Zhuge Liang predicted that, King Dongchuan, the contemporary Goguryeo king, had sent a horse to secretly spy on the movements of Ao Lie's army. The ice city that Ao Lie and Zhuge Liang jointly created was naturally seen by these horses. Out of the unique awe of the Goguryeo people, these horses were shocked and thought that there was really a god to help Ao Lie in secret. Otherwise, how could the ice city in front of him be explained?

When the news was circulated back to Goguryeo, the King of Dongchuan was also shocked inexplicably, but the King of Dongchuan was the king of a country after all, and his knowledge was not comparable to the few detectives from the lower class. Although he was shocked, he was not confused and ordered the detectives to continue to inquire about the movements of Ao Liejun.

However, what happened in the next few days made King Dongchuan unable to sit still. Ao Lie's army seemed to have really been protected by the gods. Every evening, they would stop moving forward and rest. After dinner, the soldiers in the camp rested early and did not move any other things. But whenever the next morning, an ice city would appear magically on the periphery of Ao Lie's military camp, covering the entire military camp. Moreover, the shape of the gate of the ice city became more and more ferocious, as if they could swallow the entire Goguryeo at any time.

For five consecutive days, a city every day. The miracles created seemed to have become real miracles. Even many soldiers under Ao Lie's subordinates believed that there were gods secretly helping him, and their morale was getting higher and higher. They wanted to kill Goguryeo immediately and use their own swords and guns to conquer the alien races there. In contrast, although Goguryeo ordered the blockade of the news, the miracles still spread like wings, which made the domestic soldiers and civilians panic all day long. They believed that Ao Lie's army was sent by the gods to punish Goguryeo's heavenly soldiers and generals.

Five days later, Ao Lie's troops came to Liaodong, bordering Goguryeo and arrived in Liaodong. Ao Lie could use troops to Goguryeo at any time. At that time, the prefect of Liaodong was Deng Zhi, a new savage from Yiyang who was in Wancheng. Deng Zhi returned to Youzhou with Ao Lie, and was appointed as the prefect of Liaodong by Ao Lie. After Deng Zhi took office, he cleaned up the remnants of Gongsun Du. The vast Liaodong County was completely in the hands of Ao Lie, which was both the food production area in the rear and the first line of defense for naval battles. In the following two years, Deng Zhi fully demonstrated his governmental skills and managed Liaodong in an orderly manner. The people in the county lived and worked in peace and contentment, presenting a peaceful scene.

When Ao Lie came outside Liaodong City, Deng Zhi had already led the crowd to greet him. As Deng Zhi entered the county magistrate's mansion, Ao Lie asked Deng Zhi about his views and countermeasures about the Goguryeo people. Deng Zhi carefully explained the situation of the Goguryeo people one by one, which was generally similar to what Zhuge Liang said, but it was more specific and detailed. From this, it can be seen that since Deng Zhi took office, he has always maintained his due vigilance against Goguryeo. Finally, Deng Zhi summarized his remarks: "Lord, Goguryeo is located in a remote place, and today is pacified and rebelled tomorrow. It is difficult for our army to work hard on the expedition. Therefore, Zhi thought that the lord should attack the heart first, attack the plan first, conquer his heart in one battle, shake his courage, and make him dare not rebel again."

After Deng Zhi finished speaking, Zhuge Liang clapped and said, "I didn't expect that Bo Miao is not only good at government affairs, but also has such sharp planning. Lord. You are so talented." Ao Lie also smiled and said, "Bo Miao's talent is indeed a bit talented in Liaodong. I want to win Goguryeo and Fuyu. After I conquer Goguryeo and Fuyu, I will change the two countries into one county. At that time, Bo Miao will go to Xinjun to serve as the prefect of Xinjun." Ao Lie's words touched Deng Zhi very much. Fuyu and Goguryeo are two kingdoms bordering Liaodong. Deng Zhi naturally knew that each of the territories of these two kingdoms was not under Liaodong. If they were merged into one county in the future, they would be simply a country in the country. If they were not someone Ao Lie trusted very much, they would never be appointed as the prefect of Xinjun by Ao Lie.

Deng Zhi stood up and took two steps back, bowed respectfully to Ao Lie, and said seriously: "Deng Zhi was originally a commoner, and his reputation was not revealed in the world. The lord did not humble Zhi, bring Zhi to Youzhou and entrusted the important task of the prefect. Zhi was grateful in his heart, and he would like to repay his lord's great kindness in order to repay his lord's great kindness."

When Zhuge Liang saw Deng Zhi's excited feelings, he didn't want Deng Zhi to bear too much psychological pressure, so he joked: "Bomiao, the lord hasn't won Goguryeo and Fuyu yet. He is just giving you a cake. Look at you, you're still serious."

