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Chapter 1418 Emergency Retreat

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    At this time, in Liaodong, except for some people who wanted to join the shogunate, everyone's attention was still focused on Yuan Taizuo.  Huang Mingyuan finally decided to send troops to Liaodong on both fronts, preparing to completely destroy Goguryeo.

    Yuan Taezuo, who was defeated that day, fled all the way north to Buyeo City, and finally managed to save his life.

    But Buyeo City is not a safe place at this time.  The road from Kaiyuan City to Fuyu City was less than 200 miles, and there was no danger along the way. They could not stop the Sui army for long.

    The Goguryeo army had suffered repeated defeats and had lost confidence. There was a pessimistic mood from top to bottom. Yuan Taizuo simply did not have the determination and courage to resist the Sui army.

    " Moreover, Goguryeo's military generals were withering, and there were not even any useful generals at this time.

    The most important thing is that Pyongyang has been defeated and the leader of the country, Gowon, has surrendered, which means that Goguryeo has died, and they have lost even their serious identity.

    Yuan Taizuo then decided to support Gao Yuan's third brother Gao Jianwu as the new king of Goguryeo.

    Of course, Yuan Taizuo has no other suitable candidates.

    Gao Jianwu was an important minister in the Gaoyuan Dynasty. He fought against the Sui army in Liaodong City and Fuyu City, and had a profound influence on the Goguryeo army.

    By supporting Gao Jianwu as king, you can not only gain the legitimate inheritance rights of Goguryeo, but also gain the support of Goguryeo veterans who are still active in various places.

    Therefore, on the day that Yuan Taizu returned to Buyeo City, he hurriedly held the enthronement ceremony to help Gao Jianwu ascend the throne.

    Yuan Taizuo also falsely claimed to the people and soldiers in Buyeo City that after the Sui army captured Pyongyang City, they massacred the city.  From King Gaoyuan down, all the people in the city, young and old, were massacred by the Sui army.  He hoped to use this to arouse the determination and morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city.

    Of course, what Yuan Taizuo didn¡¯t know was that his fear might be more than his courage.

    Yuan Taizuo encouraged everyone as much as possible at this time, and even gave Gao Yuan a posthumous title. If not for lack of time, he would have held a funeral for Gao Yuan.

    With these means, Yuan Taizuo temporarily stabilized the morale of the army in the city.

    That night, Yuan Taizuo summoned his subordinates to prepare to evacuate Buyeo City.

    But Buyeo City didn¡¯t just evacuate if it wanted to.  Buyeo Castle was the third largest city in the original Goguryeo, after Pyongyang Castle and Liaodong Castle.  Moreover, Buyeo Castle was once the capital of the Buyeo Kingdom, and Goguryeo originated from the Buyeo Kingdom. Therefore, Buyeo Castle was of great political significance to the Goguryeo people and was the political, economic, and military core of northern Goguryeo.

    If you just give up like this, many people really can¡¯t accept it.

    "But it is true that Yuan Taizuo only has more than 10,000 men, and he is simply unable to fight.

    At this time, Gao Jianwu, the new king of Goguryeo, took the initiative to visit the leaders of the major families and military generals in Buyeo City, persuaded them to agree to retreat, and actively invited the major families to join the newly established Goguryeo court.  He also actively persuaded the people and soldiers in the city, explained to them the current situation of Fuyu City, and told them that they were only temporarily avoiding the Sui army, and would return to their old land in the future.

    Gao Jianwu¡¯s wave of lobbying won the support of many big families.

    It¡¯s not that everyone doesn¡¯t understand the necessity of retreat.  As long as you lose your family and career now, who is responsible for the loss? Someone has to take responsibility for it, or exchange benefits from the new court.

    In Gao Jianwu¡¯s view, if Goguryeo loses, its future promises will naturally not be fulfilled.  If Goguryeo was reborn, who would care about that little thing.

    In short, Gao Jianwu, who was originally nothing more than a puppet in the hands of Yuan Taizuo, successfully showed his new image to major families and ordinary people, and also gained a wave of supporters.

    In fact, Gao Jianwu had led troops for many years, so how could he be willing to be just a puppet in the hands of Yuan Taizuo.  If possible, he will try his best to regain his own rights. Even if he is a wandering king, he is still a king and will not be bullied by those below him.

    It is not easy to retreat at this time.

    Buyeo City is an important northern town operated by Goguryeo for many years and is rich in supplies.  At this time, the most important thing left for the Goguryeo people was the management of Buyeo City for many years. If they wanted to retreat, they would inevitably take away all the supplies.

    But now the Sui army is following closely behind, and they don't know when they will suddenly attack. In order to buy time, they must retreat before the main force of the Sui army arrives.

    Yuan Taizuo then ordered that the army and the people must leave in batches early tomorrow morning, and no later than the morning of the day after tomorrow, everyone must leave Buyeo City.

    You can imagine how difficult it is to evacuate in such a short period of time and take away all the supplies.

    It is said that they can all be evacuated within one day, but in practice, it is simply impossible.  At this time, there is no fixed location for retreating north, which means there are many things that cannot be done.The stored supplies cannot be carried at all.  The army was okay and had officials to restrain them, but the common people not only brought valuable things, but also brought all the chickens, ducks, livestock, pots and jars at home. Not only could they not walk fast, but they also caused road congestion.

    This is an escape, not a move.

    Throughout the whole day, there was coordination and chaos everywhere.

    Seeing this, Yuan Taizuo knew that if he continued like this, the Sui army would not be able to escape despite being attacked ten times.  He then ordered the troops to go ahead, abandoning all military supplies except food, weapons, horses, armor, etc.

    As for the common people in the city, the nobles evacuated first, and then retreated in different classes.

    At dawn on the second day, troop scouts on the southern front reported that Sui cavalry had appeared less than twenty miles south of Fuyu City.

    Yuan Taizuo knew very well that the appearance of the Sui army's cavalry showed that its main force was not far from Buyeo City. If they did not retreat, they would not be able to leave.

    Looking at the "Wuyang Wuyang" people all over the city, Yuan Taizuo really couldn't care about them.

    Although it is definitely not a long-term solution for them to go north into the jungle without tribesmen, that will happen in the future after all.  So Yuan Taizuo issued an order for the people in the city to go north to meet with the imperial court, and then he led his troops to flee north.

    As for the people in the city, they had no organization and were worried that the Sui army would massacre the city, so they had to flee for their lives.

    By this time, the Goguryeo army had withdrawn, and everyone was completely out of control. In order to escape for their lives, they were fighting for roads everywhere.  Soon many people took advantage of the chaos and started looting, and many scoundrels and hooligans mingled among the fleeing people.

    In times of danger and despair, people not only fail to help each other, but also arouse their most primitive animal desires, and the entire Buyeo City is completely in chaos.

    When Liu Heitai led the cavalry to Buyeo City, he saw beacon fires everywhere inside and outside the city. There were scenes of looting and fighting everywhere, and the whole city was wailing and groaning.

    Liu Heitai also couldn't understand how such a thing could happen in Fuyu City. Could it be that Yuan Taizuo sent troops to plunder, but this is his hometown.

    At this time, Liu Heitai could not care about anything else. He first ordered people to stop the harassment, put out the fire, and stabilize the situation in Buyeo City.  Fuyu City is a large city in the north of Liaodong. Its location is important. The Sui army still relies on Fuyu City to attack north, but it cannot be destroyed.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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