(Thanks to Chietuwei, Lin Shuangyi, leo890, Tiezu for his monthly ticket support, today's fourth update, one more chapter later)

Longtan Mountain is the place where Jili Mountain City is located.

Longtan Mountain is twenty miles north and south, with a mountain height of more than 80 meters. The peaks on the north and west sides are steep. There is only a mountain pass in the southeast. Jili Mountain City is located on Longtan Mountain, only sixty miles from Liaodong Bay in the northwest, fifty miles from Wanjialing Goguryeo Mountain City in the northeast, thirty miles from Goryeo Mountain City in the southeast, and thirty miles from Deli Mountain City in the east, jointly guarding the mountain passes entering and leaving the hinterland of the northeast mountain area.

These mountain cities are the mountain cities that Gaodexin Institute can still control. These mountain cities are ancient city fortresses that have been built by the Goguryeo people at the time.

Zeng Yuanyu and Zhao Yuan, as the vanguards of the front army, set out first, with 5,000 troops from each headquarters. Zhao Yuan was very satisfied with joining the town and taking office as the commander of the Feixiong Army. During this Northern Expedition, Li Jing handed over the position of the right vanguard of the right front army to him, which made him feel that he had made the right choice.

There were so many generals in the town, but Li Jing let him and Zeng Yuanyu be the vanguard, which made him feel Li Jing's trust. Seeing that Zeng Yuanyu, the former Zuo Sanqi, brought the headquarters of the headquarters of the Imperial Army, Zhao Yuan was still envious. However, he only brought his three brothers, two sons, five nephews, and more than 30 children of the family to join, which was still very different from Zeng Yuanyu who could directly join with him with five thousand soldiers. Although the military discipline of the Feixiong Army was very good, Zhao Yuan still felt that they did not trust him, the new military leader.

After all, Zeng Yuanyu's family was a family of Shence Imperial Army, and the Zuo Sanqi Changshi was much higher than his Chenzhou Yajiang. As soon as he entered the town, he became the leader of the army. This undoubtedly made the soldiers below doubt it.

Especially the Zhen** system. Although the military supervisor was only at the level of the Ping Lu Army of Zhenguo. However, according to the system, his Feixiong Army still had a large number of military-level officials, such as the deputy army leader, marching Sima, marching staff officer, judge, military Yuhou, and coach. Among them, the power of this teaching officer was not inferior to him, which made him feel a little unwilling to let go.

What made him a little uncomfortable was that his brothers, sons and nephews did not join Feixiong's army, but were transferred to Zhenguo and the twenty-two armies under Pinglu. Before sending troops, he asked to meet Li Jing once and asked his brothers and nephews to follow him and use command. After all, they were used to it. However, Li Jing agreed to the other things, but shook his head and refused to do so. He also told him that the Gao family in Guizhou, Zhen**, took office as a branch in each army.

Apart from these things, everything went smoothly.

Zhao Yun is in his early fifties this year and is very excited to lead the troops to battle again. When he marches at the generals, everything is orderly. Originally, many generals and schoolmen in the Feixiong Army who were still skeptical, were quickly convinced.

On the third day of the dispatch of troops, Zhao Yun's right vanguard army took the lead in the foot of Langang Mountain, the southernmost control of Gaodexin, Jili Prefecture, Goguryeo.

The envoys sent to Jilishan City have not yet returned. There are 500 armored soldiers in Lankoushan City, about 3,000 young and strong, and more than 20,000 people. When Zhao Yuan's soldiers arrived, the guards in the city had already closed the gates of Shancheng.

Qin Zong, deputy commander of the Feixiong Army, looked at the winding and steep and dangerous mountain road leading to the mountain city, "Will you wait until the left pioneer Zeng Jun arrive before discussing?"

"Five thousand to five hundred. Even if the Goguryeo people have danger of a mountain city, they will not have reinforcements coming and their morale is depressed. Our army has arrived and its momentum is in full swing. I think it can be taken down in one go!" Zhao Yuan looked at the mountain city for a long time and said with a chuckling.

"The envoy sent by the Grand Marshal to Jili City has not yet responded. There are still seven days left before the ten-day period. Should we wait first?" the instructor also suggested.

Zhao Yun put down the Qianli Miles mirror in his hand. The Qianli Miles mirror was given a treasure by the commander before setting off. It is worthy of being a worthless treasure. Standing at such a distance at the foot of the mountain, you can see clearly the bricks and stone battlements on the mountain city, even the armor and expressions of the Goguryeo defenders on the top of the city.

"The morale of the Goguryeo defenders was low and their faces were full of panic expressions. I think that as long as we attacked one round, we could even break through the mountain city."

Qin Zongshou smiled and borrowed the Qianli Mirror from Zhao Chu, watched carefully for a while, and returned the treasure to Zhao Chu. Although he was the deputy military leader, he was not qualified to have such a treasure. There are only twenty-two military leaders in Zhen** now equipped with the Qianli Mirror. This thing is too expensive. At the beginning, it was sold for tens of thousands of cents of coins. Even now, the price for sale has remained high, with each of which is as many as thousands of cents.

