The tall and majestic city tower has disappeared from people's sight. It is a pile of earth that is a large shorter and is full of broken tiles. The remaining limbs and broken arms can be seen everywhere. The Goguryeo generals who were standing on the city gate just now have been torn apart by the power of artillery. This is the first time that artillery is used on a large scale on the battlefield. Its powerful destructive power will be remembered by its users and enemies forever, and witness the huge role of firearms in war. One day, its reputation will be praised by the world, and it will leave a dark and heavy stroke in history, witnessing the birth of the gunpowder era.

The generals from the military academy beside them muttered, not knowing what they were muttering, but their expressions were ugly. However, everyone was soon shocked by the changes in Xuancheng. The people in the city fled desperately to the other three gates as if they were crazy.

Uncle Li Ji calmed down first and waved the flag in his hand. Countless Tang iron cavalry rushed over like scattered mercury. Li Yexu was like a madman, leading his team to rush towards the collapsed Xuancheng Wall frantically.

"Is this the power of these cannons?" Xue Rengui, who was beside him, had red eyes like a rabbit who was shot. He held his Fangtian Painting Halberd tightly in his hand, and stuttered.

"Everyone, believe me, today's siege will become a milestone to rewrite the entire world war history..." I murmured at the mess ahead.

The Goryeo Army did not expect the Tang army to detour north to cross the river, nor did they expect that Xuancheng, the important city of the central defense they were proud of, would be occupied inexplicably. In this battle, the Tang Dynasty easily captured Xuancheng, captured nearly 10,000 Goguryeo Army, captured another 5,000 households in Xuancheng, and seized more than 80,000 stones of food and salary. Except for Li Yexu who led his troops to rush through the bombed wall, two fool soldiers sprained their ankles, they did not damage one soldier.

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No one dared to doubt the power of artillery anymore. Uncle Li Ji even drew the artillery treasures from our academy and even secretly bribed me, and exchanged me for the next time the artillery command of the city at the cost of two bottles of disinfectant wine.

We did not stop here and continued to move forward. The troops were aimed directly at Baiyan City. Similarly, they collapsed in one battle and took several cities. Until Su Dingfang's vanguard army appeared in the east of Xiangping City. Goguryeo's talents were frightened to find that the Tang army fell like the sky and had taken over almost all the defensive centers in Goguryeo on the Liaohe Plain. The entire Goguryeo army besieged Xiangping and collapsed without fighting. At this time, the appearance of Gao Wu, the Duke of Liao, captured tens of thousands of prisoners. Quanga Suwen was very afraid. He never expected that his defense line would be easily broken by the Tang army. The news that the former king was still alive made the morale of Goguryeo began to shake. Quanga Suwen had no choice but to order the Goryeo troops from all over the country to defend the city. Do not attack lightly, and give full play to his defensive characteristics, and gradually drag down the Tang army to gain strategic initiative.

When we arrived at the city of Xiangping, we were shocked by the desolate scene in front of us. The surroundings of Xiangping City were Goguryeo, which had not had time to move away, and the dead bodies of the Marine soldiers, broken swords and arrows were everywhere under the city blocks. Several parts of the city wall made of yellow mud had collapsed. However, the flags flying on the top of the city seemed to declare to us that this land and this city belong to the Tang Dynasty and no one could take it away.

"General!" Uncle Li Ji's messenger rushed over here: "General Fang, General Fang, General ordered your troops to camp in the east of the city. By the way, please tell me about the Taoist priests."

"Okay, you go and report to the general, and then the last general will arrive. Duan Yunsong, let the soldiers choose a site in the east of the city. I will go to the city with all the Taoist priests first." After giving them instructions, he continued to move forward along the city. The ordinary unpleasant smell wandered around the tip of his nose. Most of the more than a hundred Taoist priests behind him couldn't help but recite Amitabha Buddha. Liushuang's face and expression were unbearable to witness it. I pulled down my horse and walked slowly. After walking side by side with the carriage that Liushuang and the others were riding, I took out a bag from my arms and handed it to Liushuang with some confusion. He said warmly: "This dried fruit is made of orange peel, which has a strong taste, but it can at least make you feel better."

Liushuang hesitated for a moment, looked at the blood stains on the wall, and the broken arms and limbs that could still see the bones, and quickly picked them up: "Thank you!" The clever fingers were trembling, and it took a long time to take out a piece of dried fruit and stuff it into her mouth. Liushuang frowned slightly, but it could be seen that she

It seems to be much better.

