The city of Gyeongju was very quiet, and the people in the city had fallen asleep late at night, and the soldiers defending the city were still standing in the cold wind.

The atmosphere in the city is quite peaceful, 200 miles away Daxing City was broken by the Tang army the day before yesterday The news has already come, and after the city is broken, the people in the city are all slaughtered by the Tang army The news also came, Gyeongju is only more than 200 miles away from Daxing City, it is said that the defenders and people of Gyeongju City should be nervous and panicked, but this morning there is news that the Tang army was raided by the Yan cavalry, the logistics grain and grass were burned, the Tang Emperor had no choice but to withdraw the army to the west.

For two days in a row, bad news and good news followed, the soldiers and civilians of Gyeongju City experienced great ups and downs, knowing that the main force of the Tang army had withdrawn, and even hearing that Quangae Suwen personally led an army of 150,000 to pursue the Tang army, the defenders of Gyeongju couldn't help but feel more and more relaxed.

The tide of the battle has been reversed, the Tang army has been defeated and retreated, and Goguryeo can be worry-free. As for the news that the emperor of the Tang State left 20,000 soldiers and horses to block Quangai Suwen, in the eyes of the defenders of Gyeongju, he only smiled, and this point of soldiers and horses dared to resist Quangai Suwen's 150,000 army.

In such a state of mind, the people of Gyeongju City slept soundly tonight, and the defenders naturally became lax, and the Tang army withdrew, and they felt that there was no need to face the enemy, so they were ready to live a peaceful life.

The reason why Xue Rengui and his 500 soldiers were able to easily infiltrate Gyeongju City was probably related to the lax mentality of the defenders, because no one expected that the 20,000 Tang troops left behind did not go east to meet Quangai Suwen, but went north and stared at Gyeongju City.

So, on this almost unguarded night, Xue Rengui and five hundred soldiers in disguise easily blended into Gyeongju City.

After nightfall, the city gates were closed, the shops were closed, the people were asleep, Xue Rengui and five hundred soldiers were scattered and lurking in various parts of the city, waiting quietly.

Outside the corridor of the south city gate, dozens of refugees dressed as if they were asking for food were still cowering under the city wall, their hands into their ragged sleeves, their whole bodies curled up, like poor beggars who had no hope and couldn't even survive tonight, and not far from them, the defenders of the city gate stood stubbornly, sporadic snowflakes fell on the iron clothes, accumulating a thin layer of snow, from time to time there were teams of sergeants cruising with torches, every time they passed by the city gate, the sergeants' eyes just swept lightly towards this group of flowers, and then ignored.

Xue Rengui didn't know when he also blended in with this group of beggars, like everyone else, holding his hands together and cowering under the wall, but his eyes stared at the city gate without blinking.

"Is it clear? How many patrolling defenders have passed this hour of incense? Xue Rengui asked in a low voice.

"Three dials, only one squad patrols at a time, each team of fifty people, the number of fires, the leader should be the fire chief......" A government soldier next to him replied in a low voice.

"What about the defenders at the gates?"

"There are about 200 defenders standing still in the passage of the city gate, and there are also on the city tower, but they are too far away to be counted."

Xue Rengui's eyes were still staring at the city gate, thinking for a moment, and said: "Let's wait for another incense stick, determine the interval between each patrol and defender, and then start, the general's men and horses are estimated to be outside the city at this time, just wait for us to succeed, open the city gate, and this city will fall into our hands." ”

All the soldiers around nodded in response.

The crowd continued to lie dormant, staring silently at the gates.

After an hour of incense, Xue Rengui mastered the law of patrolling the defenders, and he probably had six or seven points of control, so a fierce color flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly raised his right arm and waved it forward.

At this time, a patrol of defenders had just passed, and only two hundred defenders in the city gate were left in sight. Xue Rengui and his entourage of dozens of people took advantage of the darkness of the night, the cat's waist rushed towards the Yongdao, at the same time, a terrible arrow crossed the quiet night sky, and suddenly exploded in mid-air, the defenders immediately sensed that something was wrong, and when they were looking around vigilantly, nearly five hundred Tang troops lurking in the dark alleys of various houses in the south of the city appeared one after another, and under the cover of the night, quietly rushed towards the south city gate.

