Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 1034
The commanders of the regiments quickly gestured to convey the message that the first shot was three feet below the battlements, and this was the aiming position of the cannons.

Thousands of guns fired, Ulji Wende was stunned, he had never seen such an attack method.

Some cannons were fired low, creating a hole in the city wall, and some cannons were fired high, and even the Goguryeo soldiers behind the battlements were smashed into pieces after they were shot up.

The semaphore began to wave again, and the commander-in-chief gave an order to fire slowly, reducing the rate of fire by ten times in order to keep the bore of the gun sufficiently cooled down, and it will be fired all day today.

Datang's artillerymen loaded the gunpowder unhurriedly, then put in the shells, and then waited for orders.

One shot after another, and it took only a quarter of an hour to fire four shots. Compared with the rapid fire in training, it was indeed much slower, too much, and it also made the artillery very calm.

The height of the city wall of Zuben City was lowered little by little, and all the defenders on the city wall escaped after ten rounds of artillery.

Ulji Wendeok was so startled that his heart almost stopped beating.

How could the people of Tang have such a sharp weapon? Didn't the people of Tang just throw a black ball that would explode onto the city wall?Ulji Mundeok also specially prepared a large number of thick canvas sheds, which can bounce small black balls flying into the city.

At this time, there was no small black ball, but steel-clad pig iron balls with a diameter of four inches hitting the city wall.

This kind of iron ball is so powerful that the city wall can't withstand such an attack at all.

"Send the order, open the four doors together, and the soldiers will attack in a team of 5000 people, with heavy shields and heavy armor in a dispersed formation."

Ulchi Mundeok’s method is brilliant. Even if the artillery is lowered and fired, it is impossible to kill a large area. An iron ball can kill two or three soldiers at most, and the fire rate of that weapon is extremely slow. You can rush to the front.

Seeing that the city gate opened, the artillery stopped firing.

It is not impossible to use artillery to fight infantry, and the range is just right, but the artillery array still has defensive means, so you have to try it.

2 people rushed out, and what they were facing was not the general cannon of the Tang army at all. They fired two rounds of leg crossbows, three rounds of rapid fire from flintlock firecrackers, and another round of short-range fire from hand crossbows.

When the 2 people rushed to about forty steps, there were less than [-] people alive.

Tang Jun's heavy cavalry didn't move, the flying cavalry didn't move, and the shield sword soldiers didn't even come forward, only the firecrackers and hand crossbows were aimed at them.

The Tang army did not attack again, and the last [-]% of Goguryeo soldiers sat down on the ground and cried loudly.

At this time, [-] soldiers from the Tang army ran out of the artillery formation, and they were composed of weaker soldiers from various ethnic groups. Their task was to clean up the battlefield.

The Goguryeo soldiers alive on the battlefield were taken away without any resistance, and the corpses on the battlefield were cleaned up in only a quarter of an hour.

The flag moved again, and the artillery array pressed forward three hundred steps, only one mile away from the city wall.

Under the new command, the muzzle raised its head, fired three times in a row, and then moved up two hundred steps until it reached the outside of the moat.

The artillery lobbed, and after the three cannons continued to extend, none of the buildings within [-] steps inside the city wall were spared, and all were smashed to pieces. Ulji Wende could not even organize the second line of defense.

In front of the moat, after another three consecutive shots, even the artillery didn't want to fight anymore.

The army entered the city to pick up prisoners of war, and the already sluggish Eulji Wende was brought to Li Shimin.

But Li Shimin said: "I'm not interested in seeing him, I'd better take care of him, and I want to use his warm heart to comfort the hero in the inner city."

The head of the account, Ulji Mundeok, stared at Li Jing: "Why do you have such a combat power, but you still use conspiracy against me, Goguryeo?"

"We are willing, the commander-in-chief is willing, and the generals are happy." After Li Jing replied coldly, he signaled to push him away.

Changsun Wuji stepped forward and asked Li Jing, "Why didn't you tell him that Goguryeo gave us the Maoshan Mine that had been built, and that if there was no ore from the Maoshan Mine over the years, the Tang Dynasty would not be able to save it?" So much steel."

"Why tell him this, the defeated general, the meaning of his life is to be poached in the country."

Changsun Wuji nodded after thinking for a while: "That's right."

In the Tang Dynasty, no matter civil or military, almost no one had the benevolence of a woman, except Liu Mu.

In terms of ruthlessness, Tang's civil and military officials were more ruthless than the other, and civil officials were no worse than generals, especially when dealing with enemies, they were only more ruthless, not the most ruthless.

Tang Jun stepped on the bones of his own city and came to the domestic city.

The domestic city is the former royal city of Goguryeo. It is still the accompanying capital and belongs to the most prosperous city in the north of the Yalu River.

Before Tang Jun arrived at the inner city, he was greeted by the important officials of Goguryeo in the inner city.

At this time, in the domestic city, no matter whether they were nobles or commoners, they were already scared out of their wits.

Several telegrams were sent to Li Shimin, all asking the same question, whether to accept the surrender.

Li Shimin called Wang Gui, the historian, and Wei Zheng, the current director of the Court of Admonishment.

Wang Gui said: "Sage, you have to accept surrender, otherwise people in the world will say that the Tang Dynasty was brutal, and the soldiers who attacked the city did not hurt the people, and everything was a wartime injury. The history books can record that the Tang army attacked the city and killed a few enemies. After attacking the city and accidentally injuring the people, the Tang Dynasty sent out military rations to comfort the people."

"But the country has surrendered, but we can no longer fight."

Xue Wanche, who was guarding beside Li Shimin, made an exception and saluted, waiting for permission to speak.

Li Shimin asked, "What's your opinion, Fourth General Xue?"

"Saint, the city only consumed [-] rounds of shells. The army's morale is available and the military resources are sufficient. Jingguan is piled up outside the domestic city. The blood feud must be washed away with blood."

Xue Wanche's words represent the thoughts of many generals, that is to fight.

The generals naturally knew that the enemy army surrounded by Liumu and Chai Shao would not fight, talk or surrender, and then send troops to clean up the battlefield when the enemy was starving to death. So can the city.

At this time, a telegram came.

"Report, Chai Fuma's department is stationed fifty miles east of the domestic city, please surrender at the domestic city, and Chai Fuma calls to ask for instructions."

"Let him wait." Li Shimin really couldn't make up his mind, and he also believed that the blood feud should be washed away with blood.

Wei Zheng stepped forward: "Saint, I think surrender is acceptable."

Xue Wanche was furious, and stared at Wei Zheng viciously. If it was not in front of Li Shimin, Xue Wanche would definitely rush up and beat Wei Zheng violently.

Wei Zheng said unhurriedly: "According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, surrendering soldiers is not guilty. But he did not say that the surrendering generals are innocent. Even if they are innocent in this battle, the Tang Dynasty can still investigate the crimes of war criminals, not to mention there is a sentence It is said that the history books are always written by the victors, and from another perspective, the Goguryeo slaves and untouchables in the inner city were treated favorably."

Li Shimin smiled: "I'm afraid someone taught you to do this."

"I also agree with this approach." Wei Zheng did not mention Liu Mu. Although Liu Mu gave this idea, Wei Zheng contacted many civil officials and made adjustments based on Liu Mu's suggestion.

(End of this chapter)