Datang's free and easy concubine

Chapter 965
Many people in Chang'an heard about the victory of the cavalry entering the city, but they didn't believe it very much, thinking that the victory was repeated. However, when the news really spread, everyone realized that the victory was true.

It took only one day for the expeditionary army to capture Gaimu City!
Now, the whole Chang'an is a sensation!
The capture of Jian'an City in one day can still be said to be accidental, and the capture of Gaimu City in only one day, what does this mean?
This shows that although the emperor's personal conquest brought only 10,000+ troops, he crushed Goguryeo's soldiers and horses.

There was a lot of noise about the Eastern Expedition before, and all the ministers in the court regarded the Eastern Expedition as a scourge. It is true that they were bitten by snakes for ten years and were afraid of well ropes. In fact, it is not so terrible at all.

Goguryeo is simply vulnerable!

Of course, not everyone thinks so, especially the officials in the DPRK and China. After calming down, many officials also feel that the next battle will not be so smooth.

Jian'an City and Gaimu City were breached without holding on for a day. That was because artillery appeared on the battlefield for the first time, and the defenders of Jian'an City and Gaimu City were caught off guard.

After the city in the back is prepared, it will not be so easy to be breached.

Especially the city behind is Liaodong City, which is the most important town in Liaodong, the gateway to Goguryeo, heavily guarded, how can it be so easy to capture?

When the Sui Dynasty attacked Liaodong City, I don't know how many people were killed and injured under Liaodong City!

Of course, no matter whether it is civil servants, military generals or ordinary people, they are very confident in capturing Liaodong City, because the previous two battles have proved the combat power of the army.

However, the Battle of Liaodong City may not have gone so smoothly.

Even so, the city of Chang'an was full of cheers and cheers. The army that went out to fight for consecutive victories was of course worthy of celebration and joy.

It's just that they don't know that Liaodong City has already been easily captured.

Calm has been restored in Liaodong City, and the corpses in the city have already been removed. Even so, there are still traces of war everywhere in the city, and the smell of blood wafts everywhere in the city.

It is a great joy to capture Liaodong City so smoothly, and another joyous event is the mountain of grain and grass in Liaodong City.

Because Liaodong City was ready to hold on, it mobilized enough food and grass for tens of thousands of troops for several months in advance.

Gao Yanshou was only concerned with running away, and never thought of burning the scribbles. Although Jin Zhenwu thought of it, Tang Jun had already entered the city before they could burn it.

In the end, these food and grass can only be cheaper for Tang Jun. Li Shimin smiled from ear to ear when he heard the news, which greatly reduced the sloppy delivery of luggage.

Although a lot of grain and grass were seized in Jian'an City and Gaimu City, they were far less than the grain and grass in Liaodong City.

Although the city of Liaodong was captured, Li Shimin was not in a hurry to continue to march, because there was no need to rush to send troops anymore. He had conquered three cities in a row, including Liaodong City, the most important town in Liaodong. .

Moreover, although the city of Liaodong was captured, not all of Liaodong was captured yet.

Although Liaodong City was captured, Shicheng and Anshi City to the south of Liaodong City, as well as Yanjin City, Xincheng, and Mudi City to the north were not captured yet.

Although the city is not big and has become a turtle in a urn, it still has to send troops to attack.

In the Xunsa mansion, Li Shimin is dispatching troops and generals.

"Li Ji led [-] troops to attack Yanjin City, Yu Chigong led [-] troops to attack Xincheng, Cheng Yaojin led [-] troops to attack Anshi City..." Li Shimin ordered solemnly.

Li Ji and others went out to take orders one by one, while Su Cheng stood there very leisurely, because he had nothing to do from the beginning to the end.

This time the division of troops to attack the city is simply a scene of division of effort. Liaodong City has been captured. Isn't it easy to capture small cities such as Xincheng?
Liaodong City has been captured so quickly, what morale can the soldiers of other cities in Liaodong have?What fighting power can there be?
So the front is naked credit. Of course, Li Ji and others don't just want to capture the city, but also compare the speed of capturing the city.

Even Liaodong City was captured in just one day. If anyone can't capture it for a long time, wouldn't it be embarrassing?
Moreover, whoever is the last to capture the city will lose face even more.

Therefore, Li Ji and the others are still very motivated, because what everyone is arguing about at the moment is not who can conquer the city, but who will conquer the city first.

Although he was not ordered, Su Cheng was not frustrated at all.

Contributing meritorious deeds did not appeal to Su Cheng at all. With the dazzling performance of the artillery, his contribution was already great enough. At this time, let others have the opportunity to make meritorious deeds.

Therefore, Su Cheng stood there very leisurely, like a bystander watching the excitement, but soon he realized something was wrong, because everyone's eyes were all on him.

Su Cheng is a little confused, what are you all looking at me for?
The emperor didn't order me to go to war, and I have nothing to do with you. What do you all see me doing?
At this time, Changsun Wuji came out and said: "Your Majesty, even if you want to divide your troops to attack the city, you don't need to divide your troops into four directions. There must always be enough soldiers and horses to guard Liaodong City. Your Majesty's royal driver is still in Liaodong City!"

Li Shimin said with a smile: "It is enough to leave [-] soldiers and horses, and there are musketeers from the Shenji Battalion. Goguryeo is so frightened now, how dare it take the initiative to send troops to attack? Good thing! Let them also try the muskets. If you are talking about siege, muskets are not as good as artillery, but if you are talking about defending the city, muskets are not necessarily weaker than artillery!"

Li Jing pondered: "Yuan Gai Suwen's army doesn't know if they have already returned to the division, or they need to send more scouts out to investigate!"

Li Shimin nodded and said: "Naturally, after conquering Liaodong City, we must guard against the return of Yuan Gai Suwen's army! However, in a short time, Yuan Gai Suwen's army should not appear! When Liaodong is completely captured Afterwards, the whole army happened to fight Yuan Gai Suwen!"

"The ministers will quickly capture Liaodong, and the army is preparing for war!"

The generals were full of pride when they heard this, and it seems that only Yuan Gai Suwen's army in Goguryeo is worthy of a battle!
It stands to reason that Yuangai Suwen's return to the army means that Silla has been saved, which means that the purpose of the Eastern Expedition has been achieved, and it seems that there is no need to continue to advance into the depths of Goguryeo.

But at this moment, no one has any objection, and no one mentions the retreat of Silla's troops after being saved.

Even the civil servants who accompanied him didn't have any objections. This road captured Liaodong City with such force that the Goguryeo army was vulnerable. Wouldn't it be a fool if they retreated?

(End of this chapter)