Defang stepped out and smiled and clasped his fists at Gao Tai and said, "Your Majesty, the situation of today's battle is not beyond expectations. The Qin army is not an ordinary army, and it would be abnormal if it does not have such combat power. But I am sure that today's battle is just a return to the Qin army in the city. In today's battle, our army failed to break through the city. However, the Qin army's combat power was also exhausted in this fierce battle! I think that cavalry can be sent to the city to shoot arrows to persuade surrender! The military and civilians in the city have reached a desperate situation. As long as Your Majesty said that they can guarantee their lives, they will definitely surrender, and Xuantu County will go down without a fight!"

Gao Tai was overjoyed and praised: "Good plan! Just do it like this!" Then he asked Tie Yongnan to implement it immediately.

After the war, the city was silent, and countless spontaneously organized people were busy cleaning the battlefield and treating the wounded; while the officers and soldiers who were responsible for guarding the city were taking time to rest. No one spoke. After seeing so many brothers dying on the battlefield, everyone's hearts were filled with grief and anger, and no one had the heart to speak.

Gao Qiao was patrolling the city. The officers and soldiers around him saluted him one after another. The second son of the Gao family has always been a powerless young man in the sense of everyone. However, after this bloody battle today, everyone looked at him with admiration and felt awe of him in their hearts, and were willing to guard the city under his leadership!

Gao Qiao stood beside the wall, looking at the huge Gogurye camp outside the city, couldn't help but frown and murmured: "Brother, do you think I can defend this city?" There were gusts of wind in his ear, as if someone was whispering. Gao Qiao smiled slightly.

At this moment, the sound of horse hooves came from outside the city. Almost at the same time, there were waves of alarm gongs and drums everywhere on the city. The originally silent city suddenly became noisy. The officers and soldiers who were resting jumped up like conditioning, and rushed into the battle position amid the shouts of their respective generals to prepare for battle.

After a while, the officers and soldiers on the top of the city saw many cavalry rushing into the darkness, and then they heard the sound of arrows breaking through the air! Someone shouted: "Hidden!" Everyone lowered their bodies and covered themselves with battlements. The arrows fell on the battlements. After a while of turmoil, the sound of horse hooves outside the city gradually faded away. Everyone stood up and cursed the Gogurye people loudly.

Gao Qiao found that an arrow that landed at his feet seemed to have something tied, so he bent down and picked it up. Seeing that there were cloth strips tied to the arrow, he couldn't help but feel moved. He untied the cloth strips, threw away the arrows, and looked at them. He smiled coldly and murmured to himself: "The people of Gogurye must have thought that the soldiers and civilians in the city had been scared by them, and thought that this kind of subtle plan would lead to Xuantu County without fighting! It's really a fool!"

The general next to him also picked up the arrow book and read it, saying with some concern: "Sir, we should confiscate all arrow books immediately. It is strictly forbidden for officers, soldiers and the people to spread the contents of the arrow book!" Gao Qiao waved his hand and said: "Doing this will only add unnecessary fear. The enemy's shooting of so many arrow books from all directions, and the contents of the arrow book cannot be stopped at all. The more you want to control it at this time, the more you will have a counter-effect." The general felt that what Gao Qiao said made sense and frowned and said: "What should we do? Everyone will be shaken after reading the contents of the arrow book! If the city cannot be protected, it would be fine if we cannot explain it to the King of Qin, but how should we face the prefect and the heroes of the three thousand brothers!" As if in response to his words, the people who helped defend the city in the distance were already a little turbulent.

The general immediately said: "I'll go and have a look."

Gao Qiao said, "No need. Gather everyone immediately, I have something to say." The general asked in confusion: "What do you want to do by sir?" Gao Qiao smiled and said, "Do as I say!" The general was inconvenient to ask, so he went down immediately.

Then the sound of drums representing the gathering sounded on the North City Gate Tower. The soldiers and civilians in the city heard the sound of drums sounded at this time. Although they felt strange, they quickly rushed to the near the North City Gate. Not long after, there were crowds of people near the North City Gate, and most of the soldiers and civilians in the city gathered. At this time, countless torches were lit up on the gate tower, illuminating the entire gate tower as if it were daylight, and everyone's eyes were gathered on the gate tower.

After a while, Gao Qiao appeared in everyone's sight. Although the scene was crowded, it was silent, as if he felt that Gao Qiao had something important to announce.

Gao Qiao glanced at everyone, picked up an arrow book and raised it, and said loudly: "Not long ago, the people of Goguryeo shot many such arrow books. I believe everyone already knows what they met here." Everyone looked at Gao Qiao without saying a word.

Gao Qiao smiled slightly and said loudly: "I think you all think I will tell you to fight the enemy to the death and not to believe the enemy's lies..." As he said that, Gao Qiao's eyes glanced at everyone. He saw that everyone was silent, and they all subconsciously avoided his gaze, and they were obviously touching their minds by him.

