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Chapter 618 Three cities in one day!

The siege of Xuantu City lasted only three hours. After half of the defenders died, the Koguryo army ran along the east gate!

And the Tang army, with more than 20 troops, actually had only 6 troops!

First, there was an onslaught of artillery fire from the [-]-day penalty army, and then a group of infantry siege battles equipped with more convenient siege equipment.

It only took three hours to take down this important military town - Xuantu City!

The reputation of the Heavenly Punishment Army has finally been established in one place!Although it is only loud among the more than 20 people of Tang Jun and Xuantu City!
Those generals are all envious of Cheng Yaojin now!Before His Majesty formed the Heavenly Punishment Army, they didn't quite approve of it.After all, they are just some weapons. They only saw the individual power of the weapon, but they never saw it actually put on the battlefield!
Now in this battle, all the generals are envious of the weapons and equipment of the Heavenly Punishment Army!

There are two reasons why Tang Jun released the Goguryeo Army!
One is to attack the city as quickly as possible. If you want to wipe out the Goguryeo army, you will definitely encounter tenacious resistance. Therefore, the Tang army did not besiege the city at all at first, and left an exit specially for them to escape from there!

The second point is to let these troops who have seen the power of the Tang army escape, so that they can pass on the might and unstoppability of the Tang army to the cities behind.This is the so-called psychological warfare!Doing so will benefit future wars!

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The situation on the land side is very good, and the waterway has also launched an attack!
The army assembled on the coast, and the fleet wanted to bombard the city a few times, but found that the distance was too far to give up this idea!

Although there is no Heaven's Punishment Army to open the way, Goguryeo's main defense force is still placed on the border with the Tang Army, and the strength and elite level of the troops here are still a lot worse!
Zhang Liang was not in a hurry to make meritorious deeds, he fought steadily and won the city in a day!
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Xuantu City, His Majesty the Emperor moved into the Xuantu City Mansion.This place has become a temporary war command post!

A group of people in Xuantu City were taken away by the defenders, and some of them didn't have time to escape because their family business couldn't escape, or they belonged to people from the Tang Dynasty or other countries, and some people were left behind!
Although the Tang army did not have a specific battle plan before the start of this battle, there are still some other plans!
His Majesty the Emperor decided to take Goguryeo in the shortest possible time, so he must pay a heavy price!

However, with the Heavenly Punishment Army, this matter becomes easier!The siege can be done in the shortest time, but it cannot be completely wiped out!
And the people in the city did not kill them all!
Such a thing as massacring a city cannot be done!What's more, there is still a cargo in the country who is urging for prisoners all day long!
The reason for letting the defenders go is the same as I said before, and the reason for letting the people go is almost the same!
Firstly, word of mouth from the common people can make Goguryeo people full of fear of the Tang army, and the fear can spread!

Not only will this affect the common people, those defenders are not allowed to have families in the city?Don't think about getting married?

Moreover, drive the people to the back. In this way, the more people gather, the Goguryeo side will always be unable to hold on!

I have already seen the combat methods of the Heaven's Punishment Army, and now it's time to divide the troops!Can't 20 troops gather in one place!

Li Ji led an army of 10 troops, a guard of the Heavenly Punishment Army, and the emperor continued to follow Xuantu City all the way.A total of [-] people!

Li Daozong led 6 people and a Heavenly Punishment Army to attack Xincheng.

Zhang Jian led 6 men and [-] Heavenly Punishers to attack Jian'an City.

The soldiers and horses of the three groups attacked the Goguryeo city at the fastest speed, forming a line.

After making a battle plan, the next thing is to appease the people, you can't just leave the city down!

As for appeasing the common people, Li Er handed it over to Changsun Wuji. As for appeasing the common people, it had already been discussed in Chang'an!
Datang is very confident about this war, and has already discussed how to appease the people before it even started!
Changsun Wuji has done this kind of thing a lot before, but this time is different!
Those in the past were all from the Central Plains. Except for Dou Jiande, there are no people in other places where the separatist regime exists, and there will be great resistance!

Therefore, after all the troops left, only five thousand defenders would remain in Xuantu City.

After the Tang army entered the city, apart from raiding the mansions of the officials, they did not touch the common people!
This is also to appease the emotions of the people and let them know that they can live a stable life as before when the Tang army came.

On this basis, Changsun Wuji also brought the caravans behind the army to facilitate cooperation with the people of Xuantu City as soon as possible, strengthen the commercial circulation between the people of Xuantu City and Datang, and let the people experience the benefits of Datang .Let them believe that they will live better under the rule of Tang Dynasty than under the rule of Goguryeo!

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The next day, the Tang army was divided into three groups, and Li Ji's side went out along the east gate, attacking deeper into Goguryeo.Li Daozong went out along the north gate and headed north.Zhang Jian followed the south gate and headed south!

As soon as the battle in Xuantu City was reported to the surrounding cities, they saw that the orderly Tang army outside the city had already set up a posture!
Still the same routine, first the Heavenly Punishment Army fired cannons and dropped bombs, and then the infantry attacked the city!
It took only one day for the three sides to win the next city, and then rested for a night, leaving the defenders and continuing to the next city!
When Li Ji won the second city along the way, Li Er discovered a problem!
He felt that the battle was fought too fast, and most of the officials he brought were military generals, and there were too few civil officials who could govern a city!

You can't let the Goguryeo people govern themselves, right?
This kind of thing can be done after the war or in the rear, but it cannot be done on the front line!
After thinking about it, he kneaded his head, and a messenger came, asking him to send a report to Chang'an, and send some officials who can manage the city as quickly as possible!

Halfway through, he stopped again!

This way the distance can't quench the near thirst, wait for the other side to prepare and send people here.The battle here is probably coming to an end!

After all, according to the current attack speed of the Tang army, it is a city every day.The three-way army, that is three cities a day!This is not counting Zhang Liang's road. If this is counted, I am afraid that within a month, Goguryeo will be wiped out!

Of course, the ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel!

Li Er only asked the communication soldiers to send the battle report ahead back to Chang'an. Although he is not in Chang'an now, Li Junxian is still in charge of the communication team over there!

As for Goguryeo, except for the resistance of the people in the border cities, the resistance of the people is not as great as that of the border!

In this way, these Goguryeo people can also be allowed to self-govern, and after the war is over, the people of Goguryeo will be relocated and replaced with the people of Datang!
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