Not to mention the ordinary soldiers below, even the generals around them all thought that Wu Yuanhao's head was blown off by a shell. It's only been an hour and you changed your own orders. If we continue to follow you, we don't know where you will sell us in the future.
Of course, they didn't dare to say this at the moment. After all, Wu Yuanhao was still their general. The most important thing was that Fan Mingzheng's men had not gone too far. If they had already left the city, then there would be no way to bring them back.
boom…
When Wu Yuanhao's men just walked out of the south gate, the north city wall collapsed, revealing an attack channel about 20 meters long.
The Tang Dynasty's special forces, who had been waiting for a long time, could no longer bear with them and immediately rushed forward on their horses, regardless of whether it was day or night. Although there were still scattered soldiers resisting on the city wall, most of them had followed their general to retreat to the south before the wall collapsed. Now the whole city was in chaos.
"Can we kill our way in?"
Chang Sun Ze said with great concern that Huo Qubing had just come from the gap and brought first-hand news.
"Although the breach is not small, it's a mess inside. It will take at least an hour to clear it out. Also, I see that the entire city is in chaos and it's almost dawn. We might as well wait until daybreak before going in. Going in rashly at this time is likely to result in casualties."
After listening to what Huo Qubing said, Chang Sun Ze nodded. You know, the Tang army is not good at night battles. They basically launch attacks during the day, and daytime is also when their combat effectiveness is the strongest. Today they just have no choice. If they don't launch a battle tonight, Wu Yuanhao may lead his men to retreat into the mountains tomorrow morning, which will bring us great trouble.
"Hurry up and send people to clean up. We will camp near the north city gate and immediately go in to search for all the Vietnamese troops after daybreak. We will capture as many as we can. We must not let them escape into the mountains and forests."
It is scary to think about tens of thousands of troops running into the mountains to become mountain kings. You have to know that this is only the northern part of Vietnam. If tens of thousands of bandits appear, then we should not advance southward. We don’t know how many times we will be attacked by them along the way. After all, we also need to ensure the logistics line. Although navy warships can also transport some supplies, road transportation is the most important thing in this era.
"I just conducted a surprise interrogation of a Vietnamese general. It seems that not many people have retreated into the mountains and forests. This is mainly because Wu Yuanhao is wavering. He still wants to fight us here, and he also wants to retreat into the jungle and fight us. Anyway, what he said is a mess."
Hearing what Huo Qubing said, Chang Sun Ze also smiled. He thought that this should be the case. Our actions were quicker and we beat the opponent so hard that he had no power to fight back. If the opponent could still remain calm, wouldn't our efforts be in vain?
The sky gradually brightened, and the rioters in the city began to move around. When they learned that the army had retreated to the south, these people began to attack their neighbors. The entire city, which was usually full of revenge and complaints, turned into a sea of blood.
However, these people did not cause much damage, and the Tang army came from the north. Although Wu Yuanhao gave the order to burn the entire city, everyone was busy escaping. Although the mission was told to some generals, these people did not have the time to take care of it. You took your people to escape in advance, and let us burn the entire city here. If the Tang army finds anyone, won’t they cut us into pieces?
What's more, it's such a big city, you can burn it down at will, but we don't have that much lamp oil, and it's impossible to find it now, so some people just pretended to burn some civil objects, and most of the buildings in the entire city were preserved.
The news about Samarkand City has already arrived. If we get another deserted city here, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will probably be even more dissatisfied.
When Chang Sunze led his men into the city, he saw that the main buildings in the distance were preserved. He nodded with great satisfaction. This city has a wide influence in the surrounding area. Even if we can rebuild it in the future, the manpower and material resources it will cost will not be a small amount.
The common people stayed in their homes obediently. The Tang army had found the local Han people and asked them to help call out to the people around them, asking them to stay in their homes. As long as they did not go to the streets, the Tang army would not cause trouble for them. However, if they violated orders and went to the streets, they would be treated like the Vietnamese army.
This city is actually a mixture of three ethnic groups. Normally, the Han people are bullied here. Although the Tang Dynasty is very powerful, in a place like this, it is almost dark under the lamp. The people of the other two ethnic groups often bully the Han people. Now that the Tang army has arrived, these Han people seem to be proud and they all straighten their backs.
Of course, now is not the time for revenge. We have not yet completely taken control of this city. The local Han people are leading the Tang army to look for wealthy families all over the city. Every time we capture a city, we must check the local official and civilian warehouses. Moreover, it was obvious that those people retreated in a hurry last night. It is impossible for them to destroy all these things.
Facts proved to be pretty much as Chang Sunze had expected. That guy only gave the order when he retreated. As for who would carry out the order, no one checked it. The generals who carried out the order only wanted to escape, so the major warehouses inside Luocheng were almost intact. Although some civilians came and took away some things, it was no big deal, and the main force was all preserved.
Since last year, Vietnam has been thinking about confronting the Tang Dynasty. Luocheng is definitely the first city on the front line, so they are constantly transporting various goods to this city. The warehouses are almost full. Maybe they can make up for the losses in Samarkand from here...
