The troops that Polu Army attacked the Gaoshe Province of Gaochang State, in addition to the three elite troops of Mo Dao Bing, Shantou Camp and Wei Wuzhu, also had eight cavalry brigades and twenty-six infantry brigades, with a total force of more than 1.6 million.

King Mujheed of Gaochang Kingdom had a total of 18 legions in the Gauss Province, and the total strength of these 18 legions was nearly 2.2 million. In addition, the Western Governor's Office also had a main legion and a newly formed legion in the Gauss Province. The number of troops in the Gauss Province was far greater than that of the Polu Army.

However, in the face of the attack of the Polu Army, the Gaochang Army only dared to hide in various cities and rely on the benefits of the city wall to resist the Polu Army. He did not dare to gather enough troops to fight the Polu Army in the field. After all, most of the eighteen legions under the command of the King of Gaochang Mujesheed were mainly recruits, and their combat effectiveness was really worrying.

Facts have proved that the combat effectiveness and fighting spirit of these forced recruits among the eighteen legions under King Mujheid were indeed too weak. Even the generals who led the troops were not very good. The morale of the defenders of each city was very low. After the Polu Army entered the province of Gauss for more than 20 days, they had already captured twenty-four cities, but the Polu Army did not suffer much casualties in capturing these twenty-four cities.

Many Gaochang Army guarding the city took the initiative to open the city gate after the Polu Army arrived outside the city and surrendered to the Polu Army.

The number of Gaochang prisoners of war captured by the Polu Army among these twenty-four cities was as high as 850,000, while the number of Gaochang troops killed less than 50,000 in these twenty-four cities was less than 50,000, which shows how low the resistance of the Gaochang army was.

On January 21, 429, the Great Jin Dynasty, hundreds of thousands of troops of the Polu Army, led by Liu Ji, rushed outside the capital of Gaochang, the capital of Gaochang State, and then surrounded this huge city with a population of over 3 million.

In the palace of Gaochang City, the capital of Gaochang State, King Mujeshid said hoarsely to Prime Minister Mengtaisuir and Confidant General Marquis Younus: "Now the Polu Army is at the city. Although there are five corps of my king and two corps of the Western Governor's Office in Gaochang City, with a total force of more than 750,000, I am worried that Gaochang City will not be able to be defended for long."

Marquis of Unus said sadly: "His Majesty the King, as you said, our five legions in Gaochang City have very low morale. Once the Polu Army starts to attack the city, I cannot guarantee how long it will last."

Prime Minister Meng Taisuier pondered for a moment and said, "Your Majesty the King, why not take advantage of the fact that the Polu Army has not yet established a stable foothold, and Marquis of Younus will escort His Majesty the King to break through! When the Polu Army attacks Gaochang City, everything will be too late!"

In fact, the King of Gaochang State, Mujheshid, had long been determined to give up Gaochang City and temporarily avoid the army of the Polu Army. However, the royal family of Gaochang State has accumulated hundreds of years of wealth in Gaochang City, so it is not realistic to transfer it in a short period of time. King Mujheshid is very reluctant to give up these wealth. When he was hesitating, the Polu Army had already arrived outside Gaochang City. The Polu Army advances too fast, and it is not easy for King Mujheshid to leave.

Seeing that King Mujheid had a hesitation on his face, Prime Minister Meng Taisuir said again: "His Majesty the King, now the Southern Governor's Office and the Northern Governor's Office have blocked the Polu Army in Huhefuz Province and Namangan Province respectively. Our Gaochang Kingdom still has a chance, but if His Majesty the King is... our Gaochang Kingdom will be really over!"

Marquis of Unus also advised: "Your Majesty the King, what the Prime Minister said makes sense. The Jin people have a saying: If you keep the green mountains and don't worry about the lack of firewood, I am willing to escort Your Majesty the King to break through the encirclement to death!"

King Mujheid said bitterly: "The wealth accumulated by our Gaochang royal family for hundreds of years in Gaochang City. I left. What should I do if I leave? I can't bear to leave!"

Prime Minister Meng Taisuier sighed and said, "Your Majesty the King, even if you stay in Gaochang City, it will be useless. Once Gaochang City is captured, these wealth will still fall into the hands of the Polu Army."

King Mujheid was silent for a long time before asking, "Does there be no chance to defend Gaochang City?"