When the defenders were urgently tracking down the source of the arrows, Xue Rengui and dozens of soldiers behind him had approached the city gate road, and it was dark all around, only the torches were lit above the city gate road, and Xue Rengui and others were only discovered by the defenders when they sneaked under the road.

I can vaguely see that this group of people is dressed up by Hanako, but at this time, I just heard an arrow exploding, and dozens of people called Hanako appeared outside the corridor, obviously with bad intentions, it is impossible to ask the defenders for supper.

After the defenders in the corridor were stunned, they immediately raised their spears and shouted something with a stick, Xue Rengui was not interested in knowing what they said at all, but just shouted categorically: "Do it!" ”

Dozens of Tang Army officers and soldiers behind him rushed up, showing out the small daggers hidden in their arms, like fierce tigers pounced into the flock, and began to fight without any scruples.

A scream pierced the silence of the night sky, and the defenders on the city tower were also alarmed, and a chaotic sound of footsteps suddenly rushed towards the city gate.

Dozens of zhang outside the road, nearly 500 Tang soldiers were also about to rush in, Xue Rengui didn't notice the shouting and scolding of the defenders on the city tower, took out a dagger and looked at a guy in armor who looked like a general in the road, the defender general happened to see him, the two of them looked at each other, and immediately knew that they had found their target, and they met him without saying a word.

Xue Rengui in history is the most outstanding young general in the Gaozong period, in terms of force from a non-enemy country an ordinary small general guarding the city gate can be compared, the two just fought, their weapons collided fiercely together, burst out a little spark, the enemy general was shocked to the arms numb, suddenly felt that he was not the opponent of the person in front of him, his heart couldn't help sinking, so his heart was also confused, to deal with Xue Rengui's killing moves one after another, especially did not forget to pull his throat and shout something.

It was not as strong as Xue Rengui's martial arts, this heart was in a mess, the gods were a point, the enemy general suddenly showed a flaw, Xue Rengui seized the opportunity, flew up, a cold white light flashed in the dark, the enemy general's movements suddenly stopped, and he stood still in the defensive action, and then knelt on the ground with a thud, threw his weapon and covered his neck with both hands, thick blood continued to flow out from his fingers, and soon sprinkled all over the ground, the general covered his neck, his throat made a strange gurgling sound, and finally he lost his life and fell heavily into the dust.

Xue Rengui took a few breaths, bent down and wiped the blood on the dagger blade in his hand on the corpse of the enemy general, and then shouted loudly: "The enemy general at the city gate has been executed, immediately open the city gate, put down the drawbridge, look for the dry grass and dead wood in the corridor, light a fire in front of the city gate, and plan the general to enter the city!" ”

As he spoke, the 500 Tang troops had already rushed to the Yongdao, some of them were killed with the 200 defenders in the Yongdao, and the other part was blocked at the exit of the stone steps leading from the city tower to the city, fighting with the reinforcements of the defenders from the city tower.

At the same time, a rapid and piercing gong suddenly sounded in the city, and the night sky resounded with a clang, and the defenders who were guarding the city gates in all directions and sleeping in the urn camp were alarmed, grabbed their weapons and swarmed towards the south city gate.

With a deliberate calculation, under the surprise attack, the two hundred defenders in the corridor were quickly killed, and after a dull sound, the heavy city gate slowly opened, and the ropes of the suspension bridge also made a creaking sound of inverted teeth, and slowly put down, across the moat.

Outside the city gate, the letter fire was lit, the fire sprung up, reflecting the night sky, less than three miles outside the city gate, suddenly there was also a torch, one, two, hundred, thousand, under the dim and flickering firelight, a black pressure and the endless cavalry stood quietly outside the city, waiting to see the fire at the city gate, and the team outside the city let out a loud shout.

"Kill—"

The whip exploded, thousands of people urged the horses, and the rumbling sound of horses' hooves swept towards the city gate like a devastating tsunami.

The defenders on the city tower vaguely saw countless torches, a cavalry of more than 10,000 people rushed towards the city gate, the defenders couldn't help but be distracted, frightened a strange scream, turned around and roared hoarsely under the city, and then the defenders on the city tower urgently assembled, and the bows and arrows were aimed at the wall outside the city.

