This long-brewing heavy snow came very violently and urgently, and lasted until the early hours of the morning, when it turned from heavy snow to light snow, and a thick layer of snow was piled up on the ground, and people stepped on the place where they could probably reach the calf, although it had an impact on the attack, Qin Qiong still launched a general attack on the Goguryeo people according to the original plan.

For a time, the Tang army stepped on the snow, marched forward in a neat formation, with shield hands in front and throwers in the rear, as long as they encountered the defense of the Goguryeo people, they immediately threw out a bunch of firearms, and then the archers behind fired arrows in unison, and finally the sword and axe men cleaned up the battlefield.

Li Xiu has also been staying in the tent at the gate of Marudu City, Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin have also been here, from yesterday to now, they haven't even closed their eyes, and they haven't even forgotten to listen to the people below report the battle situation when they are eating, this is the moment that can best show a general's command talent, not personal martial arts, Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin were both fierce generals on the battlefield before, but they showed another side that they usually can't see at this time.

With the passage of time, the Tang army also began to slowly advance along the streets, and under the attack regardless of the cost, the casualties on the Tang army's side were not large, especially the firearms in this kind of street fighting, exerted unparalleled power, no matter what kind of enemy, directly threw out a bunch of firearms, no matter how powerful the person could not bear it.

With the Tang army pressing forward step by step, the Goguryeo people can only retreat slowly, and in the roar of firearms, their casualties are also very large, in fact, with the current power of firearms, many times can not directly blow people to death, but what is more terrifying than firearms is the Tang army itself, Qin Qiong's elites are all selected veterans of the battlefield, as long as firearms can open a gap for them, these people will seize the opportunity to rush in, followed by a tragic killing.

By the afternoon, the Goguryeo people had been compressed to the northern palace area, and then there was the residence of Quangai Suwen and his son, and it was also the core area of the entire Marudu City, which also made the Tang army seem to be crazy, desperately trying to break through the defense of the Goguryeo people, after all, Qin Qiong had promised before, to seize Quangai Suwen to seal the marquis, reward a thousand gold, and even if you can't catch Quangai Suwen, it is a great achievement to catch Quangai Suwen, and it is a good opportunity to seal his wife and son.

However, the Goguryeo people were also forced into a corner at this time, at this time they had no way to retreat, and to this extent, the Tang army would not accept their surrender, in fact, Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin were both red-eyed at this time, and they had already decided to completely annihilate the last army of Goguryeo, so they didn't even accept prisoners, which also made the Goguryeo people give up all illusions, even if they died, they would pull a Tang army to die together, but in the face of the Tang army's sophisticated equipment and rich experience, It is not an easy task for them to die with the Tang Army.

"The Goguryeo people have all been compressed to the vicinity of the palace, and we should also go to the battlefield to witness the demise of Goguryeo!" Qin Qiong, who was in the handsome tent, slapped the table at this time and said, although Pyongyang has fallen into the hands of the Tang Dynasty, if Quangai Suwen does not die for a day, the Tang Dynasty will not be able to fully control Goguryeo for a day, and today he will completely get rid of this hidden danger for the Tang Dynasty.

"Hehe, Lao Tzu wants to personally pull off Quangai Suwen's head and give it to Your Majesty!" Cheng Yanjin also laughed at this time, tired for two days and one night, and now it is finally time to reap the fruits.

Seeing that Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin were going to command the army on the battlefield in person, Li Xiu couldn't sit still, after all, at such an important moment, he also wanted to witness it with his own eyes, so after obtaining Qin Qiong's consent, he also rode on a horse and followed Qin Qiong and them to the direction of the palace.

Compared with yesterday, today's Marudu City has become a pile of ruins, especially because of yesterday's Tang Army's arson, which caused many houses to be burned, some of which were burned to pitch black, and the snow had long since turned into water, mixed with black ash and blood, turning into a red color in black, and then frozen into ice, Li Xiu and they were stepping on this black and red street and moving forward slowly.

In addition to the burned houses and the blood on the ground, the most on the street are all kinds of corpses, and there are some remaining fortifications of the Goguryeo people, which were originally intended to hinder the advance of the Tang army, but did not play a big role, some of the fortifications are covered with dead corpses, frozen together by the melting snow, forming piles of more tragic ice corpses, and if you want to clean up in the future, I am afraid that you can only wait until next spring.

The further you go, the more dead bodies on the street, which also shows that the more tragic the previous battle, although many of the dead bodies are Goguryeo, but there are also many soldiers of the Tang Army, and there is no time to help them collect the corpses at this time, only some medical officers shuttle among the corpses, hoping to find some wounded and undead soldiers to carry to the rear for treatment, of course, if it is the Goguryeo people who did not die, they will also make up for it.

