On January 6 of the second year of Xianqing, a fisherman saw the carcass of a giant whale floating in the East China Sea.

This giant whale is eight zhang long and weighs 100,000 catties.

On January 8, the giant whale was pushed to the shore by the waves, and died in a terrible state, with wounds all over his body bitten by other sea beasts.

Death to the fish, princes!

Just when everyone thought that the death of the giant fish would be on the body of the Goguryeo king Gozang, who was besieged by a large army.

As a result, on January 9, Kim Yuxin received the bad news, King Kim Chunqiu of Silla, Suh!

Just when the Silla army was in full force, the seemingly impregnable walls of Pyongyang collapsed with a series of loud bangs.

The walls collapsed almost instantly, and at that moment, the walls of Pyongyang began to shake violently, followed by fire, loud noises, and smoke, and then the ground shook and rocks flew everywhere.

By the time the smoke cleared, the towering and flat walls of Pyongyang had become jagged and jagged, with huge gaps everywhere, and the ruins between the gaps were still standing miserably, with huge stones falling from time to time.

Guo Beifeng took the lead, led his subordinates to charge to the gap in the city wall, jumped off his horse, and waved his sword and walked over the large pile of ruins.

At the same time, the densely packed Tang Dynasty armies also woke up from the horror, also threw away their horses, and entered the city without resistance from the gap, and then, a large number of people entered the field and began to use mules and horses to drag the scattered stones and city bricks, clearing the way for the army behind to enter the city.

Heavy drums began to sound in the positions of the Chinese troops, followed by the sound of trumpets in the sky.

The rocks at the entrance of the city wall were dragged away by the people, and the greed of the Silla people, who had been very frightened, overcame their fear, and they also poured into Pyongyang City.

The army of Xue Rengui and Pei Xingjian did not move, and these two all-cavalry armies, after the Silla army poured into Pyongyang City, one from left to right, and the other from right to left, smashed into the fortress that the Silla people had not had time to close.

A Pyongyang city does not need more than 300,000 troops to enter, so Li Jizhong's army, which has not moved for a long time, under the leadership of Gao Kan and Qi Bi He Li, once again cut off the connection between Pyongyang City and the outside of the city.

Li Ji sat on a hill, looking down at the city of Pyongyang at his feet, holding a wine bowl in his hand, taking a sip of wine when he glanced at the burning city of Pyongyang.

It didn't take much effort, and the messenger from Xue Rengui's side arrived.

"Marshal Qiyu, the left army has traveled all over the Silla military village, and I don't see Jin Yuxin."

The wine bowl that Li Ji was about to bring to his lips paused, looked at the messenger of Pei Xingjian's right army, who rushed over almost at the same time, and said, "The prince of Silla, Kim Famin, is also missing, right?" ”

The envoy hurriedly said: "General Pei rummaged through the camp, but there was no trace of Kim Famin, the prince of Silla, and now, he is torturing the soldiers. ”

Li Ji nodded and said: "Xie Jiabaoshu, there are occasional yellow leaves, it's nothing, come here, and order Guo Beifeng to get out of the way and take the Silla army as the forerunner." Tell the Silla people that after the battle, they were allowed to plunder the city for three days. ”

The messenger hurried away on horseback.

Shi Pang, the head of the march of Liaodong Dao, said with kindness: "These two people ran away, and they are in trouble." ”

Li Jidao: "It's up to people to make things happen, Lao Su has been sick for so long, he should be cured, right?" ”

Pang Tongshan said: "Jin Yuxin, Jin Famin is not here, presumably the elite of the Silla army is not there, our method of besieging the city and blocking the news should not be hidden for a long time, if this move allows the Silla people and the Goguryeo people to join forces, it is not a good thing for our soldiers who enter the city." ”

"The last general has never understood Dashuai's move, obviously he can take Goguryeo first, and then Silla, so that he can be stable, why does Dashuai have to attack both sides in a hurry?"

Li Ji glanced at Pang Tongshan and said: "Otherwise, it is not enough to show the great military might of this commander!" ”

Pang Tongshan saw that Ying Gong had begun to be unreasonable, so he arched his hand and said: "The last general naturally knows that Ying Gong does not think like this

Li Ji said angrily: "That's what the old man thinks. ”

Li Ji was furious, and everyone present bowed their heads, hoping that they would not become his punching bag, and even Pang Tongshan had to retreat.

It turned out that Pang Tongshan was too worried, and since the Silla army entered Pyongyang City, in addition to conducting extremely brutal street battles, it was also carried out against the Goguryeo people (this chapter is not finished!). )

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Brutal looting and killing.

It was also because of Li Ji's military order that Guo Zhifeng, who had already killed the Goguryeo Imperial Palace, roared to the sky and handed over the opportunity to capture the king to the wolf-like Silla.

At this time, the city of Pyongyang has become a pot of boiling porridge. @精华\/Shuge J·H·S·S·D·C·O·M first update~~

"Marshal Qiyu, the imperial city has been broken, and the Silla army is searching the imperial city, but there is no king of Gozang and the minister of culture and military affairs of Goguryeo."

"Marshal Qiyu, the resistance of the Yuangai Suwen Mansion is fierce, and the Silla army is anxious, General Guo asks for help to the Silla people."

"Marshal Qiyu, the Silla people lit a fire in the city, and the fire was fierce, and it has affected the barracks, the official offices, and the grain ......."

After listening to the report for a whole day, Li Ji, who was silent, finally put down the wine bowl in his hand, and said to Pang Tongshan with a strong smell of wine: "Order the generals in the city to withdraw from Pyongyang before dark and continue to besiege the city. ”

After issuing this military order, Li Ji returned to the military tent and fell asleep.

