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Chapter 1114: Ambush

The Damoli Branch Mansion of Quangai Suwen was full of dead bodies. The blood from the ground gathered together and turned into blood pits. The guards of Quangai Mansion had also retreated to the inner house and protected themselves with the walls of the inner house. However, anyone with discerning eyes could see that their defeat was only a matter of time, and now they were just struggling to death.

If the Quan Mansion was completely in the fall, with Zhou Xuan and others' hatred for Quan Gai Suwen, the Quan family members who fell into their hands would definitely die miserably. However, these matters that were not about Su Dingfang were all concerned. He was now looking at Gao Zang who came to see him. He was also very curious about the King of Goguryeo.

"Go Zang, the young king of the country, and see General Su!" As soon as Gao Zang saw Su Dingfang, he immediately saluted very respectfully, without any king's airs at all, which made Su Dingfang look surprised. After all, even if he was the king of the country, Gao Zang's performance was indeed incredible.

However, Su Dingfang soon realized that Gao Zang was just an ordinary royal family before, but later he was treated as a puppet by Quan Gai Suwen. Moreover, he was a man with deep scheming and could bend and stretch. He was very respectful in front of Quan Gai Suwen before, but as soon as Quan Gai Suwen left, he immediately showed his fangs and even helped him seize the city of Pyongyang. Therefore, this person is definitely not a simple person. The article he did on the surface is nothing.

Thinking of this, Su Dingfang couldn't help but be a little alert to Gao Zang, but on the surface he said with a smile: "Your Highness, you are polite. Our Emperor is here to help you drive out Quan Gai Suwen, a traitor. Now Quan Mansion is about to be captured. The only regret is that Quan Gai Suwen has not been executed yet, and his highness will still need the cooperation of your Highness at that time!"

"The general is so serious. I am not a king. However, when Quan Gai Suwen plotted against the rebellion and killed his uncle Rongliu, King Rongliu, and he needed a puppet, so he chose me to ascend the throne. During this period, I was also highly oppressed by their Quan family. Fortunately, the Tang Dynasty sent a general to rescue him. As for this throne, I dare not ask for it anymore. I also asked the general to report to His Majesty the Emperor and His Majesty to designate a new king, so that he can win the hearts of the people!" Gao Zang was very decisive and did not even plan to take the throne.

"Hehe, Your Highness's words make Su embarrassed. After all, our generals of the Tang Dynasty have never participated in government affairs, and such a big thing is not something that I, a small general, can decide. So Your Highness will wait for His Highness to come down in the future, and you can tell His Majesty this in person!" Su Dingfang grinned again.

This Gao Zang was not only scheming, but also a slippery person. Seeing that the destruction of Goguryeo is now a foregone conclusion, he actually wanted to get rid of the throne so as not to be implicated in the future. However, Su Dingfang was not a person with weak ears, so he naturally would not make any promises easily, nor would he agree to him.

Gao Zang also felt that the Su Dingfang in front of him seemed to be difficult to fool, but he was not discouraged. Instead, he talked to Su Dingfang about Goguryeo, and he wanted to ask what the Tang Dynasty had planned to conquer Goguryeo. However, Su Dingfang naturally would not tell him about these things. In fact, Su Dingfang only cared about war and was not very clear about the post-war events. At most, he had heard of some from Li Xiu before.

After chatting for a long time, Gao Zang found that he could not find any useful information from Su Dingfang, which made him feel helpless. Fortunately, the fight in the Quan Mansion came to an end at this time. After all, the Quan Mansion's guards were at a disadvantage in number. In addition, Zhou Xuan and others were eager to take revenge, so they were not afraid of life when fighting. As a result, the Quan Mansion's guards were also retreating step by step.

However, when Quan Gai Suwen's family was about to become prisoners, a stream of smoke suddenly rose into the Quan Mansion, and then a fire began to spread in the mansion. In the blink of an eye, a small half of the entire Quan Mansion fell into the sea of ​​fire.

As the mansion became fire, the Goguryeo people who had entered the mansion had escaped in a panic. Many soldiers were still carrying fire. Then Zhou Xuan came to Su Dingfang with dejected expression: "General, we were about to catch the boy Quan, but we didn't expect that he had sprinkled the mansion with tinder oil in advance, and a fire ignited, causing Quan Gai Suwen's family to be buried in the sea of ​​fire, and even some of our subordinates did not have time to escape."

"I didn't expect that Quan Gai Suwen's son would have some backbone and would rather die than surrender." Su Dingfang couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, but he also knew that with the hatred of Zhou Xuan and others towards the Quan family, if the Quan boy surrendered, he would probably end up asking for a request in the end, so it would be better to die clean.

