Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

Li Yuanji was extremely happy. Liu Rengui had set out two months earlier than him, and now, in just about half a year, he had already conquered a country. This speed was a little unexpected for Li Yuanji.

Conquering the Lion Kingdom was not like the Tang Dynasty's conquest of the Turks and Tuyuhun. The Tang Dynasty had a very clear understanding of the Eastern Turks and Tuyuhun through intelligence, and Li Jing used almost the same decapitation tactics, coupled with the cavalry's fast movement, which enabled them to capture the country quickly.

As for the Lion Kingdom that Liu Rengui conquered, there was almost no intelligence. Although there was some information, it was very limited, and Liu Rengui did not have any organized cavalry. Now Liu Rengui still conquered the Lion Kingdom in about half a year. This record was dazzling in Li Yuanji's eyes.

Once the Lion Kingdom is destroyed, there will be no more maritime threats in the surrounding areas. Liu Rengui can choose small countries to send troops to, and there will be more targets instead of being limited to the original three small countries of Sindh, Metraka and Rata.

The location of the Lion Country is today's Sri Lanka.

When Xie Shufang and others heard the news that Liu Rengui had conquered another country, they were happy but not overly excited. Instead, they felt more anxious.

"Your Majesty, Liu Rengui has already conquered the Lion Kingdom and is continuing to use his troops. Let's speed up the process!"

Xie Shufang and his companions were very anxious. There were only more than a dozen small countries here, and including those in the north, there were only about twenty of them. But in the north, there was also the army bought by Xi Jun.

These are all achievements in destroying nations. Now under Li Yuanji's command, anyone who does not have some achievements in destroying nations cannot show off his achievements.

So many have been destroyed, and not every one of them has much credit. Some have made a lot, while some have made very little.

For example, Xie Shufang has basically no merit in destroying a country, and he is the most anxious now.

Feng Li and Xue Wanche were equally anxious. They were only slightly better off than Xie Shufang, but still not by much. Except for Kamarupa, the Gauda Kingdom and the Gupta Dynasty, almost all of them surrendered directly.

They are not like Su Dingfang and Liu Rengui, who destroyed the most countries, especially Liu Rengui.

They had already envied the previous countries like Srivijaya. Now Liu Rengui was going to destroy another country. If they didn't act quickly, those small countries would probably all be taken care of by Liu Rengui.

Xie Shufang and his men were very clear about their equipment and the combat effectiveness of the army. Those small countries could not stop them at all. Unless the armies of those small countries put up a resolute resistance every time their cities were breached.

Although they hoped that Liu Rengui would attack more slowly, they did not expect those small countries to resist firmly, and their attitude remained correct.

Li Yuanji looked at those people and laughed even louder. He knew that these people must have been provoked by Liu Rengui.

Originally, Liu Rengui's position in the army was not as high as theirs, and he was also the commander of the navy. Especially when he was fooled by Li Ji in Dongzhou Prefecture, but now after a series of wars, Liu Rengui has completely risen, and he is fighting more and more fiercely, which makes Xie Shufang and others unable to bear it.

"Okay, I know you are eager to fight, but as a general, you must not act too hastily. You need to be steady and calm. How can you fight like this?"

Li Yuanji knew that it was a good thing for these people to seek war, but he understood even more clearly that from these words, Xie Shufang and his men had clearly developed a mentality of underestimating the enemy.

There is a saying that Li Yuanji agrees with very much: underestimate the enemy strategically and take the enemy seriously tactically.

Sometimes, underestimating the enemy can give them an opportunity to exploit and make them even more aggressive, but in your heart, you must take any enemy seriously.

Now here, even if they underestimate the enemy, the possibility of failure is not great, after all, their advantage is too great.

But if they maintained this mentality of underestimating the enemy, when they started fighting with Li Er later and faced those battle-hardened generals with the same tactical reserves, even if they had equipment advantages, they could not guarantee when and where they would suffer a heavy loss.

Now that this phenomenon has been discovered, Li Yuanji must correct it in a timely manner.

Seeing that everyone had calmed down, Li Yuanji spoke slowly.

“You must know that even a lion will use all its strength to fight a rabbit. If you underestimate the enemy and fail to deliver a fatal blow, you will be in danger.

Now, when we compare the Japanese army with the surrounding countries, we can see that the advantage is indeed very great, but what is this advantage? This is the advantage brought by equipment.

Now you are fighting against these people who are not even barbarians, and you are still underestimating the enemy. Do you feel proud?"

"Your Majesty, I know my mistake and will never underestimate the enemy again."

