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

Chapter 519 I hate being threatened

"father?"

Sun Muyun, who came with the army, couldn't help but widen his eyes after seeing the figure on the city wall.

Although the distance was a bit far, he recognized that it was his father Sun Sheng.

Sun Muyun's call of "Dad" attracted the attention of Su Chen and others.

"The man who was beaten all over is your father?"

Su Chen casually threw the telescope to Sun Muyun, "Look more clearly."

Sun Muyun hurriedly took the telescope and after a careful inspection, he couldn't help but his eyes turned red and he gritted his teeth, "Your Highness, that man is my father."

"Insulting the county magistrate Sun Sheng?"

Su Chen looked at the city wall thoughtfully and said, "Perhaps it was because he allowed General Zhou to go south from Ruyi that he angered Quan Zhisheng and was arrested by Quan Zhisheng."

Sun Muyun nodded repeatedly: "Very likely!"

puff.

Sun Muyun immediately knelt on the ground: "Prince, please save my father."

Su Chen pondered and said nothing.

Zhou Jinlan said, "Your Highness, if that man is Sun Sheng, he should be considered a minister of our Tang Dynasty."

Cheng Chumo: "Why is this?"

Zhou Jinlan smiled and said, "Lord Sun has turned from evil to good, and Magistrate Sun has returned to the right path, which has enabled us to meet in Pyongyang. This is also a contribution to our Tang Dynasty."

"My Lord, what do you think?"

Su Chen smiled and said, "I understand what you mean, but now, Quan Zhisheng is obviously trying to threaten us with Sun Sheng's life."

"At the very least, they want to take this opportunity to damage the morale of our army and delay our siege."

"But, Quan Zhisheng thinks too much."

"What does the prince mean?"

"Siege the city."

Su Chen said calmly: "We must let Quan Zhisheng know that no means can stop us from attacking the city!"

"Your Majesty!"

Sun Muyun couldn't believe it.

Once Su Chen did this, his father Sun Sheng would most likely die in front of him.

Su Chen glanced at him and said calmly, "Since Lord Sun has helped our army to reunite, he has done a great service. I will remember it in my heart."

"However, I hate being threatened the most."

"He, Quan Zhisheng, wants to use your father's life to stop our army's progress. That is absolutely impossible!"

"I want to use this opportunity to tell him that in the face of the general trend, he, Quan Zhisheng, has no right to negotiate!"

"If he knows what's good for him, I don't mind if he spares your father's life when Shunzhou City is destroyed. If he doesn't know what's good for him, he will be buried with your father when the city is destroyed."

"I will write to His Majesty to ask for a reward for your father."

Hearing this, Sun Muyun's heart sank to the bottom of the valley.

Obviously.

Su Chen had no intention of rescuing Sun Sheng.

Sun Muyun lowered his head and said nothing. He knew that in Su Chen's position, there was nothing wrong with his decision, but he was his father after all, and he couldn't accept it.

at this time.

Sun Sheng on the wall laughed out loud, "Kid, I heard that you have served under King Bingjian. Well done!"

"There is a future only if we follow the King!"

"Even if my father dies, I will be able to smile in my grave!"

Sun Muyun suddenly looked up and clenched his fists.

He got it.

His father is using his own life to pave the way for his future.

A county magistrate who was helpful to the Tang army was beheaded by Goryeo officials, while his son served the Tang Dynasty.

No matter what, Li Chengqian would not treat his son unfairly!
I wouldn't dare say that you will rise to the top, but you will surely be rich and prosperous in the future.

"father……"

Gao Zhensheng came back, glanced at Sun Muyun who was kneeling on the ground, and turned his gaze to Su Chen, "Your Highness, Quan Zhisheng wants to threaten us with the life of Sun Muyun's father!"

"what can we do about it?"

Su Chen smiled.

Gao Zhensheng: "Your Majesty cannot be threatened, and the Tang Dynasty will not tolerate coercion from others."

"Then do it."

"Yes!"

Gao Zhensheng nodded heavily.

He knew that it was his time to show off.

As long as he can successfully capture Shunzhou before Zhou Jinlan and the others take action, he will be valued by Su Chen!

Gao Zhensheng rode his horse to the front of his team, looked around, and shouted, "Where is Zhou Yuan?"

"The general is here!"

"I order you to build a weapon capable of attacking the city within one hour. Do you have any questions?"

Zhou Yuan's eyes suddenly widened.

