April 28th, early morning.

As soon as dawn, Wuyalang General Wang Bian rushed to the commander camp with a horse.

Duke Yang Gongren of Guanguo, Duke Yang Gongren of Huangtai Cui Xun and his subordinates all stayed up all night. In addition to setting up camps, treating the wounded, and organizing civilians to transport weapons to the front line, they also reported the situation of the Wugu war to Xue Shixiong, Li Jing and Zhao Cai, the three commanders of the Eastern Expedition Army, begging them to send troops to support as quickly as possible, and also reported to Peiping to report the latest battle situation to the emperor and the palace.

Yang Gongren saw Wang Bianxing's expression in a hurry and looked solemn, and realized that the development of the battle situation was becoming increasingly unfavorable to the imperial team.

At present, there are 27 regiments of the left and right prefectures of the Dragon Guard Army, and six regiments of the two Yingyang regiments under the right guard office. A total of 33 regiments of the Selected Front Army soldiers fought bravely with the Goguryeo people who were several times more than they were. The battle situation was unprecedentedly fierce. General Luo Yi of Wu Ben and General Jialan of Guo Yilang and the soldiers of nine regiments were surrounded outside the Xiwencheng City by the Goguryeo people who were several times more than they were, and they could not break through.

The four other regiments of Dragon Guard Knights patrolled outside the north and south cities of Wugu, galloping with horses to make thunderous sounds of hooves and dust soaring into the sky. The main force of the pseudo-made imperial expeditionary army had arrived at the city, so as to confuse and deceive the Goguryeo people, forcing them not to attack from the north and south cities and then attack the imperial teams in the east and west cities.

The battlefield of Dongchengmen is narrow, and the soldiers on both sides can only fight in a limited space. Therefore, although the Goguryeo people are crowded and powerful, they are eager to regain Dongchengmen. However, now it is dawn, many methods of "concealing the enemy" will be ineffective. The Goguryeo people will soon find that the number of imperial teams attacking Wugucheng is limited and they are unable to seize Wugucheng. They cannot even effectively pinch their north and south cities. In this way, the Goguryeo people can send troops to attack from the north and south cities, one cooperates with the Goguryeo army fighting fiercely on the battlefield of Dongchengmen. The other can cooperate with the Goguryeo army outside the Xiwencheng City to attack the surrounded imperial team with them.

Yang Gongren had only four reserve regiments in his hands, and had no troops to adjust. The situation was very difficult. He could only hope that Xue Shixiong could accurately judge the situation, make a quick decision, and lead the main force of the expeditionary army to Wugu City day and night. Otherwise, the imperial front-superior general would fall into a hard battle and the losses would be very heavy. If the front-superior army could defend the Wugu East Gate until the main force came, the soldiers would die valuable. But they were afraid that people would die and gain nothing, which would be a huge tragedy.

However, the contradictions within the expeditionary army were there. Xue Shixiong, Li Jing and Zhao Cai fought against each other. They fought "flew up" and it was almost impossible to expect these three commanders to reach an agreement on specific attack strategies. The navy also could not count on whether Lai Huer and Zhou Fashang had crossed the sea. Whether it had landed in Goguryeo and attacked Bishe City, everyone knew nothing. Take a step back. Even if the Imperial Navy had landed in accordance with the scheduled plan, and had even taken Bishe City. However, Bishe City was seven or eight hundred miles away from Wugu City, and it was very difficult to find them and send the news. Even if the news was delivered, would Lai Huer and Zhou Fashang come with the fastest support?

Yang Gongren was worried. Cui Xun was frowning. Wang Bian urged Yang Gongren and Cui Xun to urge the Expedition Command to immediately transfer troops to support. With the strength of the front-selected army, he could not "chew" the big bone of Wugucheng.

Since we clearly know that the Selected Front Army cannot "chew" the big bone of Wugu City, why do Jialan and Longwei still have to "chew"?

Yang Gongren did not say it, and Cui Xun did not mention it, but Wang Bian could see that the two were very dissatisfied with the attacks made by Galan because of his "desire for meritorious service" that led to the vanguard army falling into trouble. However, after this, complaining could not solve any problem. Besides, everything has pros and cons. If the vanguard army conquered Wugu City alone, then the merits would be great and everyone could be promoted to the title.

"The situation of the war must be changed." Cui Xun suddenly said, "The development of the situation must be firmly controlled. Only in this way can one have the opportunity to conquer Wugu."

Yang Gongren frowned, glanced at the map spread on the table, and then looked at Wang Bian.

"The military supervisor is right." Wang Defender touched his long beard and said calmly, "We came late at night, and the torches were raised high for dozens of miles. Even if the Goguryeo people had mountain outposts and deep forest spies, they could not find out the specific number of our people. At least they would never dare to take the initiative to attack in the short term. As for the current situation, the battlefield in the Dongcheng City has fallen into the street. If the Goguryeo people want to regain the Dongcheng Gate, they can only attack from the north and south cities to carry out front and back attacks on our army. Therefore, time is very tight for us. We must take the initiative to change the situation before the rebels find out the strength of our army. If they want to change the situation, they can only find a way from the Xicheng battlefield."

Yang Gongren nodded slightly and agreed with Wang Bian's analysis.

If the Goguryeo people mistakenly thought that the main force of the Imperial Expeditionary Force was here, it would be meaningless for them to continue to siege the Imperial Team outside the city of Cyon. On the contrary, they must use all their strength to regain the East Gate before the main force of the Imperial Expeditionary Force launches a powerful offensive, block the "gap" of the Black Bone Defense, otherwise they will be done.

