"Gao Yanshou mistook me! Gao Hui really mistook me! Misleading the country and the people! This country thief too! If you don't kill Gao Yanshou and Gao Hui, it's really not enough to be angry! ”

Gao Jianwu said very indignantly.

"Gao Yanshou and Gao Hui really deserve to be killed!"

"The minister has long seen that Gao Yanshou and Gao Hui are really mediocre and incompetent, and they are not suitable to be the commander of the army!"

"Yes! Gao Yanshou, this person is boastful, he is so happy, he is so ambitious, it is really inappropriate to let him lead the army! ”

"Liaodong fell so quickly at the beginning, Gao Yanshou is to blame!"

Hearing the discussion of the ministers, Gao Jianwu was so angry that he almost spit out a mouthful of blood, what is the use of you talking about this now, why didn't you say it earlier? When Gao Yanshou was asked to lead the army, none of you objected, not only did you not oppose it, but you were very much in favor of it!

"Survival is in danger, society is in danger, and I am ashamed of my ancestors and ancestors! At this critical time, what do you have to say? ”

Gao Jianwu asked.

"The army is defeated, the people are panicking, if the Tang army continues to advance eastward, I am afraid that the city will not be able to hold on!"

The second eldest brother frowned and groaned, and the eldest brother groaned.

"That's no way, the morale of the new army is low, and it must be withdrawn to regroup and reinvigorate morale, and those cities can only be resigned, as long as the Tang army is defeated, it will be easy to regain the lost territory!"

"Brother Tai is right, let the Tang army continue to advance eastward, stick to the royal capital, and fight to the death with the Tang army under the royal capital, as long as the Tang army is defeated, the land can be recovered!"

"The minister also agrees with this proposal, let the Tang army advance eastward, and fight with the Tang army under the royal capital, and the king can also personally supervise the battle, and there will be no loss!"

Gao Jianwu couldn't help but nod when he heard this, and he could only fight the last battle with the strength of the country, so there was nothing wrong with putting this last battle in the royal capital, after all, if he lost the battle again, let alone the royal capital, the entire Goguryeo was afraid that he would not be able to hold it, and besides, putting this battle in the royal capital could boost morale and personally supervise the battle, Gao Jianwu nodded.

"What the secretary said is very true, then temporarily abandon the cities, and order the soldiers and horses everywhere to fight to the death with the Tang army in the royal capital!"

"The king is shengming!"

The ministers said in a deep voice, and Gao Jianwu groaned.

"Who can lead the troops as the commander?"

The hall suddenly fell into silence, this battle is related to the luck of the society, and it is also the last chance for Goguryeo, so naturally it should be cautious, several times in the court, who else has this prestige and the ability to be handsome? A candidate suddenly appeared in everyone's minds, that is, Yuangai Suwen, but no one said it, because everyone was unanimously opposed to Yuangai Suwen as the handsome, thinking that Yuangai Suwen and Datang were unclear and could not take risks, so how could they talk back now? Isn't this a blatant slap in the face? Gao Jianwu also thought about Yuan Gai Suwen, but he didn't want to slap himself in the face and wanted the ministers to recommend him, but these ministers didn't speak, which made Gao Jianwu very helpless, Gao Jianwu groaned.

"Do you think you should let Yuangai Suwen lead the troops?"

It's not a question of whether it should be or not, but is there a better option? The eldest brother said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, Yuangai Suwen does have the talent of a general, and when it comes to the ability to lead troops, there is no one in the entire Goguryeo, so when it comes to the candidate for leading troops, Yuangai Suwen is the best choice, but the relationship between Yuangai Suwen and Li Yong, the prince of Rongfu County, makes people hesitate."

Gao Jianwu said in a deep voice.

"These days, Lone has also figured it out, maybe Yuan Gai Suwen and the Tang Rongfu County Duke were really familiar with each other, but can the righteousness of this friend be greater than the loyalty of the monarch and the minister? Can it be greater than the love of home and country? Gu and Zhongqing have fallen for Li Yong's discordant scheme, Li Yong and Yuangai Suwen are familiar with each other, so they understand Yuangai Suwen's talents, and know that Yuangai Suwen is a great enemy, and it is because of fear that they try their best to get rid of the big trouble, alas! Lonely in the divisive plan, cut off his arm! ”

Big brother said in a deep voice.

"Although Li Yong is young, he is insidious and cunning, full of tricks, and people can't guard against it!"

Gao Jianwu said in a deep voice.

"Fortunately, Gu did not completely fall for Li Yong's tricks, and did not dispose of Yuangai Suwen in anger, and now it is not too late to make amends."

"The king is shengming!"

Everyone said in unison, and Gao Jianwu groaned.

