The earth-shattering sound of artillery resounded throughout the sky. In front of the huge artillery, everything became insignificant. The soldiers of the Three Koreans on the mountain were hit by the artillery and were thrown everywhere. Corpses were everywhere. The arrogance just now was completely replaced by fear. This is the third time. A battle that Han soldiers had never fought before.
This is the deterrent power of artillery.
Li Chengze was completely shocked. He stood there dumbfounded, his ears seemed to be filled with a swarm of bees buzzing non-stop. His brain seemed to have been isolated from the outside world and fell into a brief blank. among.
This was his weakest fight in his life.
From the beginning of the war to the present, the Jing army has used various weapons in endlessly. No matter how brave their soldiers are, they cannot withstand such power!
After a round of artillery, the whistling sound of Kecheng's heavy crossbow rang out, and countless arrows shot towards the mountaintop that had been shaved off a layer with a terrifying whistling sound.
The soldiers of Sanhan, who had just been hit so dizzy, had no time to react and were pierced by arrows and died.
After one round of city-defeating heavy crossbows was fired, the second round of artillery was ready. Following the order from the artillery battalion commander, the twelve artillery pieces continued to spit out tongues of flame and shoot towards the mountain cannon.
The mountain Li Chengze was on was a stone mountain. Under the vibration of the artillery, cracks began to appear in the entire stone mountain, and there was a danger of the mountain collapsing at any time. However, the soldiers of the Three Han Dynasties did not realize this yet, and they ran away to avoid the artillery and fire of the Jing army. arrows.
In order to snatch the refuge, civil strife broke out among the soldiers of the three Han Dynasties and they killed each other.
As the second round of artillery started, the interior of the stone mountain finally could not withstand the violent shock. Dense cracks spread instantly from all directions, and countless rocks rolled down and flew downwards.
The soldiers of Sanhan had nowhere to hide and were beaten to death by flying stones.
Gao Lan below saw the collapse of the mountain above, and had already ordered the army to retreat. Fortunately, the range of the artillery was far enough, and they were some distance away, so they had time to react and retreat quickly.
The soldiers of Sanhan were in dire straits.
Li Chengze was almost hit by rocks. Fortunately, he was protected by his personal guards. He managed to survive the flying rocks without any danger. When he came to the other side of the mountain, the soldiers of Sanhan also followed Li Chengze to escape. In the end, their When the 30,000-strong army retreated to the back mountains, there were already less than 5,000 men.
Looking at almost every soldier who had lost his honor, Li Chengze became disheartened.
Now that I think about it, I understand why Gongsun Kang was able to hand over the Liaodong Peninsula so generously. How could he be invincible against such a powerful country?
At that time, I supported the king's resistance, but I didn't expect that he would end up losing his troops and generals.
Now that the army has been defeated miserably and trapped in this vast mountain, a siege is only a matter of time. There is neither food, grass nor water here. If it cannot hold out for three days, it will be defeated without a fight. The five thousand army will soon starve to death. , thirsty to death.
"Assi!"
Li Chengze couldn't help but want to scold his mother. He had never suffered such a disastrous defeat.
"General, let's retreat here. The food and baggage outside can't enter the mountain. What should we do next? I'm afraid Jing's army will surround the mountain." The subordinates looked at Li Chengze with worry on their faces.
"First send people to search for mountain springs to see if there is any water source nearby, and then send five teams of people to hunt around the mountains and forests. We have a lot of food and grass supplies, and his Jingjun is not much better. From Liaodong to Daifang County, the road is long and mountainous, and he Jingjun can’t last long.”
Li Chengze half comforted himself and half comforted the soldiers.
When the others heard what the general said, they felt it made sense, so they felt relieved and began to go into the mountains in search of edible prey and drinkable mountain spring water.
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After this battle, the soldiers of Sanhan had almost no power to resist.
When Li Chengze entered the mountain, Gao Lan ordered the army to start encircling the mountain where Li Chengze was located. He adopted the method of surrounding three and missing one, and set the road facing Sanhan as a weak point, but secretly set up a gloomy city there. Heavy crossbow.
According to the emperor's words, we must not be soft on Sanhan.
From the very beginning of the war, Gao Lan received a secret order from Zhang Xiu. There were only four brief words in the secret order, but these four words were murderous: No one should be left alive.
When Gao Lan received the secret order, he was frightened when he saw these four words. He didn't understand that there was something about this land of three Koreas that could offend the emperor? How could the emperor, who has always loved the people and benevolent, be so tough and murderous on the issue of the Three Koreas?
What he was worried about was not whether he could kill the three Han soldiers, but what would happen after killing them?
At that time, Bai Qi killed Zhao soldiers in a trap, and there were many people who were criticized by later generations. If he was included in the annals of history because of this matter, I am afraid that he would not be able to escape the pen and knife of the historian. By then, no one will know the emperor's secret decree. Knowing that he Gao Lan killed someone.
After thinking about it, I could only ask Tadun to do it.
This is not because Gao Lan wants to frame Tadun, but because Tadun is a foreigner. Historians will not record them in too detail, and literati will not focus on Tadun. After thinking about it, Gao Lan ordered people to come to Tadun.
Tadun entered the military tent and saw Gao Lan waiting for him with a banquet. He laughed heartily and said, "General, it's so elegant tonight!"
Gao Lan smiled and invited him to sit down: "I am not afraid of the general's jokes if I tell you. After a certain person surrendered to Dajing, he won the favor of the emperor, received a high-level official position, and became a general. However, he could only repay the emperor with his military exploits. Now he has defeated the main force of the Three Han Dynasties. , so that there will no longer be any enemy in the land of Sanhan to block our military peak, so I will hold a banquet and invite the general to have a drink."
Tadun also laughed loudly and said: "The same goes for me. This battle also proves the bravery of our Wuhuan soldiers, and my loyalty to the emperor is unambiguous."
Gao Lanshen agreed: "Well said, I am deeply impressed by the bravery of the Wuhuan soldiers!"
The two chatted happily and drank several drinks.
Gao Lan stared at Tadun with drunken eyes and pointed at the enemies in the mountains outside the tent: "General, I'm afraid this group of soldiers from the Three Koreas won't last long. It is certain that they will take action tomorrow night and break out from the east."
"oh?"
Tadun narrowed his eyes and stared at Gao Lan: "How does the general know?"
Gao Lan smiled: "It's very simple. The prey on the mountain has almost been eaten, and the spring water that can be drunk is also very limited. If we don't break through, I'm afraid the entire army will be annihilated."
Tadun snorted coldly: "I want to run away, but I'm dreaming! General, I would like to ask for orders to lead my troops to intercept and kill them."
This was what Gao Lan was waiting for, and he nodded and said: "Good courage, but be careful. Before the expedition, the emperor came and delivered an oral message, saying that the soldiers of the Three Han Dynasties were treacherous and villainous. Governor Gongsun was also defeated many times by his false surrender." You must be careful, otherwise, your gong will be too great!"
Tadun disdainfully said: "What's so difficult about this? Kill them all and see how they pretend to surrender."
Gao Lan nodded, raised his glass and said, "Okay, I would like to ask the general and Ming Ye to lead our troops to intercept and kill him."
Tadun raised his glass: "Look at me!"
The two drank it all in one gulp.
