Chapter 24: Artillery is as fragile as cicada's wings in this fortified city
After the reinforcements sent by Yuan Gaisuwen to Gaimou were intercepted by Cheng Mingzhen, Xu Shiji led his troops to conquer Yanjin and the Second City of Nansu. He immediately went south to join forces with Li Junxian and besieged the new city.
Facing 40,000 Tang troops, the defenders of Xincheng surrendered without a fight and decisively gave up resisting the Tang army. Xu Shiji and Li Junxian led their troops to occupy Xincheng.
After the fall of Xincheng, Xu Shiji and Li Junxian left part of their troops to guard the key passes of Xincheng, and then led their elite troops to capture Guiduan, Mudi, and Cangyan within seven days.
One city after another was lost, and the news reached Yeon Gaesowen's ears, which finally made him panic.
At this moment, in Liaodong City, Xie Shufang was already approaching the city.
Yeon Gaesumun was now in a dilemma, he could either retreat or defend Liaodong. As for supporting the flanks, that was impossible because he had to guard against Xie Shufang.
If Liaodong is lost, he can only continue to retreat.
"Damn it!"
He kicked away the reporting soldier and became furious.
Xie Shufang besieged the city without attacking, which made his soldiers panic. On the flanks, the city in his hands was constantly being lost. He understood that this was a strategy of the Tang army to lure the enemy, causing him to misunderstand where the main force of the Tang army was.
"We cannot let the Tang army continue to fight, we must stop them."
He himself did not have many troops to send out for rescue, so he decisively asked Gao Jianwu for help. If he perished, Gao Jianwu would not be able to escape, and he was sure that Gao Jianwu would not dare to sit idly by.
And Gao Jianwu really didn't dare to sit idly by.
After receiving the news that the Tang army had attacked Yuengaisuwen, Gao Jianwu was quite happy at first because the Tang army could help him consume Yuengaisuwen, but then the Tang army attacked all the way and Yuengaisuwen retreated steadily, and the combat power of both sides was not there at all.
On one level, this made Gao Jianwu panic. If he allowed the Tang army to continue fighting, wouldn't he also be doomed?
Not long ago, he was eating melons and watching Baekje and Silla being beaten to death. He never expected that the Tang army would arrive in a blink of an eye.
"We must help, but our lips are dead and our teeth are cold." Gao Jian's military general Yeon Gaesumun tore up the secret letter and gritted his teeth and said: "The purpose of the Tang army's undeclared war is to destroy us, Goguryeo, and we must not let him succeed."
"I thought so too." Eulji Mundeuk sighed slightly. Although he didn't want to help Yeongaesomun, there was no other way. Just as the king said, the lips are dead and the teeth are cold. If Yeongaesomun dies, Goguryeo will not be able to escape.
Lose.
"The Tang army is fierce and should not be underestimated. We will use our entire army to resist them this time!"
"yes!"
The next day, Eulji Wende claimed to lead an army of 200,000 to support the "internal city", intending to block the advancement of the Tang army such as Xu Shiji.
But in fact, he only has one hundred thousand.
The reason why Gao Jianwu did not support Liaodong was because of his own thoughts. With the strength of Yuan Gaisuwen, it should not be difficult to defend Liaodong. When they defeat the Tang army led by Xu Shiji and others and recapture the new city, the war in Liaodong will naturally be solved.
Wai.
Moreover, maybe we can take this opportunity to destroy Yeon Gaesumun.
However, Gao Jianwu thought too much.
Liaodong City was built on a mountain, with a natural moat in front of its city gate. It can be said that it is surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing water on one side. It is very difficult to attack such a strong city. If it is attacked by force, there will even be heavy casualties.
….
"Yuan Gaisuwen thought I couldn't do anything to him." Xie Shufang smiled and said to the generals under his command: "But I want to show him how he died!"
"What do you mean, general, to kill Yuengai Suwen here?" Zhang Gongjin asked.
"You lead five thousand cavalry to surround Liaodong City. Once the city is defeated, you will immediately start hunting. You must kill all the Goguryeo soldiers and horses, especially Yeon Gaesumun."
