Chapter 374: Li Lingzhi is dizzy

Seeing the army surging over like a tide, Zhang Hun hurriedly rode his horse and quickly came to Hou Junji's side.

"General, now the city wall has not been completely collapsed, and there are still some Gao Chang soldiers who have not lost their courage, they are still fighting, and now they are entering the city, I am afraid it is not the best opportunity, why don't we wait for my artillery to bombard it again, and completely collapse this city wall, and then march into the army!"

Hou Junji shook his head and said with a cold face: "Zhang Hun, we still have to stay in this Gaochang City for a while, if the city wall collapses and the Western Turks attack, don't we miss an important barrier against the Turks?" This wall is still useful, don't hit it with cannons anymore! “

Hearing Hou Junji say this, Zhang Hun didn't know how to refute it, so he had to stop speaking and look in the direction of Gaochang City.

I saw that under the leadership of Xin Fang'er, the army was surging like a tide, pouring into the city from the collapsed city wall, and after a while, there was a shocking shout of killing and the sound of swords and soldiers colliding in the city.

Zhang Hun reluctantly returned to the artillery position and said to the overwhelmed artillerymen: "Okay brothers, take these iron guys, General Hou won't let us fight anymore!" ”

The group of artillerymen looked at the soldiers who poured into the city and were silent for a long time. Zhang Hun said at this time: "Let's go into the city too!" “

So, the artillerymen took up the mortars and prepared to go to the city!

"Hey, you're gone, what are we going to do?" The forty soldiers who operated the ten Tianwei General Cannons saw that their companions were leaving, and hurriedly said.

When a non-commissioned officer carrying a mortar heard this, he turned around and smiled: "Of course it's going forward!" ”

The soldier who operated the Tianwei general cannon was stunned for a moment, and then looked at the thousands of catties of cannon in front of him with a wry smile.

After the vanguard army entered the city, it didn't take long for the shouts and killings in the city to slowly decrease, presumably because the resistance in the city had been suppressed.

Hou Junji waved his hand, and the army around him slowly marched towards Gaochang City.

Gaochang City is actually not very large, with nearly 20,000 residents in the entire city, accounting for almost half of the entire Gaochang City. However, the total of 20,000 people is not as many as the Tang soldiers!

Hou Junji rode a war horse and slowly walked into Gaochang City. The horse's hooves trampled on the broken gravel and sand, and from time to time there was a sound of the sand breaking. These gravel and sand blocks are fragments left behind by artillery bombardment. Now that the horse's hooves are stepping on it, Hou Junji can't help but have a sense of accomplishment of conquest.

Walking on the streets of Gaochang City, you can see corpses lying in pools of blood from time to time, mostly the corpses of Gaochang people or Turkic people, and occasionally you can see the corpse of a Tang soldier. Most of these corpses hit the vital point with a single blow and killed instantly. I think these ordinary people or Turks are the soldiers who dared to resist when the vanguard entered the city.

The gates on both sides of the street were tightly closed, and a column of Tang sergeants had begun to patrol the streets. From time to time, you can hear the Tang sergeant shouting at the residents on both sides of the street to open the door.

Hou Junji stopped and shouted loudly: "Where is the sacrificial wine in the army? What is the value of the six Cao Gong? ”

As soon as these words fell, more than ten people came up from behind, bowed down at the same time, and said in unison: "The end will be!" ”

Hou Junji half-squinted his eyes and said, "You will immediately post notices to reassure the people everywhere in the city to reassure the people." Count the grain, grass, money and silver in all parts of the city, count the casualties on both sides, and compile a book! ”

More than a dozen people arched their hands in unison and said, "Oh! ”

After these Chinese soldiers left, one of Hou Junji's personal soldiers asked cautiously: "General, where are we going now?" ”

Hou Junji waved his hand: "Needless to say, of course I'm going to the palace!" ”

After asking a few soldiers about the way to the palace, Hou Junji and a group of soldiers walked to the palace.

When he arrived at the palace, Hou Junji was shocked to find that at this time, there were Tang soldiers standing at all the gates of the palace and at dangerous positions, and it seemed that the palace had been defeated.

Dismounted and walked into the palace, before reaching the main hall, he was stopped by two soldiers on a cloister.

"You dare to stop me?" Hou Junji's face sank, and his grim face became even colder.

"The villain doesn't dare!" The two soldiers hurriedly knelt down: "But Xin Zhonglang will order him to come down and not let anyone inside!" ”

Hou Junji smiled coldly, stopped speaking, and stepped forward to enter it.

The two half-kneeling soldiers glanced at each other, and at the same time showed a deep sense of helplessness.

"Squeak—"

Pushing open the heavy door, Hou Junji saw a black figure standing in the palace hall. Na Xin Fang'er was sitting on the throne where King Gaochang used to sit at the moment, looking at the people below.

"Humph!" Hou Junji let out a soft snort in his nose.

As soon as she heard this soft snort, Xin Fang'er seemed to be sitting on the stove, jumped up and looked at Hou Junji, who entered the main hall and walked up slowly, and said with a sneer: "Uh, that general, you are here!" ”

Hou Junji sat on the throne where Xin Fang'er had sit, glanced at Xin Fang'er first, and asked softly: "How is it, did it go smoothly when you entered the palace?" ”

Xin Fang'er hurriedly bowed down and said: "As soon as the last general led the troops to rush to this palace, their king Koji Zhisheng sent someone to say that he was willing to surrender, and the last general drove into the palace and sent troops to control all directions!" ”

Hou Junji nodded, and looked at the figures standing in the hall: "Who of you is Koji Zhisheng?" ”

The man, who was about thirty years old, with a white face and a little fat, stepped forward, made a big salute to Hou Junji, and said in Chinese: "The criminal is the one!" ”

Hou Junji nodded: "It is also a wise choice for you to surrender yourself and avoid the last disaster of the sword soldiers!" As he spoke, he stood up, "General Ben wants to walk around the palace, and bother King Gaochang to lead the way!" ”

A trace of shame flashed in Lu Zhisheng's heart, but in the face of Hou Junji's tall figure, he had no choice but to lower his head and say continuously: "It should be, it should be!" The sinner is leading the way! ”

Koji Zhisheng walked in front, and Hou Junji walked behind Koji Zhisheng. Under the leadership of Ko Zhisheng, Hou Junji came to a wide hall.

