Chapter 1772 You are dead today
For two consecutive days, Yeon Gaesumun did not stop attacking the new city.
The soldiers on both sides suffered numerous casualties, and the corpses under the city tower were carted away one by one at night.
The blood stains on the ground and on the city wall were dry and wet, wet and dry again.
Broken weapons can be seen everywhere, and marks left by arrows can be seen everywhere on the cracks in the city bricks.
The entire city wall, as well as the land below the tower, was scorched black.
A gust of wind blew by, rolling up countless black smoke.
The faces of the city guards were all filled with uncontrollable exhaustion, and their eyes were filled with bloodshot eyes.
In the corridors of the city tower, there are soldiers of the new city lying in undressed clothes, half lying on the ground, leaning against the city wall.
Every city gate is like this.
In the past two days, Yeon Gae Suwen attacked the four gates of the new city regardless of the cost.
From beginning to end, he did not send any Goguryeo soldiers.
Cheng Chumo dragged his tired body to the south city gate, and Qin Huaiyu also came over.
Every night is their brief meeting time.
Cheng Chumo slowly sat down while holding on to the city wall, while Qin Huaiyu leaned against the city wall, his head drooped and his eyes slightly squinted.
"Zhao Da, you have no problem here. If you don't have enough manpower, you must tell me in time and I will find a way to supplement your troops." Cheng Chumo braced himself and said to Zhao Chen.
"I have about 3,000 people left here. I lost more than 2,000 people in the two consecutive days of attack." Zhao Chen shook his head and just talked about the losses at the South City Gate.
Cheng Chu nodded silently.
The loss was not very great.
Their North Gate had lost a full 5,000 men in the past few days, but they had killed more than twice as many of their opponents.
"I have roughly estimated that so many Tianyuan Gaisuwen have been letting the rebels attack the city. Starting tomorrow, they will probably be Goguryeo's headquarters troops." Qin Huaiyu opened his eyes slightly.
Cheng Chumo nodded, he also realized this.
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br\u003e These days, the Xincheng rebels have almost suffered casualties, and their defenders have been exhausted.
Tomorrow Yubu Gaisuwen will definitely let his elite troops attack the city.
Soon, they will face the most difficult time.
Cheng Chumo and Qin Huaiyu now don't even have the confidence to persist until half a month later.
It has only been three days, and they are already somewhat beyond their capabilities.
The Goguryeo army, which is waiting for work, will definitely make it difficult for them to resist.
"If it weren't for the fact that this new city must not be lost, I would really want to retreat." Cheng Chumo complained.
He said this in front of Zhao Chen and Qin Huaiyu.
If you say this in front of the Xincheng soldiers, the morale of the army will collapse immediately.
Even their commander-in-chief has lost any confidence, what will they think?
"Zhao Da, do you have any good ideas?" Qin Huaiyu looked at Zhao Chen.
Zhao Chen has always been smarter than them, but now that he is at the end of his rope, Qin Huaiyu naturally hopes that Zhao Chen can come up with a way.
"If the city wall cannot be defended, we can only enter the city and fight in the streets."
"Street fighting?"
"How to fight?" Cheng Chumo and Qin Huaiyu asked at the same time.
It’s not that they don’t know about street fighting.
It's just that this street fighting is of little significance to the defeated army.
First of all, the houses in the city are all made of wood. Once they hide in the house and prepare to ambush the enemy, the enemy only needs a fire to force them out.
Without a place to hide, how could they attack the enemy?
If someone had called for a street fight, the two of them would have fought each other.
But Zhao Chen said this, which made the two of them look forward to it.
"The most important thing in street fighting is to have a place to hide, but once the enemy burns the city, we will have no way to avoid it. Therefore, the first and most important thing is to dig tunnels in the city that extend in all directions."
"At least, you can run from South City to North City."
"Dig a tunnel?" Cheng Chumo was stunned.
"But it's too late." Qin Huaiyu said immediately.
They don't have enough troops to defend the city now, so how can they have the ability to send people to dig tunnels?
"Let the people in the city dig it."
"Whether it's through coercion or inducement, or by showing affection or reasoning and letting them dig, it's best if the tunnels in every household should be connected."
"There are tens of thousands of people in the city. Let them take action every six hours, men, women, old and young."
"In two days, even if the tunnels from north to south cannot be dug, at least in Beicheng District, the tunnels of every household can be connected."
"this……"
"Is it possible?" Qin Huaiyu was a little worried.
"Do you have a better way?" Zhao Chen asked Qin Huaiyu.
Qin Huaiyu shook his head.
If he had other methods, he wouldn't be so worried.
"For the time being, let's do what Zhao Da said. If possible, we can hold on until reinforcements arrive. If not, we have to resign ourselves to fate!" Cheng Chumo had no other option.
He stood up from the ground and went to give the order.
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Early the next morning.
All the people in the new city gathered in their homes.
Men, women, old and young, all began to dig tunnels towards the neighbor's house next door.
Handfuls of soil were being sent out, and the distance between adjacent tunnels was slowly getting smaller.
Cheng Chumo stood at the North City Tower, while Zhao Chen and Qin Huaiyu also came here.
There were no enemy troops at other city gates today.
Cheng Chumo then gathered his main force at the North City Gate, waiting for Yuan Gaisuwen's attack.
At this moment, Yeon Gaesumun was riding on a tall horse and slowly walked out of the military formation.
"Zhao Chen, come out and speak!" Yuengai Suwen shouted towards the tower.
But what he called was not Cheng Chumo or Qin Huaiyu, but Zhao Chen.
The city gates were blocked and leaving the city was impossible.
Zhao Chen stood on the tower, with the archers behind him aiming at Yeon Gaesumun.
It’s just that Yeon Gaesowun is far away, not enough to shoot him.
"Yeon Gaesumun, we meet again!" Zhao Chen said with a smile. Although there was no joking in the laughter, Yeon Gaesumun clenched his fists subconsciously.
Thinking of his original ambition, he wanted to invade the territory of the Tang Dynasty.
In the end, he met Zhao Chen.
He, the majestic Goguryeo commander, was beaten back by a fledgling boy, unable to fight back.
Not only did they lose their troops, but they even ceded Shacheng.
Let Tang Dynasty take advantage of Goguryeo at any time.
Yeon Gaesumun did not dare to forget this shame at all. Even when he went to bed at night, he would be awakened by nightmares.
Seeing Zhao Chen again today, Yuan Gaisuwen wanted to eat his flesh and sleep on his skin.
"Zhao Chen, you are dead today!" Yuan Gaisuwen felt a burst of anger rising in his heart for no reason.
Yeon Gaesumun himself didn't know that he was not so easily angered on weekdays.
But as soon as he saw Zhao Chen, or even heard the name Zhao Chen, he wanted to kill him with a knife.
"Yeongae Suwen, you said the same thing last time." Zhao Chen smiled, still looking calm and calm.
