Inside the city of Pyongyang.

Torches lit up everywhere, the ground was full of corpses, weapons and arrows, the ground was dyed red, and a pungent smell of blood filled the air, and the cold wind could not blow it away.

Qin Huaidao hurriedly entered the city, walked into the city under the protection of a team of Yu Linwei, and walked forward along the main street, in front of which was Li Yixie with 3,000 people to open the way, since the people outside the city were not enemies, they could not afford to stay in the city wall and waste their troops.

Hurrying all the way, there were more corpses in front, most of them were shot and killed, and there were also some of their own people, the shouting had stopped, Qin Huaidao was not sure what was happening, he walked quickly, he was a little anxious in his heart, and there were some doubts, if it was a bad thing, why didn't the troops rout?

Not long after, Yu Chi Baoqi hurriedly came over and shouted excitedly: "Zuo Shuai, take it." ”

"Why did you shout so loudly?" Qin Huaidao asked bluntly.

"It was the palace that surrendered, and the soldiers were excited, and they were in love."

"Surrendered?" Qin Huaidao looked at the other party in disbelief, the new king of Goguryeo actually surrendered, this is impossible, right? Could it be that he was a master who was afraid of death, and asked, "Tell me, what is the situation?" ”

"It was the commander who guarded the palace and a group of courtiers who took the initiative to open the city and surrender, the details are not clear, the eldest brother asked me to report, the people have been controlled, and the eldest brother and the eldest brother Cheng have led the army to successfully take the palace."

"Let's go, let's see." Qin Huaidao was happy in his heart, surrender meant the end of the battle, the destruction of Goguryeo, and it also meant that there was no need to fight and die, his task was completed, and he could return to Chang'an Road.

The group hurried away and trotted to the vicinity of the palace, Luo Zhang hurried over, also with an excited face: "Surrendered, there are still 30,000 enemy troops in the barracks, all of them ask to surrender, do you accept it?" ”

"Surrender voluntarily, or will something happen?" Qin Huaidao asked curiously.

Luo Zhang hurriedly said: "It's strange to say, at the beginning, the enemy resistance was stubborn, and the enemy forces behind were very weak in their will to resist, and they collapsed at the first touch, fled back to the barracks, and then put down their weapons and surrendered." ”

"Tough at first?" Qin Huaidao realized a little, smiled, and advised: "It seems that the defenders are not monolithic, at the beginning they encountered the henchmen of the new king, but not later, you go back immediately, restrain the troops to accept surrender, and do not kill indiscriminately, and wait for the saint to fall." ”

"Is the Holy One really here?" Luo Zhang asked incredulously.

"Come, just outside the city, let's go." Qin Huaidao said a word of advice and hurriedly walked towards the palace.

It was Cheng Chuliang who was guarding the palace gate, and when he saw Qin Huaidao coming over, he hurriedly saluted, and said excitedly: "Zuo Shuai, are we counting this as a merit to destroy the country?" ”

"Of course, how are you here?" Qin Huaidao asked rhetorically, according to the plan, it is right to continue to purge the remnants.

Cheng Chuliang hurriedly explained: "Zuo Shuai, I and Chu Bi and Bao Qi crushed all the way, at the beginning of the counterattack was fierce, but we couldn't stop us from shooting with crossbows, and the resistance was crushed at the touch of a touch, and some people took the initiative to defect, and some courtiers even took the initiative to lead the way. ”

"How many rebels are there?"

Cheng Chuliang hurriedly said: "Several, adding up to one or two thousand, are all locked up in a mansion, all the weapons are seized, and Chu Bi and Baoqi are guarded by people. ”

"It's hard work, good guard." Qin Huaidao was overjoyed, and hurriedly entered, all the way was guarded by his own people, and the palace defenders who surrendered were concentrated in a huge square, and there must be thousands of people.

Wei Chi Baolin led people to guard it personally, and when he saw Qin Huaidao coming, he hurriedly stepped forward and shouted excitedly: "Zuo Shuai, it's not that we disobeyed the military order, it was they who took the initiative to surrender, and they couldn't miss the opportunity, so they came in, and the saint came up?" ”

"Here, good life is guarded, waiting for the Holy Lord's fate." Qin Huaidao admonished, asked the location of the surrendered courtiers, and hurriedly walked towards the front hall.

At the entrance of the main hall, Cheng Chumo's people were guarding, saluting one after another, and their eyes were fanatical.

Qin Huaidao waved his hand and quickly stepped into the main hall.

There are many red candles in the hall, bright as day, a large number of courtiers gathered together, silent, Qin Huaidao glanced at it, one did not know, saw Cheng Zhi Mo came up, simply stopped and waited.

