Chapter 289 Who captured Pyongyang?
In the early morning of May 20, Galan, the Northwest Wolf Brothers, Asina Dana, and Asina Hebao led the Turkic Spirit Cavalry to the city of Shun'an.
Immediately afterwards, Feng Yi went west and led the main force of the Zuolongwei Mansion to the horse army.
The soldiers fought for two days and two nights in a row, exhausted and were at the end of their strength, but at this time they were close to Pyongyang. Considering that there were elite soldiers and generals waiting to be worked hard in Pyongyang, if the enemy was allowed to notice the reality of the Imperial Team and launch a fierce counterattack, the situation would be overturned and the Dragon Guards would be wiped out.
Galan ordered to find favorable terrain outside the city to set up a battle formation and set up an attacking posture. At the same time, he sent a small group of elite cavalry to speed up the battle formation, deceive the enemy with the help of the smoke and dust rising into the sky, and arrived one after another, forcing the enemy to stick to the key pass with all his might, which then gave the Dragon Guard a chance to breathe.
After noon, the regiments of the Right Dragon Guard Mansion arrived one after another under the leadership of Liu Heita, Wang An and others. The infantry soldiers ran for more than 200 miles, exhausted and had lost their combat effectiveness. Fortunately, the horse army had already set up a battle formation, and with the dust to cover the sky, they could give the infantry a little rest.
Around dusk, Jiang Chengzhi's first regiment of Zuolongwei Mansion and Lu Long's devil regiment rushed over. They held Gao Ping and a group of Wugucheng officials hostage, held Gao Ping's handsome flag, and walked around for a few circles outside Shun'an City, then slowly retreated into the battle formation.
As the sky approaches dusk, Gao Lin arrives in Shun'an with a "polarious" army.
When fighting on the east coast of Sashui on the 18th, Gao Lin had only two or three thousand men under his command, but after two days and two nights, his army exceeded 20,000. The situation has developed to the present, and the situation is basically clear. Although Pyongyang City is solid and although Gao Yuan and Eji Wende still have a certain number of troops, Gao Ping and Gao Lin's betrayal have split Goguryeo. They have the strong Middle-earth Empire as their backing, and there are hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of imperial teams as their support. The strength comparison between the two sides is obvious, and the Goguryeo nobles will naturally make wise choices. The result of the choice is that in the past two days and two nights, most of the Goguryeo nobles who fled the battlefield or began to evacuate before they arrived at the battlefield, led their troops to Gao Lin.
Gao Lin was very awe of Galan. At the moment of the decisive battle two days ago, he saw that only the Dragon Guards entered the decisive battle battlefield, and the main force of the Imperial** team did not move on the west coast, and he immediately lost confidence in winning. However, Galan was a hundred times more confident and even made a loud voice, but he could win with one blow. As a result, the young Galan defeated the famous Eji Wende. Thousands of imperial dragon guards defeated tens of thousands of Goguryeo troops who were rushing to death, and even chased for more than two hundred miles. He rushed outside Pyongyang City in one breath, not only winning a decisive victory, but also determining the fate of the Goguryeo Kingdom.
Before the decisive battle, Gao Lin had almost nothing and the situation was dark and unclear, so he was not qualified to make conditions. But now he has an army and the support of the nobles. His strength has expanded rapidly. More importantly, the situation has basically become clear, and he must make conditions.
After the twilight, while the Goguryeo camped, they also built a camp for the Dragon Guard Army. The Dragon Guard Army pursued frantically and threw all its supplies on the east bank of the Sashui River. Now it can be said that it is hunger and cold. Not to mention combat effectiveness, but the current situation ensures the safety of the Dragon Guard Army. If the Goguryeo, led by Gaolin, wanted to rebuild the kingdom. If they want to protect their own interests, they must rely on the help of the empire. They completely eliminated the power of Gao Yuan, Yizhi Wende and others, stabilized the political structure of the three-legged squad of the peninsula, and took this opportunity to rebuild the vassal relationship with the empire and win the trust of the empire again. Only in this way can Goguryeo continue to survive and Goguryeo bid farewell to the nightmare and recuperate.
Late at night, Gaoling visited Galan.
Galan sat on the saddle, playing the flute, with a focused expression. Liehuo stood behind him, tilting his head and silently looking at the deep starry sky. Blizzard lay in the shadow of the fire, his cold eyes staring fiercely at Gao Lin who was walking tremblingly, ready to pounce on him at any time.
