After all, he was the King of Goguryeo. A group of Goguryeo villagers present were very surprised by Li Yifu's behavior.
He explained that it was an expedient to hide his identity and avoid being interrogated by Yeon Gae So-moon.
Zhang Daan felt that this excuse could be used to fool him and he didn't pay attention, but he still said: "Brother Yifu, when you came, you ordered the people of the King of Goguryeo. Now that they are here, there is no need."
Hearing this, several spies sent by the Ministry of Rites also nodded. After all, he was the legitimate king of Goguryeo. Without him, how could he attack Yeon Gaesumun? It was nominally necessary, and he must be treated kindly.
At least to everyone, this King of Goguryeo still has value.
Li Yifu had just finished eating and smacked his lips. He took out a small seal from his arms and said, "This is the royal seal of Goguryeo."
Zhang Daan picked up the royal seal and looked at it. It was a small, square piece of jade. There were several official scripts engraved under the jade, indicating that this royal seal had been left over from the Han Dynasty, "When Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty first granted the title of Goguryeo,
King was given the title at that time."
It's just that at that time, Goguryeo was one of the four counties of the Han Dynasty, but now it looks different.
Looking at the dirty hands of the King of Goguryeo, he kept stuffing food into his mouth without caring about his image. It was indeed not easy to escape from the royal capital in the past two days. He was already tired and tired.
After eating, Li Yifu took the King of Goguryeo to face the villagers here.
The villagers of Goguryeo looked at the King of Goguryeo with suspicion one by one.
Seeing that he was coy and silent, Li Yifu glared at him, and then he opened his mouth and told him that he was imprisoned by Yeon Gaesumun in the royal capital, and that he was now arranging a plan to kill the ministers of the court.
After saying this, the King of Goguryeo said another word to Li Yifu.
Does this mean it’s okay?
Whatever the King of Goguryeo does now, he must ask for Li Yifu’s opinion.
This scene made Zhang Daan feel more and more relieved.
On the other hand, the villagers didn't have much reaction after learning what happened to the King of Goguryeo. They were confused at first, without much respect in their eyes, and then continued to do their own things.
However, after the King of Goguryeo said this, the villagers had more respect for the Tang army.
Li Yifu first went to take the King of Goguryeo to wash him, at least to make him look like a king. Now his clothes are ragged and his body is covered with mud. Even his hair is tangled together after the mud should have dried.
After Goguryeo was clean and full, he went to bed again.
The rain was about to stop, the clouds in the sky were thick and thick, and the sun could be seen shining through the gaps between the dark clouds.
Zhang Daan began to prepare the next plan, but the current plan is very simple, it is nothing more than to capture the capital of Goguryeo.
There was no strong city within the boundaries of Goguryeo that could be defended, only one royal city of Goguryeo.
Li Yifu took out a lot of blueprints from his bag and took off his boots to take out one or two pictures, "This is the city defense map of Goguryeo. Although Yeon Gaesumun has military power, he is incapable of doing things and is easy to deal with."
Zhang Daan looked solemn, "Now that the King of Goguryeo has been rescued, the news that we have crossed the river must not be hidden. They probably already know it. We are only a day's walk from the royal city. What is the situation in the city now?"
The only person who knows the current situation in the royal city best is Li Yifu. He told the current situation in the city. Yeon Gaesumun has prepared 60,000 troops in the city. It is said that there are 60,000 troops, but in fact, only two can actually fight.
There were about 10,000 people, and these 20,000 people sent 5,000 people to defend the river embankment.
Yeon Gaesumun had three generals in his hands, one of whom was sent to guard the river embankment to defend Liaodong.
There are still two generals in the city, one of whom is a capable general, and the other is just a fair-weather friend of Yeon Gae Su-moon.
Li Yifu said again: "Brother Da'an, please give me some instructions."
Zhang Daan thought for a long time, "Brother Yifu, do you still remember the allusion between Lian Po and Zhao Kuo?"
Although both of them lived in Goguryeo, they both came from literary backgrounds.
I can't say how good Li Yifu is, but he is also a Jinshi scholar, and his knowledge is still sufficient.
The so-called allusion between Lian Po and Zhao Kuo is said to be the war between Qin and Zhao during the Warring States Period.
At that time, Lian Po was a veteran general who had experienced hundreds of battles, while Zhao Kuo was an armchair talker.
The people of Qin sent people to spread rumors, and the only thing that Qin hated most was that Zhao Kuo, the son of Zhao She, the king of Mafu, was the general's ear.
So in the end, Zhao State sent Zhao Kuo, who was an armchair strategist, as general, which led to the disastrous defeat of the 400,000-strong army in the Changping Battle.
