Gao Zhao was furious when he heard this, how could the soldiers of the Jin army suddenly appear on the city wall, this is obviously because the soldiers guarding the city wall neglected their duties and did not find the sneak attack of the Jin army soldiers and horses in time, so that the Jin soldiers and horses gradually approached the city wall, and unknowingly boarded the city wall, and when they found the Jin army, a large number of soldiers and horses of the Jin army had been killed in front of them, so the pill capital city was lost. %し

"This group of bastards must have been derelict in their duties, otherwise how could they not find the soldiers and horses of the Jin army who sneaked attack, they are really angry with this king." Gao Zhao said angrily.

"King, now is not the time to be angry, you should have planned early!" The pro-soldier captain frowned and said.

Gao Zhao nodded, looked at the pro-soldier captain, and said, "If you have any good suggestions, you might as well talk about it." ”

The captain of the pro-soldier thought for a while, hugged his fists and said: "King, most of my Goguryeo soldiers and horses are in the hands of the general, we should leave Marudu as soon as possible and go to the general's camp, so that the king will be safe, and he can also rely on the 80,000 army under the command of the general to kill back to Marudu and annihilate all the soldiers and horses of the Jin army and the three Hans." ”

"Okay, great, this king thinks so too." As soon as Gao Zhao thought that there were still 80,000 troops under Gao Yuan's command, his confidence suddenly rose.

"No, now that the city gate has been controlled by the Jin army, this king can't even go out of the pill capital, how can he go to join the general?" Gao Zhao suddenly became anxious.

"The king can rest assured, the Jin army cannot always block the city gate, tomorrow morning, the Jin army will inevitably open the city gate, so that the people inside and outside the city can enter and exit freely, and when the time comes, we and the king can put on makeup and leave the pill capital. As soon as we leave Marudu, we will immediately go to the shogun. The pro-soldier lieutenant whispered.

Gao Zhao nodded and said: "It seems that it can only be like this, it will be done like this, if this king can escape this time, it will all be the credit of you." In the future, you will be my generals in Goguryeo. ”

"King Xie, we will do our best to protect the king from the pill capital." Pro-soldier captain Masase said.

In Gao Zhao's palace, many Jin soldiers searched back and forth, and they captured many royal families and Goguryeo ministers in the palace, but only Gao Zhao was missing, which made the Jin soldiers very unhappy. and vowed to dig three feet into the ground to find out Gao Zhao.

Just when the soldiers of the Jin army were trying to find Gao Zhao, Wang Meng rode his horse to the palace and asked, "Have you ever captured Gao Zhao?" ”

"General, the last general and others are a step too late, and they have already let Gao Zhao escape." The general of the Jin army said helplessly.

Wang Meng looked at the chaotic palace. Zhengse said: "Forget it, forget it if you can't catch it!" We have already taken the pill capital city, and Gao Zhao's life and death are no longer important. ”

"What do you mean?" The ministry was a little confused.

Wang Meng said: "Post a notice early tomorrow morning, telling the people of the city that Gao Zhao has died in the chaos, and the city of Marudu has been owned by the Great Jin. If they refuse to join the Great Jin, they can be allowed to leave the pill capital. ”

"Yes, General. The Admiral understood. The general nodded and said.

Subsequently, Wang Meng took up residence in the royal palace of Goguryeo, which was the most luxurious residence in the city.

Because the Jin army captured the city of Marudu at night, and it was a bad climate with cold winds and snowflakes. For this reason, Wo Fu and Samhan were completely unaware of this. Only a small number of soldiers on duty spotted the Jin soldiers and horses leaving the camp, but they didn't pay much attention to it.

Early the next morning. The Goguryeo general Gao Shang got up early and habitually went to Wang Meng's Chinese army tent to visit, but suddenly found that the camp was empty.

"What about your generals? Why not in the big tent of the Chinese army. Gao Shang asked in surprise.

The soldiers who stayed behind naturally knew all the situation for a long time, and said with a straight face: "The general said that the Chinese army's big tent was not comfortable enough to sleep, so he had already moved to the palace in the capital city of Marudu last night. After saying that, it seemed quite relaxed.

