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Chapter 343: Will Liaodong City be broken or not?

In the early morning, Liaodong City was as quiet as usual, no, there was still a little noise, because the general Ulji Wende led an army of [-] to the Tang Dynasty to hunt, and all the property and people obtained along the way had been transported back. They were piled up in Liaodong City all the time, and the noisy voices were the young and strong people of the Tang Dynasty who had been arrested in the city.

Originally, it was necessary to open the city gate at the right time, but these days the city guards would open the gate early. Without him, it is the harvest season recently, and frontline soldiers are constantly transporting things into the city. The earlier the gate is opened, the earlier the spoils can be received.

No, as soon as the door opened, a large group of hundreds of soldiers from their own family rushed into the city with chariots and horses. In the past, everyone would check one or two, but now there is no need for it. This is a counterattack victory that Goguryeo has not seen for many years, so everyone is looking forward to the news of the victory from the front line. Who would have thought that someone could counterattack?
But something unexpected happened. After entering the city, the Goguryeo soldiers did not go to the city to deliver supplies as usual, but divided into two groups and went to the top of the city.

When the city guard came down to ask questions, the answer was a sharp blade!
"kill!"

Hundreds of Qi's troops pretending to be Goguryeo's army rose up in an instant, and wiped out the guard team at the gate of the city. They climbed up to the top of the city from both sides and started fighting.

At this time, [-] Khitan soldiers and horses were also dispatched, and fierce Khitan warriors rushed into Liaodong City wielding machetes, and chopped down anyone who was in the way.

But Qin Huaidao's two thousand white horse Yicong did not enter the city, but was sent to the east gate of Liaodong City to seal the road. Firstly, to prevent people from escaping from the east, and secondly, to prevent people from reporting the letter. After all, it is best to hide it from the other party. , lest the other party come to take it back.

In less than an hour, the [-] defenders of Liaodong City were slaughtered completely. The Khitan Marshal said to Cheng Huaimo in admiration: "The general is really a god. Liaodong City has always been known as the west wall of Goguryeo. It was taken down with little effort!"

Cheng Huaimo said with a smile: "What is this? It's just a coincidence! This time, Goguryeo's [-] troops took advantage of the emptiness in Youzhou to attack Datang, but they didn't know that there was an exchange of offense and defense on the battlefield. After their soldiers and horses came out to Datang, He himself became empty, I just caught him off guard during this time difference, and normally let Ulji Wende stand here, and I can't take this city without an army of [-]."

Although the Khitan Grand Marshal is proficient in Chinese, he still half understood Cheng Huaimo's explanation of Sun Tzu's Art of War. He understood one thing. Datang did what Khitan could not do. Without Datang, Khitan 5 Thousands of people can't attack Liaodong City at all, so the Tang Dynasty is braver than the Khitan people.

It was also the idea of ​​Marshal Khitan that avoided a dispute between the two countries this time. It turned out that after everyone came to Liaodong City and counted the spoils, there was a disagreement between the two armies.

Liaodong can be said to be very rich now, not only has the original wealth, but also has all the wealth transported from Youzhou in the Tang Dynasty, all of which are piled up here and have not had time to transport them out. According to the prior agreement, all these gold and silver things are Khitan, but more than half of these were plundered from the Tang Dynasty, and should be returned to the people of the Tang Dynasty, so the quartermasters on both sides had a disagreement.

In the end, the Khitan Grand Marshal was sensible, saying that Datang needed to distribute money and supplies to save the people, and that the rest of the property should be returned to the Khitan. After all, the Khitan King ordered him to help without compensation.Tens of thousands of Khitan soldiers stared at the mountains of gold, silver and red, but no one dared to speak out against them. Firstly, they were ordered by the general, and they came to admire the bravery of the Tang army.

Cheng Huaimo instantly had a different view of this Khitan Generalissimo, who is rough but detailed. The people of Youzhou in the Tang Dynasty came, and there were many soldiers who favored them. In the future, Khitan will gain the friendship of the Tang Dynasty. This is a talent.

