The regimental commanders quickly gestured and passed the word, and the first shot was three feet down the battlements, which was the aiming position of each gun.

Thousands of cannons whined, Otoji Wende was stunned, he had never seen such an attack.

Some of the cannons were lowered and made a pit in the city wall, while others were fired higher, and after the battlements were blown away, the Goguryeo soldiers behind the battlements were beaten into minced meat.

The flag began to shake again, and the chief sent the order to slow down the fire, reducing the rate of fire tenfold to keep the breech cool enough, and it was going to be fought all day today.

The artillery of the Tang Dynasty unhurriedly loaded the gunpowder, then put in the shells, and then waited for the order.

One shot after another, and it took a quarter of an hour to fire four shots, which was indeed much slower than the rapid-fire of training, and it was too much, and it also made the artillery very calm.

The walls of the city were lowered in height a little, and the defenders on the walls escaped without dying after ten rounds of cannons.

Etoji Wende's heartbeat almost stopped.

How could the Tang people have such a sharp weapon, didn't it mean that the Tang people just threw a black ball that would explode onto the city wall? Etoji Wende also specially prepared a large number of thick canvas sheds, which could bounce small black balls into the city.

At this time, I didn't see a small black ball, but I saw a four-inch diameter steel-clad pig iron ball smashed on the city wall.

The power of this iron ball is amazing, and the city walls simply cannot withstand such an attack.

"Order, the four gates are opened, and the soldiers are in a team of 5,000 people, and the heavy shields and heavy armor are scattered to attack in formation."

Ulzhi Wende's method is clever, even if the artillery is lowered, it is impossible to kill a large area, a single iron ball can kill two or three soldiers at most, and the rate of fire of that weapon is extremely slow, as long as you resist a cannon, you can rush to the front of the battle.

Seeing that the city gates were opened, the artillery ceased fire.

It's not impossible to use artillery to fight infantry, and this range is just right, but the artillery array still has defensive means, so you always have to try.

20,000 people rushed out, and they were not facing the Tang Army's general artillery at all, with two rounds of leg crossbows and hanging fire, three rounds of flintlock firearms and rapid fire, and then a round of hand crossbows at close range.

When 20,000 men rushed to about forty paces, there were less than 20,000 people alive.

The heavy cavalry of the Tang army did not move, the flying cavalry did not move, and the shield and sword soldiers did not even meet them, only the fire guns and crossbows were aimed at them.

The Tang army did not attack again, and the last two percent of the Goguryeo soldiers all sat on the ground and cried loudly.

At this time, the lower army of 10,000 Tang troops ran out of the artillery array, and the lower army composed of weaker soldiers of various ethnic groups was to clean up the battlefield.

The Goguryeo soldiers who were alive on the battlefield were taken away without the slightest resistance, and the corpses on the battlefield were cleaned up in only two quarters of an hour.

The banner moved again, and the artillery array pressed forward three hundred paces, only a mile away from the city wall.

Under the new command, the muzzle of the gun was raised, three shots were fired, and then two hundred paces were pressed, all the way to the outside of the moat.

After the artillery was hoisted and the three guns continued to stretch along, none of the buildings within 200 paces of the city wall were spared, and all of them were smashed to pieces, and Yizhi Wende could not even organize a second line of defense.

In front of the moat, after another triple shot, even the artillery did not want to fight anymore.

The army entered the city to pick up prisoners of war, and the already sluggish Yizhi Wende was brought to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin said: "I am not interested in seeing him, I want to take care of him, I want to comfort the heroic soul with his heart's enthusiasm in the domestic city." ”

The account chief, Eulzhi Wende stared at Li Jing: "Why do you have such combat power, but you still use conspiracies against my Great Goguryeo." ”

"We are willing, the commander is willing, and the people will be happy." After Li Jing replied coldly, he motioned to press the person away.

The eldest grandson Wuji stepped forward and asked Li Jing: "Why don't you tell him that Goguryeo has contributed money and effort to hand over to us a Maoshan mine that has been built, and over the years, if there is no ore from the Maoshan mine, Datang will not be able to save so much steel." ”

"Why do you want to tell him this, the general of the defeated army, the meaning of his life is to be poached in the country."

Eldest Sun Wuji thought about it and nodded: "That's right." ”

The Tang Dynasty has no martial arts, and almost no one has the benevolence of a woman, except for Liu Mu.

In terms of ruthlessness, the civil and military forces of the Tang Dynasty are more ruthless than the other, and the civil officials are no worse than the generals, especially in the direction of treating the enemy, only more ruthless, not the most ruthless.

The Tang army stepped on the bones of the city and came to the domestic city.

The domestic city is the former royal city of Goguryeo, and it is still the capital of the country, which belongs to the most prosperous city in the north of the Yalu River.

Before the Tang army arrived in the domestic city, it was greeted by the important ministers of the domestic city of Goguryeo, and the courtiers of Goguryeo asked to surrender.

At this time, the domestic city, whether it was a nobleman or a commoner, had already been frightened.

Several telegrams were sent to Li Shimin, asking the same question of whether to surrender or not.

Li Shimin called the historian Wang Qi and the current head of the Academy, Wei Zheng.

Wang Qi played: "Sage, you can't not accept surrender, otherwise the people of the world will say that the Tang Dynasty is brutal, and the soldiers who attacked the city did not hurt the people, everything is a wartime injury, and the history books can be recorded as the Tang army attacked the city, killed a number of enemies, and after the siege of the city accidentally injured the people, the Tang Dynasty mercifully distributed military rations to calm the people." ”

"And the country has fallen, but it can no longer fight."

Xue Wanche, who was guarding beside Li Shimin, made an example of clasping his fists and saluting, waiting for permission to speak.

Li Shimin asked, "What is General Xue's opinion?" ”

"Sage, the city has only consumed 20,000 rounds of cannonballs, and the military spirit is available, and the military resources are sufficient. Jingguan is piled up outside the domestic city, and blood feuds must be washed with blood. ”

Xue Wanche's words represent the thoughts of many generals, that is, to fight.

The generals naturally knew that the enemy troops surrounded by Liu Mu and Chai Shao would surround but not fight, talk and not surrender, and then wait for the enemy to starve to death before sending troops to clean up the battlefield, so the same can be done for the inner city.

At this time, a telegram came.

"Report, the firewood and horses are stationed fifty miles east of the domestic city, and the domestic city is going to ask for surrender, and the firewood and horses call for instructions."

"Let him wait." Li Shimin really couldn't make up his mind, and he also thought that blood feuds should be washed with blood.

Wei Zheng stepped forward: "Sage, the minister thinks he can accept surrender." ”

Xue Wanche was furious and stared at Wei Zheng viciously, if it wasn't for Li Shimin, Xue Wanche would definitely rush up and beat Wei Zheng violently.

Wei Zheng said unhurriedly: "According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, there is no crime in surrendering troops. But he didn't say that the generals were innocent, even if the war was not guilty, the Tang Dynasty could also investigate the crimes of war criminals, not to mention that there was another sentence that said, history books are always written by the victors, in other words, the Goguryeo slaves and untouchables in the domestic cities were treated well. ”

Li Shimin smiled: "I'm afraid someone taught you to do this." ”

"The minister agrees with this approach." Wei Zheng did not say Liu Mu, although this idea was given by Liu Mu, Wei Zheng contacted many civil officials and made adjustments on the basis of Liu Mu's suggestion.