Tang Dynasty: The poisonous scholar in the Eastern Palace, please abdicate and let the wise one take

Chapter 494: Thousands of Cannons Bombard Pingtian Mountain

"General, we have found out that Su Chen led more than 3,000 people to garrison in Quanjing. The city of Bilie was captured by a lieutenant assigned by Su Chen, who led 800 soldiers."

"Eight hundred?!"

Gao Zhensheng couldn't help but raise his voice a little, "Eight hundred people took over the city of Beilie!"

The scout continued, "Another 3,000 troops will be sent later. Currently, there are about 3,800 Tang troops in the city of Bilie."

Damn it!

Gao Zhensheng couldn't help but curse inwardly.

The enemy had only 800 people, but they captured the city of Beilie, which was second only to Quanjing!
Damn those bastards!

Li Zhengqiang: "General, the number of soldiers in Bilie City is now greater than that of Quanjing. It will not be an easy task to capture Bilie City. Why not capture Quanjing directly?"

"The King of Side by Side is in the well. If we act quickly and capture Su Chen before Liu Rengui's army shows up, it will be a great help to the entire battle situation."

"inappropriate."

Gao Zhensheng shook his head. “Although there are not many soldiers and horses around Su Chen, he is ruthless and cunning.”

"Secondly, as the King of Side by Side, Su Chen is a favorite of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. He must have a group of elite soldiers gathered around him, and his fighting power cannot be underestimated."

"In addition, the springs and wells have fallen into their hands. If we want to attack the city, we must face the open area outside the city. This gives the Tang army's firearms a lot of room to play, which is very disadvantageous to us."

Hearing this, Li Zhengqiang pondered and remained silent.

Although their number is three times that of the Tang army in Quanjing City, so what?
The firearms in the hands of the enemy are incredibly powerful, especially in the situation of siege, their powerful power will greatly eliminate the difference in numbers between the two sides.

It might even cause them serious damage!

"So the general wants to capture the city of Bilie?"

"Don't go."

Gao Zhensheng sighed, "Beile City is not a good place anymore."

"With 3,800 elite Tang troops defending the huge city, it will take us at least a few days to capture it."

"And while we are attacking Bilie City, Liu Rengui will have the opportunity to lead his troops to bypass us. Then we will be attacked from both sides and will be in danger."

Li Zhengqiang opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say for a moment.

Since we can’t go to Quanjing and Beilie can’t attack, do we have to retreat to Tianda Mountain?

"Retreat to Tianda Mountain."

Gao Zhensheng sighed, "Now our only chance is to set up defenses on the Tianda Mountain line and organize their army to march north."

"As for the counties along this stretch of the road, send someone to contact them and try to gather as many garrisons as possible to join us."

"Secondly."

"The merchants and gentry in the city should not let them retreat easily."

"These people have recruited some brave guards from their families. Bring them all here. Don't leave any food, fodder, or supplies to the Tang army."

Li Zhengqiang nodded, "I understand, I'll arrange it right away."

……

Two days flew by.

The elite troops led by Liu Rengui have successfully arrived at Quanjing City.

Together with Liu Rengui's 7,000 elite soldiers, the garrison in Quanjing City now numbers more than 10,000.

"Your Majesty, as soon as I received the news, I led my troops to the spring. What instructions do you have?"

"Of course we should unite our forces and destroy the Goryeo reinforcements coming from Kaesong."

Su Chen smiled and gestured to Liu Rengui to sit down and talk.

"I have received accurate information. Twelve thousand elite soldiers have arrived from Kaijing. Under the leadership of Gao Zhensheng, they have retreated to the Tianda Mountain line."

"I guess they want to use the dense forests around Tianda Mountain to block our attack."

Liu Rengui frowned and said, "I also know the terrain of Tianda Mountain. Although the mountain is not high, there are many dense trees and shrubs around Tianda Mountain. If they guard Tianda Mountain, the power of our firearms will be affected to a certain extent."

Su Chen nodded, "Perhaps it is for this reason that they chose to set up defenses in Tianda Mountain."

Liu Rengui: "It looks like we are going to face a tough battle next."

However, Su Chen smiled and shook his head, "General Liu, don't forget that I brought you a lot of weapons and equipment this time."

Liu Rengui nodded, "But what does this have to do with this battle?"

Su Chen: "Since bullets and bombs are affected by trees, why not just destroy all the trees near Tianda Mountain?"

"what?!"

Liu Rengui was completely confused.