Yeon Gaesomun is not the King of Zhao, and you cannot deal with him the same way you dealt with the King of Zhao.
If you want to capture the royal city, you must first cause chaos in the royal city, and Da'an felt that he needed to add some materials, such as preparing some property and burying it in the yard of one of the generals' houses.
Yeon Gae So Moon is a harsh and conceited person. Once such a person is offended, he will lose his sense of proportion.
Zhang Da'an stood up and said: "We can't stay here for long, we have deployed some suspicious soldiers here."
Li Yifu agreed: "What Yeon Gaesumun wants most at this time is the King of Goguryeo. He will definitely send people to attack here to disperse his troops."
After giving instructions on the matters at hand, everyone tidied up and left. Before leaving, an ambush was arranged.
As expected, the next day, Yeon Gaesomun sent people to the river bank and burned the village.
This scene also angered the villagers who left together, but it didn't matter. This kind of behavior would not do any good except attracting more public anger to Yeon Gaesomun.
When the soldiers and horses who were about to set fire were about to leave, Wen Ting's ambush troops destroyed this group of two thousand soldiers and horses.
In this way, Yeon Gaesomun's soldiers and horses burned the village, which aroused the anger of the people, and also lost another 2,000 soldiers and horses.
Wen Ting led his men to collect the arrows. The Goguryeo people's arrows were very poor. The Tang army's arrows should be used sparingly, and the arrows shot should be drawn out again.
He then looked at the leather armor worn by the Goguryeo people. This kind of leather armor could not protect against swords or arrows.
After this battle and Li Yifu's narration, everyone had a general understanding of Goguryeo's military strength.
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Zhang Daan ordered some villagers to be sent to the other side. From then on, they settled in Liaodong, leaving a few or two guides behind, and they continued to march towards the capital of Goguryeo.
The Ministry of Rites has arranged many spies in Goguryeo. These spies can continue to blend into the crowd and sneak into the royal city to arrange the next divorce plan.
Wen Ting felt that he could also lead his men to blend in with the pedestrians and sneak into the city to assassinate Yuengai Suwen.
Zhang Da'an quickly denied Wen Ting's risky move and explained: "Yeon Gaesumun is in a hurry to find the King of Goguryeo. We can wait for work without taking such risks."
Wen Ting calmed down again.
At the same time, Li Yifu was also busy preparing for the King of Goguryeo. He restored the King of Goguryeo to his original appearance in the royal city, walking around the countryside in grand clothes, calling on the villagers to resist and Yeon Gaesumun.
But every time the King of Goguryeo passed through a village, Yeon Gaesumun's troops would rush towards him the next day.
And every time these soldiers and horses rushed towards them, they would be surprised by Wen Ting's ambush. Sometimes these Goguryeo soldiers and horses retreated in confusion, and sometimes the entire army was annihilated.
Yeon Gaesomun's eyes were probably red with fear. When he learned where the King of Goguryeo had appeared, he sent people to capture him. However, the soldiers and horses sent out to capture him often returned in panic.
This kind of action that added fuel to the fire made Li Yifu unhappy and even wanted to make Yeon Gaesumun angry to death.
Zhang Daan smiled and said: "It's probably impossible to get angry to death. He's only over thirty years old."
After thinking about it for a long time, Li Yifu said tangledly: "I lured him to attack this time, and now I have lost more than 6,000 soldiers and horses. Yeon Gaesumun is really a fool."
Wen Ting also believed that Yeon Gaesumun was indeed a fool.
"In fact, he should recruit troops now, win over people's hearts, and consolidate his power, instead of constantly dividing his troops to look for us."
After half a month, Yeon Gaesumun still found nothing.
In the royal city, the whereabouts of the Tang army that crossed the river are still unknown.
Yeon Gaesooon smashed the things in front of him angrily, feeling that everything around him was trash.
A group of people knelt in the main hall of the royal capital and remained silent.
Everyone in the royal city is now nervous, and this nerve is about to collapse at this moment.
Just when he was furious, Yeon Gaesumun heard the news that two generals in the city were fighting.
The seeds of conspiracy spread in the royal city of Goguryeo, and property sent by the Tang army was even found in a general's mansion.
A civil strife broke out in the city the next day. In order to quell the civil strife, Yeon Gaesumun had to rearrange his military arrangements and kill one of them. Only one general was left in the city, so that the civil strife could be quelled.
It's just that what Yeon Gaesumun did was play into the hands of the Tang army. The one who was killed was Yeon Gaesumon's capable general, and the one who stayed in the city to advocate defense was just his fair-weather friend.
Because he was a close friend of Yeon Gae So-moon, he took over the military power in the royal city this time.
