In Yalu City, at a breakfast stall near the northern city gate, Le Bo and Xuan Gong sat at the same table, drinking porridge and eating pickles in silence.
While the shopkeeper was serving porridge to the two of them, he said with a smile: "Two generals, I heard that the Tang Army has crossed the Yalu River and set up camp thirty miles outside our Yalu City. Is this true?"
Le Bo didn't answer. Xuan Gong slapped the table and said angrily: "You are a little shopkeeper, how can you still laugh when you know that the Tang army is just outside the city?"
The shopkeeper quickly stopped smiling and said: "I don't dare, I don't dare."
Xuan Gong snorted coldly: "You fools, don't think that I don't know what you think. Do you think that the Tang army did not invade you after they settled in Yalu City, so you are grateful to them?"
The shopkeeper shouted: "General, you have wronged this villain. The people in the city hate the Tang army to the core. If the villain didn't have an old mother to take care of, he would have joined the army to kill the Tang soldiers!"
"Hmph, it's good that you know. If we hadn't blocked the Tang Dynasty, how would you ordinary people have a good life? If you have time, go to the city wall to condole with the soldiers. Do you understand?"
"I understand, I understand." The shopkeeper said hurriedly.
Xuan Gong snorted and said to Le Bo: "General Le, are you worried about the Tang army attacking the city?"
Lobo remained silent.
Xuan Gong was about to speak when he suddenly saw the shopkeeper eavesdropping with his ears raised. He suddenly said angrily: "Get out of here!"
When the shopkeeper walked away, he said angrily: "What do you think You Molizhi thinks? We have to face 40,000 elite Tang troops. Sixty thousand people are not enough to defend the city. As a result, Youmolizhi was transferred again." Forty thousand versus forty thousand.
Not to mention, a few days ago, General Jie Heng was asked to take 10,000 cavalry to the south to deal with the Silla people. How can we, 30,000 people, stop the 40,000 Tang army? Doesn’t this mean we are waiting to die?"
Le Bo said solemnly: "You don't understand. The Silla people have always been good at forbearing. Now that they suddenly attack, it must be a thunderous force. General Chie Heng's 10,000 troops may not be able to stop them."
Xuan Gong said in frustration: "There are Tang people in the north and Silla people in the south. The Khitan people, the Mo brown people and the Japanese people who were originally promised to help are nowhere to be seen. General Le, do you think we, Goryeo, can still hold on?"
Le Bo said solemnly: "As a general, what you have to do is to use all means to protect the country, even if it means sacrificing your own life. If you can't protect it, then live or die with the country!"
Xuan Gong lowered his head and said nothing.
After a while, they finished eating and went to the tower together.
The shop owner sighed and said: "What are you asking me to do for you and your ancestors?"
Just as Le Bo and Xuan Gong ascended the tower, a general walked over quickly and said: "General, there are scouts here to report that the Tang army is approaching. According to the current speed, they will arrive outside the north gate in the afternoon."
Xuan Gong smiled bitterly and said: "They must know that we only have 30,000 defenders, so they plan to attack by force."
Lebo looked around and shouted to the soldiers on the city wall:
"Brothers, these Tang people underestimate Yalu City too much, and they also underestimate us Koreans. Let alone 40,000 Tang troops, even if there are 100,000 Tang troops, we can hold it for a month, right?"
Everyone roared in unison: "Yes!"
Xuan Gong curled his lips and thought to himself: "The war has been going on for more than half a year, but the Koreans and the Tang people have never won even half of the battle. What's the use of these big words?"
In the afternoon, Xuangong could faintly see the Tang army's troops from the city wall.
The dark army formed a neat line, and the chilling murderous aura spread from a long way away.
Xuan Gong couldn't help but clenched the sword at his waist, and thought to himself: "Although General Lebo is not bad, he is no match for the Tang Dynasty. Such an army cannot be defeated at all. Is today the day of my death?"
Le Bo said loudly: "Brothers, the Tang army has been exhausted from their long expeditions and continuous battles. As long as we hold on for the first few days, they will have supply problems."
Xuan Gong reminded: "General Le, the Tang army has seized the food and grass in Yalu City, there should be no problem with supplies!"
Le Bo glanced at him and said calmly: "I have sent people to inquire. There are 40,000 Tang troops crossing the river this time. There are only 5,000 defenders left in Linjiang City. The defender is called Yuan Biao, who is not famous. I have
Send a letter to Wu Lie in Yangdong City, asking him to attack Linjiang City!"
Xuan Gong questioned: "Since the civil strife in Goryeo, Wu Lie has proclaimed himself king and does not listen to Mo Lizhi's orders. How can he listen to your orders?"
