is not enough to worry about, if you can restore the country for Baekje, it can be regarded as the end of benevolence and righteousness, there is no injustice." Seeing that Gao Quansheng had been moved by what he said, Geng Cheng took advantage of the heat to strike the iron.

"Well, the matter has come to this point, and there is nothing to say, even if you want to go, you have to get rid of it." Gao Quansheng lowered his head and thought for a long time, and finally raised his head, and made a decision in a gloomy tone.

Seeing that Gao Quansheng finally made a statement, the generals all stood up excitedly, everyone's faces were full of joy that could not be concealed, and they almost cheered on the spot, but Liang Dahai was more cautious, and hurriedly made a statement: "General, please rest assured, we have been observing the camp of the thief army for a long time, although the truth is not fully known, but it is not much worse, now the Tang Kou soldiers are few and fine, and the Silla thieves are many and weak, our army only does not touch the Tang Kou, and it is not difficult to get out of the siege, according to a certain opinion, the east gate is far away from the Tang camp, and only the Silla Xiaokou guards it, Our army can break through from here, and when Tang Kou comes to chase, our army has already gone far away, and now the east gate city defense is in the hands of our army, which is conducive to acting, as long as the general gives an order, we can start at any time. ”

"Hmm." Gao Quansheng replied noncommittally, paced back and forth for a few steps, and then said hesitantly: "Since our army is leaving, the east gate is already empty, and we must prevent Tang Kou from taking advantage of the city to take advantage of the void. ”

"No, never." As soon as he heard Gao Quansheng say this, Liang Dahai immediately became anxious, and hurriedly persuaded: "General, now the city is mixed, if the news leaks, I am afraid that our army will not only not be able to go, but also afraid that it will fall into Tang Kou's ambush. ”

"Think twice, general."

"The general is cautious."

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The Goguryeo generals now only think about escaping from death, how can they care about the life and death of Baekje, and they don't want to cause more trouble, so they have spoken out to dissuade Gao Quansheng's thoughts.

"That's it, then it's decided, it's getting late today, tomorrow I will secretly prepare for a day, and the day after tomorrow will go out of the east gate at three o'clock, pass through Gongzhou, and kill back to the country, you must be careful, don't leak the news, go down and prepare." Gao Quansheng has been in battle for a long time, how can he not know the truth that the military aircraft should not be lightly vented, and the previous announcement to Baekje is just a cover for the mouth, at this time, seeing that all the generals said that it is impossible, he no longer insisted, gritted his teeth, and made a final decision, and the generals happily agreed to go, and secretly prepared to open the camp without mentioning it.

On the ninth day of the seventh month of the twenty-first year of Zhenguan, at three o'clock, the moon has set, but the sun has not yet risen, it is the darkest time of the day, of course, it is also the time when people sleep the sweetest, Zhou stayed in the city and was silent, most of the people in the city were still asleep, but at this time, a group of Goguryeo officers and soldiers quietly marched out of the barracks, and immediately rushed to the east gate, and nearly 60,000 soldiers and horses were already gathered at the east gate. At this time, the camp of the Tang and Xin coalition forces three miles outside the city was still quiet without a sound, but there were a small number of sentries still sticking to their posts, and the overall guard was not too strict - the west camp where the Tang army was located was better, the light and dark posts were properly arranged, although the number was not large, but at least it could ensure that the military camp would not be attacked by sneak attacks, but the Silla army camp outside the east gate was far worse in this aspect, not to mention the small number of sentinels, the layout was not very exquisite, and they were all listless, and they were an amateur army at a glance, of courseIt is not surprising that the entire Silla army itself is composed of a large number of farmers, and both the training and the basic quality of the soldiers are very problematic, not to mention that they are not as good as the elite Tang army, and they do not have any advantage compared with the weak Baekje army.

"Action!" Gao Quansheng led a group of cronies and generals to look at the dark Tang Xin camp on the east city wall, and after being silent for a long time, he finally waved his hand and issued an action order.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! The sound of the horse's hooves of the Goguryeo cavalry suddenly sounded in the dark night, and the disturbed Silla sentries roared in panic, and then a tight trumpet echoed in the night sky, and the entire Silla army camp was in chaos, and countless figures were scurrying around in the dark night.

"Set fire to the camp!" Seeing that the Silla army was obviously unprepared, Gong Chaofan was overjoyed, and rushed to the front of the camp with great strength, killed the sentries, and did not rush the camp, and ordered a group of cavalry to shoot rockets into the camp outside the camp.

The Goguryeo army has always looked down on the Silla army, these days, by the Tang and Xin coalition forces to shrink into the city, long held back a stomach, at this time I heard the Gongluo military camp in the fire, tents burned like giant torches, countless chaotic soldiers in the camp screamed and fled in all directions, and not a single soldier dared to go out of the camp to fight.

"General, General Gong has succeeded, I'll leave quickly." As soon as he saw the fire burning in the Silla camp, and he could faintly hear the screams in it, Liang Dae immediately came to his senses and hurriedly admonished Gao Quansheng.

Gao Quansheng was silent for a while, turned his head to look at the city, sighed, waved his hand angrily, and said, "Let's go!" As soon as the words fell, he strode down the city wall with his head bowed, turned over on his horse, and rushed out of the city gate cave in one fell swoop, followed by tens of thousands of Goguryeo soldiers, bypassing the burning Silla camp and rushing west along the avenue.