"What, move to the palace." When Gao Shang heard this, he paused, and said in surprise: "You broke through the pill capital city last night?" ”

The soldier nodded and said softly: "Yes, General Gao, my general originally planned to invite General Gao to live in the palace together, but General Gao slept soundly, so he ordered me to wait here to wait for the general, and then invite the general to enter the palace after the general woke up." ”

When Gao Shang heard this, his heart was shocked, he didn't expect that Wang Meng had really broken through the city of Marudu, and in a very short period of time, this really surprised him, but since the city of Marudu had been broken by the Jin army, he had to fulfill his original promise and choose to belong to the court of the Great Jin.

"Alright! I will go with you to the king's house. Gao Shang said softly.

"General, please." The soldier brought a war horse and let the noble ride it.

Gao Shang mounted his war horse and marched towards Marudu City with the Jin soldiers who guarded him.

At this moment, King Wofu and King Sanhan and others also learned the news that the Jin army had broken through the pill capital at night, and they were all extremely surprised, and they admired Wang Meng even more.

They led the generals and a small number of personal soldiers to the direction of Marudu Castle, preparing to enter the city to congratulate Wang Meng, and by the way, also wanted to ask for some booty.

On the way, they bumped into Gao Shang and tested Gao Shang's reaction with words, but Gao Shang always looked down on King Wofu and King Sanhan and others, so he ignored them.

The streets of Marudu City were plastered with notices, the contents were all exactly the same, after reading the notices, most of the people in the city seemed very happy and willing to stay, only a small number of people were indignant, and planned to leave Marudu City immediately, not to be the people of the Great Jin.

"Great King, Great King, the city is full of posters." One of the soldiers ran back panting, and said hurriedly.

"Proclamation, is it a proclamation wanted by this king?" Gao Zhao looked very nervous.

The pro-soldier took a breath, shook his head and said, "No, the content of the proclamation is to say ......"

"If you say something, it doesn't hurt if you say it." Gao Zhao hurriedly asked.

The soldiers sighed and told Gao Zhao the contents of the proclamation.

When Gao Zhao heard this, he frowned, he was obviously not dead. Why did the Jin army post the news that they had died in the chaos? Is there some conspiracy in this?

"Why did the Jin army post a notice that the king is dead?" Gao Zhao said curiously.

"Your Majesty, no matter what the Jin army may attempt, this proclamation is good news for the Great King." The pro-soldier said.

Gao Zhao nodded approvingly, obviously, since the announcement indicated that Gao Zhao was dead. It shows that the Jin army will no longer spend manpower to hunt down Gao Zhao, and let the people leave the city, so that Gao Zhao can leave Marudu City smoothly and go to Gao Yuan.

"Yes, this is indeed a good opportunity, and we are ready to leave Marudu." Gao Zhao Zhengse said.

"Yes. King. The captain of the pro-soldier replied, and let his men and horses disperse to protect Gao Zhao along the way.

Since there was no order to arrest Gao Zhao in the city, for this reason, Gao Zhao walked to the gate of the city without encountering a single soldier who was checking. The Jin soldiers at the gate of the city were only responsible for maintaining order, and did not check the people entering and leaving the city, so Gao Zhao walked out of the gate of Marudu City very smoothly and left quickly with his own soldiers.

About a mile away from the city gate, Gao Zhao and his party met Gao Shang and his party who were about to enter the city, Gao Shang and Gao Zhao were very familiar with each other, for this reason. They immediately recognized each other and were greatly surprised.

"General Gao, do you know this person?" Seeing Gao Shang's eyes looking at Gao Zhao, he was too surprised. King Ma Han asked curiously.

Gao Zhao was frightened into a cold sweat when he heard this, there were many people on the other side, and these centaurs under his command were naturally not opponents, if the fight started, he would have no way to escape.

Gao Shang was naturally very nervous, and he gently withdrew his gaze towards Gao Zhao. Pretending to be calm, he said: "I don't know, it's just that this person looks quite similar to a domestic servant in the lower mansion." Let the king see it laugh. ”

"Haha, I see." King Ma Han laughed. Continue to ride the horse.

As if nothing had happened, Gao Shang continued to ride his horse slowly and ran in the direction of Maruto Castle.

After Gao Shang and his party left a hundred steps, Gao Zhao tried the beads of sweat on his forehead and took a big breath.

"Great King, wasn't that person just now my general of Goguryeo? Why he is with the enemy. A pro-soldier said with an angry face.

Gao Zhao frowned, and said angrily: "This traitor has already defected to the Jin army, and he has a very close relationship with Wang Meng, as if he has been an old friend for many years. After speaking, his face was full of anger.

"The king, in the opinion of his subordinates, the general must also have a hard time, and he doesn't want to betray the king." Pro-soldier captain Masase said.

