Chapter 309: The Goryeo Government and the Public Were in Uproar

It was only an hour before Ma Xidong, the general in charge of the military department of the Goguryeo Dynasty, received three consecutive letters of help from the Naval Camp of Nampo Port, which immediately made him realize that something was wrong.

Then, after sending away the messenger from the Naval Camp, Ma Xidong did not dare to delay any longer and went straight to the palace hall to meet the Treasure King Gao Zang.

He was afraid that if he stayed outside the palace gate for a while, he would receive bad news from the Naval Camp of Nampo Port again.

Soon, the worried general Ma Xidong met the Treasure King Gao Zang and Prime Minister Li Zhenghao in the palace hall without any obstacles.

Unexpectedly, after seeing Ma Xidong, Gao Zang actually smiled and joked with him: "General Ma, you are really talking about Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here!"

"I was talking to Li Xiangguo about General Ma, and General Ma, you came to the palace the next moment."

Gao Zang said while waving his hand to signal Ma Xidong to take a seat, and then he continued casually: "I don't know why General Ma came here?"

Here, Ma Xidong, who was worried, had no time to sit down. After paying homage to Gao Zang, he hurriedly said: "Report to the king, something bad has happened-"

"The Tang Dynasty, the naval fleet of the Tang Dynasty has arrived at Nampo Port outside Pyongyang City, and is fighting with the navy of the Goguryeo Dynasty at Nampo Port, with the sword pointing directly at Pyongyang City!"

Bang!

As soon as Ma Xidong finished speaking, a crisp sound came from the hall. It was Li Zhenghao, the prime minister of the Goguryeo Dynasty, who was stunned and accidentally smashed the teacup he had just held in his hand.

"General Ma, what did you say?"

Here, Gao Zang, the King of Goguryeo, was not much better. He asked with a pale face: "Didn't the Tang army stationed in Liaodong and confront the Yizhou City of my Goguryeo Dynasty across the river?"

"Why, why did they suddenly come to Nampo Port?"

"What did Gao Wu, the admiral of the navy stationed in Nampo Port do? How could the Tang army's navy fleet go around Nampo Port without anyone noticing?"

"Are all the 50,000 navy officers and soldiers stationed in Nampo Port blind or deaf?"

Gao Zang threw a series of questions in front of General Ma Xidong like a string of cannonballs.

Obviously, the King of Baozang was extremely angry about the fact that the Tang navy fleet went around Nampo Port without anyone noticing and could march to Pyongyang at any time.

At present, there are only 100,000 guards near the capital Pyongyang. If the Tang army advances eastward along the Taedong River from Nampo Port, it is still unknown whether the 100,000 guards in Pyongyang can defend the capital!

Seeing that his home was about to be stolen by the Tang army, how could Treasure King Gao Zang not be furious?

Faced with Gao Zang's barrage of questions, General Ma Xidong, who had only a vague understanding of the Tang navy fleet's blitzkrieg of Nampo Port, had to bite the bullet and answer.

He said: "Your Majesty, this is not the time to hold the navy accountable, nor is there enough time to figure out how the Tang navy fleet bypassed the navy patrol and arrived at Nampo Port;"

"The top priority now is how to deal with the enemy!"

Ma Xidong told all the prepared speeches before coming, saying: "Your Majesty, after learning that the Tang navy attacked Nampo Port, I have already ordered the deputy general of the Ministry of War, Jin Dazhong, to lead 10,000 troops to Nampo Port overnight for reinforcement;"

"At the same time, he also ordered an 800-mile express to go to Yizhou to retrieve the reinforcements sent to Yizhou and order them to return to Pyongyang City as soon as possible;"

"In addition, in order to prevent the Tang navy fleet from advancing eastward along the Taedong River to Pyongyang City, I suggest that Your Majesty convene an emergency court meeting immediately and order the Ministry of Works to take the lead in setting up a defensive line along the Taedong River to block the Tang navy from advancing eastward along the river;"

"And then..."

Ma Xidong talked endlessly.

Under his fearless and clear report, the originally furious Treasure King Gao Zang and the slightly panicked Prime Minister Li Zhenghao gradually calmed down!

Yes, when they decided to increase troops in Yizhou to fight against the Tang army, they had already prepared to fight the newly established Tang Dynasty to the end.

It was just that the action of the Tang Navy fleet to attack Nampo Port was beyond their expectations, which led to their emotions when they learned the news.

After calming down, Gao Zang also felt that the words of the General of the Ministry of War Ma Xidong made sense. Now is not the time to pursue responsibility, but how to deal with the enemy.

The Tang army was really insidious and cunning. It quietly burned the flames of war to the mainland of Goguryeo, and it was still less than a hundred miles away from the capital Pyongyang.

It seems that the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Zhaowu Chen Huaian, really intended to take real action against Goguryeo this time!

"Your Majesty, I have said everything I want to say!"

At this time, Ma Xidong finally revealed his strategy to deal with the enemy, saying: "The battle of Nampo Port has reached a critical juncture, please make a quick decision!"

Yes!

Gao Zang nodded and said: "General Ma, your Ministry of War has handled the battle of Nampo Port in a timely, decisive and effective manner, and I am deeply pleased;"

"Everything should be done according to what General Ma said, and the Tang army's navy fleet must be driven out of Nampo Port no matter what!"

As he said, Gao Zang waved his hand and ordered: "Prime Minister Li, you will immediately organize all civil and military officials in the court to hold an emergency court meeting;"

"General Ma, I will immediately draft a royal decree to unify the 100,000 guards in the royal city and let you take full charge of the military command to defend the royal city;"

"I hope you will unite and work together to resist foreign humiliation!"

"Your servants, we will obey your orders!"

Just as Treasure King Gao Zang and his men were busy planning how to deal with the enemy, an uninvited guest who should not have appeared in the royal city appeared in the palace hall;

And he also brought a bad news that was like a bolt from the blue to the Goguryeo Dynasty.

"Report--"

"Your Majesty, the Admiral Gao Wu of the Navy wants to see you!"

Wow!

When the eunuch's announcement came from outside the palace hall, informing everyone that the Admiral Gao Wu of the Navy had returned to the royal city to see the king, there was an uproar at the scene.

As the Admiral of the Navy, instead of fighting hard against foreign enemies at the front line of Nampo Port, he returned to the capital to meet the king.

Everyone knew what this meant.

Treasure King Gao Zang suppressed his anger and ordered in a cold tone: "Let Gao Wu come in to see me!"

"Announce, the Admiral of the Navy Gao Wu to see me!"

Outside the hall, the eunuch in charge of delivering the message still gave Gao Wu, the brother of Treasure King Gao Zang, a little face and summoned him to the hall to see him.

A moment later, Gao Wu, the Admiral of the Goguryeo Navy, wearing armor and covered in dust, stumbled into the hall.

As soon as he entered the door, he knelt in front of Gao Zang and shouted: "Your Majesty, your brother, your brother is guilty of death!"

"The Tang Dynasty's naval fleet has broken through Nampo Port, and tens of thousands of naval forces are landing at Nampo Port. The naval camp of my Goguryeo Dynasty has been lost!"

"What?"