I Can Control My Ancestors

Chapter 520 - 46: Breaking Ugucheng, Gu Clan’s Butcher

The winter in Liaodong is absolutely impossible for the Tang Army to endure.

As long as it drags on like this.

The Tang Army is destined to withdraw.

In the original history, Li Shimin also failed to achieve complete success because of this, leaving things to his successors. But now, there are changes.

Whether it’s Li Shimin or Yu Gai Suwen.

They both understand well that the core of this battle has shifted to Wuguo City.

As long as the Tang Army can break Wuguo.

They can directly cooperate with Li Shimin to dismantle Goguryeo’s Liaodong defensive line!

Although the battle seems to have reached a stalemate, in reality, there are still great changes.

Yu Gai Suwen constantly dispatched troops, trying to seize this opportunity to trap Gu Jing directly, but how could Gu Jing not expect this point?

As time slowly passes, the temperature keeps rising.

He directly set his sights on the only water source for the defending troops in Wuguo City!

.... ——Poisoning!

This was a very useful tactic on ancient battlefields.

Although the Gu Clan continuously developed medical techniques, promoting the practice of boiling water throughout Kyushu, this phenomenon gradually disappeared.

But it doesn’t mean it’s completely useless, let alone that Goguryeo’s medical technology is far inferior to Kyushu!

There is only one stable water source in Wuguo City, which is the mountain stream flowing down, and for the Tang Army, this is a heaven-sent opportunity.

But——

This method is somewhat vicious.

Given the current situation, if an epidemic occurred, countless would certainly die in Wuguo City.

But whether it’s Gu Jing or other Tang Army soldiers, they don’t care at all.

In the eyes of others,

Yu Gai Suwen’s various actions have already violated heavenly authority, and his subordinates naturally deserve to die.

And for Gu Jing, it’s even simpler.

——The barbarians are deterred by might but not swayed by virtue.

Whether it’s Gu Xi or Gu Chen and Gu Ye, they have already conquered the barbarians many times, giving them enough benefits.

But now, the fact that incidents like this still occur in Goguryeo is enough to explain everything.

This time, he’s here to establish his might!

Gu Jing had anticipated all of this. Why was it necessary to raise the banners of the Gu Clan and the Great Tang from the start and proclaim that those who did not surrender would be slain?

It’s not just to intimidate the enemy troops, but he planned to do so from the beginning!

The battle in Wuguo City now involves the overall situation.

He would not hesitate at all!

——The situation changed abruptly.

Although Gu Jing ordered the soldiers to find a new water source, to prevent accidents, he also required the entire army to drink boiled water.

Although this did not prevent the spread of disease completely, it had some effect.

But it was not the case inside Wuguo City.

As soon as the first sick person appeared in the city, within less than half a month, the epidemic spread throughout this already completely enclosed city.

The medical standards of Goguryeo were too poor.

Although they also understood the concept of quarantine, Wuguo City had already become a dead end.

And to defend the city, they couldn’t kill the sick soldiers.

In this vicious cycle,

The epidemic instantly spread throughout Wuguo City.

Under the bright sun, each day someone would die, the sound of coughing and wailing resounded through the city.

——Even Gao Wuzhi himself was sick!

The constant wailing in the city, the so-called witch doctors were simply unable to solve the problem.

Even in the torment, soldiers on the city walls began to throw themselves from the walls in suicide.

A feeling of despair enveloped the city.

And in such a situation, the Tang Army intensified their vigilance.

Gu Jing did not choose to attack the city.

It wasn’t fear of the epidemic, although the Tang Army was not prepared with special masks, they could still cover their mouths and noses with clothing, and not immediately contract the disease.

Instead, it wasn’t necessary.

Once he made this move, Wuguo City had already become a dead city; even if they completely captured Wuguo, Gu Jing would not let his soldiers take root inside the city.

Gu Jing prepared not only to guard against reinforcements but also to prepare for the battlefield.

The breeze brushed by, and the flags of the Gu Clan and the Great Tang fluttered in the wind.

Although the shouting had already stopped.

The sick soldiers couldn’t help but recall the words the Tang Army shouted at the time.

Those who don’t surrender will die!

It seemed that this had become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

The despairing emotions continually overwhelmed them, and more and more soldiers couldn’t bear the torment of illness, choosing to leap off the walls.

In the city, Gao Wuzhi had already coughed up blood, but he still hadn’t given up hope of survival.

He didn’t want to die!

He wanted to send someone to launch a raid, using those sick soldiers, even if they couldn’t break open the gate, they must infect the Tang Army with the disease.

But now to this step, who would still obey orders?

Indeed, the city had completely fallen out of control.

The sick soldiers didn’t want to die, and the few still uninfected soldiers didn’t dare to leave their posts, fearing infection.

Not just the lowest-ranking soldiers,

Even the generals were the same.

In such a situation, Gao Wuzhi finally gave up.

He sent out a messenger, hoping to surrender to the Tang Army, just hoping the Tang Army would save his life.

But this so-called messenger, didn’t even get close to the Tang Army’s camp, shot dead before approaching, and the body lay before the city of Wuguo.

Including the bodies of those soldiers who had committed suicide.

This merciless action enraged everyone.

The thousands of remaining people in Wuguo City, in such desperation, finally began to abandon the city and charge forward recklessly.