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Chapter 970 Vibration
Gao Jianwu was shocked when he heard this, and lost his voice: "Cannon?"

He naturally knew a little about artillery. After all, Goguryeo also had many spies lurking in the Tang Dynasty, so as the king of Goguryeo, he had naturally heard of the name of artillery, and knew that artillery was a sharp weapon for attacking cities.

But when it comes to how powerful the artillery is and how powerful it is, he is at a loss.

There were too many rumors, and they were too exaggerated, which made him feel that those news were just nonsense about three people becoming tigers.

Could it be that Gao Yanshou lost Liaodong all of a sudden because Tang Jun had artillery?
Gao Jianwu asked in a deep voice: "Gao Yanshou, tell Gu honestly, is the artillery really that powerful?"

Gao Yanshou nodded furiously: "Really, I dare not lie to the king, Tang Jun's artillery is really powerful!"

"I will obey the king's decree, stick to the city, and never leave the city to give the enemy an opportunity. The Tang army's attack has long been discovered by the scouts. The soldiers are united and guard the city carefully. The minister also personally went up the city wall and the soldiers Let's defend the city together, but Liaodong City only lasted for one day, it's not that the ministers are not brave, it's because the enemy's artillery is too strong!"

Gao Jianwu's heart sank when he heard this, and he said in a deep voice, "You went up to the city wall to defend the city and still haven't defended it?"

Gao Yanshou pointed to his forehead and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, please look at the forehead of the minister. When the minister was guarding the city, the bricks and stones smashed by the artillery hit the forehead!"

"If it weren't for God's protection, if the bricks and stones were a little bit off, I would be loyal to the king in Liaodong City!"

Gao Jianwu's eyes fell on Gao Yanshou's forehead, and Gao Yanshou untied the turban tied on his forehead, revealing the hideous wound on his forehead.

Gao Jianwu took a closer look. The wound was still very fresh, indicating that it was just a few days ago, and the location of the wound was indeed dangerous. If it hit the temple a little bit further, it would really kill someone.

This wound undoubtedly proved Gao Yanshou's words. It can be seen that Gao Yanshou really went to the city wall to defend the city with the soldiers. It can be seen that Gao Yanshou, as the northern Sasa, has done his best.

Since the defenders in Liaodong did not go out to fight in the city, but were ordered to stand firm, they still lost the city after only holding on for a day. Why?
Then there is only one possibility, Tang Jun's artillery is indeed very powerful!
Gao Jianwu sighed: "Gao Aiqing, you have worked so hard, I never thought that the artillery is so powerful!"

Gao Yanshou heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this, which means that he has passed the test. Although he lost the city, he should not have much guilt.

At this moment, Gao Yanshou was suddenly thankful that his forehead was injured, otherwise he would have spent so much talking.

Gao Yanshou said sadly: "At that time, I thought about living and dying with Liaodong City and being loyal to the king, but I thought that I could not die in Liaodong. If I could not report the truth about the Tang army to the king, I tried to resist the attack of the Tang army. Cannon, even if that minister dies, his death will be in vain!"

Gao Jianwu paced in the hall, his steps were very heavy, and his heart was even heavier. It didn't matter whether Gao Yanshou died in Liaodong or not. It was more important for Gao Yanshou to come back and explain clearly the situation of the Tang army.

Gao Jianwu frowned and waved his hands: "Forget it, so, Jian'an, Gaimu, and even Liaodong City were breached after only one day of defense?"

Gao Yanshou said in a deep voice: "Yes, Your Majesty, Tang Jun's artillery is too powerful. If it continues like this, I'm afraid, I'm afraid that the city behind will not be able to hold on."

Since Liaodong City only lasted for one day, how long can other cities be expected to last?

Gao Jianwu's heart almost sank to the bottom, he stopped, and asked in a deep voice: "Gao Yanshou, you have personally experienced Tang Jun's artillery, in your opinion, is there any way to break it?"

Gao Yanshou hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I have been thinking hard all this way, but I can't think of any good way. The artillery is not only powerful, but also has a long range. There is no way to attack the Tang army on the city wall. artillery!"

"The soldiers guarding the city wall can't leave and have nowhere to dodge. They are living targets and can only be bombarded by artillery. The artillery is too powerful to resist at all, while the Tang army attacked the city under the cover of artillery. , the morale of the soldiers is low, and the city will be very difficult to hold!"

Gao Jianwu's face became more gloomy when he heard this, and he said in a deep voice, "According to what you say, can't we put all the power of the whole country to resist Datang's 10,000+ troops?"

Gao Yanshou said in a deep voice: "Of course not, my lord, I have thought about it carefully. Although the artillery is powerful, it moves slowly. The soldiers can only be living targets on the city wall, but what if they are not on the city wall? Then the Tang army's The artillery is useless, or it can turn the tide of the battle!"

Gao Jianwu stopped in his tracks immediately after hearing this, and pondered: "You mean to fight the Tang army?"

Gao Yanshou said in a deep voice: "In my humble opinion, this is the only way to gather troops and fight to the death with the Tang army. If we divide the troops and defend the city, we can only let the Tang army use artillery to defeat them one by one!"

Gao Jianwu was also thinking quickly in his heart, and he had to admit that what Gao Yanshou said was reasonable. Since the Tang army's advantage was the artillery, the defenders could only become living targets and be killed by the artillery. It would be better to gather troops and fight the Tang army to the death.

After all, the Tang army only has 10,000+ soldiers and horses, so there is nothing to fear!At the beginning, he decided to stick to it because Yuan Gai Suwen led a 20 elite army to fight outside, and it was really impossible to gather many troops in the court.

Now that Liaodong has been lost, Yuangai Suwen can only retreat. Although it is a pity that Silla was not defeated, the domestic territory is more important and cannot be lost.

Then have a decisive battle with Datang!
Gao Jianwu turned his head and said in a deep voice: "Eight hundred li expedited the order to Yuan Gai Suwen, and immediately lead the troops back after receiving the order. No matter whether Jincheng is captured or not, there will be no delay!"

The waiters in the hall were already panicked after listening for so long, and hurried forward to grind ink.

Gao Jianwu wrote the decree in his own hand, and the eunuch stamped it, and then trotted out of the hall with the decree in his hands, without daring to delay for a moment.

Although Gao Yanshou was still kneeling on the ground with his head bowed, he had already relaxed a lot. It seemed that the king had decided to gather an army to fight the Tang army to the death, so the loss of Liaodong was not his fault.

After all, it was a wrong decision to stick to the city in the face of the Tang Dynasty's artillery, and he was only acting according to the king's will.

If the king hadn't ordered him to stick to the city and not to fight, then he might not have lost Liaodong so soon.

Gao Yanshou felt that the reason why he was defeated was because of the artillery of the Tang army, and because of his adherence to the order. Of course, he didn't dare to say this directly.

(End of this chapter)