PFC Chapter 219 Outside the Fortress
Chapter 219 Outside the Fortress
Zhang Sun Wuji took over the conversation: "Your Highness is still using the strategy of killing the chicken to scare the monkey, and wants to use the Qinghe Cui family's rebellion to intimidate the nobles of the world.
In addition, with the great victory in the Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo, taking advantage of the court's popularity, we can completely suppress the Shandong family! ? "
Li Chengqian nodded: "There is such a consideration, but it is not to suppress, but to guide, and the Qinghe Cui family is the medicine for the guidance plan. Only after sacrificing the Qinghe Cui family and then giving enough benefits, can we appease the fear of the Qinghe Cui family's demise with benefits."
"Guiding plan!?" They both asked in surprise at the same time.
At this time, Chu Suiliang, who was half a body behind the three people, suddenly said: "Your Highness, do you want to give up the mineral resources, or do you want to give up the interests of Goguryeo and Japan?"
Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling were shocked again after hearing this!
Why didn't they think of that!
His Highness had previously said that the interests of Goguryeo and Japan should be given up, but this time Chu Suiliang proposed to give up the interests of minerals.
Is there anything else to worry about here? !
Li Chengqian was very satisfied with Chu Suiliang's keen intuition.
"What Lord Chu Suiliang said is that not only do we have to give up some of the interests of Goguryeo and Japan, but we also have to give some minerals to the noble families. However, the court is not giving these minerals away for free. We want the noble families to exchange them for something."
The three were shocked again.
Now they all figured it out.
Your Highness is setting a trap for the aristocratic families, using interests and the current prestige of the court to gradually take away the privileges held by the aristocratic families.
The first time might be to collect the family’s collection of books or land, the second time might be to collect military power, what about the third and fourth time?
With the temptation of interests, the noble family was slowly transformed into a chaebol who only cared about making money!
This strategy might be difficult, because the aristocratic families are not stupid, but the general direction is correct, it just depends on how to implement it specifically.
The imperial court is now powerful in military strength, and with the momentum of a great victory over Goguryeo, the aristocratic families will certainly not dare to confront the imperial court head-on. The first exchange of interests may really be achieved smoothly.
Now it all depends on what privileges His Highness wants to take away from the noble family for the first time!!
The three looked at Li Chengqian again.
"Why are you looking at me? Let's go and kill the troublemaker of Qinghe Cui first!"
When Li Chengqian arrived at the outskirts of the Qinghe Cui family's fortress, the Qinghe Cui family had already received the intelligence earlier.
Shocked and frightened, as if facing a formidable enemy, panic-stricken, sending for help, gathering troops...
The entire Qinghe Cui family is making final preparations.
But they did not have much confidence that they could stop the attack of a thousand imperial troops.
The battle report from the Liaodong front has arrived. The general of the Qinghe Cui family who serves in the army has clearly stated the power of the imperial army's firearms units and warned them not to confront the imperial court head-on again.
After receiving the message from the generals in the army, Cui of Qinghe originally planned to lie low and keep quiet for a while.
He even stopped contacting King Wu Li Ke.
But the imperial court didn't give us any chance. It hasn't been long since we've been attacked!
What should we do now? Can the fortress withstand the imperial court’s firearms attack?
How about opening the city and surrendering? !
Or does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have no intention of destroying the Qinghe Cui family when he came here this time?
But who would believe this? If it were them, they would definitely take advantage of the victory and destroy Qinghe Cui family, the most prominent one.
If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have done it in the first place!!
At this moment, scouts from the front reported that the imperial army had only a thousand people and did not carry the legendary small cannon.
Everyone had a flintlock rifle, but it was of little use in siege warfare.
Now, Qinghe Cui felt a little more at ease, thinking that the prince might just be passing by to visit.
But they did not dare to gamble and could only continue to close the city gates and wait for the imperial army to arrive.
But they still sent a small team, led by their direct descendants, to contact and test the situation.
Three miles away from Cui’s Fort in Qinghe, the exploratory team dismounted and waited by the roadside.
Li Chengqian sneered: "It's too late to be scared now!"
"Come on, get it for me!"
The visitor was shocked: "Your Highness! Your Highness, wait a minute, we are just here to greet you, why are you treating us like this?!"
Li Chengqian ignored him and rode his warhorse and walked straight over with his men.
He had nothing to say to these minions, and if he wanted to have a conversation he could only talk to the head of the Qinghe Cui family face to face.
A quarter of an hour later, a thousand Tang soldiers slowly arrived in front of the Cui's Fortress in Qinghe.
The gates were closed and the city walls were filled with fully armed soldiers.
Li Chengqian raised his chin towards an original guard beside him.
The guards held a meeting, and rode forward to ask, "The Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty is here, why don't you hurry out of the city to welcome him!"
The head of the Qinghe Cui family on the top of the city wall hesitated.
The imperial army outside doesn't look like they are coming to attack them. Could it be that this is just an ordinary visit?
But he didn't dare to gamble, he didn't dare to gamble with the lives of all the direct descendants of the clan!
So he did not personally make any response, but sent a message saying that the Cui family in Qinghe had recently suffered from an epidemic, and in order to prevent the spread of the epidemic, he closed the fortress.
Li Chengqian sneered and said, "Since it is a plague, let's eliminate it. Come on, bring the explosive packs."
Six original guards immediately stood up, holding a pack of dynamite in their hands, lit it, and threw it into the city with force!
With the powerful arm strength of these six guards, the six explosive packs were thrown as far as a catapult.
Standing fifty meters away from the Cui's Fortress in Qinghe, they could drop explosive packs on top of the city wall, and then...
Boom boom boom!
Familiar fireballs and smoke rose above the fortress. Six explosive packs killed or injured at least thirty people, all of whom were soldiers in armor.
This is not the end yet. The six guards, following the instructions of their comrades, continued to throw explosive packs onto the top of the city wall.
Boom boom boom! !
There was a sudden chaos on the top of the city wall. The strong soldiers were unable to withstand the huge shock caused by the violent explosion and were directly injured and died of vomiting blood.
The crossbowmen, archers, sword and shield soldiers on the city walls suffered heavy casualties!
"Master, this... this... we can't defeat them. The explosives are too powerful. We can't resist them at all!!"
The Qinghe Cui family also knows that they can't stop it, but what can they do now!
Just then, a cloud of smoke came from the distance.
"Reinforcements are coming. Hold on, you must hold on."
Li Chengqian also noticed the smoke and dust in the distance, but he did not stop the six guards. He still let them mechanically throw explosive packs into the city.
The rest of the soldiers dismounted, took out their flintlock rifles and formed a battle line, ready to deal with the invading enemy.
Pei Xingjian said at this time: "Your Highness, I think it is safer to save the explosives and repel the reinforcements first."
Li Chengqian shook his head: "Only by suppressing the Qinghe Cui family's troops in the fort and making them afraid to leave the city can we be free to deal with the invading enemy. Otherwise, it is easy to be attacked from both sides."