: The momentum is unstoppable

"Not good, prince, something big happened!"

In Gao Jianwu's palace in the inner city, a blood-covered Goguryeo guard rushed in and reported loudly in panic.

"Prince, something big happened. I have entered the city, I have entered the city!" The guard said loudly while panting.

In the palace, Gao Jianwu was discussing with several generals including Gao Ming and others about breaking through the siege in an hour. Even the other guards and slaves in the palace were busy working together. The precious items of the prince in the palace and the prince's beloved concubines must be taken away.

Gao Ming stood up and kicked the guard, shouting, "What's wrong, what happened? Tell me clearly, what's going on, who's going to the city?"

The guard had just breathed, but was kicked over by Gao Ming. After getting up from the ground, he hurriedly said, "Prince, it's the Sui army that has entered the city!"

After hearing this, Gao Ming quickly turned his head to look at Gao Jianwu. At this time, Gao Jianwu was also shocked. The teacup in his hand fell to the ground, and fire was about to emerge from his eyes. Teng stood up suddenly, walked to the guard in three or two steps, grabbed his collar, and asked in a deep voice, "What did you say? The Sui army entered the city? How could it be? There was no movement at all. How could the Sui army suddenly enter the city? Are the guards and civilians on the city wall strong? Where did they all go? Which city gate did they come in? How many people came in?"

The prince stuttered, "Prince, I don't know where I came in, but suddenly these people seemed to emerge. They did not attack from outside, but seemed to emerge from the city first. First, the south gate, and finally the west gate, the north gate, and the east gate. The Sui army suddenly appeared in each city gate. They were extremely fierce, especially the Sui army at the south gate, which was even more fierce. They grabbed the south gate and opened the gate in a short while. Now tens of thousands of people have entered the city, and countless people are flocking into the city outside."

Gao Jianwu let go of his hand holding the guard's clothes in a daze, and murmured, "Impossible, Impossible, we have the hard walls of Liaodong. We have been leaning against Liaodong City for more than two hundred years. This is the number one fortress in the Far East. Even if a million Sui troops attack the city, we can withstand for several months. Why did we suddenly enter the city?"

Gao Ming hurriedly said, "Prince, you must have come in from the secret passage. The Sui army dug tunnels under the city. This must be like this. Prince, what should I do now?"

It was originally planned to break through more than an hour later, but now most of the troops are in the outer city and have not gathered together. How can we leave now? And it turned out that we had just discussed breaking through the South Gate and heading straight to the domestic city beside Yalu Water. Now there are tens of thousands of Sui troops in the South Gate, and it is definitely impossible for them to leave there.

Gao Jianwu nodded fiercely, "Yes, Gao Ming, you are right. The Sui army must have come in from the tunnel. Damn it, why didn't anyone notice it? Since the Sui army has opened the south gate, the outer city will definitely not be able to defend. Without the outer city, we can't defend the Liaodong city. If we retreat, we have to withdraw immediately. Hurry up, send me the order to let all the troops retreat to the inner city first. After we gathered our troops, we will break through the east gate. We can't walk to the south, so we can only walk from the east."

As soon as Gao Jianwu finished speaking, another Goguryeo general rushed into the palace with several knights in blood.

"Prince, go quickly. The Sui army has attacked in. If it doesn't leave, it will be too late."

Gao Jianwu recognized at a glance that the blood-covered guard was the guard at the south gate of the inner city. He said in panic, "Jin Yixin, why are you here? Didn't I let you guard the inner city?"

"Prince, the south gate of the inner city has been broken by the Sui army. There are too many Sui army, as dark as locusts, and the edges cannot be seen at a glance. Under the inner city wall is full of Sui army's troops. The ladders they brought fill the city wall of the south gate of the inner city. In less than a cup of tea, the Sui army has occupied the city wall. Prince, let's go quickly. When I came to the palace, the Sui people had already rushed over."

Gao Jianwu's face suddenly turned ashamed. He did not expect that the Sui army was moving so quickly. He had just captured the south gate of the outer city, but in a blink of an eye, it had already broken through the south gate of the inner city.

"Prince, let's go quickly."

"But our troops have not gathered yet, how can we break through?" Gao Jianwu said in a daze.

"Your Majesty, it's too late. When we go to gather people, the Sui army has probably surrounded us. Let's break through to Dongcheng first. We can gather as many people as we can on the road. Now everything is not important. The key is that the prince can break through." Gao Ming said, while grabbing Gao Jianwu, dragging him and running out of the mansion with a group of guards.

Gao Jianwu and others had just rode on their horses, and a fire dragon was already running towards the street in the distance. "Brothers, rush forward, Gao Jianwu's palace is in front of them. Brothers, come on, take Gao Jianwu, the general has an order to reward 50 kilograms of gold!"

