Xue Wanche became ferocious and shouted: "Get off my horse and pick two places on the city wall to plant gunpowder. Let's blow open the city wall and rush in! Let me rush the supply camp behind. If it comes up too late, I will kill him."
them!"
"Here!"
All the soldiers in the army were Paoze, and now half of the Paoze were trapped in the city. Those outside were naturally anxious and thinking about rescue. Ignoring the locust-like arrows above their heads, they rushed to the bottom of the city and tried every means to pry the city bricks and bury gunpowder, trying to
Blow up the city wall.
"Boom boom boom"
Gunpowder laid in several places detonated, and bursts of black smoke rose into the sky, blowing up the wind and snow in the sky. Sections of the city walls were loosened by the blasts, but the collapse was not complete enough.
The outer layer of the city wall of Pingrang City is made of blue bricks, and the inner layer is made of thick rammed earth. The power of black gunpowder can easily blow up the green bricks, but it has little effect on the sticky rammed earth, making it difficult to
Achieve the same effect as in Anshi City and other places before.
During the process of laying gunpowder, the soldiers braved the rain of arrows above their heads, causing heavy casualties.
Xue Wanche was so anxious that he jumped to his feet. The city was blazing with flames and shouts of killing shook the sky. It was obvious that the Tang army that rushed into the city had been ambushed. More than 100,000 defenders in the city had set up a trap and besieged them. How could those Tang troops resist, no matter how brave they were? These were all under his command.
Paoze, if he was allowed to be annihilated by the Goguryeo army in the city, how could he have the face to face his soldiers when he returned to Chang'an in the future, and how could he have the face to meet the parents, wives and children of these fallen soldiers?
There was a commotion behind him, and Xue Wanche was about to curse, but he realized that the supply troops from the rear had finally arrived...
"Set up a ladder immediately and let me attack the city!"
"Quick, quick, hurry up and take down the Seven Star Gate for me!"
"Whoever dares to fight without fear will be killed by me!"
…
Xue Wanche was furious, waving his horizontal sword and giving orders constantly. He was about to grasp a huge achievement, but he was ambushed and ordered to lose troops and generals, which even dealt a huge blow to the morale of the army besieging Pingrang City. This made Xue Wanche furious.
How could he endure it?
The soldiers in the baggage camp also knew the situation, and they all worked hard to transport the ladder to the city and quickly completed the construction. Other engineers continued to dig city bricks and bury gunpowder under the city, trying to blow several more holes in the city wall.
Countless soldiers of the Tang army held horizontal knives in their mouths and climbed up the city along the ladder with both hands. However, they were attacked by arrows and rolling logs on the way, and they fell to the bottom of the city one after another, with broken bones and tendons.
"Boom" gunpowder roared, and smoke rose into the sky. However, the power was not enough to cause the city wall to collapse as before. It only blew away the outer layer of blue bricks, loosening the city wall and exposing the inner layer of rammed earth.
This section of the city wall looks crumbling and dilapidated, but in fact it is still stable.
*****
The battle was raging below the city, but inside the city tower, Yeon Gaesomun was as steady as a mountain, motionless, sipping tea unhurriedly.
Changsun Chong listened to the screams and screams from the audience. The firelight outside made his face turn blue and white, and he felt like he was sitting on pins and needles.
Yeon Gaesumun put down his teacup and said with a chuckle: "Are you worried about the war below the city? There's no harm in going to the window to take a look."
Changsun Chong hesitated for a moment, but finally couldn't help but feel anxious, got up and went to the south window.
The howling north wind mixed with snowflakes hit his face, which cheered up Changsun Chong and did not feel too cold. The streets and alleys inside the city gate that were previously dark had now turned into a huge furnace, which was probably consumed.
All the vegetable oil and houses in Pingrang City were burned in raging fires, and even the bricks and stones on the streets were on fire.
Thousands of soldiers of the Tang Army who rushed into the city were tossing and wailing in the fire. The slippery vegetable oil on the ground made the horses unsteady and fell down. The soldiers rolled to the ground and were covered with vegetable oil. Countless Goguryeo troops surrounded them from all sides, wave after wave.
Bo's rocket soared into the sky and fell into the Tang army's array, setting fire to all the men and horses covered in vegetable oil.
The Tang army, which dominated the world, was like an animal rolling around in the sea of fire, wailing and being slaughtered.
Changsun Chong's eyelids twitched wildly. He endured the convulsions in his chest and abdomen and ran to the north window again, overlooking the battle below the city.
Countless Tang troops climbed up the city along the ladders, but never reached the top of the city. Halfway through, they were hit by arrows, rolling logs, and stones from the Goguryeo army, and they all fell to the bottom of the city, causing heavy casualties.
Seeing this scene, Changsun Chong's pupils dilated, his face turned pale, his lips trembled slightly, and his heart fell into an ice cave.
