Chapter 276 [Conquering the World]

The Tang army is very leisurely, you can hum a minor tune and fire cannons in a chic manner! Left shot, "all encountered"!

- The right cannon, "all should be defeated"! - It's not enough to fire artillery just to attack the city, and you have to hit the door and climb the wall in the end! The Goryeo garrison began to wait for the Tang infantry to attack, and we had been subjected to shelling for so many days, and we had been worried all day, and now it was finally time to vent our anger. Wait a minute! There's one other weapon that doesn't show up - crashing. Crashing, "setting up a crash wood (such as oil squeezing collision method), wrapping its head with iron leaves, and moving it from the ...... one by one" is a siege equipment that mainly destroys the city walls and gates with the force of the collision.

In ancient times, it was used in all siege warfare, because of its flexible movement, huge destructive power, and high use rate, it was deeply loved by attackers! It is the weapon of choice for siege! The Tang Army pushed these deadly things to demolish! "Boom" a blow! "Broken House" and "Boom" strike again! "All the pavilions are toppled"

After watching the demon atmosphere extinguished, Li Shiyun used these good things to give the defenders in the city a twelve-day science popularization class! The fishing nets have been pierced, the attic has been demolished, and the city walls have been smashed, so it's almost time for the infantry! When Li Shiyun was about to give an order, the emperor came, and the pomp was very big! After 12 days of crackling and beating, the city has not yet been conquered, Li Shimin couldn't sit still, and personally brought more than 10,000 elite cavalry soldiers to help.

Look at this posture: the emperor is wearing golden armor (zhào), and more than 10,000 elite cavalry soldiers are also wearing Xuanjin Mountain Wuwen armor, the queue is neat, and the momentum is magnificent. "A dazzling day". Of course, Li Shimin is not here to set up the score, in fact, it is okay to play the score, and by the way, you can hit the psychology of the enemy army! The emperor was worthy of being the emperor, and after a glance, he stopped Li Shixian's order to send infantry to climb the city wall.

Li Shiyun was puzzled! But when he saw the emperor pointing to the flag fluttering in the wind with his finger, he understood that the emperor was going to attack with fire. The heavenly pity saw that the Goryeo guards had been waiting for almost half a month, and they finally had to wait until the opposing infantry was about to climb the wall. They climbed up to the battlements one after another, ready to throw out the arrows and crossbows and sasswood prepared for the Tang Army, they were too aggrieved and wanted to vent!

But. What they saw was not a large group of people and horses swarming, but a small group of Tang soldiers, carrying a rushing rod (a kind of wall-climbing equipment), quickly rushing to the southwest of Liaodong City (it was a southerly wind blowing at that time, and the wind was very strong). This handful of Tang soldiers, who moved quickly and were good at dodging bows and arrows, quickly rushed to the base of the wall.

Before the guards could react, they had already climbed the walls and set the attic on fire. Oh! It's going to burn us! I see? I see! It's late! Historical records record: "The south wind will be urgent" and "the south wind will be very strong".

In addition, there are many wooden war towers scattered on the city walls! The defenders regretted it, what kind of battle building did they build in the first place! Fire borrows the wind! The wind fuels the fire! The fire soon spread to the city, and "all the houses were destroyed"! The guards were completely stunned, and they were stoned again, and the fire was smoking. Basically lost its combat effectiveness. The time has come. Only then did the Tang army take advantage of the situation and rushed to the city with a spear. Infantry artillery works in tandem.

The artillerymen were not idle, and continued to fire artillery, this time it was not just a boulder, but a fireball! "Stones like rain"! (Lin lìn, perennial herbaceous plant with a thin, round, long stem with white pith in it.) The stem can be braided, and the stem can be burned with a lamp. With this thing, gunpowder is added and wrapped in stone bullets. It's a fireball. )

Liaodong City was conquered, and the Tang army destroyed more than 10,000 enemies in this battle, more than 10,000 victorious soldiers, and 40,000 men and women. 500,000 stone of grain. After capturing Liaodong City, Li Shimin ordered to change Liaodong City to Liaozhou! But when the city was broken, in the midst of chaos, the subordinate of Liaodong City Changshi (official name) took the opportunity to escape with his boss's wife and children and went straight to Baiyan City. Regarding the casualties of the Tang army in this battle, there is no record in various historical sources.

