Datang Lingnan King

Chapter 424 Goguryeo Doomsday

"Ah!" Yuan Gai Suwen raised his head to the sky and screamed, angrily holding a pair of knives and leading the team to rush towards Li Shimin.

It's a pity that there are people around Li Shimin who intend to show off themselves. Before Yuan Gai Suwen got close, more than a dozen knights took the lead.

Yuan Gai Su Wenkong is capable, facing more than a dozen people with strong military power to besiege him, before he could use one out of ten, he was cut to pieces by knives.

Li Chonghui and the others looked at each other proudly, and then went to kill the others, completely ignoring Li Shimin whose head had been robbed, staring at the backs of several people furiously, waving the horse in his hand, venting his anger.

After finally meeting a general, he still wants to win the head, and he will brag about his capital in the future. Who knows that if he is taken away by passing assistants, revenge will not be possible, and it will be inevitable to wear small shoes in the future.

The death of Yuan Gai Suwen is just an introduction, and the arrival of Li Shimin's reinforcements is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

Seven teams of [-] people kept rushing towards the rear of the fighting enemy, which not only disrupted the formation, but also liberated more friendly troops.

Moreover, it was very easy to harvest from the rear. Many Goguryeo people did not understand until their death why there were enemies behind them. It was obvious that they had a lot of people, but why it was more like being surrounded by the Tang Dynasty.

A big battle, from morning to sunset, the battlefield is getting farther and farther away, and Goguryeo is no match for small groups fighting.

Moreover, too many of them have never experienced the battlefield, so their will to fight is not strong. After fighting for a long time, their blood has already cooled down, and they are frightened and timid in the face of mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

After a bloody battle for half a day, there were stumps and broken arms everywhere, and most of them were Goguryeo costumes. Many people who woke up had dropped their weapons and fled into the mountains, which accelerated the defeat of Goguryeo.

The setting sun was setting, reflecting the entire basin, there were dark red blood stains everywhere, densely packed corpses, covering half of the basin, and now the horses could not run wildly, or they would trip over the corpses.

Victory is in sight, and Datang has no shortage of generals, who keep boosting morale, so even though we are tired, our morale is still high.

Mo Daomen and archers had long lost their strength, and they barely fought with short knives. The heavy cavalry and heavy infantry were just mechanically killing the nearest enemy.

The horses of the light cavalry couldn't run anymore and turned into infantry. Only the legion of warriors was still running. Although they were breathing heavily, they still had the energy to chase and kill the equally tired Goguryeo people.

The Fanatic Legion, also trained by Liaoxi Feng Daiwen, focused on endurance. Although they had no energy to shout slogans, they were very energetic in killing people.

This is the most special legion. Their beliefs are the strongest. They have experienced many foreign battles. They are jealous when they kill people. It is still injured, it can be hacked to death, but it will never be hacked.

With the afterglow of the setting sun, the battle was basically over. The Goguryeo people fled into the mountains, and the Tang soldiers had no energy left to catch up. Many people relaxed and sat on the ground.

A battle of more than 200 million people ended in just half a day. Without the help of the right time and place, without fire and water, it was all reckless. This simply broke history. Maybe there will be another one in the future, but it has never happened before. Larger-scale battles can only be ended quickly with the help of the right time and place.

Only more than 50 Goguryeo people fled. The others either voluntarily surrendered, were injured and couldn't run, and nearly a million died.

The Tang Dynasty was also tragic, with more than [-] deaths, nearly [-] serious injuries, and everyone suffered minor injuries.

Fang Xuanling and others brought tens of thousands of civilian husbands, who arrived late to help clean up the battlefield and treat the wounded. Most of them vomited endlessly when they saw the tragic battlefield, even the medical officer who was used to various wounds and died , all of them were heartbroken and their faces were pale.

Fortunately, I still remembered my responsibilities, so I endured it and began to treat it. After vomiting, the peasants also slowly stepped forward to help. Fortunately, it was getting late, and I couldn't see people farther away, which made me feel better.

After a night of silence, the next morning, many soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who had recuperated overnight regained their energy. Li Jing dispatched [-] soldiers who recovered well and were slightly injured to station outside Pingxiang City to prevent the nobles from escaping.

For Pingxiang, who was young and strong, with all the men and women and children in the city, a [-] army stationed outside the city would prevent them from escaping.

Seriously wounded soldiers were all sent to the rear for recuperation after treatment, and the rest of the lightly wounded helped clean up the battlefield. The weather was hot, and they were worried about causing a plague, so they simply collected and cremated their own corpses. A large pile, poured with gasoline, and burned in one fire.

After only one day of repairing in situ, the army withdrew with the wounded soldiers, set up camp a hundred miles away, and began to repair.

Now that the main force of Goguryeo is completely wiped out, Li Shimin is not impatient at all. He quietly waits for reinforcements from the rear, and then forces Silla and Baekje to clean up Goguryeo except Pingxiang, completely blocking the retreat.

In mid-August, Li Shimin took the [-] troops transferred up, plus [-] recovered troops, a total of more than [-] troops, and stationed troops outside Xiangxiang City.

On August [-]th, King Fuyuzhang of Baekje and Queen Kim Seungman of Silla came to pay their respects with presents. The two were apprehensive, not knowing how the Tang Dynasty would treat the two countries.

That night, Jin Shengman lived in Li Shimin's tent. As for Fuyuzhang, Li Shimin just met him and handed it over to Fang Xuanling and others.

On August 22, Li Shimin finally remembered the Goguryeo people in Pingxiang City, and led Fuyuzhang and Jin Shengman to watch the siege.

Duan Zhixuan was instructed to line up twenty steel cannons and ten tanks, and following an order, the artillery fire mercilessly poured down towards the top of the city.

In Fuyuzhang, Jin Shengman was stunned, and the head of Pingxiang city was bombed into a mess, and the city gate didn't know where it went.

After several rounds of shelling, Fuyuzhang was so frightened that his clothes were drenched in sweat. As for Jin Shengman, he almost threw himself into Li Shimin's arms.

Soon, a white flag was erected at the head of Pingxiang City. Several nobles walked out of the city gate tremblingly, kneeling on the ground, not daring to lift their heads. Just now, the loud noise and the collapse of the city gate frightened them. , I dare not take chances now.

After a while, the new king of Goguryeo, the son of Gao Jianwu's younger brother Gao Dayang, Gao Zun, who was only 12 years old, came out of the city with the support of the minister, and knelt down in front of Li Shimin in a proper manner.

"The sinner Gao Zan pays homage to the Great Tang Sage!" Gao Zan, who was specially taught how to speak, said crisply, his face was flushed, he kept sneaking glances at Li Shimin, his body trembling slightly, obviously feeling very nervous and scared.

(End of this chapter)