The Conquest of the Three Kingdoms

Seeing Gao Shun's mercy, Jin Guozhu couldn't help secretly heaving a sigh of relief, looking at his brother with concern in his eyes.

And that Jinxia escaped, although he was secretly glad in his heart, but his face was full of resentment. When he looked at Lord Jin, there was still a bit of resentment in his eyes, as if he felt that Lord Jin gave in to Gao Shun and lost them. The reputation of the Kim family.

The look in Jin Xia's eyes was piercing towards Lord Jin like a needle, which made her feel a little bit of grievance in her heart.

How could the changes in the expressions of his brother and sister escape Gao Shun's eyes.

When Jin Xia was taken away, Gao Shun sighed: "You sacrificed your dignity in order to save him, but people still blame you for damaging the reputation of the Jin family. Princess Jin, I really feel worthless for you."

Gao Shun's words hurt Jin Guozhu even more, she silently bit her red lips, her expression depressed.

Gao Shun also had to talk to her more, so he ordered Lord Jin to be taken away, while he joined Ma Yun and headed towards Dukou City.

At this time, Jin Xia and the [-] Korean troops capable of fighting had all been overwhelmed, and what was left in Dukou City was only a few thousand remnants who had lost their combat effectiveness, and a city of civilians who were so hungry that they had to die.

Without a single soldier, Gao Shun's army entered the city of Dukou smoothly.

This inland river strategically important town, guarding the throat of Pyongyang and Seoul, has finally once again planted the banner of "high".

This time, Gao Shun used his absolute strength to occupy Dukou City, and he was not only confident in defending Dukou City, but also wanted to make this place his advance base for marching into North Korea.

When Dukou City fell, the surviving people in the city naturally became the subjects of Gao Shun. Gao Shun, who had enough food and grass, immediately ordered the release of food to relieve the victims.

These hungry people who have already reached the point of being cannibalistic, the grace of survival made him quickly forget the identity of the Gaoshun invaders, and he was naturally grateful to the new ruler and bowed down in every possible way.

In addition to the tens of thousands of civilians in Dukou City, there were nearly [-] North Korean soldiers. In addition to the previous captures, Gao Shun captured a total of nearly [-] soldiers in this battle with Jin Tian.

These [-] soldiers are all elite soldiers who are familiar with water warfare. If they can be incorporated into their own army, coupled with the hundreds of warships captured from the North Korean army, the strength of Gao Shun's naval army will be greatly improved. Take it to the next level.

So after appeasing these soldiers and feeding them enough, Gao dismantled the eight thousand soldiers into several battalions and sent them to Jiangling, Xiakou, Xiangyang and other places for reorganization.

Not long after the capture of Dukou City, Gao Shun rewarded the three armies and conferred meritorious generals to celebrate this hard-won victory.

While Gao Shun was immersed in the joy of celebrating his victory, Jin Tian, ​​who was located in the Pyongyang Fortress, and his North Korean generals were licking the wounds of the fiasco.

With the loss of 1 in the water battle, Jin Xia had more than [-] soldiers and horses. In the Battle of Ferry City, Jin Tian lost almost one-third of his troops.

This heavy loss is almost irreparable for Jintian who only owns Yangzhou.

When the news reached Pyongyang, the Three Koreas were terrified. Even those three-year-old children did not dare to cry after hearing Gao Shun's name.

Fortress of Pyongyang, in the big tent of the Chinese army.

Jin Tian's face was gloomy and gloomy, with anger and helplessness gleaming in his blue eyes, and what was tightly clenched in his hands was the information just sent from Ferry City.

The ferry city fell, the family brother Jin Xia and his sister Jin Guozhu were all captured by Gao Shun, and thousands of Korean soldiers also surrendered to Gao Shun.

Jin Tian hated o, he hated Gao Shun, but also resented Jin Xia's incompetence, he didn't obey his general order and continued to stick to it.

In anger, Jin Tian yelled at his clan brother, and pushed all the responsibility for the fall of Dukou City on Jin Xia.

All the generals listened silently, but secretly lamented in their hearts, all of them were secretly groaning under Jin.

During the 2-odd days since Dukou City was besieged, Jin Tian managed to gather more than 1 soldiers and horses in Pyongyang. , Once the time is right, they will move westward to break the siege of Dukou City.

However, Jin Tian shouted loudly, but in fact it seemed that he was frightened by the fiasco not long ago, and he never dared to send a single soldier to Dukou City.

All the generals knew that there was not much food in the city of Dukou, and it was very difficult for Jin Xia to be able to guard for a whole month when the food was exhausted.Now that the food and grass are cut off, it is helpless to lead the army to break through and be captured.

After Jin Tian lost his temper, he seemed to be in a better mood, and he tore up the information and threw it on the ground.

"The ferry city is my gateway to Pyongyang, and it must not be lost. I swear that I will take it back. If you have any good strategies, you can speak freely."

Jin Tian gasped for breath and yelled the slogan again, but his confidence was obviously not that strong.

All the generals knew that it was almost impossible to take back Dukou City under the circumstances of such a huge loss of troops and low morale, but they were all afraid of offending Jin Tian, ​​so no one dared to speak out.

Seeing that the generals were silent, Jin Tian said displeasedly: "What are you all doing with a sad face? Victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. Could it be that you were scared by Gao Shun just because of one defeat and dared not fight anymore? .”