"Although the army is defeated again, the royal capital cannot be chaotic, the court cannot be chaotic, and the ministers must not be negligent! Mobilize soldiers and horses from all over the country to work hard for the king, as well as ordnance, grain and grass can not be sloppy, and the army retreats to the royal capital and the labor army, the defeat of this battle is due to Gao Yanshou, Gao Huizhen's unfavorable command, and the soldiers are not at fault, they need to be rewarded well and revitalize their morale! ”

Zhongqing bowed his head and obeyed the order, and the eldest brother groaned.

"Your Majesty, will the soldiers and horses from the east also be mobilized? If the soldiers and horses of Silla invade the border, if the soldiers and horses from the east are also transferred to King Duqin, I am afraid that I will be attacked on both sides! ”

Gao Jianwu heard this, his heart was on fire, Silla dared to raise troops to attack, it is really unreasonable, if it wasn't for the Tang Dynasty's sudden army to march eastward, he would have destroyed Silla a long time ago, how could Silla be so arrogant? However, at this time, there is really no way to teach Silla a lesson, Gao Jianwu muttered.

"Then leave fifty percent of the soldiers and horses to deal with Silla, and order them to hold on, if even the Silla people can't resist, they will not be spared!"

A group of ministers dispersed one after another, their faces were heavy, at this moment, everyone understood that Goguryeo had reached the time of life and death, when the former Sui million army went east, the situation was not so critical, in the face of the Tang army's pressing step by step, could it really repel the Tang army? Even the ministers had no bottom in their hearts, no one thought that the Tang Army would only send more than 100,000 troops to force them to the point of exhaustion, in fact, they still had a thought in their hearts, a thought that they didn't dare to think about, this time the Tang Emperor only used more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in his eastern expedition, but did the Tang Dynasty only have more than 100,000 soldiers and horses? How is this possible! Even they Goguryeo can mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops, how can the Tang Dynasty only have hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses? Even if the Tang army is repelled by luck this time, if the Tang Emperor raises hundreds of thousands or even millions of troops to the east again, how can he resist it? Now they can be regarded as understanding, the combat power of the Tang Army and the former Sui is not the same! As the ministers dispersed, the news of the defeat of the army quickly spread among the royal capital, and both the officials and the common people who heard it were all stunned, a full 250,000 troops! Defeated? Even these 250,000 troops were defeated, so who else could resist the Tang army? Obviously it is the dog days of the unbearable heat, hearing the news of the defeat of this army, everyone is chilled, although they have experienced the military report of not knowing how many soldiers have lost the city, but this time it is the most chilling, at this moment, everyone really feels that Goguryeo has reached the time of critical survival, although the king has ordered the soldiers and horses everywhere to go to the royal capital to escort the king, but the people of the royal capital still feel panicked, not to mention that the people of the royal capital feel panicked, even the officials in the court are suddenly in their hearts, Because although everyone said that they would fight to the death, they were very pessimistic in their hearts, if the king couldn't hold it, what should he do? In the palace, Gao Jianwu is still hesitating in the main hall, and Yuangai Suwen is still locked up in the palace, he has been thinking about waiting for the army's good news to come and humiliate Yuangai Suwen, and then kill Yuangai Suwen to relieve his hatred, but he never thought that he still has to use Yuangai Suwen, then he must be to Corporal Yuangai Suwen Lixian to eliminate the resentment of Yuangai Suwen being under house arrest, so Gao Jianwu hesitated, he really didn't want to put down his face to envelop Yuangai Suwen, but he still had to face it, and the most important thing in front of him was to tide over the difficulties, Gao Jianwu said in a deep voice.

"Go, invite Yuangai Suwen!"

The chamberlain respectfully agreed, turned around and left.

"Wait!"

Gao Jianwu suddenly turned around and called the waiter.

"Lone personally went to see Yuan Gai Suwen!"

"Your Majesty, Yuangai Suwen is a courtier after all, how can the king deignate?"

The chamberlain was startled and hurriedly said, Do you think I want to go? Gao Jianwu asked in a deep voice.

"You didn't feel sorry for Yuan Gai Suwen, did you?"

The waiter hurriedly said.

"How dare a slave? He has always been provided with good food and drink according to the king's commands! ”

Gao Jianwu nodded when he heard this.

"That's good!"

What the chamberlain said is not false, the palace in the remote part of the palace is full of food and wine, Yuangai Suwen sits there with his eyes closed, ignoring the wine and food, and there are some books, calligraphy and paintings and pen and ink next to him, in addition to the request to go out, it can be said that the waiter is responsive to him, but Yuangai Suwen is not in any mood for these, although time passes day by day, his heart is extremely tormented, he doesn't know how the battle is going, if the battle is won, it means that his life is about to come to an end, or he will be born, Die, this kind of waiting is really torturous, he really wants to inquire about the situation outside, but the inner servant refuses to say anything, obviously he has been specially instructed, if he pinches the time, now the army should be about to engage the Tang army, that is, the result may be in a few days, is it life or death? Just as Yuangai Suwen was thinking, there was a sudden sound of dense footsteps outside, and Yuangai Suwen couldn't help but change his face, did he get the result so soon?

"The king has arrived!"