These heavy losses were all caused by his misunderstanding of Yuon Gaesumun's plan. After this battle, regardless of whether Pingrang City was captured or Goguryeo fell, if the responsibility was investigated, his eldest son, Sun Chong, would definitely bear the brunt and there was no way to escape.
Due to such losses, there is no hope for his eldest son, Sun Chong, to return to Chang'an. Even the family will also suffer, and his father will even kneel before His Majesty and beg for forgiveness...
Behind him, Yeon Gaesumun said slowly: "Now that the matter is over, what do you care about Dalang?"
What's the point?
Changsun Chong laughed miserably and returned to the table in despair. He lowered his head and said nothing, saying in a harsh voice: "Kill or behead, please do as you wish!"
"hehe!"
Yeon Gaesumun let out a sarcastic smile and said calmly: "Don't act like you are not afraid of life and death in front of me. Do you think I will respect you as a man and let you live? It's a daydream. Besides,
If you are really not afraid of life and death, when I entered the door just now, you should have rushed forward without fear of death, trying to die with me, but you chose to turn around and break the window. Even now, although you are unarmed, you can still rush forward.
Bite my throat with your teeth and give an explanation to the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who died because of you... But you didn't. Since you cherish your life, why don't you kneel in front of me and beg for mercy, and see if you can impress my kindness.
But he insists on being generous and willing to die, which is really hypocritical."
Changsun Chong's thoughts were discovered and he was ashamed and speechless.
Just as Yeon Gae So-moon said, if he really wanted to die, he should have risked his life when Yeon Gae So-moon entered the door just now. Since his first reaction at that time was to break through the window and escape, he had already completely lost his mind.
A generous will to die.
Even though I knew it was impossible to survive, there was still a trace of extravagant hope in my heart.
Ants are still greedy for life...
Yuan Gaisuwen glanced at Changsun Chong, with almost no concealment of sarcasm in his eyes. He waved his hand and asked the soldiers around him to pour a cup of tea. He picked up the tea cup and took a sip, saying: "You are such an unfaithful and unjust person.
I have seen too many people and killed too many people in my life. In my eyes, they are almost the same as dolphins and dogs. When someone comes, push this person out and behead him in public. His head is thrown on the Seven Star Gate for all the soldiers of the Tang army to see.
They thought they had sneaked into Pingrang City to respond, but what will happen to them!"
"Here!"
Several soldiers rushed forward and dragged Changsun Chong out.
Changsun Chong was like a zombie, not struggling, already resigned to his fate.
He was afraid of death, but he knew that no matter how much he begged, Yeon Gaesumun, the murderous demon king, would not be tempted in the slightest. Instead of suffering the ridicule of this man before he died, it would be better to take a quick stab.
Although it may hurt...
Boy Yuan was silent on the side, watching Changsun Chong being dragged out like a dolphin dog to be executed. He opened his mouth and wanted to ask for mercy, but suddenly realized that he was not able to protect himself at the moment. His father's eyes were red when he killed people.
, but regardless of whether he is a biological father or a biological son, he can only keep his mouth shut.
Suddenly, a cheer came from outside the city tower: "The Tang army has retreated!"
Then, there was a deafening cheer.
"The Tang army has retreated!"
"The Tang army has retreated!"
Yeon Gaesumun had just put the tea cup to his mouth. He was stunned when he heard this. He quickly put the tea cup down, stood up and asked, "What happened?"
A school captain hurriedly walked in from outside the city tower, with an uncontrollable joy on his face: "Qi Da Mo Li Zhi, the Tang army attacking the city has retreated!"
Yeon Gaesumun took three steps at a time and came to the north window. He faced the cold wind and heavy snow and looked out. He saw that under the already bright sky, countless Tang troops were fading away like the tide, and even the siege equipment was abandoned on the spot...
What happened that caused the Tang army to suddenly withdraw, not even caring about the people in the city?
Yuan Gaisuwen was confused, thought for a while, waved his hand and said: "Let's keep Changsun Chong for now, maybe it will be of some use."
"Here!"
"Order the troops in the city to start an encirclement and suppression campaign and annihilate the Tang troops in the city as soon as possible!"
"Here!"
"Let the scouts out to spy on the strength of the Tang army. The most important thing is to find out why Xue Wanche's troops suddenly withdrew. If my prediction is true, there must be a major change within the Tang army!"
"Here!"
…
After issuing a series of orders, Yeon Gaesumun glanced coldly at the quail-like eldest son Yeon Boy beside him, snorted coldly, fluttered his sleeves, and strode out of the tower.
Boy Yuan's shirt was soaked with cold sweat. Seeing Yeon Gaesumun's figure disappearing from the door, he couldn't help but let out a long breath. He felt that his legs were so weak that he could hardly stand, but his heart was filled with ecstasy.
As long as his father didn't kill him in anger, he would probably not be cruel again, and his life would probably be saved...