?On the sixth day of the April 19th, the capital of Goguryeo, Pyongyang.

Various news from the Liaoshui line recently confirmed that Middle Earth is very likely to launch a third attack, which made Goguryeo King Gao Yuan and his central minister anxious and unable to sleep at night.

The war has entered its third year. Although the Central Turkish army stopped attacking and retreated to the west of the Liaoshui River since early autumn last year, the Central Turkish emperor was always stranded on the frontier and never returned to the Eastern Capital. The Central Turkish army was also stranded in Huaiyuan Town, and there was no sign of withdrawing troops. This is enough to show that Central Turkish did not give up the attack, so Goguryeo had to continue mobilizing all its forces to prepare for the war.

However, Goguryeo could no longer support it. In the past two years, Goguryeo has devoted all its national strength to fight against Middle-earth, with huge consumption and little output, and its population and materials have decreased sharply. Although it was a great victory in the first year and a lot of seizures were seized in the second year, it successfully blocked the Middle-earth army from Yalu Water, saving half of the land from being damaged, but this did not save Goguryeo from water and fire, could not stop the outbreak of the food crisis, and could not curb the decline of national strength. Especially after the **** swept across the Yalu Water at the end of last year, the situation deteriorated rapidly, and a large number of people fled their homes, and the hearts of the people collapsed, the morale of the army was turbulent, and the shadow of defeat enveloped the entire Goguryeo.

At the same time, the two old rivals of Silla and Baekje took advantage of the fire to rob, put in the wrong, and frequently crossed the border and robbed Pyongyang, harboring and dispersing a considerable part of Goguryeo's power. When his many ally Sumo-Mi, saw that Goguryeo was rapidly declining and was in danger, his position and attitude also changed accordingly. Not only did he increase the intensity of "blacklist" against Goguryeo, but he also began to covet Goguryeo's territory, revealing his greedy and bloody face.

The outside of Goguryeo is surrounded by enemies and surrounded by enemies. Inside, Goguryeo King Gao Yuan was betrayed by his relatives and his prestige was lost.

A kingdom has declined and many people coveted and encroached on the vanguard, while a strong man has declined, and it cannot bring real benefits to allies and subordinates. Of course, it is inevitable that everyone will be betrayal, let alone during the process of the domination of the Far East, Gao Yuan and his son, in order to bite a few more pieces of meat from the Middle Earth body of the Sect Master, and frequently invaded Middle Earth, they were strongly opposed and obstructed by the pro-Central Earth faction of Pyongyang. The result can be imagined. Gao Yuan and Gao Yuan and his son used all means to attack and eliminate political opponents, and the opposing sides formed a life-and-death hatred. Now the bloody facts prove that Gao Yuan, Gao Yuan and his son and the nobles who supported them have their own fruits and paid a heavy price for their unrealistic cause of kingship and dominance, which brought the disaster of genocide to Goguryeo.

Gao Yuan can die, and the nobles who support Gao Yuan can die, but Goguryeo cannot die. This is the consensus of a large number of Goguryeo aristocrats who are struggling in despair. So they incited desperate civilians to launch a rebellion, lobbied and incited local officials and military generals to betray Gao Yuan, trying to overthrow Gao Yuan, save Goguryeo, and win the survival of the ethnic group by surrendering to Middle-earth, and rebuild a new Goguryeo.

In this situation of internal and external troubles, Gao Yuan and his supporters were in a state of turmoil, losing sight of one thing and being too poor to deal with it, and it was no longer sustainable. Not to mention concentrating the national strength to fight against the third attack from China and Turkey, it is difficult to stabilize the political situation in Pyongyang and stabilize the domestic situation. It can be said that internal and external difficulties are at a loss.

On that day, Gao Yuan urgently summoned General Yizhi Wende and Jiang Yiwei to tell them a bad news that although they had expected it, they always had a trace of luck. The Middle Earth Emperor issued an order to attack Goguryeo for the third time on February 20th.

Erichi Wende and Jiang Yiwei looked at Prime Minister Gao Jianwu at the same time, and their eyes were dissatisfied. Such important news has only been spread to Pyongyang now, which has been a big mistake.

Prime Minister Gao Jianwu was born in a royal family, over fifty years old, thin and haggard, and his hair and beard were gray due to excessive labor, giving people a sense of age and weakness. Seeing that the two generals showed a questioning look, he couldn't help but shake his head helplessly, "Since Husi escaped, the Middle Earth Emperor launched a major purge on it, and the control of important secrets was more stringent. It is difficult for us to obtain valuable news from it. As for this news, it has been semi-published in Huaiyuan Town, so our eyeliner can find it."

"In this way, the Middle-earth people are about to launch an attack." Yizhi Wende and Jiang Yiwei looked at each other, and both saw a deep sense of worry in each other's eyes.

Yizhi Wende and Jiang Yiwei are both old soldiers in their fifties. They are both powerful officials during the Gaotang period, and they all have the ambition to dominate the Far East. They have fought for their dreams all their lives. But now not only are their dreams shattered, but even their races are in danger of survival. Therefore, they hate the culprit Zhongtu, and they are unwilling to fail. They want to protect Goguryeo and rebuild Goguryeo's glory and glory.

However, under the current situation, their means to turn the tide are very limited. The economy has collapsed, the force is too disparate, and politically they are deeply trapped in division and internal strife. There is no food and grass inside, no rescue outside, and they are at a loss. Now the only thing they can rely on is the Goguryeo people's hatred for the invasion of the Middle Earth and the strong desire to survive. However, the war is about national strength, and the weak can defeat the strong can never be reborn. When the war enters the third year, facing the powerful Middle Earth, Goguryeo is no longer able to fight again. Defeat is inevitable unless God favors him and gives another miracle.