Because there were too many dead bodies on the street, Li Xiu and they rode horses for nearly half an hour, and then they came to the vicinity of the palace, only to see that this place had been surrounded by the Tang army, and behind the palace was a steep mountain, there was no way to escape, and the Goguryeo people also formed a battle formation in the square in front of the palace at this time, stubbornly resisting the attack of the Tang army, even if every attack of the Tang army could make rows of Goguryeo people fall, but still no one took a step back.

"Why are these Goguryeo people so tenacious, and if we allow them to surrender, will it break their fighting spirit?" Li Xiu looked at the stubbornly resisting Goguryeo people in the square, and couldn't help but say at the moment, he was not pitiful, but worried that if the Goguryeo people resisted stubbornly, it would also bring certain casualties to the Tang army.

"It's useless, Quangai Suwen is not a fool, those Goguryeo people who may surrender have been sent to the periphery by him, and they have been almost wiped out by us before, and the rest are all his henchmen, as long as Quangai Suwen does not surrender, they will fight to the death." Cheng Yanjin shook his head at this time and said, after two days and one night of fighting, more than 30,000 Goguryeo people were killed and injured, and now there should be more than 10,000 Goguryeo people in the palace.

"Bed crossbows and trebuchets are prepared, these Goguryeo people staying will only become a hidden danger for the imperial court to rule Liaodong in the future, it is better to let them be buried with Goguryeo!" Qin Qiong also said very coldly at this time, although he usually kept the words "benevolence and righteousness" in his heart, but on the battlefield, he could not tolerate any mercy.

Hearing Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin say this, Li Xiu also sighed secretly, now the casualties of the Tang army have exceeded expectations, but as long as this Tang army can be completely eliminated, then the price paid before will be worth it.

With Qin Qiong's order, the bed crossbow and trebuchet were also pushed out, and then the crossbow arrows and gunpowder bullets and oil bombs were fired together, these weapons are usually used to siege the city, and the fragile human body encounters them, it is like paper paste, especially the explosion of gunpowder and the burning of fire oil, which made the Goguryeo people in the square scream again and again, without the protection of the city wall, they had no power to fight back in the face of the Tang army, at this time it was no longer a war, but a massacre.

"Father, the soldiers outside can't stand it anymore, let's let them retreat to the palace and resist the attack of the Tang army with the help of the walls of the palace!" Under the head of the palace, Quan Nanjian looked at the soldiers who died tragically under the hands of the Tang Army outside, and said loudly with tears in the corners of his eyes.

However, Quan Gai Suwen was ignored by his son's words at this time, and his eyes were staring directly at the killing field outside, without any expression on his face, no one knew what he was thinking?

"Father, it's come to this point, it's impossible for us to hold here, there is a secret passage in the palace that leads to the mountains, father, you better run away, just leave the child here!" Seeing that his father didn't speak, Quan Nanjian also spoke again, at this time, even he gave up the last extravagant hope, and now he only hopes that his father can live, so that in the future, their Quan family may have hope of making a comeback.

Quan Gai Suwen heard his son's words, and finally had a hint of reaction at this time, only to see his face twitch a few times, and finally suddenly sighed and said: "I'm old, and I'm also tired of escaping, let me have a fight with Tang Jun today, Nanjian, you can leave along the secret road, so that you can also leave an incense for our Quan family!" ”

"Father, you must not, you are the head of our Quan family, and as long as you live, you can call on countless people with lofty ideals to oppose the Tang Dynasty, so that our Quan family can have hope, I can only be a lost dog when I escape, and it is of no use at all!" Although Quan Nanjian is usually very proud, he is very self-aware at this time, after all, compared to his father's prestige, he is too much worse, even if he escapes, I'm afraid no one will care about him.

"The Tang Dynasty mobilized the people, even the emperor drove the expedition in person, and paid such a big price to defeat Goguryeo, how could it be that we would have a chance to turn over, so I can only be a lost dog when I escape, and I want to be the hero of Quangai Suwen I, so I would rather die here than steal my life, and Marudu City is still the former capital of our Goguryeo, and I can be regarded as a well-deserved death if I die here!" Quangai Suwen spoke again at this time.

"Okay, the boy will die here with his father!" Quan Nanjian gritted his teeth and said again at this time, he is also an arrogant person, if his father dies here, he is not willing to live.

Hearing Quan Nanjian say this, Quan Gai Suwen couldn't help but show a helpless expression, and after a while, he spoke: "Okay, then let's go out of the city together, and see who kills more Tang people by then!" ”

Seeing his father's agreement, Quan Nanjian also excitedly agreed, and then turned around and wanted to prepare, but he didn't expect that as soon as he turned around, he felt a heavy blow to his neck, and he fainted directly in front of him.