"If you don't believe it, you can ask him personally to see if I lied!" Jin Famin sneered: "Goguryeo is finished, and Silla will be next, so Silla must eat as much as possible before the Tang people take action. Lose more meat and make yourself stronger so you can survive.”
"This will only anger the Tang Dynasty. How could Yu Xingong come up with such an idea? Is he an old fool?" Jin Renwen already believed that Jin Famin was not lying, which made him more and more frightened.
"Why are you panicking? This plan has been dead now. As long as you don't tell the people of Tang Dynasty, naturally the people of Tang Dynasty will not know about it!" Jin Famin said with a smile: "You won't tell the people of Tang Dynasty, right?"
"Of course not!" Jin Renwen instinctively objected: "But if you do this, you will cause big trouble sooner or later!"
"You are wrong. If we do nothing, disaster will happen! This time, if the Goguryeo choose to attack Wang Wenzuo's Tang army instead of you, I can use the excuse to help resist the Goguryeo attack, capture the old land of Baekje, and then sit down Watching the success or failure of Goguryeo and the Tang Dynasty is the goal that my father and Yu Xingong have longed for for decades."
"You are wrong!" Just like a gambler who saw his opponent reveal his trump card, Jin Renwen laughed coldly: "Even if the Goguryeo people choose to attack the Tang army instead of me, your plan will not be realized. Wang Wenzuo will Defeat the Goguryeo people first, and then turn around and tear you into pieces. Jin Famin, whether you believe it or not, it was Quanyuan Nanjian who actually saved you this time!" After that, he turned around and limped toward the door. Walking out, the black panther roared low, raised its tail high, and followed behind its owner.
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Anshi City.
boom!
The wooden mallet knocked open the steel mechanism, and the unconstrained balance weight fell under the pull of gravity. The thick lever began to rotate under the pull of the balance weight. The relatively slender other end of the lever quickly rose and pulled. The grenade belt tied at the end threw the round stone bullet wrapped in the leather bag into the sky, crossed a parabola, and flew to Anshi City in the distance. When the stone bullet of more than 120 kilograms fell, it hit the stone on the wall of Anshi City. An arrow tower, accompanied by a huge sound, the entire arrow tower was smashed to pieces, leaving only a section of ruins. The Tang army under the city suddenly burst into deafening cheers.
"Now I know why Wang Wenzuo named this big guy Thunderbolt Chariot!" Gao Kan said with an enthusiastic smile: "Look at this huge stone, even if your majestic city and strong walls will be reduced to ruins, isn't it just like a thunderbolt? . To be honest, this is not the first time I have seen this thing, but every time I see it, I still feel frightened and my hair is numb!"
"Governor Gao is right!" The person speaking next to him was General Zuo Wuwei Xue Rengui. This man was a descendant of Xue Andu, a famous general in the Liu Song and Northern Wei Dynasties. He was famous for his bravery. This time, the Tang Dynasty mobilized all the troops to conquer Goguryeo. He also came with the army: "Apart from the trouble of dismantling and carrying it, there are no shortcomings!"
"Fortified cities like Anshi City are not found everywhere in Goguryeo!" Gao Kan said with a smile: "Besides, compared to building a ladder for rushing vehicles and building a mountain tunnel, dismantling and transporting a Thunderbolt Car is nothing!"
"That's true. It's not uncommon to attack strong cities like Anshi City and Xincheng, with tens of thousands of casualties and delays of two or three months. With this thunderbolt chariot, not only the time is shortened, but the casualties of soldiers are also much reduced. !”
"What do you mean by a lot less? It's basically none! The siege of Anshi City has been going on for more than ten days, right? How many people were killed or injured?"
"There are still casualties. A few days ago, when I was logging and transporting wood in the mountains, someone was accidentally hit by a falling tree. There were more than a dozen casualties!"
"That's right. Let's just ask the military officials to include these people in the pension list! Anyway, there is no shortage of this!"
Along with the roar of thunderous chariots, the tone of the generals of the Tang Army became more and more cheerful. They were all veterans who had experienced hundreds of battles. Naturally, they could see that if the fight continued like this, Anshi City would fall in just a matter of time. question. And Li Ji had already left three of them outside Anshi City and deliberately gave up the road to the northeast. As long as the Goguryeo people escaped from Anshi City, the Turkic and Tiele cavalry who had been recuperating for a long time would catch up and harvest them. No matter how hard we fight, we will never lose this battle.
