Chapter 1131 The general is born with courage
Li Shimin rushed to Baiyan City.
Li Simo was shot in the waist by an arrow, seriously injured, and unconscious, the striker Tang Jun stopped attacking the city. The emperor pulled everyone away, saw Li Simo covered in blood, and personally cleaned the wound for his brother-in-law.
"Beware of the poison on the arrow!"
According to the doctor’s diagnosis, the Goguryeo people soaked the arrowhead in gold juice. Golden juice is feces. Human feces, cattle, horses, and livestock feces can be seen everywhere on the battlefield. Before the battle, collect some of these things and boil them to make golden juice. During the battle, you can either directly pour them on the enemy, or put arrows on them. Dip it in.
Arrows soaked in gold juice will increase the chance of wound infection and inflammation. Although the ancients did not know the word inflammation and infection, they still knew the effect.
Although this kind of arrow is not as powerful as those that are sprayed with other poisons, it is better to take anywhere, and after being hit by this kind of arrow, the wound will indeed greatly increase the chance of infection. If it is not treated in time, the casualty rate will be greatly increased.
Li Simo was shot in the waist by an arrow, which was already seriously injured, and the arrow was soaked in gold juice, so after all this time, it was obvious that the wound was red and swollen.
Li Shimin is also a seasoned veteran. After hearing this, he lowered his head and sucked the blood from the wound for Li Simo without hesitation.
"Your Majesty!"
"No way!"
There were bursts of exclamations.
But the emperor still sucked the wound one mouthful after another, sucking the blood out and spitting it aside. After sucking for a while, the blood from the wound was sucked clean. Li Shimin personally applied Jinchuang medicine for Li Simo and bandaged it, and then retreated to the side.
Qin Lang handed the emperor water to rinse his mouth.
is also very surprised and admired.
"Send the prince to recuperate!"
Li Shimin rinsed his mouth, his face was extremely ugly.
"Send orders, attack the city."
"After the city is broken, all Goguryeo soldiers and civilians in the city will be rewarded as slaves, and all property will be rewarded to the soldiers!"
With this order, all the soldiers screamed.
The emperor just kissed Li Simo's wound, and now he has offered such a touching reward, who wouldn't be tempted. Before conquering Liaodong City, everyone only shared half of the floating wealth of Liaodong City, and everyone has saved a lot of money under their names.
Although Baiyan City is small, it is said that there are more than ten thousand soldiers and civilians.
Nearly 200,000 troops surrounded the city of Baiyan by dozens of layers.
The emperor dispatched all the generals to unite the army and went to sweep the surrounding castles and fortresses. This time the emperor was really angry.
Killing Gao Wenxin, the emperor doesn't care, but hurting Li Simo, it is unforgivable.
Throwing carts, bed crossbows and other heavy equipment hadn't arrived for a while, but it was still amazing that hundreds of thousands of Tang troops surrounded a white rock city and attacked it violently.
Baiyan City is a mountain city, very dangerous, but it is much worse than Liaodong City. Although Liaodong City is a flat city, it has trenches and tall walls, while Baiyan City is built on the mountain itself. Not very oblique.
Although the city wall is quite high, it can't hold back the many Tang soldiers. Except for the side facing the cliff, the other three sides are surrounded by people like ants.
Countless crossbowmen kept pouring their bows and arrows at the mountain.
Sun Daiyin was also frightened by this overwhelming and fierce offensive. He thought that he could watch and help Anshi because of the danger of the mountain city. Who would have expected that this posture would really feel like the ground is falling apart. possibility of being captured.
After only persisting for less than half a day, Sun Daiyin raised a white flag on the top of the city, and then sent envoys to the foot of the mountain to ask for surrender.
"Bai Yan is willing to surrender!"
Li Shimin wanted to kill Sun Daiyin at this time, but he heard that the city was willing to surrender, but he still suppressed his anger.
"Okay, I will give Sun Daiyin a chance!"
Now Cheng Yaojin couldn't stand it any longer, so he hurried to remonstrate.
"Saint, absolutely not."
"The soldiers fought for the arrows and stones, regardless of life and death. The city was about to fall, but they changed their surrender. Wouldn't it be cold to the soldiers?"
"Once the morale of the army is let down, it will be difficult to gather next time."
