The Young and Vigorous Eighth Prince

Chapter 575: Destroy Silla

The 200,000 Silla troops also reacted at this time and were about to launch an attack, but what followed was countless artillery fire falling on their army formation.

Under the bombardment of artillery fire, the 200,000-strong army, which had originally been in good order, suddenly fell into chaos. The momentum of the Yan army had already intimidated the Silla army.

Coupled with the sudden artillery attack, they were immediately frightened. They had no spirit of sacrificing for the country and not fearing life and death.

In the blink of an eye, the Silla army's formation fell into chaos before the Yan army could charge, and the 200,000-strong army fled in all directions like headless flies, unable to find their direction.

The Yan army's charge sounded at this time, and the vanguard was composed of soldiers holding assault rifles. As soon as they rushed to the Silla army's formation, they started firing.

This made the Silla army, which had little fighting spirit in the first place, so frightened that they turned around and ran away when they saw their companions falling one after another inexplicably and blood splattering.

The Yan army rushed into the enemy army like a sharp cone. The 200,000-strong army was like 200,000 chickens and dogs in front of them.

Li Shunchen looked at the Silla army on his side and saw how vulnerable it was. He was originally calm, but the corners of his mouth trembled slightly. He opened his mouth, but could not say anything.

He knew that the Silla Kingdom was destroyed, so how could an army with such a cowardly attitude and weak fighting will fight against the powerful Yan army?

When the central army charged the 200,000-man army, the left and right armies quickly returned to support after defeating the enemy. In less than an hour, the 250,000-man army defeated the 200,000-man Silla army outside the city of Rangir.

They killed 70,000 enemies and captured more than 40,000 of them. The rest of the Silla army fled without a trace. In terms of escaping, I'm afraid no one can compare with the Silla army.

Of the 500,000 troops around them, at least 300,000 escaped. Faced with the absolute numerical advantage, apart from the initial courage, they were left with only fear.

As the 700,000 Silla troops were defeated in a short period of time, the King of Silla collapsed on the city wall, his eyes full of horror. He could not accept this fact.

He had just expanded Silla several times, destroyed several small countries around it, and drove away the Jurchens, but in the end, everything was in vain. He would become the last king in the history of Silla to lose his country.

His heart was filled with resentment, frustration, and anger.

Facing the Yan army approaching the city, he gritted his teeth and wanted to pick up his weapon to fight the Yan army several times. But in the end, he threw his weapon away and collapsed there in despair.

"King of Silla, open the city gate and surrender, and you can save your life..." Jiang Fan asked Niu Wu to challenge him at the foot of the city. It was a very simple matter for him to attack Silla City.

However, he hoped to see the King of Silla surrender himself, which would save the soldiers the trouble of attacking the city and also save some ammunition.

On the city wall, the King of Silla heard Niu Wu's shout and came to his senses. He was surrounded by a group of soldiers who were already in a panic. They looked at the King of Silla eagerly, trying to find a backbone.

The King of Silla smiled bitterly and got up from the ground. His crown was disheveled and his hair was scattered. He looked in a miserable state.

He came to the city wall with difficulty, looked at the well-organized Yan army under the city wall, sighed, waved his hand and said: "Open the city, surrender!"

What else was there for him to insist on? There were less than 5,000 soldiers left in the city. As for defending the city and waiting for the chaotic army to regroup before fighting the Yan army?

He gave up such hope. Not to mention whether he could defend the city against the siege of the Yan army, even if he did, the hundreds of thousands of remaining soldiers who were beaten and frightened by the Yan army would not be able to cause any trouble.

Upon hearing this, all the court officials looked at each other. Most of them had concerns in their eyes, but some of them were full of joy. They immediately turned around and ran towards the city wall.

Then, they ordered their men to open the city gate. They rushed out of the city gate and knelt down in front of Jiang Fan to show their submission.

Li Shunchen looked at these spineless civil and military officials, with a trace of anger on his face, but more of it was despair, unwillingness, and dejection.

Those people also saw Li Shunchen tied to the carriage. Some of them had anger in their eyes, some had complicated expressions, and some had a look of ridicule on their faces.

The angry people thought that Li Shunchen was useless and caused the fall of Silla, while the mocking people thought that Li Shunchen was powerful, but he was still defeated by the Yan army in the end.

Li Shunchen met the gazes of these people and was so angry that he trembled all over, but he could do nothing because he was now a prisoner and there was nothing he could do.

"Let your king come to see me..." Jiang Fan snorted coldly as he looked at the surrendering civil and military officials in front of him.

Following his voice, the civil and military officials trembled slightly and kowtowed in response. Soon, they stood up and headed towards the city, but before they had gone far, they saw the King of Silla, led by other court officials, coming to the city gate.

The King of Silla had tidied up his appearance at this time, but he still looked very embarrassed. He no longer had the vigor and vitality he had in the court, and he looked lifeless.

He bowed to Jiang Fan and said, "The King of Silla greets His Royal Highness the King of Qin..."

Silla did not have its own culture. Although they had their own language, the upper-class Silla nobles all yearned for the Central Plains of China. Therefore, the nobles all knew Chinese.

They even used Chinese characters. After all, a long time ago, the northern barbarian lands of Silla were considered vassal states of China. It was only with the division of the Central Plains that they became independent.

Many of the northern barbarian lands originally belonged to China. Before Silla, it was considered a country on the peninsula, and at that time it was just a barbarian. There were three or four countries on the peninsula, such as Silla, Baekje, Goguryeo, etc.!

Later, after countless wars between them, several unified dynasties emerged. Later, after they became dependent on the Huaxia Dynasty, the Huaxia Dynasty gave them many places in the northern barbarian land.

As China split, they took the opportunity to occupy a lot of Chinese land, which led to the current Silla Dynasty. In fact, there are still many Chinese people living in Silla.

Just as the King of Silla was about to greet him, Niu Wu and Zhou Zheng on the side shouted coldly: "You, a little prince of a foreign vassal, don't even kneel down to greet the King... How dare you, kneel down..."

The two men shouted coldly in unison, which frightened all the Silla civil and military officials so much that they fell to their knees. The King of Silla was also shaken by the cold shout.

Although he looked unwilling, he finally gritted his teeth and knelt down with a respectful attitude. Now, his life and death were in the hands of Jiang Fan. If he really made Jiang Fan unhappy, he would have no way out.

Li Shunchen looked at the King of Silla and his civil and military officials in such a miserable state, sighed, and sighed to the sky. He knew that Silla was completely finished!

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