Thirty miles away from Liaodong County, Li Jing's army finally arrived and camped here after many days of traveling.

At this time, everyone in the Chinese army's tent gathered together again, but no one spoke. Instead, they looked at Luo Zhang who was holding a stick in front of him and kept talking.

"Li Shuai gave me full command of the attack on Liaodong County this time, so I won't be polite."

"Everyone, please see, this is Liaodong County. It can be said that Liaodong County is the gateway to Pyongyang. Once Liaodong County is captured, the other counties will not be able to resist us at all. These counties are completely undefendable, unlike Liaodong County.

The county is guarded between two mountains. If we want to pass, we can only take Liaodong County!"

Following Luo Zhang's words, everyone nodded in approval.

Liaodong County is indeed an area that is easy to defend but difficult to attack, otherwise Su Wen Gaiyuan would not have stationed troops here to resist the Tang army.

Historically, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty attacked Gaogouli three times, and twice he stopped at Liaodong County. In the end, due to sudden changes in the weather in Gaogouli, he failed and had to retreat.

The only time that Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty succeeded in conquering Liaodong County and approaching Pyongyang was because of the negligence of the defender Gaogouli. However, when Emperor Yang's army attacked Pyongyang, it was still due to continuous heavy rains, which intensified the attack.

The temperature dropped sharply, and the soldiers suffered too much frostbite from freezing. In the end, the attack ended in vain.

These three expeditions to Gaoguli were also the straw that broke the Sui Dynasty. Although not all, this was the case for most reasons.

Therefore, the expedition to Gaoguli was about time, and the Tang army knew this very well.

At the beginning, Cheng Yaojin did well, winning two cities in a row, saving the Tang army a lot of time, which gave them more room for control later on.

Luo Zhang's speech did not stop. Seeing everyone's approval, Luo Zhang continued: "Liaodong County is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is not easy to capture it. According to the traditional method, it is to surround and attack. This will consume a lot of troops.

time, and secondly, a large number of soldiers will be killed and injured. It’s good to be able to capture it, but if you can’t capture it, you will suffer heavy losses. This expedition to Gaoguli ended without any problems!”

"Luo Zhang, please stop talking about this. Tell us how we can take over Liaodong County. We will listen to you. We will do what you say!" Yuchi Jingde said carelessly.

"Yes, Luo Zhang, we listen to you. Since Li Shuai asked you to take command, we also believe in you!" Cheng Yaojin also said.

Although the others did not speak, they nodded in agreement.

Luo Zhang smiled bitterly, bowed to everyone and said, "Then I would like to thank you all for your approval!"

After bowing, Luo Zhang stood up, picked up the wooden stick again and pointed at the map and said: "You have all seen the power of artillery. According to my arrangement, the artillery is placed on the right side of Liaodong County. The city wall here is relatively

It is lower, and there is a slope not far away. If the artillery is placed here, it can directly bombard the city wall there. According to my calculations, it only takes three rounds of volleys to blow open the city wall, and then the army can march straight in.

, invade Liaodong County, as for the rest, I leave it to you!"

"Well? Luo Zhang, are you sure you can blast through this city wall? Isn't it easier to blast through that city gate? Why not blast through that gate?" Li Ji asked.

"The artillery needs a certain angle, and the artillery moves very slowly. It is not easy to push the artillery close to the city gate. If the soldiers from Liaodong County attack, the artillery will be exposed to the people of Gaoguli.

We will have to fight with the Gaoguli people at that time, and I don’t think there is any need to pay unnecessary casualties.”

"Here, three rounds of bombarding the city wall is not enough. At worst, two more rounds will be enough. And it is on the slope, which is also convenient for our army to guard the artillery. The army does not have to be exposed on the plain to be attacked by the Gaoguli people. It can wait for work on the slope.

That’s pretty good!”

"Since Luo Zhang said so, let's follow what Luo Zhang said. If we can blow open the city wall, Liaodong County is not easy to get!" Hou Junji said with a smile.

Everyone nodded when they thought about the power of the artillery, and didn't say anything more.

At this moment, a soldier hurried in and reported: "Li Shuai, the troops from Liaodong County are here and are calling for formation outside the camp!"

"What? We didn't go to fight them, but they came to attack us instead?"
Chapter completed!