Chapter 312: Good News
The eldest grandson Wuji was blocked in his chest by Li Dongsheng's words, and wanted to get angry, but thinking that Li Dongsheng said that he had no measure, and then having a verbal dispute with him at this time would really leave this impression, looking at the expressions of the people in the big tent were very weird, the eldest grandson Wuji took a deep breath, spit it out again, and said with a forced smile: "Lantian Hou is really ridiculous to speak, according to what you say, everyone is responsible for what they say, there are not many people in this court." ”
Li Dongsheng no longer ignored him, he bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty, what Weichen said is for the Tang Dynasty, please consider it carefully." ”
Li Shimin shook his head and said: "You are loyal, I know it, but the risk of dividing troops to fight is too great, and I can't accept it." ”
After being silent for a while, Li Dongsheng said: "Then please allow Your Majesty to agree to Weichen to go to the water army, where to attack with my Tang army." ”
Seeing that Li Dongsheng was still mixed here, Li Shimin was unhappy: "You are a complete attendant, how can you run around." Then he frowned and said, "I have made up my mind, Lantian waits for you without saying much, retreat." ”
At this time, there was a sudden rush and chaotic sound of horses' hooves outside the tent, and he came straight to the tent of the commander of the Chinese army, and he heard a voice shouting excitedly: "Good news!" Good news! ”
"The remnants of Liaodong City have all been wiped out, and our army has captured Liaodong City!"
"Our army has conquered Liaodong City! Datang Wansheng! ”
This was followed by the thunderous cheers of the Tang army in the big battalion, and all kinds of cries and cheers almost lifted the roof of the tent.
In the handsome tent, from Li Shimin to the officials below also let out earth-shattering cheers. Only Li Dongsheng is still so calm, in his heart, it is certain that the city of Liaodong will be broken, the moment the city gate is blown up by gunpowder, it is already doomed to the fall of Liaodong City, those heroic Goguryeo soldiers in the city just said that they were stubbornly resistant, and it was a matter of time before they were purged, and now the good news has been issued, which means that Liaodong City has completely fallen into the hands of the Tang Dynasty, and from now on Goguryeo is a woman waiting to be ravaged. At this time, the complete battle report had been presented to Li Shimin and circulated among the civil and military officials.
After a long time before it reached Li Dongsheng's hands, the battle report was written in detail, after today's battle, the resistance of the Goguryeo defenders was still very tenacious, every street in the city was a battlefield for both sides, the Tang army paid a great price of casualties, and it took a lot of hardships to wipe out all the remnants of the enemy. At the end of the battle report, the results of the battle were written.
The biggest result of this battle was the annihilation of more than 30,000 Goguryeo defenders, and all the remaining defenders fled. killed Jiang Xian, the defender of Liaodong City, captured Li Xiuzhen, the lord of Liaodong City, and nearly 100 of his subordinates, as well as more than 5,000 Goguryeo soldiers who were captured alive, and the battle damage of a city was more than 40,000 and nearly 50,000, such a loss was also very painful for a small country like Goguryeo.
Li Shimin, who calmed down, fulfilled all the dispositions of Liaodong City in the early stage, and said very directly, all the 5,000 Goguryeo defenders who were captured alive were killed, and Li Xiuzhen, the lord of Liaodong City, was beheaded to pay tribute to the soldiers who died in battle under the city. The soldiers of the Tang army slaughtered Liaodong City for three days. During these three days, the officers and men of the Tang Army and the Tang Volunteers who led the Tang Army in the early stage did not be held accountable by military law no matter how heinous and evil they did to the people of Goguryeo in the city.
It is conceivable that the next three days will definitely become a carnival for the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, and the bad news for the surviving people in Liaodong City. In this era, the slaughter of a city after conquering a city has become a matter of course, and it is a cruel fact that it is better to be a peaceful dog than a troubled person, not to mention that it is still the people of the enemy country, and no one will say a word for them.
Three days later, the satisfied Tang soldiers put away the incarnation of the demon, and the whole team that was reluctant to give up in the scolding and scolding of the major generals became honest and honest Guanzhong men again, and no one would associate these honest guys with those demons in the city if they didn't see it with their own eyes.
Li Shimin changed his depression a few days ago, and convened people every day to discuss the next step of the march. At this time, there was another good news, Zhang Liang, the chief of the Pyongyang Provincial March, led 20,000 sailors from Laizhou, landed in Goguryeo three days later, and after the landing, there was no rest and a quick march for a day and a night The soldiers approached the city of Beisha, and immediately launched a surprise attack, and the Goguryeo defenders of the city of Beisha were caught off guard, and they conquered the city of Beisha in only one day, annihilating and capturing more than 10,000 defenders of the city. After conquering Beisha City, Zhang Liang has led the rest of the army to the north with all his might, and has connected three cities along the way.
Seeing such a good news, Li Shimin simply fell in love with this Zhang Liang, and his war report gave Li Shimin a strong support, and now the civil and military generals who have doubts have no objections, and everyone has unanimously agreed that the army will no longer divide its troops, and go directly south to capture Jian'an City and Anshi City, and then join Zhang Liang's team under Pyongyang City, capture Pyongyang, and completely complete the battle of the Eastern Crusade.
Li Dongsheng has done everything he can, and now he is just a quiet beautiful man, following Li Shimin to pack up and follow the army south.
The army repaired for another three days, and then marched towards the city of Jian'an. The forward 50,000 cavalry was led by Zhang Jian, opening the way in front, the 200,000 soldiers and horses of the Chinese army were led by Li Ji, and the rear army was the logistics of transporting grain, grass and ordnance, and it was composed of a mixture of government soldiers and recruited people.
Li Dongsheng originally wanted to go with Li Siwen, but Li Siwen was sent back to China by Li Ji. Li Dongsheng maliciously thought that Li Ji was afraid that his son was in danger, and then saw that he had made a meritorious contribution and got him back. He staggered and walked to the logistics unit, and then found that this was the best place for him to stay. He himself has a high title, everyone has to salute when they see him, and secondly, he grasped the logistics when he was in Dingxiang, and he has a very cordial sense of here, and many of the supervisors here are students who taught arithmetic to him back then, and it is very helpful to see his teacher coming.
Li Shimin is busy again now, and Li Dongsheng deliberately made himself a little transparent. The rest of the attendants wished that there was one less person to rob the emperor's favor, and they were all very happy when someone deliberately disappeared, and of course no one mentioned it.
Li Dongsheng walks on the horse alone and sometimes wonders, is he thinking too much, the current Datang is no longer the Tang Dynasty in history, the current Datang is more powerful, and there are gunpowder and grenades, there is no problem in capturing any city, think about the Tang Dynasty in history can destroy Goguryeo, and now with the help of his own invention, there should be no problem, right? But why am I still a little worried? It's not that I'm worried about whether the Tang army can destroy Goguryeo, but I'm worried that the Tang army's casualties are too great.