Zhuangda Tang Juvenile Lang

Chapter 576 Siege?

Ulji Wendeok gathered all the forces in the city at Ximen, and now the soldiers of Ximen were defeated and Ulchi Wendeok was given the leadership, and the domestic city had no spare power to fight against the Tang army.

Overcoming the difficulty of Ulji Mundeok, the domestic city officially fell.

With the fall of Ximen, the four gates were closed tightly, guarded by Qiu Man, Qiu Jing, Wang Haokai of the Loyalty Army, and Qiang Fan of the Huben Army each leading [-] Loyalty troops.The liberated [-] Huben Army and [-] personal guards, led by the school lieutenant, wiped out the last resistance.

Under the relentless suppression by the Huben Army, Tang Jun had successfully captured the inner city at dawn.

However, in a short period of time, there was no major war, but the conflict was never interrupted.

For the Koguryo soldiers and civilians who dared to resist, the Huben army was not polite. They carried forward the style of the Turkic war, and those who resisted would be killed without mercy.

Although killing is not the best policy, but in this situation, killing is undoubtedly the most powerful deterrent method.

After a night of suppression, the situation in the domestic city has turned into a piece of tranquility.Let the Goguryeo people who are terrified hide in their own houses, trembling, for fear that the thin wooden door will be smashed and broken.

But obviously, this is a disciplined army, as long as it behaves itself.They will not take the initiative to attack these ordinary people.

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With the fall of the four gates, the domestic city palace was like a bolt from the blue, but what really shocked Goguryeo was the death of Ulji Mundeok.

Up and down, there is a feeling that Optimus Prime is falling, and the building is about to fall.

Especially Goguryeo Rongliu Wang Gao Jianwu, his mood is very contradictory.

Gao Jianwu is a very ambitious king and also very capable. He is the younger brother of Gao Yuan, the previous king of Goguryeo.

When the 40 land and water troops of the Sui Dynasty attacked Pyongyang, Gao Jianwu led thousands of soldiers and horses to defeat the 30 Sui Dynasty navy army led by the general Lai Huer, and achieved the first victory. Wan Sui soldiers.There is no doubt that the 40 land and water troops of the Sui Dynasty were defeated by Gao Jianwu and Ulji Wende.

Gao Yuan died early, and Gao Jianwu came to the throne and was known as the king of Rongliu, but he was not free as a king.Yuan Ziyou, the first official of Goguryeo who forced back Ulji Wende, dominates all state affairs, and Gao Jianwukong has ambitions and ambitions, but he is reduced to a puppet.

For the survival of Yuan's family, Yuan Ziyou used his power to "make an exception" before his death, making Da Dui Lu's position of controlling military and political power the private property of the Yuan family, and successfully passed it on to his son Yuan Dazuo.

Yuan Ziyou, as a famous official who rose to Goguryeo, is comparable to Xiao He Zhangliang of Han Dynasty and Zhuge Liang of Shu.

But Yuan Dazuo is far inferior to Yuan Ziyou. Although he sits in the seat opposite Lu and holds the military and political power of Goguryeo, he cannot limit the rise of the king Gao Jianwu.

Gao Jianwu continued to gather strength, using the trick of first taking over the power of the general and finally forcing Yuan Dazuo to step down.It's just never expected that Yuan Dazuo gave birth to an ambitious son, Yuan Gai Suwen, who was extraordinarily capable, decisive and brave. After learning of Gao Jianwu's plan, he preemptively chased Gao Jianwu all the way to the inner city.

Gao Jianwu fled to the inner city, the biggest reliance was Ulji Mundeok, the "god", Goguryeo's most prestigious savior.Ulchi Mundeok lived up to expectations, he fought two hearty battles with great victories, helping Gao Jianwu to establish a firm foundation in the domestic city, but when the foreign enemy retreated, the two had conflicts due to interests and power.

Before, Gao Jianwu cursed more than once, cursing Ulji Mundeok to be a thief because he is old and not dead.But Ulji Wendeok really died, but he couldn't be happy at all.

"Hao Zhe, how's the situation?" Gao Jianwu worriedly asked the general he relied on in the end.

"Your Majesty, the last general just inspected from a high place. Before that, the city was screaming and killing, and the flames shot up into the sky. It was chaotic! But now it has returned to calm. Lord, let's retreat quickly! These remnants of the Sui army are coming fiercely, and they all shot They are fierce, they come with hatred, we may not be able to resist."

