Chapter 496: Li Ju's Death
People shouted that the horses were neighing, and the murderous spirit was rampant.
The rumbling sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, and the earth was shaken and trembled, and even Li Chengqian's military formation could hardly be completely quiet.
Li Chengqian stood on the car and felt very calm, holding the chariot and looking up into the distance, he wanted to see the last cavalry in Fuyu City.
Soon Li Chengqian saw the vanguard of the cavalry rushing forward on the rolling dust, and the cavalry dust was like a thick wolf smoke, dragged out for a long time, and standing in Li Chengqian's position, he could not see the situation behind him clearly.
The momentum of the 5,000 cavalry rushing into battle can definitely be called overwhelming, and if they were allowed to rush to the front, even if Li Chengqian's side had an army formation of nearly 80,000 people, they might be scattered.
Therefore, it is necessary to form a special military formation to block the attack before they rush forward.
Fortunately, the Tang Dynasty already had a corresponding military formation for cavalry.
Cheng Wuting had already led 10,000 Tang troops to set up a driving formation a hundred paces away, and they faced the impact of the earth shaking the mountains and thousands of horses galloping, calmly and methodically arranged the military formation.
Brother Cave and Su Zhi, who were standing next to Li Chengqian's car, were very surprised to see that the Tang army could still deal with the sudden attack in a strict formation, if it was their tribesmen who encountered these 5,000 cavalry charging into battle, they would have fled in fright.
The Tang army set up a position, and the vanguard of the Goguryeo cavalry also entered the range of trebuchet bombing.
Cheng Wuting looked at the Goguryeo cavalry that pressed up like a mountain with an expressionless face, and said calmly: "Bombardment!" ”
The heralds beside him immediately raised the flag.
Three rows of catapults threw explosives in rows, one after another, and when the last row of catapults was thrown, the first row of catapults was loaded with explosives and began a new round of throwing.
And so on and so forth, several rounds of bombardment in a row.
Boom, boom......
The sound of the gunpowder explosion shook the earth, immediately overpowering the momentum of the 5,000 Goguryeo cavalry charging with all their might, and in the thick black smoke, the sound was rolling, the earth shook, and the stumps and arms of the people who were unfortunately hit by the explosives bag flew together with the heads of horses, and swords, longbows, and gravel and dust danced together.
As for the wails and blood, ambitions or aspirations, they all turned into a sad song with the smoke and smoke of the fire, permeating this tragic battlefield.
Even the cavalry that was not bombed, the horses and men lost their center of gravity in the shaking of the mountain, and they rolled off their horses one after another.
Whether it was a dead corpse or a war horse, even a wounded living person, it became an obstacle for the cavalry behind.
The cavalry behind could only rejoice and slow down, but they did not know that their doom was coming.
Hot air balloons in different wind layers had already flown above their heads, and Tang Jun on the hot air balloon easily picked up the explosive bag and lit it, and then gently threw it down.
Thundered......
The same explosion,
The same sound,
Like a stump flying,
The same war horse neighed.
The difference was that the bombardment was much larger, covering the entire cavalry formation.
Li Chengqian smiled when he saw this scene, and Wu Bo's cavalry was worthy of his smile, and before the second round of bombardment fell, some people had already fled.
Originally, the Goguryeo soldiers were afraid of Tang's gunpowder, but after several years of contact, after being brainwashed repeatedly by Yuangai Suwen, they were a little bold and dared to go out of the city to fight.
Now that he suddenly encountered such a powerful blow, he really couldn't have the courage to fight back, and when he saw someone running away, he immediately followed him......
The defeat is like a mountain, and here Li Chengqian and others interpret it clearly.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really a god, and he defeated 5,000 cavalry almost without bloodshed, really, really ......"
The Tang Army's achievements made Brother Cave exhausted.
"Haha, I have long expected that with the divine might of the Heavenly Khan, the wisdom of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and the bravery of the Tang Heavenly Army, the five thousand Goguryeo cavalry are not to be feared at all."