"British Lord!" Qibi Heli walked up to Li Ji. From the outside, he was just an ugly old man with scars on his face, but Li Ji did not dare to neglect at all. He motioned to Li Jingye on the side to take a mazaar and let him go. Qibi Heli sat down and said, "What advice does the Khan (Qibi Heli is Tiele Khan) have?"
"Last time you said that Wang Wenzuo had occupied Pyongyang City!" Qibi Heli asked: "But these days have passed, and there has been no movement from the Goguryeo people! Is there any change, or should I be allowed to lead three thousand cavalry? Don't leave when you cross the city, do you think the Governor Wang is responding?"
Li Ji did not answer immediately. The "change" mentioned by Qibi Heli could be explained in many ways: for example, the Goguryeo people recaptured Pyongyang City; or although Wang Wenzuo occupied Pyongyang City, the Goguryeo people did not submit because of their family members in the city, but It is to be surrounded on all sides and step up the siege in an attempt to recapture the capital; or something else. Although based on his impression of Wang Wenzuo, he felt that this possibility was unlikely (otherwise Wang Wenzuo would have bluntly requested the Tang Army on the northern front to take active actions to echo him in the letter), but in the end he nodded: "Khan said It makes sense, then please invite the Khan and General Xue to go together! Three thousand cavalry is a bit too little, let’s go with five thousand!”
"Okay, then five thousand cavalry!" Qibi Heli was a simple and unlettered person. He called over Xue Rengui, received the military order from Li Ji, and then turned around to lead the troops. Gao Kan could see clearly from the side, and he came over and said with a smile: "The British Master is still worried about Wang Wenzuo?"
"Military matters! It's better not to worry too much!" Li Ji said coldly: "Commander Gao, don't you think so?"
Gao Kan was disappointed and had to lower his head and said: "Yes, you said it!"
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Wugu Mountain City.
Compared with the bright sunshine outside, the house is dark and cold. Most of the mountain towns in Goguryeo look like this - they cannot have both living comfort and defensive functions.
"Second brother, have you lost your mind and gone crazy?" Mr. Quanyuan threw the half-read letter on the table: "Why is the letter so confusing? It first said that he defeated the Silla people, and then said that Pyongyang City was defeated by Xiongjin. The Tang soldiers from the Dudu Mansion captured it, and they said they planned to beg for surrender from the Tang army, and even persuaded me to surrender too! What the hell is going on?"
"Everything is just as written in Da Moli's letter!" The messenger replied cautiously. Quanyuan is the youngest of Quan Gaisuwen's three sons, and he is also the bravest and the most ill-tempered. Inheriting Izumi Izumi's aggressiveness and impatience, he didn't want to get into trouble if he said the wrong thing.
"Okay! Don't worry about what is written in the letter, just tell me what you know!" Quanyuan said this and made a gesture. The attendant brought the tray up with two pottery cups on it. He picked up one: "Drink it to moisten your throat before speaking, so as not to say the wrong thing later!"
The messenger realized the threat behind the other party's words, carefully picked up the pottery cup and drank it in one gulp, and began to speak in a low voice. At first, he spoke a little slowly and stuttered, but soon he became more and more fluent. At the end the messenger said: "This is what I know, I hope you are satisfied!"
"It's a pity that the second brother didn't listen to me!" Quanyuan shook his head and sighed: "Before I came to Wugu City, I persuaded him to kill that brat Gao Zang and replace him with a random kid from the royal family to be the king, and keep him This kid will get into big trouble sooner or later!"
"The general is right!" The messenger was convinced: "But now that the matter has come to this, what are you going to do?"
"What should I do?" Mr. Quanyuan showed a wry smile: "This is like choosing one of two poisonous wines. It's too difficult!"
The messenger lowered his head, knowing that shutting up at this time was the wisest choice. He saw Izumi Yuan's feet moving rapidly back and forth in the room. It was obvious that he was making a difficult choice. Finally he stopped, returned to the desk, and began to write quickly.
"Put on a good horse and set off immediately!" Mr. Quanyuan folded the letter and put it into a mulberry paper envelope. Then he sealed it with melted beeswax and stamped his personal seal: "I want to write this with my own hands." Leave it to my second brother!"
"Don't worry, I will definitely hand this letter to Da Molizhi!" The messenger carefully put the letter into his arms.
"Very well, tell him, maybe he is right, but one of the three sons of Quan Gaisuwen must take the wrong path!"