After hearing this, the muscles on Gao Jianwu's face trembled, and there was a hint of hesitation in his eyes, but it was fleeting.

He sternly said, "No way! I can't retreat! How can I run away without fighting! I've lost the honor of our Goguryeo people!"

After finishing speaking, he pulled out his waist knife at once, and sternly said to Gao Haozhe: "Get my armor quickly! I want to put on my armor and go to battle with the soldiers on the palace wall, and fight to the end with these evil spirits! We only need to hold on for one day, One day later, the divisions of King Qin from all over the place will rush to come, and when the time comes, they will smash these remnants into thousands of pieces."

Jin Haozhe secretly sighed, the military regulations of the Goguryeo royal army are extremely strict, if the general does not withdraw and the subordinates escape and the general dies in battle, all the subordinates will be beheaded.

He had no choice but to help Gao Jianwu put on his armor and mount his horse.

Gao Jianwu's decision is undoubtedly a wise choice. The four gates have fallen, and he doesn't know where he will go, and he doesn't know how many enemies there are. Instead of choosing to escape with an uncertain future, it is better to close the gate of the palace and stand by for help!In order to achieve the suddenness of the siege, the enemy must not have too many troops, and how long can they last if they are not many?
Fires broke out everywhere in the city, and people panicked.Most of the soldiers staying in the domestic city were old, weak and remnant soldiers, and the young and strong were also recruited recruits. Their combat effectiveness was already poor, and they did not expect that the Tang army would attack the city wall and strengthen the domestic city.

When the news of Ulji Mundeok's death spread, the sky of the Goguryeo soldiers suddenly collapsed. In their panic, they did not know how many enemies had entered. Both the generals and the soldiers were in a panic.

The first time they fought with the enemy, they felt the opponent's strong combat power, and the defenders always had a psychological misunderstanding, thinking that once the enemy invaded the city, it meant that the city fell.

Therefore, they all believed that the domestic city had fallen, and many people were thinking about how to break out of the city to avoid being killed.Coupled with the haste of the incident, no effective resistance was organized at all.

On the high wall, Gao Jianwu found that the entire domestic city had fallen into chaos. The people were all scared and hid at home, the doors and windows of the vendors were closed, and there were enemy troops rushing into the city everywhere. Rampage, kill anyone who sees wearing soldier clothes.

The defenders fled around like headless chickens, completely losing their will to resist, and were annihilated by the enemy in piles.

By the early morning of the next day, the enemy had completed the siege of the palace.

It's just that due to the high palace walls and dense buildings nearby, it is difficult to use longbows and hard crossbows, and Gao Jianwu commanded his own soldiers to occupy the strategic high ground, making it difficult for the Tang army to attack.

Cheng Chumo yelled at the palace: "Gao Jianwu, you are already defeated! Hurry up and surrender, or you will die!"

"Bah! Goguryeo has only heroes who died in battle, and no Confucians who surrendered! Do you think we will be as soft-boned as you Han people, and if we can't beat them, we will be traitors?" Gao Jianwu's voice came out, making Tang Jun present furious.

Cheng Chumo was even more angry, gnashing his teeth. He threw his helmet on the ground, then raised his sword and shouted loudly: "Brothers, charge with me! I will definitely chop this guy up!"

Just when Cheng Chumo was about to lead the crowd to attack, he heard a crisp voice: "Little old Cheng, what's wrong!"

Cheng Chumo looked back, and saw a young and handsome general in white robe riding a horse, whether it was Qin Feng or someone else.

He hurried forward and said: "General, there are only more than 2000 people in the palace, but the golden general Gao Jianwu is hiding inside, vowing not to surrender. I have rushed several times before, but I didn't get in."

Qin Feng looked at Cheng Chumo, and saw that there were two bloody slits on his face, still dripping with blood, obviously not bandaged yet, and most of the soldiers around him were also wounded.

When did the Huben army suffer such a loss, Qin Feng couldn't help but said with some heartache: "Gao Jianwu occupies a high wall, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It's better not to attack by force!"

Cheng Chumo listened, fearing that Qin Feng would blame him for his ineffective attack, he hurriedly patted his chest and said, "General, it's okay! Old Cheng will definitely win this assault!"

