Ji Tang

Chapter 865
Flags were flying on the chilly battlefield, smoke and dust were everywhere, and a slope of earth as high as the stronghold stood on the ground, which was daunting!
Yang Wanchun stood on the city wall and looked livid. He didn't expect that the Tang army would use such a shameless attack?He drove the Goguryeo people to fill up the soil and built a slope, and even launched a feint attack on Anshi City from all directions, making it impossible for him to take care of both ends!
The invading king with a small garrison is seeking death, but if a large number of troops come, the opponent avoids fighting and attacks from other places, which makes him tireless!

In just over a month, this earth slope was completed. Seeing that the Tang army was about to launch an attack, he had nothing to do!
There was a man standing next to Yang Wanchun. From a distance, he looked like a wizened old man with gray hair and a haggard face, as if he would die at any time.

That's right, this person is Yeon Gaesoo-moon, the great Dae Mok Chae of Goguryeo!

Who would have thought that Da Mo Zhili, who was so high-spirited at the beginning, would turn into the ghost he is now?

After being hit by an arrow that day, although he almost died, his life was temporarily saved under the treatment of the palace doctor.

His life was saved, but in exchange for stimulating his own potential.

The imperial doctor made it clear at the time that this method could only last for three months at most, or even less.
He knew what was going on after that, but it was because he was clear that he chose this method without hesitation.

He can't die yet, at least not now!
How could he die without seeing the Tang army retreat?

"Old General Yang, should you give up now?"

Yeon Gaesumun's voice was like a demon in hell, hoarse, dry, and low!

"At this point, what else can we not give up? If we cannot survive this disaster, Goguryeo will cease to exist, and you and I will become prisoners of Li Shimin's subordinates, and the descendants will not even have the incense to offer sacrifices. "

"Put aside your womanly kindness. Only by defeating the Tang army can we have a chance to make a comeback."

At this time, he was like a demon from hell, constantly tempting Yang Wanchun, as if he wanted to drag him into hell!
Yang Wanchun frowned, and the veins on his face kept beating, as if he was holding back something!
"I'm going to die, not for myself, but for the continuation of Goguryeo. Only by severely damaging the Tang army can Goguryeo have time to recuperate, or even be killed."

"To shut up!"

Yang Wanchun stared at Yuengai Suwen, suppressing his anger and said: "I told you to shut up, do you hear it?"

"You really think I don't dare to kill you?"

"You have to ask the people in the city to atone for your sins? How can you bear it?"

Faced with such a situation, Yeon Gaesumun came up with a plan, a plan that must be crazy.

Although this plan has a high chance of success, it has to be paid by the people in the city. How can an old man who wants to treat people well agree to it?
"Quack! How can you bear it? I didn't expect the old general to be a kind person?"

"You should think carefully about what I say. You must know that I am not the only one who is willing to accept this."

Hearing this, Yang Wanchun was stunned, then thought of something, and said angrily: "You contacted someone else? What on earth do you want to do?"

He grabbed Yeon Gaesumun by the collar and stared at him.

Although he was asking, Yang Wanchun already knew the answer!

"What are you doing? We just want to continue the once glorious country of Goguryeo!"

"Think about it, think about it!"

"You can kill me, but can you kill everyone? Hahahaha!"

Yuan Gaisuwen left, and Yang Wanchun stood blankly at the top of the city. His usually strong spine was bent again, and he lost his former energy.
On the second day, the Tang army formed a formation under the city of Anshi. More than [-] troops gathered together, which was simply boundless!
In today's battle, Datang is bound to win. If it cannot break the city, it will have no choice but to retreat!
Therefore, no matter whether they are the emperor or the soldiers, they all have only one belief, and that is to destroy the city!
Ji Song was riding beside the Chinese army. His mission was to protect the emperor's safety. More than [-] soldiers from his headquarters were also protecting the outside of the Chinese army!

Today will definitely be a battle of life and death, and no one wants to do something crazy when Goguryeo is in a hurry.

At the meeting place yesterday, everyone discouraged the emperor from fighting in person no matter what, and even placed Ji Song, a man with strong martial arts skills, beside the emperor, just to be sure!
"attack!"

Li Ji pulled out his horizontal sword with a "Qiang" sound and pointed it forward, and many soldiers rushed to run towards the slope first.

There were cavalry in front to clear the way, and armored infantry behind.

Attacking a city with cavalry is an unprecedented move!

"Kill!"

After more than a month of oppression, the soldiers could no longer bear it.Now the final battle will begin, and they have no reason to retreat!

