Datang: The prince of salted fish was overheard by Li Er

Chapter 490 The target is only Pyongyang

The coastline defense that Goguryeo soldiers are proud of did not last a long time in front of the Datang navy.

Under the cover of rockets and artillery, eight thousand Tang troops landed smoothly and took control of the Datong River Estuary in less than a stick of incense.

"My lord, shall we rest here overnight and start tomorrow, or leave immediately?"

While sending out spies, Liu Rengui asked Li You for instructions.

Li You was still immersed in the shock of the previous battle.

This is the first time he has actually stepped onto the battlefield.

After the First World War, he realized that no matter how many times he had simulated the appearance of war in his mind before, he only realized that those preparations were futile when he was actually in it.

Although he kept telling himself that the current killings were all out of necessity, Li You still couldn't calm down for a long time when facing thousands of enemies falling in front of him like this.

After a long time, he calmed down and said: "After packing up, the whole army rested for half an hour, and then immediately marched towards Pyongyang."

Li You knew that in order to obtain victory at the lowest cost, it was necessary to take down Pyongyang with a thunderbolt.

In order not to cause more killings, Li You was going to force himself.

At this moment, Liu Rengui was also very excited. Although he had just tested the chopper just now, the power of these new warships was far beyond his imagination.

Especially those artillery, the power is even more astonishing, both the range and the power greatly exceed the original ship's iconic weapon heavy crossbow.

Take the attack on the watchtower by the sea, for example.

In the past, the crossbow arrows could only shoot the soldiers on the sentry tower. If the aim was not enough, perhaps two or three arrows might not be able to hit the soldiers on the sentry tower.

But the effect of artillery is completely different.

Liu Rengui saw with his own eyes that in the case of hitting the sentry tower, the artillery can directly blow down the ordinary sentry tower with only one shot. Even those blockhouses built with bricks and stones can be penetrated with only two or three shots. .

Compared with crossbow bolts, artillery is less effective when attacking small targets, but when used to attack cities or attack immobile large targets, the effect is absolutely leveraged.

Half an hour later, taking advantage of the darkness, Li You led his army towards Pyongyang from the land and the Datong River at the same time.

However, Li You finally underestimated Goguryeo's defense on the Datong River and Gai Suwen's reaction speed.

Li You's sudden attack soon spread to Pyongyang and to Gai Suwen's ears.

Faced with the fall of the Datong River Estuary, Gai Suwen was startled at first, and then asked immediately as if thinking of something: "Does anyone know where Xue Rengui's troops are?"

"How far are they from Pyongyang?"

Gai Suwen vaguely felt something was wrong. If this attack was a long-planned deployment by the Tang army, then their previous guess about Xue Rengui's intentions was completely wrong, and the consequences of letting him in rashly would be tantamount to To lure wolves into the house.

Fortunately, the quality of the Koguryo army is good. Although they gave up resistance in the field, they did not relax the surveillance of Xue Rengui's troops.

Soon, the information from ahead came, and Gai Suwen was so shocked that he almost sat down on the ground.

Although he already had a bold guess about Xue Rengui's marching speed, the facts still made him a little hard to accept.

"Is this Xue Rengui a lunatic? If he is driving at such a speed, even if his man is made of iron, is his horse also made of iron?"

"In this way, even if he runs to Pyongyang tomorrow, I'm afraid all his horses will be useless!"

In just half a day, Xue Rengui has crossed six checkpoints, and now he has entered the Pyongyang Plain, less than two hundred miles away from Pyongyang City.

If Xue Rengui can maintain the current speed, his troops will be able to reach Pyongyang city tomorrow evening, and there is not much time left for Gai Suwen.

Under the crisis, Gai Suwen also became calmer than ever. The huge pressure made his brain work rapidly, and orders came out of his mouth like a cannonball.

"The current position of Xue Rengui's troops was sent to all cities in Pyongyang, and troops were sent to block the advance of Xue Rengui's troops."

"Remember to focus on fighting, and don't engage in large-scale battles with Xue Rengui's troops, just let them get tired of coping."

"At the same time, the line from the Datong River Estuary to Pyongyang also adopts the same method."

"Accelerate the gathering of troops from other places to Pyongyang, and give them three more days. If they can't arrive, don't come to see me in the future!"

From the original half a month to the present three days, Gai Suwen changed his order without hesitation.

A subordinate asked puzzledly: "My lord, these two troops are two hundred miles away from Pyongyang, and the other is 150 miles away. On the way, our army is still in danger. Why do we still have to adopt delaying tactics?"

"According to the estimates of the people on the Datong River defense line, the Datang Navy has only 3 people, and even with Xue Rengui's troops, it is only [-] people. What is so scary?"

"Since your lord has ordered to speed up the assembly, we can completely defend from the front, and wait until the army is assembled, and then attack each one."

Facing the subordinate's question, Gai Suwen said with a gloomy face: "Do you think I'm afraid?"

Gai Suwen shook his head again and said, "If you think so, it can only be said that you don't understand me at all."

"The purpose of my doing this is to completely defeat these 3 people under the city of Pyongyang."

"And what we are doing now is not only delaying their marching speed, but also draining the morale of these two troops."

"Isn't there a saying in the Central Plains, one effort, then decline, and three exhaustion."

"Before, whether it was the Datong Jiangkou raid or Xue Rengui's full-speed advance, they were at their most vigorous. We chose to avoid their edge in order to wait for their momentum to weaken."

"Imagine such an exhausted army. After finally arriving at the meeting point, they find that their companions are as miserable as themselves."

"At this time, our 20 army has just assembled, and it is the time when the momentum is at its peak. Naturally, we can easily defeat this tired army."

"Not only that, we can also use the record of annihilating 3 Tang pioneers in this battle to deter the follow-up Li Ji troops and delay the speed of the Tang army brigade."

Gai Suwen's analysis was so logical that all the generals who were in a panic just now calmed down and started to carry out their tasks.

Seeing that the generals finally got active again, Gai Suwen also had a wry smile in his heart.

If he doesn't do something at this time, I'm afraid Goguryeo will die directly.

It's not that Gai Suwen didn't want to defend the key point, but that after Xue Rengui entered the plain, Pyongyang had no danger to defend at all.

The situation on the other side is also the same. Goguryeo has vigorously developed maritime trade in recent years, and there is basically no danger to defend from the mouth of the Han River to Pyongyang City.

Although the defense forces on the riverside will still place obstacles in the river, those things can block them for a while, but not for a lifetime.

Not to mention, the news from the front pointed out that the Datang Navy seems to have a long-range weapon that is more terrifying than the crossbow.

Thinking of this, Gai Suwen remembered what Wang Jingzhi said earlier.

"Hurry up, call Mr. Wang over to ask questions!"