Chapter 310: Goryeo Surrenders, but It’s Too Late

As soon as Gao Wu, the commander-in-chief of the Goguryeo Navy, said these words, everyone in the palace hall could no longer remain calm.

Almost subconsciously, the General of the Ministry of War, Ma Xidong, stood up immediately and asked Gao Wu: "Master Gao, can this matter not be a trivial matter?"

"At this time, it has only been three hours since I received the first request for reinforcements from your naval commander. In just three hours, the Nanpu Port Naval Camp, which has 50,000 troops stationed, Just, lost?"

The stunned Gao Wu did not answer, but nodded heavily to express his acquiescence.

Ma Xidong's face was full of disbelief, and he didn't care about court etiquette. He directly picked up Gao Wu's shirt and asked fiercely:

"Master Gao, even if we put 50,000 pigs in Nanpu Port for the officers and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty Navy to catch, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to catch them all in just three hours, right?"

"This, how could it be possible that Nanpo Port, which had been operated by the Goguryeo Dynasty for hundreds of years, was breached by the Tang Navy in just three hours?"

On the side, Treasure King Gao Zang, who was sitting on the throne of the main hall, also scolded sternly with a sullen face: "Gao Wu, what is going on here? You must be honest with me. Don't hide anything!"

Faced with the angry rebuke of Brother Wang and the questioning of General Ma Xidong of the Ministry of War, Gao Wu had no choice but to tell everyone everything he witnessed at Nanpu Port word for word with tears in his eyes.

He first recounted the scene in which the officers and soldiers of the Goguryeo Navy immediately sent warships out of the harbor to meet the enemy after discovering the Datang Navy fleet that suddenly appeared in the offshore waters of Nanpo Port;

Immediately afterwards, he also talked about how the Tang Navy used its red cannons to bombard the warships of the Goguryeo Navy that came out of the harbor to meet the enemy;

Moreover, he also said that under the long-range attack of the red cannon, the Goguryeo naval warships, which were only equipped with ballistas and ballistae, had no power to fight and could only be passively bombed, and were eventually bombarded by the red cannon. Shen.

Next, there is the matter of the Datang Navy's vanguard troops landing on the beach.

Until now, when Gao Wu recalled the Tang army general who was wearing golden battle armor and holding a pair of golden hammers, killing all sides in the Goguryeo naval formation, he still felt trembling in his arms and lingering fear in his heart.

As a result, when describing the landing of the Tang Army's naval vanguard, Gao Wu's voice was full of tears: "Your Majesty, I am not a loyal brother and the officers and soldiers of the naval camp are not loyal and brave enough. In fact, the Tang Army's naval vanguard has no one." It’s a match!”

"Brother, I saw with my own eyes that Li Zhengmin, the deputy general of the navy camp, personally led 800 cavalrymen to fight against the Tang Navy vanguard, with 10,000 navy officers and soldiers behind him to help;"

"However, the fierce general of the Tang Army who was wearing golden battle armor and holding a pair of golden hammers was like a god descending to earth. When one man faced 800 cavalry and 10,000 infantry, not only did he not fall at a disadvantage, but So one man is against ten thousand, and one man chases me and fights ten thousand naval officers and soldiers;"

"Brother Chen, brother Chen, wuwuwu——"

As he spoke, Gao Wu, a seven-foot-tall man, started to cry loudly in front of Brother Wang and all the courtiers. While crying, he said:

"The fierce general of the Tang Army danced with a pair of golden hammers and was very powerful. The 800 cavalry soldiers of the Navy Deputy Commander Li Zhengmin all rode horses that were purchased from Yanqi of the Western Regions for a lot of money. Even the man and the horse weighed a lot. Thousand catties;”

"But, no one of these cavalrymen and horses weighing a thousand kilograms can withstand the hammer of the fierce general of the Tang Army. Under his golden hammer, almost one hammer can send the cavalry weighing a thousand kilograms flying several feet. Far;"

"Even the brave Deputy Commander of the Navy Li Zhengmin was killed by the Tang Army general with a hammer, and he had no power to fight back!"

After a pause, Gao Wu continued: "The ballistas, ballistas, and catapults on the Nanpu Port pier and the beach, such solid instruments, still looked like paper in front of the Tang Army navy general holding a double hammer. generally;"

"With one strike from him, both men, horses and equipment were all torn apart!"

At the end, Gao Wu also swore and assured: "Your Majesty, generals and lords, everything I said is true. In the Tang Army's naval formation, there are not only red cannons and sharp weapons to assist the formation, but also fierce generals like clouds."

"My lord, I have no choice but to preserve the strength of the Goguryeo navy, so I have to lead my troops to evacuate Nanpo Port and rush back to the royal city to report the matter to the king so that the king can make a decision early!"

"Brother, I know that abandoning Nanpu Port and causing the royal city to lose its defense barrier is a capital crime. Please, please forgive me!"

After saying that, Gao Wu knelt down in the hall and refused to raise his head again.

After listening to the answer of Gao Wu, the naval commander of the Goguryeo Dynasty who had just returned from the front line of Nanpo Port, there was a dead silence in the huge palace hall.

After receiving the king's edict, the ministers who rushed to attend the meeting had not figured out the whole story, but they were attacked by Gao Wu, the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy.

However, the expressions and demeanor of all the courtiers were different, and the eyes they looked at Gao Wu kneeling in the hall were extremely complicated.

Obviously, quite a few of them were skeptical of the words of the Navy Commander Gao Wu.

Are you kidding me? One man with a pair of golden hammers can defeat the Goguryeo navy. If there really were such fierce generals in the Tang army, then how could Emperor Zhaowu Chen Huaian be so powerful? It took more than two years for Emperor Zhaowu to completely overthrow the Tang Dynasty. The new Zhao family established the Tang Dynasty?

At this moment, the civil and military officials of the Goguryeo Dynasty stood on the same front for the first time. They all believed that the fierce Tang general mentioned by the Admiral Gao Wu was just a fictional character, which was used to find an excuse for his defeat and loss of Nampo Port.

On the throne, the Goguryeo Dynasty's speaker, the Treasure King Gao Zang, also had a very complicated expression.

Gao Zang knew Gao Wu, his half-brother, who was kneeling in the hall.

Although he did not have great talents, he was not a person who deceived his superiors and subordinates.

From his reaction, it can be seen that there should be a fierce general in the Tang Navy who was good at fighting. Gao Wu, the Admiral of the Navy, suffered a great loss in Nampo Port. In the end, he had to abandon the car to save the general and lead the remnants back to the royal city of Pyongyang.

However, whether the real force of the fierce Tang general was as exaggerated as Gao Wu described, and could reach the point of fighting against ten thousand, this matter still needs to be verified.

Just as Gao Zang was thinking about how to deal with it, someone in the hall suddenly said, "Master Gao, since there are really powerful generals in the Tang Navy as you said;"

"Then why should we fight? Just surrender to the Tang Dynasty!"

"You think of surrendering now?"

Hmph!

"Too late——"