Although Tianda Mountain is not large, it is still more than ten miles. It would take them a month or so to destroy such a large forest even if they had 10,000 elite soldiers.

The most important thing is, when they were cutting down these trees, did Gao Zhensheng and the others just watch and not take any action?
Liu Rengui frowned and said, "Your Majesty, this is too dangerous. We are risking the lives of our soldiers to clear the way."

"No, no, no, you're overthinking it."

Su Chen smiled confidently, "You just need to prepare all your weapons, and you can win this battle, and it will be very easy."

Liu Rengui: “????”

"Your Majesty, the banquet is ready."

"it is good."

Su Chen smiled and stood up. "Now that things have come to this, let's eat first. Tomorrow, General, come with me to Tianda Mountain to destroy Gao Zhensheng's army of 10,000 people."

……

Early the next morning.

After leaving two thousand elite soldiers to garrison in Quanjing, Su Chen led Liu Rengui and others and headed north.

Along the way, the cities, big and small, that we passed through had little ability to stop us.

What's more, after hearing the news that the Tang army was coming, the people in these cities opened the city gates early.

This made Su Chen and others feel very confused.

After questioning, we learned that the garrison troops, gentry and merchants in the county town had left early with their property a day earlier.

"Gao Zhensheng is good at planning."

Liu Rengui sneered and said, "Gather all the defenders in these cities at Tianda Mountain. They are going to fight a decisive battle with us."

Su Chen smiled and said, "He brought 12,000 men this time, which is not much different from our number. In addition, he was afraid of the firearms in our hands and did not dare to attack the city rashly. He had no choice but to resort to this last resort and gather his troops."

Liu Rengui nodded and said, "Go check how many soldiers are there in the garrison in these counties."

"Yes!"

A lieutenant walked away quickly.

Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you fight without danger.

Since Gao Zhensheng has gathered all these people in Tianda Mountain, the military strength under Gao Zhensheng will expand rapidly.

They didn't know the exact number of people, but they could roughly estimate a number based on the strength of the garrison in the city.

Dusk.

The garrison strength in each county town has been counted.

"Four thousand?"

"Correct."

"In this case, Gao Zhensheng will have 16,000 soldiers."

Liu Rengui looked at the numbers in his hand, and then looked at Su Chen.

The captain in charge of the investigation shook his head and said, "General, there is one more thing."

"what's up."

"According to gossip, Gao Zhensheng also took away all the merchants and gentry in the city while withdrawing these garrison troops. These merchants and gentry have a number of able-bodied men in their homes."

"If we calculate it in detail, Gao Zhensheng's available troops are likely to reach more than 20,000. Secondly, all the food and supplies in the city have been taken away by them!"

Liu Rengui: "Your Majesty, this is a bit troublesome."

Even though the able-bodied men raised by the wealthy merchants and gentry had weaker fighting abilities, they had no problem assisting the Goryeo army.

Especially when it comes to setting up blocking fortifications, these people are definitely experts.

Su Chen waved his hand, "It's okay."

"The more people they gather, the easier it will be to take action when the time comes."

"...?"

Liu Rengui became more and more curious about Su Chen's plan.

That afternoon, Su Chen and his army arrived at the foot of Tianda Mountain. Tianda Mountain was very quiet, with no birds singing or flowers blooming, and the sound of insects chirping could be heard.

Su Chen estimated that the number of troops led by Gao Zhensheng was too large, causing the birds in Tianda Mountain to be scared away by the life breath of these people.

"Your Majesty, we have found traces of the Goryeo army in the dense forest ahead, but we have not seen any trace of them yet."

"No need to look for it."

Su Chen waved his hand and said, "Send a few people to shout at Tianda Mountain and listen to Gao Zhensheng's movements."

Liu Rengui: "Do you think they will respond?"

"probably not."

Su Chen smiled and looked towards the dense forest and mountain road ahead. Under normal circumstances, Gao Zhensheng should not easily reveal his flaws.

However, Su Chen will make them reveal their flaws.

"General Liu, make arrangements and have your soldiers prepare all the bombs."

"Yes."

Liu Rengui nodded and made the arrangements.

Koizumi Jiro came over and said, "Your Majesty, how about I lead the troops to burn this mountain?"

"Can you finish burning it?"

Liu Rengui raised his eyebrows and said, "Now the grass and trees in the mountains are lush and growing, and the rain is nourishing them. It is not easy to ignite them."

There are frogs everywhere in the green grass pond.

After absorbing the moisture from the rain, the whole forest is full of vitality, unlike the bleakness of autumn and winter.

