Volume 5 Whose Great Cause Chapter 36 Breaking the City
Yang Guang thought that Goguryeo was a small country, as long as his million-strong army drove over, the Goguryeo people would be frightened to surrender, and specially instructed the front-line soldiers not to be too strict with the Goguryeo people, as long as the Goguryeo people had the intention of surrendering, they would immediately stop the siege.
This will caused the front-line soldiers to shrink their hands, whenever the Liaodong city was about to be captured, the Goguryeo people shouted to surrender, because of the emperor's will, the front-line soldiers could only stand still, to the rear for instructions, and the Goguryeo people seized the time to renovate the city wall, mobilize troops and horses, and wait until the emperor's will came, the defense of the Goguryeo people has been reorganized as solid, so that even fooled Yang Guang several times before giving up, but the time has already been delayed, and finally the army collapsed without food.
Now that a time and space have changed, the Goguryeo people's plan to surrender by fraud is naturally ineffective, Yang Yong gave all the power to attack Liaodong City to the commander of the front line, He Ruobi, Shi Wansui, Yu Zhongwen and others are all experienced generals, how can the Goguryeo people's simple plan to surrender, if you want to surrender, open the city gate immediately, otherwise the attack will not stop, so that the Goguryeo people have been out of breath.
As the prime minister of Goguryeo, as long as the Sui army is delayed for three or four days, Liaodong City can rest and recuperate, and once again let the Sui army run into a bloody meeting.
Hear Etoji Wende's plan. Princess Pingkang vehemently objected: "No. I don't agree, you are the minister of state, Goguryeo can't live without you. ”
Yizhi Wende said confidently: "Rest assured, princess, the minister has studied the culture of the Han people. They pay attention to the fact that the two countries do not cut off the two countries, not to mention that the minister is the minister of high sentences, for the sake of face, even if they do not agree, they will not detain the minister. ”
Although she was worried about Ezhi Wende, Princess Pingkang was finally persuaded by Ezhi Wende, if she succeeded, the benefits were obvious, and Liaodong City could hold out for at least half a month, and the worst result was that Ezhi Wende was detained, and she must have been able to redeem it for a sum of money. Just like her and her brother.
The next day. The Sui army outside the city had just had breakfast, and when they were about to attack, a hanging blue was put down at the head of the Liaodong city, carrying three people, waving a white flag and walking towards the Sui army's position.
A team of Sui soldiers rode their horses and came to them quickly, and the weapons in their hands directly asked the three of them, "Who is coming?" ”
These three people were Yizhi Wende and his two entourage, seeing this small group of Sui troops, Yizhi Wende was secretly surprised, he had been in the rear before. Although I have always heard that the Sui army is well-equipped, I never thought that the equipment on a random small group of Sui troops can be compared to the equipment of the elite guards around the King of Goguryeo, and they are all full of energy, and their eyes are full of high fighting spirit.
Yizhi Wende personally went out of the city to surrender this time, and by the way, it was also his purpose to probe the reality of the Sui army. But. Judging from the current mental state of the Sui army, the Sui army is still very strong. Eulzhi Wende was secretly worried about Liaodong City in his heart, but he said quietly on his face: "Please report that Eulzhi Wende, the prime minister of Goguryeo, came to ask the commander of the Great Sui to surrender." ”
"The Prime Minister of Goguryeo?" Hearing Yizhi Wende's self-declaration identity, the leader of this group of Sui soldiers was also stunned for a moment, Liaodong City sent several groups of envoys, but they were all small fish and shrimp, and they were directly driven back by the front line, since he was the minister of state, of course he couldn't be treated so lightly, after thinking about it, the leader of the Sui army said: "Help them get on the horse and report to the chief manager." ”
"Yes." Three horsemen were separated from the team, and the three of them were lifted on horseback like eagles catching chickens, and they rested on the horse's back, turned the horse's head, and galloped towards the Sui army camp.
In the big tent of He Ruobi, the generals are assigning today's tasks, they have received the news that the emperor has set off, if they have not captured Liaodong City by waiting for the emperor's royal car to arrive, I am afraid that everyone will be ashamed, He Ruobi has issued a death order, from today onwards, Liaodong City must be taken within five days.
A Sui soldier came in with a tent and said half-kneeling: "Report, Lord Chief, the envoy from Goguryeo is here." ”
"Please send envoys, don't see them, tell them that if they want to surrender, open the gate immediately, and the whole city will not die, if they attack it, this official will not guarantee the safety of all Goguryeo people in Liaodong City." He Ruobi said impatiently, he was not in the mood to play tricks with the Goguryeo people now.
"Back to Lord Governor, this time it is Goguryeo's Minister of State Eulji Wende who came over in person, and he must see Lord Governor."