I rode my horse towards the city gate in front, looked back, saw Liu Shuang's slightly moved eyes, waved at a beautiful girl, and the answer I got was the same as before, on the back of my head...

Sun Simiao had an old face. At his request, I led them to meet Zhang Jian, the governor of Yingzhou who was chatting with Uncle Li Ji, who was chatting with Uncle Li Ji. Zhang Jian, whose head was wrapped in a bandage and whose left hand was hanging on his chest, looked tired, and was talking intermittently about the ten days of hard battle with Uncle Li Ji.

It turned out that some surrendered soldiers in Xiangping City took the opportunity to cause trouble in the city when the Goguryeo people attacked the city and opened the west gate of Xiangping. That night alone, nearly 3,000 soldiers of the Tang Dynasty died, and the city gate was closed again. However, most of the defending equipment in the city were burned, and most of the arrows were damaged. Due to the haste, they brought less than 150,000 arrows. When the reinforcements arrived, Zhang Jian and the others had been guarding Xiangping City for a whole month. Goguryeo was prepared again. A large number of siege equipment caused them to be seriously injured, killing and wounding nearly 6,000 soldiers. In the last few days, all the arrows they saved and used were used. They could only demolish the houses to get stones and wood to defend the city.

Upon hearing this news, Uncle Li Ji couldn't help but sighed. If we hadn't crossed the Liao River north and attacked all the way, we would have been dragging it for more than ten days, and the consequences would have been unimaginable.

"Jian didn't expect that, fortunately, after Jian seized Xiangping, he immediately reinforced another 20,000 troops. If it were a few days late at that time, the Liaohe River water would rise, haha..." Yingzhou Governor Zhang Jian shook his head with a wry smile, looking very scared.

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"Okay, okay, my Grand Governor, now my army has arrived. I have conquered several big cities in Goguryeo, and the enemy has left in fear. You have to hold back more than 100,000 troops of Goguryeo. Your Majesty will definitely comfort you with such great achievements." Uncle Li Ji patted Zhang Jian's shoulder and comforted him.

"Mr. Zhang, I'm so polite to Yuan Tiangang." Yuan Tiangang cleared his throat and stood in front and said warmly.

Zhang Jian raised his head and was stunned: "Master Yuan, Oh, Zhang Jian has seen the real person, but he didn't expect that the real person would come to Liaodong in person, so Zhang Jian was just rude."

Yuan Tiangang reached out and helped the injured Governor Zhang, with a heavy expression of compassion: "General Zhang doesn't have to be too polite. This time I came with my fellow Taoists, on the order of Your Majesty to punish me, and on the other hand, to restrain the nameplate of the remains of the soldiers who died in the Tang Dynasty, and welcome to the Chang'an Loyal Soul Temple to receive the incense offerings of the people of the Tang Dynasty."

"Oh, in this way, Zhang thanks the Taoist priests for their great kindness for those dead brothers..." Zhang Jian couldn't help but cry and said with tears in his eyes. It took him a while to calm down.

"Oh by the way, I almost forgot to introduce it. This is Fang Jun, the Erzi of Fang Xiang, and the chief of the Tang Military Academy. If there were no artillery soldiers led by him, it would be difficult for us to go south in such a short time." Uncle Li Ji introduced with a smile.

"The last general Fang Jun has met Governor Zhang." I said to Zhang Jian with politeness.

Zhang Jian helped me up and said with a smile: "It turned out to be the one Fang Junfang Yiai who is well-educated and talented and seven dou? Hahaha, it's rare. I went to eat your full moon wine back then, but I didn't expect that in a blink of an eye, I was a little stronger and taller than me. Hahaha..."

I was a little unsteady, and anyone could know the grief and anger in my heart. The drunken words I brag about to Uncle Li were actually spread to Liaodong. Damn, Uncle Li, a big-mouthed old hooligan, no wonder he thought he was not a good person when he first saw him.

There was a laugh of eating and tea. I turned my head viciously and faced Liushuang, which was flushed with pretty face. This girl was sticking out her tongue at me?! She was so angry that I almost rushed forward and slapped the little Taoist nun in the butt to show revenge.

However, her laughter immediately attracted the attention of Governor Zhang. "This little girl is..."
Chapter completed!