Even Hudar, who had just withdrawn, felt a little numb. The opponent also stopped advancing about a hundred steps in front of them, and the distance was even closer than before.
But this distance was still outside the attack range of their bows and arrows. Then, the front row shield soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who had advanced to this distance squatted down, their shields instantly fell down, and then they revealed the shields that were blocked behind them and placed on a support. Eight slightly smaller bed crossbows.
Seeing these bed crossbows, Hudar's scalp suddenly started to feel numb, because two of the opponent's bed crossbows had already begun to be cocked. Although the distance was far away, Hudar was in front of the formation at the moment, and the soldiers in front of him still subconsciously protected him. got up.
But Hudar had a feeling that the enemy was not trying to kill him, nor was it an attack. If so, it wouldn't be just this.
A harsh whistling sound of "buzz" sounded, and Hudar felt something flying over his head. He subconsciously looked back and saw two explosions on the city wall nearly 400 meters behind him. dust.
Two crossbow arrows were already inserted on it, and then Hudar saw the enemy's second batch of two crossbows being cocked at an unprecedented speed. Then he also released the crossbows, and two more crossbow arrows were inserted into the city wall. above.
Then Hudar saw something that frightened him. The two crossbows that had just started shooting crossbows actually pulled the crossbow strings again and loaded the crossbow arrows again. There were two more "buzz" and "buzz" sounds, the same Two crossbow arrows were inserted into the city wall again.
The opponent just shot three crossbow arrows at an unprecedented terrifying speed! When the six crossbow arrows were stuck on the city wall, the other party stopped continuing. At this moment, Hudar understood something. The other party was not unable to continue, but just showed it to them.
Hudar had just seen clearly the racks of crossbow arrows placed next to these bed crossbows. Each bed crossbow had at least dozens of crossbow arrows.
Datang's group of soldiers began to retreat silently, and soon they withdrew to their ranks again.
But when they withdrew their formation, a melodious trumpet sound resounded throughout the battlefield, and then Hudar saw that the first row of shield-bearing soldiers from the Tang Dynasty on the opposite side all lowered their shields and the soldiers squatted down!
Behind them, there is a neat row of medium-sized bed crossbows. Looking up, there are probably thousands of them!
Hudar suddenly remembered that Li Shiji said that the Tang Dynasty had three thousand medium-sized bed crossbows, but now... Hudar thinks there are more than three thousand medium-sized bed crossbows? !
His heart sank. At this moment, he suddenly understood what Li Shiji said was Datang's trump card. Although the city-breaking thunder was powerful, it might have various requirements for its use.
But such a medium-sized crossbow was a devastating blow to them. He looked back at the twelve crossbow arrows nailed to the city wall. The range of these crossbow arrows was as high as four to five hundred steps! This means they have nothing to threaten the other. ,
If the other side points these crossbows at their soldiers, how should their soldiers resist?
Heavy armor? Haha... No amount of heavy armor can withstand such a crossbow! Even if you hold a shield, it's the same! And if it hits people, one crossbow arrow can even penetrate the bodies of several people!
And now, the opponent has thousands of these crossbows, which means that at least thousands of their soldiers will die in one round! In terms of their current dense formation!
Hudar also saw the opponent's rate of fire just now. How fast was it? How many rounds can the other side fire before they can cover this distance? How many soldiers are they going to die?
And what about the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who were protecting the crossbowmen? What about the ordinary archers of the Tang Dynasty?
"General." The messenger next to Hudar brought him back to his senses.
"What's wrong?" Hudar asked.
"A soldier of the Tang Dynasty just sent a letter, saying that it was given to you, the general, by the commander-in-chief of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shiji." The messenger spoke while handing over the letter.
Hudar reached out and took it, then opened the letter.
Hudar never went to school when he was a child. Fortunately, after he became a general in Goguryeo, he became literate and could read a few books.
"General Hudar: I am Li Shiji. The reason why I show you the power of the Tang Dynasty is to tell you that I have enough ways to defeat you, and I can even eliminate you at a very small cost!"
"But the reason why I didn't do this is the same sentence. Before leaving, His Highness repeatedly told him to kill as few people as possible, because it is not easy for ordinary soldiers to live, and it is even more difficult for ordinary people, whether they are the people of Tang Dynasty or Goguryeo. "
"The Tang Dynasty did not start the war for the sake of war, it just ended the war with war."
"I respect your patriotism, General Hudar, so I decided not to force you to surrender, but I will leave 50,000 soldiers to besiege the city until the day you surrender at the end of your rope. The Tang Dynasty still has 200,000 soldiers, enough to capture the city." Go down to Wugu City and march to Pyongyang. So, General Hudar, see you later. Li Shiji stays."
After reading the letter in his hand, Hudar fell into silence.
After a long time, he put away the letter and looked up. Sure enough, the Tang army had withdrawn again. Hudar was silent for a moment and said, "Call some generals over."
"yes!"
Soon, the main generals of the Goguryeo army arrived here. Hudar said nothing, but read Li Shiji's letter to them all.
Everyone was silent after watching it. They all saw the shooting drill of several crossbows and the number of bed crossbows in Tang Dynasty. Now they all feel a sense of powerlessness.
The other party has taken their attitude to the extreme, and they... don't have any chance.
"I decided to surrender." Hudar said.
Everyone was silent, no one objected.
Because... how can they object? Did all the soldiers really die in vain? Although they may not take these soldiers seriously at ordinary times, are they also the common people of Goguryeo, watching tens of thousands of their own people die?
"You go back now and pass my order to the three armies, and order them to pile up all weapons and armor in the center of the two armies. I will send envoys to the Tang Dynasty to convey the news." Hudar continued to speak calmly.
"Yes! General." Everyone was silent for a moment, and then they took the order and left.
Li Shiji received the surrender letter from Hudar. He smiled with satisfaction. After this series of actions, he didn't believe that the other party still refused to surrender.
After conveying the instructions to all the troops to prepare to receive the Hudar army, Li Shiji rode out in person.
Hudar stood on the tower and looked at the Goguryeo soldiers below with a hint of relief on their faces as they piled the weapons and armor in their hands in the center of both sides, and then waited for the Tang Dynasty to reorganize.
Seeing that the Tang Dynasty had sent troops, Hudar turned around and returned to his temporary barracks.
Asking the guards to guard outside, Hudar knelt on one knee for a long time in the direction of Pyongyang. Then he stood up suddenly, drew out the long sword from his waist without hesitation, and slashed his neck with the sword.
Blood instantly spattered all over the wall of the room, and with a "pop", Hudar's body fell to the ground dully.
