Chapter 511. Bombardment of BC
"Governor Li, Goguryeo has no intention of being an enemy of the Tang Dynasty. You are destroying the relationship between Goguryeo and the Tang Dynasty." As the matter came, Kim Kwon-liang didn't care about that and argued loudly.
I thought to myself that no matter what, artillery cannons cannot happen. After all, it is all human life. When the Tang Dynasty cannons fired, I don’t know how many unjust souls would be added to Beisha City.
It would be fine if he didn't know about this kind of thing, but he not only knew it, but also heard it with his own ears. If he ignored it and just wanted to escape his life, he would be lucky enough to survive in a while of shelling, and it would be difficult for him to escape the sanctions of military law.
Li Hao sat back in his previous position without saying a word. His back seemed to have a bleak smell. After a while, he slowly said: "Actually, you have half an hour to count the time from the moment I just spoke. After half an hour, the shelling will begin. Your stubbornness has killed many people."
"What?!" Jin Quanliang was shocked and said in a struggle: "Governor Li, why is this? The officers and soldiers of Beisha City are so innocent. What did they do to make you so persistent."
"What did the people of my Tang Dynasty do? Why were they regarded as slaves by Goguryeo? How innocent are they?" Li Hao pointed to the Beisha City in the distance: "To put it bluntly, being soldiers is their biggest original sin. If they were ordinary Goguryeo people, I would not touch a single hair of them. But they are soldiers and they are responsible for defending their territory. If the country gives them military pay, they will be responsible for sacrifice."
"Is the governor insisting on doing this? Can you tell the villain why? I don't believe you are avenging a traitor, not to do so."
"This is not what you should know. Go quickly, it's too late." Li Hao waved his hand and stopped talking to Kim Kwon-liang.
Kim Kwon-liang also knew that he would continue to stay. He was afraid that everything would be delayed. He stomped his feet heavily and said angrily before leaving: "Governor Li, the villain reminded you one last time. I hope you don't just act on your own, otherwise you will provoke disputes between the two countries and wars. The responsibility of the people's misfortune is not something you can afford."
"This..., you don't have to worry about it, hurry up and leave!"
Kim Kwon-liang got off to the boat that Peng Jian had been on before. After a few words, the boat flew away.
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Gao Quanlin didn't know what was happening on the Ocean Navy warship. The high-quality imitation telescope he bought for ten cents of money was too low, and the transmittance of the two lenses was too poor. At best, they could only look at it in a vague way. Even how many people on the ship could not see clearly, at most they were just small black dots.
But even so, he still pressed his telescope against his eyes and paid close attention to the every move of the Tang Dynasty warship. Until the small boat sent to communicate turned back, his heart was completely put into his stomach and called his subordinates who were also extremely nervous: "Let's go and go down together to welcome our heroes."
You said you could just welcome him. Everyone did not object and followed him down the high mountain top.
The gate of Beisha City is open on land, facing the sea, all with solid stone walls. If you want to get out from here, you can only rely on Jailan to put people down from the top of the city and then take the boat prepared outside.
Of course the same is true when you come back.
So when Kim Kwon-liang appeared, everyone on the city wall was stunned. The old hen turned into a duck. Why did the person change after he went there?
Gao Quanlin recognized Kim Kwon-liang. In fact, before Kim Kwon-liang got off the boat, he had already recognized him. At this time, he looked down at the navy's tooth that he was returning in a hurry, and a hint of uneasiness arose in his heart.
"Golden Tooth General, why did you come back alone, Peng Jian?"
"If you go back to the governor, Peng Jian... has been beheaded on the flagship by the governor of the Tang Dynasty for conviction of the state. The Tang army will shell the Beisha City in a moment. Bei Yi is coming back to report the news." Jin Quanliang raised his head and replied loudly, his voice extremely anxious.
As for Li Hao’s first request and the matter of handing over the chief general’s apology, Kim Kwon-liang didn’t mention it.
This is not because he forgot it, but because he is afraid that Gao Quanlin will throw him under the city in anger and will not let him into the city. When the Tang army cannons fired, his life will probably be directly explained under the city.
Gao Quanlin's face was gloomy and unstable, his fists were clenched tightly, and he was silent for a moment before wavering his hands heavily, signaling the soldiers guarding the city to pull Jin Quanliang down to the city.
