In the entire palace, except for Li Hong's cold voice echoing, everyone else did not even dare to take a breath, especially the courtiers of Goguryeo. At this time, they wished that there was a crack in the ground under their feet for them to crawl into. This way They no longer have to face the suffocating atmosphere in the entire palace.
Stabilizing the morale of the army is sometimes even more important than tenaciously defending the city. What's more, this is the royal city of Goguryeo. When the Tang Dynasty had no retreat and had no choice but to help others defend the city, Li Hong naturally hoped to reduce the casualties of the Tang army. At the very least, it would be great to be able to hold on at the lowest cost until Qibi Heli and Li Jinxing came to help.
A solemn atmosphere still surrounded the entire palace. Li Hong, who had arranged everything, said to Ge Xiyuan this time: "Fei Ge immediately sent a letter to Qibi Heli and Li Jinxing, and they arrived as quickly as possible and in the shortest time." Liu Jing, help me!”
"Yes, Your Highness, I will go right away." Ge Xiyuan saluted hurriedly and said.
Ge Xiyuan had just left in a hurry, and the sound of neat footsteps could be heard outside the palace. Apparently, the five thousand Jinwu Guards led by Liu Xiang had surrounded the palace and began to impose security on the palace of Goguryeo.
At the entrance of the palace, more than a dozen women ran in in panic and with anxious cries. As soon as a dozen women ran in, all the Goguryeo officials were stunned. These people were obviously the king's. Concubines.
Li Hong ignored their words. He glanced coldly, looked at the armor in Hua Meng and Cheetah's hands, and said softly: "Wear the armor."
So, Hua Meng and Cheetah walked up quickly, and the thick black armor began to rub on Li Hong.
The armor leaves rustled in the palace, and Hua Meng and Cheetah put them on Li Hong neatly and skillfully. As the helmet was slowly put on Li Hong's head, everyone in the palace At this time, people's attention was also focused on Li Hong.
The originally tall and mighty body was even more powerful now that he was wearing black armor. With the horizontal sword in his hand, his whole body made everyone in the palace involuntarily feel a sense of self-confidence. Even they were already I relaxed and looked at the mighty Tang Prince in front of me. I felt that even if there were another hundred thousand soldiers, this city would still be indestructible under the guard of such fierce generals.
Li Zhi was very proud to see everyone's reactions in his eyes. This was his prince. Once the armor was on him, he seemed to be a different person. Even Zhang Lushui, who was nestling in his arms, had an expression on his face at this moment. Flow around, quietly looking at the tall and mighty body of the prince.
But at this moment, Li Zhi once again showed his deceiving side.
Ge Xiyuan ran in crying, running to Li Hong with tears and runny nose, and knelt down with a bang, crying: "Your Highness, I am guilty, please kill me, I have no face." Your Highness."
The whining sounds and Ge Xiyuan's kneeling on the ground made Li Hong confused. This made him fly pigeon to pass the message, why did he come back crying, why was he still lying on the ground, not even looking at himself? Dare to watch it
"How is it appropriate to cry and cry? Could it be that the armies of Silla and Baekje have attacked the city." Li Hong shouted loudly, and kicked Ge Xiyuan on the shoulder to signal him to get up and answer.
Ge Xiyuan lay on the ground and cried a few more times, then stood up with a sad face, but still did not dare to look at Li Hong. Li Hong walked up to him, grabbed the skirt of Ge Xiyuan's clothes, and asked loudly : "What happened, tell me!"
"Your Highness..." Ge Xiyuan's expression gave people a feeling that the end of the world was coming: "Your Highness... those carrier pigeons... are gone! Woohoo..."
"The carrier pigeon is gone?" Li Hong was surprised, how could the carrier pigeon be gone
"Where did the carrier pigeon go?" Li Hong looked at Ge Xiyuan, whose expression was almost dull, and shook his body again and asked.
"The homing pigeon..." Ge Xiyuan glanced at Li Zhi behind Li Hong, closed his eyes, and said with pain in his heart: "They were all killed by Hai Dongqing."
"Haitongqing!" Li Hong repeated Haidongqing and released Ge Xiyuan's clothes. However, with his arm strength, he unintentionally pushed Ge Xiyuan to the ground at this time. Somersaulted.
Li Hong recited Haidongqing again, then turned around and looked at his father Long. Haidongqing has been played with by Longdad these days, and he also said that he was going to choose a sunny time to meet him. Gao Zang was out of the city hunting, so Hai Dongqing had been staying with Li Zhi during this period, and he hadn't seen him at all during this period.
Li Zhi was shocked when he saw Li Hong suddenly turning around. Even Zhang Lushui, who was nestling in his arms, tightened her arms around him. The two of them saw that most of their faces were wrapped in helmets. , Li Hong only exposed a small part of his cheek and eyes.
At this time, Li Zhi faced Li Hong's questioning look and could only respond with a dry smile: "Yesterday I planned to go hunting, but I didn't know if Haidongqing was good or not, so I just... Minghuaji took two carrier pigeons and tried it. I tried it and it turned out to be really useful. I didn’t expect that Hai Dongqing would be interested in the other carrier pigeons. When I woke up this morning, they were all dead.”
