Tang Dynasty: Taking the Empress Dowager to a brothel, Father Emperor, what a coincidence!

Outside Jincheng.

Li Chengqian stopped his horse on a high slope two miles away from the city wall.

He looked at this so-called royal city with disdain.

The city wall was only a pitiful two zhang high, and it was built with the worst quality rammed earth and crushed stone.

The surface is pitted and covered with weeds.

There wasn't even a proper moat, just a dried-up, stinking ditch.

"Is this the capital of Silla?"

Li Chengqian scoffed.

"Compared to Pyongyang, this place is just a larger slum. I thought Jin Chunqiu dared to be so arrogant and plot against the Tang Dynasty because he had some powerful backing. This guy dares to challenge the Tang Dynasty? How much fake alcohol has he been drinking?"

Li Jing looked at the defenders on the city wall, who were scrambling around like headless flies, and said:

"Your Highness, the main force of Silla has been transferred to Luoying Mountain by Kim Chun-chu. The city's defenses are extremely weak. It seems that they cannot even muster three thousand men, and they are all old, weak, sick and disabled."

These earthen fortifications cannot defend against our Tang Dynasty iron cavalry.

"With just your command, I will send the cavalry to charge, and within half an hour, I guarantee I will take the head of the King of Silla."

"No rush."

Li Chengqian waved his hand.

"If cavalry charge straight at the city walls, even if they break through, it's inevitable that some of our brothers will be injured."

My soldiers' lives are precious; I can't waste them on such trash.

"We've brought all this good stuff from afar; we should show these frogs in a well in Silla a thing or two."

He turned his head and shouted behind him:

"Changsun Chong".

"Your subordinate is here."

Changsun Chong ran over excitedly.

"Bomb this city wall flat for me. I don't want to see a single piece intact."

"Understood."

Changsun Chong turned around and roared at the people behind him.

"Stop dawdling, bring out our baby."

Soon, more than a dozen giant catapults that had already been assembled were pushed out.

Changsun Chong directed the soldiers to begin adjustments.

Fang Yi'ai then helped move the raging oil and palm-sized grenades to the side of the catapult.

"Brother Chong, I could kick this lousy city wall down with one kick, isn't using this thing a bit of a waste?"

"You don't know anything. His Highness said this is called firepower coverage. If something can be solved with money, we absolutely won't risk our brothers' lives."

Our Great Tang Dynasty is so rich now that all we have left is money.

On the walls of Jincheng at this moment.

Jin Baijing, supported by several guards, ascended the city wall.

Jin Chunqiu followed closely behind, his original arrogant demeanor now completely gone, and he almost tumbled down the steps several times because his legs went weak.

When they peeked out of the city walls to look outside, the Silla king and his officials all gasped in shock.

The Tang army of 40,000 stood silently outside the city.

A dozen or so enormous vehicles were at the front of the army.

"What is that?"

Jin Baijing pointed at the trebuchet and asked,

"How did they even get through this? Heaven has forsaken me, Heaven has forsaken me!"

Jin Chunqiu forced himself to walk to the edge of the city wall.

If he can't use his silver tongue to trick the Tang army into leaving today, then Silla is finished, and his wealth and glory will also be gone.

Where is His Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty?

Jin Chunqiu shouted towards the outside of the city.

"Even in times of war, envoys are not killed. Silla and Tang have been friendly neighbors for generations, separated only by a narrow strip of water."

"Your Highness has mobilized a large army without cause, besieging the capital of Silla. Are you not afraid of being ridiculed by the world and damaging the hard-won diplomatic relations between our two countries?"

outside the city.

Yuchi Baolin looked at Li Chengqian and said:

"Your Highness, this bastard is still talking nonsense even when he's about to die. He's disgusting."

"How about I take a few brothers and sneak up on him, cut out his tongue?"

Li Chengqian didn't even glance at Jin Chunqiu; he just sneered.

"Diplomatic relations? Go tell him that the Tang Dynasty only speaks of diplomatic relations with obedient dogs. If he wants to reason with the Tang Dynasty..."

Li Chengqian paused for a moment, then uttered a sentence that ignited the passion of all the Tang generals present.

"Truth lies only within range."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Chengqian suddenly swung his arm down:

"Bomb this city flat."

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At Changsun Chong's command, more than a dozen catapults started up simultaneously.

Jin Chunqiu, watching the commotion outside the city from the city wall, was so frightened that he continued to shout:

"Your Highness! Let's talk this out. As long as the Tang army withdraws, we can discuss the terms."

Gold and silver jewels, stunning beauties, and exquisite silks and satins. Silla is willing to offer them with the full might of the nation. Your Highness…”

"put!!!"

Bang bang bang!

A barrage of enormous palm-sized grenades and barrels of burning oil shot towards the city wall.

King Silla stared blankly at the black dot flying towards him, his legs completely powerless, and he could only collapse into the pool of urine on the wall.

boom!

Inside the city, explosions, screams, and the rumble of collapsing buildings echoed continuously.

Li Chengqian turned to look at Li Jing and said:

"Uncle Li, let the soldiers prepare to go in and receive the spoils of war."

The catapults outside the city stopped roaring.

The city gate and a section of the city wall of Jincheng have all collapsed.

"Brothers, charge!"

With his eyes gleaming green, Fang Yi'ai charged ahead into the billowing smoke.

He had no interest whatsoever in wielding his sword to kill the fleeing Silla defenders.

Now he has only one thought in his mind.

That's about making money.

The soldiers of the raiding squad followed him, yelling and shouting.

Having tasted success in Pyongyang, these guys are now more professional than bandits.

They had only gone halfway when a group of Silla soldiers rushed towards them.

The group of people, holding long spears, tried to block Fang Yi'ai and his companions from the street.

"Those who block the way shall die."

Fang Yi'ai took out two palm-sized grenades from his bag and threw them over.

Two loud booms.

The streets are clear again.

"Get the hell out of my way! Anyone who dares to block my path to wealth, I'll chop off your third leg!"

Fang Yi'ai headed straight for the royal city.

"Yiai, you fucking slow down."

Changsun Chong kept shouting from behind.

"Forget about those scraps of metal, go straight to the national treasury and the harem."

"Brother Chong, you... Qin Huaidao!!! Are you a dog or something?"

Just as Fang Yi'ai was about to reply, he suddenly saw Qin Huaidao turn into a blur and drift past him.

Fang Yi'ai didn't care about Changsun Chong anymore and rushed straight towards the royal city.

Qin Huaidao headed towards the royal palace's harem, while Fang Yi'ai went directly towards the national treasury after entering.

When Fang Yi'ai blew open the door to the national treasury, what was inside made him burst into laughter.

Inside the national treasury, boxes of gold, silver, jewels, and copper coins were piled up.

"I've struck it rich."

Fang Yi'ai laughed excitedly, looking up at the sky.

"These old bastards from Silla are much richer than those poor bastards from Goguryeo. Hurry, hurry! Load everything onto the carts."

After Changsun Chong ran over, looking at the storeroom full of treasures, he said to Fang Yi'ai:

"Load the goods onto the carts quickly, and get them back to Chang'an before His Highness realizes what's happening."

Fang Yi'ai nodded.

The two only learned of this trick after seeing Cheng Yaojin use it in Pyongyang.

It turns out that the saying "a general in the field may disobey orders" can also be used to justify embezzlement.

Watching Cheng Yaojin transport the looted money to Chang'an city cart by cart, Fang Yi'ai and Changsun Chong drooled with envy.