Cheng Chuliang looked confused, not quite understanding what the prince wanted to do.
Qin Huaiyu's face showed a thoughtful look, and he probably guessed a little bit.
Then, Li Min ordered the three thousand Korean soldiers who had surrendered to take off their military uniforms.
This time, even Cheng Chuliang saw something.
Is Your Highness going to pretend to be a Goryeo soldier and sneak into Liaodong City?
It's a good idea, but there aren't any familiar faces here. Can you get away with it?
Soon, Li Min ordered three thousand Tang soldiers to change into Goryeo military uniforms.
Then we deliberately found some seriously injured Goryeo soldiers. These soldiers all sat on the Tang army's mounts, two per rider.
These people are familiar faces to the Liaodong City defenders in front.
At the same time, if the battle is lost, it is impossible not to have seriously injured people to make up for this shortcoming.
At the same time, Li Min also ordered people to bring their general Pu Yipiao with him.
In the end, Li Min let Park Yisheng lead the team.
I believe that with Pu Yisheng, there is a high chance that he can call the gate of Liaodong City.
And as long as the gates of Liaodong City can be opened, the entire Liaodong City will be destroyed without attack.
Soon, the team came out.
Behind this team, 37,000 Tang troops were divided into two teams and stood far behind.
As long as they can trick the city gates into opening, the army can rush into Liaodong City in the shortest possible time.
An hour later, the three thousand cavalry in front had arrived at Liaodong City.
On the way, these Tang cavalrymen, in order to prevent their flaws from being discovered by the defenders of Liaodong City, deliberately painted their faces with blood or mud, making them look extremely miserable.
At this time, on the city wall of Liaodong City, the Korean guards saw three thousand cavalry coming from a distance, with a look of surprise on their faces.
"Look! Isn't that the cavalry we sent out?"
"How could it be so miserable?"
"Where is General Park who is leading the army? Why didn't he see anyone else?"
"Who is the person at the front?"
"Why does it look like City Master Park?"
"That's not right. If City Lord Pu doesn't defend the city, why is he running to our Liaodong City?"
Soon, Pu Yisheng led an army of three thousand to the city.
"Listen to the defenders on the city. Open the city gate quickly and let us enter the city!"
At this time, the guards on the city wall were shocked and confused.
For a moment, I didn't know whether to open the city gate or not.
Seeing this scene, Park Yisheng couldn't help but said angrily: "What are you doing? Why haven't you opened the city gate yet? Aren't you afraid that the city lord will chop off your heads after entering the city?"
Pu Yisheng was so angry that the defenders on the city wall were really scared.
He is the lord of a city. If he really wants to chop off his head, I'm afraid no one can save him.
But the matter was serious, so the defenders on the city wall still asked one more question:
"May I ask Lord Park, where is our General Park?"
Pu Yisheng secretly praised Li Min for his carefulness, then waved his hand and said, "Bring General Pu up."
Not long after, Pu Yipiao was carried up.
Park Yisheng couldn't help but said: "General Park is seriously injured and his life is in danger. He needs immediate treatment! If the treatment is delayed and General Park loses his life, will your head be chopped off enough?"
"Now that Wugu City has been breached, I, the city lord, fought my way out under the protection of General Park. Now I will discuss countermeasures with your city lord immediately! If the military plane is delayed, how many heads do you have, do you have enough to cut off?"
"It's indeed General Park!"
"Yes, it's really General Park! I didn't expect him to be injured so seriously!"
"I didn't expect that Wugu City has been destroyed. Can we still defend Liaodong City?"
"Hurry up and open the city gate and let Lord Park come in?"
"Yes, otherwise, if Pu is blamed, we can't afford it!"
Soon, the east gate of Liaodong City opened wide from the inside.
A group of guard soldiers came out to greet him.
Pu Yisheng nodded slightly, and then led the army into Liaodong City from the East City Gate.
What the welcoming soldiers did not expect was that they had just entered the city gate.
Their colleagues suddenly raised their butcher's knives high against them and killed them all under their horses.
Moreover, more than a thousand cavalrymen quickly jumped off their horses and charged towards the city wall.
The remaining cavalrymen guarded the city gates respectively.
At the same time, the roar of cavalry was heard in the distance.
Judging from the sound, a large number of cavalry must be coming to kill them.
"You can't kill me! We are in the same team, in the same team!"
"You can't kill your own people!"
"What are you going to do? Feed Smecta, one of our own!"
"They're fake! They're all fake!"
"We were fooled. They are all fake! They are pretended to be Tang Jun!"
At this time, the defenders on the city wall could already see the large group of Tang cavalry swarming in the distance.
They finally woke up and realized that they had all been deceived.
City Lord Pu is afraid that he has rebelled. These people are all pretending to be Tang Jun.
