: Take the King of Kings

The east showed that the fish belly was white, and a red sun jumped out.

Jinshan City, under the red sun, began to wake up from its deep sleep, and pedestrians began to travel around the streets. Although since the Sui people attacked Liaodong for the third time, the cities in Liaodong have issued orders, so the residents and people outside the city had to move into the city. The people in the original city could no longer leave the city at will.

But I heard that the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty has retreated with his troops, and General Yuan led 100,000 people out of the city seven days ago to pursue him. Those in the city thought that since the Sui army retreated again, it must have been defeated just like the last time. In addition, with the God of War Rongliu of Liaodong City, and General Yuan of their Northeast China, the joint attack, maybe another great victory like Sashui.

After the army left for seven days, the left-behind generals no longer ordered the residents of the city to leave the city. Although the city gates were closed early every morning and evening, the city gates would be opened every morning and afternoon, so that the hunters and vertebrates would go up the mountain to hunt and chop vegetation, and the fishermen would go into the water to fish. After all, it would take two months to lock the city up, and the soldiers and civilians in the city were also in prison for two months, and everyone was not tired of it.

Everyone in and out of the city gate was full of people. Even though many residents did not go out of the city to hunt, harvest firewood, and fish, many young people from the city rushed to the outside of the city gate in groups, breathing the fresh air while enjoying the autumn scenery, which made it as lively as in spring.

The soldiers left behind on the city wall were also lazy to enjoy the warm autumn sun. It was rainy after autumn in Liaodong, and every time the sun came out, it was very rare. A soldier led a few people to pass by the city wall, patrolling the guards at the city wall, while stretching his waist and yawning. The sun was shining on the leather armor, and the person was a little drowsy after a while.

When he twisted his neck and wanted to move his body, he suddenly found that in the distance, a black line suddenly appeared from the bottom of the mountain. Years of experience told him that this was a large group of soldiers.

It was too far away, and I don’t know which troops came. The soldier quickly kicked the Liao soldiers who were still basking in the sun.

"Get up quickly, a large group of people approached, close the city gate, and prepare to defend! I'll inform Lord Mok!" As he said that, the soldier hurriedly ran towards the city.

When the left-behind Mo Ke led his men to the top of the city, he saw that the black line in the distance had turned into a large piece of black, and it was getting bigger and bigger.

"It seems there are tens of thousands of people!" a guard said with a drowsy saliva.

The guard raised his hand to block the curtain and looked into the distance. After a while, he said solemnly, "No, that's not tens of thousands, but more than one hundred thousand, or even two hundred thousand."

As soon as Mo Ke finished his words, all the defenders were shocked. Two hundred thousand people? If it was really 200,000 people, it must be the Sui army that came. When the general of his country brought his men out, there were only 80,000 people, and he went to war. Even if the casualties were small, they would only fight less and less. It was impossible to fight more and more, but suddenly it turned into more than 200,000 people.

When they thought that the Sui army came, all the soldiers were pale. When Yuan Taizuo sent troops, he took away the elites from each city. The boldness left behind were some old, weak and disabled soldiers. Moreover, the remaining troops in Jinshan City were only one team of thousands of people. Even if they urgently recruited men from the whole city to the city, facing the 200,000 Sui army would be useless.

"Close the city gate, close the city gate, beat the drums, everyone goes up to the city wall, and then immediately recruit the strong men in the city to go to the city to defend!" Then Mo Ke was also an officer who had been fighting in Liaodong for many years with Yuan Taizuo. Although he felt that no matter how he did it, he still issued orders one by one.

At this time, the people who left the city also saw the arrival of the army, and rushed into the city in panic. Under the rush, the city gate was blocked. After a long time, the people who rushed back to the city blocked the city gate tightly, and no one outside could enter, and the defenders in the city could not close the door.

When the guest saw it, he was furious and ordered to kill several people. The people were shocked. Under the supervision of the defenders, they lined up outside the city gate. Before the army arrived, they finally returned to the city.

The army in the distance stopped several miles away from the city, and a team of cavalry of about hundreds of people rushed out of it and came straight towards Jinshan City. The last general who guarded the city just stood at the top of the city with a pale face, fighting against each other.

When the cavalry entered, Moke suddenly couldn't believe his eyes, because he saw that the man was not the Sui army, but the soldiers of his own Grandmaster Yuan who had only left for five days. The first cavalry was General Yuan's uncle, Yuan Gai Tong, the lord of Jinshan City.

