Datang: Rebirth of Li Chengqian, the beginning of the treason interrogation

Chapter 112: Destroying the City and Destroying Baekje

At this time, Sibi City was besieged by the Tang army, just as Heichi Changzhi worried.

"The Tang army is at the gates of the city. What should we do? Why don't we surrender?"

Looking at the dark mass of Tang troops under the city of Sibi, Fu Yulong couldn't help feeling suffocated.

At first glance, all you see are the flags of the Tang army, and it is impossible to tell how many Tang people there are.

"Prince, please don't say such discouraging words. We should live and die together for the city of Sabi. Now that His Majesty is gone, you should take on the responsibility of leading the army."

Fu Yutai raised his head, with fighting spirit in his eyes.

"What can we use to defend the city now? There are only 3,000 soldiers in the city, and the Tang army has 100,000 troops. If we provoke them, they will spit out the city."

Fu Yulong was frightened when he saw the Tang army.

Nothing is more important than life.

"No, we must not surrender. Surrendering cannot guarantee that they will not massacre the city." Fu Yutai said firmly.

"I am the crown prince of Baekje, you should listen to me. Today is the deadline given by the Tang army. Open the city gates and surrender to the Tang army."

Buyeo Long gave the order firmly, saying that Baekje was now extremely weak internally, so how could it fight?

"No, from now on, you are no longer the crown prince of Baekje. Baekje does not have a capitulating, cowardly crown prince like you. You are not worthy of being the crown prince of Baekje."

Buyeo Tai raised his arm and called out, and several soldiers directly controlled Buyeo Long.

"I am the prince. Who of you dares to touch me? Buyu Tai, how dare you rebel?" Buyu Long also waved his hand, and the situation on the top of the city wall suddenly became tense.

The soldiers in Sabi City were instantly divided into two factions.

"Li Zhen, look, the Baekje army seems to be making a fuss?"

In the Tang army camp, Li Zhen and Li Dejian were always paying attention to the movements of the Baekje army.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince has said before that Baekje's Crown Prince Buyeo Long is weak and incompetent, and that he can be made to surrender by simply surrounding him without attacking."

"And Buyeo Yici's second son is a tough nut to crack. Let's be careful. If it doesn't go as expected, they must have had some dispute."

Li Dejian analyzed.

Baekje's King Buyeo Uiji and Crown Prince Buyeo Long were both relatively weak, and they foolishly engaged in a field battle with the Tang army led by Su Dingfang.

There is no doubt about it. It shattered at the slightest touch. King Buyeo Ui-ja and Crown Prince Buyeo Long both fled to Ungjin City.

When Buyeo Tai, who was defending the city, saw this, instead of opening the city and surrendering, he proclaimed himself king, stabilized the military and civilians in Sabi City, and was determined to fight the Tang army to the death.

However, this was just his wishful thinking. Many soldiers and ministers had long been afraid of the Tang army's offensive, and many of them had already intended to surrender.

When the Tang army attacked the city, there was not much resistance.

Buyeo Wensi, the son of Crown Prince Buyeo Long, even led his soldiers to surrender.

The city of Sibi was thus pacified.

After hearing the news, Buyeo Yici and Crown Prince Buyeo Long also returned and surrendered to Su Dingfang at the foot of Sabi City.

Thus, Baekje was destroyed for the first time.

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"We must not miss this opportunity. There is an internal conflict in Sabi City right now. It is the right time to attack the city. Send the flags and attack the city."

Li Zhen made a prompt decision.

There were only 5,000 Tang troops sent to besiege the city this time, and the remaining 3,000 stayed behind on the warships to prevent other cities in Baekje from launching surprise attacks.

Once these five thousand people were dispersed, they built a few more tents and hid them in the mountains. If they showed a corner, they would have a formation of tens of thousands of people.

"Oh no! The Tang army is attacking the city!"

Fu Yu Wensi roared loudly, and his voice exploded in everyone's ears like thunder, attracting everyone's attention to the Tang army.

Everyone turned their heads and saw that in the distance, there were a dozen giant moving buildings approaching slowly. They were so tall that they were even higher than the city walls, like a group of walking beasts, giving people a strong sense of oppression. When these giant buildings came closer, the Baekje soldiers guarding the city had to look up at them.

These huge buildings were the Tang army’s siege weapons - nest cars.

The nest car is an ancient siege weapon with a unique design and a spacious space on top that can accommodate dozens of archers.

This design allows archers inside the nest vehicle to shoot from a high position and suppress enemies below with an advantageous height.

The Baekje soldiers standing on the top of the city walls found it difficult to hit the people in the nest cars due to the angle. On the contrary, the archers in the nest cars could easily aim at the Baekje soldiers on the top of the city walls and shoot them one by one.

With the assistance of such siege equipment, the defensive pressure on the city was greatly increased.

"Defend the enemy!"

Fu Yutai roared loudly, but few responded. After all, no one wanted to die.

Why fight when you know you can't win?

"I am the prince, you all listen to me. To keep the city safe, we surrender."

Fu Yulong led his troops, ordered the city gates to be opened, and shouted words of surrender.

"You are a bunch of weak bones."

Fu Yutai was very unwilling, and now even his personal guards refused to obey his orders.

"Come here, arrest Fu Yutai so that we can explain to the Tang army later."

Fu Yulong gave the order, and what he was thinking about now was how to calm the anger of the Tang army.

"Alas, how sad!"

Fu Yutai closed his eyes and let the soldiers tie them up.

The gate of Sabi City was opened, Buyeo Tai was escorted to the front, while Crown Prince Buyeo Long came to the Tang army camp with the seal in his hand.

Li Zhen and Li Dejian had already mounted their horses, looking at the Baekje soldiers and civilians who came to accept the surrender as if in a dream.

Without losing a single soldier, they captured the Baekje capital, Sabi Castle.

"The guilty minister Buyeo Long has come with all the officials of Sabi City to apologize to the Tang Dynasty."

Fu Yulong knelt on one knee and held the seal high.

Li Zhen lightly kicked the horse's belly with his ankle, slowly stepped forward, and grabbed the seal in his hand.

"The crimes of Baekje will be dealt with after your highness arrives. Now, all of them are in custody."

Li Zhen continued.

The Tang army soldiers stepped out and surrounded all the officials and soldiers of Baekje.

Li Dejian rode away on his horse and led this part of the Tang army to take over the defense of Sibi City.

From then on, Sibi City was completely under the control of the Tang army.

Li Zhen took a look at the flags flying on the top of the city wall, then retracted his gaze and fell on Fu Yutai, saying:
"What's going on? Is it related to the riot on the city wall just now?"

Buyeo Long quickly took over the conversation: "Yes, Buyeo Tai disregarded the overall situation and wanted to resist the court, so he was caught by us. His crime is serious, please come to the court to judge his fate."

"Anyone who wishes to rebel against our Celestial Empire will undoubtedly seek his own destruction."

Li Zhen's momentum became fierce.

"Come here, drag him away and behead him."

This is an absolute opportunity to establish authority and let the blood of a prince wash away some people's fantasies that should not exist.

"I told you! Even if you surrender, it won't matter. You'll just be sticking your neck out for others to chop off."

Buyeo Tai laughed loudly, his face full of sneer.

(End of this chapter)