Goguryeo Wang has a complicated expression and is hesitant.
But in the end, he chose to listen to Minister of Internal Affairs and said with a lonely look, "Minister of Internal Affairs, you are fully responsible for this matter."
"The fate of our country depends on you."
He doesn't want to become a vassal state of Great Han, but he has no choice. If he doesn't do this, he can only wait to be destroyed.
"I obey!"
Minister of Internal Affairs bowed his head deeply and left quickly.
The palace prison, where Cui Lin is being imprisoned.
Although he is in prison now, he has no feeling of being Prisoner. Instead, he is full of pride and ambition.
"I was killed on a mission to another country on behalf of Great Han. I don't know how history books will record me in the future... That's all, I'll leave it to future generations to comment."
"I want Immortalized in History after all!"
Cui Lin had a smile on his face, and he felt particularly happy when he thought that he would leave a mark in the history books.
This is his lifelong dream!
Just when Cui Lin was still thinking about how the history books would evaluate him, Minister of Internal Affairs rushed over with a group of Royal City Guards.
"Are you here to kill me?"
Cui Lin was overjoyed when he saw this. He quickly stood up and scolded them in an awe-inspiring manner, "You bunch of barbarians from a small country who dare to offend me, if you want to kill me, just go ahead and kill me!"
"I am the envoy of Great Han! I would rather die than surrender to you!"
Hearing these words, Minister of Internal Affairs's mouth twitched slightly, and he wanted to speak out to expose this shameless guy, but he endured it in the end.
Minister of Internal Affairs laughed and said, "The Han envoy misunderstood. Our king has realized his mistake. How could he kill the Han envoy?"
"In addition, the king believes that establishing diplomatic relations with Great Han is not enough to show our Goguryeo's respect for Great Han, so the king decided to surrender to Great Han forever and become a vassal state of Great Han."
"As Emissary, I will go with the Han envoy to see Emperor Great Han, and submit my credentials swearing surrender and Tribute Offerings."
"This matter cannot be delayed. Please also ask the Han envoy to leave Prison Cell as soon as possible. We will set off as soon as possible."
Minister of Internal Affairs stated his intention.
But Cui Lin was shocked. After reacting, he said to Minister of Internal Affairs in disbelief, "Bow down and surrender? How can you bow down and surrender?"
"You should kill me! Kill me quickly!"
Cui Lin never thought that after waiting for so long, what he was waiting for was not death, but the news that Goguryeo had surrendered to Great Han!
What the hell is going on?
He has obviously humiliated King Goguryeo so much. He has not spared any of Queen and Empress Dowager, yet he doesn't even want to kill him?!
"Envoy of the Han Dynasty, stop talking nonsense and set off quickly."
"Come here, take the Han envoys on their way!"
Minister of Internal Affairs said with a smile.
I saw him waving, and Royal City Guards who followed him immediately stepped forward to lift Cui Lin up and carried him to Prison Cell.
He knew that Cui Lin would not cooperate with him so easily, so he was already prepared and planned to kidnap this guy all the way to Han State.
"No! I'm not leaving!"
Cui Lin held on to the door of Prison Cell and shouted with a ferocious expression, "You can't do this to me! I should die here, this is my destiny!"
"Take it away!"
Minister of Internal Affairs don't talk nonsense to Cui Lin and let Royal City Guards carry him out Prison Cell by force.
"No--!!"
The moment the hand holding the cell door was separated, Cui Lin's desperate cry echoed throughout the prison.
You Province, Xuantu Commandery border.
While Cui Lin was sending Goguryeo as envoy, Huang Zhong began to mobilize the army to the border, just to wait until Tiger Warriors Army reported back the news that Cui Lin had been killed.
However, before the news from Cui Lin came back, a decree from Ji Province Eight-Hundred-Li Express arrived at the front line first.
"Your Majesty decree!"
Soldiers, who was responsible for delivering the decree, reined in his horse outside Camp Tent and began to read out the decree directly on the horse, "Goguryeo Kingdom has been my Huaxia territory since ancient times. Now it has been invaded by barbarians. It is a great shame and humiliation!"
"Ancestors's homeland cannot be lost! Order General Who Displays Might to lead the troops to attack Goguryeo and destroy his country!"
"As ordered!"
Upon hearing the content of this decree, Guo Jia standing outside Camp Tent suddenly had a look of astonishment on his face.
Goguryeo... is the territory of Huaxia?
Before he could ask, Huang Zhong couldn't help but said anxiously, "Military Advisor, Goguryeo is my Huaxia hometown. Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"If I had known this, why would Attendant-in-Chief Cui put himself in the situation and risk his life? His death would be in vain!"
Huang Zhong's tone was filled with blame.
In order to give them a reason to attack Goguryeo, Cui Lin chose to risk his life. Who would have thought that there was no need to do this!
