Chapter 670 The army arrives outside the city of Pyongyang
This was the first time that Li Xuan led an army to formally attack a city. Therefore, in some aspects, he naturally needed to consult these two experienced generals of the Tang Dynasty for advice.
As for Li Ji and Cheng Zhijie, after listening to Li Xuan's words.
He was startled for a moment, then he was suddenly startled and he realized what he was doing.
It seems that although His Highness the King of Jin has a reputation for killing countless enemies before, he has never acted as a commander, leading an army to attack a city and plunder territory. He usually acts as a vanguard and only kills enemies.
That is to say, they don’t care whether they bury or kill them!
Therefore, they now understood why His Majesty sent the two of them here specifically.
A warrior and a wise general.
However, although they were serving as deputy generals for the King of Jin, Li Ji and Cheng Zhijie were also very active.
Especially, after seeing the power of arrow bombs and hand-thrown bombs in the morning.
I am even more interested in bombs that are twice as big as hand-thrown bombs.
Even now, the blood is still boiling all over. This kind of powerful bomb is the weapon that generals like them should use.
Therefore, for this siege, catapults must be prepared, and there must be more.
Because bombs must be thrown together, overwhelmingly so that they are most powerful and can be the most shocking.
It just so happened that at Yashan Harbor, there were still some catapults prepared by the Goguryeo soldiers.
The tools for making catapults are also very complete.
With an order, the army began to cut down trees and began to build catapults.
In addition, Cheng Zhijie and Li Ji also explained to Li Xuan in great detail the various siege equipment they needed before leading their troops to attack the city, as well as the matters that needed to be paid attention to when attacking the city.
Li Xuandu went one by one and thought about it secretly.
As a result, he found that there were only a few matters that required his attention.
Nothing else, especially the siege equipment that needs to be prepared, is not needed.
He was not prepared to risk his life in a forceful attack.
As long as there is enough firepower, the city of Pyongyang can be razed to the ground.
"We just need to build enough catapults, as well as trench bridges, churning chariots, and nest chariots to provide soldiers with the ability to shoot arrows!"
Finally, Li Xuan concluded: "As for the rear? We carry a large number of bombs and muskets, and we are not afraid of the Goguryeo hozens coming from behind. Therefore, we only need to send some scouts!"
"In addition, we need to leave a partial division at the harbor to garrison the fleet. If a large fleet comes to attack and we are defeated, we can take those four giant steel ships and lead the fleet to escape."
"Yes, Chief Steward!"
Cheng Zhijie, Li Ji, and several generals in the commander's tent responded in unison.
at the same time.
The Goguryeo cities around Pyongyang City also received rescue letters from Pyongyang City.
The Tang Dynasty actually captured Yashan Harbor and approached the royal city?
While their faces were filled with disbelief, they were also filled with fear and did not dare to delay at all.
The families of most of their officials are in the royal city.
Moreover, it was Quan Gaisuwen and King Rongliu who jointly gave the order.
Therefore, no matter whether it was the Laisa of each city, the local branch, the prefect or the prime minister, they all summoned the garrison of each city and marched to Pyongyang City covered with stars and moon.
Two days later.
Li Xuan received the scout's report.
A total of nine armies entered Pyongyang City.
"Reporting to the General Manager, the minimum number of people is 2,000, and the maximum number is 8,000, totaling more than 30,000 people!"
The scouts sent by Li Xuan to investigate the situation around Pyongyang City reported to Li Xuan.
"Among them, at least half of the Goguryeo soldiers are armed with iron swords, and another 20% of the soldiers are wearing iron armor!"
"Only 20%?"
Hearing this, Li Xuan couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
Hearing this, a strange look flashed in the scout's eyes.
"From now on, these will all belong to me, Datang!"
Li Xuan said with some regret.
The scout was startled, then looked regretful.
"Can you find out how many defenders there are in Pyongyang City?"
