Chapter 473: Goguryeo's Battle to Destroy the Kingdom

Yuangai Suwen's ability is okay among small countries.

If it is placed in Middle-earth, it is probably barely passing.

On the Tang Army's side, there are many famous generals, and basically their abilities are above it.

What's more, the commander of the Tang army was the strongest among the emperors.

Yuangai Suwen played tricks in front of so many famous generals who left a name in history, unless it was the director who stole the country and had the power of the gods, forcibly distorted the laws of physics to help Goguryeo win, and let Yuangai Suwen shoot Li Er's eye blind.

Li Yunze, who was sitting on the maza, had been observing the sky, wanting to see if there was any thief director casting a spell.

Until Yuangai Suwen's soldiers and horses were defeated, the sky was still sunny, and there was no sign of the demonic wind blowing.

"It's a pity."

Li Yunze was a little regretful, he wanted to wait for the time when he stole the country and sacrificed his long legs, and then he showed his strong spells, but unfortunately he was not given a chance.

Yuangai Suwen tried to directly attack Li Er, but he fell into the encirclement preset by the Tang army.

Tens of thousands of Goguryeo's most elite soldiers and horses were besieged and fell in pieces under the fierce fighting.

Behind him, there was also a sound of fighting in the direction of Liaodong City, and Li Yunze didn't need to look back to know that it was the Goguryeo defenders of Liaodong City rushing out of the city and fighting with reinforcements.

The battlefield that stretched for dozens of miles was filled with the sound of killing, hundreds of thousands of legions were constantly colliding, and countless lives were rapidly dissipating.

Among the soldiers and horses of Goguryeo, the first to be unable to hold out was the strongest Yuangai Suwen Division.

It's not that they can't fight, but that after many breakthroughs have failed, Yuangai Suwen decisively chose a strong man to break his wrist.

He concentrated the most elite soldiers and horses, basically the elite of his fiefdom, and the large army attracted the attention of the Tang army, and he took the opportunity to break out of the encirclement under the escort of this elite army of soldiers and horses, and rushed towards the periphery of the battlefield, and never returned.

This person doesn't mention anything else for the time being, but this ruthlessness is admirable enough.

When he realizes that something can't be done, he can immediately break his wrist and abandon the soldiers and horses to break out of the siege by himself... It's not that the strong man broke his wrist, but the horse was directly cut out of the bones.

The most direct consequence of the abandonment of his subordinates and the flight of Yuangai Suwen was that the tens of thousands of Goguryeo soldiers and horses in the encirclement lost their command, and their morale also fell off a cliff.

The resistance, which had appeared to be fierce, weakened at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Seeing this scene, Li Er immediately sent a team of cavalry to pursue.

This kind of ruthless and decisive opponent is the best to be able to kill on the battlefield.

What is surprising is that after Yuangai Suwen fled, Gao Jianwu, the king of Goguryeo in the middle of the road, was still desperately holding on, and waited until he couldn't hold it anymore, and then collapsed and fled.

If you think about it, you can understand that, after all, he is the king of Goguryeo.

After the Goguryeo reinforcements on the frontal battlefield were defeated one after another, it was the soldiers and horses who attacked from Liaodong City and fought to the end.

"Yuangai Suwen is a powerful minister, he takes himself as the core in everything, and he can give up everything when he should run."

"Gao Jianwu is the king of Goguryeo, and in the face of the threat of the death of the country, no matter what he thinks in his heart, he has to persevere to the end, which is the responsibility of the king."

"The defenders of Liaodong City have fallen into a dead end, and they can only fight to the death in order to survive, and it is understandable to fight to the end."

Li Yunze shook his head and stood up, "Goguryeo people can have this kind of awareness, Zhao Ji's father and son and the god of war are really the reincarnation of beasts!" ”

It's just the reincarnation of animals, but because they have cheated many people, this cause and effect can't be compensated by being cows and horses for generations.

He wasn't interested in watching the next battle.

He has done enough in this world.

Li Yunze, who returned to his tent, heard a loud noise from the direction of Liaodong City after lunch, and he didn't need to go out to see that Liaodong City, which had lost its bait effect, was blown up.

In the evening, the soldiers and horses who had gone to chase the rout of Goguryeo returned one after another, and many were captured.

The most important result was to bring back Gao Jianwu's head.

Xue Wanche, who led the team to chase after him, described that after the pursuers surrounded Gao Jianwu, who had escaped, he ordered him to surrender.

But Gao Jianwu said, 'As the lord of the country, the defeat of the army deserves to be a martyrdom, how can he surrender in order to survive.' Gao's good head asked the general to take it back and send it to His Majesty, and also asked the general to bring a sentence for His Majesty: 'The people of Goguryeo are innocent, please forgive Your Majesty for having a good life'. ’

I thought that Gao Jianwu and Yuangai Suwen would be able to escape, and then Goguryeo would have a big battle within itself.

I didn't think that Yuan Gai Suwen ran away, but Gao Jianwu ran away until he collapsed, and he couldn't run away.

As for Yuangai Suwen, Xue Rengui, who was in charge of the pursuit, was very ashamed and said, "There are dead soldiers along the way, and the dead continue to attack and harass, and they continue to divide their troops and cut off the road, chasing and killing for more than 100 miles, intercepting and killing several troops, but they have not been able to find the whereabouts of Yuangai Suwen." ’

The lord of the country fought to the end and was martyred, but the ministers escaped with the lives of countless soldiers.

