Ji Tang

Chapter 843 Attack the city to the death!

It took another three days to attack the city, but Liaodong City still stood firm, which made Li Shimin's mood become more and more irritable. Three officers above the rank of captain were beheaded.

On this day, the siege was completed. Inside the Chinese army's tent, Li Shimin suppressed his violent temper and looked at the generals.

"Tomorrow, if we still can't break the city tomorrow, I will go into battle myself."

As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, everyone was shocked and the generals were even more ashamed!

"Your Majesty!"

Changsun Wuji hurriedly stepped forward, knelt down on the ground, and said loudly: "How can your Majesty, with his body of thousands of gold, sit under the dangerous wall? Tomorrow we will see what I will do. If I cannot break the city, I will kill myself below the city to repay Your Majesty's knowledge. Grace!"

"Yes, it is only the incompetence of my ministers that makes Your Majesty suffer this embarrassment. If Your Majesty really comes to the city in person, how can I stand up to the world? How will the people of the world view us? Are we going to be called incompetent?"

"Please Your Majesty, please take back your fame, otherwise we will die in front of Your Majesty, and we will be shameless before returning to the Tang Dynasty."

The generals were furious. They were not dead yet. How could His Majesty be allowed to come to the battlefield in person?

This is simply the greatest humiliation to them. If the ship goes out, how will they behave?

"Tian Khan, I, Ashina Simo, will personally attack the city tomorrow. If we cannot survive, please ask your Majesty to take care of us and other tribes."

After saying that, he took out the dagger and made a cut on his face, letting the blood flow without changing his expression.

After him, all the foreign generals cut their cheeks with daggers, and the atmosphere in the tent was high for a while.

This is true for foreign generals, let alone the trusted generals who have been following the emperor for decades?
Li Ji, Changsun Wuji, Niu Jinda, Zhang Shigui, Xue Wanche, Yuchi Gong and others followed suit.

"We swear here again that if we cannot break the city tomorrow we will never return to camp."

Li Shimin couldn't sit still at this time. What he said in anger would actually lead everyone to take such a strong oath?

But at this moment, the generals' eyes were red, and as the saying goes, morale can be boosted but not depleted.

He stood up suddenly and laughed: "Okay, okay, our Tang Dynasty has such a warrior, how can we let little Goguryeo look down upon."

"Tomorrow, please feel free to do your best. I will beat the drums in front of the army to cheer you up. I wish you generals a victory and a triumphant return!"

"I will not disappoint His Majesty!"

The crowd roared, full of determination to die!
Early the next morning, everyone led their troops and lined up in front of the formation. They swore an oath and ordered people to place the war drum on the high tower and pick up the drumsticks to beat the war drum.

Boom!
dong dong!

Boom, boom, boom!

Li Ji slowly drew out his sword, suddenly turned around and stood in front of the army, shouting: "Soldiers!"

"Just yesterday, I swore an oath in front of His Majesty!"

He pointed his sword at Liaodong City, which he had been attacking for many days, and said solemnly: "I will tell your Majesty that if we cannot break the city today, I will kill myself under the city."

"The little Goguryeo and the small country of Zu'er invaded my land and killed my people. Let them see today what is the majesty of the Tang Dynasty and what is the elite of the world."

"Now!"

He looked around and suddenly shouted loudly: "Tell your majesty, are you bears or warriors?" More than [-] people's faces turned red, and someone shouted: "Kill!"

"kill!"

"Kill kill!"

"Kill kill kill!"

An evil spirit burst out from more than [-] people. The general was determined to die. How could the soldiers be afraid of death?

The sound of war drums roared, the neighing of war horses filled the battlefield, the roar of wind, the sound of flags, and everyone was ready to go!

This time Li Shimin did not personally direct everyone to fight. During this time, he also discovered a problem.Although everyone attacked in an orderly manner under his command, they were too disciplined and the generals were unable to use their own advantages!

This time he was ready to let go and let the generals attack the city in their own way. Yuchi Gong, Li Ji, Zhang Shigui, and Li Daozong each led an army to fight alone, leaving only the messengers to convey orders among the armies!

The war started, and the Tang army did not make a killing sound like in the past, but moved forward silently.This made Liaodong City feel the pressure from the Tang army even more than before.

A general wearing Mingguang armor stood at the top of the city, frowning and looking at the Tang army advancing slowly below the city.

"Go down and fight to the death today!"

He really felt the pressure coming towards him. Today was different from the past. The silent Tang Jun was even more intimidating!
Without his reminder, everyone who had been fighting for many days felt that something was wrong.Although they defended Liaodong City, they suffered heavy losses without reinforcements. From the [-]-strong army, there were now less than [-] left.

Under the city, the Tang army pushed forward the catapults, ladders, pit railings and other siege equipment in unison without fear or thought of other things.

After learning about their general's oath, they knew that they could not rest until the city was destroyed today.

boom!
A stone the size of a human head hit the crenellations at the top of the city. The erupting fragments swept away everything around them, and hit the Goguryeo people who were farther away like rolling stones.

This is just the beginning. Today's Tang army is very different. The stones from the trebuchets are like rain and they are pounding the city top endlessly. The Tang army has not yet attacked the city head, and the Goguryeo people have suffered a heavy military defeat.

When the siege equipment came to the city, the Goguryeo people tacitly hid behind the city wall. Then a rain of arrows like black clouds appeared in the sky and fell directly towards the city.

The catapult opened as a prelude to the siege, and the arrow rain suppressed the defenders, giving the siege soldiers a chance to breathe.

The Tang army suddenly accelerated its speed. When the ladders were put up on the city wall and the manholes were shot down from high above the city defenders, the entire siege battle became intense.

This time, all the generals did not choose to slowly wear down the defenders. Instead, they used all their strength from the beginning, which caught the Goguryeo people who had not adapted to this style of play by surprise!
When the soldiers of the Tang Army saw it, they were immediately overjoyed and worked hard to expand their results. At one time, they even gained a foothold on the city.

However, the Goguryeo people were good at defending the city, and they reacted slowly when encountering such a situation. They quickly suppressed their position and then drove the Tang army back to the top of the city.

Yu Chigong, Xue Wanche, Ashina Simo and others even personally climbed up the city wall to clear a path for the soldiers behind them.

But even so, the Goguryeo people slowly moved back to the disadvantage and reoccupied the city head. Several wells were burned down, which immediately dampened the momentum of the siege!
Li Shimin stood on the elevated platform and saw clearly with a telescope. It was not that the soldiers did not die, but that the enemy troops resisted tenaciously and had a kind of resilience.

"Your Majesty, even if we capture Liaodong City, our army will suffer heavy casualties."

Du Ruhui could see clearly that the soldiers were very brave and fought desperately to kill the enemy. No one dared to cheat at this time.

"wait first"

Li Shimin frowned, but still rejected Du Ruhui's suggestion.The war has reached this moment, and with the fierce generals yesterday, if Liaodong City is not broken today, it will be even more difficult in the future.

So he had to persist, thinking that that thing had not appeared on the battlefield yet. He originally wanted to use it in Anshi City, but now it seems that it would be good to use it in Liaodong City first.
I just don’t know how powerful it is?
(End of this chapter)