When Brother Cave was embarrassed, Su Zhi skillfully slapped Datang's ass, which made Brother Cave even more embarrassed, and he could only scold Su Zhi's old dog wagging his tail in his heart.
Li Chengqian said with a reserved smile on his face: "The five thousand cavalry are defeated, and the destruction of the city is just around the corner." ”
Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and they all looked to the side of the city wall.
Because of the distance, everyone could only see a black hole in the city wall that was only one person wide but only one person high, and everyone knew that the grassland was dug out there.
They could no longer see what was in the cave, which meant that the diggers had dug deep and there was no light in it.
Soon they saw a group of Tang troops driving 30 carts towards the city wall, and the carts were loaded with explosives bags for the Tang army's victory over the enemy.
"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, what are you going to do here?" Su Zhi asked puzzled.
Li Chengqian didn't look at him, just smiled mysteriously and said, "Look, you'll know later." ”
The cart came smoothly under the city wall, and the soldiers gave an order to all the diggers to come out, put down their tools, carry the explosive bags, and enter the hole they had dug into the wall.
Put the explosives bag in a black hole like a rock.
When all the explosives were put into the black hole, the Tang army ordered the people who dug up the wall to retreat to the military formation, and Li Chengqian also got out of the car for the first time and stood on the ground, ordering Che Zhen to drive his car away.
With everything ready, the Tang army under the city wall finally lit the fuse, and then quickly ran to both sides.
They are all very good blasters, they have detonated many explosive packets in the construction of Youzhou, and they have rich blasting experience.
Although it was far away, Li Chengqian could only vaguely see a little spark flickering, but he still held his breath and concentrated all his attention on the little flame.
It was 30 carts of gunpowder weighing a total of 20,000 catties, and its explosion was earth-shattering.
It's not comparable to the power of the fried buns that were only a few dozen catties thrown just now.
All the experienced people at the scene opened their eyes wide and stared at the city wall, wanting to see the real Tianwei.
As the fuse burned rapidly, the explosives were finally detonated
Boom—————boom————boom——————
The explosives exploded several times, and the walls did not fly all at once.
However, in the eyes of Li Chengqian and others, in their ears, the explosives exploded, and then they felt that the ground shook, and billowing smoke rose and filled a radius of dozens of feet.
When the smoke gradually cleared, a gap several zhang long had appeared in the first black soil wall outside Buyeo City, and Xue Rengui, who was closest to the city wall, had already led his army to the gap and entered the first earthen wall of Buyeo City smoothly.
Brother Cave looked up at the sun in the sky, he had just walked to the southeast corner, and he had an unreal feeling, what was going on?
It took less than two hours to conquer a heavily fortified city, and there were no casualties.
"Send troops to follow Xue Rengui in, clean up the enemy troops between the first earthen wall and the second earthen wall, and then change a group of young people from the two clans to go in and dig the second earthen wall." Li Chengqian ordered in a calm voice.
"Obey!" Shangguan Yi bowed and saluted, and hurriedly went to make arrangements.
"Follow the orders of His Royal Highness the Tang Prince!" Su Zhi, who reacted, also saluted Li Chengqian excitedly, and then motioned to Brother Cave to go with him to arrange for the young man who dug the second wall.
Li Chengqian watched the two leave, with a bright smile on his face, and secretly said in his heart: After this time, these two should be honest and obedient!
After destroying Goguryeo, Li Chengqian is bound to leave Yandu, and the strong clans of the grasslands outside Yandu outside the city of Khitan and Xidu cannot but deter them.
At this moment, Li Chengqian's car was driven by the driver again, and Li Chengqian [5200 www.bqg5200.biz] helped Liu Kui to the car and prepared to rest for a while.
It may take a whole day to capture Buyeo City today, and it is too close to the battlefield Li Chengqian did not set up a camp tent, so he could only temporarily use the car as a camp tent.
As soon as Li Chengqian walked into the car, he heard a hissing howl in the distance, and Li Chengqian glanced at Liu Kui, which meant to go and take a look.