They came in a hurry and did not prepare many siege equipment. It was a bit difficult to build the siege equipment within an hour.

However, when their eyes met, Zhou Yuan understood what Gao Zhensheng meant.

In any case, Gao Zhensheng will give the order to attack the city in an hour!

If there are not enough siege equipment, he will be punished by military law!

"The last general takes command!"

Zhou Yuan nodded heavily and immediately led his troops to prepare siege equipment.

Gao Zhensheng spoke again: "Where is Qi Hu?"

"The end will be here."

"I order you to lead your 3,000 vanguard troops to launch an attack in one hour. You must capture Shunzhou City within three hours!"

And within three hours, they successfully captured Shunzhou City? !
Qi Hu looked at the tall city wall, then looked at the soldiers who followed Zhou Yuan to build siege equipment, and his heart began to beat faster.

Three hours.

Is it really possible to capture such a large provincial capital?
"The last general takes command!"

"Go down and make arrangements!"

After giving instructions to his soldiers, Gao Zhensheng returned to Su Chen.

Su Chen smiled and glanced at Gao Zhensheng. "It's better to sharpen the knife than to chop wood. General Gao is a good leader. But isn't it too long to capture Shunzhou City in four hours?"

Gao Zhensheng's mouth twitched. Is it a long time to build siege equipment and capture Shunzhou City within four hours?

They did not have siege bombs or other firearms in their hands. If they had these things, Gao Zhensheng could guarantee that they could take it down in an hour.

But he couldn't say that.

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty. I can only do my best."

"Um……"

Su Chen smiled and said, "When you attack the city, someone will cooperate with you."

Ok?
As soon as Su Chen said this, Gao Zhensheng's eyes suddenly lit up.

Could it be that Su Chen is already in Shunzhou City and has made some arrangements?

otherwise.

Why is he so confident?
"what are they doing?"

"It seems like they are building siege equipment?"

"Damn it, if we had known they would come so quickly, we should have fortified our city!"

"Who knew they were so fast..."

On the city wall.

Quan Zhisheng and others couldn't help feeling a little nervous after seeing Zhou Yuan leading his troops to cut down trees and build siege equipment.

Because Su Chen and others came so quickly, by the time they received the news, the army led by Su Chen had already arrived at the city.

This also resulted in them being unable to clear all the trees outside the city before Su Chen led his army to Shunzhou.

These trees that were not cleared became materials for Su Chen and his team to build siege equipment!
Seeing the bustling scene outside the city, Quan Zhisheng and others' expressions became more serious.

"Sir, do you want to give Sun Sheng to..."

An official glanced at Sun Sheng and asked Quan Zhisheng in a low voice what he meant.

Quan Zhisheng pondered and shook his head. Sun Sheng was still a hostage in his hands, but if Sun Sheng died, it would be useless. "Take him away first."

Quan Zhisheng waved his hand, and two soldiers took Sun Sheng away.

"Master Liu."

"The subordinate is here."

"Go down immediately and arrange for the defense of the city."

"Yes!"

Liu Zaisheng nodded and left.

Since the Tang army outside the city was preparing siege equipment, they naturally could not sit idle.

All kinds of materials needed to defend the city must be fully prepared to be able to stop the enemy.

If there is no equipment to defend the city, then there is no point in defending the city.

Outside the city, the Tang army was busy building siege equipment, and the defenders inside the city were also busy preparing various supplies for defending the city.

Rolling stones, logs, kerosene, etc.

Almost everything that could be used to kill the enemy was arranged by Liu Zaisheng and sent to the city wall.

An hour passed quickly.

Zhou Yuan came to Gao Zhensheng with the siege equipment he had prepared.

"General, we have already built 200 ladders and can be used to attack the city at any time."

The reason for building a ladder is that its structure is relatively simple and can be completed very quickly.

If it were a siege vehicle or something, let alone an hour, even if Zhou Yuan was given three to five days, he might not be able to build it as soon as possible.

Gao Zhensheng smiled and nodded.

It was indeed difficult for Zhou Yuan to build two hundred ladders within an hour.

but.

With these two hundred ladders, they can try to climb the city wall!

"Qi Hu!"

"The general is here!"

"let's start!"

"Yes!"

Qi Hu nodded heavily and turned to leave.

But after a while.

Under Qi Hu's arrangement, a thousand vanguard troops have prepared ladders and are ready to attack the city at any time!
at the same time.