"Yes!" Although Cheng Mingzhen didn't know how Xie Shufang would choose to break the city, this was not what he should have thought about. Since Xie Shufang was so confident, he naturally followed the order.
With the process
As his fame grew, Xie Shufang looked at Li Qiang, who had been silent in the tent.
"General Li, the next step is up to you."
Li Qiang laughed, cupped his fists and said, "Don't worry, this city will be destroyed!"
All the generals were confused and had no idea how Governor Xie planned to conquer Liaodong City.
Liaodong City Head.
Yuengai Suwen was relieved after receiving the news of Gao Jianwu's support. Now he only needs to hold Liaodong and wait for Gao Jianwu to defeat Xu Shiji and other Tang troops. Then he can launch a counterattack and drive away the damn Tang army.
"Brother, Uncle Xie did not attack because he was obviously waiting for news from the new city, but he never expected that Gao Jianwu had already sent troops, and the Tang army would definitely be defeated this time." Yuan Jingtu said happily.
"Don't be careless." Yuengai Suwen frowned, full of worry, "Although I don't know what Xie Shufang's plan is, we can't be careless. Maybe the Tang army has some backup plans that won't work."
"Report!"
A spy rushed up.
"explain."
"Lord Qi, Tang Cavalry has begun to besiege the city."
"What?" Yeon Gaesumun was stunned, "What do they want to do?"
"Use cavalry to attack the city?" Yuan Jingtu burst into laughter, "Are the Tang army crazy, hahaha."
The generals around Yeon Gaesumun also laughed, mocking the Tang army for having no choice but to use cavalry to attack the city. Isn't this a gift?
Only Yuan Gaisu Wen felt uneasy. He didn't think Xie Shufang was a fool and would choose to use cavalry to attack the city.
There must be something weird.
Woohoo!
The trumpet sound suddenly sounded, and everyone looked to follow the sound, only to see the Tang flag fluttering in the distance, and the Tang army slowly approaching Liaodong City.
"No, they don't want to use cavalry to attack the city." Yuan Jingtu said, looking at the Tang army advancing slowly in front.
"What do they want to do?"
While they were observing in confusion, the Tang army in front suddenly stopped on the other side of the river and did not choose to move forward.
This completely confused Yeon Gaesumun.
Not fighting?
However, only two sticks of incense had passed when a sound of thunderstorm suddenly came from the opposite side.
"What is it?" Yeon Gae Su Wentong suddenly shrank.
In the sky, a black shadow quickly enlarged and then hit the city wall.
Boom!
The violent explosion instantly caused Yeon Gaesumun to fall into an ice cellar.
"What the hell!"
No one answered him because everyone was stunned.
"God's thunder?"
"Tang Jun can actually use divine thunder?"
They responded with successive bombings.
Boom!
Artillery shells bombarded Liaodong City one after another, causing the soldiers under Yeon Gaesumun to panic and run around without any intention of resisting.
"Brother, run quickly, the Tang army has the help of divine thunder, run quickly!" Yuan Jingtu's courage was so frightened that he huddled under the wall and cried.
Yeon Gaesumun was also frightened, and he also doubted whether the Tang army really had the help of divine thunder.
boom!
A cannonball was fired not far away from him, shattering the buildings on the city head on the spot, flying wood chips and rocks, and killing countless fleeing soldiers.
A piece of stone even cut his cheek, causing blood to flow profusely.
He panicked.
He was afraid.
The Tang army had divine thunder to attack the city, how could they defend it?
"Run, retreat!"
He yelled hysterically, grabbed Yuan Pure Land and began to retreat.
Before he could escape, a cannonball hit his head.
boom!
"Okay!" Xie Shufang looked at the raging fire burning on the top of Liaodong City, stroking his hands and laughing, "With the artillery here, the fortified city will be as fragile as cicada wings."
Zhang Gongjin and others were completely stunned.
There is such a terrifying siege weapon, and it is so terrifying!
In just half an hour, Liaodong City was bombed.
Seeing this, Xie Shufang immediately ordered to cross the river and attack the city!
Liaodong City was directly declared to have fallen under Xie Shufang's first forceful attack.
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