Xie Shufang and his companions did not refute at all and admitted their mistakes one after another. They knew very well that Li Yuanji was trying to wake them up, and they were indeed awake. There was really nothing to be happy about in fighting these small countries, even if it was the Harsha Dynasty with such good equipment, and they should not underestimate the enemy.

All of them were well-versed in military books and knew the consequences of underestimating the enemy.

Seeing that they knew it, Li Yuanji stopped talking. He thought that as long as they thought about it seriously, they would listen to his words. If they really didn't listen, he would not be lenient when they made the same mistake in the future.

“Liu Rengui has already blocked the sea area, and the next area of ​​real attack will be Sinde and Metraka.

These are not what you need to consider. Now that more than a dozen small countries have formed an alliance, according to the information sent by Liu Rengui, people from the Harsha Dynasty have contacted them.

At the same time, he conquered the Lion Kingdom, which frightened these people, and they all united against the enemy and began to fight back.

Now we are mainly defending against Liu Rengui's army. They believe that we are the main force and want to drive us out, so they have gathered more than 300,000 troops to attack us."

Li Yuanji was looking at the map on which Xie Shufang marked the movements of the army.

"Now, these 300,000-strong coalition forces are going to go to Patraya. According to the journey, it will take at least two or three months.

Now that the Harsha Dynasty has not sent any troops to rescue the Harsha army in Fahrenheit, and the Harsha troops in other places have also begun to shrink, they must be waiting for the arrival of the more than 300,000 coalition forces.

In this case, after we conquer Huashi City, we will first destroy these 300,000-strong coalition forces and make the people of the Harsha Dynasty completely despair!"

Li Yuanji's face was full of coldness. These small countries really dared to unite and really come to support the Harsha Dynasty, which was exactly what he wanted.

If these people didn't come, he would have to fight them one by one after destroying the Harsha Dynasty. Now, as long as he can eliminate these 300,000-strong coalition forces, those small countries will definitely not have many troops, and the time it takes for him to capture here will be shortened.

Xie Shufang looked at the location of the more than 100,000 coalition forces marked on the map with a fierce look in his eyes. These more than 300,000 people seemed to be a great contribution.

Several people looked at Li Yuanji at the same time, and the meaning was self-evident.

Seeing these people doing this, Li Yuanji immediately began to give orders.

"Pass the order down, all troops, get ready, and start the siege at noon tomorrow!"

"Send a message to Yuwen Bao, start bombarding Huashi City at noon tomorrow!"

When fighting outside, you don't have to worry about too many things. Since the Japanese troops are hiding in the city, Li Yuanji will use Hua City to stew a pot of soup, a pot of artillery shell soup. He wants to see if these people like it.

Xie Shufang and his companions responded excitedly and went downstairs to start preparing.

As for the originally scheduled five days, although there was still one day left, no one cared about it now. There was no reinforcement, so what was the point of another five days? Let the Japanese soldiers in the city breathe one more day?

Isn't that a clear waste of air?

On the second day, Li Yuanji's army set out and approached Hua City.

The army advanced slowly, causing the Japanese soldiers on the top of Hua City City to feel extremely depressed. Even breathing seemed a little difficult.

Li Yuanji carefully looked through the telescope, and seeing the panic on those people's faces, the corners of his mouth curled up. "Order the artillery to prepare immediately. When the morning hour arrives, start the bombardment immediately!"

"Send a message to Xie Shufang to lead the Shenwu Army and be ready to attack at any time!"

"Send a message to Xue Wanche and Feng Li to prepare for the siege!"

As the military order was conveyed, the artillery immediately began to position the cannons, adjust the muzzles, and then began to load shells, waiting for the time to come.

The rest of the army was on full alert. Xie Shufang led the Shenwu Army in the front, ready to attack at any time and always paying attention to the flags of the messengers on the wooden platform.

Feng Li and Xue Wanche led two large armies on both sides of the Shenwu Army, ready to attack at any time.

On the Ganges River, the fleet led by Yuwen Bao began to turn their ships around, and the cannons on each ship loaded ammunition and aimed at Fahrenheit.

Yuwen Bao looked through the telescope while keeping an eye on the time.

Finally, the hour of Chen arrived, and Yuwen Bao immediately put down the telescope.

"fire!"

As Yuwen Bao's voice was heard, the cannons roared, and the other warships were a beat slower and fired at Hua City one after another.

Outside Hua City, seeing the arrival of noon, Li Yuanji raised one hand in the air and the signal flag was also raised high, and everyone was watching.

As Li Yuanji waved his arm downward, the flag in the messenger's hand also waved, and the artillery position immediately began to move.

"fire!"

Hundreds of shells fell on Fahrenheit City at one time. A huge noise was heard, followed by clouds of smoke and dust.