"The military leader is right. These defenders are really unwarranted!" Qin Zongshou, as the former leader of the Langya Mountain Village, and also familiar with the Gao family of Goguryeo, so this time he was promoted from the wing master to the deputy commander of the Feixiong Army, and served as the right deputy vanguard of the front army. He only made military achievements in wars. Qin Zongshou was actually very eager to fight this battle, just five hundred defenders. However, just promoted the deputy commander, on the surface, he had to say a few more words of a more prudent scene. Now that the new military commander is in charge of the attack, he naturally agreed immediately.

Both the military commander and the deputy military commander decided to attack the city. Although the teaching commander was the second-ranking officer in the army, he was an official who did not negate the military command. In this regard, he had no right to deny the power and only had the right to suggest.

Jilishan City, the city lord's mansion.

When Gao Dexin fought against the Khitan last time, he was shot and was unable to get up. Although the Khitans retreated to Jian'an Prefecture, Gao Dexin's spirit was much better. However, he was also very thin, and in the hot July, he was still wearing a blanket.

In the battle with the Khitan, Jilizhou was completely defeated. Although the Khitans retreated and abandoned the captured Zhucheng Township and returned north, the population, livestock, money and food in each mountain city were empty. At present, Gaodexin only had five mountain cities left, with a population of less than 100,000, and only three thousand soldiers were left in armor.

The wolf went and the tiger came. Although the Khitans returned north, there was still a powerful enemy south.

The constant worries have become a fact. Last year, the town extorted them, seized four mountain cities and thousands of military horses, and did not go north again. But now it seems that it was just Li Jing's sitting on the mountain to watch the tiger fight. Now the Khitans are returning north, and they are beaten so hard that they can no longer fight, so they immediately went north again. And compared to last year, Li Jing is ready this time.

The 500,000 army of troops in the Northern Expedition was so amazing that even if there were only 20% of the real number, it could reach 100,000 people.

Besides, Li Jing's war was not just about the number. He only took 20,000 people, first seized their four cities, and then went to Youzhou to surrender the Lu Long army of more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in more than 100,000 states. He then went all the way to Daibei and destroyed the Shatuo Black Crow Army that had dominated the world. Returning to the Central Plains, he destroyed hundreds of thousands of thieves with great momentum. Wherever Li Jing went, he would defeat him, and he would be invincible.

Now, he came north with his army again, and he had no choice!

Lying under the shade of the willow trees in the yard, Gao Dexin tightly wrapped his fur coat tightly. At noon, he still felt the coldness in the ice cellar.

A burst of rapid footsteps came, and Gao Dexin opened his eyes and saw his son Gao Zhaokang, who is now in charge of Jilizhou affairs, rushed in.

Gao Dexin showed a hint of unhappiness on his face and said weakly: "Zhaokang, why are you so panicked?"

"Father, I heard that the envoy of Li Jing has arrived in Jili City?" Gao Zhaokang asked in a deep voice with his face flushed and gritted his teeth.

"That's right, I have seen the envoy for my father. Li Jing asked us to offer the city to surrender. The envoy brought Li Jing's promise that as long as we offer the city to surrender, he is willing to protect the property and safety of our Gao clan."

"My father must have rejected this unreasonable request?"

Gao Dexin opened his eyes a little wide, staring at his eldest son, "Why should I refuse?"

"Did my father agree?"

"Well, my father has decided to agree, but there has not been a reply yet. I will write a surrender form tonight and hand it over to the messenger with the Jili Prefecture household registration form, the treasury and grain, etc. together to the envoy." When Gao Dexin said this, his tone revealed infinite emotion. When his son was as young as his son, his grandfather handed over the little Goguryeo to the Bohai Kingdom. Then after more than 30 years, he returned to Liaodong and then controlled Jili Prefecture step by step. But now, everything is empty in the blink of an eye. Jili Prefecture has been completely defeated, with wolves in front of the front and tigers in the back, and there is no more hope. At this time, surrender is just like my grandfather surrendered to the Bohai Kingdom, just to protect the Gao family, hoping that there will be a chance to rise again in the future.

Although all of this is the right choice, after truly making up this decision, Gao Dexin seemed to be pulled away from his backbone!

Gao Zhaokang's face became redder and even purple.

He roared angrily, "No, father, you can't do this. Even if you surrender, no one can surrender to Li Jing!"

"Why?" Gao Dexin asked in a low voice.

"Why? Don't my father know that when Yue'er returned to Longquan Mansion last year, she was robbed by Li Jing when she passed by Weiba Mountain City. Now she has not only become Li Jing's woman, but also gave birth to a son for Li Jing. The hatred of taking over his wife is a great humiliation!" Gao Zhaokang clenched his fist tightly, and blue veins popped up on his neck.

"Just gossip!"

"Father, this is true. I sent someone to Dengzhou and reported that I did see Yue'er, and I was in Li Jing's mansion." Gao Zhaokang said in pain and resentment.

Gao Dexin looked at his son disappointedly, "So what if it is, just a woman. I plan to hand over the Gao family to you for my father, but in your eyes, the entire Gao family is not as important as a woman who abandons her husband?"

"Yue'er was robbed!"
Chapter completed!