"Yes! King, if the general told the identity of the king just now, the consequences would be unimaginable! A soldier chimed in.

When Gao Zhao heard this, he thought for a while, and said: "Maybe he was afraid that after the two sides fought, he would hurt his life, so he didn't say anything for the time being, we should leave immediately, lest he suddenly regret it." ”

All the relatives and soldiers expressed their approval, and followed Gao Zhao to quickly run in the direction of Liaodong.

At the gate of Marudu City, Wang Meng and his generals were already waiting there, and when they saw Gao Shang and others coming over, they hurriedly responded.

"See General." The noble and fertile kings, the three kings of Han and others, all clasped their fists and saluted the king fiercely.

Wang Meng smiled and said politely: "You don't have to be polite, please go into the city!" After saying that, I made a gesture of please.

Seeing this, everyone followed behind Wang Meng and walked towards the city of Marudu.

Wang Meng looked at Gao Shang and said: "The general had a three-day appointment with General Gao, but now that the three days have arrived, should General Gao fulfill his promise?" After speaking, he looked at the noble.

Gao Shang is a man who keeps his promises, since Wang Meng has already broken through the pill capital city within three days, he naturally will not break his promise, so he hugged his fists and said: "Since the general has broken through the pill capital, Gao Shang is willing to belong to the Great Jin Dynasty and will never regret it." ”

Seeing that Gao Shang announced his attachment to the Great Jin, Wang Meng was extremely happy, and said with a straight face: "In this case, Ben Jiang can now promise you to be the governor of Goguryeo, the king of Goguryeo, and the official appointment document can be sent within a month." ”

Gao Shang was shocked when he heard this, and said in surprise: "The general appointed him as the king of Goguryeo, this is not appropriate!" Besides, how can the general be the master of the Great Jin court. ”

Wang Meng smiled and said: "Since the general can give you a promise, there is naturally a way to make the court agree, as for why you are asked to be the king of Goguryeo, it is because the king of Goguryeo, Gao Zhao, is dead, so many people in Goguryeo need a capable king to lead, as long as you are sincerely attached to the Great Jin, you can be the king of Goguryeo forever." ”

Gao Shang was shocked when he heard this, he had just met Gao Zhao when he entered the city, but Wang Meng said that Gao Zhao was dead, which was obviously not true.

"General, the king doesn't seem to be dead, is he?" Gao Shang looked at Wang Meng deeply, and said in a low voice.

Wang Meng smiled indifferently at the corner of his mouth, and said in a low voice: "As long as General Gao is willing to ascend the throne, it doesn't matter if Gao Zhao dies or not, how long can a king who has lost his power live?" ”

Hearing this, Gao Shang nodded slightly, since Wang Meng trusted him so much, he had no reason not to accept Wang Meng's appointment, besides, he was still quite confident in his own ability, and believed that under his rule, the people of Goguryeo would live a better life.

Subsequently, Wang Meng took out all the money from the treasury of Marudu City, and distributed it to Sanhan and Wofu according to a certain proportion, in recognition of their contributions in the process of following him, among which the loss of Wofu's soldiers and horses was the largest, and the property obtained was naturally the most, and the Sanhan people had already obtained a large amount of property when they plundered Baishan City, so the property distributed to Sanhan was much less.

However, Wang Meng distributed the spoils of war according to merit and loss, and the Jin army did not take a penny, and the Sanhan people could not find an opposing opinion, after all, their merits were much worse than that of the Jin army, and the Jin army did not get anything, how could they be qualified to give opinions?

At this time, although Gao Shang had been temporarily appointed by Wang Meng as the king of Goguryeo, the army of Goguryeo had already been lost, so Gao Shang was just a light commander, and because the appointment of the imperial court took some time to arrive, Wang Meng still called Gao Shang General Gao.

"General Gao, there is still some money here from Ben General, which was secretly left by Ben General, and you use it to recruit a thousand soldiers." Wang Meng handed over a batch of money to Gao Shang and said softly.

"General Xie, my subordinates will go and recruit a thousand warriors." Gao Shang accepted the money without hesitation, and according to Wang Meng's request, recruited soldiers inside and outside the city of Marudu.

In his opinion, if you want to comprehensively solve the Goguryeo problem and let Goguryeo belong to the Great Jin, you must eliminate the general Gao Yuan with a heavy army, or surrender him, which is a problem that cannot be avoided and must be solved as soon as possible