As long as the war begins, human life is the most despicable thing.
The battle between Datang and Kucha was equivalent to the collision of cold weapons and hot weapons.
After General Zhenguan's artillery was launched, the Kucha side completely lost the ability to resist.
After all, the top heavy bows of this era can only shoot less than two hundred steps.
But this Zhenguan general cannon can kill and injure enemies from a thousand steps away.
Moreover, General Zhenguan's cannon is not like a trebuchet, it only shoots out stone bullets.
The shells fired by General Zhenguan's cannon will explode, and the lethality after explosion is far greater than the lethality after smashing.
At this moment, under the continuous bombardment of 300 Zhenguan General cannons.
Duyan City looks shaky, like a lone boat in the stormy waves, which may be overturned by the wind and waves at any time.
It was also the first time for Li Chengqian to see such a scene.
He could finally understand why later generations often said that in the era of hot weapons, cold weapons were no different from a group of monkeys holding weapons.
Isn’t this the case now?
In the face of hot weapons, it is so difficult for these Kucha people to even defend.
…
Inside the Kucha Palace.
Buna paced back and forth anxiously.
The ministers all over the place were anxiously waiting for news to come back from the front line.
The huge explosion has been going on for a long time, as if it will never stop.
Many ministers had expressions of despair on their faces.
At the beginning, they had only heard about the power of Datang.
As for rumors and rumors, naturally no one would really believe them.
Some people even think that rumors from the outside world have exaggerated Datang's military power.
After all, who can have the ability to descend from the gods to the earth?
But now, they have really seen it.
Especially the words from the batches of soldiers who came to spread the news made them feel even more desperate.
Just when the ministers were talking about it. r> Another messenger ran in from outside.
Seeing this man, Buna asked directly: "How is it? Has the enemy retreated?"
He really wanted to hear the news that his general had driven back these soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.
However, this is obviously a dream.
How could Li Chengqian be repelled?
"Most of the east wall has collapsed."
"It won't be long before a large number of soldiers from the Tang Dynasty will enter the city."
The messenger said with a look of embarrassment on his face: "General Bonatou said that he will lead the entire city's soldiers to resist desperately and buy time for the king to transfer..."
These words were obviously a death sentence for Qiuci.
Bunaqiong, on the other hand, sat down on the ground, his face gloomy and his heart ashen.
He really didn't expect that the Qiuci Kingdom that he had worked so hard for half his life would end up like this.
What's even more tragic is that he is about to become an exiled monarch.
Bunaqiong looked directly at the messenger and said, "Didn't the Western Turks and other kings send troops?"
"have."
"Shule once sent five thousand soldiers and horses, hoping to come to reinforce our country."
"But I heard from the battle report that the soldiers and horses of Shule were beaten back by the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty before they left the gate of Shule..."
The messenger looked straight at Buna and said: "Your Majesty, we have no reinforcements. You'd better take advantage of this time to move. Brothers, we really can't hold it anymore."
Although Li Chengqian was criticized for leading troops alone.
But this guy has never made any mistakes in his overall planning.
At this time, although he led troops to attack Duyan City, he set up defense lines throughout Duyan City.
Whether it is the Western Turks or the surrounding countries in the Western Regions who want to come to support Kucha, they must first remove these nails.
And hearing this
In other words, Buna is even more desperate.
The ministers in front of them all looked at Bunaqiong eagerly, hoping that he would make a decision quickly.
Of course, this decision is definitely not to fight the enemy to the bitter end, but to seize the time and run away.
They had heard that after these armies of the Tang Dynasty entered the city, they would kill everyone they met, no matter who they were.
So how dare they stay here?
Now I really want to run away quickly.
Of course Bunaqiong also knew what his ministers meant.
He sighed softly and said: "In that case, everyone should go back and tidy up, and then go out through the west city gate..."
In an instant, Bunaqiong, who was only middle-aged, suddenly seemed to have aged by more than ten years.
Now he finally understands that prosperity is just a passing cloud.
After this, everything was gone.
…
Chang'an City.
Inside the palace.
Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji were sitting in the imperial garden, playing chess, drinking tea, talking and laughing happily.
In that scene, it seemed as if all wars had nothing to do with these two.
After losing the last son, Changsun Wuji smiled and said: "Your Majesty, you lost again."
Li Shimin chuckled, looked up at Changsun Wuji, and said, "Then let's play in the next game until I win."
Changsun Wuji also laughed, but after laughing he sighed.
He said: "Your Majesty, are you so sure that we will definitely win this time?"
"if not?"
Li Shimin raised his lips and said, "If nothing else, these two hundred Zhenguan General cannons are enough to level Qiuci."
"But our enemies are not limited to Kucha."
Changsun Wuji said worriedly: "There is also a Western Turk in the west who is eyeing us."
“What’s so scary about Western Turks?”
"Zhao Youlin is just a bitter scholar that our Tang Dynasty does not want." "This guy also got an opportunity and gained such territory in Western Turkestan."
"Although this guy is indeed capable of making clever plans when leading troops in war, he is still a little behind compared to our soldiers."
Speaking of this, Li Shimin paused.
He said: "Looking at it now, Qian'er must have led his troops to attack Duyan City."
After Changsun Wuji dropped his son, he raised his head and asked, "What do you think the Western Turks will do next?"
Li Shimin narrowed his eyes and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
"If I were Zhao Youlin, I would definitely give up the struggle with the Liangzhou Army and directly enter the territory of Qiuci to prevent Qian'er from taking Duyan City."
"After all, the geographical location of Duyan City is extremely suitable for establishing a cavalry camp."
He said: "Once our army is allowed to establish a cavalry camp here, this war will not need to be fought."
Hearing this, Changsun Wuji also nodded and couldn't help but praise: "Your Majesty is really smart."
What Li Shimin said is true, and every sentence is on point.
Although this guy hasn't been on the battlefield for a long time.
But he can still firmly control the situation on the battlefield.
Even though he was sitting in Chang'an City, he had predicted the entire battle situation closely.
After Zhao Youlin learned that Li Chengqian had begun a large-scale march towards Duyan City.
He immediately ordered not to quarrel with the Liangzhou army in front of him.
Then he personally led 10,000 Western Turkic warriors into Qiuci territory and attacked Duyan City.
However, when they wanted to leave, Liu Qi, who had never fought with them before, suddenly led his men to chase them.
Liu Qi did not confront them head-on, but only attacked along the road.
Although it caused little damage to the Western Turks, it also slowed down their progress.
This is also Liu Qi trying to buy time for Li Chengqian.
But if Liu Qi knew the current situation in Duyan City, he would probably say that he was superfluous.
Because, he did something that was completely unnecessary...