fictionpage Chapter 494 Blow down the city wall, at least you can still run
Chapter 494 Blow down the city wall, at least you can still run
Li You never expected that one of his jokes would become a reality.
An hour after the gunfire started, a white flag was raised over the city of Pyongyang.
"Look, my lord, they raised the white flag to surrender!"
Xue Rengui, who has been paying attention to the battle on the city wall, was the first to discover the changes on the city wall.
"My lord is really clever, and his analysis of the enemy is perfect."
"This time we raided Goguryeo and conquered the opposite royal city without a major battle, and the opposite side still surrendered."
"If the king of Goguryeo surrendered this time, wouldn't that mean that this war is over?"
At this moment, apart from excitement, there was also a trace of disappointment in Xue Rengui's words.But at the same time, he admired Li You even more.
However, Li You didn't show too much excitement because of the enemy's surrender: "These Goguryeo people surrendered if they couldn't beat them, and I don't know if they were sincere."
"It's not like they haven't done this fake surrender."
Indeed, as Li You said, during the Sui Dynasty's first conquest of Goguryeo, the Goguryeo army developed false surrender into an art.
Because Yang Guang ordered before the expedition that if Goguryeo surrendered, the captives must be treated kindly, and at the same time, the generals in front were required to report to him when encountering major events.
Therefore, whenever the enemy surrenders in battle, the front troops will stop and pass the news of the surrender to the rear.
However, whenever they were about to break through the Goguryeo city, the enemy army shouted to surrender.
But when the news was sent back to the rear and back again, the enemy army was ready to defend again.
Not only to delay time, Goguryeo general Ulji Wendeok also entered the camp of the Sui Dynasty by false surrender to inquire about information, and obtained valuable information that the Sui army's military food was in short supply.
It can be said that if Goguryeo hadn't repeatedly feigned surrender, it is estimated that Emperor Sui Yang could have successfully won Goguryeo when he conquered Goguryeo for the first time, and there would be no such many accidents and stories later.
So at this moment, facing the white flag raised on the city wall of Pyongyang, Li You didn't seem to take it seriously.
"What are you all doing in a daze? Fire me!"
"Hit me hard, don't stop until the city wall is completely breached!"
"Now that the two armies have not yet contacted, they surrendered. There must be fraud in it."
"Even if you really want to accept their surrender, you have to subdue them!"
"Pass down the order, don't save shells, hit me hard, and hit their psychological shadow!"
Under Li You's order, the cannons of the Datang Navy became more intensive, making the Goguryeo army on the city wall howl like ghosts and wolves.
"What's wrong with Tang Jun? Didn't we all surrender? Why are they still fighting!"
"Not only did they fight, but they also fought more fiercely!"
"I really don't know how Tang Jun managed the shells so far away."
"The Kingdom of Heaven is really different."
"There must be gods behind them to help them!"
"My God of Goguryeo, come and help us anytime!"
However, there are no gods in this world, and the only thing waiting for these Goguryeo defenders is the ruthless artillery fire from the Datang Navy.
"Boom!"
Finally, after a loud noise, a huge gap appeared in the city wall of Pyongyang.
During this period, the Goguryeo Army, which was huddled behind the city wall, also tried to launch a counterattack, but the Tang Army's artillery fire was too powerful. Coupled with Gai Suwen's order, they could only watch helplessly as the city wall was destroyed.
Seeing this scene, Li You pointed to the city wall and said, "See, it's all like this, and they can bear it. It only shows that this surrender must be a fraud."
"Otherwise, no matter who it is, it will come out to fight."
"Even if you know you can't fight, you should send some people out to die, and then escape through other city gates."
Hearing Li You's analysis, Xue Rengui and others nodded their heads.
But Liu Rengui still asked worriedly: "My lord, what should we do now?"
"Continue to attack and destroy the city walls?"
Liu Rengui's question made Li You almost stagger and fall down.
"Liu Rengui, don't you look like an elf on weekdays, what's the matter today?"
"How can you say such outrageous things?"
"As the leader of the navy, it's rare that you don't know how many shells the navy has?"
"Not to mention the entire city wall, even making such a big hole is probably enough."
"What we are doing now is naturally to accept their surrender."
After Li You finished speaking, Xue Rengui and the others didn't understand again.
"My lord, didn't you just say that they had malicious intentions and wanted to feign surrender?"
However, Li You didn't take Xue Rengui's worry seriously, instead he continued: "Isn't feigned surrender not surrender?"
"Maybe, when I meet the King of Goguryeo, he will really want to surrender?"
"Besides, even if they repent, with such a big hole in the city gate, can't we escape?"
At this moment, Xue Rengui and the others all understood that if they were big-hearted, they really had to count their princes.
Although these generals were still somewhat worried, Li You gave them inexplicable confidence.
Next, Xue Rengui led the cavalry to approach Pyongyang cautiously and accepted the surrender of the defenders.
The whole process went so smoothly that Xue Rengui couldn't believe it.
It wasn't until the last garrison handed over the weapons to Tang Jun that Xue Rengui felt a little relieved.
Just when Xue Rengui was about to leave the city to report to Li You, he was stopped by someone.
A middle-aged man wearing traditional Goguryeo clothes appeared in front of Xue Rengui.
"Master Xue, my lord wants to see King Qi!"
Xue Rengui took a look at the visitor, and then asked: "My prince is not something that any cat or dog can see."
"Now that Your Majesty has surrendered, the first thing the prince will do when he enters the city is naturally to enter the palace."
The man patiently waited for Xue Rengui to finish speaking, and then said with a smile: "Master Xue, do you think that the king really has the final say on Pyongyang City?"
"I think some things are more important to discuss with my Master Quan."
Having said this, Xue Rengui also understood that this person in front of him is Gai Suwen's emissary.
Xue Rengui naturally had an understanding of the situation in Goguryeo, but he was extremely disgusted with such unruly people.
Besides, Li You had long been sure that there must be a trick in the city. If King Goguryeo was just a cover, then the trick probably came from Gai Suwen.
"Hmph, just tell me where Gai Suwen is. As for who to meet first, my lord has his own decision."
It is not easy to be an envoy of Gai Suwen. After hearing Xue Rengui's words, he was not angry. Instead, he said respectfully: "My lord is waiting for His Royal Highness King Qi to visit you at Happy Forest in Pyongyang City!"