Guan Chang rode his horse out of the ranks and headed for the gates of Pyongyang.
After a conversation with the people inside the city gates, he returned.
"My Lord, it is King Rongliu, Gao Jianwu, dressed in white, crawling to surrender!"
"Then wait here. I, this Marquis, want to see what Gao Jianwu has to say."
Fang Er sat on his horse and watched Gao Jianwu slowly crawl towards them.
At the distance of two hundred paces, Gao Jianwu crawled for the time it takes an incense stick to burn!
By the final stretch, his knees were already worn and bloody, leaving two trails of blood behind him.
"The King of the sinful nation, Gao Jianwu, greets the General of the superior nation!"
Finally, Gao Jianwu reached Fang Er, enduring the pain, and kowtowed!
"Hahahahaha! Sinful nation? What sin have you committed? Tell me!"
Fang Er suddenly laughed.
"The sinful nation should not have invaded the territory of the Great Tang!"
"The sinful nation should not have built the Jingguan to insult the Sui Dynasty generals!"
"The sinful nation should not have sent assassins to steal the gunpowder formula!"
"The King of the sinful nation should not have forcibly abducted Han women!"
"The sinful nation should not have slandered the reputation of the Great Tang!"
"The sinful nation should not have coveted the territory of the Great Tang!"
Gao Jianwu cried out while kowtowing.
"Did you all hear that?"
Fang Er sat on his horse, looked around, and then addressed the Tianhuo Army and the Firearm New Army.
Then he continued.
"How should such a nation be dealt with?!"
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
The eight thousand Tang soldiers, striking their breastplates with their weapons, roared in unison!
"Gao Jianwu, what do you have to say for yourself?"
Fang Er suddenly asked the King of Rongliu sternly.
"This King, this King has nothing to say!"
"Do not trouble the General of the superior nation to act; this King will do it himself, and only ask that a complete corpse be left for this King!"
"Guards! Kill this King and give the Tang army something to cheer about!"
Gao Jianwu, enduring the pain in his legs, said to the officials following him.
"Your Majesty! You must not, Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty, just surrender; why is this necessary!"
The officials were instantly dumbfounded.
"Silence! This King goes to atone to the generals of the former Sui Dynasty!"
"I implore the General of the superior nation to treat the people of my city kindly!"
"Mu Gan, I order you, kill this King!" Gao Jianwu glared at these officials.
"Your Majesty, travel well!"
Pu Mugan drew a short knife, about a foot long, and directly plunged it into King Rongliu's chest.
"This sinful nation's humble subject requests that the General of the superior nation spare my life!"
After killing Gao Jianwu, Pu Mugan fell to his knees with a thud.
"Heh~"
Fang Er sneered upon hearing him.
"No, what's your name?"
Cheng Yaojin came closer.
"Uh, subordinate, Pu Mugan."
Pu Mugan said, not daring to raise his head, prostrate on the ground.
"No money? You dare to get it for free? I hate freeloading the most!"
"Guards! Chop him!"
Cheng Yaojin rolled his eyes and pointed at Pu Mugan, shouting.
Guan Dao stepped forward from behind, raised a three-meter-long Mo Dao, and brought it down fiercely!
Pu Mugan was directly cut in half at the waist!
His upper body continued to struggle on the ground.
His hands crawled on the ground, and his intestines dragged out from his abdomen!
The remaining few Goguryeo officials, seeing this, trembled like sieves.
"Guards! Tie these people up! Enter the city!"
Fang Er pointed at them.
The eighteen cavalrymen stepped forward and tied the officials up like zongzi, dragging them behind their horses, leading the way into Pyongyang.
Fang Er, Cheng Yaojin, and Chai Shao walked behind.
The Tianhuo Army carried the bodies of their fallen soldiers, following closely with the Firearm New Army.
The gates of Pyongyang were wide open.
There wasn't a single civilian on the streets.
The soldiers guarding the city had long since disappeared.
The troops directly entered the royal palace.
"Chumo, Baolin!"
Fang Er called out from outside the main hall of the royal palace without entering.
"Big Brother!"
Cheng Chumo and Yuchi Baolin parted the crowd and came out.
"Each take a thousand men! Search the royal palace!"
"Leave no wealthy households in the city unsearched, confiscate everything!"
"If there is any resistance, leave no one! Kill!"
Thinking of his brothers who died outside the city, Fang Er could not suppress the killing intent surging outwards.
"Yes, Big Brother!"
Cheng Chumo gathered his men and went out of the royal palace.
Yuchi Baolin, on the other hand, led his men to search the royal palace.
The eunuchs in the palace, like the guards on the city walls, had already fled.
Only at this time were King Rongliu's concubines and offspring brought back.
"My good son-in-law, do not dwell on the matters outside the city. War is inevitable, and people will die."
Chai Shao saw that Fang Er was not in high spirits and walked over to comfort him.
"It was my oversight, and I am sorry to their families."
"They were all living men, who followed me from Chang'an for thousands of miles, and I let them die here!"
Fang Er said with slightly red eyes.
"Alright, brother, it is enough that you have this sentiment. Since they followed you and picked up guns, they knew this day would come."
"So, do what you can."
Cheng Yaojin also walked over.
"My Lord, it is not your fault. Since we followed you, we have long cast aside our fear of death."
"As long as our families can eat, it is all worth it!"
Tie Lao Ba, Ma Chao, Liu Meng, and Zhuzi also came to console him.
"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore!"
Fang Er wiped away the tears from his face and calmed his mind.