Gao Jianwu immediately heard the words of the Sui people clearly, and his life was almost scared. He had to desperately hold the horse whip and beat the mount and run towards the Dongcheng lifeless. Fortunately, the Sui army was walking, and although they were about to be surrounded, they finally rushed out.

After running for a while, Gao Jianwu was relieved when he saw that the Sui people behind him could no longer see it. At this time, he was getting closer to Dongcheng. Although the closer to Dongcheng Gate, the louder the shouts of killing were, the Dongcheng Gate was still in the hands of the Liao people, and the Liao people there had not completely collapsed.

Gao Ming escorted Gao Jianwu and rushed towards the city gate, shouting that Goguryeo's soldiers kept approaching. At this time, the Sui army in Dongcheng was the 5,000-man Fifth Division New Army. Although it began to rely on the authentic raid to catch the defenders of Dongcheng off guard, it was still some people who had been trained for only a few days. After a long time, it gradually began to gain a disadvantage.

Fortunately, the commanders were still old officers from the Pojun camp, shouting and commanding one by one. With the absolute advantage of the number of people, the Sui army's five thousand troops gathered together. They used the crossbows in their hands to continuously harvest the lives of the defenders, but the crossbows were limited. Facing the Liao people who rushed over desperately, the queue continued to fall. If the defenders in Dongcheng could have more troops, the first one would definitely be the recruits of the Fifth Division of the Sui army.

Gao Jianwu's cavalry team of about 300 people came as soon as the Sui army was struggling to support him, and the new recruits who had already been struggling to support him could not stop it. Suddenly, under the attacks from front and back, the entire formation suddenly collapsed. At a glance, Chen Fu, general of the Fifth Division, could not stop him, so he hurriedly sent orders to let the Sui army escape in scattered. Anyway, Chen Kefu's order was not to let them seize the East City, but to let them restrain some of the defenders here for a while and prevent them from supporting the inner city defenders. Now, after seeing that he has been delayed for so long, not only has he stopped the East City defenders, but now he has attracted hundreds of Liao troops to come, and their mission has been completed.

At Chen Fu's order, the Sui army recruits who had long felt they could not stop him were as if they were amnesty. They could not bear it, but they were all faster than anyone else. Four or five thousand troops suddenly dispersed and ran away cleanly.

Gao Jianwu and his friends gathered the defenders in the East City, and there were about two thousand people together, but less than half of them had horses.

With Gao Ming's shout, everyone rushed to the city gate. Hulala suddenly opened the gate of the East City. Fortunately, all the Sui army's troops were transferred to the south gate. At this time, there were no Sui army besieged people outside the east gate. Everyone also let out a sigh of relief. Gao Ming rode his horse to Gao Jianwu and said, "Prince, go quickly. If you don't leave, it will be too late."

In the drizzle and the shouts and killings all over the city, under the swaying torch light, Gao Jianwu sat on his horse and turned around and looked around the team in front of him.

At this time, all the soldiers were basically bloody and panicked. More than 2,000 people were staring at him tightly. Gao Jianwu closed his eyes in pain, remembering that he led 100,000 people to the north and entered the east city. How energetic he was at that time, how powerful his soldiers were, with guns like forests and swords like snow! He still remembered that many people in the city cheered at that time, but now, he was so scared that he was so brave that he was about to escape with these more than a thousand abandoned armor.

"Prince, go quickly, the Sui people will come here later."

Gao Jianwu wiped the rain with blood mixed on his face and said to Gao Ming, "But only half of the horses are there, but these people cannot break through. Besides, the most important thing now is that the Sui army killed us by surprise. Now we have not destroyed all the warehouses in the city. Once these things fall into the opponent, we will be done."

Gao Ming looked back at the soldiers gathered in front of the city gate. Although the city gate has been opened, none of them rushed out of the city to escape first. These are the elite soldiers who have followed King Rongliu for many years, but unfortunately they are all gone here now.

Gritting his teeth, Gao Ming said with a firm look on his face, "Prince, pick out more than a thousand uninjured elites and go first. I'll come to the prince's palace. I'll guard the Dongcheng for the prince and hold on for the prince for some time. The rest of the people rushed to various places in the city to set fires, and now they don't care about any warehouses. Since Liaodong City has been lost, we might as well burn the entire Liaodong City. Prince, please leave quickly. I have only one hand left now. I can't do much for the prince anymore. Let me fight for the prince here for the last battle."

Gao Jianwu shook his head and said, "Gao Ming, go with me!"

"No need to say more, Prince, please leave quickly, don't let the soldiers' blood flow in vain. Prince just remember and avenge us in the future."

The Liao army, who were injured on the body, knew that they could not leave at this time, and they shouted loudly, "Prince, please leave quickly!"
Chapter completed!