Chapter 582: Siege?

Yizhi Wende gathered the forces in the city at the West Gate, and now the West Gate soldiers are scattered, and the Yizhi Wende is headed, and the domestic city has no strength to confront the Tang army. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Overcoming the difficulty of Eulji Wende, the domestic city officially fell.

With the fall of the West Gate, the four gates were closed, and they were guarded by Qiu Man, Qiu Jing, Wang Haokai of the Loyal and Righteous Army, and Qiang Jian Fan of the Tiger Ben Army. The liberated 5,000 Tiger Army and 500 personal guards were led by the captain to clear the last resistance.

Under the purging of the Tiger Ben Army, which would not let go, at dawn, the Tang Army had successfully taken the domestic city.

However, in a short time, there was no big war, and the conflict never stopped.

For the Goguryeo soldiers and civilians who dared to resist, the Tiger Ben army was not polite, they carried forward the style of the Turkic conquest, but those who resisted, there was no mercy.

Killing is not the best strategy, but in such a situation, killing is undoubtedly the most powerful deterrent.

After a night of repression, the situation in the city turned into a calm. Let the people of Goguryeo, who were afraid of killing, hide in their own hair houses, trembling, for fear that the thin wooden door would be broken by people.

But apparently, this is a disciplined army, as long as it keeps to itself. They don't take the initiative to attack these ordinary people.

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With the fall of Simen, the domestic Seongjeongung Palace was like a bolt from the blue, but what really frightened Goguryeo was the death of Eulji Moondeok.

There is a feeling that Optimus Prime is falling and the building is about to fall.

Especially Gao Jianwu, the king of Goguryeo, his mood was very conflicted.

Gao Jianwu was a very aspiring king and very capable, he was the younger brother of the previous Goguryeo king Gao Yuan.

In that year, the Sui Dynasty's 400,000 water and land army attacked Pyongyang, and Gao Jianwu led thousands of soldiers and horses to defeat the 100,000 naval army led by the Sui Dynasty's general Lai Hu'er, and achieved the first result, followed by the 300,000 Sui soldiers by Ezhi Wende. There is no doubt that the 400,000 land and water army of the Sui Dynasty was defeated at the hands of Gao Jianwu and Yizhi Wende.

Gao Yuan died early, and Gao Jianwu ascended the throne and was known as the king of Rongliu, but he was not free as a king. Yuan Ziyou, the first powerful minister of Goguryeo who forced back Eulji Wendeok, dominated all state affairs, and Gao Jianwu had ambitions and ambitions, but he was reduced to a puppet.

For the sake of the survival of the Yuan family, before his death, Yuan Ziyou used his power to "make an exception", so that the position of controlling the military and political power of the Yuan family became the private property of the Yuan family, and it was successfully passed on to his son Yuan Dazuo.

As a famous minister of the rise of Goguryeo, Yuanziyou's status is comparable to Xiao He Zhangliang of the Han Dynasty and Zhuge Liang of Shu.

But Yuan Dazuo is far inferior to Yuan Ziyou, although he sits in the position of the great pair of Lu and holds the military and political power of Goguryeo, but he cannot limit the rise of Gao Jianwu, the king.

Gao Jianwu continued to gather strength, playing the trick of first recovering the power of the general and finally forcing Yuan Dazuo to step down. It's just that he never imagined that Yuan Dazuo gave birth to an ambitious son Yuan Gai Suwen, and this son is extraordinary, decisive and brave, after learning of Gao Jianwu's plan, he preemptively pursued Gao Jianwu all the way to the domestic city.

Gao Jianwu fled to the domestic city, and his biggest reliance was on the "god" of Eulji Wende, the most prestigious savior of Goguryeo. Yizhi Wende lived up to expectations, he fought two hearty and great victories, helping Gao Jianwu to firmly establish a foundation in the domestic city, but when the foreign enemy retreated, the two had conflicts due to interests and authority.

Before, Gao Jianwu cursed more than once, cursing Yizhi Wende for being old and not dying as a thief. But Ulzhi Wende really died, but he was not happy at all.

"Haozhe, what's the situation?" Gao Jianwu worriedly asked about the last military general he relied on.

"Your Majesty, the last general has just inspected from a high place, and before the city shouted and killed, the flames rushed into the sky, and there was chaos! But now it has calmed down. Lord, let's withdraw quickly! These remnants of the Sui army are menacing, and they are all ruthless, and they come with hatred, and we may not be able to resist it. ”

After hearing this, the muscles on Gao Jianwu's face trembled, and there was a hint of hesitation in his eyes, but it was fleeting.