Cheng Chumo clenched his fists and said: "Zuo Shuai, the commander of the palace guards cut down Yuangai Suwen, controlled the courtiers and the new king, and led the army to surrender, what should I do next?" ”

"Let the Guards take over."

Cheng Chumo nodded and left, and soon brought a general, who was still wearing a stomach, with blood on his stomach, and was tall and burly, and said in Tang language, which was quite proficient: "Foreign Minister Gao Jianyi has seen this general. ”

"Gao Jianyi, this name ...... It's royalty, right? Why did you defect? Qin Huaidao asked quietly. Can be the commander of the palace guards, such as the henchmen of the new king, otherwise it is impossible.

"Lord Hui, it is indeed a royal family in Xia, Yuangai Suwen mutinied, supported the new king, and recommended Zai Xia as the commander of the palace guards, and also proposed a marriage between the two families, saying that it was a trust in Zaixia, and wanted to befriend Zaixia, but in Xia understood in his heart that Yuangai Suwen's real purpose was to control the new king through Zaixia, in fact, the new king was not willing to borrow the throne, he was forced to be helpless, and asked the general to be clear." The other party quickly explained.

"Why did Yuangai Suwen choose you?" Qin Huaidao asked curiously, if this kind of thing is not clear, who knows if it will be another conspiracy?

Gao Jianyi also understood Qin Huaidao's worries, and said bluntly: "General Hui, there is no child under his knees, only one daughter, he loves him very much, first, he can't bear to marry a bastard son of Yuangai Suwen, and secondly, he is worried that he will give birth to a grandson after marrying Yuangai Suwen, and he can't bear to refuse something in the future, and finally becomes an accomplice. ”

"Gao Jianwu?"

The other party nodded slowly.

Qin Huaidao immediately understood that this guy had received Gao Jianwu's letter, and he couldn't bear to lose his daughter, and he would become an accomplice of Yuangai Suwen in the future, so he simply reversed.

I have to say that Yuangai Suwen is very scheming, after the mutiny, he supported the new king as a puppet, and the situation in the court and China was bound to be unstable, so he let a royal family serve as the commander of the palace guards, and the courtiers naturally had nothing to say, and they could stabilize the new king, but they married Gao Jianyi and married his only daughter.

If it weren't for the overwhelming border with his own army, in time, Goguryeo would definitely change hands.

The organs were exhausted, but they missed Qingqing's life.

With his mind turning, Qin Huaidao said with a straight face: "Your defection is to avoid the death of many people, thanks to the Tang Dynasty, and then you need to help stabilize the situation, are you willing?" ”

"Willing to serve, I wonder if I can let my family live?" Gao Jianyi made a request.

Qin Huaidao thought for a while and said, "How to deal with it is a holy matter, but this general will intercede for you." ”

"Thank you, sir!" Gao Jianyi could see that Qin Huaidao hadn't lied to himself, so he waited in his heart.

Qin Huaidao looked back at Li Yixie and shouted, "Li Yixie? ”

"Here!" Li Yixie hurriedly stepped forward.

"Your people stay, quickly go to order Uncle Li, let him leave 10,000 people to guard the city gate, you take 5,000 people to the barracks to assist Luo Zhang to guard the surrender army, and the remaining 5,000 will be led by Uncle Li to go to the government office to assist Bi and Baoqi, just in case." Qin Huaidao solemnly admonished, thousands of people guarding tens of thousands of people, the risk is too great, and I am afraid that something will happen after a long time.

Li Yixie also understood the danger, and hurried away.

"Gao Jianyi?"

"The minister is here."

"You lead the way, and bring all the officials above the fifth rank of the DPRK and China here." Qin Huaidao looked at Gao Jianyi.

Gao Jianyi didn't dare to resist, and hurriedly agreed.

Qin Huaidao looked at Cheng Chumo: "Li Yixie's 3,000 men and horses are outside, you go and report it, let them act with Gao Jianyi, whoever dares not to come, there will be no mercy!" ”

If you dare not come, you will be disrespectful to the Tang Dynasty and the saints, and you will never allow it.

If the defeated country is defeated, it must have the appearance and attitude of defeat, and it must come over and accept Li Er's disposal.

"Obey!" Cheng Chumo agreed knowingly and motioned for Gao Jianyi to go out.

It didn't take long for Cheng Chumo to return, and nodded towards Qin Huaidao to indicate that the arrangement was made, Qin Huaidao's eyes swept over a group of courtiers, and saw that one person was dressed differently from others, and it was estimated that he was the new king, hiding in the crowd, his expression was a little cowardly, nervous, no wonder Yuan Gai Suwen supported him as the new king, so timid, easy to control.

