Chapter 580: Raid on the City Without Difficulty (Calling for a Monthly Pass)
After a while, the lean Jinyuan intelligence officer rushed over, "I've seen my lord." I wonder what the adults commanded? ”
"This official wants to ask you, how many people are there in the city of [***]? And how many Goguryeo officials can be used by me? I motioned for him to sit down on the maza, and said warmly, at this time, there might not be the slightest mistake.
Without thinking, he responded: "There are eighteen intelligence officers in the Jinjuwon, and there are sixty-five dead soldiers in the Jinsowon, and as for the Goguryeo officials, only five of them have agreed to make an internal response, and the other eighteen Goguryeo officials are also inclined to us, but they should not be on our side at this time." ”
"Oh!" I nodded, thought for a moment and continued to ask, "How did you make an agreement with the left-behind people to open the city gate and let us enter the city?" ”
"This ...... When the little one came, although the intelligence chief of the capital city of Goguryeo had such a plan, but because we didn't know when my Tang army would be able to attack the city of Goguryeo, we ...... But don't worry, the villain is willing to lead the way for the army first, the army has lurked outside the capital of Goguryeo, I took a group of soldiers to change into Goguryeo clothes, enter from the river, and meet the people in the city, if it is just to take a city gate, it will not be difficult, after all, the Goguryeo people are very proud, thinking that my Tang Dynasty is afraid that even Liaodong can not be defeated, and the defense of the capital has always been lax, and now they have drawn all their troops to the banks of the Sashui River in a vain attempt to stop our army, the enemy in the city, I am afraid that it would be good to have thousands of people. ”
Listening to what he said, I nodded, it seems that we still have a considerable degree of confidence that we can take down the capital of Goguryeo in one fell swoop, as long as we take this capital, it will also cut off the grain and grass of the 200,000 army in the hands of Quangai Suwen, and within three days, the army's heart will collapse.
"Good! In this case, you should also rest for a while, time is running out, tell everyone, eat and drink Lazar faster, and those who miss the military plane will be dealt with by military law. I stood up and looked at the generals who had gathered around me.
"No!" All the soldiers responded with their heads held high.
---------------------------------------------------- half an hour later, by the moonlight, nearly 10,000 Tang Dynasty horsemen quickly crossed the small city, arrived at the west bank of the Huangshui River, and marched quickly along the river towards the capital of Goguryeo. All we have to do is break through all obstacles and sprint regardless of horsepower.
My BMW Chi Jin'er was sweating like pulp, and so was I, but this time, in order to save horsepower, I didn't even have my heavy weapon, only the elongated horizontal knife at my waist.
All the soldiers galloped silently with the brigade, and followed the guide, moving forward quickly, and from time to time some people fell behind because of the lack of physical strength or the weakness of the horses after the boat, but the vast majority of the cavalry followed closely behind us, like a giant snake that was silently and slowly approaching Yanjing in Goguryeo.
However, the journey was far farther than we had imagined, and when we reached the capital of Goguryeo, five miles outside the capital, the tall city outline, the sparkling fires, by this time, we were already exhausted.
I stood on the top of a high slope and looked at the city carefully with binoculars, the guards were not very strong, and the Goguryeo soldiers were lazy and did not seem to have the slightest vigilance.
Su Dingfang rode to my side: "Brother Jun, how is it, what should we do now?" ”
"Brother Dingfang, take a look first!" I pointed to the head of the city and said to Su Dingfang, he raised his gaze and looked at it for a long time, his face was full of joy: "It seems that the Goguryeo people don't know that we have come." ”
"yes, they're not ready yet, but we've arrived with uninvited guests." Pei Xingjian also replied with a smile.
Xue Rengui is not as optimistic as us: "Maybe the Goguryeo people are loose on the outside and tight on the inside, general, do you see if you should send people first to investigate the enemy's situation, and then make a judgment, now there are still more than two hours before dawn, if you act again at dawn, when the time comes, it will be easier to startle the snake." ”
"Well, that's right." I glanced back at the intelligence officer, and said to him with a deep groan: "This general transferred 200 soldiers who are good at fighting and killing to you to command, but I can only give you an hour, and after an hour, my army will break through directly from the West Gate, and the task I gave you is that you don't need to storm the city gate, as long as you kill people, set fires, and spread rumors after you enter the city, let them know that the Tang Dynasty wants to take advantage of the emptiness of the Goguryeo capital and destroy the Goguryeo capital in one fell swoop, in short, you can do whatever you want. It is best to disturb the city first and turn the world upside down to attract the attention of the Goguryeo city defense soldiers. It is convenient for our army to raid the west gate. ”
"Don't worry, your subordinates will definitely complete the task on time." The intelligence officer nodded and took the order.