Li Xuan asked.
"Report to your Majesty, there should be 20,000 defenders in Pyongyang City!"
The scouts hurriedly reported the situation.
Hearing this, a trace of disappointment flashed in Li Xuan's eyes.
"So, there are only 50,000 soldiers in Pyongyang City?"
"General Manager, that's probably all there is!"
Li Ji said.
"Why?"
Li Xuan was a little confused.
"General Manager, generally the siege army must have twice the number of defenders to capture the city!" Li Ji explained.
The scout also quickly said: "Report to the General Manager, there are no signs of reinforcements around Pyongyang City!"
"The short-sighted Koguryeo hozen!"
Li Xuan complained bitterly.
Then, he gave the order: "The entire army moves out and strives to reach Pyongyang City before dark!"
"Before dark?"
Li Ji, Cheng Zhijie and others were all startled again.
"It just so happens that the army has been well prepared overnight and will start attacking early tomorrow morning!"
Li Xuandan said in a dull voice.
"Yes, Chief Steward!"
Everyone stood up to take orders.
Half an hour later, the army set off.
Pyongyang City.
After the soldiers from the nearest Nine Cities entered the city, Yuan Gaisuwen and Gao Jianwu felt relaxed for a while.
Although these 30,000 soldiers traveled all night, they were exhausted for two days and two nights, and fell asleep after entering the city.
However, they are still their soldiers.
Even if the Tang Dynasty's 50,000-strong army came to attack, they would still have the confidence to hold on.
You know, generally you don’t need more than twice the number of people to attack a city, but once the city is ready, there is basically no possibility of success!
Now, Yuengai Suwen is still looking forward to the arrival of the Tang army.
Until the evening.
It was getting dark before someone hurried in to report.
"Sir, the Tang Army appears outside the East City!"
Hearing this, Yeon Gaesumun looked happy and asked hurriedly.
"how many people?"
"Sir, there are 40,000 people in total!"
the scout replied.
"forty thousand?"
Hearing this, Yeon Gaesumun and the generals below were all surprised and confused.
"forty thousand?"
"Back to my lord, I inspected it very carefully, and the Tang army did not try to hide anything. It is indeed 40,000 Tang troops!" the scout hurriedly replied.
"There are only 40,000!"
Hearing this, Yeon Gaesumun couldn't help but feel angry.
"Arrogant, there are only 40,000 soldiers, and they dare to attack our royal city of Goguryeo!"
"Exactly, my lord, the King of Jin of the Tang Dynasty is extremely arrogant. Without your help, the general can lead his own troops and capture the King of Jin of the Tang Dynasty at your feet!"
"Sir, do we want to take the initiative to attack? While the Tang army has not yet set up camp and has a stable foothold, our army will directly attack and annihilate the Tang army outside the city in one fell swoop?"
All the Goguryeo generals also had angry faces.
In their view, the move of the King of Jin of the Tang Dynasty was not only arrogant, but also contempt and insult to them.
"snort!"
Yeon Gaesumun snorted coldly and said: "There is no need for this!"
"The Tang army traveled sixty miles from Yashan Harbor to the Royal City, and it actually took them two days to arrive. In this way, they must have been well prepared.
There is no need to attack the camp tonight.
Tomorrow, I will personally lead my army out of the city, and I will personally cut off the head of King Jin and make it into a chamber pot!"
"I will obey your orders!"
Seeing Yeon Gaesumun getting angry, all the generals couldn't help but express their anger and hurriedly raised their hands in response.
And in Li Xuan's military camp.
After the army arrived outside Pyongyang.
They set up camp ten miles away from Pyongyang City. Standing in front of the camp, you can see the soldiers on the walls of Pyongyang City.
His attitude can be described as extremely arrogant.
Unfortunately, Cheng Zhijie, Cheng Chusi, Xue Rengui and others waited for half an hour, but still did not see any movement in Pyongyang City.