He snapped, "No! Can't be withdrawn! How could I run away without a fight! Fallen to the brave name of our Goguryeo people! ”

After saying that, he suddenly pulled out his waist knife and said sharply to Gao Haozhe: "Quickly take my armor!" I will go into battle and fight with the soldiers on the walls of the palace, and fight these remnants to the end! As long as we hold on for one day, after one day, the divisions of the King of Qin from all over the country will come quickly, and when the time comes, these remnants will be broken into thousands of pieces. ”

Kim Ho-chul sighed secretly, the military regulations of the Goguryeo royal army are extremely strict, if the main general does not withdraw, and his subordinates flee and the main general is killed, all his subordinates will be beheaded.

He had no choice but to serve Gao Jianwu and put on his armor and get on the war horse.

Gao Jianwu's decision is undoubtedly a wise choice, the four gates have fallen, I don't know where they will go, and I don't know how many enemies there are, rather than making the choice of fleeing with an uncertain future, it is better to close the palace gate and wait for help! In order to achieve the suddenness of the siege, the enemy's troops will definitely not be too many, and there are not many troops, so how long can they hold out?

The city was on fire, and the people were terrified. Most of the soldiers who stayed in the domestic city were old and weak soldiers, and the young and strong were also recruited recruits, and their combat effectiveness was originally poor, plus they didn't expect that the Tang army would attack the city wall to strengthen the domestic city.

When the news of Eulji Moondeok's death in battle spread, the sky of the Goguryeo soldiers suddenly collapsed, and in a panic, they didn't know how many enemies had entered, whether it was a general or a soldier, they were all in a panic.

As soon as they engaged the enemy, they felt the strong combat power of the other party, and there was always a psychological misunderstanding on the defending side, believing that once the enemy army attacked the city, it meant that the city had fallen.

Therefore, they all thought that the city had fallen, and many of them were thinking about how to break out of the city so as not to be killed. Coupled with the haste of the incident, effective resistance was not organized at all.

On the high wall, Gao Jianwu found that the entire city of China had fallen into chaos, the people were all frightened and hid in their homes, the doors and windows of the merchants were closed, and there were enemy troops rushing into the city everywhere, they were rampaging through the wide streets of the city, and killing people in the clothes of soldiers when they saw them.

The defenders fled in all directions like headless flies, completely losing the will to resist and being annihilated by the enemy in piles.

By the early morning of the next day, the enemy had completed the siege of the palace.

It's just that because the palace walls are tall and the houses nearby are dense, it is not easy to use the longbow and hard crossbow, and Gao Jianwu commanded his own troops to occupy the strategic high ground, making it difficult for the Tang army to attack it.

Cheng Chumo shouted at the palace: "Gao Jianwu, you have been defeated!" Come out and surrender quickly, and you will not die! ”

"Phew! Goguryeo only had heroes who died in battle, and there were no Confucian husbands who surrendered! Do you think that we will be as soft as you Han people, and if we can't beat us, we will be traitors? Gao Jianwu's voice came out, which made the Tang Jun present couldn't help but be furious.

Cheng Chumo was even more angry and gritted his teeth, he threw his helmet to the ground, and then raised his big knife and shouted loudly: "Brothers, rush with me!" Ben was going to chop this horseman! ”

Just when Cheng Chumo was about to lead the crowd to attack, he heard a crisp voice coming: "Little Old Cheng, what's wrong!" ”

Cheng Chumo looked back and saw a young and handsome white-robed young general riding over, it was not Qin Feng or someone.

He hurriedly stepped forward and said: "General, there are only more than 2,000 people in the palace, but the Jin general Gao Jianwu is hiding inside, vowing not to surrender, I have rushed a few times before, but I have not attacked it." ”

Qin Feng looked at Cheng Chumo, only to see that there were two bloody cuts on his face, still dripping with blood, obviously not bandaged yet, and most of the soldiers around him were also injured.

When did the Tiger Ben Army suffer such a loss, Qin Feng couldn't help but say with some heartache: "Gao Jianwu occupies a high wall, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Don't storm it! ”

Cheng Chu listened silently, for fear that Qin Feng would blame him for not attacking effectively, so he patted his chest and said, "General, it's okay!" Lao Cheng must take down this assault! ”

With that, he rolled up his sleeves and wanted to step forward again.

