Chapter 493: It Has Been Chinese Since Ancient Times
Li Chengqian led an army of tens of thousands much slower than Gao Wei, and when his army came to the outside of Buyeo City, it was already noon the next day.
Xue Rengui ordered the army to camp three miles away from the south gate of Fuyu City, which was of course to bully Yuan Gai Suwen and did not dare to go out of the city to challenge.
On the same day, the army rested for half a day, and early the next morning, Li Chengqian led 60,000 Tang soldiers and 30,000 Khitan and Xi people to the south of Fuyu City.
Li Chengqian saw from a distance that the black and dark earth city was more than three zhang high, and its thickness was incalculable.
When Goguryeo built the city wall, it chose to use local materials and dig directly from under the city wall to build the wall, which caused the ditch outside the city wall to be very deep and wide, and now the water in the ditch has just thawed, and it is not easy for the army to pass through quickly.
If the ants attack the city and directly fill it with human lives, I am afraid that it will not work without 350,000 people.
Li Chengqian looked at the city again, because the city wall was built extremely wide, and the Goguryeo people built many stone bunkers on the city, and the black holes on the bunkers should be used to shoot crossbow arrows.
Brother Cave and Su Zhi, who were following Li Chengqian's car, were also observing the city wall, and their faces turned pale, and they no longer dared to let their people attack the city, because that might lead to the destruction of the city.
"Prince of Tang Kingdom, you dare to come to the city from afar!"
When Li Chengqian and the others were watching, they heard a provocative sound coming from Buyeo City.
Li Chengqian lightly ordered: "Take a few steps forward." ”
The driving guard moved when he heard the order, the car drove slowly forward, the honor guard also moved, and then the army behind also took square steps and slowly pressed up.
Li Chengqian's this time is a big show, the total number of people alone is as much as 90,000, plus 30,000 horses, the formation of the line occupies a few miles of the place, and the armor is shining brightly, it is really shocking to see from the head of the city!
In addition to the infantry and cavalry, there were also large trebuchets in the army at this time, standing in the middle of the military formation, and at the same time, hundreds of hot air balloons floating in the sky also formed a formation, floating towards the sky above Buyeo City.
Yuangai Suwen, who was standing in the city, saw the formation of the Tang army, he was really hated and jealous, and gritted his teeth and scolded: "Li Chengqian's Huangkou child has no courage and no strategy, why drive this army of tens of thousands of tigers and wolves, and why do you want to inherit China's thousands of miles of rivers and mountains?"
In the end, I can't talk about being angry.
After a while, he looked at Li Chengqian's car and sneered: "Okay, okay, Li Chengqian, aren't you here to kill me?" Aren't you going to use the destruction of my Goguryeo to obtain military merits that are enough to protect your position in the Tang Dynasty?
Then I'll make you lose everything in this battle. ”
Li Chengqian's car drove a few steps forward, and stopped steadily outside the range of all the crossbow arrows in Buyeo City, Xue Rengui walked out of the brigade with the reins of his horse, and suddenly raised his breath, and shouted at the head of Buyeo City like thunder: "Is there a Goguryeo great pair of Lu Yuan Gai Suwen on the head of the city?"
Seeing this, Yuangai Suwen looked awe-inspired, knowing that he couldn't lose his momentum in front of the two armies, he threw off his cloak and pretended to laugh and said: "Haha, I am Yuangai Suwen, and I asked Li Chengqian to come out and answer." ”
"Presumptuous! The ministers of the vassal kingdom also dare to call His Royal Highness the Crown Prince by his name! Cheng Liting was furious when he heard this, and shouted loudly.
Goguryeo once declared himself a vassal to the Tang Dynasty, and the king of Goguryeo was only a first-class county king in the Tang Dynasty's official system, and Yuangai Suwen could only be regarded as a courtier.
Of course, this is a normal situation in which relations between the two countries are concerned, and now that the Tang Dynasty has been attacking Goguryeo for several years, it is a bit deceitful to mention this.
