Chapter 997
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With a loud bang, the city gate was blown open.
The city gate defenders were killed by a lot of bombs, but someone rushed up from behind soon.
“It’s quite tenacious.”
Li Chao sighed, these people actually have no way out. This castle is their protective shell. Once there is no castle, they can only let the Tang people do whatever they want. There are too many stories about how the Tang people do evil recently.
The most widely circulated is that every time the Tang ship lands on a coast, it will inevitably capture all the people nearby. No matter men, women, young and old, old and weak will be killed directly, and young and strong will be sent to be slaves, and even children will not be spared. They will send all the children who are not as tall as wheels to be slaves, and those who are younger than wheels will be brought back to the Tang Kingdom by them.
Those children were still young and would think that they were orphans of the Tang Kingdom, and would recognize the Tang people as their fathers, and serve their loyalty to the Tang people.
No Goguryeo is willing to accept such a result.
If they could not defend the city, they would become slaves of the Tang people and go to the Tang Kingdom to mine and build roads. Their women would become slaves of the Tang people. Their old parents would be abandoned and killed, and their children would recognize the Tang people as their fathers in the future.
In fact, after hearing such rumors, Li Chao really wanted to explain to the Goguryeo people. Although he did make the Goguryeo people he caught as slaves, the slaves were not that miserable. At least, they would not kill people, or they could be infected unless they were sick and dying. But even that kind of person would throw them on a deserted island at most, give them some simple tools to let them die on their own.
Those who are seventy-eighty and eighty-year-old are almost in the coffin, Li Chao will not kill them. Not only will they not kill them, but they also take good care of these elderly people. Because Li Chao is more aware of the role of family.
Although these old men and women can't do anything, they are very important to their children. With them, the young prisoners will be more concerned, more hard work and more obedient.
In terms of cost, these people can't consume anything anyway. If you give the slaves a home, they will be more honest, harder and harder to control it.
As for robbing Goguryeo children, Li Chao did not do it either.
There is no need to do that, the children will continue to let Goguryeo parents be with them, but when they grow up, they will just receive the assimilation education of the Tang Dynasty, learn Chinese dialect and recognize Chinese characters, and learn this set of Han people. Gradually, their thinking and lifestyle will be no different from that of the Han people. After a few generations, they will become part of the Tang Empire.
Actually, I feel a little sorry for these Goguryeo people. Although the Goguryeo people are barbarians and erode the territory of the Central Plains, these are just ordinary people in front of me.
Li Chao turned his head and said to the artillerymen with gray faces, "Although the cannon was very good just now, I could see clearly that it was just that your blind cat hit a dead mouse, not the direction you aimed at. You were originally going to hit the target next to you, but after at least a few dozen steps, they were simply going to my grandmother's house. Adjust the direction for me and continue."
The artillery's artillery is too inaccurate.
The distance is not far, and the accuracy is also poor. Fortunately, these cannons have gun ears and photos. In addition, when Li Chao casts cannons, he imitated the common methods from later generations and made a set of aiming and calculation tools such as rulers.
Even that foolish.
All of them are ready to load the medicine at the angle and the distance can be shot. When the artillery is loading and shooting, just follow this.
But even so, these second gunners still made Li Chao helpless.
It was only a hundred steps away, but it was a few dozen steps away, and it was almost time to hit the back.
It’s very expensive to shoot, but Li Chao didn’t feel sorry for the money at this time, so he just wanted to blow it up.
Seeing the artillerymen poking the gun barrels with brushes, Li Chao walked to the other side.
On that side, there is the authentic blasting team led by Cheng Yaojin.
Digging tunnels is a very conventional way of siege, but this method has a large project volume and is easy to be cracked by listening. Even when the enemy deliberately waits for you to dig it almost, it will be flooded and fire attacking, and it is very common to kill the excavation team.
But when digging the tunnel and blasting it, this combination is a bit shameless and invincible.
Because there is no need to dig through, just dig under the city wall, it is enough. The enemy wants to reverse the tunnel unless they dig it out by themselves.
But that is difficult, and Li Chao and others will use conventional anti-tunnel tactics to destroy them.
"how's it going?"
"We have dug five tunnels and digging at the same time. We dig what you said, first dig straight, then get close to the city wall and turn at a right angle, dig a section, and then turn straight. Under the city wall, we use your mining technology to set up beams and pillars inside, and after stabilizing, make several large explosive barrels, fill the gunpowder and fill the gunpowder with gunpowder. In addition to leaving the fire line, we will build it inside to form the explosion room you mentioned. It will be completed soon, and you will know whether the method you mentioned is easy to use."
Originally, Cheng Yaojin thought it would be very simple to dig a tunnel to blast it. Isn’t it just like digging a pit under the city wall and then putting the explosive barrel down?
As a result, Li Chao said that that would not work. He said a lot of reasons, but Lao Cheng didn't understand much.
The tunnel is still busy, and Lao Cheng is a little absent-minded.
"We're really waiting here?"
Li Chao said, "Don't worry, I have arranged someone, and I will help you pick up your family as soon as possible."
Lao Cheng was indeed a little worried about his little wife, but this was not the main thing.
"I mean, I mean, you are not worried about the prince, are you worried that the Supreme Emperor will be able to successfully restore the reign of the Supreme Emperor?"
"I am indeed a little worried about the prince, but it is impossible to say that the Supreme Emperor can successfully restore the throne. Because our Emperor is leading a large army in the Western Regions. Even if the Supreme Emperor controls the capital, when His Majesty fights back, who do you think they can win?"
Li Chao believed that of course Li Shimin could win, because hard fists were the real hard truth. When it comes to war, Li Yuan was definitely not Li Shimin's opponent.
If the current situation of father-son confrontation was formed during the Xuanwu Gate army, Li Shimin would definitely not have the upper hand, because at that time Li Shimin was just a king and a subject. Li Yuan was the emperor, the king and the father.
But now it is different. Li Shimin became the emperor for three years. Most of the people in the central and localities of this court were Li Shimin.
Just like Li Chao, would he vote for Li Yuan?
People like Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Changsun Wuji, don’t know, but even if they haven’t participated in the Xuanwu Sect Incident back then, they won’t know that those who have been valued in recent years will be reused.
More local officials may wait and see.
But Li Shimin is still beneficial to this kind of wait-and-seeness.
"We can't go back to Hanjing directly?"
"Do you go back empty-handed?" Li Chao said.
"It's time, why are we still competing with a group of Goguryeo people here?"
Li Chao shook his head, Cheng Yaojin was confused when he was concerned. At this time, it was best for Li Chao to stay here. This place was not in the territory of the Great Inner, he could hold this Marine Corps. But when he returned to Dengzhou, his soldiers would not be able to reach the shore.
At this time, the three thousand soldiers in his hand seemed particularly valuable.
"It's so urgent to wait like this." Cheng Yaojin sighed.
"Then hurry up and practice these guards, maybe they will become our main force in the king-salvation." Li Chao said.
Chapter completed!