Chapter 557: Liaodong City

Li Zhi was also covered in blood, and Song Ruiyuan next to him was also covered in blood, he looked around and said in a deep voice.

"Brother Li, withdraw! Unstoppable! ”

Li Zhitong shook his head suddenly when he heard this.

"Can't be withdrawn! It must not be withdrawn! How can I, Li Zhitong, not be able to hold on for a day! Even if it is a street fight, Lao Tzu will fight them to the end! ”

Song Ruiyuan couldn't help pouting when he heard this, what do you mean, how can you not hold on for a day? Isn't that normal? Didn't he Song Ruiyuan stay for a day? In fact, Li Zhitong is not as good as him, no one reported to him at the beginning, he didn't hold on because he was suddenly attacked by artillery, Li Zhitong obviously had him to report the news, he was already on guard but still didn't hold on for a day, this is the real incompetence! Thinking about it this way, Li Zhitong's sin of losing the city is even greater than his sin of losing the city, and Li Zhitong has to give him the bottom! Still street fighting? There are hundreds of thousands of troops outside, once the city gate is opened, and hundreds of thousands of troops rush in, isn't that equivalent to death? Song Ruiyuan felt that Li Zhitong was stupid, Li Zhitong wanted to die here, he didn't want to accompany Li Zhitong to die, he was not the guard of Gaimu City, there was no point in sending him to die here, and he still needed to pass on the message! Song Ruiyuan said in a deep voice.

"Brother Li is so bloody, but there are more than 100,000 troops outside! This city can't be defended, even if the street fighting can't last one more day, please forgive me for not being able to accompany me, I still have a heavy responsibility to bring the news of the artillery to Liaodong City, so that they can prepare early. ”

Li Zhitong couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he heard this, and then couldn't help but scold in his heart, what kind of bullshit is on his body, don't you just want to escape? After the destruction of Jian'an City, not all the defeated soldiers entered Gaimu City, and those defeated soldiers who did not enter the city could not have been killed by the Tang army, and there must have been defeated soldiers who fled to Liaodong City, so now Liaodong City has long known about artillery, and you still need to report it to Song Ruiyuan? However, Li Zhitong also suddenly thought of something, he received the news brought by Song Ruiyuan and lost the city after only one day, and Song Ruiyuan didn't know how to belittle him in order to get rid of responsibility after Song Ruiyuan arrived in Liaodong City? Li Zhitong turned his head to look around, and found that the soldiers had been killed and retreated to the city, after no blocking, the Tang army quickly climbed the city wall from the ladder, and the morale was discharged to the end, Li Zhitong also had to admit that the general trend had gone, the city could not be held after all, and it was broken after only one day, before that, he never thought that he could only hold on for one day, even if Song Ruiyuan came to Gaimu City and told him about the sharpness of the artillery, he did not think that he would lose Gaimu City after only one day, until this moment he regretted it a little, If he had known this, he should have paid more attention to the artillery of the Tang army, perhaps, he could hold on for a few more days, but unfortunately, it is too late to say anything now, Li Zhitong sighed.

"Datang actually has such a siege weapon as artillery, no wonder the Tang Emperor dared to only lead more than 100,000 soldiers and horses to the east, Yuangai Suwen is really, it is really harmful!"

Song Ruiyuan nodded heavily.

"Not really! This artillery was made by Li Yong, and what else Yuan Gai Suwen said compared to Li Yong is just nonsense! The power of artillery is so great, the soldiers have never experienced it, and the morale of being hit by the artillery is completely lost, it's not that we are incompetent, we are really caught off guard! ”

Li Zhitong nodded.

"Yes! Hopefully, if we can gain experience for the defenders behind us, so that they can learn their lessons, and can find ways to defend the city, then we will do our duty. ”

Song Ruiyuan nodded again and again.

"Brother Li is right, please go out of the city with me and report this news to the general, otherwise, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the general to believe it on my own!" It is also more convincing to have Brother Li testify together! ”

Li Zhitong couldn't help but feel a sudden in his heart when he heard it, the surname Song is definitely something in his words, which is clearly ridiculing him for not listening to those news and suggestions, although Li Zhitong was very angry, but he couldn't refute it, because the fact was that he stuck to it for a day, Li Zhitong could only nod and say.

"Brother Song's words actually listened to me, and I also beat the drum to convey the three orders, why is the time too rushed! And it is difficult to describe the power of artillery in words. ”

Song Ruiyuan sighed.

"This is not our crime of not fighting! Who would have thought that Datang would come with artillery, and the artillery would be so powerful? Therefore, for the sake of the king and the people of Goguryeo, we should keep this useful body. ”

Li Zhitong agreed.