Everyone on the top of Hua City Wall and inside the city were running in panic. They didn't know where to escape to, but their bodies' instincts kept them from staying still. Everyone who survived was very scared, afraid that the next shell would fall on their heads or feet.

In addition to the figures fleeing in panic, wailing sounds were heard one after another in the city. The injured people fell to the ground and begged for mercy. After being able to move, they chose a direction and continued to move.

However, in a moment, the shells fell again, and the people who were still running were directly blown away, and countless people were killed or injured.

Those who were still alive were crying at the top of their lungs, with snot and tears streaming down their faces. The timid ones even collapsed to the ground, and the ground was soon wet.

The anti-Japanese troops in the city suffered even more severe losses. They had gathered together for the harvest, but the dense rain of shells killed one-third of their men.

On the top of the city wall, a hole had been blown in it. In front of the heavy artillery, the wall of Hua City looked like paper.

The army suffered heavy casualties. Although there were still many survivors, no one was willing to stay on the city wall at this moment. They just wanted to escape.

However, before they could take a few steps, shells whizzed in again and landed densely in the city.

Hua City was not very big to begin with. In the Tang Dynasty, it was just a small city at best. Under the bombardment of more than 100 cannons of various calibers and more than 30 large-caliber naval guns, it was like hell on earth.

Li Yuanji watched quietly through the telescope. He knew very well what a miserable scene the city of Hua was in, but he had no mercy at all.

This is a war, and he has no room for mercy. If he feels mercy at this moment, it will be his soldiers who will die later.

If he doesn't bomb these people completely and destroy them now, once the siege is launched, it will be his people who will die.

Moreover, when the Jie Ri army invaded Tibet, they also committed many massacres and killed civilians indiscriminately. Why should Li Yuanji show mercy?

After five consecutive rounds of artillery bombardment, a huge gap was blasted out on the top of the Hua City wall. Seeing this, Li Yuanji immediately gave orders.

"Order the Shenwu Army to attack the city! Xue Wanche and Feng Li lead the charge!"

"Order the artillery, raise the heavy artillery to a higher altitude and continue firing! Move the small artillery forward immediately to assist the Shenwu Army in attacking the city!"

As Li Yuanji's military order was conveyed, Xie Shufang led the Shenwu Army to launch the attack. Small-caliber artillery continued to move forward and carried out targeted artillery fire on the enemy troops who were still resisting on the city walls.

The heavy artillery continued to bombard the city, and shells continued to pour out.

Xie Shufang led the Shenwu Army to the front and shot at anyone who was moving.

When the enemy troops on the top of the city were cleared, Xue Wanche and Feng Li led their troops to charge forward and rushed into the alleys inside the city.

The Shenwu Army began to break up into small units and be deployed into the main army in order to provide cover.

The small cannon artillerymen followed closely behind so that they could provide artillery support at any time.

When the army rushed into the city, the heavy artillery outside the city had stopped bombarding, but was still prepared to bombard again.

Inside the city, Xie Shufang and his two men led their troops forward cautiously. It was not because they were timid, but because they had already engaged in street fighting with the Japanese army before, so they had to be careful.

As they moved forward, they kept seeing people falling to the ground. Some of them were still crying and shouting at the top of their lungs, while others wanted to rush towards the Tang army but were shot dead.

As Xie Shufang and others continued to advance, the remaining Japanese troops in the city were constantly squeezed out. Some of them could not bear it and surrendered directly.

As time went by, more and more people began to surrender and no longer wanted to resist.

Li Yuanji waited quietly outside the city. More than an hour later, Xie Shufang hurried to Li Yuanji.

"My lord, Huashi City has been captured. There are only a few enemy troops in the city who are resisting. They have all been cleared out. Every place in the city has been checked. No Japanese troops have escaped!"

Li Yuanji nodded and walked towards the city.

When we came inside, we saw the ruined houses. The ground had obviously been cleaned, but the bloodstains were still there. The whole city was filled with the smell of blood, which was extremely pungent.

Next to some dilapidated houses, some people were crying numbly, and some were even banging their heads to vent their anger.

Even those who looked at him had eyes filled with numbness, horror and fear.

Even if someone is gritting his teeth, his eyes are red, and he is full of hatred, what will greet such a person is a bullet.

Li Yuanji watched these scenes calmly. He had no connection with these people. They were all enemies. He had seen too much and had no sympathy for them.

On the contrary, the scene before him made Li Yuanji even more determined to strengthen himself.

Because once he becomes weak, what happened here today will probably happen in his fiefdom and his city in the future, and the people of the Tang Dynasty will suffer from it.

Only by being strong can we prevent these things from happening in the Tang Dynasty and in his fiefdom. (End of this chapter)