This contrast made many Tang Army generals very disdainful of Yuan Gai Suwen.

The same is true for Li Er.

He ordered that Gao Jianwu's head be sewn back for a thick burial, and after the destruction of Goguryeo, he was allowed to be buried in the ancestral tomb.

As for Yuangai Suwen, it was a herald to the whole army, and there was no need to accept the surrender of this person.

The outcome of the battle ended with a complete victory for the Don army.

The Goguryeo soldiers and horses captured in the battle are roughly estimated to be as many as 70,000 or 80,000.

The other fleeing Goguryeo soldiers, lacking supplies and spending the night in the cold winter, were basically covered in snow and ended up silent.

Goguryeo's mobile power was swept away, and from then on, it could only rely on the strength of the city to fight and consume little by little.

Liaodong City was also conquered, and Li Er moved into the city with people to live.

Numerous captives were escorted to repair the bombed-out walls.

Rather than camping in the wilderness, you have to be comfortable in the house in the winter.

Although he was in Liaodong, Li Er was able to grasp the movements of Chang'an City in real time through telegraphs.

It's been very busy all day, and it's not much worse than when I was in Chang'an City.

The rest of the generals naturally have their own jobs, but Li Yunze is much more leisurely all day long, as long as he supervises and arranges the itinerary of the transport team.

When he was fine, he rode out on horseback, wandering around the surrounding area, reminiscing about the eventful years when he came here in a parallel world.

This time, I have almost enjoyed enough of the leisure life of the assistant.

The Tang army cat lasted all winter, until the spring breeze blew the earth, and the snow gradually dissipated, like a giant bear waking up from hibernation, began to run towards the Goguryeo cities everywhere.

The sea ice in the Liaohai Sea dissipated, and the impatient Tang Army sailors, under the leadership of Li Xiaogong, crossed the Liaohai Sea and arrived at Beisha City to go ashore.

Then the main force of the sailor division went north and went straight into the Yalu water.

Li Er left Liaodong City with the main force, and renamed it Liaozhou before leaving.

When the main army arrived at White Rock Castle, the defenders were ready to fight to the end, but they could not destroy the shield cart covered with steel plates, and watched as the shield cart filled with gunpowder was pushed under the city walls.

With a loud bang, all determination vanished at this moment.

The advent of gunpowder directly changed the pattern of warfare.

The once terrifying and tragic siege of the city seemed so ridiculous in the face of explosives.

After that, the cities of Wugu, Anshi, Momi, Maigu, Yinshan, and Houhuang were conquered one after another. Li Tao and others on other fronts also swept all the way to Yalu Water.

The Tang army was progressing smoothly and gradually approached the city of Ji'an.

Ji'an Fortress is located on the bank of the Yalu River, and if you capture it, you can cross the Yalu River and go straight to Pyongyang City, the royal capital of Goguryeo.

In addition to the importance of geographical location, there is another reason why Tang Jun values this place so much.

Riding a horse to the outside of Ji'an City, looking at the Jingguan built next to the Yalu Water not far away, Li Yunze simply turned his head to look at Li Er.

"I've never been the only one in Middle-earth who has cast a view of the barbarians."

Li Er, who had a black face, held the handle of the knife and stared at Jingguan in the distance, "How dare you bully like this!" ”

The generals suddenly shouted and scolded, filled with righteous indignation and rage.

"Send someone to deliver a message to the defenders."

Li Er, who was forcibly suppressing his anger, waved his hand, "Tell the defenders, now that Kaesong surrenders, I can leave them a way to live." If not..."

As he spoke, he looked at Jingguan, which was composed of the remains of the Sui army who died tragically decades ago, and his tone was very deep: "They will regret it." ”

The envoy went to the city to persuade him to surrender, and the defenders responded to him with a rain of arrows, and all kinds of words and insults from standing on the top of the city.

Seeing the messenger who fled back in embarrassment, Li Er didn't talk nonsense, and simply waved his hand, "Siege the city." ”

In the traditional way, the bow and crossbow suppressed the dead and pushed a shield cart filled with gunpowder close to the city walls.

Then the gunpowder was ignited, and with a thunderclap and a loud bang, the smoke and dust filled the city, and the city wall, which once required countless soldiers to pay their lives to break, disappeared into the fire and smoke.

As many heavily armoured, sword-wielding soldiers crossed the ruins into the arena, the siege was essentially over.

Because of the appearance of gunpowder, Li Er had already ordered to stop all city construction and city wall maintenance.

There is no point in building a city wall or maintaining a city wall or something.

No matter how strong the city wall is, can it still carry gunpowder?

Li Er's main military energy was spent on the field army, and it was naturally not a matter of fact that the field battle was won and the siege was won.

After conquering Ji'an City, Li Er dragged all the captured defenders out of the city and ordered them to dismantle Jingguan and collect the bones of the former Sui soldiers and transport them back for burial.

After that, there was another Jingguan in the original place.

Judging by the current trend, no one will demolish this place anymore.

The mighty sailors were covered with Yalu water, and the pontoon bridges that had been built were all Tang troops crossing the river.

Now all the Tang armies are gradually converging here, and their only goal is only the city of Pyongyang, the capital of Goguryeo!