The artillerymen took advantage of the night to move quietly as far as possible to the west gate of the capital, and our cavalry could only hide a thousand paces away, the sword out of the sheath, and the arrow was wound and waited for the time to come. ”
"It's okay, wait a little longer, besides, send someone to inform the artillerymen, move forward another two hundred paces, preferably about three hundred steps from the city gate, and tell them that except for the five mortars who are responsible for blasting the city gates, the other mortar men, don't fire for the time being, if there is an enemy on the city wall, beat them hard, remember, after another pillar of incense, I will hear the cannon and see the city gate smashed open a big hole!" Go for it. Brother Dingfang, I'm ready to play. ”
Su Dingfang waved the horse lance in his hand and smiled proudly: "Hehe, don't worry, Lao Su vomited on that damn ship for a day, and he has long wanted to smell the fresh smell of blood." ”
----------------------------------------------------Boom boom! The continuous roar of cannons continued, and in the blink of an eye, the firelight flashed wildly in the gates of the Goguryeo capital, and in the binoculars, you could soon see the heavy wooden gate being smashed by the cannonballs into several holes, and then squeaking and falling towards the city.
At this time, Su Dingfang excitedly lifted the reins of the horse, and the snowy lance pointed straight ahead: "Datang Wansheng!! ”
More than 8,000 elite iron horsemen of the Tang Dynasty waved their weapons together, roared the slogan that made all the fierce soldiers boil, let go of the reins, and rode towards the open west gate of the Goguryeo capital city in front of them.
Above the city, a bunch of Goguryeo soldiers who were stunned by the sound of artillery fire just now widened their frightened eyes, looking at the Tang Dynasty iron cavalry that pounced like a red and black dragon, a Goguryeo city guard general pulled out the long knife in his hand, and before he could roar anything, he heard a string sound, and the roar pierced into a feather arrow, and he fell down on the female wall, his limbs twitched hopelessly, and he rolled down directly from the city wall...... When nearly 10,000 Tang Dynasty iron cavalry brandished swords and soldiers into Goguryeo's Yanjing, the balance of victory had completely tilted to our side, that night, Goguryeo guarded the city at night with more than 1,000 soldiers, and another 3,000 old and weak soldiers were still waiting in the barracks, and the cavalry led by Xue Rengui directly wrapped dumplings.
It was a very easy battle, and it could even be said that it was over before it began, and we had to send nearly a thousand soldiers to extinguish the fire that had just been ignited by our fine work and the dead soldiers.
And the intelligence officers of the Jinju Academy in the city naturally knew that it was time for them to go out, and soon they went out in batches, visiting those ministers one by one, those Goguryeo ministers who were originally hesitating between the Tang Dynasty and Quangai Suwen heard the news that the Tang Dynasty Iron Cavalry had entered the city in their sleep, they understood that at this time, they no longer had the opportunity to be duplicitous, they volunteered to come out to appease the people in the city, and provided us with the list and residence of Quangai Suwen's cronies, It was almost like waving the small national flag of Datang to express their desire and expectation that they could become a part of Datang.
At the time of the turn of Chouyin, we had already controlled all the gates of the capital of Goguryeo in our own hands, and at the third quarter of the time, those Goguryeo officials who were already dissatisfied with the power of Quangae Suwen had openly surrendered to us and began to appease most of the people in the city who did not understand what was happening, and Su Dingfang, Pei Xingjian, Xue Rengui, Duan Yunsong and others each unified thousands of elite soldiers and surrounded the palace of the capital of Goguryeo and various important departments. In addition, the elders and children of Quangai Suwen's family and most of his cronies were arrested and detained.
At that time, a military envoy came to report that the ships of the Tang Navy Division had appeared on the Huangshui River several miles away. Standing on the west gate of the capital of Goguryeo, I was directing the soldiers to repair the city defenses, and I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when I was counterattacked by the Goguryeo army on the Sashui River.
(To be continued)