After all, he rolled up his sleeves and wanted to step forward again.

"Wait! This Gao Jianwu refuses to surrender. He is just bullying our few people. He is paying attention to waiting for help! But we don't have to be polite to him!" Moved really angry.

After hearing this, Cheng Chumo asked with some doubts: "General, what do you mean..."

Qin Feng glanced at the row of wooden houses in the not too wide palace, a cold light flashed in his eyes and said: "I mean to use fire to attack, this courtyard is full of wooden houses, as long as you shoot in with rockets, the wooden houses will be set on fire. , are you afraid that these Goguryeos won’t come out?”

Chu Huaizhong said: "General, I'm afraid it can't be done! There is also a square inside, and the people inside can't be burned."

Upon hearing this, Qin Feng said: "In this case, demolish the nearby houses and erect them here, and then shoot at Gao Jianwu. At the same time, the guards will take the opportunity to attack the city!" He looked at the direction of the wind, And said evilly: "In addition, light a big fire here and cover it with fresh branches and leaves."

"Great plan!" Hou Zhong was thinking, his eyes lit up for a while, and he shouted: "The wind is heading towards the palace, fresh branches and leaves can't catch fire, but it will produce billowing smoke. In this way, the difficulty of our army's siege will be reduced by dozens of times."

The generals agreed and immediately ordered the soldiers to prepare rockets.

Not long after, some houses were built nearby. Although they could not be level with the palace wall, the disadvantages were greatly reduced. When the houses were erected, the soldiers took the rockets and climbed up to start shooting.

Gao Jianwu was startled and angry, but he had no way to counterattack except to fight back with a bow and arrow, because Qin Feng was sure he would not dare to come out for a decisive battle.

Just hearing the sound of "whoosh, whoosh", one after another rockets drilled into the row of wooden houses with red trails, landed on the doors, windows and roofs of the wooden houses, and burst into flames.

At this time, it was the time when the wind was strong, and the fire ignited bigger and bigger with the help of the wind. Although Gao Jianwu commanded his own soldiers to fight hard, the fire and thick smoke still enveloped the entire palace.

"Damn it! This thief is too vicious! He actually wanted to set fire to us!" Gao Jianwu was also anxious at this moment. Although he was not afraid of death, he did not want to be burned alive like this.

At this time, many soldiers were on fire, and they couldn't help screaming and fleeing inside.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, we are separated by a square, and the fire is useless." Jin Haozhe also had a face full of filth, he coughed a few times, and reminded loudly.

"That's right! I almost forgot about it." Gao Jianwu's heart widened, and he said grimly: "Soldiers, the enemy has nothing to do. This fire will at most burn down this row of houses. As long as you persist for one day, the reinforcements will come tomorrow." Once it arrives, it will be their memorial day, and let them live one more day."

It's just that he was too happy, as Tang Jun threw fresh branches and leaves into the fire, and under the steaming fire, billowing smoke drifted towards the palace along the wind direction.In an instant, all the people defending the city, including Gao Jianwu, were so smoked with tears and snot running down their noses that they coughed loudly, but the more they coughed, the faster the smoke poured in. Some people couldn't stand the feeling of suffocation. , and ran down the city, the visibility was extremely low under the thick smoke, and Gao Jianwu didn't dare to speak out, so he could only watch helplessly as the soldiers collapsed in the billowing smoke.

As we all know, the most lethal fire accident is the toxic smoke. Once inhaled into the lungs, the respiratory system will be damaged first. Hypoxemia and carbon monoxide poisoning mainly affect respiratory function.In addition to airway damage, pulmonary edema and severe respiratory failure may occur soon.

These Goguryeo soldiers are the last strength of Gao Jianwu. More than [-]% of the soldiers are dead soldiers who would rather die than surrender. Most of them would rather die than retreat, and their loyalty is the root cause of their rapid death. A moment later, the palace wall began to appear Death, gradually, the soldiers who inhaled the thick smoke fell from the palace wall and turned into corpses!
As time goes by, more and more people fall!

"Brothers, follow me!" Qin Feng gave the order to attack the city when he saw that he would mature in time!

Chu Huaizhong, Hou Zhong and others looked at each other, the siege equipment was equal to zero, how to attack the city?The tall and thick city walls of the palace are at least two feet long. Is it possible that a human being can fly in like a bird?

(End of this chapter)