Sure enough, Yuangai Suwen was furious when he heard this, and snorted angrily: "The Tang State has been fighting with me Goguryeo for many years, who is the vassal of the Tang State?"
The Tang State will not die in destroying me, and has been fighting against my Goguryeo for several years, displacing the people of Goguryeo, and killing and wounding countless soldiers and civilians, and you are embarrassed to claim to be the suzerainty of my Goguryeo?"
"Yuan Gai Suwen, you are a chaotic minister and thief, you plotted to kill the king of Goguryeo...... Shangguan Yi also beat his horse and walked out of the queue, loudly counting the sins of Yuan Gai Suwen.
Li Chengqian stood in front of the car and watched with interest as the three of them argued with Yuan Gai Suwen.
The few of them were full of breath and shouted loudly, so that not only the opponents two hundred meters away could hear clearly, but most of the soldiers on the battlefield could also hear clearly.
Li Chengqian knew that this was not nonsense, and that the two sides were also carrying out a battle mobilization in the course of refuting each other, and further propagating the significance of the war.
"Hahaha......"
Yuan Gai Suwen listened to Shangguan Yi's words, and laughed as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world.
Shangguan Yi's face was a little ugly when he laughed.
Yuan Gai Suwen smiled, and said in a mocking tone: "I'm a rebel and a thief? Have you forgotten how your current emperor ascended to the throne?"
Shangguan Yi's face was even more ugly, but he was naturally not stumped by these poems, and then said loudly:
"My Tang Dynasty is His Majesty the Emperor, I was first made the crown prince by my Tang Emperor Gaozu, I have been in charge of the country for more than a year, and I was enthroned by Emperor Gaozu Chan, and the world knows it, so what is there to ask?"
Yuangai Suwen didn't answer this, but just smiled coldly.
Li Chengqian saw that if he continued to argue like this, his battle would be immoral, and he mentioned Zhongqi and slowly spoke: "Yuangai Suwen, no matter what Goguryeo is like, the Lone King must destroy Goguryeo!" ”
Yuan Gai Suwen heard Li Chengqian's domineering words, his eyes widened angrily, and he shouted angrily: "Why? Just because you are strong, you will destroy all the countries in the world?
Li Chengqian, you are a yellow-mouthed child, your tone is not small, if you have the ability, you will enter the city to fight me to the death? I'd like to see how many pounds and taels you have?"
Li Chengqian was still unheard of Yuan Gai Suwen's provocation and insults, and said calmly: "The Lone King wants to destroy Goguryeo not because the Tang Dynasty is arrogant, but because the entire land occupied by Goguryeo has been the land of China since ancient times.
As early as the Shang and Zhou dynasties, this is the feudal country of Jizi, the Qin and Han dynasties set up counties here, and at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, China was in turmoil, and your ancestors stole this place. ”
Speaking of this, he suddenly raised his anger, turned back and said to the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty: "Now that China is strong, we naturally want to recover our homeland!" ”
The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty behind him heard the words one by one, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and shouted "Regain their homeland!" Reclaim your homeland! "Morale went up all at once.
Yuan Gai Suwen looked at Tang Jun's eyes instantly red when he looked at Tang Jun who was screaming below, gritted his teeth and said, "Since Li Chengqian wants to recover his homeland, then come!" ”
Yuangai Suwen said and turned around and walked into the bunker in the city.
Li Chengqian's car also slowly retreated, and at the same time, Li Chengqian signaled that Xue Rengui could attack the city, and Xue Rengui immediately ordered the siege.
The herald beside Xue Rengui waved the flag, and the first thing to move was the hot air balloon in the air.
Some of the hot air balloons rose to different levels and flew to different directions in Buyeo City, and their mission was to monitor the movement in Buyeo City.
The other went straight to the south gate of Buyeo City, and their task was to suppress the crossbow arrows on Buyeo City from the air and create safe conditions for digging the city below.
The catapult below was also pushed forward and threw explosives packs at Buyeo along with the hot air balloon in the air.
A rumbling explosion rang out, and billowing black smoke rose from the city!