The defenders are going crazy, and even the guards of the other city gates can't take care of it, in the desperate roar of the defending generals, all the defenders of the city are swarming towards the south city gate, trying to reclose the city gate before the Tang army brigade kills, at this time the Tang army is riding horses towards the city gate, Xue Rengui led the five hundred Tang army soldiers are still struggling to support, gritting their teeth to resist the tide of the defenders, the enemy and I all use the strength of milk, at any cost to fight and kill each other, as the Tang cavalry hooves are getting closer and closer, The defenders in the city also became more and more frenzied, and they launched one attack after another against Xue Rengui's headquarters, and both sides were desperate to fight for their lives.

"Seize the long weapon, and form a formation!" In the scuffle, Xue Rengui shouted loudly.

The Tang soldiers did not hesitate to put the daggers in their arms, leaned over to pick up the defenders' weapons, lined up in several rows in the narrow and cramped corridor, and after forming a formation, they stabbed outwards with spears and spears in their hands.

The sound of horses' hooves is getting closer and closer, and the defenders are getting more and more anxious, seeing that the city gate is about to be driven straight into by the Tang army, an atmosphere of despair quickly spreads among the defenders, and the defenders' counterattack is becoming more and more crazy.

However, all madness is a precursor to destruction, no matter how desperate the defenders are, the iron cavalry of the Tang army outside the city has arrived!

The first Tang army general wearing armor rode on a horse, and rushed into the city gate first, and the people rushed forward violently by the horse, and the dense defenders were suddenly rushed out of a gap, and then, the Tang army iron cavalry behind followed, countless torches swarmed into the city, and the defending generals who commanded to seize the city gate let out a terrible cry, and then were smashed down by the Tang army generals who rode a golden gourd hammer, and the head of the defending generals was suddenly smashed to pieces, and the body fell to the ground softly.

The generals have been killed, but the remaining defenders have not lost their fighting spirit, Li Shimin has attacked Goguryeo for a long time and has not resisted, the combat effectiveness of the Goguryeo soldiers is obvious to all, from the generals to the sergeants, they are all fierce soldiers who are not afraid of death, even if the generals are killed, the soldiers are not defeated at all, and they still fight desperately towards the city gate, in this kind of Tang army most of the city into the city, there is no hope at all under the absolute disadvantage, the defenders and soldiers still go forward one after another, one after another to launch a fierce attack on the city gate, trying to take back the control of the city gate.

At this time, the Tang army had thousands of people entering the city, and the Tang army's iron cavalry behind was still pouring into the city, as if the embankment was broken and the flood peak was pouring down, and the manpower was unstoppable.

The division of labor of the Tang army entering the city was very clear, and two thousand men and horses were divided into two thousand men and horses to continue to fight with the defenders in the city gate, and the remaining thousands of people were divided into more than a dozen squads, and quickly dispersed in units of two or three hundred people.

As Li Su guessed in advance, the defenders of Gyeongju City were only about 3,000, after a fight, the defenders had basically been annihilated by the Tang army, the city head set up a torch, inserted in the highest part of the city tower, the king flag representing Goguryeo was taken down by the Tang army soldiers, contemptuously threw down the city wall, replaced with Li Ji's handsome flag, a huge black background and gold edge "Li" character handsome flag fluttered in the night sky.

After changing the flag, an unknown Tang army soldier cheered excitedly.

"Gyeongju!"

"Datang Wansheng! Wansheng! ”

The excitement quickly spread throughout the army, and there were deafening cheers and roars in the city of Gyeongju, until at this moment, the defenders finally collapsed completely, and they knew that the general situation had passed, and nothing could be done. Some of the defenders threw down their swords and collapsed on the ground weeping in despair, while some of the defenders preferred to bend rather than bend, and tragically wiped their own necks with their backhands with their swords, with crisp and decisive movements.

Li Ji and Li Su were the last Tang troops to enter the city, and Li Suce gave the order as soon as he entered the city gate.

"Look for the official warehouse immediately, quickly! Before the defenders burn down the official warehouse, take control of the official warehouse! ”

The herald beside Li Ji hurriedly conveyed the order, and it didn't take long for a fighting sound to be heard from the east of the city, followed by a burst of smoke, Li Su looked at the direction of the smoke with fear, fortunately, the smoke gradually became thin, and the fire was obviously extinguished.

