Chapter 445 Beheading Four Thousand People

Su Dingfang's eyes were very accurate. The city wall had collapsed just now, but this guy didn't give the order immediately. He knew that there was still a lot of boiling oil on the city wall, and the boiling oil had to be burned out, otherwise we would have passed. Time also had to suffer, so it was delayed by about a cup of tea.

Apart from ordering the artillery fire, Li Xiang didn't care about the rest. Because this kind of siege battle was not what he was good at, so he had to leave it to professionals. Su Dingfang had been studying this for a long time. If he can't handle it, then probably no one here can handle it.

Eight thousand cavalry rushed out in an instant. Although these cavalry charged very quickly, they obeyed the command during the charge and did not rush up in a swarm. The soldiers riding in front all held bows and arrows in their hands. , when they were about to grow up, they fired an arrow at the city wall.

Many people also know that there cannot be too many people alive on the city wall. This is also to buy insurance for yourself. If there is a survivor among ten people, our wave of bows and arrows can kill this survivor. By sending them to the Hall of the King of Hell, we are also saving our own lives.

"Advance the entire army."

Before Su Dingfang's people rushed in, Li Xiang had already ordered the remaining people to move forward. In fact, there were no surprises in this battle. Li Xiang also ordered the demolition troops to go over. Their task was to open the city gate to After blowing it open, Su Dingfang's assault troops can rush in through the gap. There is no need for us to go through that gap. We still need to blow the city gate open, and then we can enter through the city gate in a smooth manner.

There was still some fighting on the city wall. After our soldiers rushed over, there were still hundreds of people on the wall who continued to fight. However, some of them were injured, and some of them could not even find their weapons. After the shelling just now, Among them, the souls of these people were scared to death. When Tang Jun rushed in from the gap on horseback, they only mechanically resisted with their weapons, which was evident from the effect.

Just when Su Dingfang's people took down the city wall, a huge explosion was heard. Li Xiang's demolition team had already blown open the city gate. Even though the troops on the city wall were still intact, for Li Xiang Siege warfare is not difficult either.

A large number of infantrymen rushed in from the city gate, and the prefect of Baiyan City had been killed. Although there were still many young and strong men in the city, they did not have a unified command. Many of them only knew how to shout. Yelling, of course, you will lose your life quickly while yelling. You might as well just find a place to lie down. After the battle, I will give you a chance to be a slave.

"Drive out all the people in the city."

Two hours later, the Tang army occupied Baiyan City, and Li Xiang also sent people to report the victory to the capital.

Originally there were about 50,000 ordinary people in the city, but later due to the war, most of the people followed the army and retreated to the south of the Datong River. There were only more than 17,000 ordinary people in the entire city, and many of them were old, weak, sick and disabled. .

"How many people were there in that army back then?"

When Li Xiang asked this question, many people didn't understand it yet, but some people soon understood it.

"Coming back to the commander-in-chief, there were more than 3,500 wounded soldiers in our army."

It is normal for people to die on the battlefield, but if you catch our sick and wounded, you will behead them. This is what is wrong with you people.

"Push out four thousand people and behead them."

After Li Xiang finished speaking, the crowd nearby wailed. They also understood the meaning of Li Xiang's words. At this moment, Li Xiang was like a god, directly deciding the life and death of four thousand of them.

War is inherently cruel. If we had not captured this city so easily today, then we might still have to study how to attack. By then, we might have lost four thousand people, so killing these people in the city would be very important to us. Said there is no psychological burden.

"Commander, there are still so many people left."

Su Dingfang pointed to the dark crowd in the distance and said, do you want to kill them all? If Li Xiang issued this order, then the remaining people would also attack with swords. Who made the hatred between us reach this level?

"Except the young and strong men and women, let the rest of them go."

To everyone's surprise, Li Xiang actually issued such an order. We finally drove them out of the city, how could we let them go?

"Commander, what does this mean?"

Su Dingfang didn't understand Li Xiang's thoughts for a while. If they were released, wouldn't these people run south, and they would most likely become resistance to our attacks in the future.

"You are not qualified as a general. You are indeed a good fighter, but you have to make calculations when it's time to make calculations. What I want to let go are some of the old, weak, sick and disabled. They can't bring us much benefit, and I can't. We can't kill them all with one sword. After letting them go, they will go back to Goguryeo. These people won't be able to have much effect, but Goguryeo still has to feed them."

Li Xiang's voice was not loud, but the generals around him heard clearly. After hearing Li Xiang's words, these people all nodded in agreement. Many of their relatives are south of the Datong River. These people After that, you will definitely have to eat and sleep, which will weaken Goguryeo's comprehensive national power in disguise.

"What about these young ones?"

In addition to the old, weak, sick and disabled people who were killed just now, there are still more than 4,000 young men and women left.

"Become an official slave according to the rules."

After Li Xiang finished speaking, the people under his command were all very happy. These were the prisoners they had captured. Although there was no way to distribute them now, after the war was over, all the combatants would have priority. Some people's families You are relatively poor and can't find a wife. It's not bad to find a Goguryeo woman, as long as you can continue the family line. As for the men, of course they are sold to the rich as slaves. You can do whatever you want, as long as you give the money. .

"Go, go, go, go..."

His Highness Taisun gave the order, and the soldiers under his command waved their whips. You guys are our prisoners now. If you don't obey us, a white knife will go in and a red knife will come out at any time. In this era, too There is no treaty for preferential treatment of prisoners. As long as you enter a prisoner of war camp, your life is not worth as much as a dog...