Spartacus struck like the wind, and before Yang Wanchun could react, the spear had already sunk into his chest.
"Ding dong, it was detected that Yang Wanchun was killed by Spartacus. The host received 10 soul points. The current total number of soul points has increased to 435."
Spartacus roared angrily, and flew Yang Wanchun's body away with all his strength, then strode forward, like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, with the spear in his hand opened and closed, and with the roar of the wind, he killed the Goguryeo soldiers behind Yang Wanchun. Rats scurrying around, leaving dead and injured everywhere.
When Zhang Shuye saw Yang Wanchun's unstoppable attack on the city, his heart was filled with despair, and he secretly clenched his sword. As soon as the city gate was lost, he would immediately commit suicide and die for his country. Unexpectedly, the situation suddenly changed. The Goguryeo soldiers who had followed Yang Wanchun down the city wall aggressively all fled up in panic one by one, stumbling and embarrassed.
Zhang Shuye was surprised when he saw this, and hurriedly led a few soldiers forward, only to find a strong man with yellow hair and blue eyes taking the lead in chasing down the Goguryeo soldiers.
"The ancestor of a certain family is from Anguo in the Western Region. He lived on the grassland when he was young. He was greatly helped by Princess Yicheng to rescue him. Today he came here to repay his kindness!"
Spartacus looked up and saw Zhang Shuye on the top of the city. Seeing that he was wearing a purple robe, he secretly thought that this must be the chief official of the city, and immediately revealed his identity to him.
"God really helped the Sui Dynasty. If it weren't for the strong men today, Licheng would have been lost!"
Zhang Shuye was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly commanded his soldiers to cooperate with Spartacus to eliminate the Goguryeo soldiers who had boarded the city.
Eulji Mundeok, who was supervising the battle below the city, saw that Yang Wanchun had already attacked the city. He immediately ordered his cavalry to prepare and waited for the city gate to open before taking advantage of the situation and charging into the city.
Unexpectedly, he waited and waited, but never saw the gate of Licheng County open. Just when he was wondering, there was sudden thunderous cheers on the top of the city. The Goguryeo soldiers who had been advancing bravely suddenly retreated steadily. From time to time, some people screamed. Falling into the city.
After a while, a bloody head was hung on the head of a gun by the Sui army and picked out of the city wall. His eyes were wide open, full of astonishment and shock. Who could it be if it wasn't Yang Wanchun?
"Report!" At this moment, a scout galloped to Eulji Wende, raised his hands and said: "General, Sui generals Qin Qiong and Di Qing have led their troops to break through the encirclement of our army and the Tang army, and are heading towards Licheng. Come here, it’s already less than thirty miles away.”
Eulji Wende couldn't help but became furious when he heard this, and cursed: "What on earth are Li Jiancheng and Yeongaesumun doing? How come they were killed by the Sui army so quickly?"
There are not many defenders in Licheng. Even if there are strong generals in the city who can kill Yang Wanchun, he can still break into the city as long as he is ruthless and uses his superior strength to attack regardless of the cost. But this takes time, especially now that Yang Wanchun's morale has been damaged due to his death in battle, it will take even longer.
"Retreat, the whole army retreats!" Eulji Mundeok glanced at Yang Wanchun's head on the city wall unwillingly, stretched out his hand and ordered bitterly.
Soon after the Goguryeo army retreated, Qin Qiong and Di Qing led their troops back to Licheng, immediately pulled up the suspension bridge and closed the city gate tightly.
Li Jiancheng and Yeon Gaesumun followed with tens of thousands of victorious troops, and met up with Eulji Wende's troops halfway. The three armies advanced to the lower village of Lisheng with overwhelming momentum.
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The battle report from Qingzhou was sent to Yang Gao in an eight-hundred-mile express. Although Yang Gao had guessed some through the system, the losses in this battle still shocked Yang Gao.
After reading the battle report, Yang Gao hurriedly summoned Xue Rengui, Liu Bowen, Chang Yuchun, Fang Xuanling and other civil and military officials to come over to discuss the matter.