The earth was shaking, and the shouts of killing resounded throughout the world!
Yang Wanchun stood on the city wall, heavily guarded the opposite side of the slope, and even brought half of the crossbowmen over.

In addition, there are countless supplies such as kerosene, gold juice, rolling wood, etc.!

"Kill me! Kill hard, we must block the Tang army in front of the slope!"

Yang Wanchun directed everyone to continuously push obstacles such as rolling logs up the slope. Once he let go, the rolling logs quickly rolled down with inertia.

The Tang Army cavalry who had just arrived at the slope did not change their expressions and continued to break through.

They can't retreat. Once they retreat, the soldiers behind will be instantly dispersed. Therefore, even if they die, there can be no hesitation!

Ji Song looked at the people at the top of the city with a telescope, his face extremely solemn. He didn't expect that the war would be so tragic right after it started!
The hundreds of dead soldiers who led the cavalry to attack the city were all killed and injured in less than a stick of incense!

But at this time no one cares about the necessary sacrifices for these things!
Time passed slowly, and the Tang army suffered many casualties. Finally, amid cheers, the Goguryeo defense line on the slopes rushed to the top of the city.

"it is good!"

Li Shimin lined up on the wooden pillars of the high platform, ignoring his red palms, he was so excited!

After many days of hard work and preparation, there is no one hundred percent success. In a short period of time, the top of the city was built on a slope. As long as they firmly occupied a corner of the city, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty would be able to move up the slope to the city wall with energy.

Just when everyone was extremely happy, a flash of fire filled everyone's sight, and Li Shimin, who was originally happy, turned pale in an instant.

Do you know why?

It turned out that when the enemy army couldn't stop them, they poured kerosene onto the slope and burned them all along with their own men!

But the soldiers who broke through the city wall were left alone and were killed in less than a while!

"What a good Yang Wanchun, he is really cruel enough that he doesn't even let his own people go?"

Du Ruhui looked at this scene and was deeply shocked.

"It seems that Yang Wanchun is ready to die together, but now he still has such courage and courage."

Everyone looked solemn. They thought that after many days of besieging the enemy, even if they were determined, they would slack off, but now it seems that they were wrong.

Instead of being demoralized, the enemy's morale became more determined.

"Let the soldiers retreat first, and wait for Hui'er to attack!" Li Ji had no choice. At this time, the fire attack on the slope was soaring to the sky. Even if he didn't cherish the lives of the soldiers, he couldn't rush up at this time.

Soon, when the fire went out, the Tang army was about to launch an offensive again.

Seeing that this was not an option, Ji Song stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I have a plan to solve the current predicament!"

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, then said with great joy: "Say it quickly!"

Ji Song didn't waste any time and said what was in his heart.
Li Ji received the order to suspend the offensive. Although he was puzzled, he still asked the soldiers to retreat.

After a while, hundreds of soldiers walked out of the army, and behind them were boxes one after another.

Sun Wuji, Li Ji and others have all seen this kind of box, and it was the thunder inside that destroyed Liaodong City in one fell swoop.

But doesn’t it mean there is no more?

It is said that it is difficult to manufacture and the cost is extremely high. Almost all of them were used last time. Why are they available again now?
This time it was Ji Song who came. He didn't talk nonsense and asked the soldiers to open the box. When everyone saw the contents inside, they were suddenly disappointed!
It turned out to be gunpowder. They were very familiar with this thing, but now it is useful?

The enemy has long been on guard against the tunnel destruction of the city. They have tried it before, but they were discovered by the opponent and suffered heavy losses.

"Please the British Lord continue to attack the city!"

Li Ji glanced at Ji Song to confirm that he was not joking, and then said: "Is this your method? This little thing is not enough to fill the gap between the other party's teeth. Is this your way to solve the other party's problem?"

Ji Song smiled and said nothing, but continued to urge him to launch an offensive immediately!

Li Ji took a deep look at Ji Song. If he didn't know that he couldn't be joking, he would never have a good look on his face.

But it doesn’t matter, it’s better if it works, and it doesn’t hurt if it doesn’t, but the casualties will be higher!

The offensive started again. Yang Wanchun on the top of the city stopped the soldiers and started pouring kerosene.They don't have much kerosene in stock, so use as little as possible. It's better to use it sparingly and cause as many casualties as possible to the Tang army, so that the pressure on them will be less.

It was still the same routine. First, logs were rolled to clear the way. After the Tang army came up, someone poured kerosene on the slope.