"Hahaha...... Burn this group of Silla dogs, and the sons and daughters will work harder and shoot a few more arrows! The main force of Goguryeo had already gone around the camp, but the Gongluo camp that had been left behind rode back and forth on horseback, laughing and ordering his cavalry to shoot the rebels for fun.

"Report, the cavalry of the Tang Army is coming towards our department." Just when Gong Chaofan was proud, a horse hurried over and hurried to report.

"Huh?" Gong Chaofan had been brutally killed by the Tang cavalry once before, and when he heard that the Tang cavalry was coming, he panicked, how dare he stay any longer, and he didn't have time to think about how the Tang cavalry could come so quickly, and he hurriedly twisted the horse's head and shouted: "Withdraw, retreat!" As soon as the words fell, regardless of whether his soldiers followed or not, he hurriedly chased after the rear of his main force and fled.

It was indeed the cavalry brigade of the Tang army that rushed to rush forward, and the leading general was the one who had defeated Gong at the beginning, but the Tang army did not have the slightest intention of chasing and killing the Goguryeo cavalry, nor did it pay attention to the sky-high flames in the Silla camp, and ran straight towards the wide open east city gate, and rushed into the city before the Baekje army who rushed to the east city gate after hearing the news, and fought a fierce battle with a few Baekje officers and soldiers at the city gate, and after repelling the counterattack of the Baekje army, they put out a defensive formation on the spot and firmly controlled the east city gate in their hands. A rousing drum sounded, and countless Silla officers and soldiers shouted to kill the generals from the darkness in the west, and entered the city along the open city gate, and quickly followed the streets of the city to cover the castle guard.

"General Du has worked hard, worked hard." In the chaos, Jin Chunqiu rushed to the east gate under the support of a large group of guards, and when he saw Du Zhengxin standing by the city gate, he hurriedly greeted the past, and greeted him very politely, his face was full of excitement that could not be concealed, of course, Jin Chunqiu had reason to be excited, over the years, Silla was beaten extremely badly by the two countries of Gaobai, if it weren't for the Tang army sending troops to attack Goguryeo several times, I was afraid that Silla would have ceased to exist a long time ago, even if it was with the Tang army this time, in fact, it was just a hard head, Originally, I didn't expect to achieve great results, but now Zhou Liucheng is about to be broken, or broken in his hands, seeing that Baekje is about to be destroyed, how can Jin Chunqiu not be excited, even if he deliberately lost three or five thousand old and weak soldiers in order to hide from the Goguryeo army, but as long as Zhou Liucheng is in hand, all this will be worth it.

"General Jin is polite, the last general still has official business, and he doesn't dare to stay for a long time, the war here depends on General Jin, farewell!" The reason why Du Zhengxin waited at the city gate and did not enter the city was to wait for the arrival of Jin Chunqiu, at this time seeing that Jin Chunqiu had arrived, Du Zhengxin was reluctant to stay longer, dropped a sentence of the scene, twisted the horse's head, led his cavalry to turn the horse's head, rushed out of the city gate, and disappeared into the darkness before dawn in a few breaths.

"What's so alarming out there?" Just when Du Zhengxin and the Baekje army were fighting at the East City Gate, Fu Yufeng, who was sleeping soundly, was awakened, and when he heard the sound of shouting and killing outside, he was so frightened that he didn't care much, and rushed out of the room with only a single coat, standing in the courtyard, and yelled at the guards who were panicking together.

"Your Highness, first there was a fire in the Tang Kou camp outside the East City, and then there was a fierce battle at the East Gate, I don't know what happened, and someone has gone to investigate, and there has been no news to report yet, which disturbed His Highness's rest, a capital crime." Seeing that Fu Yufeng was alarmed, a leader of the guards hurriedly stepped forward and explained in a low voice.

"What? How so? Fu Yufeng looked at the direction of Dongcheng with a solemn face, muttered to himself, his heart was full of ominous premonitions, but he had the psychology of luck, and he didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

"His Royal Highness the prince is leaving, the Goguryeo people fled overnight and gave the east gate to Tang Kou, and now Tang Kou has entered the city in a big way, and the city is about to fall, I implore His Royal Highness to move to Dongying and save the foundation of my Baekje." Futu Daochen didn't wait for Fu Yufeng to ask, rushed forward, and hurriedly persuaded him.

"Ah, this ......" Fu Yufeng was stunned, his white face instantly turned red, and he stomped his feet and said: "Gao Quansheng misunderstood me, as the crown prince, how can he live in chaos and die on the battlefield to repay his father's kindness, and not leave!" ”

"Your Highness, offended!" Futu Daochen knew that Fu Yufeng's temperament was very strong, so he simply stopped persuading him, stood up like a knife, slashed between Fu Yufeng's neck with one palm, knocked him unconscious, and then waved his hand and ordered to the dumbfounded guards: "Quick, you will immediately protect His Highness from the west gate out of the city, and a certain self-leading army will stick to the city and defend the mansion, go quickly!" ”

"General Futu, this ......" A leader of the guards wanted to say something blankly, but when he saw Futu Daochen's angry eyes sweeping, he was so frightened that he stopped his mouth, didn't dare to say more, bowed to Futu Daochen, carried Fu Yufeng, led people out of the courtyard, and ran along the long street to the west gate......

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