The afterglow of the sunset leaked into the room and sprinkled on the desk of the book, illuminating a golden seal. The golden light was dazzling, but in Gao Jianwu's view, it was very dazzling.

This golden seal is a handsome seal. Not long ago, he personally handed it to the general Yu Xinde. Now that the golden seal has returned, Yu Xinde and his army have been destroyed.

A few days ago, after passing through Xincheng, the Zhou army suddenly crossed the Liao River and advanced eastward, breaking through the Gaicheng between Xincheng and Liaodong City. Gao Jianwu immediately gathered his troops and left Liaodong City to head north.

At the same time, Yu Xinde's troops also returned to the south, and wanted to attack the north and south to encircle the Zhou army.

However, the Zhou army was very quick. After conquering Gaicheng, they immediately marched towards Xincheng the next day and launched an attack the next day after arriving at the south bank of Xiaoliao River.

When Gao Jianwu led his army to the outside of Gaicheng, some defeated soldiers came to report one after another, saying that the Zhou army had defeated the official army and conquered Xincheng the next day.

The incident suddenly happened. Gao Jianwu was shocked and immediately ordered to retreat south, and at least he brought his army back to Liaodong City safely.

Today, as soon as he returned to Liaodong City, the Zhou army envoy sent the golden seal and brought the news that Yu Xinde had been killed.

At the same time, as more and more defeated soldiers ran back, Gao Jianwu roughly learned the specific situation of the battle in Xincheng that day.

Early that morning, the Zhou army built a bridge to cross the Xiaoliao River. Although the official army immediately intercepted it, it failed to repel the opponent. Fortunately, the commander then assembled the troops and ordered a half-crossing attack for the Zhou army. As a result, the military formation was defeated by the opponent with a powerful weapon.

The troops were defeated at that time, but the camps on their own were heavily guarded and were backed by Xincheng. It was not that they could stabilize the situation and reduce losses. As a result, there were soldiers in the Zhou army to help with the war. Under the call of these people, the people in the camp became thoughtful.

Although the coach made a secret arrangement to prevent people from turning against each other at the time of defeat, when the defeat was overwhelming, people were in panic and didn't care about so much. When some people really turned against each other, no one could care about suppressing them.

The camp was quickly captured by the Zhou army. The cavalry fled quickly with horses, and the infantry could only run on two legs. In the chaos, there were countless people who were killed and captured in the battle. I don’t know how many people escaped.

The soldiers who fled to the new city were only safe for one night. The next day, the Zhou army still used the powerful weapon.

The new city fell before it lasted for a day, and only a few people escaped.

Gao Jianwu, who learned about the battle situation, felt powerless. The strength of the Zhou army was no longer something that the official army could compete with. The opponent had such a powerful weapon, and his side could not defeat the field battle, but could not defend the city, so he was afraid that he could only...

As he thought about it, he couldn't help but clench his fists.

Since its founding in Goguryeo, it has experienced hundreds of years of ups and downs. It is not that it has faced the danger of destruction of the country, but that it has attacked one after another.

The Han army, the Xin army (Wang Mang Xin Dynasty), the Gongsun army (the Gongsun family entrenched in Liaodong at the end of the Later Han Dynasty), the Jin army, and the Yan army (the Yan State of Murong family). These troops caused serious losses to Goguryeo, and even captured the capital at that time.

But Goguryeo survived.

During the Xin Dynasty in the Central Plains, the generals of the Xin Dynasty killed the founding king of Goguryeo. So what?

The Gongsun army captured the Goguryeo capital at that time, so what?

The Yan army also captured the Goguryeo capital at that time, but did not see Goguryeo fall into ruin.

Later, the Goguryeo Army confronted the Yan army in Xincheng, and finally signed an alliance to stop the army.

So, this time the Zhou army is coming in full force, will Goguryeo fall into its country?

Gao Jianwu felt that it would not be. The Zhou army was just one of the countless powerful enemies facing Goguryeo for hundreds of years. No matter how dangerous the situation was, his side would definitely be able to withstand it in the end. So if he chose not to surrender now, he would definitely regret it.

Gao Jianwu cheered himself up and his mood recovered a little, but he suddenly thought of one thing, that is the difference between the Zhou army and the powerful enemies in the past.

The opponent has a powerful weapon that can kill, injure people, soldiers or break through city walls at a distance. In front of such weapons, no matter whether the official army fights field or defends the city, it is impossible to resist.

Thinking of this, Gao Jianwu's mood became heavier again. He was no longer as optimistic about defending Liaodong City.

So, should we choose to surrender without fighting, or wait for the city to break out?

While he was struggling, a general led a messenger to seek advice outside. The messenger came from Baiyan City to the east, bringing emergency military information and the city lord's letter of help.

According to him, the Zhou army occupying Wugu City advanced west along the road and was about to approach Baiyan City. Therefore, the Lord of Baiyan City sent envoys to seek help, hoping that Gao Jianwu would send troops to help the battle.

After hearing this news, Gao Jianwu didn't know what to say. Baiyan City was located 40 miles east of Liaodong City, located at the western foot of the long mountain. The attack from the Zhou army from the east meant that the rear route of Liaodong City had been cut off.

The south, west, and north were all Zhou troops. Gao Jianwu also planned to retreat eastward if Liaodong City could not be defended, and then he would retreat into the mountains through Baiyan City, then head northward to enter Fuyu Prefecture (the former land of Fuyu Kingdom), where he waited for an opportunity to get up again.

Now, what should I do?

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The first snow since the beginning of winter has not yet ended for two days. The snowflakes falling from the sky are scattered on the earth, and the wilderness is covered with snow, and the Liaodong City in front of you is also covered with silver.

The Zhou army, who were approaching the city of Liaodong, had already set up camps, with black flags like forests and black troops like tides.

A heavy cannon entered the artillery position under the drag of a large number of mules and horses, and the position was nearly one and a half miles away from Liaodong City.

The siege cannon that can fire twenty kilograms of artillery shells has a range of two miles, so at this distance, the Zhou army can easily attack Liaodong city, but the defenders have no power to fight back.

Several soldiers set up distance measuring mirrors that looked like "ya" and accurately measured the distance between the position and Liaodong City so that the artillery soldiers could adjust the angle of the muzzle and ensure a high hit rate during the artillery.

On the side, the marching supervisor Yang Ji looked at the siege cannons and suddenly remembered the Red Barbarian cannons of the Ming Dynasty and many things.

He put away his thoughts and looked at the Liaodong City ahead with a thousand-mile mirror.

No, it is Xiangping City.

After Goguryeo invaded Liaodong, it renamed Xiangping, the Liaodong county and county governor, to Liaodong City. Since then, the name of Xiangping has disappeared.

Now, he wants to use the rumbling sound of cannons to awaken everyone's memory and remind everyone of the original name of the city in front of him was Xiangping.

Half a month has passed since the battle in Xincheng. Yang Ji gave Goguryeo coach Gao Jianwu the opportunity to make a choice, but the other party did not give an answer after the deadline.

During this period, the official army advanced west from Yalu River had already captured Baiyan City on the east side of Liaodong City, so Liaodong City became an isolated city at this moment, but tens of thousands of defenders in the city still refused to surrender.

The other party has made a choice, probably to rely on defending the city to cause major casualties to the Zhou army, and then reduce them to negotiate a good price.

But Yang Ji would not let the other party do what he wanted, so he transferred the siege cannons, and he spent some more time on this.

After a while, the siege cannon was ready. The first test shot fell into the Liaodong city.
Chapter completed!