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Chapter 849: Goguryeo's demise

Ten days later!
When the morning sun rose again, the golden light and the mottled marks on the walls of the ancient city of Pyongyang complemented each other, as if telling the vicissitudes of history. However, this beautiful and harmonious scene was abruptly broken.

Suddenly, the sound of bull horns rang out from the Turkic military camp outside the city. Teams of soldiers came out of their tents in a disorderly manner, with greedy and bloodthirsty light in their eyes, like a pack of wolves rushing out of a den to hunt.

They arrived in front of the city and quickly formed up, preparing to attack.

After obtaining a large amount of siege equipment "captured" from the Tang Dynasty, the Turks rested for another ten days and launched another offensive against Liaodong City.

Shi Luodie stood in the front riding his warhorse, his face full of excitement and excitement. He looked at the city in front of him as if he was looking at a well-dressed beauty waving at him.

Behind him, the siege army was lined up in a mighty force, with flags covering the sky and drums roaring. Countless soldiers were wearing cowhide armor, cow helmets, holding scimitars and bows, their faces full of excitement for destruction and killing.

Behind them, rows of catapults and siege crossbows, towering rams and battering rams were neatly arranged. In the face of these advanced and professional equipment, no matter how solid the city was, it could not stop their progress.

"Warriors of the steppe, an extremely glorious moment is approaching."

Following Jie Li's instructions, Shi Luodi began to boost morale in front of the battle line and to establish his own prestige. He said arrogantly: "The enemy in front of you is extremely cowardly and timid, just like sheep in a sheepfold."

"Countless experiences have taught us that they can only hide in their turtle shells and watch our warriors tremble in fear."

"If we can just break the city, the sheep inside will be ours to slaughter."

"Pyongyang is the most prosperous city in Goguryeo. There are countless young and beautiful women and gold and silver treasures in it. They will all belong to the warriors of our Great Turkic Khanate."

"My warriors under the command of Shi Luodi are as fierce as wolves and tigers. Pick up your swords and guns and go grab the glory and splendor that belongs to you. I promise that as long as we capture this city, everyone can indulge themselves for three days. Go crazy as you like!"

After ten days of rest, everyone was in high spirits.

The victory in Liaodong and the huge spoils of war gave sufficient replenishment and relief to the exhausted Turks after fighting for several months. All the soldiers were filled with unstoppable determination, as if they could split a mountain in front of them.

Both Jie Li and Li Yan had informed Shi Luodie that Goguryeo was very resilient and he only had one chance. If he could not take advantage of the situation where he was strong and the enemy was weak due to the disparity in strength between the two sides, he could take Pyongyang with the confidence of victory.

Once the offensive was contained by the Goguryeo people, giving them confidence, they would not be able to capture the city no matter how many times they attacked in the future.

Therefore, after discussion, Shiluodie and the Turkic generals decisively changed the previous siege strategy. They no longer used teams of a thousand men to consume the enemy's defensive forces in waves, but instead gathered all their strength and attacked at once.

In an instant, the powerful impact force generated by the sharp momentum accumulated over the past ten days and the siege equipment shipped from the Tang Dynasty was used.

It was like a mountain falling down, destroying the will of the soldiers defending the city and successfully taking the city.

After the pre-war mobilization and raising the morale of the army, Shi Luodie gave the order to start the siege.

The first thing used was the trebuchet. Each vehicle was pulled hard by a dozen muscular men. The trebuchet's throwing pole suddenly bent under the huge force, and in the huge resetting process, it threw out stones as big as basketballs.

Dozens of catapults threw stones at the top of the city crazily.

Countless stones rolled in the air like cannonballs, carrying with them overwhelming and irresistible inertia, smashing heavily on the city walls, making a deafening roar, and the protruding battlements were smashed into pieces.

The watchtowers on the city collapsed in large pieces under the attack of rain of stones.

At the same time, Shi Luodie organized all the archers to shoot arrows at the top of the city continuously, consuming a large number of the manpower defending the city and providing cover for the soldiers attacking the city behind.

"My boys, charge!"

Seeing the heavy casualties on the top of the city wall, following Shi Luodie's order, the Turkic soldiers with red eyes and boiling blood, carrying the extended and reinforced siege wooden ladders and pushing the battering rams with huge cowhide protective covers to prevent falling rocks and arrow feathers, rushed up.

The archery towers, which were as high as the city walls, were also dragged by the soldiers below towards the gate. On each archery tower stood a group of expert archers, who shot at the Goguryeo soldiers on the top of the city walls who were throwing stones down.

The huge battering ram arrived at the city gate and, with its inertia, rushed madly towards the city gate.

"Boom boom boom" huge crashing sounds echoed in the air, and wood chips on the city gate were smashed everywhere.

At the same time, the soldiers rushed towards the city wall with ladders. Before the ladders were stable, the Turkic soldiers held shields, faced the falling rocks from above, and climbed to the top of the city wall, shouting.

