Su Dingfang said to Mr. Yuan: "Your father and son have committed many evil deeds and are rebellious and violent. Your Majesty told the world when he started the army that you will be punished and brought back to justice. 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 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 leads troops to hunt down his younger brother, it will be easy to say or not. If it were just "recovering the seal", things would be completely different. As for whether "recovering the seal" would also lead to the death of Yuan Nanzhen... Even if it is so, 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 Xi Jun: "You must immediately mobilize your troops and follow the Yuan boys to the border of Baekje. No matter what, you must get the Goguryeo seal back, 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 and looked into Su Dingfang's eyes, Su Dingfang nodded slightly.
Xi Junmai understood... He wanted to surrender to the Tang army, but also wanted to save his reputation?
You are so beautiful.
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There are many secret passages in the Goguryeo Palace, but few lead to the outside of the city. Most of them are in some secret place in the city. Yuan Nanchan and Jian Moucen walked through the secret passage with dozens of soldiers for half an hour before they emerged from the other end. After looking around, they 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. .
Of course, this is only a relative term. The Tang army set up artillery outside the city gate and continuously bombarded the city. Under the heavy snow, only people could be seen, but it was not clear how many people there were.
Jian Moucen did not dare to neglect, showed his belt seal, gathered a force of more than a thousand people inside the city gate, opened a gap in the city gate under the puzzled eyes of the defenders, 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. The Tang army also lacked enough troops to attack the city, so they just fired artillery slowly. Suddenly I saw a Goguryeo army coming out of it, and I was shocked. When I hurriedly organized an interception, they were 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 kill 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 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 into ravines and climbed over the mountains, and got rid of the Tang army in a few hours.
He was also very tired, so Yuan Nanchan proposed 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 out to take the water bag, Yuan Nanchan suddenly felt a sharp pain in his back, and a sharp instrument pierced 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 didn't pay attention to this, and because there were Jian Moucen's personal guards blocking each other, when they heard the sound, they quickly stood up and gathered around. When they saw Yuan Nanchan lying on the ground, Jian Moucen seemed to be rescuing him. They were all shocked.
"What's wrong, Third Young Master?"
"Oh, so much blood!"
"Crossbow! The Third Young Master was hit by the Tang Army's crossbow!"
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There was a chaos of people and horses.
Jian Moucen shook Yuan Nanchan's body and cried loudly: "Third Young Master, we have the great trust of 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 deal with the ancestors of Goguryeo?" Let the emperor explain?"
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, he would go to Baekje to request reinforcements and plot to restore the country. At the moment, the third son He was shot by a Tang Dynasty man. This is an irreconcilable hatred! I will carry out the third son's will and continue to go to Baekje. Even if I die hundreds of times, my determination will not change! 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 troops to counterattack Pingjang City, regain the country, continue the kingdom of Goguryeo, and fight to the death with the Tang people!"
"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. He immediately took the imperial seal and a group of soldiers and set off towards the south.
He determined that the main force of the Tang Army had withdrawn to the north, and 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?
With the existence of Yeon-nam, as the son of Yeon Gaesumun, he should be the core of all forces, and he would always have no choice but to be a subject and be driven by them.
Now that Yuan Nanchan is dead, the Yuan clan in Pingrang City will also be extinct 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. He must be able to wave his arms and there will be a crowd of responders.
If it's a fluke, there's no chance that once the restoration of the country is successful, he will 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 Yuan Gaisuwen was a hero and had great authority in the world. Couldn't he have killed King Rongliu, established King Baobao as a puppet, and then simply massacred the entire Gao family in order to ascend to the throne?
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 the vast country...
"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 treasure king's concubine is Master An and Shun."
"..."
Jian Moucen was a little dazed. The Gao family had been 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.
Now that the royal family of the Gao family and the Yuan family have all been extinct, only Anshun, a single seedling, is left. 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 following the example of Yeon Gaesumun's "power over the world" and "monopoly of power", it may not be impossible to become a powerful minister...