Unfortunately, they realized it too late.
There were only about 500 soldiers guarding the north gate.
After entering the city gate, a group of them were killed.
The remaining people did not make the correct judgment the first time.
By the time they finally woke up, it was too late.
Soon, everyone fell under the sword of the Tang army.
A large group of Tang Army cavalry in the distance had already rushed to the city gate and then filed in.
Fully 40,000 Tang troops entered Liaodong City from the north gate of Liaodong City.
At this time, the number of defenders in Liaodong City was less than 20,000.
The Tang army deceived the city gate too quickly.
It was almost to the point where their city lord, Qiqi Zhongxiang, had no reaction at all.
By the time they saw the Tang Dynasty cavalry, the two sides had reached the point of close combat and were caught off guard.
What made them vomit blood even more was that three thousand Tang troops disguised as Goryeo soldiers were hiding in the city.
The real Goryeo soldiers were completely undefended against them.
Then they got close to them and immediately started slaughtering them.
Both the Tang army massacred them and their own people stabbed them. For a time, the Goryeo soldiers were directly blinded.
The Tang army just killed them, why did their own people kill them too?
When they finally figured out that there were actually some Tang troops in disguise, the Goryeo soldiers had been completely defeated.
Even their city lord Qiqi Zhongxiang is a rare and fierce general.
There is no way to deal with this kind of chaos.
In the end, Qin Huaiyu led his men to kill through the passage and opened the west gate of Liaodong City.
Xue Rengui, who was outside the city, led 50,000 soldiers and horses and fought in through the west gate.
At this point, Liaodong City had no resistance at all and had completely fallen.
However, their city lord Qiqi Zhongxiang was hidden among the rebel army and protected by his own soldiers.
They took off their military uniforms, pretended to be civilians, and wandered around the city. For a while, no one noticed this.
However, what Li Min wanted was to capture Liaodong City.
As for running away, he really didn't care.
It only took them five or six days to capture Liaodong City and Wugu City.
As for some surrounding small towns, Li Min didn't bother to attack them for the time being.
Later, they can directly attack Pyongyang, the capital of Goryeo.
Li Min estimated that the number of defenders in Pyongyang City was at most 50,000 or 60,000, and definitely not more than 100,000.
For them, it is not very difficult to capture the city of Pyongyang.
Next, Li Min did not directly attack Pyongyang City.
Instead, we should rectify Liaodong City and Wugu City first.
By the way, Pu Yisheng was sent to start persuading the surrounding towns to surrender.
The work of persuading surrender went very smoothly.
Even Liaodong City and Wugu City were captured by the Tang Dynasty, and even Pyongyang City was in danger.
In small towns like these, there is really no need to persist.
Therefore, it only took half a month for Li Min to capture all the surrounding small towns without any bloodshed.
Next, Li Min telegraphed to Emperor Li Ke, asking him to send troops to take over Liaodong City, Wugu City, and nearby small cities.
And Li Min was going to attack Pyongyang, the capital of Goguryeo.
After receiving Li Min's report, Emperor Li Ke couldn't help but be overjoyed and quickly dispatched manpower to the two cities.
Now, as long as we capture Pyongyang, we can destroy Goguryeo in one fell swoop.
For Li Ke, this is definitely great news.
After the officers and soldiers accepted by the imperial court arrived, Li Min led 100,000 troops and began to attack Pyongyang.
The King of Goguryeo in Pyongyang, the Treasure King, was very scared and worried.
Goguryeo had a coup seven years ago.
The minister Yeon Gae Suwen killed the old king and supported the treasure king to ascend to the throne.
The nominal king, King Hobo, is nothing more than a puppet supported by Yeon Gae So-moon.
All the real power is in the hands of Yeon Gae Suwon.
After receiving the news that the Tang army had advanced towards Pyongyang, Yeon Gaesomun was ready to defend to the death.
At this time, Qiqi Zhongxiang, the lord of Liaodong City, had quietly escaped back.
Yeon Gaesumun has learned about the true combat effectiveness of the Tang army.
The Tang army was originally extremely powerful in combat. They fought hundreds of battles with the Tang Dynasty, and always lost more than they won.
But judging from the news obtained from Qiqi Zhongxiang, the Tang army coming this time will be more powerful than the previous Tang army.
You absolutely cannot confront them head-on.
The best way is to guard against it.
Moreover, this Tang army was very cunning. They would disguise themselves as their Korean soldiers to defraud the city gate.
Be sure to watch out for this.
A few days later, Li Min led 100,000 elite troops to the front of Pyongyang City.
Pyongyang is located in a plain, and as the capital of Goguryeo, Pyongyang Castle was built generously and majesticly.
It is not easy to break the city with ordinary siege methods.