The Quan family's fire burned for two days and two nights before it gradually went out. Originally, Su Dingfang was planning to take out some oil and water from the Quan family. After all, his brothers followed him from all over the place and could not treat them badly. As a result, the fire left his hopes empty. But it doesn't matter. Pyongyang City is so big, there are many Goguryeo nobles who were dependent on Quangasu-wen. Moreover, Gao Zang and Zhou Xuan led the way. Su Dingfang also searched the houses one by one. Although most of them needed to be confiscated, a small part of the missing was enough to satisfy the soldiers in the army.

However, the soldiers below could be busy scouting their homes to make money, but Su Dingfang could not. Moreover, when he arrived at his position, he was not very interested in ordinary money. The only thing that interested him was military merits. Although it was a great achievement to conquer Pyongyang City, it did not satisfy his ambitions.

"Shou the agreement, do you think Quanga Suwen will really retreat to Pyongyang City?" In a mansion in Pyongyang City, Su Dingfang asked Pei Xingjian who was standing next to him, not only teachers and students, but also a pair of good partners. Especially Pei Xingjian is not only good at government affairs, but also a very qualified staff officer. If he is willing to serve as a general, he should be able to become an excellent general after several years of training.

"There is insufficient supplies at the Bogoukou, and Quangasuwen will definitely not be able to defend for too long. If I were him, he would definitely give up Bogoukou and rush to Pyongyang day and night. At that time, he will attack Pyongyang's defenders inside and outside, and defeat us first, and then defend with the Pyongyang city walls. This is also his last glimmer of hope to preserve Goguryeo."

When Pei Xingjian said this, he paused for a moment and then said, "But he would never dream of Pyongyang City being defeated by our cavalry, so Quan Gai Suwen must not know the news that Pyongyang has changed hands. We can also take advantage of this. If Quan Gai Suwen can be introduced into the city, it would be even better."

"It is unlikely that I would like to introduce Quangasuwen to Pyongyang City, because according to the information I found out, Quangasuwen is very cautious, especially with his own safety. Even before dinner, there are special people to try dishes for him. Even if a person like him leads his troops back to Pyongyang, if he doesn't see the Quan boy, he will definitely feel suspicious and will definitely not enter the city easily." Su Dingfang shook his head when he heard Pei Xingjian's words.

"If this is the case, just attack Quan Gai Suwen's army. They came from Bogoukou and would definitely be in a hurry to enter Pyongyang City to rest. However, when they suddenly found that Pyongyang City had been replaced by the banner of our Tang Dynasty, their morale must be greatly affected. Then, the gentleman led the main force of the cavalry to strike out from the flank and would definitely defeat Quan Gai Suwen!" Pei Xingjian put forward a very bold idea at this time.

The reason why Pei Xingjian's idea is bold is that Su Dingfang has only 10,000 cavalry under him, and after occupying Pyongyang City, he would have to leave at least 3,000 people to defend the city. In this way, only about 7,000 troops can be used. In contrast, Quanga Suwen led an army of more than 50,000, and the two sides had a seven-fold gap. Even if the Tang army had strong combat effectiveness and cavalry had an advantage, it still took a lot of risks to take the initiative to attack from the city.

However, Su Dingfang was a brave general. He led hundreds of people to attack Jie Li's tent, and led thousands of people to go deep into Goguryeo to burn the opponent's grain team. This time he led only 10,000 people to kill the city of Pyongyang. This courage is very rare even among military generals.

Su Dingfang also pondered for a moment after listening to Pei Xingjian's suggestion, then nodded and agreed: "That's it. Send more spies during this period to pay attention to the news of the direction of Bogoukou. If Quan Gai Suwen really leads his troops, I ambush outside the city in advance. If you are in charge of the overall situation in the city, you will definitely let Quan Gai Suwen go back!"

Su Dingfang and Pei Xingjian's judgment was very accurate. Just a few hundred miles west of Pyongyang, Quanga Suwen led an army of 50,000 and was running towards Pyongyang City desperately. However, Quanga Suwen in the army kept frowning because he was also betting that Su Dingfang's cavalry could not defeat Pyongyang City, and at the same time, he was betting that Su Dingfang did not know that he was short of supplies, so he could not guess that he would suddenly kill him, so he could defeat the Tang cavalry in one fell swoop.

However, what Quan Gai Suwen never expected was that he lost the bet this time. Not only did Su Dingfang guessed that he was going to kill back, but he also set up an ambush in Pyongyang City, waiting for his arrival.

In the rear of Quangai Suwen's army, there was also a cavalry chasing desperately. This cavalry was the Tang cavalry led by Li Daozong. Since Li Shimin learned that Quangai Suwen had escaped, he immediately ordered Li Daozong to lead a cavalry of 10,000 people to chase him because he was worried that Su Dingfang would not be able to stop Quangai Suwen's 50,000 army.

However, although Li Daozong's cavalry was fast, Quanga Suwen had been away for two days after all, and he was traveling day and night, so he couldn't catch up for a while. Behind Li Daozong was the main force led by Li Shimin, who was also desperately rushing towards Pyongyang City. (https:)
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