Now, the Tang army had completed a pincer attack on Goguryeo on the peninsula, as Li Chengqian had imagined.
There are 30,000 troops led by Li Chengqian in the northwest, and 50,000 Tang navy led by Li Xiaogong in the southeast.
Moreover, the rear army led by Li Tingxue successfully eliminated Goguryeo's allies.
Judging from the current situation, the countdown to Goguryeo's demise has begun.
After hearing the news here.
Li Jinzhu and the others, who originally stayed in the Tang Dynasty to delay the attack of the Tang Dynasty, also hurried towards Chang'an City.
Li Jinzhu didn't think about anything now. He just wanted to seize the time to see Tang Emperor Li Shimin and tell him Goguryeo's sincerity in asking for surrender.
But when the war situation was tense, Li Shimin didn't even think about negotiating peace with Goguryeo.
What's more, now that Datang clearly has the advantage?
Therefore, the fate of these envoys is obvious.
As soon as he entered Chang'an City, before he could go to the imperial court to ask for an audience with Li Shimin, he was arrested by Jinwu Guards led by Cheng Yaojin.
Moreover, Li Shimin did not show his dignity and led him somewhere to monitor him.
Instead, he directly asked Cheng Yaojin to send these guys to the sky prison and imprison them all as spies.
The moment the prison door is closed.
Li Jinzhu finally understood it.
The Tang Dynasty never wanted to make Goguryeo surrender, but to completely solve the Northeast problem and eliminate all those who refused to obey.
As one of the most powerful forces in the Northeast, Goguryeo naturally bore the brunt.
This time, even he, who had always been known for his resourcefulness, was at a loss.
He really didn't know what to do next so that Tang Dynasty could not destroy Goguryeo.
…
Pyongyang City.
The royal court of Goguryeo.
Listening to the battle reports from all sides, Rongliu King Gao Jianwu was on pins and needles.
He looked up at Gao Jianye and said, "How is the team that went to Datang to ask for surrender? Is there any news?"
Gao Jianye shook his head and said: "There is no news until now. It seems that the situation is more dire..."
After he finished speaking, he looked up at his brother and said, "Brother Wang, the situation is irreversible now. There are only two roads before us."
"First, withdraw all troops from all locations and defend Pyongyang City for as long as one day."
"Second, abandon Pyongyang City and escape from here before the Tang soldiers come to surround us."
"Whether it is escaping to Silla or Baekje, or even crossing east to escape to Japan, it is still better than being a prisoner of the Tang Dynasty's army."
Hearing this, Gao Jianwu only clenched his fists.
"You mean, you want me to abandon the capital, run away, and become a subjugated king?"
"if not?"
"Brother Wang, if you escape now, we in Goguryeo still have a glimmer of hope."
"If you don't leave, there won't even be anyone left to lead the Goguryeo army and people to make a comeback."
Gao Jianye said: "And I heard that the Japanese country is currently in a period of war, just like the Central Plains princes vying for hegemony."
"If Brother Wang can lead everyone to land in Japan together, with Brother Wang's talents, he will definitely be able to create great achievements in Japan."
"And when we become stronger in the future, we can definitely make a comeback."
Before Gao Jianwu could speak.
Suddenly a soldier ran in from outside and said: "Report to your Majesty, the enemy troops stationed in the south of our country have now begun to march away from their strongholds and are running towards the capital at full speed."
At the same time, another messenger ran in: "Reporting to your Majesty, the enemy troops in the northern part of our country have penetrated our northern defense line and crossed the Sa River. They are less than a hundred miles away from the capital."
After hearing these two military reports, Gao Jianwu felt as if he had been hit by a sap on the head and almost fell to the ground.
Gao Jianye hurriedly said: "Brother Wang, please make a decision quickly. If you don't make a decision, our army will not be able to withdraw even if it wants to."
Now, most of Goguryeo's ministers are here.
At this moment, everyone was looking at Gao Jianwu eagerly.
To be honest, if they hadn't run out now, it would be no safer than running out in a group, and they would have run away long ago.
This is also human nature. After all, as long as we are human, we are afraid of death.
Even Gao Jianwu is no exception.
At this moment, his hesitation was because he still couldn't give up the so-called dignity of the king.
He looked at Yeon Gaesumun who was standing at the bottom of the hall as if asking for help: "Da Duo, what do you think we should do now..."
He has completely run out of ideas now.
He could only put all his thoughts on Yeon Gaesowon and pray that he could give him an answer.
To be honest, the reason why Yeon Gaesomun wanted to kill King Yeongryu later was because this guy was so proud of his achievements and was pitifully timid.
If this guy had been a little bolder and matched his willingness to do whatever it takes for the sake of merit, he wouldn't have ended up like that.
At this moment, Yeon Gaesumun became more and more displeased with this monarch.
However, he didn't say much. He just cupped his hands towards Gao Jianwu and said, "I feel that if I can leave the Qingshan Mountain without worrying about having no firewood, rather than die here, it is better to withdraw first and find the opportunity to make a comeback."
Even he said that, what else could Gao Jianwu say?
In an instant, he seemed to have been drained of all his strength, sitting on the ground as powerless as a doll.
"Since everyone thinks it's time to evacuate, let's evacuate."
As he said that, Gao Jianwu looked up at Yuengai Suwen and said, "Where do you think we should evacuate to?"
"Two roads."
"One is, as Prince Ping said, we will sail eastward to Japan and establish our new homeland in Japan."
"The second is to flee all the way west, heading straight to the Western Turks, because in terms of national strength, only the current Western Turks can compete with the Tang Dynasty."
Yuan Gaisuwen emphasized: "But in comparison, it is more suitable for us to go to the Japanese country, because the Western Turks have formed a complete political system."
"If we had interfered in the past, we would inevitably have become ministers at the mercy of Zhao Youlin."
"If this is the case, our comeback will be a joke."
"So I suggest that your Majesty lead us to break through the blockade of the Tang Dynasty Navy in the south and enter Silla. Then we can rent a ship through Silla and take the ship to Japan to seek development."
Gao Jianwu sighed and said: "It seems that this is the only way."
…
On this day, Li Chengqian and Li Xiaogong's army had not yet arrived.
Gao Jianwu abandoned Pyongyang City and led a group of royal ministers to flee south.
Coincidentally, as soon as they escaped, Cheng Huailiang and others rushed to the gates of Pyongyang.
Originally, Cheng Huailiang received Li Chengqian's order and came to storm the city.
But when he came, the four gates of Pyongyang City were wide open, and all he saw were fleeing people, not even a single soldier.
This scene really made Cheng Hualiang a little confused.
Of course he didn't know that Gao Jianwu had already run away with his men.
At this moment, he only felt that this was a trick by the other party, who wanted to trick his party into entering the city and then annihilate them all here.
To be honest, this guy also made the same mistake Sima Yi made.
I have no idea that the other party is really trying to trick me...
In the end, thanks to Cheng Huailiang, he sent a detective horse into the city to check.
After discovering that there was no ambush, he led his troops into Pyongyang City.
At this point, the Tang Dynasty officially seized the capital of Goguryeo, Pyongyang...
