Cui Joongki hurried along, not daring to delay at all. He quickly traveled and caught up to Yeon Gaesomun's group in a short amount of time. Cui Joongki returned to the army and reported to Yeon Gaesomun, "Major-General Lu, this lowly officer has returned. This lowly officer has failed Major-General Lu's trust. Please punish Major-General Lu. "
Yeon Gaesomun said, "Du Qi did not agree to our request for a truce?"
Cui Joongki said, "Major-General Lu is wise. Du Qi said to have Major-General Lu wash his neck and wait. Once his army arrives, he will kill you. Major-General Lu, Du Qi is arrogant and conceited. This lowly officer believes that as long as we retreat to Pyongyang, we can rely on Pyongyang's sturdy walls to resist. At that time, we can find some other way to stall for time. In short, we have plenty of ways to win. "
Yeon Gaesomun said, "Not bad, not bad. You made the right choice in meeting Du Qi."
Cui Joongki said, "It's all because Major-General Lu is wise."
Yeon Gaesomun said, "Enough, since you're back, let's retreat together. Right now, we need to make the best use of our time and get back to Pyongyang as soon as possible. Only then can we organize our forces to resist. After all, we don't have enough soldiers. "
Cui Joongki said, "Major-General Lu is wise!"
Yeon Gaesomun did not waste any more time and gave the order to continue the journey.
The army traveled at full speed.
They traveled extremely quickly. By the end of the eighth month, when they were approaching the ninth month, Yeon Gaesomun's army finally entered Pyongyang and began to approach the city.
When Yeon Gaesomun's forces approached, the messenger that Gao Di had sent to deliver the letter had already been sent back.
Gao Di saw Du Qi's letter, and after reading it, he was incredibly excited.
Because the chances of victory this time were extremely high.
In particular, Du Qi was no longer thinking about dealing with Yeon Gaesomun of Goguryeo, but also about dealing with Silla and Baekje. Once Du Qi's plan succeeded, the next step would be to seize Silla and destroy Baekje.
Gao Di specially notified his subordinates to gather and pass on Du Qi's message.
When everyone heard the news, they were all overjoyed.
Because the final battle was coming.
After Gao Di spoke, he brought everyone to the top of the city gate tower to wait. What they needed to do now was wait, wait for Yeon Gaesomun to arrive at Pyongyang. Time slowly passed. On the afternoon of the 30th day of the 8th month, Yeon Gaesomun's army arrived outside the city. Yeon Gaesomun looked at the sturdy walls of Pyongyang and finally smiled.
He was back!
He was finally back!
Yeon Gaesomun led his army forward and shouted, "Open the city gates! This official has returned!"
Gao Di was hidden in the shadows. When he heard Yeon Gaesomun's words, he waved his hand and ordered his men to open the gate. Yeon Gaesomun led his army forward.
As the capital of Goguryeo, Pyongyang was relatively sturdy. Furthermore, the four city gates were surrounded by barricades to ensure the safety of the city. Apart from that, there was also a moat outside to further protect the safety of Pyongyang.
Yeon Gaesomun had entered the city through the northern gate.
There was also a barricade inside the northern gate.
Yeon Gaesomun didn't have many soldiers to begin with. With the city gates open, the army quickly entered the barricade and entered the inner city. At this moment, the rest of the army had entered the city. All of Yeon Gaesomun's army had entered the barricade.
When Gao Di saw this, he was overjoyed.
In order to stop Yeon Gaesomun, Gao Di had even considered that if Yeon Gaesomun's army was too large, once Yeon Gaesomun entered the inner city, there would still be soldiers outside the city. In that case, he could stop Yeon Gaesomun inside the city and then close the city gates to catch him.
Yeon Gaesomun's army had completely entered the city and had yet to enter the inner city. This was the perfect opportunity to stop Yeon Gaesomun in the barricade.
Gao Di did not dare to waste time and ordered, "Close the inner city gates, put away the drawbridge for the outer city gates, and lower the thousand-pound gates for the outer city gates."
After the order was given, the soldiers at the inner city gate quickly closed the city gate and locked it, blocking the city gate. At the same time, the soldiers on the gate towers pulled on ropes to pull up the drawbridge and lower the thousand-pound gates.
Even though the outer city gates were open, once the drawbridge was raised, there was no way out. After all, there was a rapidly flowing river outside the city gates. And once the thousand-pound gates were lowered, they were like city gates that blocked off all paths of retreat.
Yeon Gaesomun's ten-thousand-some soldiers were completely surrounded, all of them trapped in the spacious barbican. The path leading up the barricade to the gate towers was also heavily guarded.
It was impossible for Yeon Gaesomun to climb up the gate towers.
Yeon Gaesomun was somewhat panicked. But Yeon Gaesomun quickly suppressed his panic. His eyes were sharp as he sternly said, "Who's the commander on the gate towers? Stand out and speak for this official."
His words were extremely unyielding.
Yeon Gaesomun possessed immense prestige in Goguryeo. At this point, he could not afford to panic. His only option was to rely on his prestige to suppress the situation.
Gao Di stepped forward and faintly smiled. "Yeon Gaesomun, you didn't expect this, did you? This general has returned from the front lines. Right now, you have been completely surrounded. Right now, you have nowhere to run. If you immediately lay down your weapons and surrender, this general can spare your life. "
Gao Di continued, "All Goguryeon soldiers, listen up. This general, Gao Di, has come on the orders of His Majesty, Emperor Xia Xia, to summon you. Those who surrender will be pardoned, but those who resist will be executed. "
Whoooah!!
The army was instantly thrown into an uproar.
All of them were stunned.
It was Gao Di.
One had to realize that Gao Di had considerable prestige in the army. Now that Gao Di had submitted to Emperor Xia and had Yeon Gaesomun completely surrounded, the soldiers began to panic.
Many of them looked up at the walls and saw that the walls were covered in soldiers, all of them archers. The archers nocked their arrows and aimed at the soldiers of Weng City. With a single order, tens of thousands of arrows would be fired. Even though the walls of Weng City were empty, countless people would still die to the arrows.
Yeon Gaesomun was inwardly furious. He roared, "Gao Di, you're a relative of my Goguryeo, yet you're willing to become Du Qi's dog. You're truly a relative of Goguryeo. Everyone on the walls, listen up. Anyone who can kill Gao Di will be rewarded with ten thousand taels of gold and an illustrious position. Anyone who dares to kill Gao Di will be handsomely rewarded. "
Even though he was panicking, he did not panic in the slightest. Yeon Gaesomun was keenly aware that in this situation, only by dealing with Gao Di would he have a chance at survival. Moreover, the troops under his command were all trapped in Weng City. It was impossible for him to rely on his troops to achieve victory. Thus, his only option was to instigate the people at Gao Di's side.
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