Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 469 Self-help
Autumn is high and dry, and it is difficult for ancient wooden buildings to resist the attack of open flames. The scope of the fire in the city is getting bigger and bigger. However, Xue Li and others followed Zhang Gongjin's instructions and found an area without fire. Gather the team quickly.

At this time, behind them, tens of thousands of Goguryeo soldiers also followed to this area.

"General, do you want to let them come here?"

"Is there anyone who understands the Goguryeo language? Call out, and those who surrender will be saved from death."

"Those who disarm and surrender can avoid death..."

Among the Goguryeo soldiers, there were also many people who knew Chinese. After Tang Jun began to speak Chinese, they threw away their weapons one after another. According to Tang Jun's request, they stood crowded together with their heads in their hands.

On the mountain wall, Zhang Gongjin, who saw this scene, was quite satisfied with Xue Li's handling. However, he could look at the fire situation in the whole city, and he had already seen that the burned area was getting bigger and bigger, and they began to hide in this area. The fire came, and the screams of the people who were originally hiding in those houses were burned to death, also spread all over the city.

"General, the semaphore says, let's tear down the house and save ourselves."

"All the heavy cavalry, get on your horses, and smash down those wooden houses, and the infantry collect the wood to prevent excessive fire."

Xue Li gave the order, leading the horse, driving the horse, and swinging the iron halberd. Immediately, a wooden building collapsed under his impact. Cheng Mingzhen followed suit, and thousands of heavy cavalry followed behind them. Those wooden houses rushed away.

"Ah~!"

All kinds of horrified and screaming voices came from various houses. They were the people who were crushed by the collapsed houses.

Xue Li was very depressed. In order to keep it secret, Yuan Gai Suwen sent those fire oil into the city overnight, and did not evacuate the people in the city. Most of these houses still had people living in them.

"Call out, let those Goguryeo soldiers who surrendered come over and take these civilians away, quickly..."

Tang Jun wanted those people who had escaped from the war to come out of the house, I'm afraid it would be very difficult, but the Goguryeo soldiers were different. Soon, Xue Li's order was carried out, and the people in other places in the city who were too far away were also there. In a panic, they found this temporarily safe place. They watched Tang Jun demolish the house in horror. Their eyes were full of hatred. They thought that the fire in the city was set by Tang Jun who invaded the city.

The fire came from all directions, and thousands of heavy cavalry demolished the house alone, and it was already impossible to guard against all directions. The more Xue Li demolished the house, the more anxious he became, even if he used all his strength to quickly demolish so many wooden houses. Housing is already impossible.

"General, the semaphore says, let's mobilize the common people together."

Hearing this, Xue Li suddenly realized, and hurriedly called the interpreter soldiers over, and shouted at the people of Yanjin City who were trembling and looked at him with a little hatred, "Yuan Gai Suwen is a wolf ambition, in order to achieve his own For the purpose of setting fire to the whole city regardless of your life and death, if you don't save yourself with us, those, everyone's end will be burned to death by the fire. Now, I hope you can listen to my order and help the army together Demolish the house and pile up the flammable wood to a place where the fire can't burn..."

However, Xue Li's words did not convince the Goguryeo people. Their habitual thinking made them feel that these disasters were all brought about by the Tang army, and that the Tang army could not be trusted.

"Let those Goguryeo soldiers explain it to us."

Xue Li was not stupid. After seeing the people who were not very active, he roughly guessed the reason and said to the soldier who sent the order.

Soon, under the explanation of a group of Goguryeo soldiers who saw Yuan Gai Su Wen igniting the fire, everyone knew that the instigator of this disaster was actually Yuan Gai Su Wen. A batch of military rations was confiscated. It turned out that they wanted to run away with the rations.

When the belief and persistence in their hearts collapsed, they were completely dumbfounded.

At this time, Xue Li shouted loudly again, "I, the generals of the Tang Dynasty, came to the east to wipe out such heinous rebellion as Yuan Gai Suwen. His Majesty the Emperor is benevolent. , we have nothing to do with Minqiu, if it is just to ensure our own lives, we can kill you, or drive you to the place where the fire broke out, and monopolize this area, there is no need to make great efforts to demolish the house.

Previously, Gao De, the son of King Rongliu of Goguryeo, professed his vassals to our Tang Dynasty. Now, you are also the people of my Tang Dynasty. As soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, we must ensure the safety of the people of the Tang Dynasty. At that time, I hope that you can also do your best to save yourself and survive, and you will be ten times better than before, a hundred times better. "

It was said that among the common people of Goguryeo, many people who could hear and understand shouting said, "We are willing to obey the general's orders..."

"Okay, very good, now you go to some people, go to the houses that haven't been burned in front, bring all the people out, and work with the soldiers to clean up the wood from the houses we demolished."

"All the soldiers of the Tang army obey the order. No matter whether you chop or hit with your body, I want you to tear down all these houses in front of you as quickly as possible."

"Order."

