(...The previous chapter had the wrong number, and I can't change it...)
More than anything, Wang Xuan wanted to destroy the Goguryeo royal family for his own sake. After all, he had already tasted the sweetness of the Wuhuan people. Just thinking about Goguryeo, a nation with eight hundred years of history, made Wang Xuan excited. How much fortune must that be?!
Thus, when Guan Hai and the others set out, they were all stunned to see Wang Xuan dressed in full military attire.
They had never imagined that Wang Xuan would go with them. It made no sense. How could the Imperial Advisor, such a lazy man—cough, such a quiet and inactive man—voluntarily travel thousands of miles to do something like this?
What everyone thought was unimportant. In any case, no one dared ask too many questions.
Three days later, the Goguryeo capital, the royal palace in Guknae-seong, went up in flames. The Goguryeo royal family was almost completely wiped out, triggering civil unrest throughout Goguryeo. The country split into six factions that attacked one another, with none willing to yield.
As the saying went, civil wars were always more brutal than wars against outsiders. Even after the border herdsmen had been completely wiped out, there would only be opportunists taking advantage of the chaos, hoping to swallow up the other side while both factions were weak. No one would think of joining forces against an external enemy.
Four months later, earlier than expected, the Goguryeo people had no time to concern themselves with anything else, and the vassal state planned by the Wang family began construction. Wang Xuan also ended this northern expedition. After leaving five thousand armored cavalry to guard the border, he took the remaining troops aboard ships at Yingkou and returned to Jizhou.
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