Hearing this, Li Ji, Cheng Zhijie and others couldn't help but their eyes lit up, with a hint of excitement flashing through their eyes.
As for Gao Jianwu and Yuan Gaisuwen, they suddenly raised their heads and looked at Li Xuan in disbelief.
If they could really get them to send messengers to the generals of the major tribes in Goguryeo, hundreds of thousands of troops would surely come to rescue them within a month.
Thinking about it, both of them couldn't help but get a little excited.
However, I still looked in disbelief.
"Your Highness, King Jin, what does this mean?"
"I just want you to quickly send a messenger to find someone to move reinforcements outside."
Li Xuan looked at Gao Jianwu and Yeon Gaesumun with a half-smile but said, "You two are the kings and lords of Goguryeo, and you must have a large number of loyal soldiers in your hands.
I want you to summon those people back. If they can defeat me, then even if I fail to conquer Goguryeo this time, I will let you go.
However, if those people cannot defeat me...then I will kill them all. And since you two have no loyal people outside, you will not have any evil intentions and go to Chang'an obediently. City!"
Yun Gaesumun and Gao Jianwu: "..."
It's so straightforward, is it really okay?
"What, you don't want to?"
Seeing these two people ignoring him, Li Xuan couldn't help but frown slightly.
"I sincerely obey the instructions of His Highness King Jin!"
Gao Jianwu and Yeon Gaesumun nodded quickly in response.
In this desperate situation, King Jin can still leave them with a hope of escape, and they need to seize it firmly.
As for whether their loyal ministers would be defeated or killed when they returned this time, it was not within their scope to consider. Moreover, even if they did not write a letter, they believed that the Jin King of the Tang Dynasty , and will not let those generals off easily!
In this case, it is better to give them a glimmer of hope!
Therefore, after eating lunch, Yuan Gaisuwen and Gao Jianwu each sat at a desk and began to write letters.
Once written, there are hundreds of them.
Anyway, they all wrote letters to the generals or officials who they thought had a glimmer of hope.
For two consecutive days, hundreds of fast horses rushed out from Pyongyang City and headed towards the surrounding areas of Goguryeo.
"General Manager, do you want me to lead some people right away and plant bombs around Pyongyang City?"
Standing on the top of the city, waiting for the last messenger to leave Pyongyang City, Li Chongyi and Xue Rengui looked eager to try.
Li Xuan slowly shook his head, "Don't worry, first send people to search the homes of the wealthy and powerful people in Pyongyang City. Except for kitchen knives and iron tools used for plowing, no iron objects can be owned!"
"Yes, Chief Steward."
The two of them responded quickly.
The next thing is the business that Li Chongyi and Xue Rengui, as well as Cheng Chusi and a group of personal guards are most familiar with!
Search home!
What surprised Li Xuan was that Li Ji, Cheng Zhijie, and a group of generals were also very skilled in this kind of business.
For five days, there were 40,000 soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. In addition to the 10,000 soldiers who were required to guard the city and guard the palace and the residences of important dignitaries such as Yeon Gaesumun.
The other 30,000 Tang troops, led by Li Ji, Cheng Zhijie, Li Chongyi and others, searched house to house.
‘Er Gouzi’ will appear anywhere!
Goguryeo is a hodgepodge country. There are not only Han people and Goguryeo people, but also Turks, Xianbei people, Mahan people, Uji people, Mohe people, and Fuyu people.
Therefore, the day after Li Xuan and others invaded, some Han people, Ma Han, and Fuyu people came to surrender!
After five days of precise searches, coupled with a large-scale search, tens of thousands of houses in Pyongyang City were thoroughly searched.
In addition to kitchen knives, sickles, hoes, hoe heads, rake heads, shovel heads and other iron objects, even the iron pieces on the carriage were removed.
"Reporting to the General Manager, in the past few days, there have been more than three million kilograms of iron!"
Li Chongyi held an account book and reported the report to Li Xuan, Li Ji and others with excitement on his face.
"This time we can forge five or six giant steel ships!"
Li Xuan was also full of joy, "Xue Rengui, quickly bring 10,000 troops and horses to send these iron objects to Yashan Harbor, and ask Cheng Duanbo and other 10,000 people to send these iron objects to Qingzhou Harbor!"
"Yes, Chief Steward!"
Xue Rengui quickly clasped his fists and accepted the order.
"Also, you can directly recruit a group of Goguryeo soldiers and people in Pyongyang City to serve as laborers, and let them transport it, and you can escort it!"
"Yes, Chief Steward!"
"If anyone escapes, kill him directly without mercy!"
"Yes, Chief Steward!"
Xue Rengui took the order and went down.
Then, Li Xuan turned his head again and looked at Li Chongyi and Cheng Chusi.
"In the past few days, you have taken advantage of the morning and evening to leave the city, first planting a large number of bombs outside the city at various places suitable for camping, and then planting bombs five hundred steps away from the four city gates; and then , and then plant bombs in these places..."
Li Xuan explained all the locations where bombs needed to be planted to Li Chongyi and Cheng Chusi in detail.
Hearing this, the more the two of them listened, the brighter their eyes became.
"Don't worry, Chief Manager, we will definitely take care of those Goguryeo hozens!"
"Go ahead and get a few more leads!"
Li Xuan nodded.
"Don't worry, Chief Manager!"
The two of them responded, then ran out with excitement on their faces and began to gather a group of troops.
At the same time, more than a hundred generals in charge of military power such as Laisa, Chulu, or prefects in major cities in Goguryeo, such as Xincheng, Ganmu, and Guangguo, also successively received messages from Yeon Gaesumun and Gao Jianwu’s letter for help.
A few days later, large armies with various banners marched out of cities one after another and headed toward Pyongyang in a mighty manner.
Of course, there were also some messengers from Yeon Gaesumun and Gao Jianwu who disappeared without a trace after entering some cities.
On the sea, a fleet of hundreds of large ships headed towards Qingzhou Port, pulling a ship full of various iron objects and iron tools, as well as several ships of gold.
After the giant steel ship headed by them docked in Qingzhou Harbor, two soldiers with three small flags on their backs jumped off the ship first, got on their horses, and headed towards Chang'an.
Subsequent fleets arriving at Qingzhou Port were anchored at the shipyard's port one by one.
Then, groups of soldiers, like ants, laboriously carried boxes of wooden boxes down from the ship.
The current Qingzhou Shipyard is dozens of times larger than before.
In contrast, there are several times more craftsmen in the shipyard.
As boxes of wooden boxes were transported into the huge cement warehouses, several old men and a group of middle-aged craftsmen soon came in to open a box.
With a casual grab, he took out an iron knife or iron sheet and tapped it a few times.
A hint of excitement flashed across his face, "These are fine iron tools. They are put back into the steel-making furnace and calcined. What comes out is good steel, which can be directly used to build big ships!"
With that said, the group of people quickly walked around in several large warehouses.
The excitement on his face was even more intense.
"His Royal Highness the King of Jin actually brought back so much good iron from Goguryeo. It is my great fortune in the Tang Dynasty! If we had 500,000 kilograms of pig iron, we could directly build a giant steel ship!"
The several senior craftsmen headed by them looked at the boxes of iron items with faces filled with anticipation.