"Your Majesty, the envoy has returned." The little eunuch walked in from outside the main hall and went back and forth to Gaozang.

"Come in, please."

After a while, the eunuch brought the envoy in.

"Minister, see the king." The envoy saluted to Takzang, and then bowed his hand to the nobles in the hall.

"Come on, how did you talk to Xuan Shijing?" Takazo asked eagerly.

"Back to the king, the minister went to the Tang army camp and handed over the king's letter of state, but the Marquis of Dongshan is still not at ease with us, now there are only 20,000 Tang troops in the camp outside the city, but the defenders in Pyongyang City are more than 50,000 people, and they are all the elite of my Goguryeo, he said, he does not dare to take this risk, unless he ......."

"Unless what?" Izumi asked.

"Unless all the 50,000 troops leave the city and set up camp ten miles away, after the 50,000 troops are stationed ten miles away, he will bring troops to take over Pyongyang City." The envoy responded.

"Too much deception!" Quan Nanjian shouted: "You can see clearly, the Tang army outside the city is only 20,000 people?" ”

"Yes, Xiaguan is in the camp of the Tang Army, and after a general look, there are indeed only 20,000 people in the camp, and the Marquis of Dongshan also claims that there are only 20,000 Liaodong troops in the camp." The envoy said.

"Twenty thousand people ......." Quan Nanjian touched his chin and lowered his head to think.

"What do you want to do?" Seeing Quan Nanjian's appearance, Gao Zang hurriedly asked, Now that the general trend has become a settlement, it is destined to be useless no matter how hard he struggles, Gao Zang does not want Quan Nanjian to go to the side again at this juncture.

"Your Majesty, Your Excellency." Quan Nanjian raised his head and said: "This Xuan Shijing is fighting in Goguryeo, and how much wealth and goods have been looted from my Goguryeo, if you surrender like this, there are no soldiers in the city, and Xuan Shijing will plunder again, and we will not have the slightest power to fight back, so whether your net worth and life can be saved, this official does not dare to say, now Xuan Shijing's army is stationed outside the city, there are only 20,000 people, and there are 50,000 elites in my city, when you can fight, this battle is not for anything else, just to destroy Xuan Shijing, as long as Xuan Shijing dies, when Su Dingfang's army arrives outside Pyongyang, It's not too late for me to go out of the city and surrender, what Xuan Shijing dares to do, Su Dingfang doesn't dare to do, so that everyone here doesn't have to worry about their things being robbed by Xuan Shijing's robbers. ”

"Mo Lizhi is going to attack Xuan Shijing?" An official looked at Quan Nanjian and asked.

"Exactly." Izumi Nanjian nodded.

"Don't leave the branch, I'm afraid it will anger the Tang army." Gao Zang said: "That Dongshan Marquis Xuan Shijing, he is very much loved by the Tang Emperor, if he dies in this Pyongyang city....... I'm afraid that we won't even have the opportunity to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, and Mo Lizhi's move can only anger the Tang Army even more. ”

As soon as Takazo said this, the main hall fell silent again.

"Then according to the king's words, are you going to agree to Xuan Shijing's request?" Izumi asked.

"For today's plan, this can only be the case, if you continue to fight, the root will be gone." Gao Zang said, "Mo Lizhi has forgotten what you and I said in this main hall that night? ”

Quan Nanjian's palms were clenched into fists, although he had drunk and talked with Gao Zang, but when it came to the end, he was really unacceptable to the current result, and it was difficult to accept such a good opportunity in front of him but gave up because of scruples about this scruples and that.

Now that I think about it, if I go back to two or three months ago, how many chances would Goguryeo have of escaping today's fate? But where can we go back in time?

"Since we have already decided to descend to the Tang Dynasty, let's do what Xuan Shijing said." Gao Zang said: "But there is one point, Xuan Shijing needs to make three chapters with this king, after entering the city, you must not plunder the property in the city, you must not condone the soldiers to bully my people, and you must not kill my people, you wait for tomorrow, continue to go to the Tang army camp, and inform Xuan Shijing of Lone's three conditions, if Xuan Shijing does not agree, then Lone can only defend Pyongyang City for the sake of the people, and resist to the end, so that even if the Tang Army wants to take Pyongyang City after the division, he will have to pay a lot of price, let him think about it himself." ”

"Yes." The envoy responded.

The nobles in Pyongyang City gathered in the main hall of the royal palace, and when they dispersed, it was already late at night, and Izumi Nanjian sat in the main hall without speaking, and everyone was gone, and Gozang got up from his seat and came to Quan Nanjian's side.

"Although Lone and Mo Lizhi had political disagreements, but their hearts are all for Goguryeo, things have come to this point, Mo Lizhi should not think about anything, if there is no one to be responsible for the death of the country, let this king bear it." Gao Zang patted Izumi Nanjian on the shoulder, and then left the main hall with the eunuchs beside him.

Quan Nanjian looked at the back of Gao Zang leaving, and suddenly felt a sense of confusion, these days, what are he and Gao Zang fighting for? Right? Mo Lizhi's position, one person under ten thousand people, wealth? Even if he can't spend all the goods in the house, now that the country is gone, what is left of him? Does the rest of this stuff make sense?

Izumi Nanjian got up and left the main hall, his guards were waiting for him outside the hall, got into the carriage, and the carriage slowly drove towards the mansion built by Izumi Nanjian.

Early the next morning, Gaozang's envoys left Pyongyang and went to the Tang army camp.

And Xuan Shijing in the camp, he hasn't woken up yet, although last night the envoy came to the barracks overnight to tell him that Gaozang was going to surrender, but after all, Pyongyang City has not yet arrived, and there are still enough forces in Pyongyang City to threaten the Tang Army, and the precautions in the camp are indispensable, so last night, in the camp of 20,000 people, there were 5,000 people on duty at night.

Gaozang's envoy arrived at the barracks early, and was taken by Changle to wait in the side tent on the side of the tent.

"This lord, hasn't the Hou Ye woken up yet?" The envoy looked at Chang Le and asked.

"Last night, Master Hou personally led people to patrol the camp, and he slept late." Chang Le said, "Your Excellency, please wait a while. ”

"Okay." The envoys responded again and again, and at the same time they were also glad in their hearts, fortunately, the king did not agree with Mo Lizhi's idea yesterday, if it was last night, Mo Lizhi brought people to attack the Tang army camp, it is estimated that he would not be able to get benefits, this Tang Dongshan Marquis's mind is too meticulous.

It's said to be meticulous, but in fact, it makes the opponent feel a little scary.

In the middle of the morning, Xuan Shijing woke up leisurely, and when he packed up and walked out of the tent, he saw the tent Changle walking back and forth outside with Gaozang's envoys.

"Your Excellency has come so early." Xuan Shijing greeted with a smile.

When the envoy saw Xuan Shijing, he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "I've seen Master Hou." ”

Chang Le also bowed to Xuan Shijing: "Master Hou, the envoy came to the camp early in the morning, but at that time, Lord Hou had only fallen asleep for a short time, and his subordinates did not disturb Master Hou. ”