After a contest between people and the earth's attraction, Jin Quanliang was taken to the top of the city. He looked back with lingering fear and said nervously: "Governor, let's talk to another safer place. The Tang army is afraid that it will bombard the here later."
"Why, did the Tang Dynasty declare war on our Great Goguryeo?"
"Nothing nonsense. Even if Li Dejian had ten courage, he would not dare to go to war with my Great Goguryeo without authorization."
"Who are you? Such an alarmist statement, is it a spy sent by the Tang army?"
"Enough! Don't quarrel." Gao Quanlin shouted angrily and interrupted his subordinates' speech: "Jin Quanliang, I'll ask you, Peng Jian, did you see that you were beheaded with your own eyes?"
"It's true. Li Dejian, the governor of the Tang Army Navy, said that what he hated the most was the disciples who forgot the clan, so Peng Jian... Peng Jian was killed."
Gao Quanlin thought of a thousand reasons, but he never thought it would be this. He was stunned and suddenly beat his chest and stamped his feet and cried: "Brother Peng, I was the one who harmed you. If it weren't for me, how could you go against your oath to meet Li Dejian's stubborn villain, Brother Peng, Brother Peng!"
Fake, this drama is too fake!
A group of hands looked at each other, and the big guy was not a fool. Did Peng Jian go there voluntarily or was forced to go there? Can't everyone see it?
Jin Quanliang didn't know what happened before, and he didn't care about what happened before. Peng Jian didn't have anything to do with him. Seeing Gao Quanlin crying sadly, he quickly persuaded: "Governor, don't be sad. The army outside the city is approaching, so it's better to think about how to deal with it."
"Yes, it's because I lost my big shot." Gao Quanlin stepped down and wiped away tears that did not exist, and said to everyone under his command: "Everyone, the Tang army is about to attack the city, what do you think?"
"Governor, my subordinates thought that the Tang army was just bluffing. I think Li Dejian was just a child who was still young. He didn't know what national affairs were, what is a dangerous war? As long as we send people who are eloquent and talk about their interests, we will definitely be able to withdraw our troops."
The more I talk about it, the more unreliable it becomes. What do you care about?
Kim Kwon-liang endured it and couldn't help it anymore, and said with courage: "Governor Li Dejian led his troops across the sea and never lost. This time he came to the border of our Great Goguryeo this time, and he had other intentions. Therefore, according to the villain's view, it would be better to send a letter to the capital and let His Majesty make an idea."
"Well, there is some truth to it." Gao Quanlin nodded, and was about to continue saying something, but was pulled by Kim Kwon-liang.
Gao Quanlin was a little unhappy and frowned and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Governor..." Jin Quanliang whined for a moment, and finally said with a tough temper: "When his subordinates came back, before talking about shelling Beisha City, the governor of the Tang army, Li Dejian, said that he would let the general go out in person to apologize for the rebellion of the Tang Dynasty, otherwise he would have to shell."
"Bold!" The clay man was still angry, not to mention Gao Quanlin and the royal family. When he heard Jin Quanliang say that he wanted to let him go out to apologize, he was furious: "Li Dejian, right? Bombing Beisha City, right? I asked him to fight. Today I will fight with him. See if he can break my Beisha City, or if I drive him back to the sea."
The soldiers are brave and the generals are the soul of the soldiers. Gao Quanlin's angrily shouted aroused the common hatred of the enemy, and they all angrily rebuked: "Yes, if you fight with them, aren't you just dozens of ships? What are you afraid of? Can they still be afraid of the ships coming to the shore?"
"Yes, we were defeated by the millions of Emperor Yang of Sui back then. Are we still afraid that he was just dozens of broken ships?"
"Governor, let's fight with them!"
"Yes, we are not cowards of the navy. As long as the Tang army dares to come this time, they will definitely kill them without leaving any armor..."
Kim Kwon-liang….
What does it have to do with me? You are on the shore and have stone walls, of course you are not afraid of artillery attacks. I am all floating on the water, facing the Tang army's artillery without any cover, not afraid... Put you bastards on and see if you are afraid.
No matter how much I think about it, Kim Kwon-liang didn't dare to say it.
Gao Quanlin didn't care about him at this moment. In his indignation, he ordered people to blew the horn of the battle. For a moment, the originally quiet Beisha City boiled.