A Tang military captain rode over and excitedly hugged his fists at Li Ji and Li Su: "Fortunately, Major General Li reminded us that when we found the official warehouse, a group of defenders and thieves were about to set fire to the warehouse, but our soldiers killed them on the spot and extinguished the fire. ”

Li Su asked with concern, "Have you found the official warehouse?" What is the remaining grain and grass in the official warehouse? ”

"There is nearly half of the grain and grass in the official warehouse, all wheat and millet, as well as a small amount of air-dried meat strips and salt, and the last general estimated that it was enough for our army for two months."

Li Ji next to him couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, looked up to the sky and laughed a few times, and then slapped Li Su's shoulder suddenly.

"Good job, boy! There is really an official warehouse in Gyeongju City, and the urgent need for food and grass for our army has been solved! ”

Li Su also smiled and sighed: "I finally don't have to eat that kind of black thing, I want to eat barbecue tonight." ”

Li Ji laughed and said: "Okay, you have to get Qingzhou City, Zizheng has the first credit, and I will make an exception tonight to share some more meat for you." ”

Li Su was also not polite, and immediately thanked him.

Li Su's life is different from others, yesterday with the soldiers to share weal and woe is because of the lack of food in the army, for the generals must make an example of common hardship, today broke Gyeongju, got the official warehouse, the soldiers in the army have no fear of food and grass, everyone can eat with an open stomach, at this time there is no need to share weal and woe with the soldiers, acting does not have to play a full set, half a set is enough, the grain and grass have been guaranteed, you should improve the quality of personal life, anyway, like yesterday's black thing Li Su will not eat again.

Just as he was about to pat the horse and leave, Li Su suddenly stopped, turned his head to look at Li Jidao, and said, "Uncle, Gyeongju City has been broken, what should the people in the city do?" ”

Li Ji smiled, this is a difficult problem, it is really difficult to answer, it is said that in the style of the Tang Army, it is normal to slaughter and loot the city after breaking the enemy city, especially in this dangerous period when the lone army goes deep behind the enemy, there is no need for the people in the city to stay, and killing them all can deter the enemy, but Li Ji's character is different from other generals, his insidiousness and brutality are usually only shown on the battlefield, and he is not very interested in slaughtering the city.

After pondering for a long time, Li Ji asked rhetorically: "According to Zizheng's opinion, how should I deal with it?" ”

Li Su smiled bitterly: "I don't know, it's too merciful to let them all go, it's too cruel to kill them all, after all, the lives of the people of the enemy country are also living lives, if there is no common hatred of the sky, there is really no need to kill them all......"

Li Ji's eyes flashed: "So, what Zizheng means is...... All put? ”

Li Su thought for a while and sighed: "Let it go, God has the virtue of a good life, and it can be regarded as me accumulating some merit for my newborn daughter and asking for a blessing in this life." ”

Li Ji glanced at him deeply, nodded and said: "Your daughter is also the niece and granddaughter of the old man, just let the old man accumulate some merit for her, and let the people of the whole city go." ”

After a few words between the two, tens of thousands of lives in the city walked around from the ghost gate and finally returned to the yang world......

Looking up at the sky, Li Ji suddenly frowned.

"The news of the destruction of Gyeongju City will spread soon, how will Quan Gai Suwen choose?"

Li Su smiled lazily and said: "To remain unchanged to respond to all changes, let's occupy Gyeongju City first, and the scouts will be sent two hundred miles away to monitor the movements of Quangai Suwen's department to see what kind of choice he will make, still as I said yesterday, if Quangai Suwen divides his troops to rescue, it is impossible for 350,000 people to capture this city, and the division of troops is destined to return home, if he gives up the pursuit of His Majesty, all 150,000 soldiers and horses will turn around and attack the city, and our task of blocking the enemy after the break will be completed, and we can abandon Gyeongju City and enter the Qianshan Mountain Range, I'd like to see if Quangai Suwen has the guts to let all these 150,000 people run into the woods to hunt us down......"

"If he is unmoved, what if the 150,000 people still pursue His Majesty the same way?" Li Ji asked in a deep voice.

Li Su said with a smile: "That's simpler, let's leave Gyeongju, turn around and go south, and go straight in from the rear army of Quangai Suwen, and have a sneak attack blitzkrieg. ”