At this time, the number of infantry still wearing iron armor is almost 2. They may be in groups of five or ten. After forming a line, they will all attack a wall. With the addition of these hundreds of groups of infantry, the demolition speed of the entire house has been accelerated, and with 10,000+ Goguryeo people following them to clean up, soon, those demolished The location of the house will become a bare muddy field.

At this time, because Zhao Qiang, who was the first to climb up the mountain wall, tied a lot of ropes, more people in the guard team climbed to the top of the cliff, and someone from the Tang Army camp also discovered the situation on the mountain wall.

Li Shimin, who woke up faintly, saw the monstrous flames in Yanjin City, clenched a pair of casserole-sized fists, and said with gritted teeth, "I swear I won't kill all the Yuangai Suwen rebels." give up."

"Your Majesty, the situation is not as bad as imagined. Look at the top of the cliff, Gong Jin is using semaphore to direct the people in the city to save themselves." Li Jing knew that Li Shimin himself was suffering from a gas disease. It is too suitable to hear worse news, and he will not speak until his mind is clearer.

At this time, Wang Deyong hurriedly handed the binoculars to Li Shimin's eyes. Sure enough, he saw a small dot-like person on the cliff in the distance, waving the military flag in a hurry. It was not Zhang Gongjin, whoever it was.

"Yes, yes, Yanjin City is so big, how can it be burned all at once, there must be many places in the city where you can avoid the fire, all the soldiers listened to the order, put out the fire quickly, and rescued the comrades who were trapped in the city... ..."

At this time, the north gate of Yanjin City, and even the entire north city wall, was covered in a sea of ​​flames. Before the Tang army approached, they would be forced to retreat by the heat wave. No matter how hurried the order is, there is no way.

At this time, Zhao Long, the captain of the guard team, had already slid down from the cliff along the rope on this side of the cliff, and soon he came to the army.

"Your Majesty, there are still nearly 30 soldiers in the city leading the people of Goguryeo to save themselves. Presumably, their lives should be safe. However, outside the south gate, Yuan Gai Su Wen is leading an elite army of [-] troops to stand ready. Duke Zou asked me to inform you to prepare early."

"There are still 3 people, so good, so good..."

When Li Shimin heard the news brought by Zhao Long, his mood relaxed a lot. He didn't focus on the 30 army he said later.

Li Jing, on the other hand, was startled when he heard the words, and said anxiously, "Your Majesty, the 30 army led by Yuan Gai Suwen must be his elite subordinates. Now that more than 30 of our army are trapped in the city, even if we survive in the end, the combat power I'm afraid it has been lost, and there are only about [-] soldiers capable of fighting, and they are all exhausted. If we confront the [-] Goguryeo army that is recharging their energy, the odds of winning are not high, so we should find another way."

Yuan Gai Suwen will definitely not retreat after setting fire to Yanjin City. He will use his strongest strength to deal a severe blow to Tang Jun. Tang Jun is no longer the same as before. Now, those soldiers trapped in the city are likely to become a burden, and there are already more than 1 wounded soldiers in the barracks.

Tens of thousands of exhausted soldiers and tens of thousands of burdens were fighting against Goguryeo's most elite 30 troops. To describe it as having a low chance of winning, Li Jing was afraid of provoking Li Shimin too much, so he chose his words carefully.

"Report, General Cheng has escorted [-] carts of grain and grass, and [-] new-style chariots, and they have arrived at the tent thirty miles away."

Hearing this, Li Jing's eyes lit up, and he said, "It's the right time, Your Majesty, with the reinforcement of several thousand troops from Cheng Chumo's subordinates, our army will have the strength to fight the Goguryeo army."

"Wei Gong, don't forget, there are three or four thousand of our brothers on the other side of the mountain, they can go around behind the Goguryeo army and launch a sneak attack." Zhao Long reminded.

Li Jing nodded and said, "4000 or [-] people are still too few, let's hang down some more ropes, before it gets dark, let's send another [-] soldiers over there, if Yuan Gai Suwen launches, we will attack from both sides, the battle will be sure .”

"Go to 2? Isn't there only 20 on our side?" Yu Chigong is also a veteran on the battlefield, and has experience in fighting an army of more than 30 with 3 soldiers. When the attack encircled them, the [-] or [-] horses were so weak, they objected.

"Don't underestimate Cheng Chumo's grain trucks. Unfold them all in a row and lock them together. That's a city wall covered with iron sheets, and there are two thousand new-style chariots projected. We are actually following the The defense of the city is almost the same, even if the Goguryeo army disregards the impact of life and death, it may not be able to shake our defense line."

Li Jing is a master in the art of war, he knows how to take advantage of all the favorable conditions. Before that, the design of this grain truck was guided by him. Now at this critical moment, it will really come in handy.

"As for the battlefield, I will leave it to the pharmacist to command. If Yuan Gai Su Wen comes, I will personally put on my armor and fight against him."

Although Li Shimin said so, it is impossible for everyone to really let him fight. It is just a way to boost morale. During the camp, even the emperor Li Shimin came out to greet him in person, which made him feel flattered.

(End of this chapter)