The original tall and majestic city tower has disappeared from people's sight, replaced by a short section of a mound full of broken tiles, and those stumps and broken arms can be seen everywhere, just now still standing on the city gate tower to show off the military of Goguryeo generals are afraid that they have been torn apart by the power of artillery, this is the first time that artillery has been used on a large scale on the battlefield, its powerful destructive power will make its users and enemies always remember, and witnessed the great role of firearms in the war, one day, Its prestige will be celebrated by the world, and it will also leave a strong mark on history, witnessing the birth of the Gunpowder Age.

The generals of the military academy on the side all muttered that they didn't know what they were talking about, and their expressions were ugly anyway, but soon everyone was startled by the change in Xuansu City, and the people in the city fled desperately to the other three city gates as if they were crazy.

Uncle Li Ji was the first to calm down, waved the leading flag in his hand, and countless Tang Iron Cavalry rushed over like a scattered mercury spilling out, and Li Yexu was like a madman, leading his team to rush frantically towards the collapsed Xuansu city wall.

"That's the power of these cannons?" Xue Rengui on the side had red eyes like a rabbit that had been shot, and his hand tightly held his Fang Tian painting halberd that would never leave him, and he stammered.

"Everyone, believe me, today's siege battle will be a milestone that will rewrite the entire history of world warfare......" I whispered as I looked at the mess ahead.

The Goryeo army did not expect that the Tang army would take a detour north to cross the river, and they did not expect that the important town of Xuansu City, which they were proud of in the middle line of defense, would be occupied so inexplicably, in this battle, the Tang Dynasty took Xuansu City so easily, capturing nearly 10,000 Goguryeo troops, and capturing 5,000 households of Xuansu City, and seizing more than 80,000 stone of food and wages.

---------------------------------------------------- no one dares to doubt the power of artillery anymore, and Uncle Li Ji even took these artillery treasures of our academy very much, and even secretly bribed me to exchange the price of two bottles of disinfectant wine for the command of the artillery in the next city.

We didn't stay here for long, and continued to move forward, and the troops pointed directly at Baiyan City, and similarly, they were defeated in a battle, and several cities were defeated, until Su Dingfang's vanguard army appeared in the east of Xiangping City, and Goguryeo was horrified to find that the Tang army seemed to have fallen from the sky, and had taken almost all of Goguryeo's defensive towns on the Liaohe Plain. The entire Goguryeo army besieging Xiangping collapsed without a fight, and at this time, the appearance of the Liao Duke Gaowu, captured tens of thousands, Quangai Suwen was terrified, he could not have imagined that his defense line was so easily broken through by the Tang army, and the news that the former king was still alive made Goguryeo's military heart begin to waver, Quangai Suwen was helpless, so he ordered the Goryeo army to defend the city, not to attack lightly, give full play to his characteristics of being good at defense, and gradually drag down the Tang army, in order to strive for the strategic initiative.

When we arrived at the city of Xiangping, we couldn't help but be startled by the bleak scene in front of us, Xiangping City was surrounded by the dead bodies of the Goguryeo and Jin soldiers who had not had time to move away, and the broken knives and arrows were everywhere under the city outline, and the walls made of yellow mud had collapsed in several places, but the flags fluttering on the head of the city seemed to announce to us that this land, this city, belonged to the Tang Dynasty, and no one could take it away.

"General!" Uncle Li Ji's herald rushed over to this side: "General Fang, the general ordered your troops to camp in the east of the city, and by the way, please enter the city with all the Taoist chiefs." ”

"Okay, you go back to the general, and the general will be there later. Duan Yunsong, let the soldiers camp in the east of the city, and they would have entered the city first with the Taoist leaders. After instructing them, continue to walk along the city, the general smell of bad smell wandered at the tip of the nose, behind the more than 100 Taoist elders couldn't help but recite the Buddha of Amitayus, and Liushuang's face and expression were unbearable to witness, I reined in the horse slowly, and after walking side by side with the carriage they were riding, I took out a bag from my arms, handed it to Liushuang who was a little puzzled, and said warmly: "This preserved fruit is specially made of orange peel, and the taste is heavy, but at least it can make you feel better." ”

Liushuang hesitated for a moment, glanced at the bloodstains on the wall, and the severed arms and stumps that could still see Sen Sen's white bones, and quickly took it: "Thank you!" The dexterous fingers were a little trembling, and it took a long time to take out a piece of preserved fruit and stuff it into her mouth, and Liushuang frowned slightly, but it could be seen that her state seemed to be much better.

