Autumn is high and dry, with ancient wooden buildings, it is difficult to resist the attack of open fire, the scope of the fire in the city is getting bigger and bigger, however, Xue Li and the others found an area without fire according to Zhang Gongjin's instructions, and quickly gathered the team.

At this time, behind them, tens of thousands of Goguryeo soldiers also followed to this area.

"General, do you want to let them come?"

"Is there anyone who understands the Goguryeo language? Those who shout and surrender will be spared death. ”

"Those who surrender will be spared death"

Among the Goguryeo soldiers, there were also many people who knew Chinese, and after the Tang army began to speak Chinese, they threw away the weapons in their hands one after another, and according to the requirements of the Tang army, they stood together with their heads in their hands.

On the mountain wall, Zhang Gongjin, who saw this scene, was quite satisfied with Xue Li's disposal, but he could look at the fire in the whole city, and he had already seen that the area of fire was getting bigger and bigger, and it began to burn towards the area where they were hiding, and the screams of the people who were originally hiding in those houses were burned to death also spread all over the city.

"General, the banner says, let us tear down the house to save ourselves."

"All the heavy cavalry, mount their horses, and storm the wooden houses, and the infantry collect the timber to prevent it from going overboard."

Xue Li gave the order, took the lead, drove the war horse, waved the iron halberd, and suddenly, a wooden building collapsed under his impact, Cheng Mingzhen did the same, and thousands of heavy cavalry followed behind them, all the way to the wooden houses.

"Ah~!"

All kinds of frightened screams came from inside the houses, they were the people who had been crushed by the collapse of the houses.

Xue Li was very depressed, in order to keep it secret, Yuangai Suwen sent those fierce fire oil into the city overnight, and did not evacuate the people in the city, most of these houses were still inhabited.

"Shout, let those surrendered Goguryeo soldiers come over and take these people away, quickly"

The Tang army wanted the people who were hiding from the war to come out of the house, but they were afraid that it would be difficult, but the Goguryeo soldiers were different, and soon, Xue Li's order was implemented, and the people in other places in the city who were over-fired were also in panic, and found this temporary safe place, they watched the Tang army demolish the house in horror, and their eyes were full of hatred, they thought that the fire in the city was put by the Tang army that invaded the city.

The fire came from all directions, and it was impossible to rely on thousands of heavy cavalry to demolish the house in all directions, and the more Xue Li demolished it, the more anxious his heart became, even if he used all his strength, it was impossible to quickly demolish so many wooden houses.

"General, the flag says, let us mobilize the people together."

Hearing this, Xue Li suddenly realized, and hurriedly called the soldiers who were interpreting to come over, and shouted to the people of Yanjin City who were trembling and looking at him with a slightly hateful gaze, "Yuangai Suwen wolf ambition, in order to achieve his own goals, regardless of your life or death, set fire to the entire city, if you don't save yourself with us, those, everyone's fate is to be burned alive by the fire, now, I hope you can listen to my order, help the army to demolish the house together, and pile up the flammable wood to the position where the fire can't burn."

However, Xue Li's words did not convince those Goguryeo people, and their habitual thinking made them feel that these disasters were brought about by the Tang army, and the Tang army could not be trusted.

"Let those Goguryeo soldiers explain it for us."

Xue Li was not stupid, and after seeing the not very positive appearance of those people, he roughly guessed the root cause and said to the soldiers who gave the order.

Soon, under the explanation of a group of Goguryeo soldiers who saw the ignition of Yuangai Suwen, everyone knew that it turned out that the initiator of this disaster was actually Yuangai Suwen, no wonder, a few days ago he ruthlessly levied a batch of military rations in the city, it turned out that he was going to run away with food.

When the faith and persistence in their hearts collapsed, they were all stunned.

At this time, Xue Li shouted loudly again, "My Tang Dynasty soldiers are on an expedition to the east, to exterminate such a heinous rebellion as Yuangai Suwen, His Majesty the Emperor is benevolent, before the expedition, he has repeatedly ordered and reaffirmed that wherever my Tang army passes, there is no crime with Minqiu, if it is just to ensure our own lives, we can kill you, or drive you to the place where the fire broke out, and monopolize this area, there is no need to make great efforts to demolish the house."

Previously, Gao De, the son of the king of Goguryeo, was a minister to my Datang, and now, you are also my people of the Tang Dynasty, as soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, we must ensure the safety of the people of the Tang Dynasty, when we are overwhelmed, I hope you can also do your best to save yourself and live, you will be ten times better than before, a hundred times. ”

Hearing this, many people in Goguryeo who understood how to shout said, "We are willing to obey the general's orders."

"Okay, very well, now you go to some people, go to the houses that have not been burned in front, bring all the people out, and clean up the wood of the houses we have demolished with the soldiers."

"All the officers and men of the Tang Army obey the order, whether you use chopping or hitting with your body, I want you to knock down all these houses in front of you as quickly as possible."

"Order."

At this time, the number of infantry still wearing iron armor is almost more than 20,000, they are either in groups of five, or in groups of ten, after they are lined up, they will all hit a wall, and the tiles on the roof of the houses will not hurt their bodies at all, with the addition of these hundreds of groups of infantry, the speed of the entire demolition of the house will be faster, and with more than 100,000 Goguryeo people following behind them to clean up, soon, the location of those demolished houses will become a bare mud field.