Gao Yuan was in his thirties, and he was in his prime and ambitious age. Of course, he wanted to do something big and realize Goguryeo's ideal of dominating the Far East, but his ideal was full and reality was skinny. At his heyday, Goguryeo happened to meet the rising Middle Earth. The Far East Wolf King was no match for the Middle Earth lion at all. The victory and defeat were decided before the battle was fought.

Goguryeo did win the battle in the past two years, but lost the war. The Far East Wolf King used all his strength to injure the lion and drove away the lion, but the price paid was heavy. Now it was dying and could only watch the lion swaying and killing it with all its might.

Gao Yuan could not wait for death, he wanted to raise his strength and fight to the death in order to survive in a desperate situation, so he invited two old coaches to ask for advice.

"The brilliant results of the previous two years fully prove that our previous countermeasures are very correct and there is no need to change them." Jiang Yi said confidently without thinking, "West of Yalu River, we will defend Liaodong and Wugu two important towns, fighting to the death with the enemy, so as to achieve the purpose of restraining and dispersing the enemy's strength, slugging and delaying the enemy's attack speed; east of Yalu River, we will defend Yalu River and Sashui River with heavy troops, take advantage of the natural obstacles, use the advantages of the rainy season, and blocking and killing the enemy at all costs, and do our best to delay the time when the enemy surrounds Pyongyang. When winter comes, the enemy will passively, and victory will belong to us."

Gao Yuan's face was expressionless. Yizhi Wende's expression was grim.

Gao Jianwu glanced at Jiang Yiwei, shook his hand, and sighed, "Two years ago, we burned our boats and fought with our backs. Last year, we gave all our strength and fought to the death. This year, we had nothing, the national treasury was exhausted, and the manpower, material resources and financial resources were almost collapsed. How to fight? What to fight? If morale and courage can defeat the enemy, defend the city, and win the battle, why would Goguryeo have the disaster of the country destruction?"

Jiang Yiwei sneered, "We can't hold on, but how long can China-Turkish hold on? From the enemy situation we have collected, we can see that the current situation in China-Turkish is very bad, and internal and external troubles erupt together, and its sinisterness is far beyond us. Therefore, as long as we persist to the end and persevere to the end, victory will definitely belong to us."

"Yes, the situation in Zhongtu is indeed very bad. We are lucky, thinking that Zhongtu may give up the attack. However, the facts now tell us that Zhongtu is about to launch a third attack, so the truth is that Zhongtu can persist and we are about to fall." Gao Jianwu sighed helplessly, "The victory and defeat of this battle have been decided. If we continue to fight, what if we defeat Zhongtu again on the battlefield? What else can we have left in the end? Can we make Goguryeo stand up again on the ruins with three victories in the past three years? Let Goguryeo become the overlord of the Far East again?"

No one answered, and there was a dead silence.

"The answer is no." Gao Jianwu asked and answered himself, "When we fight against Middle-earth, every victory will cost us an unbearable price. Middle-earth loses 200,000 soldiers, and will not hurt their vital energy. As long as we lose 50,000 soldiers, we will be seriously injured. If we lose 100,000 soldiers, we will be in danger of destruction. In the fierce battles in the past two years, our casualties have reached nearly 50,000 soldiers, and our population has exceeded 100,000. As for the damaged cities, houses, and pastoral areas, it is even more difficult to count. The **** at the end of last year gave us a fatal blow."

"In this dilemma, imagine that if we continue to fight against Middle-earth this year, fighting with Middle-earth in every city, every river, and every inch of land, and never stop until we die. What is the final result? Obviously, even if we win and persist, we will be dying."

"If Middle-earth launches its fourth attack next year, how can we resist? If Silla and Baekje join forces to invade north at the end of the year, Sumo-Mirai will also betrayal, take advantage of the fire and robbery, and take advantage of the situation, what should we do?"

"What's more serious is that we are currently facing, Silla, Baekje, and Sumomi are clear about the difficulties we are facing. If they tacitly cooperate with Middle Earth this year, attack Middle Earth on all sides, and do their best to erode my Goguryeo, what should we do?"

No one responded, and the atmosphere was depressing.

After a long time, Jiang Yiwei spoke, "This year, we are not without the opportunity to create miracles."

"Are you talking about the Turks?" Gao Jianwu shook his head repeatedly, "The Turks are not trustworthy. The reason why the Turkic envoys came here thousands of miles this spring was very obvious, and they wanted to use us to restrain the Middle-earth people and thus win more time for them to regain Anzhou. But since the Middle-earth people have decided to launch a third attack on us, it is enough to show that the purpose of Zhongtu's capture of Anzhou is to use Anzhou to attract the attention of the Turks, firmly restrain the Donghu people, and not give them any chance to help us. How could the Turks not see such clumsy tricks? Since they saw it, the Turks dared to risk the war between the North and the South and start a war against Zhongtu for the destruction of their powerful other troops?"

Jiang Yiwei couldn't help it anymore and sneered coldly, "As the Prime Minister said, we should stop fighting this year, surrender, and tie our hands up and wait for slaughter."

"It's time for this, seeking peace is of course the best strategy." Gao Jianwu smiled bitterly, "But the problem is that in this battle, the Middle Earth Emperor lost all his face, how could he easily talk about peace?"
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