Li Shimin said, "I just can't bear the sacrifice of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty in vain. Now that Baiyan City is willing to surrender, I can bear the casualties of many soldiers."
Yu Chigong also persuaded, "But the sage had previously promised to distribute all the money and money of the population in Baiyan City to the soldiers, but now that he is surrendered, the soldiers will not be rewarded, I'm afraid they will feel dissatisfied."
Li Shimin pondered.
After accepting the surrender, you can’t keep your promises and reward the soldiers and civilians in Baiyan City as slaves to divide up the property in the city, right?
The emperor looked at Qin Lang.
"I have a suggestion. If Sun Dai Yinguo is really willing to surrender, it will indeed reduce many unnecessary casualties, but you should also have faith in the promise of rewards to the soldiers. After the enemy leaves the city and surrenders, the sage can withdraw a considerable sum from the treasury. To distribute the money to the soldiers, so that the best of both worlds can be achieved.”
Changsun Wuji objected, thinking that these soldiers should not be too arrogant, because there is no reason for the imperial court to pay for this hole from the treasury.
Li Shimin waved his hand.
"I will reward it with the money from my internal treasury, and redeem this city!"
However, Changsun Wuji still expressed his objection, "Even if Baiyan City is surrendered, it can be considered according to Liaodong City, and it should not be given such preferential treatment. Besides, will it hurt my general? After the city is opened, Sun Daiyin will be beheaded, and the soldiers defending the city will still be sold. As a slave, only the people in the city can be exempted from prosecution!"
The monarch and his ministers are in dispute.
Finally, Li Shimin decided to confer on Sun Daiyin the fifth rank of guerrilla general. The soldiers and civilians in Baiyan City surrendered voluntarily and were exempted from being slaves, so they all moved to the Central Plains for resettlement.
"If Sun Daiyin is able to surrender, he will set up this Tang flag on the city tower, open the city gate and surrender. If he resists and does not surrender, after the city is broken, those who hold weapons will be slaves!"
The envoy returned to the city with the Tang flag bestowed by the emperor.
Sun Daiyin and other city guards frowned after hearing what the envoy said.
They all agreed to surrender and surrender, and this is the end?
Relocating to the Central Plains is considered the best treatment?
This is different from what they imagined.
"But with our strength, how can we defend? The 100,000 defenders of Liaodong City were all defeated in one battle." Sun Daiyin hesitated.
"Mo Lizhi has already dispatched reinforcements, and they should be here soon."
Another person said, "Today's frost is heavy, and the weather is getting colder and colder!"
"Yes, it will snow soon."
"The Tang people won't stay for long."
Sun Daiyin hesitated for a long time, but finally agreed with everyone. He tore up the Tang flag and made people throw it into the city, expressing that he would stick to it to the end.
Li Shimin was furious when he heard that, and urged people to bring the lathe, crossbow, etc. to attack the city as soon as possible.
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Qibi He Li led 800 Qingqi along the Taizi River to the east, mopping up the guards.
"Report!"
"A Liao army was found in the east, about 10,000, and it seems to have come from the east for reinforcements."
When Qibi Heli heard this, he was very excited. He led the troops out and didn't meet any Goguryeo soldiers. He was just bored.
This general of the Tiele nationality was originally a Hu outside the Great Wall. His grandfather once led the army against the Turks with the grandfather of Yi Nan, and he was called Khan.
When Qibi Heli was nine years old, his father Mohedutqin Qibige died, so he succeeded to the throne of Khan and was later reduced to Daqi Lifa.
At the beginning of Zhenguan, he and his mother led 6,000 tents to Hexi to join the Tang Dynasty, and Qibi Heli was appointed as the general who led the left army. Since then, Qibi Heli has been fighting for the Tang Dynasty. He fought against Tuyuhun with Qin Lang, and conquered Gaochang with Cheng Yaojin.
Because of this, he was married to the head of Lintao County by the emperor. When the Tang Dynasty marched into the Western Regions, he led the Qibi tribe as a forward, and recruited many Tiele tribes to return to Tang Dynasty. Therefore, he was named the Little Khan of the Western Regions and the title of County King.
"Follow me to defeat the enemy!"
Deputy General Xue Wanbei reminded, "The enemy has 10,000 troops, and I only patrol 800 cavalry. There is a huge difference in strength. Why don't you go back and report to the saint?"
