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    The bombardment by flying thunder cannons had lasted for about a day and night, and the Goguryeo people in the city suffered heavy losses.  Of course, the heaviest losses were not the casualties caused by the explosion, but the houses and various wooden buildings that were ignited by the explosive shells.  And the fire is not the biggest problem. The biggest problem is that Datang is still firing cannonballs, infecting the Goguryeo people inside to put out the fire.  In this way, when new fire points continue to appear, and the people are very disadvantaged in putting out the fire, a large number of fires are caused.  The city of Goguryeo was red, and apparently a quarter of the city was burned. This kind of wooden building materials was obviously very weak.  ¡°Many people have tried to break through, but the final effect is very small, or even no effect at all.  The Tang Dynasty had already aimed many general cannons at the city gates. Anyone who broke through would be beaten back by the cannons.  The purpose of Datang was also very obvious, which was to trap them in the city and suffocate them to death.  If they did not surrender, they would be roasted like suckling pigs.  The reason why Datang did this was to prevent them from going to other places to continue to resist Datang and fight guerrillas with Datang after they came out.  Considering the conditions in ancient times, guerrilla warfare was very troublesome, not to mention that I was still fighting in a foreign country and was not familiar with the terrain.  Therefore, they must force all their high-level resisters to surrender at once, so that all resistance forces can disappear.  As for ordinary people, they will either surrender or be demoted to slaves if they show any resistance.  "Your Majesty, the fire in the city has already started. A quarter of the houses have been burned down. What should we do? If this continues, our entire Pyongyang will be burned to a white ground. Then we will probably  They are all going to die without a burial place! It is better to ask the king to surrender quickly. As long as Datang surrenders, the bombardment will stop, and then we can put out the fire." Gao Zang also said.  Although Gao Zang belongs to the royal family of Goguryeo, he now knows that it has reached this point.  It's better to surrender then.  After all, if Anke insists on not surrendering, he will be demoted as a slave by the Tang Dynasty.  As a royal family, they naturally cannot be slaves.  Even if you surrender, you can still ensure that you have enough food and clothing.  But once you become a slave, you will really die without a burial place.  So Gao Zang also wants to surrender. Now that he has reached this point, what else can he do?  A quarter of the buildings in the city have been burned, and there will be more losses in the future. By then, the entire city of Pyongyang will be burned to the ground, and the 100,000 people in Pyongyang will also be burned to death.  Do we still need 100,000 people to die for Goguryeo?  Gao Zang knows.  If he surrendered, then given the prestige of the royal Gao family in Goguryeo, the Tang Dynasty would inevitably need the Gao family to help rule, and the Gao family could live well by relying on its past prestige.  But once one hundred thousand Goguryeo people were burned to death, the Gao family would lose their prestige among the people. At that time, the people hated the Gao family to death.  When the time comes, let alone letting them help govern Goguryeo, the Tang Dynasty will probably first destroy the Gao family and quell the anger of the people of Goguryeo.  After all, at this time, the people in Pyongyang City should not be allowed to bury Goguryeo.  "No, no, no. If we surrender, we will definitely die without a burial place! Get out of here, I will kill anyone who dares to talk about surrender again!" Gao Jianwu still said angrily.  Gao Zang had no choice but to leave the palace.  And he saw fire all around him.  Not only did Datang fire, Gao Zang also kept walking close to the city wall.  During this period of time, although Gao Zang found that these cannons were irregular, there was a blind spot.  That's under the city wall.  This is a very important blind spot.  As long as they hide in the blind spot under the city wall, the shells will almost never hit them.  So Gao Zang walked along the bottom of the city wall, although this was time consuming.  But it¡¯s safe!  Gao Zang came to the city wall, raised the white flag, and declared that he wanted to continue negotiating peace.  When Datang saw this situation, they stopped firing. After all, Jing Wen thought they wanted to surrender.  "General, we Goguryeo are planning to surrender. Can you please stop bombing? At least let us put out the fire in the city!" Gao Zang asked.  Jing Wen actually didn¡¯t expect that wooden houses in this era would burn so violently, burning down a quarter of the city in one fell swoop.  All of this also provided benefits for Jingwen's carpet bombing, further weakening the Goguryeo people's will to resist.  Anyway, Jingwen did not engage in combat with the Goguryeo people, that is, he used long-range bombing, and the Goguryeo people had no choice.  Now we are forced to come to negotiate peace.  And Jingwen immediately said: "You must surrender!" "I am willing to surrender on behalf of our Goguryeo, and I think many soldiers and people in the city will also be willing!" Gao Zang said.  But Jingwen said: "You, the King of Goguryeo, must?We will stop the bombing only after we sign the surrender decree.  And you, the King of Goguryeo, must come out and surrender in person, otherwise we will still be in a state of war, and then we will not stop bombing!  " Gao Zang said directly: "Brother Wang is crazy now. There is no way we can persuade him to surrender!  " "Then I can't help you!  If there is no edict from your king, then we will not recognize your surrender!  " Jingwen said. "After all, in ancient times, if there was no king's surrender edict, then the country's surrender would be illegal. Jingwen must obtain the surrender edict from the King of Goguryeo, so that it can be considered a surrender. If you don't recognize it, you will continue to bomb.  Until the surrender of the Goguryeo people, it is actually possible to accept the surrender of the Goguryeo people. However, Jingwen deliberately raised the price and wanted Gao Jianwu's edict to surrender. If there was no edict from Gao Jianwu, Jingwen would not agree.  If they surrender, the war will continue. And Gao Jianwu will naturally not surrender, because he is already crazy. Jing Wen just wants to see if he can deliberately continue bombing Goguryeo and kill more people.  Stop the bombardment for a while and let us put out the fire?  "Gao Zang also said. "No, we will stop the bombardment only if you take out the edict from your King of Goguryeo!  As long as the edict does not arrive for a day, we will not stop bombarding for a day.  "Jing Wen said. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels are better and updated faster!
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