I rode towards the gate in front of me, looked back, saw Liushuang's somewhat moved eyes, waved my hand at a beautiful girl, and got the same answer as ever, the back of my head...... Sun Simiao's old face was blue, and at his request, I led them to meet Zhang Jian, the governor of Yingzhou, who was chatting with Uncle Li Ji about the military situation, Zhang Jian, whose head was bandaged and his left hand hanging on his chest, looked tired, and he was talking intermittently with Uncle Li Ji about the hard battle of the past ten days.

It turned out that some of the soldiers in Xiangping City were in the Goguryeo people when they attacked the city, took the opportunity to make trouble in the city, and once opened the west gate of Xiangping, just that night, the Tang Dynasty's strong soldiers died nearly 3,000 people, and the city gate was closed again, however, most of the city's defense equipment was burned, and most of the arrows were destroyed, and they came in a hurry, bringing a total of less than 150,000 arrows, and when the reinforcements arrived, Zhang Jian had been guarding Xiangping City for a whole month, and Goguryeo was prepared. A large number of siege equipment caused them heavy damage, killing and wounding more than 6,000 soldiers, and in the end, all the arrows used sparingly had been used up, and they could only demolish the houses to get stones and wood to defend the city.

Hearing the news, Uncle Li Ji couldn't help but sigh and let out a long sigh, if it weren't for our northern crossing of Liaoshui and attacking all the way, I am afraid that it would drag on for more than ten days, and the consequences would be really unimaginable.

"Jian didn't expect it, but fortunately, after Jian captured Xiangping, he immediately reinforced 20,000 troops, if it was a few days late, the Liao River rose, hehe......" Zhang Jian, the governor of Yingzhou, shook his head with a wry smile, very scared.

---------------------------------------------------- "Okay, okay, my Grand Governor, now that my army has arrived, and several big cities of Goguryeo have been linked, the enemy has fled in fear, and you have to drag down more than 100,000 troops in Goguryeo, such a great achievement, Your Majesty will definitely be greatly comforted." Uncle Li Ji patted Zhang Jian's shoulder and said with relief.

"Master Zhang, Yuan Tiangang is polite." Yuan Tiangang cleared his throat and stood in front of him and said warmly.

Zhang Jian raised his head and was stunned: "Daochang Yuan, oops, Zhang Jian has seen a real person, but he didn't expect that a real person would come to Liaodong in person, so Zhang Jian was rude." ”

Yuan Tiangang stretched out his hand to pick up the injured Zhang Dudu, with a heavy expression of compassion: "General Zhang doesn't need to be polite, this time the poor Dao and the Taoist friends came together, firstly, to be ordered by His Majesty to treat my Tang Dynasty soldiers, and secondly, to collect the bone nameplate of my deceased Tang Dynasty soldiers, and to welcome them to the Chang'an Loyal Soul Temple to accept the incense offerings of my Tang people." ”

"Oh, in this way, Zhang Mou thanked the Taoist elders for their great kindness and kindness for those dead brothers......" When Zhang Jian heard this, he couldn't help but tears in his eyes and said sadly, and it took a while for his mood to calm down.

"Oh yes, I almost forgot to introduce it, this is Fang Jun, the second son of Fang Xiang, the head of the Datang Military Academy, if there is no artillery led by him this time, I am afraid it will be difficult for us to go south in such a short time." Uncle Li Ji introduced with a smile.

"The last general, Fang Jun, has seen Zhang Dudu." I saluted Zhang Jian's juniors.

Zhang Jian helped me up and said with a smile: "It turned out to be the bereaved love of Fang Junfang, who is rich in four cars and only seven buckets high?" Hahaha, it's rare, the old man went to eat your full moon wine, I don't want to blink an eye, it's a few points stronger and taller than the old man. Hahaha......"

I was a little unsteady, who could know the grief and indignation in my heart, the wine words that I boasted to Uncle Li back then had actually spread to Liaodong, damn, Uncle Li, an old rascal with a big mouth, no wonder I didn't think he was a good person when I first saw him.

There was a sound of eating laughter from the side, and I twisted my head viciously, facing the reddened frost that made my pretty face suffocate, and this girl still stuck her tongue out at me?! On the contrary, the angry Lao Tzu almost rushed forward and slapped the little Dao girl's ass two times in retaliation.

However, her laughter immediately caught the attention of the Zhang Dudu. "This little girl is ......"

Yuan Tiangang looked at Liushuang, whose face was a little red, and shrank behind him, and said gently: "Oh, she is my apprentice, she is good at the art of trapping things, and she is also good at medical skills. Master Zhang, Xiaodao almost forgot what was going on, I don't know how many wounded people are in the city, where they are, and I hope to tell Poor Dao and others, and Poor Dao and others can go for treatment. ”

(To be continued)