Liu Kui hurriedly lowered his head and walked out to see that he came back quickly, and then he heard a man's voice crying outside the car, "His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Prince......"
It's a howl!
Li Chengqian thought.
"What's going on?" Li Chengqian asked unhappily when he saw Liu Kui.
Liu Kui's face turned weak and said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, the slave maid saw a messenger wearing heavy filial piety and broke in, and he was being searched. ”
Li Chengqian sighed tiredly when he heard this, but he still stood up on the table, and as he walked out, he thought that it should not be the general of the front line who died.
Could it be that Li Shimin died, which would save me a lot of trouble......
Li Chengqian thought about it and walked out of the carriage, the messenger happened to be searched and came to Li Chengqian's car, as soon as he saw Li Chengqian come out, he threw himself on the ground and howled and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Prince, the crown prince and the crown princess are all gone!" ”
When Liu Kui heard this, he subconsciously went to help Li Chengqian, but when he saw Li Chengqian standing steadily, he looked at the messenger with an unkind expression and shouted: "What did you say?"
Li Chengqian didn't wait for him to answer, so he shouted loudly: "Where did the spy come from, he dared to use such a thing to deceive King Gu? The people who came dragged them down and tortured them severely. ”
Liu Kui believed Li Chengqian's words without thinking about it, and hissed like a cat whose tail had been stepped on: "Someone! Drag this spy down and torture him. ”
The messenger lying on the ground heard this, and no longer wanted to cry, hurriedly got up from the ground and took out a few letters, raised his hands, and said in a panic: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, what the last general said is true, I don't believe you look at this letter from Liang Di Niangniang, and also the letter sent by His Royal Highness King Yan and General Wang from Luoyang." ”
Looking at the letter in his hand, Li Chengqian's expression finally changed, although he did not read the content of the letter, but the handwriting on the envelope Li Chengqian recognized.
Looking at those letters, Li Chengqian didn't speak, nor did he move, just stared straight at it.
Slowly digesting this matter in his mind, he could no longer see the child who was so clever and sensible, and the woman who was as gentle as water, the first family member he had ever crossed over to enter his heart.
Over the years, she has gotten along with the crown princess Su, she has a smile and a smile, she is considerate of herself and conniving at herself......
Li Chengqian still doesn't know what love is, but the two of them have been grinding their ears and temples for several years, and it is really difficult to accept that they left suddenly.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Prince, you want to mourn!" Shangguan Yi didn't know when he came back.
Li Chengqian looked up at Shangguan Yi blankly, recovered a little, turned his head to look at Liu Kui, and saw that Liu Kui was crying silently.
Li Chengqian's heart ached even more, he wanted to read the letter, but found that from his chest to his head, it seemed to be filled with thick glue, and he couldn't lift up a little strength or make a sound.
Finally, he could only point feebly to the letter in the messenger's hand.
Shangguan Yi saw that he was busy taking the letter from the messenger and forwarding it to Liu Kui, Liu Kui hurriedly wiped away his tears, took the letter and checked it, and handed it to Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian took the letter and held it in his hand without opening it, but sat down cross-legged first, and after sitting down, he stared at the letter in his hand, without saying a word, and without opening the letter.
Slap-smack-smack-smack......
Tears dripped down one by one.
I don't know how long later, a soldier from the front line came to deliver the letter.
"Report ——, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, General Xue has cleaned up the Goguryeo soldiers in an earthen wall, and they can continue to dig the wall, please give an order from His Royal Highness the Prince."
Li Chengqian suddenly raised his head, his eyes were red, and he didn't know what was going on.
Shangguan Yi on the side of the car had to repeat it.
Li Chengqian nodded mechanically without a sound, and after a while, he ordered to say softly: "The lonely king is not feeling well, and the siege of the city is fully handed over to Xue Rengui to preside, and those who dare not obey will be killed." ”
Li Chengqian gave the order to strike without waiting for everyone to respond, and directly ordered: "Return to the camp." ”