"Boom boom boom!!"

The sound of the boulder crashing down was like a thunderclap in broad daylight, echoing throughout the entire city.

Countless Goguryeo soldiers and civilians watched as the giant stones crashed down on the city walls, feeling as if the end of the world had arrived.

The soldiers guarding the city wall covered their heads and hid at the base of the wall, praying for God's forgiveness.

When the Left Chancellor arrived with his troops, he was furious at the sight of the terrified garrison.

"You bunch of useless trash, get up on the city walls and guard them! We absolutely cannot let the Han army in!"

As he spoke, the Left Prime Minister led his soldiers to drive away the remaining soldiers.

Just then, the catapults outside the city launched their third attack, and a hail of boulders came hurtling down once more.

A huge rock rolled down from the city wall and crashed straight toward the Left Prime Minister, instantly smashing several soldiers to pieces.

"Gulp!"

Seeing the gruesome deaths of his soldiers, the Left Prime Minister's throat bobbed, and his face turned deathly pale.

"boom!!"

Just as the Left Chancellor was stunned, another stone hit the city wall above, rolled down, and struck several soldiers once again.

"Run away!"

The soldiers hiding at the base of the wall let out mournful roars and ran towards the center of the city, trying to escape the terrible city walls.

Three miles south of the city, Liu Hong stood on a makeshift platform, looking calmly at the crumbling Goguryeo capital, ravaged by catapults, and then at Li Xiao in the prison cart beside him.

When you harmed my soldiers, did you ever imagine this day would come?

Li Xiao raised his eyelids slightly, then shook his head: "I've considered all the possible outcomes, but I never imagined you would personally lead the army, nor did I expect the Han army to be so formidable!"

Liu Hong sneered: "Just watch, your proud capital will be completely crushed by my army before sunset!"

Li Xiao glanced dejectedly at the catapults hurling stones ahead and the various siege weapons behind him that he had never seen before, sighed softly, and then closed his eyes.

With these things, Li Xiao really couldn't think of any city that the Han army couldn't conquer.

Soon, with wave after wave of catapult attacks, a breach was smashed in the south wall, and the city gate was also smashed to pieces. Mo Shang hurriedly stepped forward and directed his men to adjust the angle of the catapults and aim them at the breach and the city gate.

"Boom boom boom!!"

One after another, massive boulders crashed down on the gap, gradually widening it.

By noon, after a series of attacks from 150 catapults outside the city, nearly 6,000 stones had been launched.

The city gate collapsed with a crash, and the city wall was smashed open with more than a dozen gaps, each about ten meters wide.

Faced with the continuous rain of stones, none of the Goguryeo soldiers inside the city dared to approach the city walls. The large quantities of logs, rolling stones, kerosene, and molten gold prepared on the city walls had become mere decorations.

Huangfu Song, who was in charge of directing the siege, came to Liu Hong and said, "Your Majesty, we can attack the city now!"

Liu Hong nodded, then looked at the dozen or so messengers beside him and said loudly, "By my order, whoever is the first to reach the summit will be rewarded with one million coins, a promotion of one rank, an official promotion of one rank, and a thousand acres of land!"

"promise!!"

A dozen messengers immediately rode swift horses to the front of the army, loudly proclaiming the emperor's orders.

"Long live the Emperor! Long live the Han Dynasty!!"

Upon hearing the emperor's order to bestow rewards, the Han soldiers raised their weapons and cheered in unison.

Immediately, Liu Hong drew his Emperor's Sword from his waist, walked straight to the city wall, and shouted, "Attack the city!!"

At Liu Hong's command, several burly men behind him vigorously swung their drumsticks, beating the huge war drum.

"Knock knock knock~!"

The rapid, stirring sound of war drums reverberated in all directions.

"Brothers, serve His Majesty, achieve great deeds, and secure your wives and children's future! Now is the time! Kill!"

As soon as the drums sounded, Li Jue, who had been pushing his way to the front, took off running towards the city gate.

"Old Li, didn't you two agree to charge in together?"

Guo Si, behind them, shouted as he chased after them relentlessly.

"Haha~, together? There's only one spot for the first one, Guo Aduo, you can just follow behind me and eat my asses!"

While laughing, Li Jue sprinted forward with even greater effort. At this point, everyone knew that there were no more guards around the city wall, and whoever ran the fastest would be the first to scale it.

"Haha~, I can be granted a title of nobility too!"

Li Jue, who was running at the forefront, saw that he was less than a hundred meters away from the city gate and couldn't help but laugh out loud. After many battles, Li Jue had been ennobled as a first-class earl. As long as he was the first to reach the city gate this time, he could obtain the marquis title he had always dreamed of.

Just as Li Jue was getting excited, he heard two "whoosh" sounds, and two figures overtook him from the left and right at the same time, rushing towards the city gate at a speed of ten meters per second. These two people were Cao Cao and Liu Bei.

"What is that?"

Seeing the two people running at top speed ahead, Li Jue was stunned for a moment, and a pained expression appeared on his face.

In just a few breaths, Cao Cao and Liu Bei rushed into the city gate at the same time.

"Kill!"

Cao Cao and Liu Bei, having stormed through the city gates, did not stop and charged straight toward the Goguryeo defenders ahead.

Seeing the two young men charging towards them, and the Han army pouring in from behind, the panicked Goguryeo defenders turned and ran.

At the same time, Han troops from the east, west, and north also rushed into the city and began killing the Goguryeo defenders.

The city's garrison was mostly forcibly conscripted, a mixed bag of young men, the elderly, and children, and all they had were tattered weapons, making them even worse off than the rebel army when Liu Kui rebelled.

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