Wen Ting's team increased from 3,000 soldiers to 2,000 Goguryeo villagers to arrange the aftermath and transport food and grass.
These Goguryeo people could eat such good food in the army, and they would rather stay in the army without being paid.
Zhang Daan originally thought of mobilizing some more grain and grass from Liaodong, but he didn't expect that this time Liaodong also sent more than ten iron plates.
The strong man guarding him had just crossed the river from the other side of Liaodong and arrived here. He saw no one around and saw that Da'an was still observing the iron box. "This was given to Brother Da'an by Lishan. The county magistrate also has a copy."
letter."
Zhang Daan looked at the contents of the letter and found that it was indeed his brother's handwriting. The letter contained instructions on how to use this firearm.
"How could my brother know that there would be a mutiny in Goguryeo at this time?"
Thinking about it more carefully, Zhang Daan noticed the strong man's expression and said: "I understand, it's not that my brother knew about it in advance, but that this thing has been hidden in Liaodong, and even I have been hiding it. When the time comes, we can
give it to me?"
The strong man added: "I have never opened this letter before."
Zhang Daan nodded and looked at the bamboo tube. Judging from the sealing wax on the bamboo tube, it had indeed not been opened. It seemed that the content on the paper was also written in the secret letter form of the Ministry of Rites. Most people could not understand the content of the letter.
Zhang Daan had to refer to the translation from the Ministry of Rites to understand what the letter said.
After a while, he burned the letter, "This royal city of Goguryeo can be destroyed."
This surprised Wen Ting, who looked at the iron disc in Daan's hand in confusion.
At night, Wen Ting and Zhang Daan took advantage of the darkness to get close to the city wall of Goguryeo. Li Yifu, with 500 soldiers and horses, was ready to respond one mile behind.
Zhang Daan placed all five iron discs under the city wall, which is the weakest point of the city wall, and pulled out the iron pin in the center.
Once the iron pin was pulled out, the iron disc could not be touched. Then Daan, Wen Ting and more than a hundred people moved close to the city wall and moved to another place.
Take out a stone and hit it on the iron disk. When the stone touches the disk, it makes a crisp sound, but nothing happens.
Instead, it attracted the attention of the defenders on top of the city.
Daan threw another one, but still no movement.
Seeing the crowds of people on the top of the city, it seemed that someone had even thrown a torch down.
Everyone was about to be exposed in front of the defenders of the royal city. Wen Ting couldn't bear it anymore, so he simply picked up a big stone at his feet and threw it at the iron discs.
Throwing the big stone, Wen Ting lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground.
Therefore, he was also exposed to the torchlight of the Goguryeo defenders.
The defenders on the top of the city shouted for a while, and some people even raised their bows and set arrows, but before the arrows were fired, Wen Ting also fell to the ground and hadn't gotten up yet, only to hear an explosion.
Everyone trembled with fright, and at this moment, gunpowder smoke filled the air under the city wall, and there was the sound of bricks and stones rolling down, followed by a wailing and shouting.
The thick gunpowder smoke made people cough, and Daan couldn't help but retreat with the people. He didn't know how Wen Ting was doing at this time.
When the wind blew away the gunpowder smoke, I saw an entire city wall collapsed under the moonlight.
Speaking of that time, Wen Ting fell to the ground just in time to avoid the debris flying up during the explosion. When the smoke filled the air, he rolled over and rolled far away, so that he was not affected.
It was too late, but it was too late. Wen Ting was still frightened at this moment. He stood up and looked at the scene in front of him. He only saw that a gap had been blown out of the entire city wall and the entire wall had collapsed.
Torches were constantly being fired inside the city walls, and many Goguryeo defenders were buried under the city walls.
Looking at his feet, there were still a lot of gravel. If he hadn't rolled far enough, he might have been buried alive.
When Wen Ting came back to his senses, he suddenly realized that there was no wall between him and the Goguryeo people.
The opponent's arrow is already aimed at him.
"Damn it!" Wen Ting cursed angrily and turned around and ran away.
The arrows whizzed past, and the Goguryeo people were in great distress at this moment. Wen Ting hid on a downhill slope and panted heavily. After calming down, he shouted: "Brother Da'an! The city is broken!"
There was no response as soon as the words came out, and he shouted again: "Damn it! The city is broken!"
"Someone saw it! Stop howling!"
Daan's roar came from the side.
"What the hell is this? It's the first time I've seen it in my life. It's crazy." Wen Ting simply pulled out the horizontal knife from his waist.
Before the Tang troops on both sides of the city wall rushed in, Li Yifu was in the distance, shouting in Goguryeo, "Kill the traitor Yeon Gaesumun!"