Quan Zhisheng, who was on the city wall, also saw the vanguard troops and couldn't help but clench his fists.

It's time to start.

The Tang army is about to start attacking the city!

dong dong dong.

A thousand vanguard troops under Qi Hu, carrying ladders on their shoulders and holding swords and shields in their hands, rushed towards Shunzhou City.

The air pressure on the city wall is extremely low.

Quan Zhisheng didn't need to observe those officials to know how they felt at the moment.

Because he was also very panicked and had no confidence.

"Don't panic, don't be afraid!"

"The reason why the Tang army is so powerful is because of the firearms they hold!"

"But now, the Tang army no longer has firearms to attack our Shunzhou City!"

"Look at those people below the city, they are rushing over with ladders to die, how ridiculous it is!"

"Just wait until they get closer, and then you can shoot at them with the bows and arrows in your hands!"

"So that the Tang army will also know that we, Goryeo and Shunzhou City, are not to be trifled with!"

Quan Zhisheng loudly cheered for the defenders and officials on the city wall, and he was also cheering himself up.

At least for now, the Tang army did not use firearms, which was good news for them.

Liu Zaisheng echoed loudly: "Your Excellency is right. The enemy only has a thousand men. It is not that easy to climb the city wall!"

"Archers prepare!"

Archers took aim at the people rushing over from below.

With just one order, the arrows in his hands will shoot towards them!

"put!"

As the distance got closer, Liu Zaisheng shouted loudly, and thousands of arrows fell on the Tang army below like rain.

Ding ding ding.

puff.

The arrows fell and were either blocked by the shields in their hands or hit their bodies.

Although these soldiers were protected by leather armor, there were still some unlucky ones who were killed by arrows.

There just aren't many of them.

at the same time.

Under Gao Zhensheng's command, Zhou Yuan led a thousand archers and shot arrows at the defenders on the city wall.

"shooting!"

"Cum again!"

"Self-shooting!"

Whoosh whoosh.

There was give and take between the two sides.

However, compared with the one thousand archers led by Zhou Yuan, the defenders on the city wall clearly had more advantages.

Arrows were continuously shot down from the city walls, and the number of the one thousand soldiers rushing towards Shunzhou City was rapidly decreasing.

After arriving at the city wall, nearly three hundred of the one thousand soldiers had been killed.

The rest of the people leaned the ladders they carried with them against the city wall and then began to climb!
"Rolling Stones ready!"

"put!"

"kill!"

The soldiers used their hands and feet to climb up, and at the same time used their shields to block the arrows shot from above or the boulders thrown down.

It turned out that these stones caused more damage to them than the arrows!
With shields to block them, the arrows could not take their lives, but these rolling stones were different.

Each rolling stone weighs more than thirty kilograms.

A falling rock of this weight could easily knock the soldiers climbing up the ladder.

And this caused a chain reaction.

The soldiers above fell, dragging the soldiers below with them...

If you don't die, you will be disabled.

Inside the city.

"It's a hot fight outside."

Jin Yong smacked his lips, looked towards the city wall not far away, and said, "Cao Yuan, when do you think we should start?"

"No hurries?"

Cao Yuan smiled and said, "The prince has not used firearms yet. It is obvious that he wants to test the strength of Shunzhou City."

Jin Yong nodded in understanding.

This is very possible.

Based on his understanding of Su Chen, if he wanted to take over Shunzhou City quickly, he would definitely not be so hesitant, but would directly choose to crush him with force.

Just like what happened before in Tianda Mountain, the bomb droppers could just keep dropping bombs on Shunzhou City. Why go through so much trouble?

"and."

"Didn't you notice that after the ban in the city began, there were more patrols in the streets and alleys?"

Cao Yuan said cheerfully: "Quan Zhisheng obviously knows something about our prince and has made some arrangements in advance. Who knows, those soldiers who patrol from time to time may be guarding against us."

"There are only a few of us. If we really want to take action, we have to be careful. Otherwise, if they find us, we will be killed before we even get close to the city gate."

There were not many people who came to Shunzhou City this time, only less than fifty.

Although they are all top-notch fighters, the army in Shunzhou City has more than 30,000 people.

Even if we randomly send out a team of a thousand people, they can be chopped into minced meat. If we want to take action without making full preparations, what's the difference between that and committing suicide?
"Then wait for them to reveal their flaws!"

(End of this chapter)