Even if it succeeds, it will inevitably come at a huge price.
Li Min released an unmanned reconnaissance aircraft and surveyed the terrain of Pyongyang City.
He couldn't help but frowned slightly.
The sharpest means of attack are fire and water.
But attacking with fire is not easy.
There is too much water in Pyongyang.
There is also a Daedong River that spans the entire city of Pyongyang.
Divide the entire city into two.
Um?
This situation is very similar to when I was in Nanzhao.
Can we copy the city-breaking routine of that time?
After careful study, Li Min could only helplessly shake his head.
First of all, the Datong River is very wide, with the river surface being dozens of meters wide.
It is simply impossible to cut off the Datong River.
Moreover, the city of Pyongyang is also very large, and it is impossible for the river to spread to the entire city of Pyongyang.
If we cannot do these two things, we will naturally not be able to set fire through the river water.
However, the river is so wide, which makes it a good breakthrough point.
Of course, Goguryeo was also on guard against this.
They installed iron fences on the river.
Like an iron chain across the river, it is absolutely impossible for ships to enter Pyongyang through this place.
And this iron fence seems to have been installed temporarily.
Normally, it is estimated that their ships can enter and leave the city at will.
Even if you want soldiers to dive across the Taedong River, it is impossible.
On both sides of the Datong River in the city, there were soldiers guarding the city.
Not only are there bows and arrows, but there are also tung oil and other items.
It is almost impossible to enter Pyongyang through the river.
However, for Li Min, it is often possible to turn decay into magic and the impossible into possibility.
Because Li Min wanted to send soldiers into Pyongyang City without anyone noticing, but it was actually very simple.
Just a few submarines are enough.
It's a pity that this time it came in a hurry.
The last time he rescued Cui Shiniang, he bought a submarine, but he didn't bring it with him this time.
If you want to use the submarine on this day, you must purchase it again.
After careful consideration, Li Min decided to build a plank road to cross Chencang secretly.
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On the second day, 80,000 soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty gathered under the city of Pyongyang.
Pyongyang Fortress Gaesumun was very nervous and quickly gathered the soldiers and horses in Pyongyang City to defend the city on the city wall.
However, the Tang army only prepared troops under the city, but did not launch an attack.
The defenders of Pyongyang City were not in a hurry either.
In fact, they are very happy to waste money with Datang. When the time comes, Datang will definitely be the one who cannot afford it.
What they didn't know was that Datang's first submarine had already carried ten Huya Special Forces soldiers and quietly sneaked into Pyongyang.
The entrance to Pyongyang City from the Daedong River was chained across the river by Goryeo.
But underwater, they don't have any restrictions.
Because they have never been in contact with a submarine, they have no idea that there is another kind of ship in the world that can sneak underwater.
The submarine easily sneaked into Pyongyang.
Then, they constantly observed the situation on the shore based on the submarine's water perspective.
After a while, they found an open place with dense water and grass and no one around.
Then the ten people wore water, quietly disembarked from the boat, and lurked among the water plants.
And these ten people were all wearing the clothes of Goryeo soldiers.
Their appearance is no different from the Koreans.
And they are all Huya Special Forces soldiers, and what they are best at is lurking and camouflaging.
And then, the submarine returned the same way it came.
On the second trip, the Sansou submarine came and transported thirty Huya Special Forces soldiers at once.
For a whole day, the Tang Dynasty formed a formation and stared at Goryeo, and Goryeo did not dare to neglect it.
The two sides have been confronting each other.
In a whole day, three submarines transported a thousand members of the Tiger Tooth Special Forces.
These special forces members lurk patiently during the day.
At night, they dressed in Goryeo soldier uniforms, broke into pieces, and began to approach the place where Goryeo stored grain and grass.
Soon, they began to assassinate the Korean soldiers who were defending the granary.
They were a group of ten, patiently lurking, and once they took action.
Just like a poisonous snake, lightning strikes and kills with one blow.
They are very patient.
As for Goryeo, they never expected that the Tang army would be able to sneak in so many people.
Therefore, their defenses are quite lax.
It took them most of the night to eliminate all one thousand defending soldiers.
Then soon, a raging fire broke out in the granary.
The fire quickly alarmed Goryeo, and Yeon Gaesooun immediately sent soldiers to put out the fire.
"What's going on? How did the fire start?"
"How many Tang troops are lurking in my city of Pyongyang?"
"Are there only four people among a thousand people in charge of military rations?"
"It's just that you can't take care of the granary. Don't you even send out a signal for help?"
"Arrange manpower immediately to eliminate all the Tang troops who have sneaked in!"
Yeon Gaesumun was very angry. At the same time, he also knew in his heart that the people who sneaked in were too harmful to them, and they must be eliminated.
