The meeting ended briefly. In fact, Sun Daiyin just wanted to understand everyone's thoughts. No matter what the final result was, Sun Daiyin could not decide what was going on here.
When the meeting ended, Zhao Wu walked up behind Sun Daiyin and said, "General Sun, I think we need to have a chat."
Sun Daiyin nodded. He and Zhao Wu were basically the ones who could make the decision. As long as they made the decision, others would most likely choose with them.
The situation is stronger than the person, isn't it?
Everyone else left, and Zhao Wu looked at Sun Daiyin and said, "General Sun, I can probably guess what you are thinking. You have always been a good official who loves the people like a son."
Zhao Wu and the others must have investigated Sun Daiyin's character. Although this man has good combat abilities, he is a bit timid. To put it nicely, he is cautious, and to put it badly, he is timid.
So when he asked them what they thought today, he was undoubtedly just testing them. Zhao Wu knew very well that if Liaodong City could be solved quickly, it would be of great help to the Tang Dynasty in taking over Goguryeo.
"You never let soldiers make fearless sacrifices, so, General Sun, I want to ask you, do you think we can win this battle?" Zhao Wu looked at him and asked.
Sun Daiyin pondered for a moment. He didn't know what Zhao Wu meant, but he still whispered: "Whether we can win or not will be decided later, but according to General Yuan's wishes, we must hold on until reinforcements arrive."
"No matter how long the siege of the Tang Dynasty takes, we must hold on for at least a few months. When the logistics of the Tang Dynasty cannot support it, we will naturally win."
Zhao Wu smiled, Datang's logistics couldn't support it? The premise that Datang's logistics cannot support is that Datang does not have enough food in the country, and the food and grass transported cannot feed the huge number of people at the bottom of the logistics due to the large amount of consumption on the road.
If the Tang Dynasty has sufficient food, the people who help the Tang Dynasty transport food will not only have enough to eat, but also have money to take. Do you believe that the people of the Tang Dynasty can move all the food in the Tang Dynasty here? Come?
What's more, Zhao Wu actually knows more. Datang's Intelligence Department has revealed some of Datang's strength to them, giving them more confidence.
Take the transportation of grain and grass as an example. In the former Sui Dynasty, grain was transported thousands or even thousands of miles from the interior to Youzhou via horse-drawn carriages.
Because there is not much food, the people who transport the food can only eat very small rations. Even so, the consumption on the road is almost 50%, and even on the longer journey it is 70%.
And how is it transported in Datang now? Land transportation is too slow, and the number of single shipments is too small. Datang directly uses the now powerful sea transportation of Datang, directly loading ships from the inland, along the Yangtze River or Yellow River, or directly from Lingnan Road, Nanyang and other places directly to the sea. The grain was transported to Jinzhou within the Bohai Sea.
Then transport it by land in Jinzhou. How far is it from Jinzhou to Liaodong City? Just over three hundred miles! And if the army of the Tang Dynasty was strong enough to control the entire Liao River, then the ships of the Tang Dynasty could even sail directly upstream of the Liao River and deliver food to Liaodong City!
The consumption of transporting food by ship is too small, not even 10%, let alone 50% to 70%. And the delivery speed is faster than land transportation!
So, you now expect Datang to be short of food?
"General Sun, if things cannot be done, you should make the right decision. It is not what you and I want to let the soldiers of Goguryeo die in vain. As for General Yuan, I will put in a good word for you." Zhao Wu was not too vague. , but spoke directly.
Zhao Wu's words made Sun Daiyin's eyes light up, and he immediately understood what Zhao Wu meant. The implication of Zhao Wu's words was that he could choose to surrender.
"I will make a decision based on the situation." Sun Daiyin said decisively.
You can surrender, but you cannot surrender directly. If you surrender directly, it will be of almost no use to Datang. So we have to defend for a few days no matter what.
"General Li, do you think they will surrender?" Yuchi Jingde was also asking.
"Of course not, at least I won't surrender tomorrow. I'm just giving them a deterrent to make them fear the Tang Dynasty. This Sun Daiyin is a timid person who is afraid of death, or I can't say timid, afraid. Everyone is afraid of death. To be precise, he is a person who is very aware of current affairs. If he does not want to make a useless struggle, he will definitely be ready to surrender, but he must show his worth. "
"So he's going to defend our offense for at least a few days before surrendering."
"And once he has the idea of surrender, the deterrent we have against him today will inevitably spread among the defenders, then he will not stop these rumors from spreading among the defenders, or even among the people. Because only these rumors spread , the talents in the entire city are more inclined to surrender, so that his responsibility will be the smallest and he will be picked out." Li Shiji said with a smile.
"Um...is that so? But what's the use of it?" Yuchi Jingde was a little confused. If we fight, we fight. What are these twists and turns for?
"It must be like this, and we will make great achievements tomorrow!" Li Shiji said with a smile.
Just as Li Shiji guessed, since he wanted to surrender, Sun Daiyin had to find a way to make everyone have the same idea as him. He did not stop the rumors on the city wall. Not only was there no organization, Sun Daiyin even secretly sent two or three A confidant spread the rumors directly and exaggeratedly.
For example, the bed crossbow of the Tang Dynasty could even shoot through the city wall! Originally, it was an exaggeration that this bed crossbow could shoot through the female wall. It could shoot through the city wall... It was almost a magical weapon, and Sun Daiyin also added some mythical color. There were gods in the Tang Dynasty, and the weapons and armor were used by heavenly soldiers and generals. Passed and so on.
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Therefore, Zhao Wu originally wanted to arrange for people to promote this, but before he could do it, he found that rumors were already flying in Liaodong City.
In just one night, everyone seemed to know how powerful Tang's bed crossbow was. There is a kind of desperate news throughout Liaodong City.
Until the next day, when the Tang army once again lined up in front of Liaodong City, Li Shiji did not make any propaganda, because if the other party really wanted to surrender, they would have sent people out long ago, and it was impossible for him to have no idea at all.
So with the thunderous sound of drums and horns in the Tang army, the archers of the Tang Dynasty showed for the first time a shooting range far beyond that of the Goguryeo archers! Although he is not a longbowman, he can still projectile as long as the range is reached!
At the same time as they were ejected, two special carriages were quickly pulled out of the formation by Datang's shield soldiers. The carriages were welded with iron frames, and the iron frames were covered with large wooden shields covered with steel plates.
There were two or three people on both sides who could carry the big shield. The soldiers held up the shields covered with steel plates in the sky, blocking all arrow shooting angles, and rushed straight towards Liaodong City.
Defend for ten days? Li Shiji looked at Liaodong City, which didn't even have a moat in front of him. The power of this city-breaking mine developed by His Highness may exceed all of your imagination! Li Shiji personally tested it in Youzhou!