"The Goguryeo army broke into Qingzhou. Qin Qiong was killed by surprise and lost more than 9,000 troops. If a Westerner named Spartacus hadn't helped because he had been favored by Princess Yicheng in his early years, he would have been killed. Goguryeo general Yang Wanchun has saved Licheng, but Qin Qiong's army may have been completely wiped out at this moment."
Yang Gao said slowly while passing the battle report in his hand to everyone in the tent for circulation.
"I didn't expect that the traitor Li Jiancheng would collude with Goguryeo. Damn it!" Chang Yuchun cursed angrily after reading the battle report.
"Hmph, that traitor Li Yuan turned to the Turks for help when he raised troops in Taiyuan. Now it's not surprising that his son is colluding with Goguryeo in order to seize Qingzhou." The backer king Yang Lin looked calm at this moment, but there was only a hidden meaning in his words. But everyone could hear the irony.
"I originally thought about the blood relationship between the Li family and myself, and I also heard that Li Jiancheng was generous and benevolent and had the air of an elder. I planned to save his life after the Tang Dynasty was destroyed and leave a trace of blood for the Li family. But now I see Come, all the members of the Li family should die!"
Yang Gao's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and then he changed the topic: "However, the situation in Qingzhou is not favorable right now. Do you have any suggestions?"
Fang Xuanling thought for a while and then stepped out and said: "Your Majesty, I think the situation in Qingzhou is not too bad. Although General Qin Qiong and Di Qing were caught off guard by Goguryeo and lost their troops. Fortunately, God blessed the Sui Dynasty, and there was a man from the Western Regions. The strong men came to help, and Licheng County was not lost."
Yang Gao suddenly came to his senses and said: "What Fang Qing said was that when General Zhang Xutuo was the governor of Qi County, he reinforced the city defense many times in order to resist the bandits. With this strong city in hand, Qin Qiong could do anything in a short time. The ministry should be worry-free.”
Fang Xuanling nodded slightly and continued: "Goguryeo and I, the Central Plains, have a blood feud. Even among Li Jiancheng's army, there are definitely not a few people who hate Goguryeo. Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for the two sides to be close, and they will never Maybe I dare to attack the city."
"What brother Xuanling said is absolutely true. Goguryeo was very ambitious. When it attacked Liaodong and was defeated by Wanyan Agu, it must be planning to annex Qingzhou this time. Li Jiancheng should also be well aware of this. Sooner or later, he will Fall out with Goguryeo!"
Liu Bowen echoed Fang Xuanling and also put forward his own opinion: "But in the opinion of the humble minister, Your Majesty should detach a force to rescue Qingzhou. The number of people does not need to be too many, 20,000 is enough. No. Otherwise, it’s just to boost the morale of Qin Qiong’s troops.”
"Qin Qiong's troops have just been defeated and suffered heavy losses. If I were to turn a blind eye to them, I would inevitably chill the hearts of the soldiers."
Yang Gao nodded in agreement, took out a command arrow and issued an order: "Uncle Tai Huang, I will order you to lead the army to aid Qingzhou."
"No (Your Majesty, please wait)!"
Yang Lin was about to step forward to receive the order, but Liu Bowen and Fang Xuanling spoke out in unison.
Yang Lin suddenly became unhappy when he saw this, his eyes widened slightly, and he said: "Do you two adults think that I am old and incompetent?"
"The old prince misunderstood!" Liu Bowen hurriedly explained: "I have no intention of looking down on the old prince. I don't know how famous the old prince is in the Sui Dynasty. But if the old prince leads the army to Qingzhou, what will happen to you and Qin Qiong? Who is the leader and who is the deputy?
Qin Qiong himself is from Qi County, and he knows the local situation very well, and he is also the best candidate to conquer Qingzhou.
As the saying goes, an army cannot have two commanders, so I thought that a highly respected person like the old prince should not be the commander of the reinforcements. "
