"What?" After hearing his father let him flee to Maruto after he was defeated at Bogoukou, the Izumi boy couldn't help but scream in shock, and an incredible expression appeared on his face. After all, these are not what his father said?

Like the Tang Dynasty, Goguryeo was not only one capital. In fact, Goguryeo has three capitals. In addition to Pyongyang, there are also domestic cities and Marudu. Moreover, these two cities are very special because they are close to each other, only about four or five miles away, and are interdependent. They are called the allying capital in later generations, which is very rare.

In fact, as early as the early days of the founding of Goguryeo, the capital was not in Pyongyang, but in the domestic city. However, during the Three Kingdoms period of the Han Dynasty, Goguryeo had a war with the Gongsun clan, who belonged to Cao Cao, and was defeated. Not only did he lose a large area of ​​his territory, but even the domestic city of the royal capital was destroyed. So the King of Goguryeo fled to Maruto and made it the capital.

Marutou Castle was originally just a military city in the domestic city. It was built on Marutou Mountain. The terrain was very dangerous. Especially after the domestic city was destroyed, Goguryeo began to build Marutou on a large scale and built a city wall according to the mountain. Most of the city walls were built with square stones. It can be said to be extremely solid. There are water sources, warehouses, fortresses, etc. in the city, which can be said to be an extremely strong fortress.

However, although Maruto Castle was strong, it was captured twice in history by the Central Plains dynasty. Once, shortly after the construction of Maruto Castle was completed, it was captured by the famous general of Cao Wei, Qiu Jian, and also erected a monument to record merits. Later, it was defeated by King Murong Huangguang of Yan. Since then, Goguryeo moved the king to Pingyuan City, but Maruto Castle was still preserved as one of the capitals.

"Don't be surprised. If we were defeated at Bogoukou, there would definitely be no soldiers to defend Pyongyang City. You stayed here and waited for death, so it would be better to escape to Marudu City. I left five thousand elite soldiers there, even if it was not used now. Moreover, there are a large amount of food and supplies stored in the city, which is enough to keep you through this winter!" Quanga Suwen said solemnly at this time. When he arrived at his position, it was impossible not to prepare a way out for himself.

"But……"

The boy from Quan was about to say something when he heard his father's words, but he was interrupted by Quan Gai Suwen and said, "It's nothing. Even if I fight to the last soldier, I will never surrender. However, our Quan family cannot break the roots like this. Then you will take your family to Marudu City. Although it has been destroyed twice, it has been repaired in recent years. Moreover, it is a mountainous area, and the terrain is easy to defend but difficult to attack. In addition, winter is coming soon, so the Tang army will definitely not chase after it!"

"But..." Although my father didn't want to hear it, the boy Izumi still had to say, "But even after the winter, what should I do if Tang Jun still refuses to let us go next year? Even if the city of Marudu is high and dangerous, it is only a few thousand people who rely on it, I'm afraid it won't be able to stay for long?"

Quan Gai Suwen seemed very reluctant to answer this question, but he closed his eyes in pain. After a while, he slowly opened his eyes and said weakly: "If the Tang army still refuses to let you go next year, then surrender. I am dead by then. The Tang army should not kill them all. After all, they still need someone to help them comfort the hometown of Goguryeo!"

"Father, although Tang Jun is under the banner of revenge for the glory of the king, it may not be..."

"Okay, I know what you are going to say, but I have decided. Don't say these words again!" Before Boy Quan finished speaking, he was interrupted by Suwen again. Judging from his appearance, he seemed to dislike what Boy Quan wanted to say, which made Boy Quan sigh inwardly, and he didn't dare to say anything at the moment.

Three days later, Quan Gai Suwen led an army of 50,000 to leave Pyongyang City, and Quan Nanjian also accompanied him. Only Quan Nan is left to manage Pyongyang City, and there is also logistics supply. After all, Quan Gai Suwen and others must rush to Bogoukou as soon as possible, so the supplies they carry were limited, and Pyongyang needed to supply them in the rear.

After seeing off his father, Izumi Boy also began to secretly prepare for retreat. This was also agreed by him and Izumi Gai Suwen. He could stay in Pyongyang, but just in case, his son needed to be sent to Marudu City, so as not to have any accidents that would lead to their Izumi family not being able to keep their bloodlines.

However, with Quan Gai Suwen's departure, some undercurrents began to appear in Pyongyang City. After all, Quan Gai Suwen killed King Rongliu before, which made many people very dissatisfied with Quan Gai Suwen. Before Quan Gai Suwen could calm the domestic turmoil, the Tang Dynasty entered, so some people loyal to King Rongliu in secretly colluded.

Before, Quangasuwen was in charge of Pyongyang City, but no one dared to make any changes. However, as soon as Quangasuwen left, these people who were loyal to King Rongliu began to move secretly. Before, they were at most sending some information to the Tang army, but now these people have begun to prepare some practical actions and may even seize control of Pyongyang.

It is also worth mentioning that Gao Zang, who was supported to the throne by Quanga Suwen, is not a good-looking lamp. He was obedient to Quanga Suwen before, but in fact he was unwilling to be a puppet in his heart. Therefore, after Quanga Suwen left, he became less obedient and even secretly began to contact those who were loyal to King Rongliu. After all, he was King Rongliu's nephew, and it was natural to inherit the throne.

The boys of Quan couldn't help but feel a headache when facing this chaos in Pyongyang City. In particular, Quanga Suwen took away a 50,000 army, and only seven or eight thousand defenders were left in Pyongyang City. Moreover, it was a pieced together army, so it was already very difficult to maintain public order inside. If there was any foreign enemy invasion, he might have to surrender.

However, as the saying goes, when the boys in the spring were busy dealing with the chaos in Pyongyang City, they never dreamed that on the sea outside the west side of Pyongyang City, the Tang army fleet set sail again after rest and arrived at a port in Goguryeo in just one day. There was a Goguryeo naval army stationed here, but it had been damaged before. Now there are only a few warships left hiding in the port and were soon sunk by the Tang army's warships. Then the port was quickly occupied by the Tang army.

As the warships stopped at the port, Su Dingfang immediately ordered his soldiers to disembark and transport the war horses and materials off the ship. Speaking of which, the navy also invested a lot this time and almost dispatched most of the warships. This was mainly because Su Dingfang was mainly cavalry, so the war horses had to be transported together. After the war horses came ashore, Su Dingfang did not stop at all and immediately led his cavalry to attack Pyongyang City.
Chapter completed!