After getting off the telescope at my waist, I looked around, and there was nothing unusual. I breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the floating bridge was still there, even if there were Goguryeo soldiers guarding the bridge, they could still break through. These ten thousand elite cavalry were among the elite elites of the Tang Dynasty, and some of them were veterans who followed Su Dingfang to attack Xue Yantuo for thousands of miles. They had rich combat experience and were extraordinary bravery.

The troops were gathering quickly. At this time, the guide who was heading to explore the road ran back, and while running, he called: "Sir, please cross it quickly. The opposite side of the message was that Goguryeo cavalry was coming here, about five miles from the pontoon bridge."

When I heard this, I almost subconsciously held the saber on my waist. With a clatter, the long sword was unsheathed. Su Dingfang next to me had already changed his face, and his solemn air was on his face: "All army advance! One thousand people in the front army, follow me to cross the bridge immediately and guard the east bank of the bridge!"

"No!!!" More than a thousand soldiers around me heard Su Dingfang's general order and drew their swords together. The guide turned over and led the way first and rushed away. I followed the front army. Sure enough, after passing through a not-wide tree-lined path, the floating bridge was right in front.

As Su Dingfang waved his arm vigorously, the two horses ran forward in parallel. Fortunately, although the Liao River was turbulent, it was not wide. One war horse could cross it in just over ten breaths. Soon, a thousand cavalry had passed and went up the river bank and the high slopes beside him. Here were the personnel from the Zuoyuan who were detecting the enemy situation. Su Dingfang raised the telescope in his hand and chuckled and said, "The enemy cavalry is only a thousand cavalry. I think it was just a patrol to see if there were any enemy conditions on the east bank of the Liao River. They did not find us. We can wait for the entire army to cross the Liao River. As long as my cavalry reached the east bank, even if there were tens of thousands of people from Goguryeo, Su could defeat his army." Su Dingfang's famous Tang general who wrote his confidence and pride all over his body looked proud.

I nodded and agreed with Su Dingfang's words. This is not a brag. The Tang Dynasty fought countless times with the surrounding areas. No matter which time, it was not that the army led by Uncle Li was recruited from the elites of Chang'an. They were all brave soldiers who were eager to use their blood and military achievements to decorate their honors and medals.

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Uncle Li accepted my suggestion when he was in Chang'an and posted a notice when recruiting soldiers: In this battle, anyone who participates and can make meritorious contributions will receive a medal representing the conquest of Goguryeo, which will be used to commend their merits and honors, and the medals will be kept by the soldiers themselves. Many people are talking about this matter. However, the atmosphere during recruiting soldiers is indeed much warmer than before. Moreover, any soldier hopes that when he is old, he can recall his passionate past and experience from this small medal.

The Goguryeo cavalry several miles away passed by us leisurely. This little episode did not bring anything, but instead made us more aware of the Goguryeo army. Su Dingfang gave two comments: "The army is not in a state of consistency, and the soldiers are not in a fight!"

"This is, the former king has not been killed. Now, the news of asking me to suppress the rebellion in the Tang Dynasty has spread throughout the country in Goguryeo. There are many people in the former kings. If Gao Wu appeared here, it would be great if there were five of these soldiers who could listen to their generals." I smiled proudly.

"Haha..." Su Dingfang smiled and nodded, rolled his head off, and walked slowly with me: "Brother, when you attack Xuan, it depends on you. But this time, why don't you carry a large siege equipment? Could it be that I really think it's just those..." Su Dingfang gestured, as if he couldn't remember the name.

"General Tiance, brother, please be content with it. Unless it is a strong city like Chang'an or Luoyang in the Tang Dynasty, it will be easy to take." I am also very confident and proud. This comes from my understanding of firearms. No one of the humans in this era knows the destructive power of this thing better than me.

The next day, the army arrived. After two days, it slowly crossed the Liao River. There was a smooth road ahead. Su Dingfang was the vanguard and pointed directly at Xuan in the middle of the Liao River Plain. The guards of the Xuancheng Goguryeo, who had no idea that my main force in the Tang Dynasty had crossed the river, even closed the city gate when my Tang cavalry vanguard approached Liyu. There were even some Goguryeo people and soldiers outside the city gate who had not had time to enter the city. Su Dingfang did not kill anyone, but drove them away so that they could not escape.

Xuancheng, in the end, all these people surrendered, and Su Dingfang's tribe didn't even use a long arrow.