Although Goguryeo has surrendered, it cannot interfere in how to deal with it, otherwise it will be a taboo.

Qin Huaidao didn't have the heart to talk to everyone too much, and whispered to Cheng Chumo: "Be optimistic about them, stabilize the situation, and I'll go to greet the saint." ”

"Don't worry." Cheng Chumo agreed.

Qin Huaidao hurriedly came out of the palace under the escort of Yu Linwei, and soon went out of the city, seeing that the army outside the city was assembled and could attack at any time, he didn't know that he was worried about his own safety, and he was afraid that it would affect his deployment, so his heart warmed, and he hurriedly stepped forward.

Li Er had already put on his armor, majestic, followed by Li Jing, Xue Wanche, Niu Da, and other generals in the back, under the light of the torches, one by one was full of anxiety, seeing Qin Huaidao come out, Li Er greeted him, and asked anxiously: "What is the situation now?" ”

"Back to the saint, the loud noise just now is the palace opening the door and surrendering, and the soldiers can't help themselves."

"Surrendered?" Li Er asked incredulously.

"Yes, surrendered, at the beginning of the fierce resistance, the enemy behind was crushed at the first touch, and even many defected, there are 20,000 or 30,000 surrendered troops in the military camp, and there are 10,000 or 20,000 in the government office, they have been centrally guarded, and additional manpower has been dispatched, in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, please also ask the Holy Lord to send some more manpower." Qin Huaidao hurriedly explained, then bowed solemnly, and shouted: "Welcome to the Holy Lord's entry into the city!" ”

"Welcome to the Holy Majesty into the city." Everyone reacted and shouted one after another, looking at Qin Huaidao's eyes full of envy, this is a work to destroy the country.

Li Er smiled with satisfaction, slapped Qin Huaidao on the shoulder, his eyes were full of appreciation, and praised: "Yes, worthy of being my son-in-law, I am very satisfied." ”

This is the first time that Qin Huaidao's identity has been publicly acknowledged, which shows that he is iron-hearted.

It is also enough to show that Li Er has the like, trust and favor of Qin Huaidao in his heart.

is even more telling everyone that Qin Huaidao will be his own family in the future, Jian is in the emperor's heart, although you are old, you can't bully Qin Huaidao with qualifications, otherwise I will not agree to be the first.

It is said that this is a great honor, and another person must be grateful to Dade, but Qin Huaidao was depressed when he heard it, but in front of so many people, it was not good to publicly resist the decree, and his face was difficult to look at.

Li Jing was worried that Qin Huaidao's stubborn temper would come up, so he hurriedly came up to play a round: "Holy Lord, state affairs are important, there are still a lot of things waiting for the Holy Judge in the city, and the soldiers are also waiting for the Holy Lord's care." ”

"Let's go, let's go into the city!" Li Er thought that Goguryeo would be taken down, that he would become the emperor who opened up the territory and expand the territory, and that he had achieved the ambitious hegemony that the previous dynasty had not been able to achieve, his heart was excited, and he was arrogant, and he strode forward, shouting: "General Xue, you take 10,000 people to the barracks to assist in guarding the prisoners, remember, it is assistance." ”

"Yes!" Xue Wanche didn't dare to hold it up, so he hurriedly agreed.

"General Niu!"

"In!" Another general hurriedly trotted up.

"There must be no mistake in leading another 10,000 people to the government to assist in guarding the surrendered army."

"Yes!" Niu Da solemnly agreed, although the assistance defense is a little faceless, but the holy decree cannot be violated.

"Pharmacist, Huaidao, follow me into the city."

"Yes." Li Jing and Qin Huaidao hurriedly agreed and followed.

Li Jing patted Qin Huaidao's eyes, secretly gave a thumbs up, and praised Qin Huaidao for doing a good job, not accepting Goguryeo's surrender first, but giving the opportunity to the saint, which has deep meaning.

If he really surrendered first, and then invited the saint to enter the city, Li Er would never have been so happy and satisfied just now, and it was even possible to surrender to the crime, not as good as the weak crown, but he could grasp the scale, understand the general situation, and understand the advance and retreat, Li Jing was completely relieved of Qin Huaidao, full of joy.

When the party entered the city, they were all from the army, and when they saw the corpses all over the ground, they didn't know that they had experienced a bloody battle, and it was not a fluke to take Pyongyang, but a real sword, and the opponent surrendered.