"Eulji Moondeok, the prime minister of the Goguryeo people?" He Ruobi asked uncertainly, and exchanged glances with Shi Wanzai, Yu Zhongwen and others, and a hint of an obvious smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Do you still remember the emperor's will for us?" ”
"Of course, the emperor once said that the Goguryeo people are very likely to surrender when they are cornered, if they are ordinary characters, they can be sent back directly, if the minister of state Ulzhi Wende comes, you might as well deduct it first, I didn't expect Ulzhi Wende to really come over, the emperor is really clear." A general replied.
He Ruobi smiled slightly: "Then what are you waiting for, bring the Goguryeo people's ministers up." ”
Liaodong City, after a night of repair, the original scarred city wall has somewhat improved, most of the gaps have been plugged with stones and wood, but the new lime mud has not been completely dry, if it is hit by a big stone, it will immediately step down, if one day the time is dry, the city wall will be much stronger than now.
Princess Pingkang stared intently at the Sui army camp, the Sui army camp stretched for more than ten miles, although the shadow of Yizhi Wende was long gone, Princess Pingkang did not mean to take her eyes off.
The Sui army's attack always started at the beginning of the hour, and Yizhi Wende left the city half an hour in advance, enough time to reach the Sui army commander's camp, as long as the Sui army had not launched an attack by the time, then Yizhi Wende was half successful.
"Knock, knock, knock." The big drum in the Sui army camp sounded on time, and with the sound of the drum, huge trebuchets and ballistas that could fire huge arrows were pushed out of the barracks, and under the escort of the Sui army wearing red armor, they moved towards the head of Liaodong City step by step.
Princess Pingkang's face turned snow-white in an instant, her body shook and she was almost about to fall, and the re-elected guards behind her looked like they wanted to help but didn't dare to help, Princess Pingkang finally stood firm on her own.
"Failed, or failed, Sui Gou didn't want to wait even for a moment, this palace should have known that it was useless, why didn't you stop the prime minister? If the prime minister has three longs and two shorts, how can I still have hope of victory in Goguryeo......" Princess Pyongkang muttered to herself, feeling remorse in her heart.
The catapults and ballistas under the city have been pushed to the right position, and they began to turn the winch, and the sound of squeaking and chirping can be heard clearly at the head of the city, whenever they see such a huge killing machine, the Goguryeo soldiers at the head of the city can't help but feel numb in their scalps, and the huge arrows emitted by the ballista can penetrate several people at the same time or directly nail people to the city wall, and the huge stones sent by the trebuchet can smash people into meat pies, and even the head of the city is smashed into a hole.
It's just that in the face of the upcoming attack of the Sui army, Princess Pingkang stood at the head of the city like a fool and didn't know how to dodge, and the guards behind her could only accompany her with pale faces.
"Princess, go down quickly, it's dangerous here." One of the guards couldn't help but shout.
In the face of the shouts of the guards, Princess Pingkang turned a deaf ear, the trebuchet of the Sui army under the city was ready, as long as the lever was pulled, it could be launched, several guards glanced at each other, no longer caring about the difference between men and women, holding Princess Pingkang's arm, and hiding towards the battlement wall behind the city wall.
There was a sharp whistling sound in the air, and then there was a loud "boom", and a boulder fell from the sky and smashed not far from the place where Princess Pingkang was standing just now, as if the entire city wall was shaking, and the boulder suddenly had a depression in the middle, and the solid city bricks became shattered in many places, and countless gravel and dust flew around.
This boulder was just the beginning, more stones fell from the sky, Goguryeo behind the battlements did not even dare to lift their heads, let the dust in the sky fall on their bodies, after a suffocating period of time, last night the Goguryeo people's repairs were all useless, and there were new collapses in the city head one after another.
"Whew! Shout! Shout! "Behind the boulder were crossbow arrows, which made a buzzing sound as they plunged into the city.
When the crossbow bolts also stopped, the city wall was already densely covered with Sui troops climbing along the gap.
"Kill!" Princess Pyeongkang regained her senses and jumped out from behind, and the Goguryeo soldiers who had just been suppressed by the Sui army also followed behind their princess and killed the Sui army who climbed up, and the two sides quickly became a ball. Half of the 100,000-strong army had died at the head of the city, and the rest were either wounded or exhausted, and could only retreat step by step in the face of the Sui army's attack.
"The city is broken, the city is broken." Huge cheers rang out at the head of the city, and more and more Sui troops went to the head of the city, and the strength of the two sides at the head of the city was almost close to one to one, and then it became two to one, three to one, and finally most of the city head turned into a red figure, drowning the only remaining resistance of Goguryeo.
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