But. Looking at Tang Jun's way of playing, there shouldn't be a few people who die! Just conquered Liaodong City, and there was good news: Sun Daiyin (one as Sun Fayin), the city lord of Baiyan City (one as White Cliff City), sent an envoy to ask for surrender! Li Shimin, who was in a good mood, stood at the head of Liaodong City, looking at the city at his feet, it was here that had never been conquered in the four conquests of the Sui Dynasty! Now it has been conquered by my Datang! Li Shimin, who was in a good mood, improvised a poem "Liaocheng Looking at the Moon": Xuanwu is bright at the beginning of the month, and Chenghui shines on Liaojie. The clouds are temporarily hidden, and the flowers are dotted across the trees.

The spirit is full of laurel branches, and the wheel is lacking. The city is scattered, with a halo and a heavy encirclement. Stand on the pill capital and watch the demon atmosphere disappear. The whole poem is impassioned, the style is positive and happy, and the moon expresses the author's excitement after capturing Liaodong City, and expresses the author's broad mind to recover Liaodong.

Surrender! Baiyan City (about 50 miles east of Liaoyang, Liaoning Province, on the north bank of the Taizi River) is located about 50 miles east of Liaodong City! Sun Daiyin repented, the specific reason is unknown! There is no trace of historical data at all. I'll tell you why—get used to it! Surrender, to be precise, has become a habit of the Goryeo army when facing the pressure of the troops of the Central Plains suzerain.

In 612 AD, that is, 33 years ago, Emperor Yang of Sui conscripted a total of 1,133,800 soldiers from all over the world, known as 2 million, and divided his troops into three ways to conquer Goryeo, with a march of 960 miles. Among them, the Middle Route Army (about 400,000 in number) crossed the Liao River after a fierce battle and arrived at the city of Liaodong.

In order to show his military ability and benevolence, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty issued the following two edicts to all armies before the army attacked the city: First, "all military advances and stops must be reported and reported, and no monopoly shall be obtained." Second, "if Goryeo surrenders, it is advisable to accept it, and it is not allowed to set up troops."

The meaning of the first article is that generals have no autonomy and cannot act cheaply; The second is that as long as the Goryeo soldiers say that they want to surrender, they must immediately stop the attack! After receiving the order, the generals can only "obey the order"!

Emperor Yang of Sui didn't know that in addition to "surrender" in this world, there was also "fraudulent surrender"! Just when Liaodong City was about to be conquered by the Sui army, the city sent someone to shout: Stop fighting, we surrender! Surrender? It's easy to do, disarm and get out of the city immediately, wait for processing, let's go into the city, or we will continue to beat you! Simple, right? But the generals at that time did not dare to do this, because they "did not have exclusive power"! I can only send someone to ask Yang Guang for instructions, and Yang Guang will decide!

By the time Yang Guang's order was sent back, the Goryeo soldiers had already rearmed and continued to resist stubbornly! The Sui army fights again! Goryeo can't bear it again! Surrender again! Sui will report again! Come back after reporting! The Goryeo Army has rearmament again! Keep resisting! The Sui army fights again! Goryeo can't bear it again! Surrender again! …… Dazzling, right? Me too! But it's true! The Goryeo Army found out, so you are so easy to fool! Every time we surrender, it becomes more difficult for you to storm the city!

The scam works! In this way, he fought back and forth, descended, reported, and fought again three times, and Emperor Yang of Sui was fooled so many times, and he was still "the emperor never came to his senses"! In the end, the Sui army stopped at the city of Liaodong! And Goryeo also discovered that there was a kind of weapon for defending the city called "Fraudulent Surrender"! The reason why Sun Daiyin repented. In addition to the above reasons, he also knew that reinforcements were coming!

