Reborn Tang Emperor Li Chengqian

Chapter 437 Captured Pyongyang
After Li Ji led his army to conquer Daxing City, other soldiers and horses from all walks of life came to meet up and advance to Yaluzha.

Goguryeo sent troops to resist, but the Tang army attacked bravely, defeated the Goguryeo army, and chased them for more than [-] miles.

The Tang army captured the humiliating city of Goguryeo, and the rest of the cities were frightened when they heard the arrival of the Tang army. They either abandoned the city and fled, or surrendered one after another.

Qibi Heli's troops arrived at the base of Pyongyang City first, and Li Ji and other troops arrived at the base of Pyongyang City one after another, encircling Pyongyang City.

The siege lasted for more than a month, and the Goguryeo army in Pyongyang went out to fight the Tang army many times and was defeated.

Out of fear of the Tang army and resentment towards Quangai Suwen and his son, Goguryeo King Gaozang persuaded Quan Nanchan to bring 98 ministers to surrender to the Tang army with white banners.

Li Ji treated these people with courtesy, and asked them to persuade the people in Pyongyang City not to make unnecessary sacrifices, but to quickly open the city and surrender, and the Tang army gave preferential treatment to the prisoners.

Quan Nanjian still resisted behind closed doors, and sent troops to attack the Tang army many times, but was defeated by the Tang army. Quan Nanjian planned to defend Pyongyang City to the death.

The city wall of Pyongyang is strong, and there are enough food and grass stored in it for three years. Izumi Nanjian is really not afraid of the war of attrition.

On the contrary, the Tang army's expedition to Goguryeo consumed a huge amount of food and grass every day, and Quan Nanjian couldn't afford it.

"Now that our army has besieged Pyongyang for a month, there is still nothing we can do about it. If this continues, our army will be dragged down before Pyongyang is captured."

"The siege of the city is not a long-term solution after all! The 10,000+ army consumes so much food and grass every day. Over time, the imperial court can't afford it." Dou Yiji said.

Guo Daifeng, Dugu Qingyun, Feng Shiben and others all know that this is not the solution, the key is not that there is no way to break through the city of Pyongyang!

Is it impossible to let 10,000+ soldiers storm the city of Pyongyang, and fill it up with human lives? Even if the city of Pyongyang can be broken, how many people will be left by then?

"I don't need to say anything about the current situation. Everyone knows it in their hearts. Tell me, what is the best way to defeat the enemy?" Li Ji said.

Everyone still kept silent, there was really no good way for everyone, even Dou Yiji, who was the most vicious just now, kept silent.

"Boss, maybe I can give it a try, maybe I can take Pyongyang City." Quan Boy said.

"I don't know what the appeasement ambassador has. Please tell me in detail." Li Ji's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he was a little overjoyed.

"I grew up in Pyongyang since I was a child, and I know the officials in Pyongyang very well. We can send people into the city to separate Goguryeo soldiers."

"Let them have civil strife, and we will send troops to attack Pyongyang City, and cooperate with the internal forces in the city to take Pyongyang City in one fell swoop," Quan said.

In terms of familiarity with Pyongyang City, it is none other than Quan Lizhi, the former wife.

"How sure are you of sneaking into the city? Can you separate Quan Nanjian and his subordinates?" Li Ji asked.

"Please rest assured, chief executive, it is impossible to sneak a soldier into the city, but it is still no problem to sneak a few people into the city."

"My younger brother, Quan Nanjian, is at odds with his subordinates and generals. In addition, my Tang Dynasty soldiers are brave. As long as they realize their advantages and disadvantages, they will definitely turn against each other." Quan Nannan said confidently.

"Okay! I will leave it to you to sneak into the city. If you can take Pyongyang City, I, Li Ji, will definitely play the role of the emperor and ask for credit for you, Quan boy." Li Ji said.

"No!" Quan Boy saluted and said, "However, we have to wait until after dark before we can act, and it is the easiest way to sneak into Pyongyang."

"Just do as you said, we will wait for your good news." Li Ji said.

Quan Boy saluted and retreated, he was going to choose the right person to sneak into Pyongyang City.

At night, Quan Nanjian sent his confidants to sneak into the city, lobbying Quan Nanjian's subordinates to defect, and successfully persuaded one of Quan Nanjian's generals, Seng Xincheng, to serve as an internal response.

Seng Xincheng said that when the time comes, he will definitely find a way to get Izumi Nanjian out of the city to fight, while his monk Xincheng will take the opportunity to control Pyongyang City, agree on a signal, and then Kaesong surrendered.

Quan boy's cronies passed the news back to the Tang army camp, and everyone was very excited.

In order to cooperate with the inner monk Xincheng in the city, Tang Jun first pretended to be torn open by the Goguryeo army, making Izumi Nanjian mistakenly believe that it was the weakest place of Tang Jun.

If you want to defeat the Tang army, you need to start from this gap.

Under the persuasion of Seng Xincheng, Quan Nanjian really thought that this was a great opportunity to defeat the Tang army, so he decided to hand over the defense of Pyongyang City to Seng Xincheng, and he himself led the army out of the city to fight the Tang army.

"I'll leave Pyongyang City to you. When I come back victorious, I will reward you well. The most important thing is to keep an eye on that guy in Gaozang." Izumi Nanjian asked Seng Xincheng before leaving.

"Don't worry, Mo Lizhi! As long as I'm here, Gao Zang won't be able to fly out of my palm even with wings," Seng Xincheng said.

"Drive!" Quan Nanjian nodded and rode his horse to lead the troops out of the city to fight.

"Farewell to Mo Lizhi, may Mo Lizhi return in triumph!" Seng Xincheng and others shouted with their heads bowed.

After Quan Nanjian led the troops to leave Pyongyang City and the moment the city gate was closed, Seng Xincheng raised his head and said to his confidants, "Are you all ready?"

"Don't worry, general! Everything is ready." Said the confidant.

"Then let's begin!" Monk Xincheng said.

"Yes! General!" The confidant took the order and turned to leave.

Soon Seng Xincheng took complete control of the entire city of Pyongyang and sent someone to signal Tang Jun.

Receiving the signal from Pyongyang, Li Ji immediately ordered a full-scale attack, and Seng Xincheng led his men to welcome the Tang army into the city.

With the help of Nei Ying, the Tang army captured Pyongyang, which had been besieged for more than a month. Li Ji sent troops to the top of Pyongyang, beat drums and shouted, and ordered the four corners of the city to be burned.

The king's flag representing Goguryeo on Pyongyang City was pulled out by the Tang army, thrown from the top of the city, and replaced with a flag representing Datang.

After Quan Nanjian learned that Pyongyang City was captured by the Tang army, he vomited blood angrily. Finally, when he was unable to break out, Quan Nanjian chose to commit suicide instead of surrendering to the Tang army.

Quan Nanjian committed suicide and survived, but was captured and rescued by the rushing Tang army.

The Tang army captured Pyongyang City, and captured Goguryeo King Gaozang and Goguryeo Moli Zhiquan Nanjian alive, and Goguryeo perished from then on.

Li Ji and others left [-] soldiers and horses to guard Goguryeo, and escorted Gao Zang, Quan Nanjian, An Shun, Jian Mucen and others to return to the court together.

An Shun and Jian Mou Cen were important people named by Li Chengqian's envoy Jia Yanzhong.

These two people will make trouble in Goguryeo in the future. In order to make Goguryeo calm, Li Chengqian had no choice but to capture these two unstable factors to Chang'an.

(End of this chapter)