Gao Zang returned to the city, but did not bring good news to the Goguryeo people. The artillery continued, the flames were burning bigger and bigger, and the fewer and faster inside the city. Just now, one-quarter was burned, and now one-third were all. The casualties in the city were very huge, but no one could come to rescue the wounded. Many of these wounded people were burned alive, and no one dared to rescue them, because who knew when the Tang Dynasty shells fell down! There was no humanitarianism in this era, so there would be no humanitarian human rights organizations coming to make Jingwen cease fire, so the more Jingwen bombed, the more proud he was. Obviously, it seemed that he wanted to blow Goguryeo back to the Stone Age.

The whole city became a mess and could not operate at all. At this time, no matter how the palace guards suppressed them, they could not suppress the people's dissatisfaction with Goguryeo King Gao Jianwu. Those suppressed comments were once again publicly, and those guards could not suppress them. After all, there were too many people. The scene was already in chaos, and many people even began to take advantage of the situation. They all thought it was the end of the world and wanted to enjoy it before the end of the world.

"Brother Wang, surrender quickly! As long as you surrender edict, the Tang army will stop bombing!" Gao Zang said.

"No, I will never surrender!" Gao Jianwu said this.

Gao Zang left the palace, and Yang Wanchun and Yuan Gai Suwen, who were in charge of the city defense, all ran to Gao Zang.

"The king still refuses to surrender!" Gao Zang said.

Yuan Gaisuwen and Yang Wanchun were in a complicated heart because they wanted to surrender, but they didn't want to surrender. Because Yuan Gaisuwen gave his female assassins to Yang Qin at that time and asked Yang Qin to assassinate Li Shimin. Li Shimin was furious and obviously chopped Yang Qin to feed his dogs on the spot. However, according to Li Shimin's anger, they wanted to destroy the nine clans who assassinated him. If they surrender, then Yuan Gaisuwen, one of the masterminds, would be killed? And Yang Qin was Yang Wanchun's brother. Will Yang Wanchun also be implicated to destroy the nine clans? If he is implicated by the Tang Dynasty, his family will probably be destroyed. So on one side, Yang Wanchun and Yuan Gaisuwen wanted to surrender, but on the other side, they were afraid that they would be implicated.

As for the reason why Gao Jianwu appointed them as city defense officials, it was actually because they could not surrender. After all, assassinating the emperor was a great crime. If you were not careful, you would destroy the nine clans. They didn't know what to do, so they were very hesitant.

"Well! For the sake of the people, let's change to the King of Goguryeo!" Gao Zang said.

Yuan Gai Suwen and Yang Wanchun both understood what he meant, that is, to replace another Goguryeo king and pull this Gao Jianwu down. Then, another Goguryeo king will surrender. This can achieve legal surrender. As for everything next, it depends on what the Tang Dynasty will do.

"As long as the Tang Dynasty can pardon us, we will surrender too!" said Yuan Gaisuwen.

"So too!" Yang Wanchun also said.

Soon, Yuan Gai Suwen and Yang Wanchun also sent people out and then came to the Tang Dynasty military camp.

"His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, our general said that as long as you are willing to pardon their family, they are willing to let King Goguryeo surrender."

"Yes, so are our General Yang!"

After hearing this, Li Shimin knew that the Goguryeo people in the city could not hold on and wanted to surrender. However, Li Shimin remembered the last time he was almost assassinated, which made Li Shimin's face cold again. Li Shimin would never allow anyone to assassinate him, so if he was to say that he was willing to pardon them in his heart. After all, assassinating the emperor is a more serious crime than raising a rebellion. For most emperors, the probability of death by being rebelled is not high. But if he was assassinated, it would probably be very dangerous, and it would be very miserable at that time. So almost any emperor has zero tolerance for assassination. Li Shimin is no exception. So when Li Shimin heard that they wanted to pardon the person who assassinated him, he was naturally very unhappy.

Jing Wen rolled his eyes and said, "Actually, my emperor's kindness will not be too implicated. I believe that my emperor will be able to forgive you for your death penalty!"

"Thank you, thank you!" said the two envoys.

Li Shimin glared at Jing Wen again, obviously annoyed by Jing Wen's words. Li Shimin was already thinking about how to kill these people, but now Jing Wen actually said that he would pardon their death penalty, which made Li Shimin very waxed. Jing Wen said that my emperor was benevolent, and if Li Shimin refuted it on the spot, wouldn't he think he was not a benevolent emperor? As a person who wanted to save face, Li Shimin was also very waxed and didn't know how to answer. There was also a Silla queen next to him. Of course, he could not reveal his uglyness in front of women, saying that he was not a benevolent emperor.

"Your Majesty, our master will definitely convince King Goguryeo to surrender!" The two envoys left immediately after seeing that their mission was completed.

Li Shimin immediately said to Jing Wen unhappily: "Why did you over the work and promise me to pardon their death penalty? You don't know that I hate this kind of assassination of me very much. Moreover, didn't they almost kill you together last time? Don't you hate them?"

But Jing Wen also showed a sinister look and said, "Your Majesty, have you never heard a word? It is said that death penalty is exempted, and living crime is hard to spare. At that time, we will arrest them after entering the city and make a good trial. Then we can deal with them at any time. As long as I don't let them sentence death on the spot, we will not be considered a breach of contract. At that time, they will die in prison when they die, when they drink water, or when they naturally die when they sleep, and they will not care about our affairs."

Li Shimin began to hear what hide and seek, what death from drinking water, what death from sleep, etc., but soon Li Shimin understood the corresponding meaning under Jing Wen's blinking hint.

"Hahahaha..." Li Shimin and Jing Wen laughed treacherously.
Chapter completed!