Li Er's eyes were sharp, and when he saw that the vast majority of the corpses on the ground were enemies, he became more and more satisfied, and asked, "Huaidao, how many troops have been invested in this battle?" How many dead and wounded will there be? ”

"Back to the body, about 50,000, I'm afraid there will be about 10% of the casualties of our army in this battle."

"Are you sure?" Li Er's face changed, an achievement is about 5,000, not too much, but too little, in all Li Er's combat experience, the besieging side often needs to pay a huge price to take, a huge Pyongyang city, even if it is worth more than half of the loss of 50,000, it is only 5,000, how is it possible?

Li Jing didn't believe it either, and reminded: "Huaidao, don't speak in front of the saint. ”

Qin Huaidao really didn't know how much he had lost, so he didn't have time to count, so he said uncertainly: "It should be about the same, and when the statistics are completed, I will immediately report to the saint." ”

"Where do you get your confidence?" Li Er's interest increased greatly and he asked.

"Back to the saint, it is a crossbow, the street battle in the city is different from the field, the advantage of troops can not be used, and our army has a crossbow that is good at close combat, as long as the crossbow shooting continues, no matter how many enemies are useless, it is just a matter of casualties, in order to fight this battle, the minister collected all the iron in Longchuan County, Yanzhou, Gaozhou and Xicheng, all of which were used to build a crossbow, to ensure that each crossbow soldier carries fifty crossbows, a total of millions." Qin Huaidao explained seriously.

"Millions lost, I see." Li Er looked at the corpses nailed all over the ground, some of them had several on them, and realized in his heart that millions of people were lost and shot out, not to mention 100,000, even if the 200,000 army couldn't stop it, no wonder many enemy troops chose to surrender in the end, there may be other factors, but the powerful repeater shooting is definitely the main reason.

Thinking of this, Li Er said with satisfaction: "It's good to take precautions, what's going on with the dirt slope outside the city?" ”

Qin Huaidao continued to explain: "Back to the saint, it was also the minister who collected the cloth bags of each city along the way, there were 100,000 of them, and they were piled up into a slope with soil, worried that it was not enough, and there were many wood and stones in the middle, and the defenders resisted fiercely, in order to reduce casualties, they let the surrendered troops of the cities along the way carry it, two people held shields to cover one person, and also gave two pieces of silver to boost morale, and then arranged archers to suppress the defenders of the city wall, and finally piled it up, and then let the crossbowmen rush up to open the way, tear a hole, and finally take Pyongyang." ”

"This tactic is quite innovative, and I will have a good chat when I have time." Li Er sighed with emotion, he couldn't wait to pull Qin Huaidao to ask about every detail, and talk freely for three days and three nights, but he also knew that now was not the time.

Along the way, Li Er kept asking about other things, and Qin Huaidao answered them one by one.

Everyone came to the palace unconsciously, Li Er finally stopped asking, Cheng Chuliang recognized Li Er, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "The last general has seen the saint!" ”

"The second child of the Cheng family, you did a good job this time, you didn't lose your father's face, and your temperament is much calmer, it seems that you have grown a lot during this time, not bad, not bad." Li Er praised repeatedly.

"Thank you for the praise of the saint, it is all good cultivated by the saint."

"Yo, horses are also good at kung fu, if Cheng Laohei knows, I'm afraid he will wake up laughing in his dreams, yes, do a good job, I will be rewarded after returning to Chang'an." Li Er said happily.

"A little bit of work, I don't dare to ask for a reward, next time there is such a good thing, please remember me, just let me go." Cheng Chuliang had a simple expression, but his eyes flashed with shrewdness.

Li Er nodded with satisfaction and smiled: "It seems that it has really grown, not bad." He strode forward.

Qin Huaidao secretly gave a thumbs up and followed in.

Li Jing patted Cheng Chuliang on the shoulder and said in a low voice: "It's very good, it's really grown during this time." ”

"Uncle Xie Li praised, they all learned from Brother Qin."

Li Jing nodded with satisfaction and chased after him.

The group hurriedly came to the main hall, and Cheng Chumo hurriedly saluted: "Holy Lord! ”

"I'll talk about it later." Li Er said and looked at the courtiers in the palace, his eyes quickly fell on one person, dressed differently than ordinary people, but his eyes dodged, and he looked like a cowardly person, he thought of a lot in an instant, and slowly walked towards the throne, while asking, "What about Gao Jianwu?" ”

"Go back to the saint and be held in a prisoner camp."

"Bring it here." Li Er said and sat down on the throne, not angry.

Qin Huaidao hurriedly went out to explain a few words to the captain of Yulin Guard, the other party hurriedly went, Qin Huaidao immediately returned to the main hall, and waited beside him, without talking nonsense or giving opinions.