As the sun set in the west, the earth gradually darkened, and only the city of Pyongyang became brighter and brighter as the fire continued to rise.

At dawn, after washing up, Li Ji ate some food, and returned to the high ground where he had observed the city of Pyongyang yesterday. The city of Pyongyang has quieted down from the noise, and only many of the fires that have not been extinguished are still burning, but the fire is not as strong as before.

Pang Tongshan, who had stayed up all night, stepped forward and said: "Dashuai, when it was dark last night, the Silla people had already learned that they were surrounded, and they broke through the siege overnight and were repelled by our army. ”

Li Ji nodded, opened his mouth and asked, "Has the envoy of the imperial court arrived?" ”

Pang Tongshan frowned and said, "No." ”

Li Ji said: "Then continue the siege, if the Silla people break through, they will be repulsed." ”

Pang Tongshan took a step forward and said: "Dashuai, since you have already turned against the Silla army, you should fight quickly at this time, and then immediately move to Silla, otherwise, once Kim Famin becomes the king of Silla, it will be time-consuming and labor-intensive if you want to take Silla." Our 380,000-strong army has been away for a long time, and the daily consumption has already made the imperial treasury empty, and the grain and grass are insufficient, so we cannot continue to delay. ”

This time, probably because he didn't drink, Li Ji looked at Pang Tongshan and said, "Our battle is actually over." ”

Pang Tongshan looked at the city of Pyongyang, which was still smoking at the foot of the mountain, and said puzzledly: "The last general thinks that the war is just over halfway now. ”

Li Ji smiled: "Yes, the old man also thinks that the war has just passed the halfway point, but let's wait for the arrival of the imperial envoy." ”

Pang Tongshan glanced at He Li and Gao Kan, who were also silent, and couldn't help asking, "Is there anything that the last general doesn't know?" ”

Gao Kan said: "Twenty days ago, Liu Chunlai, a regular attendant of the loose cavalry, sent a secret decree to the marshal, asking us to leave a part of the Silla army and hand it over to the newly appointed Kaifu Yitong Sansi, Shangzhu Kingdom, Lelang County King, and Silla King newly appointed by the imperial court. ”

Pang Tongshan said angrily: "Jin Famin? ”

Gao Kan said: "Jin Ren asked, Jin Chunqiu's second son." ”

Pang Tongshan said again: "Support Jin Ren to ask the superior, why is it as direct attack as my Tang soldiers and horses?" In this case, have my efforts to destroy Silla been in vain? ”

"The conquest of Silla was not within the scope of the Eastern Crusade, and supporting Kim In-man was part of the original Eastern Crusade plan. ”

Yesterday, the army invited the Silla people to take the initiative to enter the city and let them fight the Goguryeo people, which was already an ultra vires act by the British duke.

Now, we can only hope that Su Dingfang will strangle Kim Famin on the border between Goguryeo and Silla, and Kim Yushin will succeed.

Pang Tongshan said: "The general will not be subject to the order of the monarch outside." ”

Li Ji couldn't help but smile when he heard Pang Tongshan's words, pointed to his nose and said, "The old man can take risks, are you also ready to take risks?" Even if you're ready to take the plunge, have you asked the rest of the generals? ”

"We have to find a way to destroy Silla, but we can't let down these soldiers who have already held the power of destroying the country in their hands."

Pang Tongshan clenched his fists and waved them in the air hatefully: "When we agreed on the Eastern Crusade, we should have magnified our courage. ”

"We overestimated the power of Goguryeo at that time, and we also underestimated our own strength, which led to these hateful and unfortunate things (this chapter is not finished!). )

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Feeling. ”

Pang Tongshan looked left and right, and suddenly gritted his teeth and said: "If we strangled the Silla people in the city now, I think it should be of great help to the tired Silla." ”

Gao Kan said with a smile: There are still more than 50,000 Silla soldiers and horses in the city, and they are all under the command of Jin Yuxin and Jin Famin, I also think that these people should not take refuge in that Jin Renwen.

Qi Qi He Li looked at the same eyes and said: "In this way, it will be against His Majesty's will." ”

Pang Tongshan patted his chest and said: "It's my long history that the order is not thorough, which caused the army to misunderstand the British military order, so this is the case." ”

Li Ji said with a smile: "How can you bear this kind of guilt alone, it is also a big crime for the old man to get drunk in front of the army." Since the four of us are unanimous, let's start with the children! ”

Without waiting for Pang Tongshan's long history to pass the order, Gao Kan, Qi Bi He Li beat the war drums together. The drums are rumbling

Xue Rengui, who was guarding outside the city, Pei Xingjian's eyes lit up, and he immediately got on his horse, pointing to the dilapidated Pyongyang city in front of him and said, "Attack!" ”

Drums rumble!

Guo Beifeng couldn't raise the slightest interest in fighting, looked at his subordinates who were as lazy as him, and said to the deputy general: "Fight steadily and steadily, don't drive forward." ”

When the army approached the dilapidated Pyongyang City with the sound of drums, Guo Zhifeng couldn't help but laugh when he saw that the left and right armies had already entered Pyongyang City like meteors: "Fool." ”

Seeing the Tang army entering the city one after another, Pang Tongshan frowned, looked at the three deputy marshals Li Ji, Gao Kan, and Qi Bi He Li, and finally sighed: "Is Pang someone so untrustworthy?" ”

Li Ji said with a smile: "It's a big matter, and Ben Shuai doesn't want you to be embarrassed." ”

Pang Tongshan said: "For the country and the people, why don't Pang dare?" ”

Li Ji looked at the rising sun and said lightly: "When the new sun rises, although the sun shines on the earth, at this time, the shadow behind the Chang'an Big Wild Goose Pagoda is also the longest moment. We can't help but be careless. ”

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