Chapter 376: Waving the army to Liaodong
Li Er's decision has always been the most accurate, in fact, it is exactly the case, no matter what dynasty it is, the period when the force value is the highest and the people's hearts are the most united must be at the time of the founding of the country, and Li Er's words are to take advantage of the fact that he still has the energy and can still do it, and quickly clean up Liaodong first, and the descendants of the province are in trouble.
Li Er's words revealed such information, how could the generals under him not show a look of liver and brain, as soon as Li Er's words fell, the ministers who knelt down on the ground above the court all shouted at the top of their voices: "I am willing to die for Your Majesty." ”
These ministers are all human spirits, although Liaodong is said to be a bitter cold place, but Jia Yi, with the help of Li Jing and Li Gang's example, has developed cotton clothes, although the bitter cold of Liaodong is still a little unbearable for them, but it is definitely not unbearable, plus those advanced weapons, going to Liaodong is not so much a war, but to witness the prosperity of Liaodong into the territory of the Tang Dynasty.
Since it is a matter of picking up cheap, how can there be any reason not to actively behave, and soon there will be no one standing on the ground, and even the officials who must stay to keep Datang running normally have all knelt on the ground.
Li Er was very satisfied with the performance of his ministers, but the necessary left-behind personnel still had to stay, so he only ordered some people's lives, and all those who were ordered showed excited expressions, and those who were not ordered showed a look of mourning.
Anyway, now that the treasury is full, the people and horses are ready, the time to prepare is naturally reduced a lot, when Li Er said that he was going to go, the 200,000 army was presented in front of him, Li Er, who had not been on the battlefield for a long time, once again felt the feeling of personally leading the army to Liaodong, not to mention that he was really a little excited, his hands trembled, in order not to let his ministers see his current appearance, he didn't say anything, waved his big hand, and roared: "Go", all the generals immediately got on their horses, All the soldiers marched slowly towards the north with neat steps.
Jia Yi, who was staying in Shanghai, also received an order from Li Er, that is, to transport food and armaments, which made Jia Yi a little depressed, how many people can be transported by 200,000 people to eat, drink and Lazar, how many times can you expect ten ships to transport, and how many trips back and forth can transport enough grain, grass and materials he needs.
But since it was the emperor's order, Jia Yi had no reason to disobey it, and without saying anything, the ten giant ships were all loaded with food and armaments and marched quickly in the direction of Dengzhou.
In a month's time, the army left Chang'an, where they had lived for a long time, and came to the north of Datang, feeling the rapidly decreasing temperature, although it was a hot day now, so it was still a little cool, but when they thought that this was not the battlefield of Liaodong, and when they arrived in Liaodong, how low the temperature would be, which made them full of deep worries.
Yanshan is the last barrier for the army to enter Liaodong, and it is about to go to the battlefield, in order to be able to let the army have full enthusiasm for fighting, Li Er ordered the army to rest here, looking at the mountains in front of him, and then looking at the plain behind him, Li Er didn't know what to think, and even gave the place where the army stopped a mountain name.
As a sycophant, Xu Jingzong will always be competent, after hearing Li Er's words, he came to Li Er's horse for the first time, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, since this place has been named a mountain by you, wouldn't it be more appropriate to crown this name with the name of my Tang Dynasty." ”
When Li Er heard it, it was really like this, and then changed the name of this place to Tangshan, which is also the origin of the place name of Tangshan in later generations.
Here, the supplies escorted by Jia Yi were quickly transported here, and the army began its final rest, with all kinds of food and military rations provided by Jia Yi, the army was greatly satisfied, both physically and mentally, looking at Liaodong in front of them, which was blocked by high mountains, they even felt that the combat boots under their feet could easily overturn it.
After the correction, it was a tragic battle, but it was supposed to be a battle between the two armies, but there was a slight change, Li Ji didn't know when he appeared on the battlefield in Liaodong, took the lead in occupying a foothold, and piggyback on several cities in Liaodong to capture it, which made Li Er very satisfied, but he came to the so-called not a foothold this time, but the entire Liaodong, therefore, the battle belonging to Li Er began.
The 200,000 army attacked the city at the fastest speed, and the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty threw their heads and spilled their blood on the battlefield, and I don't know how many young lives became ghosts under the city, guarding the city captured by the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty alone.