Gao Lin bowed deeply at Galan without saying a word, and stood there listening to the melodious sound of the flute.
The song ended, and the sound of the sound was lingering. After a long time, Galan looked up at him and asked him to ask for help. Gao Lin sat down cross-legged, five steps apart, and then spoke straight to the topic, "Do you want to capture Pyongyang?"
At first glance, this is nonsense. Of course, Galan wants to conquer Pyongyang, but this statement comes from Gao Lin’s mouth, and the meaning is different. He is actually tempting Galan. Does the general want to monopolize the credit for conquering Pyongyang?
Galan looked at the middle-aged man in front of him who looked ordinary but had a sharp-eyed look, and a look of mockery slowly appeared on his face. After hesitating for a moment, he asked in a low voice, "Where will the plan come out?"
Galan's voice was hoarse, but the murderous intent contained therein was extremely sharp, as if it was a sharp sword that suffocated Gao Lin and his breathing became involuntarily rapid. Gao Lin was afraid, and he dared not say anything. He was worried that once he proposed the conditions, he would be very likely to be killed by this bloody and brutal man.
Galanman casually fiddled with the flute, with an indifferent expression, as if there was no such person Gao Lin in front of him.
After a long period of silence, Gao Lin seemed to be able to hear his violent heartbeat. Finally, he mustered up the courage and asked tremblingly, "Who is the King of Goguryeo after Gao Yuan?"
Galan shook his head without thinking, "This is decided by the Emperor of the Empire and has nothing to do with something."
A surging anger surged from Gao Lin's heart uncontrollably, "What are the benefits of destroying Goguryeo to Middle-earth?"
Galan's face suddenly became dark and his eyes suddenly became cold, "If you want to die, you can do it, but before you die, you must open the gate of Pyongyang for someone, otherwise, Pyongyang City will be the second black bone."
"The general must give a promise." Gao Lin took his leave and said sternly.
"Promise?" Galan sneered, "If you open the door to Pyongyang, you will promise you that you will not massacre the city."
"This is not a promise."
Galan shook his hand decisively, "I can't give you that promise."
"But the general can make it a fait accompli."
Galan pondered and said nothing.
"The general really thinks that those troops surrender because of someone?" Gao Lin pointed to the direction of his camp and said earnestly, "When the situation has developed to this point, Gao Ping must make plans for the kingdom and himself, and for this reason he must change his strategy. If the general wants to take Pyongyang, he must rely on Gao Ping's prestige, so Gao Ping will definitely take advantage of this opportunity to seek the power of becoming king for himself. Once he controls all surrendered Goguryeo army, then the future Goguryeo will definitely be him. This is unquestionable. When Gao Ping becomes king, his ambition will inevitably expand, and Goguryeo is still a big trouble for Middle-earth."
This is a fact. Gao Lin's qualifications and prestige are not comparable to Gao Ping. Although many Goguryeo nobles led their troops to Gao Lin in the past two days, they were actually for Gao Ping. Fortunately, Gao Ping was held hostage by the Emperor's team and was unable to "communicate" with these nobles for the time being, which gave Gao Lin a chance.
"Someone really trusts your promise?" Galan suddenly asked.
"Does the general believe in Gao Ping's promise?" Gao Lin asked immediately, "You slaughter the bones of the black bones, and your grudges are as deep as the sea. Once Gao Ping becomes king, how can he give up? For the general, Gao Ping is the biggest concern."
Galan sneered, "Why do you sacrifice your own interests to help you? If you kill Gaoping after taking Pyongyang, you will be angry with the Goguryeo who supports him. For him, the consequences will be serious."
Of course, Galan wanted to take over the credit for the capture of Pyongyang, but now the main sea and land forces of the Expeditionary Force are far from Pyongyang. For this reason, he must pay the price. That is to allow Gao Ping to regain his strength and control the Kingdom of Goguryeo. At this time, if Galan rebels, kills Gao Ping, and stirs up a mutiny in Pyongyang, with the weak strength of the Dragon Guard, it is very likely that Pyongyang will be lost. And Galan cannot afford the responsibility of gaining and losing again.
"I said. I can open the door to Pyongyang for the general." Gao Lin pointed to himself and said solemnly. "It's someone, not Gao Ping."
