Chapter 4: The Battle of Goguryeo (2) In any case, Chiseong was occupied, 80,000 elites successfully landed, and the army personally led by Li Shimin in the north formed a form of a north-south flank, as long as it was fought steadily, within a few months, Goguryeo would be destroyed.
The news of the loss of Chiseong also reached Pyongyang, and Pyongyang was shocked, and a furious Quangai Suwen killed the fleeing city lord to vent his anger and reassure the people.
But this is not useful for improving the current battle situation, the situation of Datang's north-south attack has been formed, and he has no skills to return to the sky.
What's more, in order to guard against the invasion of the northern Tang Dynasty, ninety percent of the entire Goguryeo army has been transferred to the north by him for defense, and now the total number of troops that the entire Goguryeo can draw out will not exceed 30,000. 30,000 against 80,000, Goguryeo is still a small party, how to fight this battle?
In the face of the elite of Datang, who can be said to be armed to the teeth, Quan Gai Suwen really can't think of a way to defeat Datang by himself, unless he ......
Even Li Ji and even Li Shimin didn't expect that his move would reach the key point of Goguryeo, in the face of such a fighter, as the god of war second only to Li Jing in China, if Li Ji didn't know how to grasp it, then he wouldn't be called Li Ji.
So three days later, 80,000 troops came to Pyongyang, and as for Chicheng, there was no one left to guard it - anyway, outside Chicheng was the Tang Navy, and they didn't think that anyone would dare to recover Chicheng under the care of two hundred warships.
The Tang army came to Pyongyang, Goguryeo was completely panicked, at this time, the nearest army from other places was still dozens of miles away, and there were only less than 10,000 troops in Pyongyang now, facing 80,000 Tang elites......
So Goguryeo surrendered very simply and decisively, and the Treasure King ascended the throne last year, and his buttocks were not warm, so he went out of the city and surrendered with a golden rune and jade ribbon.
It's just that in the face of Goguryeo's surrender, Datang was unmoved, knowing that he didn't even see the treasure king.
The reason is very simple, when I was originally changed to something else, I accepted it as a commander, and it was not a big deal.
But this time is different, this time it is the Tang Emperor's personal expedition, and it is Li Shimin who accepts the surrender to surrender, and now Li Shimin is supervising the army in the north.
And the commander of this army in the south is Li Ji, with his qualifications, although he is qualified to accept the letter of surrender from the treasure king, but he will definitely suffer Li Shimin's complaints and even snub afterwards.
Therefore, for the sake of safety, this demotion of Li Ji is definitely unacceptable, and he can only ignore the flattery of the treasure king, and while shirking the perfunctory, he sent troops to defeat the cities around Pyongyang City, turning Pyongyang into an isolated city.
Li Ji's response caught the Treasure King off guard, and even made the mastermind behind the scenes, Quangai Suwen, clawed - if the Tang Dynasty does not accept surrender, then they will definitely not be able to enter the city, if they don't enter the city, how can Goguryeo's ambush work?
The ambush doesn't work, so how can he turn it over?
Do you really have to wait until Li Shimin hits Pyongyang before surrendering?
Are you kidding?
If by then, the two sides of the Tang Dynasty will join forces, even if there is an ambush in Pyongyang, what is the use?
Could it be that with his own ambush, he could still burn all the more than 100,000 people in Datang inside?
It's simply impossible, right?
That's right, this is Quangai Suwen's plan, he set up a large number of ambushes in the city, just waiting for the Tang army to enter the city.
According to his prediction, as long as the Tang army enters the city, the entire city of Pyongyang will become a sea of fire, and even if these 80,000 people are not burned to death, at least 50,000 people will be left.
The remaining 30,000 remnants of the defeated army were able to kill them with the help of the defenders in Pyongyang.
As long as this critical threat is removed, and he mentions that the whole country's troops will go north to eliminate Li Shimin, he will definitely become a hero of Goguryeo at that time, and when the time comes, he will abolish the treasure king and ascend the throne as the emperor, which is a logical thing.
It's just that Li Ji's actions made all his plans empty talk, if the Tang army does not enter the city, his plan cannot be implemented, and the plan cannot be implemented, not only will Goguryeo be destroyed, but even he will have only a dead end.
Because Goguryeo has been teasing Datang all these years, it is actually out of his idea, and he doesn't think that Datang will let go of himself as the culprit.
So in order to save his life, Quan Gai Suwen had to stand up in person and ask the commander of the Tang Dynasty to enter the city - if you can't kill all the Tang troops, it's okay to kill a commander.
As long as they kill their commander, Datang will definitely fall into a situation where the dragons are leaderless, and when the time comes, he will take advantage of the situation to cover up and kill, and he will definitely be able to wipe out the Datang army, even if it can't be eliminated, it is still no problem to defeat it, in short, even if it is dead, it can't let Datang fall well.
Quan Gai Suwen's thoughts are good, but his cleverness has no effect at all in the face of Li Ji, who has great wisdom, and even the first time he saw Li Ji, he didn't even say a word, so he was arrested by Li Ji's command and put him on death row.
Of course, Quan Gai Suwen didn't know that his little plan had already fallen into the hands of the Tang Dynasty spies, and it was passed on to Li Ji early.
And when the Treasure King went out of the city and surrendered, he had already accused Quangai Suwen of his crimes, and Li Ji was not good at all for this kind of person who deceived the king and did not repent.
Quangai Suwen was detained by the Tang Dynasty, and the city of Pyongyang was even more panicked, and only one person was very happy, and that was the Treasure King, because the mountain that pressed on his head was gone.
So the Treasure King rose up and tried to reclaim his power, and then he failed very magnificently......
Quangai Suwen was arrested, but the Quanjia family (some novels say that his surname is Quangai, which is actually wrong) is not only Quangai Suwen, after all these years of Quangai Suwen's operation, they have long controlled all aspects of Goguryeo, and the Treasure King thinks that he can rise without a Quangai Suwen, which is really a big mistake.
However, although the coup d'état of the Treasure King failed, fortunately, it was now the critical autumn of Goguryeo's survival, and the Quan family did not dare to do anything rebellious to kill the king at such a juncture, so they just put the Treasure King under house arrest, and at the same time blocked all the walls of Pyongyang City with sand and stones, preparing to defend it to the death.
In the face of this situation, Li Ji, as the commander-in-chief, was noncommittal, anyway, he had no intention of attacking Pyongyang City, and Pyongyang, as the capital of a country, was better attacked by His Majesty the Emperor himself.
And in the next period of time, his biggest task is to clear the surrounding cities, and at the same time send troops to attack from the north to the south, and strive to connect with the army on the north road as soon as possible.
On the Goguryeo side, because the cities around Pyongyang City were all beaten down by the Tang Dynasty, and Pyongyang City itself blocked the city gates, no news was spread at all, so the major towns of Goguryeo thought that the capital was attacked, and the king was killed, and the morale of the Tang Dynasty dropped greatly, which also alleviated a lot of trouble for the Tang Dynasty to attack the major cities.
In short, there is no need to worry about Goguryeo's side, at the latest in two months, Li Shimin will definitely be able to return to the court, and then he can start the long-awaited prisoner sacrifice ceremony.