Almighty Li Shimin

On May 28, the Tang army approached Baiyan City. The emperor was angry, and the consequences were very severe! Dare to fool me? Li Shimin ordered: On the day the city is broken, all the people and property in the city will be rewarded to the soldiers! Pull me away! Beat! Sun Daiyin learned that reinforcements were already on the way, and planned to compete with the Tang army! I really can't hold it anymore, so I'll surrender when the time comes!

Pity. He was wrong, he was not facing Yang Guang's false benevolent Emperor Yang! It's Taizong Li Shimin, who is doing everything in civil governance and martial arts! The long history of Liaodong City, who fled back to save trouble, told Sun Daiyin about the terrifying siege ability of the Tang army, and he made corresponding preparations and arranged a large number of archers and stone throwers in the city! On May 29, the day after the troops arrived at Baiyan City, the Tang army launched an attack on the city.

Baiyan City is located on the north bank of the Taizi River, on the Shicheng Mountain, by the mountains and rivers, very precipitous, the history books record: "because the mountains are near the water, the four sides are dangerous". The range of the trebuchet was not enough to threaten the walls.

I had to honestly bang on the door and climb the wall. The emperor drove the expedition in person, and there was no need to mobilize, after all, the emperor had spoken and captured the city, and the gold and silver treasures in it, including the people, were all his own. First come, first served! Braving the rain of stone bullets and arrows, the Tang army launched a charge against the city again and again! Everyone is scrambling: after all, it's too late, it's gone! During the charge, Li Simo, the general of the Left Guard, was shot by a cold arrow because his command position was too far forward. Li Shimin was worried that the arrow was poisonous, so he personally sucked out the blood in Li Simo's mouth! Emperor?

Poison blood? Or to subordinates? Hear this. The Datang soldiers are even more energetic! A charge that is fiercer than one is launched! They don't know that this is not the first time that Li Shimin has been a military doctor in Goryeo! The excitement of the attack here, the scout came to report: Yuangai Suwen mobilized more than 10,000 troops from the Black Bone City to rush to the aid of Baiyan City, and has now arrived on the outskirts of the city!

Located on the flank of our army! Li Shimin heard the news. Didn't panic, because he still had a trump card in his hand that he didn't use. The one-eared general "Whoever uses soldiers to break through Tubo and Guhun is brave; The heart is like an iron stone, and he is loyal; I don't understand Wan Junguan, forgive me; The relatives of the Hinder, Zhiya; The death of Shegotubo. Knowledge; Those who have made great contributions, occupied prominent positions, and slept all night, how can they be powerful. ”

Courage, loyalty, forgiveness, wisdom, and knowledge are possessed, and for generals, it is enough to be evaluated like this! No regrets! What is the force, what is the strength of the contract! Resume of Qibi He Li Name: He Li Nationality: Turkic Nationality Qibi Tribe Birth Year: Unknown (no longer available, about 620 AD) Death year: 677 AD Career Resume: 9 years old, Ren Da Lifa (official name, equivalent to tribal chief); In 632, he was a general of the Left Army; In 634, he refused the post of general of Zuotunwei, and was then appointed as the guard of the North Gate and the inspector of the camp of the school; In 640, he was the deputy chief of Green Mountain Road; In 644, he was the general of the Right Xiaowei; In 645 (now), he led the former army of Liaodong Province and accompanied the army to conquer Goryeo......

Main achievements: In the battle with Tuyuhun, he rescued the injured and fallen horse of Xue Wanjun, the general of the Left Tunwei, and the two brothers Xue Wanche, the general of the Right Wuwei; led more than 1,000 elite cavalry to raid Tuyuhun's lair, beheaded thousands of people, captured more than 200,000 cattle, horses and sheep, and only Murong Fuyun, the king of Tuyuhun, escaped alone, and his wife and children were captured; With just one mouth, he stirred up the civil strife in Xue Yantuo and made the first contribution to the Tang Dynasty's destruction of Xue Yantuo...... Awesome, right? Marvellous.