At this time, because Zhao Qiang, who was the first to climb the mountain wall, tied a lot of ropes, and more people in the escort team climbed to the top of the cliff, and on the side of the Tang Army camp, some people also discovered the situation on the mountain wall.

Li Shimin, who woke up quietly, saw the monstrous fire in Yanjin City, clenched a pair of casserole-sized fists, clucked, gritted his teeth and said, "If you don't kill the Yuangai Suwen rebels, I will not give up." ”

"Your Majesty, the situation is not as bad as imagined, you see that on the top of the cliff, Gong Jin is using the flag to direct the people in the city to save themselves." Li Jing knew that Li Shimin himself was suffering from qi disease, and it was not suitable to hear worse news in a state of anger at this time, so he would not say until his mind was clearer.

At this time, Wang De hurriedly handed the telescope to Li Shimin's eyes, and sure enough, he saw a small person on the mountain cliff in the distance, who was waving the military flag in a hurry, not Zhang Gongjin.

"Yes, yes, Yanjin City is so big, how can it burn all at once, there must be a lot of places in the city where you can avoid the fire, all the soldiers obeyed the order, quickly extinguished the fire, and rescued the comrades who fell in the city"

At this time, the north gate of Yanjin City, and even the entire north city wall, is a sea of fire, the Tang army has not approached, it will be forced back by the heat wave, since the fire, the Tang army outside the city can not be rescued at all, even if Li Shimin's order is urgent, there is no way.

At this time, Zhao Long, the captain of the escort team, had also slid down the mountain wall along the rope on this side of the cliff, and soon, he came to the army.

"Your Majesty, there are still nearly 30,000 soldiers in the city who are leading the people of Goguryeo to save themselves, and their lives should be fine, but outside the southern city gate, Yuangai Su Wenzheng is leading 300,000 elite troops to wait for the battle, Zou Gong asked me to inform you and prepare early."

"There are still 30,000 people left, so good, so good"

When Li Shimin heard the news brought by Zhao Long, his mood suddenly relaxed a lot, and he didn't selectively focus on what he said about the 300,000 army later.

However, Li Jing was shocked when he heard this, and said hurriedly, "Your Majesty, the 300,000 army led by Yuangai Suwen must be the elite of his subordinates, and now there are more than 30,000 people in our army trapped in the city, even if they finally survive, I am afraid that their combat strength has been lost, and the remaining soldiers who can fight are only about 50,000, and they are all tired soldiers, and the 300,000 Goguryeo army that is recuperating and recuperating is facing head-on, and the odds of victory are not high, so think of another way." ”

Yuangai Suwen will definitely not retreat after putting a fire in Yanjin City, he will also use his strongest strength to give the Tang army a hard blow, the Tang army is no longer the same as before, and those soldiers trapped in the city are likely to become a burden, and there are now more than 10,000 wounded soldiers in the barracks.

Tens of thousands of tired soldiers with tens of thousands of burdens, against the most elite 300,000 troops of Goguryeo, to describe it as a low chance of victory, it is already Li Jing who is afraid of stimulating Li Shimin too much, so he has carefully chosen the word.

"Report, General Cheng escorted 2,000 carts of grain and grass, 2,000 new-style chariots, and has arrived at 30 miles from the big tent."

Hearing this, Li Jing's eyes lit up, and he said, "It's the right time to come, Your Majesty, with the reinforcements of thousands of troops under Cheng Chumo, our army will have the strength to fight with the Goguryeo army." ”

"Duke Wei, don't forget, on the other side of the mountain, there are three or four thousand of our brothers, who can go around the back of the Goguryeo army and fight a sneak attack." Zhao Long reminded.

Li Jing nodded and said, "Three or four thousand people are still too few, hang some more ropes down, and before it gets dark, let's transfer another 20,000 soldiers over. ”

"Go to twenty thousand? Aren't there only 20,000 people on our side? "Wei Chigong is also a battlefield general, and has the experience of 20,000 soldiers and horses against more than 200,000 troops, he knows too well that when 200,000 or 300,000 horses attack and surround him, 20,000 or 30,000 horses are too strong and weak, and he raised an objection.

"Don't underestimate Cheng Chumo's grain trucks, unfold them all in row, hook and lock them together, that is a city wall covered with iron sheets, and there are two thousand new chariots projected, we are actually similar to defending the city, even if the Goguryeo army ignores the impact of life and death, it may not be able to shake our defense line."

Li Jing is a master of the art of war, he knows how to take advantage of all favorable conditions, before, the design of this grain truck, there was his guidance, and now at this critical moment, it is really going to come in handy.

"The matter of the battlefield, I will be handed over to the command of the pharmacist, and if Yuangai Su Wen comes, I will personally put on the armor and fight with it."

Although Li Shimin said this, it was impossible for everyone to really let him fight, it was just a way to boost morale, so when Cheng Chumo muttered, 'This time I finally caught up with one', when he came to the camp, even Emperor Li Shimin came out to greet him in person, and he felt flattered.