All the generals looked at each other in blank dismay, but no one said anything for a day.

Jin Tian's face became even more pale, so he glanced at the generals, and finally fixed his eyes on Zhang Gao.

"Zhang Gao, tell me how we can take back Dukou City." Jin Tian asked.

Zhang Gaoqian coughed a few times, took a deep breath, cupped his hands and said, "It is natural to take back Dukou City, but I think that with the current strength of our army, we want to take back Dukou City without a period of recuperation. I'm afraid it's unlikely."

After all, Zhang Gao's status was different, but he dared to tell the truth in the end. When he said this, the rest of the generals also nodded.

Jin Tian frowned, and said in a deep voice: "If you don't take back Dukou City, why don't you just wait for Gao Shun to march eastward from Dukou City and invade our North Korean hinterland?"

"Gao Shun has been fighting with our army for several months, and his soldiers may also need to rest. Su thinks that we might as well make peace with him at this time, so as to buy enough time for our army to recover."

As soon as Zhang Gao mentioned peace, Jin Tian's expression suddenly changed, and he was about to get angry.

At this time, Zhang Gao didn't wait for Jin Tian to speak, and said beforehand: "Back then, Gou Jian was able to defeat Fu Chai and achieve supremacy. The general is a unparalleled hero in this world. For the sake of the great cause in the future, there is no harm in being patient a little bit. "

Jin Tian also knew that with his current strength, he would not be able to take back Ferry City, so the reason why he kept clamoring for a counterattack was nothing more than saving face.

Zhang Gao is also smart, knowing that his general wants to save face, so he cleverly paved the steps for Jin Tianxia.

Sure enough, Jin Tian, ​​who was about to get angry, calmed down in a blink of an eye, frowned and thought hard for a while, but sighed softly.

"Gao Shun is gaining the upper hand, even if we want to make peace, he may not be willing." Jin Tian worried.

Zhang Gao hurriedly said: "I have a plan, maybe it can make Gao Shun talk."

"What plan?" Jin Tian was delighted.

Zhang Gao coughed a few times and said two words:

"Marriage." "Marriage?"

Jin Tian looked bewildered and didn't understand the meaning of Zhang Gao's words for a while.

"Su heard that Gao Shun had always been lustful, and that Princess Jin had an alluring appearance. Now that Princess Jin had unfortunately fallen into the hands of Gao Shun, Su thought, why don't the general push the boat along and marry Princess Jin to Gao Shun, so that , then Gao Shun is tempted by beauty, maybe he will agree to make peace with us."

Zhang Gao was unhurried, and eloquently expressed his so-called marriage plan.

Jin Tian's expression changed, he waved his hands and said angrily: "This plan is absolutely impossible. My daughter of the Jin family will not marry Mrs. Gao Shun, and if this matter is spread, everyone will know that I, Jin Tian, ​​was kidnapped. If I have no choice but to marry my sister to my enemy, what will my golden sky be like?"

After all, Jin Tian was still concerned about saving face.

At this time, Zhang Gao patiently persuaded: "As the saying goes, you can only be a true hero if you can bend and stretch. The general made such a bad move today. I admire the general's magnanimity even more. For the sake of the overall situation, I implore the general to think twice."

Zhang Gao set up a ladder for Jin Tian with good intentions. After saying this, Jin Tian, ​​who was originally expressionless, gradually softened his expression.

Standing up, pacing in the tent, thinking hard, seems to be making a difficult choice.

After thinking for a long time and weighing the pros and cons for a long time, Jin Tian let out another long sigh of helplessness.

When he turned around, the frown had loosened, leaving only a little worry.

"Doctor Zhang is right. If I, Jin Tian, ​​don't even have this kind of tolerance, how can I achieve great things? It's just that this matter is related to the life of my little sister. I don't dare to make decisions on my own. I have to send someone to report to my mother first."

The mother that Jin Tian mentioned was none other than the Guotai of North Korea.

But Zhang Gao said again: "Now the situation is urgent, Pyongyang is going to Moling, and I don't know how much time will be delayed this time. As the saying goes, the elder brother is the father. Wei Chen thought that the king can kill Princess Jin's marriage first and then play it."

Jin Tian thinks about it too, Dukou City is only a few dozen miles away from Pyongyang, and Gaoshun's 5-odd army may launch an attack at any time, so this marriage must not be delayed.

After thinking about it again and again, Jin Tian gritted his teeth fiercely, and shouted: "Come here, please send the civil servant quickly."

... Ferry City City.

The celebration banquet had lasted for three days, and the tired bodies and minds of the soldiers also recovered a lot due to the joyous atmosphere.

In the military mansion, Gao Shun was already discussing with all the civil and military personnel about when to raise troops to attack Pyongyang.

While discussing the use of troops, the relatives outside the hall came to report, saying that it was the envoys and civil servants from East Korea who asked to see him.

"Jin Tian sent civil servants here at this time, it must be to seek peace." Gao Shun immediately came to a conclusion.

But the generals didn't seem to believe it, so Gao asked to pass on the civil servant by the way.

Not long after, a middle-aged literati stepped inside, bowed his hands to Gao Shun, and said with a smile: "The Marquis of North Korea is a civil servant, and I pay my respects to General Gao."

Gao Shun looked down at him, and said coldly: "Civilian, Jin Tian sent you here because he couldn't beat this general, so he wanted to ask for peace."