Prime Minister Meng Taisuier immediately said: "Your Majesty, I believe you understand in your heart that according to the morale of our army in Gaochang City, the hope of defending Gaochang City is very slim, and the Southern Governor's Office and the Northern Governor's Office cannot send troops to rescue Gaochang City. It is impossible for the Western Governor's Office to lift the siege of Gaochang City alone."

King Mujheid sighed and said to Marquis of Younus: "Don't spread the story of my evacuation from Gaochang City. The breakthrough plan must be comprehensive and no mistakes will occur."

Marquis Yunus nodded and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty the King, I will escort you to break through safely."

Prime Minister Meng Taisuier then said loudly: "I am willing to defend Gaochang City for His Majesty the King. Even if I fight one soldier, I will never allow the Polu Army to step into Gaochang City!"

King Mujeshide looked at Prime Minister Meng Taisuier and said with some emotion: "Prime Minister, let me go with me too! Since Gaochang City will definitely not be able to defend, why should I let the Prime Minister stay!"

"Your Majesty the King, no matter what, Gaochang City is the capital of our Gaochang Kingdom. If it is easily captured by the Polu Army, it is equivalent to a huge shame for our entire Gaochang Kingdom. Staying there will at least allow Gaochang City to persist for a longer period of time under the Polu Army's strong attack and gain more time for Your Majesty the King!"

"Ah, it's hard for you, Prime Minister. If Gaochang City can't hold on, the Prime Minister must find a way to leave. Just like the saying of the Jin people, you won't be afraid of burning firewood when you stay in the green mountains!"

After Prime Minister Meng Taisuier returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion in the city from the palace, he immediately found his eldest son Talige in a study room.

"Father, has His Majesty the King decided to break through?" Talige asked anxiously.

Prime Minister Meng Taisuier nodded slightly and said, "His Majesty the King, you are ready to break through, it should be in these two days."

"Father, what should we do? Are we going to break through with His Majesty the King?"

"For the father, he asked His Majesty the King to stay in Gaochang City on his behalf. His Majesty the King has agreed."

When Talige heard this, he did not show any surprise expression, "Father, then should we contact the Polu Army now?"

Prime Minister Meng Taisuier pondered for a moment and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty the King has not left now. If the matter is exposed, it will be a disaster for our family. Let's talk about contact with the Polu Army before you leave!"

It turned out that Prime Minister Meng Taisuier had no determination to fight the Polu Army to the end. He persuaded King Mujheid to break through. The real purpose was to support King Mujheid so that he could present Gaochang City to the Polu Army.

According to the current situation of Gaochang State, Prime Minister Meng Taisuier believes that even if Gaochang State is not destroyed by the defeated army, it will definitely lose its status as one of the four major powers in the Western Regions after this war, and it is possible that Gaochang State will fall apart after the war.

Prime Minister Meng Tai Suier did not have the idea of ​​being loyal to Gaochang State. Since the ship of Gaochang State was about to sink, Prime Minister Meng Tai Suier decided to change another ship. Now the only ship that can be transferred to Prime Minister Meng Tai Suier is the Polu Army.

Prime Minister Meng Taisuier then said to his eldest son Ta Lige: "You must control the 10th Army in your hand. If you want to present Gaochang City to the Polu Army, even if His Majesty the King leaves, it may not be smooth sailing."

During the expansion of the army under King Mujheid some time ago, Ta Lige, the eldest son of Prime Minister Mengtaisuir, was pushed to the position of commander of the 10th Legion by Prime Minister Mengtaisuir.

Talige nodded and said, "Don't worry, Father, I understand what to do."

Since King Mujheid decided to break through, he did not drag on the siege. On the evening of January 22, King Mujheid successfully broke out from the siege of the Polu Army under the escort of Marquis of Unus and a large number of Gaochang cavalry.

In order to cover King Mujheid's breakthrough, more than 100,000 Gaochang's troops even took the initiative to launch a night attack on the Polu Army at night, including most of the troops of the main legion of the Western Governor's Office, and also participated in the night attack. All the cavalry of the Western Governor's Office belonged to the troops who broke through with King Mujheid.