Throughout the seven years of war, the Tang Dynasty, as the suzerain, won more and lost less, but lost control of Baekje's hometown; On the contrary, Silla, as a vassal state, won fewer victories and more defeats, but gained all of Baekje's hometown and part of Goguryeo's hometown.

Now let's meet this brave general who is brave, loyal, forgiving, wise and knowledgeable! Oh, he just has one ear, so he calls it a one-eared general, what's the matter, I'll talk about it later, let's look at the present! Reinforcements from the Black Bone City have arrived!

Li Shimin showed his trump card! Now the strength is very tight, I can only give you 800 strong horses, He Li, you have never let me down, in Chishui River, in Tuyuan River, in Gaochang, you have not let me down, even when you are trapped in Xue Yantuo, you have never let me down! Today, I believe in you, and you will be able to make great achievements again! Li Shimin didn't know that this time, He Li almost disappointed him!

How can he lead the troops away, that's enough! 800 strong cavalry against more than 10,000 reinforcements, I will definitely be able to defeat you! I will once again use my strength to tell everyone that I am not in vain! Taking advantage of the new arrival of Goryeo reinforcements, the foothold was not stable, and the war situation was unknown.

He Li led 800 strong cavalry to block the enemy army head-on, broke into the enemy formation, and the two sides soon melee together. He Li is very brave, but unfortunately, the open gun is easy to dodge and the hidden arrow is difficult to prevent, just when this benevolent brother was rising, a Goryeo soldier named Gao Tubo secretly poked He Li in the waist.

This lance is not light, and the history books record that "sores are very bad" and "sores are serious". Just when everyone was worried about He Li, he rushed out from the emperor's side, risked his life to break into the enemy formation, and rescued He Li in the army.

Good people will be rewarded in the end! This person's surname is Xue, his name is Wanbei, and Xue Wanche's brother is also! At that time, Shang Yin Fengyu (a chauffeur similar to the emperor)! (11 years ago, in Chishuichuan, He Li rescued Xue Wanbei's two elder brothers in the chaotic army) It can be seen that it is always good to do more good deeds and accumulate virtue! It's not that you don't repay the favor, it's just that the time has not come! Mission not done yet! Enemy reinforcements are still approaching! Losing one's life is a small matter, and it is not a big deal to live up to the emperor's trust, the key is that the entire battle situation will be in trouble because of oneself! People are in the position! He Li did something that shocked everyone: after tightly binding the wound on his waist with a cloth belt, he once again entered the enemy formation with injuries! Brave, for the root of the will also! The leaders don't want to die, and the subordinates are even braver! The morale of the Tang army was greatly boosted! One against ten? With the strength of one enemy and one hundred, I have it! Eight hundred cavalry swooped down on the enemy again with lightning speed.

People are in the position! He Li did something that shocked everyone: after tightly binding the wound on his waist with a cloth belt, he once again entered the enemy formation with injuries! Brave, for the root of the will also! The leaders don't want to die, and the subordinates are even braver! The morale of the Tang army was greatly boosted! One against ten? With the strength of one enemy and one hundred, I have it! Eight hundred cavalry swooped down on the enemy again with lightning speed.

As the saying goes, those who are barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes! In the face of these murderous gods, the Goryeo soldiers lost in momentum, and if they were afraid, they ran away! Tang Jun is not polite, you run, I will chase, I have been chasing for dozens of miles, beheading more than a thousand, if it is not dark, I am afraid that these deadly things can continue to chase! After the reinforcements were defeated, Li Shimin went to the camp tent to comfort He Li and personally medicated He Li's wounds! When He Lizheng was moved, he reported outside the account: I caught the murderer who poked you, Gao Tubo (to be continued.) )