Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Siege of the City (I)

Li Shimin's strategy on Yang Xuangan was obviously effective, although it was a little dangerous, but it was still a success in achieving the goal. When Li Shimin led the people to the Yuwenshu camp, Yuwenshu politely invited him into the camp, and after Yuwenshu said, Li Shimin knew that his father Li Yuan had a good relationship with Yuwenshu in Zhuo County, so that he would have to talk less.

"I don't know how many people my nephew brought with me this time?" Yuwenshu asked Li Shimin, in fact, he can be Li Shimin's grandfather, but for the sake of closeness, and his title is the same as Li Yuan's, so he will also be demoted by one generation, if Li Yuan is here, throw away the title, Yuwenshu will definitely be at the level of old immortal.

"Don't dare to be, the prince still calls me the people." Li Shimin is still self-aware, what people say is polite words, if you take it seriously, it will be over.

"Shimin only brought more than 10,000 people to come, and my father brought more than 20,000 people to follow His Majesty to conquer Goguryeo, and the Turks were not very peaceful during this time, so Jinyang still had to leave men and horses to guard, so Shimin only brought such a small number of people to help Guogong attack Yang Xuangan." Li Shimin said this on the surface to answer, but in fact, he was telling Yuwenshu that our Li family is definitely not weak, and we are fully capable of cooperating with you, or even on an equal footing. After all, the basis of cooperation or respect is strength, and without strength everything is empty words.

"Oh~, the old man is already very happy if the virtuous nephew can come, it doesn't matter if there are many people or less." Yu Wenshu said with a smile, how could he not understand Li Shimin's gorgeous meaning, but he was laughing on the surface, but in his heart he kept scolding Li Shimin for being a little slippery. Unknowingly, he gave him eye medicine, but he also knew in his heart that Li Shimin was not simple, worthy of attention, and might be a big rival of the Yuwen family in the future, so he was wondering if he was looking for an opportunity to kill Li Shimin, and the current battle was a good opportunity.

"The virtuous nephew came from afar, let's take your people to rest first, the old man has already arranged it." Yuwen Shu saw that there was nothing to say, so he issued an eviction order.

"In that case, thank you to Guogong." Li Shimin followed Yuwenshu's words and said, you have nothing to say to me, why am I not perfunctory?

Li Shimin took his men and horses to the place arranged by Yuwenshu, only to see the chaotic scene in front of him, the layout of the camp was messy, and at a glance, he knew that he had no experience in camping, but Li Shimin was sure that these were not the soldiers brought by Yuwenshu, because this open space seemed to be divided into different areas, and the equipment of the soldiers in different areas was obviously different, and some of them knew at a glance that they were recruits who had not been on the battlefield, and there was no trace of blood on their faces. It is clear that it could not be a soldier who was withdrawn from the Goguryeo battlefield by Uwenshu.

"May I ask this general, where did these soldiers come from?" Li Shimin asked the person who led the way.

"The adults have killed the small ones, and the small ones are just a captain, and they don't deserve the title of general." When the man heard Li Shimin call him like this, he quickly explained that the person who treated him well described by Lian Yuwen was not something that he could compare with a small lieutenant.

"Those are all soldiers and horses from various counties, all of them are here to participate in the encirclement and suppression of Yang Xuangan's rebels, the general has arranged them all here, and your camp is also arranged here." As he spoke, the lieutenant took Li Shimin to the place.

This is a place where the soldiers and horses of the counties are handed over, surrounded by the places where the soldiers and horses of the counties are stationed, and there is an open space in the middle, which seems to be a buffer zone left for the soldiers and horses of the counties to fight and resolve conflicts on weekdays.

"Shimin, it seems that Yuwenshu doesn't treat us very well, and deliberately arranges such a place for us, obviously with bad intentions, so that it will be difficult for us to calculate him no matter how much we calculate, after all, it is too far away from his camp." After the captain left, the eldest grandson Wuji said to Li Shimin.

"Sure enough, it's an old fox, pretending to be very close on the surface, but in fact, he still doesn't trust us in his heart, at least it can be seen that he doesn't want us to benefit from this war to encircle and suppress Yang Xuangan, and he arranged for us to come here because he wants us to cause friction with the rest of the counties, so that he can do a righteous act of killing his relatives, no, it should be the law of the march." Li Shimin felt that Yuwenshu didn't want to make them stumble or something, but he just didn't want to share the credit himself, although he wouldn't use himself and others as cannon fodder, but it was difficult to say whether there was anything about himself and others in this war.

"Damn Yuwenshu, he didn't want us to share some credit, and he wasn't afraid to choke him to death with such a big credit!" Hou Junji said hatefully, he could have commanded the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry to charge into battle to see how powerful this well-built Iron Cavalry was, but now that it has been arranged, how can it be fought.

"It's okay, don't let us attack the city, we are happy to be idle, and it is better to have fewer casualties." Li Shimin didn't care much, he didn't come here for merit at all.

"But~"

"No, but! Rest assured, when you go to battle, the prestige of the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry will definitely be carried forward in your hands! Li Shimin said, since he has brought out all the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry, how can he easily go back if he doesn't let them show their prestige, at least let the world know that there is still a Xuanjia Iron Cavalry in this world, and let the world know his reputation Li Shimin, he doesn't want to be low-key anymore.

Of course, Yu Wenshu doesn't care what Li Shimin and the others think, he intends to arrange Li Shimin to the place where the county camps are connected, just hoping that they can cause a little friction, so that he can kick Li Shimin to Jinyang with a clear and honest attitude, and this credit can be given to people who can't give the Li family.

"The cannon fodder regiments from all counties are here, then you can attack the city, don't blame me for treating you as cannon fodder, who made you greedy for the credit here, you recruits will die if they die, it's much better than my elite losses." Yu Wenshu said to himself. The first wave of siege is the most difficult, because the enemy's first wave of defense is the tightest, and Hongnong Miyagi is strong and high, it is difficult to capture it, so with the existence of these cannon fodder, Yang Xuangan can be consumed to the maximum extent and prepare for the general attack in the future.

"Someone!" Yuwen Shu shouted outside.

"The subordinates are here, please give orders to the general." As soon as the herald entered the big tent and knelt down, he said.

"Order all the armies, cook at noon, gather the army at the time, and prepare to attack the city!" Yuwenshu gave an order, it is not a time when people are tired of the day, at this time to attack the city, although the attacking side is more difficult, but why not have the spirit to defend the city? In this way, losses can be reduced.