Li Hong was so angry that he wanted to kill someone after listening to Long Dad's understatement, but he couldn't really reprimand Long Dad in front of so many people, right
"You are really my biological father. You have tricked your sons and ministers into death. Now, you have tricked yourself too! Without reinforcements, how can we withstand the fierce attack of Silla and Baekje!" Li Hong At this time, he was completely heartbroken. He didn't know what to say to his father, Long.
Originally, there was still another option, which was to hope that the carrier pigeon would send a message to Qibi Heli and Li Jinxing. He only had to survive for two days. Once the reinforcements arrived, he and his father would be safe, but it was unexpected. Dear father! My biological father actually took the last straw to save his life.
"Hua Meng and Cheetah stay in the palace, Hua Ji comes out!" Li Hong didn't know how to face Father Long. The only way now was to continue to think of a way out.
After hearing Li Hong's order, Hua Meng and Cheetah responded and stood behind Li Zhi. Together with Yang Wu, Lian Tie, and Hua Ji, the five masters in the palace should be enough to protect their father. All things considered.
Huaji and Liu Xiang of Jinwu Guard were called out by Li Hong. He didn't know what Li Hong said to them, and then he left those two people to continue to defend the palace, while he himself was surrounded by the crown prince's guards. , hurried out of the palace.
More than two hundred riders were galloping through the streets and alleys of Liujing. The entire city of Liujing was like an empty city. Both the streets and alleys were deserted, and not a single person moved.
A breeze blew by, and some old door panels and shop signs swayed in the wind. The debris on the street scraped against the ground and made a rustling sound, giving people a feeling of desolation and desolation.
In the barracks next to the palace, arrows and other weapons transported by Qibi Heli and Li Jinxing last night were being quickly transported to the city wall by the Tang army.
After inspecting half of Liujing's city, Li Hong quickly climbed onto the city wall. The Goguryeo people who had put on their armor looked like the remnants of a defeated army. At this time, they were in twos and threes, lazily leaning on the city wall and laughing. From time to time, he glanced at Li Hong who climbed up the city gate and Tang Jun behind him, but after just one glance, there was no other reaction.
"Where is the Yutu Qi people? Let him supervise the battle of these people, and he can't supervise the battle like this!" Li Hong glanced at Mangzhong and Jingzhe behind him, as well as his own bodyguards.
"Your Highness, that's not Yu Tuqi anymore." Jingzhe also put on a suit of armor, pointed not far in front of the city wall, and was roaring at the Goguryeo people wearing armor.
Looking up, he saw Yu Tuqi, who was wearing armor, yelled at the Goguryeo people, then took several bloody heads from the hands of the soldiers behind him, and carried the heads that were still dripping with blood on the ground. He yelled at the soldiers again.
After Wei Tuqi finished his roar, the tongue man pretended to be a tiger and reprimanded the Goguryeo people loudly. After a while, I saw the Goguryeo soldiers on that section of the city wall putting on their helmets that were too hot and cold again. He raised his head, and the lazy look on his face disappeared, replaced by a look of solemnity and nervousness.
"Ignore them and go to the city gate." Li Hong patted the shoulder of Mang Zhong who was about to call Wei Tuqi, turned around on the city wall and walked towards the south gate.
If Silla and Baekje were to attack the city, it would be as difficult as climbing to the sky and impossible with 100,000 people trying to break through each city gate.
Therefore, they will definitely choose a city gate with a relatively weak wall as their main siege place. The other places will at most be strategic feint attacks mainly aimed at disturbing the morale of the army.
As soon as I stood still in Nancheng, I saw a burst of dust flying in the distance outside the city, and then black lines appeared from the horizon. As the black lines got closer and closer, the first thing that caught my eye were those who were standing there. Among the dusty poplars, various flags fluttered in the wind.
"It's so fast. They should be the vanguard, right? I just don't know how many there are." Li Hong looked steadily at the distance outside the city. The huge cloud of yellow dust was flying all over the sky, like a tornado, slowly moving toward this place. The edge scraped over.
The use of the telescope at this time can only be to clearly and accurately determine how far the cloud of dust flying in the sky is from the city gate, but it cannot clearly see how many troops are in the cloud of dust.
Therefore, Li Hong began to debate whether to take the initiative to open the city gate and ordered Wei Tuqi to lead three thousand soldiers from the pagoda camp to attack the plan of the Silla and Baekje coalition head on.
But looking at the troops who were obviously the first to arrive, if they are not taken down, let alone annihilated, as long as they can be severely damaged, the morale of the Goguryeo people on the city wall can be improved, and it can also improve the morale of Silla and Baek. Ji's army had some regard for Datang's army.
In this way, it would at least delay their determination to attack the city. More importantly, it would allow them to think carefully about whether besieging the Goguryeo Royal City where the Tang army was stationed would anger the Tang Dynasty and attract the attention of the Tang Dynasty. Datang's thunderous revenge.
(End of chapter)