Uncle Li Ji's main border corps followed, and I continued to walk behind, but what angered me was Liao.

The road conditions were really bad, which made our soldiers grit their teeth and move these heavy equipment. Fortunately, because they had learned about the road conditions in Liaodong from the information, they specially used widened wheels to strengthen friction with hard cow wrapping surfaces. Otherwise, many things would probably be transported at all.

When I led my army to the bottom of Xuancheng, the army where Su Dingfang and Li Ji's uncle had already surrounded Xuancheng. However, compared with the noisy and complicated movements on the city walls, the Tang army camp outside the city was like a quiet city wall. "Sir, General Li and General Su have been waiting at the camp gate for a long time. Sir, you should go and pay the order first? We almost missed the time." Xi Jun, who was leading the team in front, rushed to me, who was still escorting the formation of the rear army, and called loudly.

Uncle Li Ji and Su Dingfangfang were already waiting outside the camp gate. "The last general Fang Jun led his army to arrive! Pay orders to the general." I immediately stepped forward and arrived in front of Uncle Li Ji and clasped his fists. "You are almost late for nephew! In another half an hour, I should be on the marching of you." Uncle Li Ji rolled his eyes to me and said with a stern face.

I said helplessly: "It's not that the generals are not rushing, but these weapons have been heavy. Over the past period of time, the heavy rain has made the road muddy and difficult to move around, so I have arrived yet." I pointed to the teams that were still pulling people to push one after another. The soft ground was crushed into deep ruts by these carriages. Uncle Li Ji looked at it for a while, but he was not polite and said to me directly: "Stop talking nonsense, go and follow me to see Xuan's city defense."

"Xuan County was a county established in the territory after Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty destroyed the Wei clan Dynasty. It was collectively known as the four counties of Han, together with Lelang County, Lintun County and Zhenfan County. Xuan County is the largest area among the four counties of Han, and is also the most important of the four counties. Its jurisdiction is the old place of the Wei clan Dynasty, Woju. In the fifth year of Shiyuan, Emperor Zhao of Han, the county seat of Xuan County moved to the current Xinbin Yongling area, and the land outside the river was included in Lelang County. At this time, Xuan County reached about the north bank of the upper reaches of the Qingchuan River and the Datong River in the south, and was adjacent to Lelang County; in the north, it was Dahadaling, Huifa

The river area is adjacent to Fuyu; the west is Liaodong County, with the Great Wall as the boundary; the east is Changbai Mountain as the boundary and connects Woju, and the residents are mainly Goguryeo. Later, Goguryeo broke away from the Central Plains dynasty and began to annex Xuan's county. Goguryeo took advantage of the opportunity of the civil war in the Central Plains to occupy the entire territory of Liaodong. Xuan County occupied it for it and set up Xuancheng management..." Uncle Li Ji pointed at the tall and majestic city corridor and sighed softly. Not only him, but the generals following behind him also looked hatred, and I was also full of fire.

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"The city wall is built of mud bricks. Over the past period of time, Goguryeo has been repeatedly strengthened for the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, this can be regarded as a solid city." Uncle Li Ji put down the telescope in his hand and frowned: "Our army cannot be here for a long time, otherwise, the enemy in Xiangping City will know that our army has crossed the Liaohe River. In this way, Goguryeo's enemy in Xiangping will retreat. Although it will relieve the danger of Xiangping, it will increase the difficulty for us to capture the subsequent city in the future."

"Fang Jun, how long does it take to take down this city?" Uncle Li Ji raised his eyebrows and asked at me with a squinted eye. He asked knowingly. I cleared my throat and said to Uncle Li Ji: "I thought it would take only one day to get it."

"..." Uncle Li Ji looked at me for a long time before continuing, saying, "Are you sure? This is not the test wall of the Wushu Institute, and this is not Chang'an. You have to think about it before answering me."

Uncle Li Ji's words made me extremely depressed. A group of veterans always felt that I was making a fake, thinking that there must be ghosts in that wall, and the power of the cannon was exaggerated by me, which made me very angry: "General, the last general is willing to issue a military order. Tomorrow morning, our army will be able to break its west gate."

Uncle Li Ji stroked the long beard and chuckled, "Okay! Since you said that, it's too unreasonable for me to not allow you, but I'd better give you two days. In just two days, I'll break the city, and I'll decide that you have made merit."
Chapter completed!