Zhuge Liang's words made Ao Lie and Deng Zhi laugh at the same time. Amid the laughter, Ao Lie glanced at Zhuge Liang vaguely, and became more and more satisfied with Zhuge Liang. When Ao Lie put Zhuge Liang as the position of Grand Governor Sima, after more than a year of training and accumulation, Zhuge Liang's progress was very obvious. Whether it was handling political affairs, governing military affairs, or even coordinating the relationship between colleagues, Zhuge Liang had already begun to show his spirit of a leader. Ao Lie believes that after Zhuge Liang personally experienced this battle to attack Goguryeo, Fuyu, and resist the Xianbei, his talent in command in front of the battle will be stimulated to the greatest extent and then obtain a qualitative leap. By that time, Zhuge Liang is the Zhuge Liang in history, and will transform into a famous prime minister who is "more than evil".

Because of the urgent time of this battle, Ao Lie did not waste time. On the second day after arriving in Liaodong, Ao Lie led his troops and joined forces with the Liaodong county soldiers led by Deng Zhi, a total of 15,000 people to launch a fierce attack on Goguryeo. Starting from the town bordering Liaodong, he headed towards the capital of the Goguryeo Kingdom, Marudu.

Within one day, Ao Lie's army conquered three cities. Due to the miracle, his soldiers were highly morale, extremely brave in battle, and fearless in death, which was no different from the legendary heavenly soldiers and generals. After breaking the city, Ao Lie adopted Deng Zhi's strategy of attacking the heart first, appeased the people of the alien race in the city, and told them that he was the Great Han Youge Grand Commander, the General of the Cavalry, and the Champion Hou. He followed the will of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty and came to Goguryeo to bring a better life to the people here. At the same time, Ao Lie did not hesitate to delay some time of march and personally inspected the grain fields and ploughing tools in the city, pointing out that the backward farming methods of the Goguryeo people and the ploughing tools that had been eliminated by the times were impossible to make a good harvest of land. He also asked the soldiers to use advanced ploughing tools to demonstrate to the people of Goguryeo, so that they could know how to reclaim the land most efficiently.

Ao Lie's kindness, advanced farming tools and farming methods allowed a large number of Goguryeo people to go out of their homes and gather around the Han army to ask questions. The fear gradually disappeared from their faces. What was replaced by the desire for a bumper harvest. No matter which country the people were, they hoped that they could harvest more food in their land. For these most ordinary working people, who could bring them a bumper harvest and who could let their family live a life of food and clothing, is the hero in their minds.

With Ao Lie's efforts, the hatred of the Goguryeo people towards the Han army was eliminated. Among the three cities that had been occupied, Ao Lie only left one hundred Han soldiers in each city. Their task was not to defend the city, but to impart more knowledge on farming to the ordinary Goguryeo people.

The next day, Ao Lie continued to lead his army and once again staged a great victory in conquering the three cities within one day. However, the battle on this day was different from yesterday. Goguryeo's resistance was no longer so strong. There was even a city's people who killed the cruel and incorruptible generals and spontaneously surrendered. The reason was that Ao Lie's righteous deeds had been recognized by Goguryeo's people. They no longer believed that Ao Lie was an invader who came to plunder their country, but believed that Ao Lie was the guide who came to guide them and would lead them to live a good life of good food and clothing.

Sometimes, the hearts of the people at the bottom are so simple. Even if you are the king, if you cannot give me a stable life, I will not recognize your king's status; even if you are a foreigner, if you can make my life develop in a better direction, then I will open my heart to you and think you are my friend.

On the third day, Ao Lie still maintained the momentum of conquering three cities in a row. On this day, the people of two cities, led by their generals to guard the city, took the initiative to open the city gate, serve wine and food, and welcome Ao Lie's army into the city.

Inside the palace, King Dongchuan frowned and looked at the battle report in front of him, his face was shocked and angry. He didn't understand what magic Ao Lie had cast on his subordinates and his people, and he actually asked them to surrender to Ao Lie. However, King Dongchuan knew in his heart that at most two days, Ao Lie's army would kill outside the city of Marudu. At that time, the one in front of him, King Goguryeo, would be left with a dead end besides surrender.

Greed is in everyone's heart. Especially for a person with high power like Dongchuan King, the greed in his heart is even stronger. He will never tolerate his comfortable life being destroyed and his royal power being trampled on! So Dongchuan King made a crazy decision: "Come here, I will order the troops of all cities in Marudu to give up resistance, throw away those untouchables, and immediately gather in Marudu. I will fight the Han army to the death in Marudu!"

King Dongchuan's idea was crazy. In the south of Marutou, there were seven cities that were not occupied by Ao Lie's army. Each city had military horses ranging from 1,000 to 3,000 troops. In addition, more than 20,000 garrisons in Marutou City, King Dongchuan was preparing to gather 40,000 troops to come and face the Han army under Ao Lie's troops in a head-on battle! He didn't believe that the 40,000 troops he gathered could not defeat Ao Lie's 15,000 Han army with the strength of Marutou City?

So, under the order of the King of Dongchuan, the army and horses of the seven southern cities were mobilized by orders. They had to leave their parents, wives and children, and amid the sobs, they took weapons and stepped out of the city of their hometown and gathered towards Maruto City.
Chapter completed!