Hearing the shouts of the chamberlain, Yuangai Suwen couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly, and his heart was ecstatic, if the army was victorious, how could the king deign to come, he would definitely be summoned, and then humiliated fiercely, and now that the king arrived, there was only one possibility, the army was defeated! Yuan Gai Suwen stood up, and then saw Wang Shang striding in with a warm smile on his face.

"Chen Yuan Gai Suwen meets the king!"

Yuan Gai Su Wen said respectfully, Gao Jianwu looked up and down, and said with a relieved face.

"Aiqing is fat, and she looks moisturized, and she is very relieved! Lone still remembers that when Aiqing just returned to the royal capital, she was very haggard, Aiqing was a hero, a great hero, Lone was distressed! ”

Yuan Gai Suwen listened and hurriedly said.

"I dare not be ashamed, I dare not be ashamed!"

Gao Jianwu said sincerely.

"Deserved, essay Tao Wu strategy, Ai Qing is the first in the world, no one can match! Because of this, Lone let Aiqing rest well and recuperate, because Aiqing has a heavy responsibility on her shoulders! ”

Yuangai Suwen said in a deep voice.

"The minister is also in suspense day and night when he stays here these days, and he doesn't know how the war is going ahead!"

Gao Jianwu couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, and shook his head slightly.

"Gao Yanshou used the radical method to provoke the Tang Emperor to go out of the city to fight, and the Tang Emperor really won the radical method, and the camp went out of the city to fight......"

Before Gao Jianwu could finish speaking, Yuan Gai Suwen had already said in a deep voice.

"When you go out of the city to fight, you must be careful of the muskets of the Tang Army! The muskets of the Don Army are very powerful! ”

Muskets? Muskets! Gao Jianwu's face changed drastically when he heard this, it turned out that Yuan Gai Suwen knew that the Tang Army's musket was very powerful! Doesn't that mean that if Yuangai Suwen is allowed to lead the army and guard against the muskets of the Tang army, then this battle will be won? At this moment, Gao Jianwu's heart was full of remorse! If you regret not at the beginning, your bowels are green! If it weren't for Li Yong's divisive strategy, he would definitely not have changed his commander, and he would not have lost this battle! Li Yong, who killed a thousand knives!

"Muskets! Datang's musket is powerful, why doesn't Aiqing say it? ”

Gao Jianwu's heart was agitated, and he couldn't help but ask, seeing the remorseful expression on Gao Jianwu's face, Yuan Gai Suwen was so cool in his heart, why didn't he say it? If he said it and defeated the Tang army, would he still have his life?

"The minister has been trapped here, and he can't say it even if he wants to!"

Yuan Gai Suwen said helplessly, can't say? Why can't you say? As long as you tell the waiter, do you dare to hide it? But what else can he say? Gao Jianwu could only sigh helplessly.

"It's all Lone's fault! The army was defeated in the Black Bone City, Gao Yanshou and Gao Hui are nowhere to be found, Aiqing, now it is a critical autumn of survival, for the sake of Goguryeo, for the sake of the people, please also ask Aiqing to take command! ”

After speaking, Gao Jianwu bowed deeply, and Yuangai Suwen hurriedly avoided it, and hurriedly said.

"Why does the king have to be like this, the minister can't afford it, the minister is a Goguryeo person in life, and a ghost in Goguryeo in death, for the sake of Goguryeo, even if the minister is broken to pieces, what is there to fear?"

Gao Jianwu held Yuan Gai Suwen's hand and said with emotion.

"Yes, yes! The wind knows the grass, the board knows the Chengchen, and today the lonely one knows that Aiqing is the minister of the humerus! ”

Yuangai Suwen bowed slightly.

"The king has praised it, don't you know how seriously the army has been damaged?"

Gao Jianwu groaned.

"The specific situation is still unknown, but Lone has already ordered the soldiers and horses from all over the country to go to the king to escort King Qin, and Lone orders you to be the commander of all the soldiers and horses."

Yuan Gai Suwen bowed and said.

"The minister's decree is to do everything possible to defeat the Tang army, recover the country, and never live up to the king's trust!"

Gao Jianwu nodded.

"Okay, good, as long as you can repel the Tang army, you have something to ask for, and you can't do it!"

Yuangai Suwen groaned.

"Please thank the people for Gao Yanshou and Gao Hui's true law, and the heart of the army!"

Gao Jianwu thought that Yuan Gai Suwen would make some harsh requests, but he didn't expect that he just wanted to kill Gao Yanshou and Gao Huizhen, Gao Jianwu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and said in a deep voice.

"Aiqing doesn't say it, Gu also wants to behead Gao Yanshou and Gao Huizhen, these two have been defeated repeatedly, misleading the country and the people, and it is not a pity to die!"

Yuan Gai Su Wen said respectfully.

"The king is shengming!"

Gao Jianwu asked expectantly.

"Aiqing knows a lot about muskets and artillery, can you be confident that you can defeat the Tang army?"