But at the moment when the kerosene was ignited, something happened that shocked Yang Wanchun.

Tang Jun, who had always been brave and fearless, actually ran away?

That's right, just ran away.

Ignoring their comrades at the top of the city, all the Tang troops who were mixed up on the slope ran in both directions. For a moment, they were on their backs and their horses were on their backs, and it was extremely chaotic.

Li Ji's face was ashen and he stared at Ji Song. If Ji Song didn't give an explanation, he would definitely be in trouble.

Ji Song nodded to the person next to him, and the other person walked behind him.

"Master Ying is preparing for the next offensive. Remember, you must use the power of thunder to completely disintegrate the opponent, otherwise it will not work next time."

"I hope you really have a way, otherwise even if you are trying to show off your old face, Your Majesty will still have to give me an explanation!"

Li Ji glanced at Ji Song and stopped the monthly meeting to prepare manpower.

When Li Ji was ready, he felt something flying over his head just as he was getting impatient.

Looking up, it turned out that the gunpowder bag was thrown out from the trebuchet.

The gunpowder packet was not ignited, but was thrown directly onto the slope.

Just when everyone was confused, the gunpowder bag exploded instantly after encountering the fire!
The deafening explosion resounded throughout the battlefield, and the Goguryeo people on the top of the city were even thrown away. If Yang Wanchun was not protected by his own soldiers, this might have killed half of his life!
Li Ji was puzzled at first, but when he saw that the fire on the slope had been extinguished, he was immediately overjoyed!
"Rush, rush over immediately."

Before the enemy could react, he immediately ordered his men to lead the already prepared men to attack the slope.

This time it was extremely smooth, and there were hundreds of soldiers on the city wall blocking the enemy. No one came to stop them at this time.

Ever since, in Yang Wanchun's flawless eyes, thousands of Tang soldiers rushed to the city wall in a short period of time.

"Okay! It's settled!"

At this time, Tang Jun jumped up happily.

When thousands of soldiers appeared on the top of the city, Yang Wanchun could no longer use the slope to block the Tang army. The slope completely became the ladder for the Tang army to advance, playing its due value!
"kill!"

Xue Wanche, who had long since recovered from his injuries, led his cavalry to attack the top of the city. Niu Jinda, Zhang Shigui, Li Simo and others all began to attack other places, so that the other side could not fully deal with the soldiers on the city wall.

This is called besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao. If Yang Wanchun doesn't care about them at all, then it will be the same if they attack the city from another direction.

"I didn't expect that gunpowder can be used to extinguish fires in addition to explosions. How did you think of it?"

Li Shimin said in disbelief.

Ji Song smiled and said: "Actually, it doesn't matter. The moment the gunpowder explodes, an extremely strong shock wave will be generated. Under the action of the shock wave, it will give the fire a huge thrust, just like a sudden storm."

"For example, when you are blowing a candle, if you use too little force, the candle will not go out, but will rekindle! But if you muster enough strength, you can blow it out in one breath."

"Actually, blowing out candles is the same as using gunpowder to extinguish a fire before your eyes!"

Only then did everyone suddenly realize that this was the case!

They didn't understand what Ji Song was talking about about shock waves, but they understood the analogy of blowing out candles.

To put it bluntly, the fire was extinguished by the strong wind that formed in an instant.

The Tang army was rejoicing, but Yang Wanchun looked ashen!

He didn't expect that the Tang Army would extinguish the fire in this way. Now that the Tang Army completely occupied the slope, it was impossible for him to come back more.

Seeing that the city was about to be destroyed, he couldn't help but think of his previous suggestion of raising Gesu Wen!
Is this really the case?

He asked himself, he was unwilling to do this, but it was over
"The entire army retreats and returns to the inner city to continue resisting the Tang army!"

"I don't believe that he can still build a slope?"

The Tang army did not have much time. It was already September. It would snow in Liaodong in October and the weather would be extremely bad!
Therefore, as long as it lasts for at most one month, the Tang army will definitely not attack again!
As for whether you will come again next year?
hehe!It’s better to take care of the present first!
Soon, under the leadership of Yang Wanchun, the Goguryeo soldiers fought and retreated. After losing tens of thousands of people, they finally retreated to the inner city. When the Tang army watched the city gates closing, they were so furious!
The city was about to be breached. Who would have thought that an old man like Yang Wanchun would still dare to resist the army?
Isn't he afraid of his entire clan being wiped out?

(End of this chapter)