Ji Tang

Chapter 844 Silence
The situation on the battlefield was changing rapidly. It had been fighting for more than half a day. During this period, the city was attacked several times, but was quickly defeated. In this way, both the Goguryeo people and the Tang army suffered heavy losses.

However, under the leadership of the generals, all the soldiers fought bravely to kill the enemy regardless of their own safety.

"It's almost time!"

Li Shimin put down the telescope and shouted: "Here comes someone!"

A middle-aged man with an expressionless face and a determined look came to Li Shimin.

I'm afraid Ji Song will be surprised if he comes here again. This person is none other than Li Fang, the commander of Baiqisi who was deceived by Ji Song to go to Daxing City.

Li Fang was also helpless. He was ready to go to Dahang City to give it a try, but before he even got out of the way, he was told by Ji Song Yingying that he would not go to Dahang City.

If Ji Song had made his own decision in this matter, he would have gone back to ask for an explanation even if he couldn't defeat Ji Song.

He was so excited that he was deceived. Just when he was about to show off his skills and gain fame, he was told that you can come back, but I won't go.

Isn't this treating him like a lord?

But this is the emperor's order, what can he do?
Li Shimin did not look back and said: "Don't you want to gain military exploits and become a marquis for your meritorious service? Now the opportunity has come."

"It's up to His Majesty to decide!"

Li Fang was not happy. She took the initiative to go and the emperor asked her to go. These are two different concepts.

"What? Still unwilling?"

"I dare not!"

He is a retainer of the royal family, how can he be dissatisfied with the head of the family?
Li Shimin ignored him and said, "You have worked hard over the years even if you have no merit. This time I will let you go. Is there anywhere you want to go now?"

Li Fang was overjoyed at first, then a little confused!

He has been in darkness for these years, silently serving His Majesty and the Tang Dynasty.

Now the emperor suddenly wants to let him out. After thinking about it, where can he go?He really hadn't thought about it himself.

"Okay, if not, think about it carefully and tell me when you get back before it's too late!"

"promise!"

He didn't say anything else. Since he didn't pay attention, let His Majesty make the decision. This is how he has been here all these years.

"Now the opportunity to destroy the city has arrived. It's up to you to do it this time. Go ahead!"

"Sir, take orders!"

Li Fang suppressed the excitement in her heart, bowed and saluted, then turned around and walked off the high platform towards the Chinese army camp.

There, there were things that had never appeared on the battlefield before. Although the power was not as great as the bombing of the city, it was a rare good thing when the two armies were fighting.

Something that has never been seen before will definitely surprise the Goguryeo people, and even catch them off guard!

"Go, move all the things out, and let the Goguryeo people see the world this time!"

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, he ordered his subordinates.

"promise!"

The visitor didn't say much and walked directly towards one of the camps.

It was a forbidden area for the military from the beginning, and it was far away from the emperor's camp, just for fear of accidents!
After a while, people were carrying out hundreds of wooden boxes. Li Fang opened one and saw that it was filled with sealed jars filled with clay pots.

He checked and found that it was not damp, and nodded with satisfaction this time.

“Take everything to the trebuchet!”

"promise!"

Soon, boxes of everything arrived at the riprap truck.

"What is this?"

Changsun Wuji, who was directing the stone trebuchet, wondered.Of course he knew Li Fang and knew that he was the emperor's absolute confidant, the kind who could die for the emperor at any time.

"Your Majesty has an order!"

Li Fang didn't talk nonsense, but said directly.

Changsun Wuji was startled, and he quickly bowed and said: "My lord, Changsun Wuji, listens to the order!"

Li Fang said in a deep voice: "Send the order and order all the soldiers to retreat from the city wall. A general will be on standby at any time!"

Changsun Wuji raised his eyes and glanced at the emperor's figure on the high platform, then looked at the hundreds of wooden boxes on the ground, and said without hesitation: "I obey the order!"

The trumpet sounded and the order to retreat was conveyed.

Xue Wanche, who had just climbed onto the city wall, was furious when he heard it, but the soldiers around him immediately supported him and retreated while fighting, and he quickly climbed down the city wall.

Both Xue Wanche and other generals were puzzled, but this was a signal from the Chinese Army, and they had to obey it no matter how dissatisfied it was.

But everyone's hearts are full of gloom. Is His Majesty going to intervene in the war again?
Thinking of the capricious behavior of Yang Guang in the former Sui Dynasty, they felt uneasy.

But neither Li Shimin nor Li Fang had any intention of paying attention to them, but Li Fang was a little restless at this time!

Do you know why?

It turned out that although Changsun Wuji obeyed the emperor's order unconditionally, the anger in his heart did not decrease by half.

I swore an oath in front of His Majesty yesterday, and now I am about to have the victory, but I want to retreat?

If it were anyone else, he would have to kill Li Fang first, even if he was punished by His Majesty because of his relationship!

Now he wants to see what Li Fang is capable of. How dare she come here under such circumstances?
Is it because of the boxes behind you?
Li Fang knew that if he could not break the city today, he would definitely become the anger of all the soldiers.But seeing the boxes behind him and the power of these things, he was full of confidence.

"Please also ask Duke Zhao to light these things and throw them on top of the city."

Zhang Sun Wuji ignored him and immediately prepared the things.

When he opened the boxes, he immediately smelled a familiar smell.

gunpowder?

Is this filled with gunpowder?

He was sure that it contained gunpowder.

But it can break the city in a jar? He couldn't believe it.

But that’s it, let’s try it first.If it didn't go his way, he would immediately kill the bastard to vent his anger!
Amid Li Fang's anxiety, the anger of the soldiers, and Changsun Wuji's eyes looking at him as if they were four people, the first ignited jar was thrown on top of the city.

Just when Changsun Wuji thought that the jar would be smashed by the impact, when it came to the top of the city wall, there was a sudden flash of fire and a loud noise.

All the Goguryeo people within a three-foot radius of the city were immediately thrown away like harvesting rice, and the city was immediately cleared of no one.

In fact, after the first jar flew out, hundreds of trebuchets quickly threw out hundreds of jars.

Almost at the same time as the first jar exploded, hundreds of jars filled with purified explosives exploded.
Silence, deathly silence!

The battlefield that originally called for killing and shaking the sky suddenly became extremely quiet, as if time had been frozen, and one stared dumbly at a section of the city that had been bombed and empty.

"This"

Changsun Wuji grabbed Li Fang's collar and said angrily: "What is this? Why didn't you use it earlier? Do you know if it was this?"

He was very proud and immediately killed the bastard Li Fang. He had a good thing and didn't use it, but he waited until now to use it?

Do you know how many lives of soldiers this can save?

"Explosives, this is a secret explosive. It is several times more powerful than gunpowder, but it is difficult to make. There are only so many of them now, and they are all here now."

Li Fang didn't hide anything and told everything.

(End of this chapter)