"Wait! This Gao Jianwu refuses to surrender, it is nothing more than bullying us few people, he is paying attention to holding on and waiting for help! But we don't have to be polite to him! Qin Feng saw that many of his soldiers were injured, and his chest was also filled with real anger.

After hearing this, Cheng Chumo asked with some confusion: "General, what do you mean......?"

Qin Feng glanced at the row of wooden houses in the palace, which was not too wide, and a cold light flashed in his eyes: "I mean attack with fire, this courtyard is full of wooden houses, as long as you shoot rockets into it and set the wooden houses on fire, are you afraid that these Goguryeo will not come out?" ”

Chu Huaizhong said: "General, I'm afraid it won't work!" There's also a square inside, and you can't burn it inside. ”

When Qin Feng heard this, he said: "Since this is the case, then demolish the nearby houses, and then erect them here, and then shoot at Gao Jianwu, and at the same time, the personal guards will take the opportunity to attack the city!" He looked at the direction of the wind, and said evilly, "Besides, a fire is lit here, and it is covered with fresh foliage." ”

"Brilliant plan!" Hou Zhong pondered, his eyes lit up for a while, and he shouted: "The wind is facing the palace, and the fresh branches and leaves cannot start a fire, but it will produce billowing smoke, hehe, Goguryeo is facing the smoke, and his eyes can't be opened, so the difficulty of our army's siege will be reduced by dozens of times." ”

The generals immediately ordered the soldiers to prepare the rockets.

After a while, some houses were erected nearby, and although they could not be on par with the palace walls, the disadvantages were greatly reduced, and the houses were erected, and the soldiers took rockets, and then climbed on them and began to shoot.

Gao Jianwu was shocked and angry, but he had no way to counteract except to fight back with a bow and arrow, because Qin Feng was sure that he didn't dare to come out for a decisive battle.

Listening to the continuous sound of "whoosh, whoosh", one rocket after another with red trails drilled into the row of wooden houses, and landed on the doors, windows and roofs of the wooden houses, causing bursts of flames.

At this time, it was the time when the wind was strong, and the fire took advantage of the wind to burn more and more, although Gao Jianwu commanded his soldiers to fight hard, but the fire and smoke still shrouded the entire palace.

"! This thief is too vicious! He wanted to set us on fire! Gao Jianwu was also anxious at this time, although he was not afraid of death, he did not want to be burned alive like this.

At this time, many soldiers were on fire, and they couldn't help but scream and flee inside.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, we have a square separating us, and it's useless to have a big fire." Kim Hao-chul's face was all black, and after he coughed a few times, he reminded loudly.

"That's right! I almost forgot about it. Gao Jianwu's heart was wide, and he said with a hideous face: "Soldiers, the enemy has no choice, this fire is at most to burn down this row of houses, as long as you hold on for one day, as soon as the reinforcements arrive tomorrow, it will be their sacrifice day, and let them live one more day." ”

It's just that he was too happy, as Tang Jun threw the fresh branches and leaves into the fire, under the steaming of the fire, the billowing smoke drifted along the wind towards the palace. In an instant, all the people defending in the city, including Gao Jianwu, were so smoked that tears and snot flowed, and coughed loudly, but the more they coughed, the faster the smoke poured in, and some people couldn't stand this suffocation, so they ran down the city, the visibility under the smoke was extremely low, and Gao Jianwu didn't dare to open his mouth to scold, so he could only watch the soldiers collapse in the smoke.

As we all know, the most lethal fire accident is the toxic smoke, once inhaled into the lungs, the damage is first of all the respiratory system, if the prevention and control is not timely, the damage to the respiratory tract and lung parenchyma caused by harmful substances, the reaction that occurs immediately after the occurrence is hypoxemia and carbon monoxide poisoning, which mainly affects respiratory function. In addition to airway injury, pulmonary edema can quickly occur, and in severe cases, respiratory failure.

These soldiers of Goguryeo are the last strength of Gao Jianwu, more than ninety percent of the soldiers are unyielding dead soldiers, the vast majority of them would rather die than retreat, and their loyalty is the root cause of their rapid death, a moment later, death began to appear on the palace wall, gradually, one by one, the soldiers who inhaled the smoke fell from the palace wall and turned into corpses!

As time goes on, more and more people fall!

"Brothers, follow me!" Seeing that it would be ripe, Qin Feng gave the order to attack the city!

Chu Huaizhong, Hou Zhong and others looked at each other, the siege equipment was equal to zero, how to attack the city? The tall and thick walls of the palace are two zhang long, so can adults fly over and enter like birds?