Su Dingfang said to Mr. Yuan: "Your father and son have done many evil things and are rebellious and violent. Your Majesty told the world when he started the army that he would punish your father and son in order to correct Shuo. But now that I see that you can abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side, you still have a sense of integrity and shame. What's more,
Loyalty is commendable. But if you want to wash away your sins, this alone is not enough. You also need to make great achievements."
Yeon-san understood the idea, stood up and saluted, "I understand! I am willing to lead the way for the Tang army to the border of Baekje to recover the Goguryeo national seal!"
He is also a bit clever. After all, he is Yuan Nanchan's biological brother. If he said that he would lead troops to hunt down his younger brother, this would be easy to say. If he only said "recover the seal", then
Things are very different. As for whether "recovering the seal" will cause Yuan Nanchan to die at the same time... Even if it does, it is mostly just a coincidence.
Su Dingfang naturally didn't want to compete with him for such a little bit of verbal advantage.
He said to Mr. Xi: "Immediately mobilize your troops and follow the men of Yuan to the border of Baekje. No matter what, you must retrieve the seal of Goguryeo, otherwise there will be endless troubles! As for how to act in the meantime, you can carefully consider it. No need to
Please give me instructions. I have only one request: to recover the seal."
Mr. Xi knelt down on one knee and performed a military salute: "The last general honors your order!"
When he raised his head, he looked into Su Dingfang's eyes and nodded slightly.
Xi Junmai understood... He wanted to surrender to the Tang army, but also wanted to preserve his reputation?
You are so beautiful.
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There are many secret passages in the Goguryeo Palace, but few of them lead to the outside of the city. Most of them are in some secret place in the city. Yuon Nanchan and Jian Moucen walked through the secret passage with dozens of soldiers for less than half an hour.
After getting out from the other end, I looked around a lot and found that it was near the south gate.
The sound of artillery is booming in the ears. It is obvious that the Tang army's offensive is still fierce. However, the fighting at the south gate is not fierce. Perhaps it is far away from the royal palace in the city, or perhaps it is the Tang people's strategy of "surrounding three and missing one", so it is relatively calm compared to the West City at the moment.
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Of course, this is only a relative term. Outside the city gate, the Tang army set up artillery to continuously bombard the city. Under the heavy snow, only silhouettes of people could be seen, but it was not clear how many people there were.
Jian Moucen did not dare to be negligent. He showed his belt seal and gathered a force of more than a thousand people inside the city gate. Under the puzzled eyes of the defenders, he opened the city gate through a gap and then suddenly rushed out.
The Tang army outside the city had been attacking fiercely for a while, but no Goguryeo troops came out of the city to fight. They also lacked enough troops to attack the city, so they just fired artillery unhurriedly. Suddenly they saw a group of Goguryeo troops coming out of the city, and they were frightened.
He jumped, but when he quickly organized an interception, he was already killed in the formation.
The Tang army hurriedly responded to the battle, while the Goguryeo army was determined to break out of the encirclement. Naturally, it was difficult to stop them. They allowed this Goguryeo army to break through the formation and break through the encirclement.
The Tang army refused to give up and pursued them.
Yuan Nanchan and Jian Moucen broke through the enemy formation, broke out, and fled towards the south. They were very familiar with the terrain in this area. It had been snowing heavily for several months and the sky was vast. They drilled through ravines and climbed over the mountains. After a few hours, they defeated the Tang army.
get rid of.
He was also very tired, so Yuan Nanchan suggested to find a place with a leeward wind to rest for the time being.
Jian Moucen was confident. When he turned around, he saw snowflakes flying across the sky and the earth. The enemy could not catch up for a moment, so he ordered a rest in a mountain col.
Yuan Nansan took a water bag and took a sip of strong wine. When he saw Jian Moucen, he first asked his close guards to stand not far away to block the wind and snow, and also separated him from other soldiers, and then came over to sit side by side with him.
He handed over the water bag in his hand and asked Jian Moucen to take a sip.
When Jian Moucen reached for the water bag with one hand, Yuan Nanchan suddenly felt a sharp pain in his back, and a sharp instrument pierced the back of his heart. He was about to scream in horror, when Jian Moucen's hand was about to take the water bag.
Having already covered his mouth, the sharp instrument piercing the back of his heart stirred, causing Yuan Nan to suffer severe pain and his body struggled violently.
Jian Moucen covered Yuan Nanchan's mouth with one hand, stood up and pressed him down. He held a feather arrow in his other hand and stabbed it into Yuan Nanchan's organs. Then he let go, pinched Yuan Nanchan's neck, and waited.
It was until Yuan Nan's face turned red from holding it back, his body slowly softened, and his pupils became dilated, that he exclaimed: "Third Young Master, what's wrong with you?"
The people around did not pay attention to this side, and because there were Jian Moucen's personal guards blocking each other, when they heard the sound, they quickly got up and gathered around. When they saw Yuan Nanchan lying on the ground, Jian Moucen seemed to be rescuing him.
Everyone was shocked immediately.
"What's wrong, Third Young Master?"
"Oh, so much blood!"
"Crossbow! The Third Young Master was hit by the Tang Army's crossbow!"
…
There was a moment of chaos.