"General, this is the best place in the palace!" Koji Zhisheng said.

As soon as these words fell, Xin Fang'er, who was following Hou Junji, sneered: "This place is so sparse and ordinary, what is the best place, is it trying to deceive my family?" ”

"The sinners don't dare, the sinners don't dare!" Koji Zhisheng hurriedly said, "The best place that the criminal minister said refers to this!" ”

As he spoke, he turned a glass vase, and a secret door slowly opened.

"This is where my Gaochang Royal Warehouse is located! The criminal didn't know that the general was powerful, and offended the general Huwei, so he used these to make amends to the general! Koji Zhisheng bowed and said.

Xin Fang'er hurriedly stepped forward, looked inside, and suddenly paused at the door.

It took a long time before he turned around, swallowed his saliva, and said to Hou Jun with difficulty: "General......"

Hou Junji's heart moved, and he also went inside to take a look, only to see that there were more than ten large boxes neatly stacked inside, three of which had been opened, and two of them revealed neatly stacked gold bricks, and the remaining one was jewelry and jade. Under the reflection of the flickering candle flames, the dazzling light makes people intoxicated.

"General!" Xin Fang'er called Hou Junji again. The meaning couldn't be more obvious.

Hou Junji thought for a moment, glanced at those big boxes again, and gritted his teeth and said, "Okay!" ”

A simple word determines the ownership of this large amount of wealth.

Lu Yun was the commander of the gendarmerie battalion that went out with the army this time, and he was one of the effective generals under Zhang Yunwen. This time, he led 3,000 gendarmes to accompany the army, punishing soldiers who violated discipline along the way, and gradually established a prestige in the army.

After the army marched into Gaochang City, Lu Yun was very worried that these soldiers would cause trouble in Gaochang, so he personally entered Gaochang City with 1,500 gendarmes to supervise the soldiers.

However, the unexpected situation still did not appear, and the situation of the Tang sergeant did not cause trouble to the civilians after his death. This made Lu Yun breathe a long sigh of relief.

However, on the fifth day, a soldier suddenly ran in and said to Lu Yun: "Oh no, Lord Lu, the sergeant of the army has somehow started to loot in the city!" They enter every door and plunder the belongings of civilians! ”

Lu Yun stood up abruptly and shouted loudly, "Hurry up and gather the brothers!" ”

In a short time, 1,500 men divided into three groups and patrolled the streets of the city, and if they encountered a marauding soldier, they took out ropes and tied them up.

At first, the soldiers did not resist, but as the number of people tied up gradually increased, and eventually they outnumbered the gendarmerie, the situation slowly changed subtly.

Some of the soldiers began to stir up and shouted at the gendarmes: "Damn, Lao Tzu is fighting desperately, and you will kill one of you, why tie up Lao Tzu!" ”

A gendarme turned around and reprimanded loudly: "According to military regulations, those who plunder the property of civilians will be punished with 50 canes at least and with a head at worst." You still dare to quibble if you violate military regulations? ”

The soldier shouted loudly: "Even General Hou has moved more than ten large boxes from the palace, what is the crime of me taking the property of ordinary people?" If you want to tie it, you have to tie General Hou first! ”

The faces of the people in the gendarmerie camp suddenly changed.

The gendarme was about to say something more when he suddenly heard the horse's hooves and a puff of smoke and dust ahead.

A moment later, a detachment of cavalry appeared in front of the gendarmerie barracks. Nearly a thousand people had already been placed on this narrow street, but now there were more than a hundred cavalry, which seemed even more crowded.

"Damn, I heard that Lao Tzu's soldiers were tied up, and Lao Tzu specially rushed over to see, who is so powerful that he dares to tie up Lao Tzu's soldiers?" A bearded knight roared.

However, as soon as his words fell, the young cavalryman at the front of the line shouted coldly: "Stop! ”

The bearded knight was dumbfounded.

The young knight said to the people of the gendarmerie battalion: "Lieutenant Cheng Wuting is Zhiguo, I don't know why you have tied up these soldiers?" ”

Seeing that the lieutenant was polite, everyone in the gendarmerie camp said politely: "These soldiers are all looting civilian property in the city, and they have been arrested by us!" ”

When Cheng Wuting heard this, he couldn't help but sink his face, thinking about those soldiers and shouting: "You dare to violate military discipline, loot civilian property, and have the face to let people notify Lao Tzu to save you!" Fart! I honestly took the baton and got back! So saying, he turned his horse's head and rode away along the way he came.

Seeing this, the rest of the knights also departed. But before they left, they all showed the soldiers a helpless expression.

"Well, why is that captain of yours so imposing?" A gendarme couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Our leader graduated from the Datang military cadet, and he has been mixed in the barracks for two years, and there is almost no one who can compare with him among the officers of the same rank! This majesty is naturally great! One of the soldiers laughed, straightening his chest and looking proud.

"Datang Military Academy! No wonder! : Listening to the words of this soldier, the soldiers of the gendarmerie battalion couldn't help but come to a realization.