"I, I don't know..."
Guo Jia was sweating profusely at this time. He had never heard of the saying that Goguryeo was the hometown of Huaxia.
But if Son of Heaven Imperial Edict says this, then we can't doubt that what Son of Heaven said is wrong, so we can only say that we don't know.
"Alas! Military Advisor, you are really hurting Attendant-in-Chief Cui!"
Huang Zhong shook his head and sighed.
Guo Jia couldn't argue for a while, and could only rub his eyebrows and say, "It's better to send troops as soon as possible. Send troops to kill them earlier, and maybe Attendant-in-Chief Cui can be saved."
"Okay!"
Huang Zhong nodded heavily, then mobilized his troops and horses to leave Xuantu Commandery and headed straight for the Goguryeo Kingdom.
However, not long after the army marched forward, they encountered Tiger Warriors Army who was retreating.
"Where is Attendant-in-Chief Cui?"
Huang Zhong didn't see Cui Lin inside, and felt something bad in his heart, so he asked the leading general.
The latter had a serious look on his face, took off the Golden Credential Staff and said, "Attendant-in-Chief Cui entered the Goguryeo Royal City alone three days ago and never came out again."
"Attendant-in-Chief Cui said something before entering the city. If he doesn't come out for a day, or someone in the city comes with Credential Staff to order us to enter the city, let the general retreat immediately with his troops and come back to deliver the message."
Hearing this, Huang Zhong felt sad and angry!
His gray beard and hair were all spread out, and he gritted his teeth and cursed, "What a Goguryeo! How dare you kill my Great Han envoy!"
"All Soldierss listen to my orders and follow me to capture King Goguryeo alive and destroy his country!"
Regardless of whether Cui Lin is actively seeking death, as long as he dares to kill the Han envoy, this is a slap in Great Han's face!
And now Imperial Edict has been ordered to attack Goguryeo. With the support of Son of Heaven and Imperial Court in this operation, he has no scruples at all!
After Huang Zhong gave the order, the army followed him in mighty force, led by the Tiger Warriors Army, and headed straight for the royal city of Goguryeo.
But soon, they met another group of people.
There were about a few hundred people in this group, wearing clothes and armor that were very different from them, and looked quite simple.
"They are the troops of Goguryeo!"
The Tiger Warriors Army general instantly recognized the identity of this troop and horse, and immediately said to Huang Zhong.
"Hmph! Only five hundred people dare to block the road?"
Huang Zhong snorted coldly. He didn't even need to charge against such a small number of soldiers. He killed them all with a hail of arrows.
Just when he was about to give the order to fire arrows, a man in the opponent's formation rode towards their formation.
"Don't shoot the arrow! Don't shoot the arrow!"
The man coming on horseback was none other than Minister of Internal Affairs. He dismounted not far from the Han Army's military formation and rolled over and ran over.
Huang Zhong didn't want to pay attention, so he waved his hand and gave the order.
But Guo Jia on the side stopped him and said, "Old General Huang wait a minute, let's see what this person has to say first."
Huang Zhong heard this and had no choice but to temporarily suppress his killing intent.
After Minister of Internal Affairs ran over, he panted and said, "Respected, respected general, I am the envoy of the Goguryeo Kingdom. I am sent as an envoy Great Han by the order of our lord. I surrender to Great Han!"
"We don't have any animosity!"
Minister of Internal Affairs finished speaking very quickly about his purpose and identity because he was worried that the other party might misunderstand him if he spoke too late.
He saw from a distance that Han Army had already lifted Bow and Arrows!
"Shut up!"
Huang Zhong was riding on the horse, looking down at Minister of Internal Affairs who was almost bowing to the ground, and sternly scolded, "You are a small barbarian country, how dare you kill me Great Han Emissary!"
"Now that I, Great Han Heavenly Army, have arrived, it is simply a daydream for you to think of surrendering to save your life!"
"Come here! Kill him!"
How could Huang Zhong listen to his nonsense? Goguryeo was destined to be destroyed from the moment he killed Cui Lin!
"No, no!"
When Minister of Internal Affairs saw Han Army Soldiers on both sides drawing their swords, they turned pale with fright and hurriedly explained, "General, please listen to my explanation. Although we have offended the Han envoy, we did not kill him!"
"The Han envoy is still alive and well, and is currently inside Carriage!"
Minister of Internal Affairs said while waving to the Royal City Guards army not far away, and soon two people carried Cui Lin over.
Cui Lin was now tied up and his mouth was gagged. He looked a little haggard. When he saw Huang Zhong, he immediately started struggling violently.
"Attendant-in-Chief Cui?"
Huang Zhong couldn't help but feel overjoyed when he saw it was really Cui Lin. He didn't expect that Cui Lin was still alive!