"Yes, let's fight out of the city together!"

Song Ruiyuan nodded.

"Okay, let's go out of the city together!"

As the sun sets, there are no defenders on the city walls, and it is only a matter of time before the city is broken, Li Er nodded with great satisfaction.

"Very good, sure enough, it only took one day to break through Gaimu City, and the soldiers who attacked the city today are very hard!"

Xu Shiji said with a smile.

"The saint commanded in battle, the power of the artillery was terrifying, the soldiers were brave, and the defenders of Gaimu City were not unjustly defeated!"

Li Er laughed.

"Jian'an City and Gaimu City were fought in only one day, and the Eastern Expedition went even more smoothly than a certain thought, and ordered people to return to Chang'an to report the victory, which also reassured the subjects of Chang'an!"

This is not just to reassure the subjects of Chang'an, this is obviously the emperor wants to send the good news back and slap those civil officials in the face, doesn't he think that the Eastern Crusade is difficult? Isn't it against the Eastern Crusade? Don't you think that the Crusade is a repetition of the mistakes of the past? Jian'an City and Gaimu City were all fought down in just one day, what else is there to say? Xu Shiji said respectfully.

"Sage Shengming!"

Li Er ordered with a smile.

"Send an order to Zhang Shigui and let him besiege Liaodong City, ignore the defenders of Liaodong City, but never let a defeated soldier enter Liaodong City!"

Immediately, the cavalry was ordered to gallop in the direction of Liaodong City, and finally, the gate of Gaimu City was opened, and the city gate was opened, which meant that Gaimu City was officially announced to be breached, Li Er said in a deep voice.

"Order Cheng Biting Jin and Niu Jinda to immediately enter the city to clear the remnants of the enemy!"

"Report! Enlighten the saint, the north city gate is broken! ”

"Order Li Xiaogong's troops to enter the city to clear the remnants of the enemy, and order Ashina Sheer to lead the cavalry to ambush the defeated soldiers who escaped at the east city gate!"

As the army continued to enter the city, the city first shouted and killed the sky, and then it became smaller and smaller, and the soldiers outside the city who had not yet entered the city were jubilant, and it really took only one day to capture Gaimu City, however, if you want to say who is the most surprised person among the three armies, it must be the Silla Mission, they captured Gaimu City in less than a day, they are more excited than all the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, Jin Shengman's excited voice trembled.

"The city is broken, the city is broken in less than a day, Li Yong's artillery is too powerful!"

Jin Wenzhi next to him was also in a stirring mood, and nodded again and again.

"Yes, yes, the artillery is too powerful, it won't take long to break through Jian'an City in one day, Gaimu City in one day, and Liaodong City, see if Yuan Gai Suwen still dares not to retreat."

In the end, Jin Wenzhi waved his fist excitedly, feeling very angry in his heart, when their Silla was beaten by Goguryeo, they were beaten in the field and lost their armor, and the city couldn't hold on, but then again, their city was not lost so quickly, and no city was broken if it couldn't hold on for a day, so the combat power of the Goguryeo army was not very good! Even if the artillery is powerful, no matter how much it lasts for a few days, it can't hold on for even a day, before they Silla people thought how powerful Goguryeo was, but now, he suddenly felt that compared to the Tang Dynasty, Goguryeo's army was not powerful at all, no, it was not not powerful, but it was weak, wait a while, it seems that something is wrong, Goguryeo is weak, so what are they Silla? Forget it, no matter what, anyway, it is impossible for them Silla to be enemies of Datang, and now what he envies the most is Datang's artillery, artillery is really old and domineering, if they Silla can also have artillery, what are they afraid of in the future?

"O princess! This artillery is too domineering, and the siege of the city is simply invincible! Defending the city must be just as powerful, if we have artillery in Silla, we will face Goguryeo in the future, and we can attack and retreat and defend! ”

Jin Wenzhi said excitedly, Jin Shengman was very hesitant when she heard it, because she really didn't know how to speak, Jin Shengman hesitated.

"However, the prince of Yeongfu has already helped us too much, and he has great kindness to us Silla, how can we bear to embarrass him?"

"The Duke of Rongfu County is benevolent, and he may agree to point us, but if the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty knows, he will definitely blame the Duke of Rongfu County, and when the time comes, how will we care?"

Jin Wenzhi was very helpless when he heard it, what a woman! Mother-in-law's, the interests of the country are paramount, as long as the secret recipe for the artillery is obtained, what does it matter if Li Yong will be blamed by the emperor? Was it really out of morality that Datang sent troops at the beginning? Don't you want to keep them Silla so that you can contain Goguryeo? Jin Wenzhi persuaded.