After taking Liaodong City, Cheng Huaimo has already sent someone to report it to the commander-in-chief Li Ji. After all, it is not a trivial matter for him to act without authorization. Now that he has won the battle, he still needs the commander-in-chief to send someone to preside over the defense of the city.

He didn't know that Li Ji had led his team to chase the enemy all the way to Yingzhou, where Ulji Wende was killed. At that time, the [-] Goguryeo soldiers who fled under the city of Youzhou were chased by the Tang army day and night, killing them all. , Captured, now there are less than [-] in Yingzhou, and without the slightest surprise, they were all captured by the [-] pioneers guarding Yingzhou.

"What? Huaimo and the others went to attack Liaodong?" Li Ji was shocked.

"Yes, I have been out for three days. Counting the time, maybe there is already a result." Li Chengdao, who stayed behind to defend the city, replied.

"Nonsense, but only 3000 people go to attack the city? Liaodong is the western barrier of Goguryeo. Why should he attack the city?" Li Ji scolded.

"At the beginning, there were not enough troops, and then I sent Junior Brother Du Gou to the north to find foreign Khitans to borrow 3000 troops, so it was [-] people who went to attack the city, not [-]."

Afterwards, Li Chengdao told Li Ji about the siege plan in detail. Li Ji was stunned, and Cheng Yaojin, Niu Jinda, and Li Yuanji who were present were all stunned.

This, who came up with this trick?Use offense instead of defense?To be able to fight back in a desperate manner, according to the calculations of these boys, there is a [-]% chance of success.

Before Li Ji sent someone to inquire about the news, the news of Liaodong City's victory had already reached Yingzhou. After reading the military report three times in one go, Li Ji said hello three times.

Cheng Yaojin next to him said anxiously: "Mr. Mao, show old Cheng, see if my Dalang has the prestige of his father and me?"

Everyone laughed, at this time Cheng Yaojin was still showing off his son in disguise.

"Look at your own black face? You will put gold on your face. What record do you have? It's just a battlefield rusher. Nephew Huaimo is much better than you. He is a handsome talent. I will give you 3000 people. Can you take Liaodong City?"

At this time, Niu Jinda shouted: "Commander, please go to Liaodong City immediately!"

Everyone was puzzled, and Niu Jinda explained with tears in his eyes: "There is also the Jingguan where the Goguryeo thieves piled up my Huaxia children!"

Everyone fell silent after hearing this, and Li Ji murmured: "Old Niu, Huaimo sent a letter asking me to send someone to guard the city. Are you willing to sit in Liaodong City and guard the east gate for Datang?"

"The last general will die!"

"I will immediately ask Your Majesty to send powerful civil servants and scholars to pay homage. The Jingguan in Liaodong City needs to be demolished, and the heroic souls of the sons and daughters must return to the country."

In this relatively depressing atmosphere, Cheng Yaojin immediately aroused everyone's murderous intent when he said something, "I remembered one thing, didn't I say before that we would exchange captives for the people? Now we have captured Liaodong and rescued them." After killing the common people, the captives don’t need to be exchanged, can we also kill them and pile them up in Beijing?”

Hearing this reminder, Niu Jinda looked at Li Ji with red eyes, and Li Ji glanced at the generals below, and sighed: "This matter must not be done, not to mention that the killing of prisoners is unknown, it is not that the commander is too timid to kill, Even if I slaughtered Goguryeo to avenge the warriors of the three expeditions of the former Sui Dynasty, I, Li Ji, would dare.

But not at this time, we have no preparations and plans to destroy the country. Once the prisoners are killed publicly, it will arouse the hatred of the whole country of Goguryeo, which is not good for us, but good for them, so these captives should stay and work for Datang. "

Everyone expressed their understanding after listening to it. It was indeed what Li Ji said. Niu Jinda said that he would go to Liaodong immediately. Li Ji said with a smile: "I'm afraid we need to go together this time. These boys wrote to say that they want to expand the results. If we don't stop them, I'm afraid that if they dare to take down half of Goguryeo, it will be bad if they are tricked by the enemy!"

　Today's Chapter 3, thank you for your support!

　　
　
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