Le Bo narrowed his eyes and said: "He really won't listen to me, and I didn't give him an order. I only told him that Linjiang City has 80,000 shi of food and is only guarded by 5,000 Tang troops. As long as he finds out the truth, he will not
I will let this piece of fat go easily."
Xuan Gong nodded, thinking this was a good idea.
Wu Lie was originally a prince in Goryeo, with nearly 20,000 people in his hands. If he could succeed, he might be able to attract the Tang army to return to attack him, which would be the best.
Hey, what are those Tang people doing?
I saw the Tang army under the city holding their shields high and charging towards the city.
However, they had neither ladders nor siege engines, so what was the use of rushing over like this?
"Fire the arrow, fire the arrow quickly!" Xuan Gong didn't have time to think too much. Since they were close, it was always right to shoot back with an arrow.
However, the Tang army was well-equipped, and their shields were not only strong but also covered a large area, and they rushed over despite the rain of arrows.
Xuan Gong looked down carefully and saw a soldier holding an excavation tool hidden behind each shield soldier. These shield soldiers were here to escort these soldiers.
Xuangong was suddenly shocked and angry: "They want to dig a tunnel!"
The white-armored lieutenant beside Le Bo had already noticed that Xuan Gong didn't like it, so he curled his lips and said, "Do you still need to tell me?"
He turned to Le Bo and said: "General, since ancient times, tunnels to attack cities have been dug quietly. Why do they dig so blatantly?"
Le Bo was also quite puzzled. He frowned and looked down for a while, then looked at the Tang Army cavalry in the distance where the Tang Army was preparing to go out. He really couldn't figure out what kind of medicine the Tang Army commander was selling in his gourd.
Xuangong was directing the defenders to throw stones downwards. However, the location chosen by the Tang army to dig was some distance away from the corner of the wall, and the stones could not hit them at all.
Xuan Gong was very panicked, fearing that the Tang army had really dug a tunnel into the city, so he hurriedly said: "General Le, will you send someone out from the city gate to kill all the soldiers who dug the tunnel?"
The deputy general in white armor said coldly: "Didn't you see those Tang Army cavalry waiting in the distance? They might be waiting for us to open the city gate so that they can rush over!"
Le Bo immediately made a decision and said: "Vice General Ping, you immediately send my military order to dig a long ditch behind the city gate and station people in the long ditch. As soon as the Tang army digs the tunnel to a deep ditch, they will be captured and killed immediately."
Vice General Bai Jia took his life and was about to leave when Le Bo added: "Wait a minute, ask the soldiers to pile up firewood outside the ditch and prepare fire. Whenever they find Tang troops lurking in the tunnel, they will stuff the firewood into it."
Fire was thrown into the tunnel to ignite it, and then a cowhide bag was used to blow the smoke into the tunnel."
Lieutenant General Ping praised: "General, this is a good idea, let's smoke these idiots to death!"
Xuan Gong said uneasily: "General Le, do you think the Tang army will dig tunnels at other city gates?"
Le Bo said: "If they go to other gates, the defenders will come to report them immediately, so don't worry too much."
Xuan Gong looked at the Tang army under the city wall, how could he not be worried? He shot three arrows downwards in a row, but they were all blocked by the Tang army's shield. He said, "I'll watch them dig trenches!" He quickly stepped down.
The city wall.
Two hours later, the red sun gradually set in the west.
At the gate of the city, Xuan Gong suddenly shouted: "I understand, they must want to take advantage of the darkness and then raid from the tunnel!"
Lieutenant General Ping on the side curled his lips and said: "If we attack from the tunnel, what is the difference between darkness and daytime?"
"Idiot, of course it's different. When it gets dark, the soldiers are more tired and want to sleep. They just want to take advantage of our laxity to attack from the tunnel!" Xuan Fei said loudly.
Vice Admiral Ping sneered: "We wait for work in leisure, will we be more tired than them?"
"Don't just talk back, give the order quickly and let the soldiers in the ditch open their eyes wide. As soon as the Tang Army's tunnel is dug into the ditch, smoke them to death immediately!"
Although Lieutenant General Ping did not take Xuan Gong seriously, he could not miscalculate the order, so he passed it on.
Xuan Gong stared at the deep ditch for a while, then looked up at the city wall three feet away. His eyes were full of panic and fear, as if he could see the Tang army behind him through the city wall.
Just when he was looking at it, suddenly, a series of shocking loud noises exploded in his ears!
boom!
boom!
boom!
In front of the field of vision, the city wall suddenly shattered like tofu, and the broken stones shot towards this side!