After wiping his eyes a few times, he found that it was not his dazzle or his dream. It was indeed his own city lord Yuan Gai Tong. Seeing that Yuan Gai Tong was about to get to the city, he didn't bother to ask why there were so many soldiers behind him, so he turned around and kicked the guards beside him.

"Have you grown your eyes on your head? I didn't see the city lord coming back, so open the city to greet you!"

The soldier was kicked, and was not angry at all. He hurriedly called a few people to go down to the city gate to welcome the city lord.

As soon as the city gate was opened, the cavalry of about three or four hundred men had already arrived at the city gate, and without stopping at all, they rushed into the city with their men. As soon as they entered the city and stopped, the left-behind Mo Ke hurriedly brought a group of noble families and left-behind officers in the city to greet them.

"Welcome the city lord back to the city!"

But Yuangai Tong had just a black face, and looked at them without seeing them. He pointed at the guest and said, "You will gather all the soldiers and nobles in the city immediately, go out of the city for five miles to welcome the commander."

Then the guest nodded quickly, and asked in a low voice, "There seems to be nearly 200,000 people outside the city? But the general won a great victory and captured many Sui troops?"

Yuan Gai Tong's old face turned a little darker. He was about to get angry, but he looked back at a soldier dressed in a personal soldier next to him, and finally he refused to say, "That's right, this time we ambushed the Sui army in Liaohe and defeated the Sui army in one battle. Not only did we annihilate nearly 100,000 Sui army, but we also captured nearly 100,000 people. This is the last victory before. King Rongliu is also in the army now. Go and summon the soldiers and civilians in the city to welcome them."

Then the guest did not have any doubts, and sent soldiers to inform all the soldiers in the city to welcome the general and the prince. Jinshan City is a big city. There were nearly 20,000 permanent residents in the city. This time, the Sui army came to attack and ordered all nearby residents to be moved into the city. At this time, there were nearly 40,000 people in the city, which was a large population.

Then the guest brought a crowd to inform the whole city. It took a long time to gather tens of thousands of people outside the city, and rushed to the army several miles away like a market.

When those people left the city, the troops of Yuangai Tong went and did not follow him. A soldier who had been standing next to him suddenly said, "General Yuan is a hero who knows the current affairs. Don't worry, as long as you follow our commands, our general will not make things difficult for you. What promises you will definitely fulfill."

After saying that, he turned to the cavalry dressed in hundreds of Liao soldiers behind him, "Brothers of the reconnaissance regiment, enter the city and take over the four city gates. The key points of each warehouse in the city will be sent to search for the city to see if there are any people who have not left the city. If there is any resistance, there will be no mercy. The leader of the regiment ordered that everyone is not allowed to rob the city without permission after entering the city. If anyone violates the order, behead the public."

"Get orders!" The cavalry roared and divided into four battalions. Except for the troops of the regiment headquarters, the other four battalions were separated by the company and platoon to take over the entire city.

The regiment commander was not someone else, but Zhang Yong, the commander of the reconnaissance regiment directly under the Northeast Army Command. After Yuan Taizuo surrendered, Chen Kefu ordered the entire army to set off with all the prisoners and head straight for Jinshan after resting for a night.

After carefully interrogating the soldiers of Goguryeo, Chen Kefu and others also roughly learned about the situation of the cities in the northeast of Goguryeo. At this time, the entire northeastern part had become an empty area, and Chen Kefu certainly would not forget their purpose this time.

The ambush and annihilation of Yuan Taizuo's troops was just the first purpose of sending troops this time. Their ultimate goal was to capture the three major mountain cities of Fuyu City, Gaimu City and Jinshan, and collect all the food, grass, equipment, population and animal sacrifice from each city.

After carefully gathering the situation of the cities in northeastern Liaodong, Chen Kefu made a quick decision and did not return to Liaodong City first, but went directly north to Jinshan City near Jinshan Canyon. The army marched for two days and finally arrived outside Jinshan City in the morning, and for this mountain city where only one thousand old and weak soldiers were left.

Chen Kefu didn't even want to send troops to attack, so he told Yuan Gai Tong that if the Sui army wanted to exchange prisoners of war with Goguryeo and ensure the lives of the children of the Yuan clan, he had to help the Sui army take down Liaodong City. If he refused, then first take all the children of the Yuan clan, including the Yuan Taizuo sacrifice flag.

Yuangai Tong had already surrendered, and there was no way out at this time. Anyway, he refused to agree, and there would be other generals who would agree, even if all the prisoners really refused. With the more than a thousand old and weak soldiers in Jinshan City, they could not resist the attack of the 100,000 troops after the great victory.
Chapter completed!