Countless Goguryeo soldiers rushed to the top of the city, scattered stone machines, crossbows, and a large number of guardians lifted up their gentle coats, revealing their hideous side.
Just fight, who is afraid of whom?
Isn’t it just the ocean navy of the Tang Dynasty? What’s so great about it? It’s like a heavenly soldier and general. Today, everyone will fight to see if it’s your Tang army’s yali or our stone city is strong.
After some preparation, the time limit for Li Hao was almost the same. Standing on the high ridge, Gao Quanlin and others could see that the warships of the Ocean Navy had lined up along the coast in a column.
Each ship has 36 cannons, and ten warships are 360. The black muzzles emit dark light from hell.
Wang Wendu was a little nervous, not worried about Goguryeo's counterattack, but about Li Hao.
Goguryeo opposite. No matter what happened before, at least it is a friendly neighbor. Without the emperor's order, shelling out heavy cities on the border of friendly countries is a serious crime. Maybe it will lose its head.
Li Hao didn't care much about this. He held up his telescope and looked at the group of people on the mountain in the distance who were pointing at him. He curled his lips and said, "Wang Wendu, is the time right? Why are you still standing there?"
"Governor, do you want to think about it again?" Although Lei Yao was clamoring before, he was a little timid and said in a turmoil: "We are attacking friendly countries. If Goguryeo protests to the court, all the crimes will be ours."
"So what? If something happens, I will be in front of you. If I want to behead my head, I will die first. What are you afraid of?" Li Hao said casually, not at all relieved Lei Yao's words.
Lei Yao and Wang Wendu had no choice but to look at each other and swung their fists fiercely at the commander.
The flag was flying and quickly passed the orders on the flagship to each ship. After each ship received the order, the captain personally ordered the gunner to start loading ammunition.
The medicine bags were stuffed into the cannon barrel and compacted, and iron balls were placed in turn, with the lead wires inserted, and under the guidance of the flag, the muzzle was aimed at the city wall three miles away.
Three miles, nearly 1,500 steps away. Not to mention Goguryeo's crossbow, even if the catapult is condescending, it can only hit one-third of the distance.
But at this distance, it is the best range of the cannon.
These gunners who had practiced pirates in the South China Sea countless times almost didn't even have to look at them, so they made adjustments. As the flag fell, the leads of the artillery were ignited.
"Boom..." The sound of cannons shook the sky and smoke rose everywhere.
The first row of 120 cannons fired at the same time, and countless black iron balls whistled towards the Beisha City made of huge rocks.
Next is the second row and the third row.
The reason why the gun was not fired at the same time was mainly because of the fear that the recoil would be too strong and the warship would overturn. Anyway, the opponent could not hit him. The segmented shooting could maintain the continuity of the artillery fire, so why not do it?
The Ocean Navy was extremely happy to shoot the cannons, but Beisha City was in great danger.
Ignorance led to Gao Quanlin's incorrect estimate of the power of the artillery. Under the first round of artillery fire, nearly one-fifth of the defenders on the wall facing the sea were missing from Beisha City.
In their eyes, the indestructible city walls were also blown up and collapsed more than ten places, and gravel splashed, countless people were injured.
Then, the second and third rounds..., amid the deafening sound of cannons, the smoke of gunfire filled the sea, and blood and flesh flew everywhere in Beisha City, screams continued.
Gao Quanlin was shocked by this scene. Apart from mechanically shouting and fighting back, he could not think of an effective way to avoid casualties.
The guys who had been shouting that the city was in the city were no longer arrogant at this time. They all looked pale and responded faster. They pulled Gao Quanlin and ran down the mountain, and shouted: "Governor, this place is too dangerous!"
Yes, it is indeed very dangerous on the top of the mountain. Since the Tang army's artillery can hit the city wall, it can hit the top of the mountain. Even if the power is a little less, there is still damage.
As far as the war reaches this point, Li Hao no longer has to continue fighting. The walls facing the sea in Beisha City had collapsed after the third round of artillery attacks, revealing a huge hole.
As for the defenders there, except for some of the lucky ones, most of them were smashed into bloody balls, and they couldn't tell what they were like.
If Li Hao was willing, he could send soldiers from the transport ship behind him and take Beisha City under his control without any effort.
But..., if he really does this, his head will probably not be saved.
Chapter completed!