"If the rebels judged that our main force had arrived, they would inevitably evacuate the battlefield in Xicheng and try their best to regain the East City Gate." Yang Gongren said slowly, "But a few hours have passed, and the rebels are still outside Xicheng."

"Ming Gong means..." Wang Bian hesitated for a moment, saying, "Did the traitors determine that our main force has not arrived at Wugu yet? Or are they waiting for the development of the war situation to judge whether our main force has arrived at Wugu?"

"It must be attacked." Cui Xun said in a plain tone and waved his hand gently, "He mainly attacked Xicheng and made a force of attacking east and west, so as to confuse the rebels, and then force the rebels on the battlefield in Xicheng to withdraw from the city."

"Once General Luo Yi and General Jialan escape, Ming Gong will have nine more troops." Wang Bian obviously supported Cui Xun's suggestion and immediately followed him and spoke to Yang Gongren, "More importantly, we have controlled the development of the battle situation and can win more time for the arrival of General Xue and reinforcements."

Yang Gongren focused on his mind for a moment, then gently tapped the table, "Good"

"Please organize the civilians to rush to the north and south cities immediately, and roar drums and flags to confuse the rebels."

"Transfer back the four Dragon Guards who were patrolling outside the north and south cities. Together with the four reserve regiments and the young and strong civilians in the baggage camp, led by General Wang Lang, to attack the battlefield in the west city."

Cui Xun and Wang Bian bowed to receive the order.

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When the rising sun rose from the horizon, drums and whistles outside Wugu City were roaring and flags flew. Teams of fully armed imperial soldiers walked out of the camp in an orderly manner and advanced towards the battlefield in the West City.

At the same time, the battle between the East City is in full swing.

Outside the north and south cities, there were also drums and horns. The flags were rolling on the hills in the distance, and there were horse hooves in the forest. From time to time, there were whistlings soaring into the sky. Judging from this posture, the imperial team increased the force outside the city to prevent the Goguryeo people in the city from making unexpected moves.

The Goguryeo responded quickly and without waiting for the imperial attack army to arrive at the battlefield in Xicheng. They began to evacuate.

Luo Yi, Jialan and nine regiments of the imperial soldiers escaped successfully.

At the time of Chen, Wang Bian led his army to Wuguxi City and met Luo Yi and Jialan.

Everything went smoothly. Then the imperial army did not go to the city to attack, but stopped. The soldiers were stationed in the mountains and faced the city from afar.

Gao Ping's role was played.

In the eyes of the Goguryeo people, the imperial army stopped its attack because Gao Ping had to surrender voluntarily and negotiated with the Middle-earth people. From the perspective of the Middle-earth people, the cost of attacking Wugu City was too high. Even if the imperial army tore a "gap" on the solid Wugu Defense with lightning speed, it was not a matter of success and it would take an immeasurable price to expand this "gap" and destroy the entire defense of Wugu City. This was obviously not conducive to the Middle-earth people, because the target of the Imperial Expeditionary Force was not Wugu City, but Pyongyang, the capital of Goguryeo. If the imperial army was exhausted in Wugu City, it would be even more difficult to attack Pyongyang.

However, the surrender of Wugucheng is conditional. Whether Gaoping can successfully negotiate and achieve the goal of surrender of the Goguryeo people depends mainly on whether Wugucheng's defense war can tacitly cooperate and effectively.

The actual situation is as the Goguryeo people guessed, Galan sent Gao Ping to Yang Gongren's commander, while Yang Gongren and Cui Xun released Gao Ping on the spot and gave him the respect he deserved, and then the two sides sat down to negotiate.

Gao Ping had to delay time, give Pyongyang more time to respond, and give the Goguryeo people the best conditions for surrender. Yang Gongren also had to delay time, one was to minimize the casualties of the soldiers of the front-selected army and preserve the strength of the front-selected army, and the other was to wait for the assistance of the main army of the empire. Both sides deeply felt the urgency of the current crisis and the huge pressure brought by this, and both wanted to quickly alleviate the crisis to win respite. The only way to alleviate the crisis at present is negotiations, so "you are willing" hit it off, and in a very short time, a framework agreement for peace and surrender was reached very smoothly.

At noon, Gaoping sent a message to Wugucheng and immediately sent a negotiating delegation to the Central Plains camp in order to enter the specific consultation stage as soon as possible.

Wugu City was very cooperative and moved very quickly. After only half an hour, a high-standard negotiating delegation arrived at the commander camp of the imperial army.

Gao Ping proposed the first condition, and the two sides immediately ceased to fight, and the Middle-earth people immediately stopped massacring Goguryeo civilians outside the city. In order to allow these civilians to quickly withdraw into the city, Gao Ping even asked the imperial team to immediately evacuate the East City Gate and return the East City Gate to the Goguryeo people.

Yang Gongren sneered and sneered, "If you want to continue the negotiation, let your army stop the attack. Both sides can temporarily maintain the current situation, but if you deliberately delay time in negotiations, some will launch an attack and invest more troops on the battlefield."

Gao Ping's purpose was not to cease the war, but to prevent the Middle-earth people from massacring Goguryeo civilians outside the city, and wanted to withdraw the Goguryeo people outside the city into the city. For this reason, he was very determined that a ceasefire could be done, but he had to let the Goguryeo people outside the city withdraw into the city.

Yang Gongren did not have so much food to support Goguryeo civilians. Besides, the more people retreated into the city, the heavier the "burden" of Wugucheng. But on the other hand, once Wugucheng solves this "fatal key", it can focus on defending the city. This is something that Yang Gongren doesn't want to see, so Yang Gongren firmly refused and bargained with Gaoping and argued endlessly.

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