At the same time, Yeon Gae Somun immediately ordered people to completely block the entrance to the Daedong River and the bottom of the water.
Although he didn't know how Tang Jun did it, Yeon Gaesumun clearly realized that they must have lurked in the water.
However, the encirclement and suppression that followed greatly exceeded Yeon Gaesumun's expectations.
He never expected that these invading Tang troops would be so cunning.
The invading Tang troops were broken into pieces. Instead of hiding, they boldly attacked.
While the Goryeo soldiers were putting out the fire, they wore Goryeo costumes and secretly assassinated the Goryeo soldiers who were putting out the fire.
The most annoying thing is that they are difficult to detect.
Even if it is discovered, it will not be of much use.
Because once discovered, they can quickly hide.
They all wore the same military uniforms, so once they blended into the crowd, it would be difficult to spot them.
What's even more annoying is that they have many companions who support and help each other.
At the end of the day, unless the Korean soldiers knew each other as comrades.
Otherwise, they would not be able to trust each other at all.
They sent people to destroy them all night long, but not only did they not catch any of the invading Tang troops, they actually lost more than a thousand soldiers.
In one night, they lost more than 2,000 people.
Yeon Gae So Moon was very angry.
Are all his Korean soldiers pigs?
Not even a single person was caught, but more than a thousand people were killed?
They must have taken advantage of it being night to fish in troubled waters.
By the time dawn comes, they will surely have nothing to hide from, right?
The next day, Yeon Gaesumun directly sent 10,000 soldiers to search for the Tang soldiers who had infiltrated the city.
But the result surprised Yeon Gaesumun.
For a whole day, they still didn't catch anyone, and in one day, more than a hundred of them were assassinated again.
More than ten shops in the city caught fire.
This time, some of them directly dressed up as their fellow Goryeo people.
They spent a whole day and night trying to catch him, but they couldn't catch anyone.
We don't even know how many Tang troops there are in Pyongyang.
These people are like loaches, slippery and careless.
It is really difficult to find them.
Unless they do nothing and a hundred thousand soldiers are used to search them.
But Yeon Gaesomun knew very well that defending the city gate was the top priority.
He must maintain the defensive strength of the city gate and prevent these invading Tang troops from taking advantage of it.
He even had to maintain a certain amount of defensive power on the city wall to prevent the Tang army outside from launching a sudden siege.
Therefore, the amount of troops he can invest is really limited.
This tactic of the Tang Dynasty is really disgusting to Yeon Gaesumun.
How disgusted were you?
These Tang troops couldn't be seen at all before they launched an attack!
After launching the attack, by the time their men arrived, they had already disappeared.
These people even arrogantly ate and rested in their military camps.
They couldn't find it until they left.
Yeon Gae So-moon wanted to use passwords to differentiate.
But this method is of no use at all.
Because the other party can quickly figure out their password.
Well, the Huya Special Forces went through all kinds of training on infiltration, disguise, etc.
They may even feel that Goryeo's password is too low-level.
It's so simple that they think it's bullying.
Because when we meet, we only need to shout: "Stop, password!"
You can deceive the first password, and then kill people and silence them.
When you encounter the second wave, let them ask and shout the password first, and then ask the other party for a reply.
In this way, a complete password is created, which is too simple and has no technical content at all.
As for Goguryeo, they began to change their passwords frequently.
In the end, he actually got himself involved, and many times he was killed accidentally!
"That's too much! You're such a Smecta!"
Yeon Gaesoo was so angry that he began to think of abandoning the city and fleeing.
Of course it was not just because of the thousands of invading Tang troops.
Because Yeon Gaesumun has realized that Goguryeo may not be saved and will perish at the hands of the Tang Dynasty.
He had already made preparations to abandon the city and flee.
But now, the Tang army, which has been infiltrated by unknown numbers, has made people panic and the chickens and dogs are restless.
Even some generals and high-ranking officials of Goguryeo were assassinated by them.
Even within the palace, they dare not say whether there are any of their lurking people.
His own life safety has been threatened to a certain extent.
In the end, Yeon Gaesumun decided to abandon the city and flee.
Yeon Gae So Moon had already prepared to run away, so he had already packed everything he needed to bring.
Then he directly led one hundred thousand Korean soldiers and evacuated hastily from the east gate.
Before leaving, he did not take their Emperor's Treasure King with him.
At this point, the city of Pyongyang became an empty city.
This is also the first time that special operations have been carried out by Yang Wei in this era.
Let the world understand the horror of special operations.
If there are no corresponding protective measures, special operations can plunge a city into collapse.
…
As soon as Yeon Gaesomun left, the Tang army easily broke through Pyongyang and took control of the entire city of Pyongyang.
At this point, Goguryeo collapsed.
The task assigned by the emperor has actually been successfully completed.
