I Can Control My Ancestors

Chapter 518 - 46: Breaking Wugu, Gu Clan Butcher (Double-Length, Please Vote)

Simply besieging the city cannot break Wuguo.

Gu Jing’s overall strategy is to continually create panic among the city’s defenders, exploiting their fear of the Tang Army and the Gu Clan to incite internal chaos.

Goguryeo will definitely come to reinforce Wuguo.

Given the importance of Wuguo City, Goguryeo might even abandon its attempt to retake Beisha City.

Gu Jing is betting on this.

Betting that the Tang Army’s strength is enough to crush Goguryeo’s forces.

Betting that the Tang Army can hold out until the defenders inside Wuguo City completely collapse in morale!

This move is indeed very risky.

But in Gu Jing’s view, historically, generals who don’t know how to take risks rarely become renowned.

Warfare is about the courage to gamble; as long as the benefits are great enough, it’s worth the risk.

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The entire Liaodong Peninsula has now been completely divided into northern and southern fronts.

Although Yeon Gaesomun truly wants to eliminate the relatively weaker southern Tang forces, at this moment he simply can’t mobilize too many troops!

The situation is critical!

The Tang Army has already locked them down tightly along the entire Liaodong defensive line.

If Yeon Gaesomun makes any move, it could very likely trigger a chain reaction, leading to the collapse of the entire Liaodong defensive line.

Yeon Gaesomun dares not to gamble.

He hopes to stabilize the situation as much as possible, waiting for the Tang Army to retreat on their own, and can’t spare too many troops at this time.

And Gu Jing’s judgement was correct, as the news of Wuguo City being besieged spread.

Yeon Gaesomun immediately reacted, hurriedly altering the orders to redirect the reinforcements that were originally going to retake Beisha City to Wuguo!

——Liaodong is shaken!

Forces from the surrounding areas, including Baekje reinforcements, quickly headed towards Wuguo City.

But the problem remains the same: the terrain of Wuguo City ensures that it not only affects the Tang Army, but the reinforcements too can only approach from one known direction.

Cliffs tens of meters deep can block everything.

These reinforcements can only launch a frontal attack on the Tang Camp through the southern valley.

This is destined to be extremely difficult.

The equipment of the Tang Army is far superior to that of the Barbarian soldiers, and now the Tang Army occupies the advantageous terrain, attacking from high ground.

How could they possibly break through the camp?

The battles raged on.

The only exit of Wuguo City had been completely sealed off, and all the soldiers were very concerned that the defenders inside Wuguo City might take this opportunity to coordinate with Goguryeo reinforcements and attack the Tang Camp from both sides.

But Gu Jing remained remarkably calm, only dispatching a small number of troops to guard against this possibility.

Gao Wuzhi dared not leave the city.

He feared it might be a Tang Army ruse, to disguise reinforcements and lure him out.

Gu Jing’s insight into human nature is undoubtedly the most outstanding among the Gu Clan members over generations, even Gu Yi had to acknowledge this.

Other members of the Gu Clan who gained power over time also had considerable insight into human nature.

But theirs was due mainly to experience and prolonged observation.

However, Gu Jing is different.

He is naturally a political prodigy, his temperament much like Gu Quan, extremely mature, daring, yet ruthless.

Being enemies with someone like him means that if he captures any opportunity, you would be tightly controlled.

"Slay all invaders, whether they surrender or not!"

In the Tang Camp, Gu Jing issued the command sternly.

Hearing these words, all the soldiers’ eyes lit up; whether the enemy surrendered or not, they would all be slain, which meant all of these would count as battle achievements for them!

In fact, in battles with surrounding areas, the Great Tang has always held back.

This might be due to the so-called "face" of the "Heavenly Kingdom," sparing those who surrendered.

But now it’s entirely different; Gu Jing intended to go all out!

Gu Jing must make full use of the period when the defenders inside Wuguo City are still hesitant and afraid to continue to expand their fear.

He wasn’t going to hold back at all!

The entire gorge had completely turned into a meat grinder. The equipment of the Goguryeo forces already lagged behind that of the Tang Army, and under such terrain, it was impossible to gain any advantage in a short time.

Yet they had no choice but to fight to the death.

Until the defenders of Wuguo City exit the city and attack the Tang Camp from both front and back!

——Battles erupt!

War drums thundered, shattering the morning mist in the gorge.

The Goguryeo soldiers stepped on the bodies of their fallen comrades, raising leather shields to form a tortoise-shell formation. Arrows thudded against the cowhide, making dull sounds but failing to penetrate the moving wall.

Gu Jing stood on the observation tower, watching the approaching enemy, sneering as he fiercely waved the command flag in his hand.

"Catapults, fire!"

Three hundred paces away, twelve catapults let out ear-piercing creaks simultaneously.

Millstone-sized stone projectiles sliced through the sky, bursting a blood-red mist in the Goguryeo ranks.

The front-line shield soldiers were smashed into pulp, their shattered bones spraying like torrential rain toward the rear.

But the Goguryeo soldiers were well-prepared; wounded soldiers were dragged to the rear by their comrades, gaps were instantly filled by fresh troops who stepped over the scattered entrails to continue their charge.

"Kill!!!"

"Kill!!!"

"Kill!!!"

There was no retreat; even if it required sacrificing lives, the Goguryeo forces must continue advancing.

They could not allow Wuguo City to remain besieged indefinitely.

The situation was entirely different from when Yang Guang invaded Goguryeo in the past; the Goguryeo forces already feared the Tang Army as if they were tigers, and now the northern Tang forces have already forced Goguryeo to tighten its Liaodong defenses.

Trapped under such circumstances, without any news, one need not think long to realize how terrified the defenders inside the city must have been.

Wuguo City could definitely hold!

But human morale cannot remain steadfast indefinitely!

Even if they couldn’t drive away the Tang Army, they must prove to the defenders inside that Goguryeo had not yet been defeated, nor had it abandoned them.