The soldiers looked at each other.
Finally, one stepped forward.
He picked up a bundle of rope and approached Jin Dana.
"General, pardon me!"
With that, he tied Jin Dana's hands securely.
Then, using the same rope, he strung together and bound the other soldiers.
With the first one leading the way,
Several more people emerged from the ranks of soldiers.
"Brothers! Forgive me! At least, we are still alive!"
The scene was quite tragic.
But Fang Er couldn't understand any of it.
Therefore, he felt no pity whatsoever.
Besides, he wasn't planning to kill the prisoners of war anyway.
This was the trouble caused by their descendants, so from the root, he would make sure those scums from a thousand years later disappeared from the gene fragments.
As for what would happen to these surrendered soldiers once they were brought to the Tang Dynasty, that would depend on their fate.
If they worked diligently and with effort, they might have a chance at a good life.
If they dared to cause trouble again, then all he could say was, "Heh heh!"
Three to four thousand people, tying them up also took considerable time.
As dusk approached.
Fang Er had fires lit around the surrendered Silla soldiers.
Ensuring that not a single surrendered soldier had a chance to escape.
These were all excellent laborers!
They couldn't be wasted!
It took nearly an hour to tie up all the surrendered soldiers, stringing them together with rope.
No more defenders were visible on the city walls.
Guan Chang led the Yan Yun cavalry and scouted the area. Upon returning, he reported to Fang Er.
"My Lord, the city is empty, with only a few commoners remaining."
Fang Er nodded.
"Liu Meng, go and bring Jin Dana here."
Soon, Jin Dana, clad only in a few rough linen clothes, was brought over by Liu Meng.
Fang Er sat in the pickup truck, looking down at him from above.
"Tell me, how many guards were there in Han City?
And what is the total population and military strength of Silla?
How many troops are stationed in Jin City?"
Jin Dana wanted to refuse to answer.
But then he thought, what difference would it make?
Relying on the soldiers in his country who wore bamboo pieces?
Let alone firearms, they probably couldn't even block a Tang army saber.
"Han City had a total of five thousand guards. Excluding those killed by the artillery shells, they are all here.
Silla currently has approximately eighty thousand households and about five hundred thousand people!
There are six guards, each with five thousand men. I was the commander of the Han City Guard.
Jin City has three guards.
The remaining two guards are stationed in various commanderies.
Hearing these numbers, Fang Er was not surprised at all.
After all, the Tang Dynasty in this era only had three million households and ten million people.
Silla was so small; it was already remarkable that they had this many people.
So he continued to ask.
"What about the situation in Baekje?"
When it came to Baekje, Jin Dana became much more forthcoming.
Without any hesitation.
"Baekje has about sixty thousand households and over four hundred thousand people.
They also have six guards, each with five thousand troops.
One guard is stationed in Ungjin City, two guards in Guksa City. The rest of the forces are unknown, presumably distributed throughout Baekje.
As the saying goes, know yourself and your enemy, and you will win a hundred battles.
It was not surprising that Jin Dana, as the commander of a guard, knew these matters.
And those two guards of Silla and Baekje, scattered in various places.
Most likely they were guarding the borders between the two regions, right?
Fang Er made a gesture, and Liu Meng on the side escorted Jin Dana back.
In the sweltering heat, there was no need to worry about these surrendered soldiers freezing to death.
They were simply thrown among the bonfires, with Liu Meng and his men taking turns on guard duty.
Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde, who were with him, felt extremely bored.
Let alone engaging in combat, they hadn't even drawn their swords, and the city had already fallen!
The two of them, toasting with the leftover venison from lunch, were already drunk and passed out.
Fang Er looked at their postures and shook his head.
Then he had them carried to the armored vehicles.
The interior of the armored vehicles was more spacious, and certainly better than sleeping on the ground.
Fang Er paid no attention to the accompanying officials who were ready to take over the city.
He wasn't familiar with them, why would he make idle chatter!
As for himself, he ate a little something casually, then returned to the pickup truck, reclined the seat, and fell asleep.
As soon as dawn broke.
A thousand soldiers escorted the over four thousand surrendered soldiers back to Pyongyang City.
As for Jin Dana, Fang Er kept him as a guide.
The convoy and the remaining three thousand soldiers set off again.
Their target was Jin City!
Along the way, they passed several small towns.
According to Jin Dana's description, these were the various commanderies of Silla.
Cheng Yaojin looked on with disdain!
"These are not even as big as the Cheng family's manor!
They can be called commanderies?
Perhaps these bumpkins have never seen a Tang Dynasty commandery!"
Looking at the equipment of the defending soldiers, Cheng Yaojin couldn't even be bothered to use a gun.
He directly got out of the car, took a warhorse and a spear from a soldier, and charged forward.
Yuchi Jingde was the same.
These two fellows had been cooped up all the way!
Fang Er simply had the Yan Yun cavalry watch them and didn't bother further.
They swept through the commanderies one by one.
By the time they approached Jin City, they had already captured several thousand more prisoners of war.
Jin City was not large, only about three to five li in circumference.
Cheng Yaojin scoffed at this, a tiny nation, and its dignified capital was merely comparable to a Tang Dynasty commandery.
Compared to Chang'an, it was not worth mentioning!
Fang Er wasted no words, having the Yan Yun cavalry scout the terrain.
He didn't want a repeat of what happened outside Pyongyang City.
Although Silla did not have gunpowder,
They might still have buried some flammable oil or other traps underground.
After confirming that there were no issues, he ordered the artillery to come forward and set up the mortars.
Without any further ado, they began with a barrage of shelling!