Liu Zhao did not speak, but quietly watched Gao Jianwu laughing endlessly.
It wasn't until Gao Jianwu calmed down completely that he looked at Liu Zhao standing there. Almost the entire Goguryeo knew that he was Yeon Gaesumun's dead soldier and Yeon Gaesumun's biggest henchman.
But now, the person whom Yeon Gaesumun trusted the most wanted to stab him at the most critical moment. How could Gao Jianwu be unhappy?
Gao Jianwu was not an ambitious person, but as a conservative king, he did fairly well. At least without Yeon Gaesumun's persecution, Goguryeo would not be in a desperate situation like it is today.
But no matter what, it is too late to say this. Now only Pyongyang is left in Goguryeo. When Pyongyang is left, it means that Goguryeo has been destroyed.
Datang could not care about anything else and surround the entire city for half a year, and everything would end naturally.
But Gao Jianwu didn't want to die. People over middle age are always afraid of death. Not only Gao Jianwu, but everyone in this hall didn't want to die.
Everyone is afraid of death. The difference is that some people can sacrifice their lives for their beliefs and ideals, but some people cannot.
And the people in this room are obviously not the former. If they had faith and ideals, Goguryeo would not be in the mess it is today.
"So, are you on the side of the Tang Dynasty?" Gao Jianwu looked deeply at Liu Zhao and asked.
"No, I'm not on the side of the Tang Dynasty, and I'm not on your side, I'm on the side of the people of Goryeo." Liu Zhao sneered.
"All of you in this room, you have never seen the suffering and misery of the people of Goryeo in your entire lives. You just want to maintain the interests of your own family."
"You just want to put your own personal interests above the common people. You only want to rule, but you forget that when the world is the same, you may still be able to maintain it. But when the world has a better choice , why should the people stand on your side?"
"Your rights are given to you by the people. Without the support of the five million people of Goryeo, who are you? Without servants or guards, if you are thrown into the deep mountains and forests, you will all starve to death."
"My family, and the families of these soldiers standing with me, they are just ordinary people, but when they were bullied and couldn't survive, where were you?"
"So, I just helped them choose a better choice? Otherwise, why do you think Datang was able to get here so quickly after taking over Liaodong? If the people of Goguryeo had resisted Datang, they would still be here now Liaodong is struggling."
Liu Zhao looked at them coldly and said.
Gao Jianwu was silent for a moment. As the king of Goguryeo, Gao Jianwu was once young. When he was young, he was always ambitious. He once wanted to become the greatest king of Goguryeo.
But when he took this position and planned to do something, he found that it was very difficult, and then step by step, he gradually gave up all his ambitions.
Now Liu Zhao's words made him feel a lot.
"That's why you took this opportunity to kill Yeon Gaesumun so that all the generals in the city could surrender?" Gao Jianwu looked at Liu Zhao and asked.
"Actually, I want to kill you, kill all of you." Liu Zhao said with a sneer.
"But, I can't, because without you, I'm not sure I can control all the troops in the city. Likewise, I can't let the war continue."
"Because war kills people, it doesn't matter if all of you die a thousand times, but if the war continues, the ordinary people in the city and the ordinary soldiers of Goryeo will die, and it may be you people who they fight for with their own lives in the end. Interests."
"I don't want them to die, so I can only let you go. Compared with their lives, your lives are not worth a penny."
"So, do you agree now?" Liu Zhao looked at them coldly and asked.
Many ministers in the crowd showed dissatisfaction. In normal times, they would have tried to teach Liu Zhao a lesson, but who would let Liu Zhao hold their lives now?
"Okay, I agree!" Gao Jianwu took a deep breath and agreed decisively.
Because there is not only him here, but also his family, not to mention that he himself doesn’t want to die? There is a saying that Liu Zhao is right. If he dies, the people around him may not die. Why?
Why should you die and let them live? Therefore, Gao Jianwu didn't care about their feelings and made his own choice directly.
"Write imperial edicts, write more." Liu Zhao spoke directly.
Since Gao Jianwu agreed, he no longer hesitated. Under the care of Liu Zhao and others, he decisively began to write the imperial edict to abdicate and surrender.
After finishing writing the imperial edict, Gao Jianwu looked at the jade seal of Goguryeo in his hand. After a long time, Gao Jianwu gritted his teeth and buckled it down.
Liu Zhao did not rush.
After Gao Jianwu wrote four letters, Liu Zhaocai took away these imperial edicts, as well as the jade seal and other tokens. Before leaving, he also took away a Tang sword belonging to Gao Jianwu. He knew that Yuan Gaisuwen wanted to I've wanted this knife for a long time.
"Watch them, no one is allowed to approach them, and no one is allowed in or out. No matter what the reason is, I will eat, drink, and have sex here." When Liu Zhao left, he said to a brother who was guarding the place.
"Yes!" the brother said with a serious face.
"Let's go see General Yuan." Liu Zhao spoke calmly.
The few people following Liu Zhao immediately nodded and followed.
When Liu Zhao rushed to the barracks where Yeon Gaesumun was located again, he was told that Yeon Gaesumun had already gone to inspect the city wall.
Liu Zhao didn't stop and ran straight towards the city wall.
It is true that these people did not develop many soldiers after they came back, but most of the soldiers they developed were Yeon Gaesowun's personal guards!
On the tower, Yuengai Suwen saw Liu Zhao coming, frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"
"General, all the personnel have been captured. They are all detained here with Gao Jianwu." Liu Zhao bowed and saluted. After saying that, he stood up directly, then took off the Tang Dao hanging from his waist, and at the same time held the handle of the knife and drew it. out.
"General, this is the one you have always wanted..." Liu Zhao said as he took it out.
When Liu Zhao took off the sword, Yeon Gaesumun recognized it as the Tang sword he had always wanted.
Regarding Liu Zhao's action of drawing the knife, he didn't think much about it for a while. He just thought that Liu Zhao wanted to show off his merits.