As they climbed, they used their weapons to resist the enemy's attacks. The Goguryeo soldiers on the city also began to fight back. Countless boulders and logs rolled down from the high walls and hit the attackers. Hot kerosene and gold juice poured down mercilessly, and the Turks who were soaked let out miserable screams.

The defenders showed no sign of weakness and fought hard against the attack of the besieging army.

Every attack by the Turks cost the besieging army a heavy price, but no one retreated. They continued to launch attacks, trying to prevent the enemy from climbing the city.

In this fierce battle, both sides showed amazing courage and perseverance, one had to defend, the other vowed to capture. The attacking army was not afraid of hardships and marched forward bravely; the defenders vowed to defend their homes to the death and never retreat.

The entire battlefield was filled with a tense, exciting and tragic atmosphere, like a cruel Shura field.

Gradually, the war became increasingly intense. The rolling logs and battering stones on the city walls had been used up. The Goguryeo soldiers defending the city used the bodies of the dead soldiers as stones and threw them down. The bodies flew everywhere and knocked down the climbing Turkic soldiers.

The Turks under the city were not to be outdone, and teams of soldiers kept shooting arrows at the city walls.

The walls and towers were covered with dense arrows. The whole city was like a vase. From time to time, soldiers guarding the city would climb out of the wall and fall off the wall after being shot by arrows.

The situation below the city was not much better. After only half a day, the originally bumpy and uneven ground was covered with a layer of corpses. Blood had accumulated in the low-lying areas, and the blood on the lower areas had not dried up yet, covering the blood on the upper areas, layer upon layer.

Arrows rained down and spears danced.
The whole city turned into a huge meat grinder. The howling of soldiers, the screams before the attack, and the loud noise of rocks hitting the city walls combined into a symphony of blood and fire. Large numbers of people died every moment.

Broken battering rams and wooden ladders were discarded everywhere.

From time to time, earthenware jars filled with kerosene flew down from the top of the city walls. The air above and below the city was filled with smoke and a burnt smell that made people want to vomit.

After a day of fierce fighting, the Turkic soldiers were outnumbered and powerful, and under the continuous attack, the soldiers in Pyongyang City finally couldn't hold on.

With a loud bang, the city gate, along with the bolt and the stone connecting it, fell off and fell heavily to the ground.

The Turks cheered and rushed in madly like sharks smelling blood.

When the soldiers defending the city saw this, they all wailed. Some of them organized people to seize the city gate, but more of them turned around and fled into the city. Some of them could not escape in time and dropped their weapons in surrender.

Finally, after an arduous battle, the besieging army finally broke through the defenders' defense line and occupied the city. Countless attacking Turkic soldiers cheered and rushed into the city, like a pack of wolves pouncing on a flock of sheep to catch their prey.

Shi Luodie, who was commanding on a high platform in the distance, was overjoyed when he saw this and laughed loudly towards the sky.

He knew that his gamble had succeeded this time. The moment the gates of Pyongyang were knocked open, there would be no more obstacles on his way to the throne of Khan.

Shi Luodie discovered that the way countless soldiers around him looked at him began to change, from their previous indifference to bright eyes. A kind of faint conviction and something called cohesion were slowly growing. This was the prestige that Shi Luodie had always dreamed of.

"Enter the city!"

Shi Luodie roared and waved his hand, and a large number of soldiers began to march into the city.

More than 20 years ago, Emperor Yang of Sui launched three expeditions to Goguryeo, and Pyongyang, the city that the Goguryeo people claimed would never fall, fell.

Pyongyang is seven or eight hundred miles away from Liaodong City. Li Yan, who was guarding there, was the first to receive the news of the fall of Pyongyang.

In the magnificent Liaodong City Lord's Mansion, Li Yan sat at the top, with his right-hand men Gu Rentu and Helmu accompanying him.

Seeing the military intelligence from the front line handed over by Helmu, Li Yan breathed a sigh of relief silently. Pyongyang was almost the most important fortress in this battle. If Pyongyang was not taken, all efforts might be in vain, even if most of Goguryeo's territory was conquered?
As long as Pyongyang is there, all the gains may be wiped out and started over again.

Some time ago, Shi Luodie wanted to quit while the going was good and withdraw his troops back to the grassland, on the grounds that the soldiers were old and tired, the weather was turning spring, and the soldiers wanted to go home.

Fortunately, he and Jie Li dealt with the Tang Dynasty. With the tacit approval and connivance of the Tang Dynasty, Jie Li knew that Goguryeo had no backup, so he forced Shi Luodie to continue the attack and must destroy Goguryeo to complete the task. Only in this way could he establish great prestige among the Turkic army.

Successfully took over the position of Khan
Li Yan was also sweating at the time, fearing that under such good conditions, Shi Luodie still could not get up.

Now, finally the result has come.

As long as Pyongyang was taken, Goguryeo would be finished, and the remaining small cities would not be a concern. As long as Goguryeo was conquered, Silla and Baekje, two small countries that had never experienced a large-scale battle, would have no choice.

The only option left is surrender.
(End of this chapter)