At this time, there was a commotion outside, Li Er looked at Qin Huaidao, Qin Huaidao hurriedly explained: "Shengshang, the palace guard Gao Jianyi, is a royal family, killed Yuan Gai Suwen, who supported the new king, led the army to open the gate of the palace and surrendered, and the minister asked him to lead the way, and went to bring the officials above the fifth rank in the court to wait for the fall, I am afraid that they will come outside." ”

"Yes, let them in." Li Er became more and more satisfied, this kid will come to something.

Li Jing also smiled with satisfaction, thinking that he had no concubine, he was full of regrets, if he could accept him as a son-in-law, he would have no regrets in this life, and it seemed that he could only be cheap.

Soon, a large number of officials came in, and Qin Huaidao shouted: "Stand up in the usual position of the meeting, and move quickly." ”

Everyone walked to their own positions, so that the grade was clear at a glance, the higher the level, the more the position before the test, which was convenient for Li Er to observe and understand.

Yu Linwei stood on both sides, holding a repeater crossbow and guarding carefully, whoever dared to mess around, shot directly.

The courtiers kept their heads down and were silent, each with their own concerns.

The change of dynasty will inevitably face a big change, a big reshuffle, and there is no bottom on what the future will be, but no one wants to die, not to mention that the country has been destroyed, the king has fallen, and there is no need to struggle and resist anymore.

Li Er looked at everyone with satisfaction, full of spirit, this is a country, the previous dynasty failed to win several battles, thinking of the vast territory of Goguryeo, his heart was excited, and then he thought of Baekje and Xincheng, which were not to be worried, and his heart was even more high-spirited and full of pride.

This battle is enough to leave a name in history.

This battle is enough to wash away the notoriety of killing brothers.

Li Er's eyes fell on Qin Huaidao, and he sighed in his heart, back then, Qin Qiong helped him conquer the world, and now, Qin Huaidao has helped him lay down a huge territory, two generations of loyal ministers, what a blessing I am!

The next moment, Li Er's eyes fell on Li Jing, a generation of military gods, but his temples were gray, and the years were unforgiving, but fortunately, I had Huaidao, and Huaidao was my next Li Jing, the next generation of military gods.

No, this kind of big talent must be around you, otherwise you will be uneasy.

Thinking of this, Li Er's heart became more and more determined to recruit a son-in-law, but now was not the time to say this, he exhaled and shouted: "Everyone, I am the son of heaven of the Tang Dynasty, when the court employs people, I am willing to ignore the past suspicions, measure the wealth for use, are you willing to do things for the Tang Dynasty?" ”

Goguryeo had just been destroyed, and the top priority was to win over people's hearts.

Li Er, the founding emperor, is the best at this.

Seeing that Li Er was willing to abandon his previous suspicions and re-employ, everyone was overjoyed, and they hurriedly shouted: "The lower officials meet the saint, and they are willing to share their worries with the saint!" ”

"Being able to be a minister of the Tang Dynasty is a blessing for the lower officials."

"The lower officials are willing, thank the saint and not give up!"

“……”

All kinds of sincere and flattering statements came one after another, and the hall was suddenly chaotic, but no one stopped it.

Qin Huaidao saw Li Er's expression of enjoyment, and he didn't stop it, and when he saw that there was a person escorted in outside, it was Gao Jianwu, so he reminded: "Don't you see the saint quickly!" ”

After all, I have written letters to help me recruit a lot of people, so I can help if I can.

Gao Jianwu nodded gratefully, hurriedly stepped forward, and shouted solemnly: "The person who wears the sin, Gao Jianwu, the king of Goguryeo, is good at using swords and soldiers, provoking a war between the two countries, disrespecting the Tang Dynasty, and affecting countless people. ”

"Accurate!"

Li Er said with satisfaction, as for the new king's high funeral, it is just a puppet who supported the upper position after someone mutinied, and it has not been a few days since the reunion, the legal principle is not tolerated, the identity is embarrassing, and it can be ignored, the king of Goguryeo is still Gao Jianwu in law, and if Goguryeo wants to surrender, it can only be legal if Gao Jianwu comes forward.

"Thank you, Holy Lord!" Gao Jianwu also breathed a sigh of relief, as long as Datang was willing to accept surrender, he would not be cut down and have a chance to survive.

"Take it down, and I'll be in custody." Li Er's sleeves flicked, and he was arrogant and swallowed mountains and rivers.

Qin Huaidao gestured to Yu Linwei, and the two Yu Linwei hurriedly came up and took Gao Jianwu down.

This walk means the complete end of a kingdom.

It also means the complete end of a generation of kings.

It also means a national integration and a new life!