Just some open flames can set the entire hill on fire.

Koizumi Jiro said somewhat awkwardly: "It's up to human beings. At worst, I can take people to cut down all these trees."

Su Chen waved his hand, "No need to waste so much time and effort."

"Wait, they will come out by themselves."

"Oh?"

Koizumi Juichiro looked curious.

At this time, a soldier ran over and said, "General, all the bombs are ready."

Liu Rengui nodded and looked at Su Chen.

Su Chen looked at the Tianda Mountain in front of him, and a sense of heroism surged in his heart.

Later, a general used thousands of cannons to pacify Mount Liang. Today, I will follow his example and use bombs to clear a path and blow up this hill!

"Your Majesty, the other party didn't respond at all."

"As expected."

"Pass on my order. Aim all artillery shells at Tianda Mountain and advance slowly. I want to bombard this mountain to see how they can hide!"

"what?"

Liu Rengui's eyes widened.

Use bombs to clear the way and flatten the Tianda Mountain?

hiss.

No wonder he prepared so many bombs!

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Koizumi Jiro immediately boasted, "Even if Gao Zhensheng and the others are hiding underground, they won't have any chance this time!"

Su Chen ignored Koizumi Juichiro and waited quietly.

In the mountains.

Gao Zhensheng frowned and looked at Su Chen and others below.

What is the point of sending someone to shout?
He doesn't think that if he asks someone to shout a few times, I will answer, right?

madness!

Why would I reveal my whereabouts to you guys?
"Order, all soldiers, get ready, wait for the Tang army to enter the mountains, and then act according to the plan..."

"General, it's bad. The Tang army has deployed its troops and seems to be about to drop a bomb."

"Ok?"

Gao Zhensheng stepped forward, pushed aside some branches and leaves, and looked down with a frown at the Tang army that was forming its battle formation below.

These Tang soldiers had nothing in their hands except bomb launchers, and they quickly installed bombs one by one.

At a glance, there were at least two thousand bomb shooters.

This……

Gao Zhensheng suddenly felt a strong sense of uneasiness in his heart.

Just then, a clear voice rang out.

"put!"

Whoosh whoosh.

Bombs were fired densely towards Tianda Mountain.

Even though most of the bombs were blocked by some dense branches, there were still quite a few bombs that fell into the mountains and forests.

Subsequently.

Boom boom boom!
The explosions continued to sound, so frequent that they were frightening.

Gao Zhensheng's face was serious. What did Su Chen want to do?
Blow up the trees with bombs?

Want to force us out?
While Gao Zhensheng was thinking in his mind, the bomb shooters below did not stop for a moment.

Bombs were dropped on Tianda Mountain again and again.

The dense sound of bombs and the terrifying power of the explosions made Gao Zhensheng's face even uglier.

Not only did he clearly feel the ground shaking beneath his feet, he also discovered that these bombs were being shot up the mountain little by little from the foot of the mountain.

Where the bombs exploded, many trees had already been destroyed, revealing large areas of empty space that were about to spread to the soldiers' hiding places.

"Damn it!"

"This bastard, how could he do this?!"

this moment.

Gao Zhensheng understood it completely.

Su Chen not only wanted to use bombs to clear a path, but also wanted to use the power of the bombs to directly blow up all of them, including Tianda Mountain!

"General, the bomb is about to fall in front of our formation. What should we do?"

Li Zhengqiang looked serious.

The first-tier defense below was about to be exposed to the bombing of the Tang army. If they did not stop the enemy, their soldiers would have to watch helplessly as the bombs fell around them!
This is not a test of their courage, this is a gamble with their lives.

"Send an order, tell them to retreat a hundred feet quickly. I don't believe that he brought so many bombs this time that they can blow up this mountain!"

"Yes!"

The soldier conveyed the order, and the soldiers on guard turned around and ran without any hesitation.

It's so scary.

Trees were blown away, boulders were shattered, if this explosion had happened near them...

There are no bones left.

"My lord, look!"

Liu Rengui's eyes lit up, and he pointed at the figure that appeared in the forest and said with a smile, "He's showing up!"

Su Chen: "Continue!"

"Order, arrange a team of elite soldiers to ensure the safety of the bomb shooters."

Liu Rengui nodded and said, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty. I will order people to set up defenses all around. If they are desperate, I will make sure they never come back!"

"it is good!"

Su Chen nodded with satisfaction.

He looked at the figures retreating back to the mountain, with a slight smile on his face. This has just begun.

Don't worry.

The big one is at the back!
(End of this chapter)