The first emperor of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 459 The Battle of Jili City ([-])
Seeing the person coming, Zhang Hanlin couldn't help sighing, and then said: "Mr. Zheng is really right, this Li Chengqian is a despicable and shameless guy."

"It's too late to say anything now. Even if you discard the eighth and ninth songs and plan to use the fourth, fifth, and sixth songs as a buffer. But it's impossible to really defend Jili City."

"There is only one final result, and that is that Jili City will be turned into rubble. General Zhang Hanlin, you and all your subordinates will be buried with Jili City." The man called Mr. Zheng said.

Yes, this person is Li Kang, whose alias is Zheng Cun. He came to Goguryeo this time to see Gai Suwen, the Generalissimo of Goguryeo.

Now a consensus has been reached with Gai Suwen, and he proposed to Gai Suwen that he wants to take a trip to Jili City.Naturally, Gai Suwen didn't object, and gave Li Kang his own token.

The reason why this Li Kang can enter Jili City without anyone noticing is that there is a secret passage under Jili City.This secret road was built by Zhang Hanlin.

The exit is in the dense forest ten miles outside Jili City. Usually there is a secret army trained by Zhang Hanlin, who hides in the dense forest and guards secretly.

And Li Kang learned about this secret way from Gai Suwen.Then, using Gai Suwen's token as a token, he finally entered Jili City through the secret passage.

After arriving in Jili City, Li Kang persuaded Zhang Hanlin.Tell him never to trust Li Chengqian, and let him lay fire starters in the city.At that time, the Tang army will enter the city again and set fire to it.

But Zhang Hanlin did not listen to Li Kang's suggestion, but was full of confidence in his own Jiuqu Yellow River Formation.He felt that even if he confronted Li Chengqian in an upright manner, Li Chengqian had no chance of winning.

In the end, Li Kang was helpless, but he did not leave Jili City.All he was waiting for was to make Zhang Hanlin believe what he said.

Now Zhang Hanlin has seen everything that happened in front of him.Relying on the Nine Twist Yellow River Formation, it is already a dream to defeat Li Chengqian.

Therefore, the attitude of being spoken by Li Kang at this time is no longer the previous arrogance, but a little more regret and sigh.

Now that Li Kang said that Jili City could no longer be defended, he asked Li Kang, "Then what can Mr. Zheng do to help the general reverse the defeat?"

"It seems that General Zhang is indeed a little too anxious. This is a big taboo for generals." Li Kang said to Zhang Hanlin without haste.

"Mr. Zheng, it is true that the general did not listen to Mr. Zheng's advice that day, which led to today's disaster. But for the plan of the Generalissimo and King Lu, Mr. Zheng cannot stand by." Zhang Hanlin said to Li Kang.

"If I wanted to stand by and watch, I would have left Jili City long ago. Since I choose to stay, I am going to help you one last time." Li Kang said to Zhang Hanlin.

Hearing what Li Kang said, Zhang Hanlin couldn't help showing a smile on his face.Hastily said: "I also ask Mr. Zheng for advice."

"Why did you build that secret passage?" Li Kang asked Zhang Hanlin directly.

Hearing Li Kang mentioned the secret passage he built, Zhang Hanlin said without hesitation: "The purpose of this general building this secret passage is that if the Tang army occupies Jili City, this general can come back through this tunnel to assassinate Li Shimin."

In fact, what Zhang Hanlin said was not his real intention.His real purpose of building this secret path is to allow himself to escape when things are impossible.

Otherwise, why the only person who knows this secret path is the secret army he trained besides himself.

Of course, Zhang Hanlin also told Gai Suwen about the construction of the secret road.The words are naturally the same as what they said to Li Kang, for the purpose of turning defeat into victory in the future.

At that time, Gai Suwen also praised Zhang Hanlin a lot, saying that Zhang Hanlin was a general who looked ahead and considered the future.

It was precisely because Gai Suwen knew the location of this secret passage that Li Kang was able to find the entrance of the secret passage and use Gai Suwen's token to enter Jili City smoothly.

Although Li Kang didn't believe what Zhang Hanlin said, he didn't expose Zhang Hanlin either.Instead, he nodded and said, "Now that the main force of the Tang army is attacking Jili City, there must be no one in Li Shimin's central army?"

Hearing what Li Kang said, Zhang Hanlin couldn't help but smile.He spoke directly to Li Kang and said, "Thank you, sir, for pointing out the maze. This general will lead a surprise attack on Li Shimin's Chinese army."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and gathered his troops, and gathered 2 of his most confidantes together.And quietly left Jili City through the secret passage.

……

Li Chengqian didn't know that Zhang Hanlin had already led people to attack his father's Chinese army.Instead, he was standing on the tower of the east gate, watching the battle in Jili City.

When Li Chengqian discovered that the Goguryeo soldiers on the outskirts began to evacuate, he felt that the other party should play some kind of conspiracy.

So he decisively ordered Zhang Shigui to withdraw from the city wall, but in the end he was still a step too late.Before Zhang Shigui could completely withdraw, Jiuqu and Baqu started to catch fire.

Although in the end Zhang Shigui barely survived the fire.But the only five chariots were burned.After all, Zhang Shigui had no time to disassemble the chariot, and could only watch him being engulfed by the fire.

In just a split second, the entire periphery of Jili City was on fire.Even Wang Junke was almost trapped in the fire.The good Li Chengqian issued an order in time to let Wang Junke attack the center of Jili City.

Just when Wang Junke led people to break through Baqu and enter Qiqu, the fire had already burned the place where he stood just now into scorched earth.

This can't help but make Wang Junke very scared. After all, he has to walk a little slower, and it is estimated that it will become a barbecue right now.

However, Wang Jun didn't dare to stop, and continued to lead the troops to attack Liuhe Wuqu.But what Wang Jun didn't expect was that his attack turned out to be very smooth.

Along the way, they didn't receive the slightest resistance, and went directly to the fourth song.But at this time, Wang Junke didn't dare to move, because this place was too weird.

So Wang Junke ordered the whole army to form a formation on the spot, start defense and did not rush to attack.This can also be regarded as Wang Junke's rich experience in the battlefield, otherwise, once he attacks the third song, the lone army will undoubtedly lose if it goes deep.

……

"Your Highness, what kind of wind is this Hanlin? Why did you set yourself on fire?" Yuchi Baolin asked Li Chengqian.

"This Hanlin is preparing to shrink its troops and fight our army for the final decisive battle. Now all the soldiers of Goguryeo are gathered in Sanqu." Li Chengqian said.

"Since this is the case, can we also fight against it for the last time? At that time, the Jili City will be taken down." Yuchi Baolin said with joy.

(End of this chapter)