Gao Qiao smiled and continued, "But I want to tell you that you all were wrong!" Everyone was surprised and couldn't help but look up at Gao Qiao, with a look of confusion in their eyes.

Gao Qiao curled his smile and said seriously: "The Goguli people have a grudge against me to kill my brother. I can say that I am irreconcilable to Goguli! I will never surrender to Goguli! I have already made up my mind to live and die with this Xuantu County! If Xuantu County is here, I will be there, and if Xuantu County is destroyed, I will die! However, I have no requirement for you at all! My brother, Prefect Gao Chi, died for you and the enemy. How could I put you in the death place? I will not say that the Goguli people's actions are a lie. If you choose to surrender, you may be able to survive. Although they are like pigs and dogs, they are indeed possible to survive! What I want to tell you here is that if you want to surrender, I will never stop you. You can come out and leave the city now!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this. The general beside Gao Qiao couldn't help but say anxiously: "Sir..." Gao Qiao raised his hand to stop him. He said to everyone: "You don't have to doubt my words. Do we have any time when our Gao family's words are not counted?"

When the people heard this, many people showed a heart-warming expression, and there were whispers at the scene.

After a while, an old man walked out with the help of his son, nodded slightly to Gao Qiao, and sang: "General, we wait, we are ashamed!" Gao Qiao recognized that the old man was a famous Confucian master in the city. Although he was not a descendant of a famous family, most of the Confucian scholars in the city were his students.

Gao Qiao smiled slightly, clasped his fists and said, "Sir, don't feel guilty. Please." Then he said, "Open the city gate!" The officers and soldiers guarding near the city gate heard the order and immediately opened the city gate. The old man didn't know what to say, so he took his family out of the city gate. When the others saw someone taking the lead, they rushed up and ran out of the city gate. The Qin army officers and soldiers standing up and down the city gate looked at the people in front of him, and were both angry and angry, and they felt that the prefect and the three thousand brothers were really dead in vain! It was not worth it for such a person!

"Are you leaving too?" A roar suddenly came from the city gate. Gao Qiao looked down. He saw a captain of his subordinates stopping a middle-aged man and his family. Gao Qiao immediately remembered, wasn't that family just a few of the many people who were driven to attack the city by the Gogurye people not long ago?

Seeing that the middle-aged man stopped him, he immediately shouted: "It was Lord Gao Qiao who let us go, why did you stop us?" The captain held the hilt tightly, his eyes were filled with anger and cried, "You beasts! Have you forgotten how the prefect and the three thousand brothers died not long ago? Just to save people like you, they all died in battle!...you..." The middle-aged man couldn't help but shrink his neck and then said in a voice: "How can we blame us? They left the city by themselves!"

Seeing that he was still talking like this, the captain ignored the grace of Lord Prefect and the three thousand brothers for sacrificing his life to save him. He felt endless anger and rushed straight into his forehead. He immediately wanted to draw his sword and chop these things that were worse than those of heartless beasts!

"Captain!" Gao Qiao's cry suddenly came from above. The captain calmed down suddenly. Gao Qiao said, "My words just now were military orders, and no one could stop him from leaving!" The captain had no choice but to let him go. The middle-aged man smiled coldly and quickly took his family out of the city. After he followed, hundreds or thousands of people who were rescued by Gao Chi and the others escaped from the city.

Seeing that no one had left, Gao Qiao glanced at everyone and said loudly, "Does no one want to leave?" No one spoke, but their eyes said everything. An old man suddenly thumped down and shouted excitedly, "Sir, Caomin is willing to live and die with you!" Gao Qiao looked in the voice and recognized the old man, who was also a Han people who were driven to attack the city not long ago. When he knelt down, all the people around him knelt down. A young man shouted loudly, "Xuantu County is

Our hometown! The lord and all the officers and soldiers dared not to die. Are we still afraid of death? If the heavens do not protect the city and the city is broken, at least we will die together and we will no longer be lonely on the road to the underworld!" Everyone agreed loudly. At this time, a young woman said with tears on her face: "Grand Gao Chi and so many soldiers sacrificed their lives to save the women, but the women have no choice but to repaid them. They swear to guard the city with the adults and die without regrets!" The people who were rescued by Gao Chi and the others agreed loudly.

Gao Qiao and the soldiers only felt tears blurring their eyes. The anger just now disappeared, and they felt that they had no regrets to die in battle for the people in front of them. Gao Qiao said loudly: "Okay! Let's live and die together, and fight bloodyly with the people of Gogurye to the end! If the heavens do not bless, this Xuantu County will be the tomb of all of us!" Everyone couldn't help but shout loudly: "Bloody battle to the end! Bloody battle to the end!"
Chapter completed!