Galan thought for a long time and shook her head, "Maybe, you can open the door to Pyongyang, but your strength cannot control Pyongyang, but Gaoping can. Whether you can firmly control Pyongyang after conquering Pyongyang is crucial to ending this war. Otherwise, Goguryeo will fall apart and fall into a long-term civil war, which is not good for Middle-earth, the Peninsula and the entire Far East."
Gao Lin was silent for a while and smiled bitterly, "I didn't expect that the general was a selfish villain who ignored the people of the Central Plains because of his own interests. Since that's the case, please wait and see if this war can end as you think."
Galan's face changed slightly. Tonight Gao Lin dared to come and put forward conditions and threaten himself, and he must have thought of the consequences of being rejected. His qualifications, prestige and strength are not as good as Gao Ping. He just waited for Gao Ping to change his strategy and cooperate with the empire due to the situation. Gao Lin became the object of inevitable eradication. Today he dared to betray Gao Yuan, and tomorrow he would betray Gao Ping. How could Gao Ping tolerate him? Therefore, Gao Lin did his best in the decisive battle to win his trust and change his destiny. Once his wish was dashed, he would inevitably struggle and would try every means to disrupt the situation, split Goguryeo, and hinder the reconstruction of the kingdom. If he could not be a king, then be a prince. Only in this way could he protect himself and win the opportunity to win the throne.
"You are also a selfish villain," Galan mocked, "For your own selfish interests, you betray the king, the kingdom, Goguryeo, and even let the war continue and ruin the lives."
"I'm just looking for a way out for myself and Goguryeo." Gao Lin said righteously, "Gougeryeo suffered this severe damage. Even if she had been recuperating for a hundred years, she might not be able to recover her vitality. All of this is thanks to Gao Yuan, Gao Ping, and Yizhi Wende. Now you have replaced Gao Ping with Gao Yuan, obviously you want to continue the war and want Goguryeo to destroy the country and the race."
Galan didn't say anything, he saw the crisis in Gaoling's eyes.
"Does the general know that Yizhi Wende ordered the dam upstream of the Sashui River while fleeing. The flood roared down, cutting off the general's retreat, and cutting off the general's reinforcements and food and fodder." Gao Lin sneered, "The general has no food and grass inside and no reinforcements outside. I wonder how many days can he last under Shun'an City?"
Galan was secretly surprised, his eyes slowly narrowed, and his fierce murderous aura gushed out. Gao Lin used his trump card. If he turned against him at this time, the Dragon Guards would definitely be attacked from both sides. Although Gao Ping's life was not guaranteed, the Dragon Guards would also be in danger. What's more serious is that Gao Yuan and Yizhi Wende could take the opportunity to counterattack, and the early results of the Imperial Front-Selected Army would definitely be destroyed.
Gao Lin's "attack" was so good. Galan had no choice but to agree to his conditions.
"I can give you the promise you want," said Galan. "But once someone kills Gao Ping, Pyongyang will be in chaos and have to slaughter the city and suppress it."
Gao Lin looked happy and bowed, and said without hesitation, "I need the general's promise."
Yizhi Wende used his old trick again and caught the imperial front-selling army off guard.
Wang Bian was very lucky. He took Huaiyuan's army to cross the river and entered a hilly area soon after, and luckily escaped.
Yang Gongren and Cui Xun considered this situation when they camped on the east bank of Sashui, so they chose a higher terrain. After the flood rushed over, although they surrounded the camp, there was no injury. The camp was full of food and fodder, which was enough to support them for several days. However, in this case, whether it was Wang Bian or Yang Gongren, they would not be able to receive support from Jialan in the short term, so they could only let him die.
On the 21st, Galan convinced Gao Ping.
Gao Ping had no way out, so he could only rely on his own strength and rely on his power to directly enter Pyongyang and become king. So he used all kinds of means at all costs and successfully captured Shun'an with the help of Shun'an City on the 23rd.
On the 24th, Gao Ping and Gao Lin led their troops to the city of Pyongyang. Galan led the Dragon Guards to follow up.
On the 25th, some nobles in Pyongyang betrayed Gao Yuan and opened the city gate. Pyongyang fell. Gao Yuan fled in panic and fled south with Urzhi Wende and his remaining troops.
On May 26, thirty-seven days after the Imperial Expeditionary Force crossed the Liao River, Galan led the Turkic cavalry into Pyongyang and raised the imperial flag on the city wall.
Chapter completed!