The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1797 Keeping and Surrendering

"Report~~~~" Outside the palace, the general who was supposed to be guarding the city wall rode into the palace on horseback. Hearing this outside the hall, he got off his horse and ran into the palace.

"Why are you panicking?!" Jin Chunqiu saw the visitor, stood up and asked.

"Your Majesty, the Tang army is outside the city, ready to attack the city." The general said.

"What!" The nobles of Silla in the main hall of the palace stood up one after another, the shock on their faces couldn't be concealed.

These days they have been discussing how to make peace with Datang, but Jincheng is under siege, they can't even send envoys, Tang Jun seems to have no intention of talking at all.

"Is it true that God is going to destroy Silla?" Jin Chunqiu murmured.

"Your Majesty, this time the Tang army's momentum is fierce, but this battle does not mean that it is impossible to fight."

"How to fight?" Jin Chunqiu said: "There are [-] Tang troops out there besieging Jincheng. If there is a way, wouldn't the Tang troops be beaten back?"

"Your Majesty, calm down for the time being. This time the Tang army is coming aggressively. I feel that this is the last time the Tang army will attack Jincheng. They have waited outside Jincheng for more than a month. They must have exhausted their patience. If they win this battle If we don’t go down to the Golden City, we will probably retreat. Therefore, we can gather all the soldiers in the city to resist on the city wall, and let them see our determination to defend the city to the death. gone."

"What the general said is wrong." Another minister said: "Now that our entire territory of Silla has been occupied by the Tang Dynasty, only Jincheng is left. Do the generals think that the Tang army will give up attacking Jincheng so easily? ? If they wanted to give up, they would have given up a long time ago, so why bother to besiege Jincheng for so long?"

Listening to his two ministers arguing, Jin Chunqiu felt restless when he thought that the Tang army was about to attack the city outside.

Whether to fight or not to fight.

"Then what does the prime minister mean? To fight or not to fight?" Jin Chunqiu looked at the minister who had just spoken and asked.

Many of the nobles of Silla who were present did not want to fight, and now only the city of Jincheng is left. If they surrendered to Tang early, they would still be able to keep their wealth. Then they will really have nothing, and their family property will inevitably be plundered by Tang Jun, and there will be nothing left by then.

To put it another way, there is only one golden city left in Silla. Even if Tang Jun is beaten back, what's the use?What price would they have to pay to get those lost cities back from Datang?Will Datang give it?

While the people in the palace were still hesitating, the movement in the city also spread to the palace.

"Boom!" "Boom!"

There were explosions like thunder.

"The Tang army has begun to attack the city!"

All of a sudden, everyone in the entire palace was in danger.

"This is the gunpowder of the Tang Army." In the palace hall, there are also many people who have knowledge of the Tang Army's siege weapons. Previously, the Tang Army's offensive in Silla was like a raging fire, and it captured the city of Silla like a broken bamboo. The reason why Jincheng is so fast is because the Tang army has gunpowder.

Once this thing is thrown into the city or on the city wall, it will cause casualties as soon as it explodes. Silla soldiers who have fought against the Tang army are afraid of this thing.

Today's guards in Jincheng are not only soldiers who were originally stationed in Jincheng, but also some who retreated to Jincheng from other cities, so they still have experience with the Tang army's siege weapon. passed.

Some people have seen their former comrades in the explosion, leaving no bones left.

"Could it be that they didn't fight around us for a month because they didn't have any gunpowder in their army?" said the general who spoke just now: "The Tang army didn't move for a long time because they were afraid of too much damage from a strong attack. Now their gunpowder is gone. It’s delivered, so we’re about to start the siege!”

It's over.

This is the thought in the mind of the nobles in the palace hall. The Tang army has such a powerful siege weapon, how long can this golden city hold on?After fighting for three to five days, the hearts of the people in the city will be in turmoil. At that time, who is willing to continue fighting with Tang Jun?

This is simply a dead end.

"Your Majesty, let's surrender."

Many people thought this in their hearts before, but no one dared to say it first. Now that the Tang army has begun to attack the city outside, some people really can't stand the current situation, so they just say what they said in their hearts. Speak out.

"General, what do you think?" Jin Chunqiu looked at the general who wanted to sit under him and asked.

"Your Majesty, forgive me for speaking bluntly. Now people in the city are afraid that they don't want to fight against the Tang army anymore." The general said: "No matter what, Jincheng is now an isolated city. There has been no movement from the Wa Kingdom for a long time. What, we don't know, Jincheng is blocked by the Tang army, and the outside news can't come in, I think it's unreliable to pin your hopes on the Wa country."

"The general also means to surrender to Tang?" Jin Chunqiu asked.

The general sighed helplessly and nodded: "Jincheng has been besieged by the Tang army for more than a month. There are tens of thousands of people in the city, and the food reserves have already been exhausted. The materials needed by the army come from the people in the city, and all that can be recruited have been conscripted. Even if the Tang army does not attack us, if the siege continues, Jincheng will become a dead city sooner or later. , It's easy, and now the Tang army has gunpowder to attack the city, and I really can't think of any way to do it."

Originally, the general of Silla thought that he could hold on for a few more days, but after thinking about it carefully after having gunpowder in the Tang army camp, Jincheng had nothing to rely on to hold on.

He thought that the Tang army would not be able to attack for a long time and might retreat, but now, he saw the Tang army's determination to take down Jincheng and destroy Silla, so the last line of defense in his heart collapsed.

What's more, looking at the nobles in this palace, who in their hearts thinks that they are not Jiang Tang?This battle is over.

Jin Chunqiu's mood at this time was very complicated. As early as after the Japanese navy was annihilated by the Tang army at Baijiangkou, Jin Chunqiu already had a faint bad feeling in his heart, but at that time, he still had a bit of luck in his heart. When he came back to his senses, Jincheng had already been surrounded by the Tang army.

"Your Majesty." All the nobles in the main hall of the palace cast their eyes on Jin Chunqiu.

At this time, the flames of war outside were still spreading, from the city wall to the city.

(End of this chapter)