Chapter 2767 Siege
When Zhang Hui came out, he looked at the time and immediately asked someone to fetch a bucket of hot water. He took off his clothes and washed them clean. He rubbed his hair briefly, and then carefully shaved the stubble on his face bit by bit. It took him nearly half an hour to clean himself up. Then he dressed up, put on a hat, and left with Prince Gao Wu under the protection of Brigadier General Qian and others.
When they stood in front of a mansion, Prince Gao Wu was still hesitant. "Wouldn't it be a trap if I went looking for Prince Guang?"
Zhang Hui looked up at the mansion, which was just an ordinary one in his eyes, and said, "I'm 50% sure I can convince him. If I add money to join the army, it will increase the chance by 10%. If I still can't convince him, I can only try again when we attack the city."
Zhang Hui and Prince Gao Wu went in and met Prince Guang smoothly. The main problem was that the housekeeper of Prince Guang was frightened when he saw Prince Gao Wu. In the end, he lowered his head and led people in with trembling hands and feet.
When Prince Guang saw them, his pupils shrank. He then looked at Prince Gao Wu and Zhang Hui and said, "You are so brave to come to me. Now that you have escaped, why don't you leave and come to me?"
Prince Gao Wu bowed deeply to Prince Guang as agreed and said, "Uncle, please save the Gao family and the people of this city.
Prince Guang sneered, "You've already committed treason, and you still have the nerve to criticize the Gao clan and the people of this entire city?"
Prince Gao Wu hurriedly defended himself, "Uncle Wang, Goguryeo cannot defeat the Jin State. I am doing this to protect the Gao family and ensure that the Gao family's ancestral temple can be passed down..."
Prince Guang sneered, "You make the cowardice of death sound refreshingly unconventional."
Prince Gao Wu: "But didn't my second brother surrender too?"
Prince Guang looked at him with an even colder gaze, "So you came here today just to make fun of me?"
Prince Guang stood on the side of the second prince and always believed that the second prince was more suitable for the throne than the eldest prince.
So when the King of Goguryeo attacked him this time, Prince Guang was also implicated. He has been reflecting on his mistakes in seclusion in his palace for some time.
Prince Gao Wu was about to continue his defense when Zhang Hui stopped him and said, "Your Highness Prince Guang, let's talk about practical matters. Guonei City is about to be captured. Do you want to perish with the Gao family and Guonei City?"
Prince Guang pursed his lips and asked, "Are you going to massacre the city?"
Zhang Hui said, "Our Majesty is kind and merciful, so he will not massacre innocent people."
But that's not necessarily the case for innocent people.
Prince Guang was silent.
Zhang Hui directly stated his conditions, "As long as Prince Guang is willing to surrender, I am willing to protect the entire Prince Guang's Mansion in front of Your Majesty, and even some branches of the Gao family."
He said, "If he could live, why would Prince Guang insist on seeking death?"
Prince Guang stood up and walked out of the hall, pointing at the flames in the sky and asked, "Did you set this fire?"
Zhang Hui did not deny it.
Prince Guang asked, "Are you going to attack the city?"
Zhang Hui nodded, "Not bad."
"Tell me now, aren't you afraid that I will order the city gates to be guarded more tightly and your plan will fail?"
Zhang Hui smiled confidently and said, "My Jin State has strong soldiers and horses, and abundant food. But your Goguryeo is now divided, and the people in the capital are in panic. Do you think you can hold on?"
If you can't use threats or bribes, then just talk about the reality and let's talk about it.
Prince Guang fell silent.
At this time, the Jin army had just finished counting its troops and was lying in ambush outside the city.
The attack hadn't started yet, so Manbao was not busy, so he and Bai Erlang stretched their necks to watch the fire in the inner city.
Until evening, the thick black smoke did not dissipate, and the flames rising into the sky became bigger and bigger.
Even the royal guards in the palace ran out to put out the fire, and a lot of soldiers guarding the city were also mobilized to draw water from the moat and nearby wells to irrigate the city like a relay.
Such a fire frightened everyone, fearing that the entire city would be burned down.
The fire is now spreading in the inner city and is about to spread to Prince Guang.
However, Prince Guang was not in his own palace at this time, but went to the palace to ask for an audience with the King of Goguryeo.
In the evening, when the sun was about to set, a signal was raised outside the city. A short while later, a fire signal was also raised inside the city.
Because of the flames rising from the inner city, no one noticed the two fire signals.
Upon receiving the signal, Duke Zhao personally led a large army to the gate of the city.
The soldiers on the city wall discovered it and immediately beat drums to sound the alarm.
Many people rushed to the city gates, ready to use bows and arrows to repel the enemy. At this moment, a familiar lieutenant general led more than 200 people to the city gate and said to the city guard, "His Royal Highness Prince Guang heard the drums and asked us to come to support. Are your people going to put out the fire?"
"Great! I was just worried about not having enough manpower..."
"General, look quickly, it seems the Jin army is serious this time."
The city guard immediately pushed aside the people in front of him to look. Seeing the densely packed Jin army and the battering rams in their hands, he couldn't help but frown, "Are you serious? It's almost dark, why are you attacking the city now?"
Because it takes time for their message to be sent out, and only by attacking the city at this time will they have a chance to sneak onto the city wall.
The people sent by Prince Guang had met the city guard before and had an impression of each other, so he did not doubt them and immediately sent someone to take them to get the bows and arrows.
He said, "Let's see the situation first. If the Jin army comes within range, we will shoot arrows. If not, we will not provoke them."
The fate of Shen Ming and his army made them very cautious when fighting against the Jin army. They were not only on guard against the Jin army killing them, but also to prevent themselves from being abandoned by the inner city and the royal palace.
Duke Zhao didn't even stop and immediately ordered the city gate to be stormed...
This was something the people on the tower had not expected. When the city guard saw them entering the firing range, he immediately shouted orders, "Shoot quickly, shoot quickly—"
He shouted, "Damn it! The Jin army must have seen the fire in our city and knew we were too busy to take care of ourselves, so they came into the palace. Hurry up and send someone to the fire scene to call for help..."
Just after giving the order, the first row of soldiers who raised their hands to shoot arrows were slashed in the neck by the people behind them. The city guard stared at them with wide eyes in disbelief, "You, Prince Guang..."
Before he could finish, a knife came towards him. He immediately raised his knife to block it. Seeing the knife, he was shocked and said, "This is a knife from the Jin Dynasty. You are from the Jin Dynasty!"
There was chaos on the tower, and the people below carried battering rams and ran to the city gate, shouting and ramming their way in little by little...
General Qian killed many people on the city wall, which attracted the Goguryeo soldiers downstairs to come up for reinforcement. He then jumped down the stairs with a dozen soldiers with good martial arts skills and fought with the soldiers on the city wall.
The shouts and cries of killing were deafening from the city wall, but because of the fire in the inner city, no one could hear it except the people living nearby.
The people looked through their windows, then quickly slammed the doors shut and hid away, pretending not to see or hear.
Lieutenant General Qian killed several people and, with the help of his comrades, pushed the wooden bolt on the city gate to the other side. However, before he could completely remove it, the Goguryeo soldiers rushed over and he could only turn around to resist...
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