"Princess, the Duke of Rongfu has a wide range of contacts in the court, and the Holy Family is profound, and Princess Changle is the favorite daughter of the Tang Emperor and the Empress of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Emperor knows that even if he is dissatisfied, he will only reprimand a few words, which is harmless to the Duke of Rongfu!"

Jin Shengman shook his head.

"Now that artillery has played such a big role on the battlefield, the Tang Emperor must attach great importance to it, who dares to guarantee that it will only reprimand a few words? Lord Kim, I think that this Tang Expedition captured the city in one consecutive day, which was a great deterrent to Goguryeo, and Goguryeo would not dare to attack our Silla again in the future! ”

Jin Wenzhi sighed.

"Pinning the hope of defending the family and the country on Datang is not a good thing after all!"

Jin Shengman said with a smile.

"Then we will ask the Tang Emperor openly, and then ask the Duke of Rongfu to help say something, whether it is successful or not, the emperor will not blame the Duke of Rongfu."

Jin Wenzhi stopped talking after hearing this, he wanted to ask now, princess, are you in love with the prince of Rongfu? Otherwise, how could you defend the Rongfu County Princess? Jin Shengman said excitedly.

"Let's go, it's time to enter the city!"

In the Liaodong City Weisa Mansion, Gao Yanshou kept pacing, turned his head and asked.

"Still no news?"

The subordinate next to him hurriedly hugged his fists.

"Yes, Lord Weiza, there is still no news of Jian'an City and Gaimu City, and all the scouts sent have not heard from them!"

Gao Yanshou frowned.

"It seems that the Tang Army sent cavalry to blockade this area, and the scouts sent are afraid that they have all been poisoned, and there is no news from Jian'an City, why is there no news from Gaimu City? Could it be that the Tang army divided its troops to attack two cities at the same time? ”

The general next to him couldn't help but sink in his heart when he heard this, and hurriedly hugged his fists.

"Lord Weiza, do you want the last general to lead a thousand fine horsemen to investigate?"

Gao Yanshou shook his head slightly when he heard this.

"The king strictly ordered to stick to the city, be careful of the tricks of the Tang army, and the Tang army is only 150,000 soldiers and horses in total, do you dare to divide the troops to attack the two cities, and also send a large number of cavalry to block the news, so divide the troops, the Tang army wants to capture the two cities of Jian'an and Gaimu is simply a fool's dream, the Tang army will not be able to attack for a long time after dividing the troops, maybe it will not be able to capture the two cities of Jian'an and Gaimu and retreat......"

Before Gao Yanshou could finish speaking, someone hurriedly walked in and said urgently.

"Lord Daiza! Traces of the Tang Army were found outside the city! ”

Gao Yanshou's face changed greatly, and he suddenly turned around and asked.

"What do you say? Traces of the Tang Army found outside the city? How is this possible? You read that right? Does the Tang Army dare to go deep alone? ”

"Lord Ursa, how can you be wrong? It was really the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty that appeared outside the city! ”

The general said in a loud voice, Gao Yanshou's face sank like water, his brows furrowed like mountains, and muttered.

"Could it be that the city of Jian'an and the city of Gaimu have fallen? It's impossible! The Tang army had only been in Liaodong for a few days, how could it be possible to capture Jian'an City and Gaimu City? ”

After pacing a few laps, Gao Yanshou still felt puzzled and said in a deep voice.

"Let's go, take a look at the city wall!"

The alarm bell had already sounded in the city of Liaodong, and Gao Yanshou took the generals to climb the city wall, and sure enough, he saw dust and smoke outside the city.

"It's cavalry!"

"It's the Tang cavalry!"

"Look at the number of people, I'm afraid there are not 10,000 or 20,000 people!"

"How could Tang Jun appear in Liaodong City so quickly?"

"Yes, didn't you say that Tang Jun just arrived in Liaodong a few days ago?"

"I heard that there has been no news of Jian'an City and Gaimu City for several days, Jian'an City and Gaimu City will not have been captured by the Tang Army, right?"

"Impossible! How could Jian'an City and Gaimu City fall so quickly? Unless the Tang people have wings and can fly! ”

The soldiers on the city wall were talking a lot, and there was an atmosphere of panic in the air, and Gao Yanshou naturally heard the discussions of the soldiers and said loudly.

"What's there to be afraid of? This is just the Tang Army's suspicious formation, it is not the main force of the Tang Army at all, you don't have to panic, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, just defend the city! ”

"Lord Weiza, how could the cavalry of the Tang Army appear under the city so quickly?"

A general couldn't help but ask curiously, and Gao Yanshou groaned.

"In the opinion of this commander, the Tang army is consciously unable to capture the city, so if you want to lure us into sending troops, don't pay attention to it!"