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The mountains rise out of the dense forest, isolated and abrupt, and their peaks blown by strong winds can be seen from miles away. The people who surrendered Mohe said that the locals called it the wall. It really looks like a wall, Qibi Heli thought to himself. It stands tall between the land and the woods. The bare brown hillside is covered with rocks, forming a sharp contrast with the surrounding dense forest.
"Go west for another two miles and you will see a valley. After passing through that valley, we turn southeast and walk for two days and you will see the Yalu Water!" The guide pointed to the mountain road in the distance.
"There are no Goguryeo mountain towns on this road?" Xue Rengui asked.
"There is one!" the guide said: "But there is no one there anymore. The people in the city were moved away five or six years ago. Goguryeo is in war every year and the population is getting smaller and smaller. It is difficult to maintain all the mountain cities. Concentrate your troops to guard the main roads and mountain cities!"
"So that's it!" Xue Rengui said with a smile: "Isn't it important that this road can lead directly to Yalu Water?"
"You'll know why when you walk into that valley!" the guide said with a wry smile: "Actually, that mountain fortress is mainly to protect the road from Wugusanseongseong to Buyeoseongseong!"
"It turns out that the Goguryeo people care about their heads rather than their buttocks!" Xue Rengui said with a smile. The Fuyu City mentioned by the guide was the earliest capital of the ancient Fuyu Kingdom. It was later annexed by Goguryeo and was considered the northern capital of Goguryeo. Its approximate location is in Kaiyuan City, Liaoning Province today. When the Tang army captured Xincheng and besieged Anshi City, this important northern town in Goguryeo had actually been separated from the mainland and became a forgotten corner.
The Tang army followed the guide's guidance and headed west. Soon they found the valley the guide mentioned. The road in the valley was rugged and steep, and all kinds of thorns and vines occupied the road. The soldiers had to dismount from their horses to open the way. Qibi Heli and Xue Rengui dismounted like ordinary soldiers, wrapped the horse's legs with cowhide, and led the horse.
On the evening of the next day, the vanguard of the Tang Army arrived at the abandoned mountain city. This mountain city was simpler than everyone imagined, but it was very large. Only the top was surrounded by a circle made of rocks and was as tall as a person. walls and several watchtowers. The scout had to make a large circle to the west before he found a gap that allowed horses to pass.
"The terrain here is good!" Qibi Heli announced after reaching the top. "We can't find a better place than this. We will camp here and cross the Yalu River tomorrow." Yubi Qibi Heli turned over and dismounted. His move alarmed a pheasant hidden in the bushes nearby. Dissatisfied cries flew into the air. Almost at the same time, Xue Rengui opened his bow and arrow and shot down the pheasant: "Hurry and pick it up, we can make a tooth sacrifice tonight!" He smiled happily.
Despite walking for a day, Qibi Heli did not rest immediately. He inspected the surrounding wall of the camp according to his habit: the weathered gray stone was covered with patches of pale lichen, the green moss was gently blowing, and a stone tablet was covered with There are all kinds of traces, and the writing on it can no longer be seen clearly. There is a well behind the stone monument. It is not difficult to see that the first people who built the mountain city are already very old. If this continues, in another twenty or thirty years, everything here will be gone. It will be swallowed up by shrubs and moss, leaving only a few rocks.
"General manager, it's windy in the mountains, go to a sheltered place to rest first!" Xue Rengui's voice came from behind.
"General Xue, did you know!" Qibi Heli suddenly said: "When the late emperor passed away, I planned to be buried in Zhaoling and continue to serve the late emperor underground!"
"I've heard about it!" Xue Rengui didn't know why Qibi Heli suddenly mentioned this matter: "The late emperor also issued a special edict for this, prohibiting you from being buried!"
"Yes!" Qibi Heli sighed: "I just saw how desolate this place is, and I can't help but think of the late emperor's tomb. Will it be the same as this place hundreds of years later?"
"How is that possible?" Xue Rengui said with a smile: "As long as the Tang Dynasty is alive, the late emperor's tomb will be carefully guarded and will be admired by future generations forever!"
"Really? But the people who built this mountain city at the beginning would not have thought of today!" Qibi Heli pointed around: "Look, this circle of stone walls is five or six miles long, and there are wells. At the beginning, I don’t know how much effort was put into it, but today it’s all abandoned.”
"Well?" Xue Rengui noticed that there was a well behind the stone monument. He took a closer look and found several muddy footprints and horse hooves on the edge of the well. He immediately became nervous: "Be careful, there is someone in this stone city!"
Xue Rengui immediately summoned the captain of the guard and ordered him to follow the footprints to find the man who had drank by the well not long ago.
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