Jian Moucen shook Yuan Nan's body and cried loudly: "Third Young Master, we are entrusted by the king, but you were killed by a crossbow arrow from the Tang army. How can I explain to the king, and how can I explain to the ancestors of Goguryeo?"
An explanation from the emperor?"
Seeing Yuan Nanchan's eyes wide open and still glaring at him fiercely, he could not help but feel guilty. He quickly stretched out his hand to close Yuan Nanchan's eyes and cried to the people around him: "When we broke through just now, Third Young Master
He was hit by a crossbow arrow, but in order not to drag us down, he held on and refused to say anything... After leaving the palace, the king ordered me to assist the third son. If Goguryeo fell, I would go to Baekje to request reinforcements and plot to restore the country. Now the third son
He was shot dead by a Tang Dynasty man. This is an irreconcilable hatred! I shall carry out the third son's will and continue to go to Baekje. Even if I die hundreds of times, I will not change my determination! Will you all follow me?"
Everyone was sad and angry, and shouted in unison: "We are willing!"
Jian Moucen said loudly: "Okay! We are all loyal to Goguryeo. Even if the country is destroyed and the family is destroyed, we cannot beg for mercy from the Tang people like pigs and dogs. The third young master was harmed by the Tang army. As human subjects, we should avenge him.
Although I have died a hundred times, I have no regrets! But now that the country has been ruined and the family has been destroyed, and the king has also sacrificed his life for the country, we, our useful bodies, must not use our emotions to do things, and die in vain. You should follow me south, to Baekje to ask for reinforcements, and send your troops to counterattack Pingjang
City, regain the country, continue the kingdom of Goguryeo, and fight to the death with the Tang Dynasty!"
"Fight to the death!"
"Fight to the death!"
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Seeing that the military spirit was ready, Jian Moucen took out the Goguryeo national seal from the arms of Yuan's son, and said sadly: "The current situation is urgent, and we cannot give the third son a rich burial to avoid attracting the attention of the Tang army. So he was briefly buried here.
Let’s stay here, and when we succeed in the future, we can come here to give the Third Young Master a grand burial!”
The others said: "That's exactly what it should be!"
The Tang army was chasing behind them. Jian Moucen commanded his soldiers to use their swords to dig up the snow on the ground, symbolically digging a shallow pit on the ground that was as hard as iron stone, and then put Yuan Nanchan's body into it, and then
Covered with snow.
After packing up, Jian Moucen did not dare to stay any longer, so he immediately took the national seal and a group of soldiers and set off towards the south.
He determined that the main force of the Tang Army had withdrawn north this time, and that it would be impossible to launch another eastern expedition in the short term. The border area between Baekje and Goguryeo was full of mountains, ravines, and complex terrain. The Tang Army's navy did not have enough troops to go to the Qing Dynasty, so instead of following Yuon Namchan, he was driven by him.
, working like a cow or a horse, how can you master the seal by yourself, use the slogans of restoration and revenge, gather the remaining forces in Goguryeo, and dominate one side?
Youon Nansan is here, and as the son of Yeon Gaesumun, he should be the core of all forces, and he will always have no choice but to succumb to them and be driven by them.
Now that Yuon Nan is dead, the Yuan family in Pingrang City will definitely die when the city is destroyed. Although it is unlikely that he will be convinced and supported by all the remaining Goguryeo forces, at least he has the national seal in his hand.
With a wave of arms, there are also those who respond.
If it's just a fluke, there's no chance that once the restoration of the country is successful, I'll be able to sit on the supreme throne...
As for whether he was a loyal minister or a traitor, Jian Moucen didn't care at all. He was the hero of Gaisu Wen, a man of great authority in the world. He could not have killed King Rongliu, established the King of Treasures as a puppet, and then simply killed the Gao family in order to ascend to the throne.
The royal family was slaughtered?
Compared to that, I am already so much kinder!
Under the heavy snow, Jian Moucen's steps were fast and his heart was burning, as if he had already grasped all the vast mountains and rivers...
"General!"
Halfway through the journey, someone suddenly ran up to him and said, "A group of people were found resting in a mountain col ahead. The brothers captured them and found out that it was Mr. An Shun."
Jian Moucen paused, stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked: "Who?"
The soldier said: "The bastard of the King of Treasures is Master An and Shun."
"..."
Jian Moucen was in a daze. The Gao family had been completely slaughtered by Yuan Gaisuwen. How did An Shun escape from Pingrang City?
But now was not the time to wonder about this, An Shun's sudden appearance suddenly gave him an idea.
It is indeed difficult for him to convince the public. The forces scattered throughout the country may not be convinced by him, and they may not be willing to respect him. But it is different with the son of the Treasure King. An Shun is not only the treasure king's bastard, but also the son of the Treasure King.
He is the nephew of Yuan Pure Land and has the blood of the Yuan family.
Nowadays, the royal family of Gao and the Yuan family are all extinct, leaving only Anshun, a single seedling. If he is not regarded as the master, who else can be left?
As long as he firmly holds Anshun in his hands, it is equivalent to mastering Goguryeo Jeongsok. Perhaps it is not impossible to follow the example of Yeon Gaesumun's "power over the world" and "monopolize power" and become a powerful minister...