To be honest, fighting is not difficult sometimes.
Once you build up your self-confidence and have some real talent, you will naturally be victorious in every battle in the future.
Battle through Buyeo Castle.
Li Chengqian has gained a lot.
Not only did he win a great victory in the first siege he commanded.
It also allowed him to find the bugs in the offensive and defensive battles of this era.
Let’s not talk about anything else, let’s just talk about the use of this firearm.
It's just a semi-finished C4, but it's so powerful.
If in the future, he can make some improvements to the Sky Fire Thunder.
So are there any cities in the world that the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty cannot break?
After conquering Fuyu City, Li Chengqian led the Bingzhou Army to continue southward.
He made great progress all the way, with the help of firearms.
The Bingzhou Army was even more invincible, and within ten days they successively captured four major cities in northern Goguryeo, Jinshan, South Suzhou, Yanjin, and Xincheng.
At this point, the Tang Dynasty had also established a firm foothold in the northern part of Goguryeo.
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August.
Even in the north, it should be a spring season.
But because of some people's thoughts, the entire Goguryeo was in chaos.
In the court of Goguryeo, King Rongliu Gao Jianwu was furious.
He scolded all the ministers with their faces covered.
But he seemed to have forgotten that it was he who originally advocated not giving in and insisting on joining forces with the Western Turks to fight against the Tang Dynasty.
And without him, no one else would dare to do it.
Yeon Gae So-moon's face didn't look very good either.
Because he had a good idea at the beginning, Goguryeo united with Shiwei and Mohe to attack the Beimo Farm of the Tang Dynasty in one fell swoop.
Then he occupied the Northern Desert and joined forces with the Western Turks to plot against the Central Plains.
But he really didn't expect that when five thousand cavalry were sent over, not even a splash was made.
He still resents that idiot Euljihiko to this day. Five thousand men, or five thousand elite cavalry, were completely annihilated by the opponent's two thousand men.
To be honest, if Euljiyan himself dies, he will die, and no one will say anything.
But the impact this guy had on Goguryeo was too great.
Right from the beginning of the war, the soldiers of Goguryeo obviously had a kind of fear from the bottom of their hearts towards the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.
Not only did they fail to break through the Tang defense line at the southern foot of the Daxianbei Mountains, they even lost four cities on the northern front...
Of course.
Yeon Gaesumun also wanted to send an army of more than 30,000 people to fight Li Chengqian.
As a result, before the troops could be sent out, they were attacked by the Tang navy again at sea.
But there is no need to go into details about how awesome the navy of the Tang Dynasty was.
Since Li Chengqian reformed the ships of the Tang Dynasty, the navy of the Tang Dynasty can be said to be invincible in this era.
However, after three battles, Goguryeo no longer had a navy capable of competing with the Tang Dynasty.
This also caused those soldiers who were originally going to fight Li Chengqian to change direction and run to the eastern coastline for reinforcements, preventing Datang from taking advantage of the opportunity to land.
But when Li Xiaogong fought, he was much more powerful than Li Chengqian.
Goguryeo had fewer reinforcements and was no match for him.
When many people came, he camped where he was and refused to go out to fight.
During this period, Yeon Gaesomun was already a very powerful person.
But he was not as able to influence the political situation of Goguryeo as he was in his previous life.
Now, facing Gao Jianwu's anger, he just felt angry in his heart, but he did not dare to say anything.
It seemed that Yeon Gaesumun didn’t want to speak.
Gao Jianwu's face was gloomy, and he looked at the Grand Envoy Li Jinzhu: "Your Excellency, the Grand Envoy, what do you think of this matter?"
Li Jinzhu seemed to have just come back to his senses: "Always
Since then, I have all advocated peace, but the king has refused to allow it. Now that the matter has come to this, I can only be an outsider."
An outsider?
Isn't it obvious that Li Jinzhu is having trouble with himself?
To be honest, if Goguryeo was not in an extraordinary period at this time.
Gao Jianwu would really not hesitate to have Li Jinzhu dragged out and killed.
"Lord Ambassador!"
Gao Jianwu gritted his teeth and said: "I am asking you, what do you think of the current war..."
"So this is what the king asked."
"I believe that our country is the party at fault in this matter."
"After the war started, the anti-war sentiment among the soldiers was very high, and no one wanted to fight."
Li Jinzhu chuckled and said: "So I believe that we should take advantage of the fact that the hostility between the two countries is not yet deep to send envoys to negotiate peace with the Tang Dynasty."
Hearing this, Gao Jianwu frowned.
"If we negotiate peace with the Tang Dynasty at this time, where will the dignity of Shu be?"
"Is there no other solution?"
"No."
Li Jinzhu shook his head and said: "To put it bluntly, it was an extremely unwise thing for our army to turn against the Tang Dynasty from the beginning..."
"After all, anyone can see that Datang is not a soft persimmon."
"Although the Tang Dynasty has experienced successive years of war since the founding of the People's Republic of China."
"But these wars did not make the Tang Dynasty weak. On the contrary, they became more courageous and stronger as they fought."
"Therefore, when the king insisted on going to war with the Tang Dynasty, I tried my best to stop it, but the king insisted on touching the southern wall."
What he said is true.
After all, everyone has a preconceived notion.
If a country is plagued by war, it will definitely become weaker and weaker, or even fall apart.
And this will inevitably remind people of Datang.
Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, wars have never stopped, especially In recent years, there has been a national war almost every year.
And this also made them preconceptions of Datang as a capital that would become weaker after going through wars.
But they never took a closer look at the current situation of Datang.
Because of the joint efforts of father and son Li Chengqian and Li Shimin, Datang did not become weaker after the baptism of war, but instead became stronger.
And because of these wars, Datang's army has always been an army with rich combat experience.
Whether it is the southern army or the northern army, as long as they are drawn out, they will be first-rate elites.
Moreover, those who fought against the Tang Dynasty before were nomadic peoples on the grasslands.
Not to mention anything else, but in terms of physique, Hu people are much taller than Tang people.
But in terms of individual combat capabilities, the Hu people were much ahead of the Tang people.
Of course, the Tang people also had their own advantages. They were more obedient to orders and better at forging weapons.
Therefore, when the two sides fight, it is a life-for-life fight.
And always experiencing such high-intensity wars also caused the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty to grow to a high level without knowing it.
This also allowed them to have an absolute advantage when facing the Goguryeo soldiers.
After hearing these words, Gao Jianwu also fell into silence.
To be honest, he really didn't think about this at first.
Now that I think about it, this is indeed the case.
Gao Jianwu looked embarrassed and his voice was slightly hesitant: "Then... what should we do now? Is the only way to negotiate peace?"
Before Li Jinzhu could speak, Yuan Gaisuwen bowed and said: "If the king has the courage to continue fighting with the Tang Dynasty, I have a plan..."
To be honest, Gao Jianwu really doesn't want to talk about peace.
After all, the matter of making peace was too embarrassing in his opinion.
At this moment, when he heard that there was still a chance of improvement, he immediately beamed with joy and asked: "As for the big apartment..."