Li Shiji originally came to greet Hudar in person. In his opinion, Hudar made a right choice.
But what Li Shiji didn't expect was that as soon as he arrived in front of the two armies, he received news of Hudar's suicide.
Li Shiji was silent for a moment after hearing the news. He did not expect Hudar to commit suicide.
He chose to surrender for the lives of countless ordinary soldiers.
In order to maintain his dignity as a soldier, he chose to commit suicide.
"Send an order to organize all the Goryeo soldiers, have them line up, go in and carry Hudar out with the highest courtesy, and choose a good cemetery here for him to be buried alive." Li Shiji said seriously.
"yes!"
When all the Goguryeo soldiers lined up, Li Shiji ordered the Tang soldiers to announce the news to them.
All Goguryeo soldiers were also silent.
They never expected that their general would commit suicide, and he would commit suicide after helping them.
People are emotional animals. For most soldiers, they actually don’t have a good impression of Hudar and other generals, because these generals are indeed not good to ordinary soldiers like them, and they can even be said to be bad. bad.
But after he died, the feelings were still a little complicated. After all, the other party committed suicide after ordering surrender. If the other party wanted to fulfill their loyalty, they could have been ordered to resist.
At that time, the Tang army could only attack, and by then they would probably have to lose at least one-third of their troops before they would have a chance to surrender.
In other words, from another perspective, the other party saved their lives.
That's why their emotions are a bit complicated.
"Salute!" When several generals from the Goguryeo army carried out Hudar's body on a wooden board, with an order, not only the Goguryeo soldiers, but also the entire Tang army, including Li Shiji They all gave Hudar a military salute.
Many soldiers died in battle, but not many were recognized by both the enemy and ourselves.
Hudar was buried on a mountainside on the north side of Tongyang Fort. Li Shiji left a team of soldiers to take charge of this matter. They would cremate him, dig a grave, and pile it up with stones.
Let's make a mark for the time being. After the Tang Dynasty takes complete control of this place, a monument will be erected for him. It will be regarded as a well-deserved death.
As for the other Goguryeo soldiers, they quickly put this matter behind them after they were sad. After all, the other party may just want to fulfill his reputation. In daily life, the soldiers who died in his hands and those who died in non-wars also Not less.
Hudar is not a good general, let alone one who loves his soldiers like his own son.
The soldiers in Goguryeo are very similar to those in Liaodong City. They are a little confused about their future. They don't know what they should do, or they don't know what they will face in the future.
But their attitude towards the Tang army was not very hostile, or in other words, they were more complicated.
Because from a certain perspective, the Tang army was the one who spared their lives. Hudar was just a last resort. If the Tang army continued to detonate those city-breaking mines and then attacked with medium-sized bed crossbows, at most In one day, most of them would die.
But Datang did not choose this way. They chose the most dangerous path. If Hudar did not surrender, then Datang would have really lost all its advantages.
However, Li Shiji naturally would not make any mistakes. The surrendering soldiers were actually very easy to arrange. All the middle and high-level generals were taken away, and their war horses, weapons and armors were taken away and dealt with separately. In addition, 10,000 soldiers were left behind. The Tang army reorganized them as a whole.
Then they led them to build houses and walls for Tongyang Castle first, because the houses and walls of the people here were damaged by them.
At this time, these Goguryeo soldiers realized that the Tang Dynasty did not kill these people at all or anything else, but only temporarily moved them to other places.
Then they would help these people who were originally from Goguryeo build houses, and then assist them in farming.
There was no beating or scolding, no bullying. The soldiers who were managed by the Tang Dynasty also lived and ate with them. In their free time, they told them stories, chatted with them, and told them why the Tang Dynasty did not adopt the fastest and easiest method. method.
Instead, we must use this more dangerous method, but we must also use a method that saves their lives to the greatest extent possible.
It is because of the compassion of His Highness the King of Qin, because His Highness the King of Qin said that no matter whether Goguryeo can be defeated in the end, the people in the areas occupied by the Tang Dynasty will be the people of the Tang Dynasty in the future, and the soldiers of Goguryeo will most likely be the people of the Tang Dynasty. .
They all just made forced choices under the control of some cruel rulers.
After one conversation after another, coupled with some stories told by Liu Zhao and others who had already been influenced, and some of the difficulties of being oppressed by the Goguryeo nobles, these soldiers integrated too quickly.
Because these are their personal feelings, they don't even have to put in any special effort, they just need to tell the truth. They have been bullied countless times in the military alone.
What’s more, in other places?
After all, they are just ordinary people.
Take soldiers in a squad as an example. A dozen people sit together and tell each other their pain, and then expand to a platoon or a company.
During this process, some experienced soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were constantly asked to tell them why they were like this now, and then told them what changes they would make after the Tang Dynasty took charge.
The principles are all those principles, but tell them in the simplest and most straightforward words to ensure that everyone can understand.
By the time Li Shiji and his army arrived at Wugu City, the Goguryeo soldiers who were still near Tongyang Castle were basically completely committed to the Tang Dynasty.
Especially when they knew that so far in the Tang Dynasty's march into Goguryeo, they had not harassed any village, looted any village, or killed any common people.
The sense of identity in their hearts is naturally stronger, because they have all done bastard things of robbing their own people under the instructions of their superiors. As for robbing the people of other countries, that is even more common.
In some grievance meetings, some soldiers even plucked up the courage to speak out all the wrong things they had done with shame on their faces.
When they can say this, it also means that people's hearts are with Datang.
The army led by Li Shiji has completely surrounded the entire Wugu City. However, the current Wugu City only has a little over 10,000 defenders, and Li Shiji is not prepared to leave too many troops. He only needs to leave 30,000 troops. Will suffice.
The remaining people headed straight towards the mouth of the Yalu River, because there, a special fleet from Datang had already arrived.
