C236 (1/2)
Under the leadership of the old man from the korean, Zhang Hu and the rest of the riders followed closely behind them, killing the korean soldiers who were fleeing east. Soon, they arrived at the castle of the Li Jing Tribe. However, there were still nearly a thousand korean soldiers that managed to escape into Li Jing's castle.
Seeing that it was almost dusk, Zhang Hu and Li Da discussed for a while and immediately issued an order: ”Just bury the wok and make the rice, rely on the siege escalades.
Just as the soldiers were preparing dinner, Zhang Hu and Li Da brought a squadron of cavalry to inspect Li Jing's castle. Standing at the foot of the mountain, he looked up and saw that the city wall was already filled with defending soldiers. In their hands were torches, and they were pointing at the cavalrymen at the foot of the mountain.
”This city wall is really similar to our Central Plains' county city, but it's much smaller.” Zhang Hu stared at the city wall and said thoughtfully.
Different from the Pitiful Moslems, the people of the Triple Korea seemed to be more influenced by the Han Chinese. Other than their language, writing, and even weapons and banners, they were all similar to those of the Central Plains. Even the city walls that they built had some Chinese style. The Li Jing Tribe's castle was built on a mountain. It was square and had city gates on all four sides, which were very similar to the walls of the Central Plains.
”Hehe …” I found their fatal weakness. ” Li Da suddenly laughed, as if he had discovered some secret.
”Oh …” What are their fatal weaknesses? ” Zhang Hu frowned, somewhat baffled.
”These walls of the korean were built after the walls of the Central Plains. Although they learn like one another, they have never learned the essence of it.” Saying that, Li Da deliberately stopped and laughed strangely: ”The city walls of us big men have all been built very big, but the walls of the korean have all been built very small. Look at their walls, they are no more than two thousand paces long and wide. If we stood on the east and west side and fired our rockets into the city, I dare to say that the korean people would all be roasted like roasted pigs! ”
”Yeah, that's a good idea!” Zhang Hu came to a realization and clapped his hands, then said loudly: ”Just like how we used to burn geniuses, let's make them die without a burial ground.”
In truth, this was not because the people of Triple Korea did not learn the essence of it. The Central Plains had a large number of Han Chinese, and their productivity was also high. The city walls that they built must be wide and long, even if they fired rockets into the city, they would not be able to burn down the houses inside the city. However, the population of the Tri-Korean Region was sparse, Li Jing's entire tribe was just a single ten thousand people, their productivity was low, and the people that lived in the castle were only the clan leader's family.
”However, burning down the castle is only the last option. Lord General said that he wanted to conquer Triple Korea, but he can't possibly burn Triple Korea into a pile of ruins right? ” Zhang Hu thought for a while, then laughed: ”How about we send that old man from the korean to the city to persuade them to surrender?
”Very good!” Li Da nodded, he did not want to burn these thousand plus korean people down, since they might be useful to him if he kept them.
”Reporting...” ”Lord Chief, the Han army sent an old man. He said that he wants to see Lord Chief because he has matters to attend to.”
Just as Li Jing was feeling annoyed, he suddenly heard his commander, Li Yan, coming over to report. He raised his head and glared at Commander Li Yan before saying unhappily, ”What's there to see? He must be here to persuade us to surrender. Let's push him out and kill him!”
”Master, Han Jun has a lot of power, it's better to meet him first. That old man is also from the korean, it's not too late to kill him after hearing what he has to say.” Commander Li Yan, who had just witnessed the power of the Han Army, hurriedly stepped forward and advised.
”Mm …” Li Jing hesitated for a moment, waved his hand, and said impatiently: ”Then call him in, and let him live for a while longer.”
Not long later, the old man from korean was brought over. When he saw Li Jing, he immediately kneeled down, trembling in fear as he said, ”Master, the Chinese generals asked me to tell master, if he does not surrender within two hours, they are going to attack.”
”Bullshit!” Li Jing was so angry that he jumped up, as though the old man was going to attack. He pointed at the old man and scolded: ”You guys attack, I will kill you all without a burial ground.”
”Master, it's not that I want to attack.” The old man was so scared that his entire body was trembling. He hurriedly said, ”They said that the old master's castle was only one or two thousand steps away. They could burn the old master's castle to the ground and burn everyone in the castle to the ground.”
”Bang!” Li Jing slammed the table and shouted: ”Drag him out and kill him!”
”Wait, wait!” When Commander Li Yan heard that the Han army was going to burn the castle down, he was so scared that he almost broke out in cold sweat. He hastily stopped the servant and loudly said, ”Master, please calm down and listen to what I have to say. ”Those Han soldiers are not lying at all. The castle is really too small. If they were to attack it with fire, Master, your entire family would probably be burnt to ashes.”
Li Jing suddenly froze, his face full of anger. Suddenly, he seemed to understand that the slaves would burn to death, but how could his family be so noble as to burn to death? Especially those beautiful wives of his, he hadn't enjoyed enough. No matter what, he couldn't die!
”Old master, if we keep the green mountains here, how can we be afraid of not having any firewood? Haven't you heard? Those Pitiful Moslems leaders who had surrendered to the Han army, weren't they still serving as leaders? It's nothing more than handing over some young and strong men and women to the Han army. ” Commander Li Yan did not want to die, so he immediately tried to persuade Li Jing.
”The Pitiful Moslems is the territory of the Han, and ours is the territory of the korean, what right do we have to surrender to them? ”Even if I don't surrender, I can still run into the mountains tonight. Where can I find him?” Li Jing still did not want to surrender, so he sat down in anger.