Thanks to the suicide-style night attack of more than 100,000 Gaochang Army, which restrained a large number of troops from the Polu Army, King Mujheid successfully broke through. However, a large number of Gaochang royal members who followed King Mujheid to break through were eventually intercepted by the Polu Army because of their slow action. There were not many royal members who could escape with King Mujheid.

After successfully breaking through, Marquis of Unus counted the number of people and found that there were only more than 10,000 cavalrymen who followed King Mujheid to break through. Marquis of Unus then took more than 10,000 cavalry to escort King Mujheid and rushed straight to the Ley Province west of the Gauss province. Ley Province is the only province directly under King Mujheid and has not been invaded by the Polu Army.

Of course, Ley Province is not the final destination of King Mujheid. Once the Polu Army continues to attack westward, King Mujheid will continue to retreat westward and hide on the territory of the Western Governor's Office.

When King Mujheid had just fled to the province of Ley, the news almost made King Mujheid faint.

On the afternoon of the second day after King Mujheid successfully broke through, Prime Minister Meng Taisuier, who had vowed to ensure that even if he fought, he would not allow the Polu Army to step into Gaochang City, led nearly 600,000 troops in Gaochang City to open the city gate and presented Gaochang City intact to the Polu Army.

The fall of Gaochang City seemed to have caused a chain reaction. The Gaussian province still controlled the twenty-four cities in the hands of the Gaochang Army. In the following days, all fell into the hands of the Polu Army.

The Gaochang State defenders of these twenty-four cities basically took the initiative to surrender to the Polu Army. Only a small number of Gaochang State troops who were unwilling to surrender to the Polu Army abandoned the city and retreated to the Lai Province. The Polu Army seized the twenty-four cities without any battle, and there were more than 600,000 prisoners of war from the Gaochang State.

On January 27, in the lord's mansion of a small city in Leyi Province, King Mujheid said to Marquis of Younus with a desperate look: "It's over! Our Gaochang Kingdom is over! This bastard Mengtai Suier is useless to waste my trust in him so much. As soon as I left, he then presented Gaochang City to the Polu Army. Now all the cities in the Goss Province have fallen. Once the Polu Army continues to attack, Leyi Province cannot defend at all!"

Marquis of Unus sighed, "His Majesty the King, the province of Ley is no longer safe, so we should retreat immediately to the jurisdiction of the Western Governor's Office."

After pausing, Marquis of Unus said comfortingly: "His Majesty the King, the three governors' offices of Gaochang are still there. In the province of Lai, the total army of His Majesty the King is more than 100,000. The Southern Governor's Office and the Northern Governor's Office also have eight newly formed legions of His Majesty the King. Our Gaochang Kingdom... still has a chance."

King Mujheshid said bitterly: "Although I knew from the time I left Gaochang City, I knew that Gaochang City would definitely fall into the hands of the Polu Army, but Gaochang City was easily occupied by the Polu Army. Who would care about me, a king who escaped from the abandoned capital and had no place to settle down in the future? Even if Gaochang State would not be destroyed by the Polu Army this time, I, as a king, will be just a decoration at most in the future, and maybe there will be no chance of decoration."

Marquis of Unus hesitated and said, "His Majesty the King, in this situation, why not have peace talks with the Polu Army?"

When King Mujheed heard the word "peace talk", he couldn't help but feel moved, "Peace talk? Will the Polu Army still have peace talks?"

Marquis of Unus sighed and said, "His Majesty the King, although the Polu Army won a great victory in this battle with our four powerful countries in the Western Regions, the Polu Army itself suffered a considerable loss, and the Jin State was not stable. Perhaps Liu Ji, the commander of the Polu Army, did not have the intention to completely annex our Gaochang State, and with the strength of the three major governors' offices, it was not easy to be swallowed by the Polu Army."

King Mujheid asked hurriedly: "Yunus, what conditions do you think our Gaochang Kingdom will offer to end the war with the Polu Army?"

Marquis Unus considered it for a moment and said, "His Majesty the King, I am forbidden to say that before the war, there may only be the Ley provinces left. The other seven provinces are impossible for the Polu Army to return it to us. As for the provinces occupied by the Polu Army, I see that the Polu Army will find it difficult to spit it out."

King Mujheid rubbed his hands, and a light flashed in his eyes, "I don't care about that much at this time. If I can keep the rest of the province of Lai, it is not impossible for the other seven provinces to abandon it."
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