Chapter 668 wait until they are fully prepared before attacking
"yes!"
A soldier responded and hurried down to deliver the order.
Soon, with the sound of mournful horns, large ships began to dock one after another.
All the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty held up their shields, steel knives and muskets with ferocious faces, and rushed towards the panicked Goguryeo soldiers.
At this moment, all the Goguryeo soldiers had been frightened to death by the fire and thunder "summoned" by those soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. They were urinating and had no fighting spirit at all.
Therefore, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who rushed up were surprised to find that these Koguryeo hozens, facing their steel swords, not only did not dare to resist, they could not even run.
One knife at a time, just like chopping vegetables!
From the beginning of the attack to the end, it only took less than an hour!
The entire Yashan Harbor was filled with blood and corpses were everywhere!
The various catapults, heavy crossbows and other defensive weapons that General Shi of Goguryeo painstakingly built were all completely destroyed by arrows and bombs.
"Reporting to the General Manager, the entire 50,000 Goguryeo army at Yashan Harbor was shot by our army with arrows, bombs and hand-thrown bombs. More than 20,000 people were directly killed, 10,000 were killed, and 5,000 Goguryeo hozens were captured, and another 2,000 were captured.
Many Goguryeo hozens must have run away in advance when they saw something was going wrong!"
Xue Rengui, Cheng Duanbo and other captains and generals, after cleaning up the entire harbor, reported back to Li Xuan with happy faces.
Especially Cheng Duanbo and other veterans who have fought in hundreds of battles have never fought such an easy war.
With just one round of arrows and bombs, the 50,000-strong army on the opposite side was completely demoralized!
After getting close, another round of hand-throwing bombs will directly kill and injure half of the enemy.
"Um!"
Li Xuan nodded slightly!
"Don't pay attention to those escaped hozens! You first send some soldiers to rescue the food and grass of these Goguryeo soldiers for me! I don't know which prodigal son is shooting arrows at the Goguryeo food and grass warehouse. At least half of it will be burned down.
of food!”
Beside them, Li Ji and Cheng Zhijie looked at the bombed-out granaries in front of them with distressed expressions on their faces.
"Yes, Chief Steward!"
Xue Rengui responded quickly and hurriedly summoned a group of soldiers to start rescuing the granary.
"General Manager, if we captured Yashan Harbor so quickly, I believe that the Goguryeo nobles in Pyongyang City would not receive the news so quickly.
How about we take advantage of this opportunity and capture Pyongyang City in one fell swoop!"
After a long while, Li Ji still couldn't hold it back and suggested to Li Xuan.
"No need to rush!"
Li Xuan chuckled lightly and said: "I want to wait until all the two thousand Goguryeo deserters have entered Pyongyang City before attacking Pyongyang City!"
"May I ask the Chief Manager, why is this?"
Li Ji and Cheng Zhijie were both in a hurry.
According to their understanding, before the Goguryeo nobles in Pyongyang City could react, the army set off directly to pursue the victory.
The Goguryeo nobles in Pyongyang City were not yet prepared, and the surrounding cities had not yet reacted.
With the power of arrows, bombs and muskets, Pyongyang can be conquered in one fell swoop!
"How many arrows, bombs and hand-thrown bombs were consumed this time?"
Li Xuan asked.
Li Ji was startled, but he still replied: "Back to the general manager, there were two rounds of arrows and bombs lost this time. Each round of arrows lost 6,000 bombs, for a total of 12,000 arrows and bombs."
In addition, the throwing hand throws the bomb for one round, a total of 6,000 hand-throwing bombs."
"How many arrows, missing bombs and hand-thrown bombs are left in our army?"
Li Xuan asked again.
"Back to the chief manager, there are still 138,000 arrows and bombs, 94,000 hand-thrown bombs, and 100,000 bombs left. The muskets and ammunition are not counted, but there should be 100,000 more!"
Li Ji's detailed report.
"If that's the case, then what do our army have to fear?"
Li Xuan chuckled.
"Um?"
Li Ji and Cheng Zhijie were still confused.
"Do you know, Duke Cao Guo and Duke Su, why this time our army only needed two rounds of arrow bombs and one round of hand-thrown bombs to kill so many Goguryeo hozens?"
"Are they not prepared?"
"These hozens are so arrogant that heaven will destroy them!"
Li Ji and Cheng Zhijie both sneered.
"No!"
Li Xuan slowly shook his head, "These Goguryeo hozens have set up so many catapults and heavy crossbows, and every soldier also has a shield in his hand!
This is enough to show that they are fully prepared!"
"What do you mean by the chief steward?"
At this time, Li Ji, Cheng Zhijie and others finally heard that there was something in Li Xuan's words.
Li Xuan didn't show off and said directly: "It's because they have made enough preparations!"
"Um?"
Li Ji, Cheng Zhijie and others were all shocked.
"My army hasn't even approached yet, but their 50,000-strong army has already begun to prepare at the harbor, ready for battle.
If we had simply missed the arrow, I'm afraid we wouldn't have been able to attack, and we would have been beaten back as soon as we got close.
However, we waited for the arrow to drop the bomb. Even if they all held up their shields, they did not expect that after the arrow was dropped, the most powerful thing would be the bomb behind it, and the bomb would be so powerful?"
Li Xuan explained with a smile on his face: "In this way, they behave like this, as if they were standing neatly and gathered together to let my army blast them with arrows and bombs!
If they do not perish, it will be intolerable to God!
Even if they are not fully prepared, or if they stand more sparsely, the results of my army will not be so great!"
"Does the Chief Manager want all these Koguryeo Hozens to gather together, make full preparations, and then explode again?"
At this time, Li Ji, Cheng Zhijie and others all reacted.
"exactly!"
Li Xuan chuckled and nodded, "Goguryeo has too many people and too many soldiers. If we blow them up city by city, I will definitely be able to blow them up even if I bring twice as many bombs.
The only way to eliminate them is to let them gather themselves, then line up and let me wait for the army to blow them up!"
"After all, when there are enough bombs, no matter how many people there are, it will have no effect at all. Moreover, maybe they will be shocked when the bomb explodes, and maybe like the situation today, they will crowd and trample each other in panic, and even You can save some bombs!"
As Li Xuan slowly described, the eyes of Li Ji, Cheng Zhijie and others opened wider and wider.
The expression on his face became increasingly weird.
In the end, everyone bowed their hands and saluted Li Xuan with admiration on their faces.
"The Grand Controller is very resourceful!"
"With the general manager here, these Koguryeo hozens will turn into flesh and blood one by one and water this land!"
"Okay, okay, everyone, please clean up the entire Yashan Harbor first. Especially the ships carrying bombs, be sure to keep a close eye on them to prevent accidents."
Li Xuan waved his hand casually and continued: "Then, everyone should prepare well. Our army should still have three days. After three days, all the Goguryeo cities around Pyongyang City should bring their troops to defend the royal city.
At that time, it will be your time to kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds!"
"I will obey the orders of the Grand Master!"
All the soldiers saluted Li Xuan with happy faces.
Killing the enemy was a meritorious service, and it was still the same today. First, the entire Goguryeo army was blown to pieces, and then they raised their knives to massacre the Goguryeo hozen, which had no power to resist.
Such an easy achievement is loved by all soldiers!