"What about ten thousand people? Does Goguryeo still have soldiers that can fight? I can defeat ten thousand enemies with eight hundred!" Qibi Heli decided to fight hard.
He led the 800 riders to advance instead of retreating, marched along the river, found a narrow terrain, and ambushed the 800 riders in the forest under the mountain, quietly waiting for the arrival of Goguryeo reinforcements.
Goguryeo's reinforcements, more than ten thousand, rushed from the east and were about to rush to Liaodong City for reinforcements, but they didn't know that Liaodong City had been captured at this time, and the Tang army was already besieging Baiyan City.
"kill!"
Qibi Heli roared loudly, and the soldiers took the lead in attacking the Goguryeo army.
Eight hundred fine riders go down the mountain like a tiger.
The Koguryo army was caught off guard, and the two sides fought in a melee.
Qibi Heli led his subordinates to rush from left to right, constantly cutting the Goguryeo army.
"Ahead is the general of the Goguryeo Army, follow me, and capture the flag!"
With the rise of killing, Qibi Heli ran directly to the flag of the chief general of the enemy army, charging all the way, unstoppable.
The Goguryeo general on the opposite side didn't expect the Tang army to be so brave. A mere thousand or so people dared to raid ten times the number of their own troops, but they were beaten and retreated steadily.
"Spear array!"
When the general Goguryeo saw the Tang cavalry rushing towards him, he couldn't help being frightened, so he had to shout again and again.
Countless spearmen moved closer to the flag, each with their spears standing upright.
Qibi Heli came all the way, slashing left and right with a Mo knife, and Goguryeo soldiers fell one after another along the way.
General Goguryeo stood under the flag, looked at this general, and couldn't help gnashing his teeth. He stared closely with his bow and arrow, and took advantage of his unpreparedness, suddenly shot his horse with an arrow.
Qibi He Li was rushing fiercely, but unexpectedly an arrow shot, hitting his mount. The war horse groaned and fell to its knees, Qi Bi was unstable.
Countless spears came from the slanting stab, and he swung left and right to block, but the horse had already fallen, and he was finally trapped in a tight siege.
A spear pierced his bright armor, deep into the waist.
Qibi discarded Mo Dao, drew out the Heng Dao and continued to fight.
Xue Wanbei, who was in the distance, saw Qibi Heli falling off his horse, roared, and charged forward on his horse.
He single-handedly slashed a **** path all the way, and abruptly killed Qibi Heli, "Let's go!"
Xue Wanbei pulled Qibi Heli onto his horse, waved the horse in his hand and rushed out again, cutting a **** path.
The main general was injured, and Tang Qi retreated.
Xue Wanbei took Qibi Heli to the mountain. Qibi looked at the Goguryeo army chasing them and surrounded them at the foot of the mountain, feeling extremely angry.
"Goguryeo boy, dare to sneak attack!"
After the wound was bandaged, Qibi Heli yelled, "Put on armor for me!"
"General? Don't fight any more, wait for help here."
"Fart, there is no reason to sit and wait for death, not to mention that a certain person was just injured by a shameless Liao thief's back arrow, come, put on my armor and fight with me!"
Qibi Heli put on his armor again, then changed his mount, got on his horse, and waved his knife, "Follow me and go down the mountain, charge!"
Qibi Heli took the lead again, Xue Wanbei could only follow closely behind, and the remaining six or seven hundred riders also got on their horses and galloped down the hillside.
The Goguryeo people never expected that these hundreds of Tang cavalry chiefs were shot and retreated to the mountain, and they dared to charge again at this time.
Hundreds of Tang cavalry swooped down from the heights, relentlessly advancing, the Goguryeo army couldn't resist, and retreated one after another. Qibi Heli led the army to kill the flag of the commander who stabbed him in the back.
Qi Bi led the army in hot pursuit all the way, and chased for thirty miles, and finally cut off the enemy general's banner and captured the enemy general alive.
Ten thousand Goguryeo reinforcements collapsed, and more than a thousand people were killed.
If it wasn't dark, there would be more victories.
Qibi Heli cut the general to capture the flag and go back, but the Goguryeo army was scattered in the mountains and no one dared to stop it.
(end of this chapter)