In just four months, Liaodong has been included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and now the weather is approaching winter, for the children of Guanzhong, the cold is undoubtedly the most feared existence, if Li Er is not still sticking to his post, I don't know how many soldiers will choose to leave from here.
Just when the cold was about to invade the soldiers' bodies, the cold cotton clothes finally appeared in their hands, wearing cotton clothes, feeling the gradually warming body, they felt for the first time that the cold on the battlefield in Liaodong was not so terrible.
Liaodong was completely captured, but Li Er's ambition was not satisfied, his eyes fell on the Goryeo Peninsula, as this country that made the former Sui suffer a big loss, he felt that since he was stronger than the emperors of the former Sui, then the capture of Goryeo would inevitably go down in history with his name.
Many generals saw that Li Er's fighting spirit was very high, and everyone used the steel knives in their hands to start chopping the hard city walls of Goryeo, and the results went without saying that the frozen city walls were not the sharp knives in their hands that could work, and the gunpowder that had played a lot of roles on the battlefield finally came in handy again.
Bursting arrows flew into the city like rain, and then bursts of roars sounded, and bursts of howls began to be heard in the city, and then on the ladder frame, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty began to climb the towering city wall.
Gunpowder finally showed their terrifying side on the battlefield, the angry flames engulfed every enemy who blocked the progress of the Tang soldiers, I don't know how many people died in the gunpowder, and I don't know how many people perished under the flames, in short, as long as it can be seen, it will eventually be baptized by gunpowder, and then become the place where the Tang soldiers are stationed.
The Koreans have always felt that the Han people have only changed the dynasty, but their combat power has not been greatly improved, but when they saw the huge power of gunpowder, all the Koreans were frightened, they did not think that their small bodies could survive in this miracle-like weapon, but the generals from behind them were still letting them hold on to the walls that they could not defend at all.
Just when the Koreans felt that they were about to die, they found that the invincible gunpowder did not arrive as scheduled, and just when they wondered what was going on, the faces of all the soldiers were full of embarrassment.
The battle in front of them was too unrestrained, so that the consumption of gunpowder in their hands greatly exceeded expectations, and the territory of Goryeo had just captured more than half, and this powerful weapon had already been consumed, and they had adapted to this rhythm of battle, and they really didn't know how to continue the next battle.
Li Er's face was as black as charcoal, although he also liked that kind of unrestrained fighting method, but now the feeling of emptiness after the gunpowder was exhausted made him feel very uncomfortable, now it takes at least a month to transport it from Guanzhong, and now the weather has become very cold, if you wait any longer, the weather will inevitably become more cold, even if there is gunpowder delivered at that time, whether the soldiers can still shoot arrows is a huge problem.
Failure was definitely not what Li Er wanted to see, so his gaze fell on the faces of all the people standing in front of him, but when everyone felt the gaze he projected again, they all lowered their heads involuntarily, for fear of meeting Li Er's terrible gaze.
"In the past, when there was no gunpowder, we were not able to capture the fortified city and break the enemy army, why don't we know how to fight now that there is no gunpowder?"
Li Er's words made all the soldiers feel a little ashamed, but in fact, it was really as he said, no need to fight with the dead, no need to fight the battlefield, as a general, who would not like it, this sudden loss of gunpowder made them feel like they had re-entered the Stone Age from the age of science and technology, no matter how it felt.
"Your Majesty, I want to come to Jia Yi and there is still a lot of gunpowder, why don't you let him transport some over, anyway, he has a navy, and it won't take long to be able to transport all the supplies over."
"Hmph, I only know that with the help of external forces, but I ignore my own ability, needless to say, from tomorrow onwards, we will adopt the conventional combat method, let me see if our soldiers in the Tang Dynasty still have the courage of the original."
The emperor spoke, then there is nothing to say, no matter how strong the other party's city is, even if the Tang soldiers use human lives, they must fill the city.
At dawn the next day, the horn of the troops sounded in the ** military formation, and the **, who had lost their weapons, began to wave the long knives in their hands and rushed towards the fortified city.
The Goryeo people standing at the head of the city were stupid, they didn't know what tricks they were playing, they thought they would die, but they didn't expect to usher in such a big change, and the Goryeo generals who defended the city were even more overjoyed, shouting loudly to let the Goryeo soldiers cheer up and fight this battle to defend the city.