Now that the war has reached a stalemate, even if Li Shimin is conceited, he now has to reflect on himself and ask if his decision to attack Anshi City was wrong.

Doesn't it okay for countrymen to pick persimmons and pinch them softly, and to eat a few bites of tender meat? Why is this heavenly khan looking for hard bones to gnaw? From the perspective of common sense, only dogs specialize in gnawing hard bones......

Li Shiming felt very tired, so tired that he had an urge to immediately order the withdrawal of the army and return to Chang'an, stop playing, conquer Goguryeo or something, and leave it all to the next monarch to do, he is old, his teeth are not good, and he can't gnaw this bone.

However, Tian Khan's face can't be hurt after all.

The people of the Tang Dynasty and the family lords all knew that he Li Shimin raised troops to the east, and when he started from Chang'an City, hundreds of thousands of people in the whole army were vigorous, and the oath-taking ceremony was enthusiastic, and the people of Chang'an City were excited and natural, and they all felt that His Majesty the Emperor drove the expedition in person, and it was as easy as a handshake to destroy Goguryeo, so they waited for His Majesty to tie up the King of Goryeo and the traitor who usurped power in an Asian-style trick, and then escorted back to Chang'an, and by the way, in front of the tomb of Emperor Gaozu to hold a prisoner sacrifice ceremony, implicitly......

The content of the celebration has been arranged, and Li Shimin has even dreamed of being cheered by the people countless times these days, and those cheers are mixed with the dejected sighs of the family lords, and the roars of the three armies like a landslide......

What a happy picture, with all the hard work and efforts to overcome public opinion, isn't this the effect that Li Shimin wants to achieve?

However, from the beginning of stepping into the border of Goguryeo, Li Shimin found that the war was not really smooth, and he was tied from beginning to end.

After the Tang army crossed the Liao River, the only city captured was only a Liaodong City, and then nothing was gained, but tens of thousands of soldiers were lost, and the losses were completely disproportionate to the benefits.

To withdraw, or not to withdraw?

Li Shimin kept struggling in his mind at the moment, he really didn't want to withdraw his troops, according to the emperor's ruthless mentality, he even wanted to use the lives of his children in Guanzhong to fill in this damn Anshi City at all costs.

However, he did not dare to do this, and now the morale of the army is already a little turbulent, and if he still insists on continuing the attack, maybe there will be a mutiny in the army, and the mutiny in the military camp is very serious.

When he hesitated, Chang Tu Lengsen's voice came from outside the handsome tent.

"Your Majesty, Li Su, the prince of Jingyang County, asks to see you."

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, and then waved his hand: "See you." ”

Soon, Li Su walked in and saluted without saying a word.

Li Shimin looked at him deeply and said, "Zizheng's intention and let me guess it?" ”

Li Su said with a smile: "Your Majesty has Yaxing, you might as well guess it." ”

Li Shimin also smiled: "Are you here to persuade me to quit the army?" ”

Li Su said honestly: "Yes." The minister did have this intention. ”

Li Shimin looked at his face: "Do you think our army can't capture Anshi City?" ”

"Yes, the minister thinks that it is completely hopeless to break through Anshi City."

"Why?"

"The generals are sluggish, the soldiers are tired, and the damage is too great, but the city of Anshi is still immovable, and nothing can be done, why bother to bury the lives of the children of Guanzhong in this city in vain?"

Li Shimin's eyes showed unwillingness: "Whether Anshi City can be conquered, I don't have any hope, but if Yang Wanchun is not punished, how can I go north to take the capital of Goguryeo with peace of mind?" ”

Li Su said calmly: "Yang Wanchun is in the city of Anshi, it is the future trouble of our army, if you go out of the city, you will be like a chicken and a dog, Your Majesty don't worry too much." ”

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows: "Why did Zizheng say this?" ”

"If Your Majesty withdraws his troops to the north, Yang Wanchun will not pursue, and if he pursues, he will be annihilated."

"How so?"

"There is no other reason, fighting on the plains, the two armies are facing each other, Yang Wanchun cannot be my Datang's opponent, in this regard, my Datang can teach him to be a man."

Li Shimin finally showed a hint of joy: "Yes, even if he Yang Wanchun is a genius, it is impossible for him to be proficient in everything, if the two armies meet on the plain, I and hundreds of thousands of soldiers are not afraid of him at all." ”

Li Su said with a smile: "Therefore, Your Majesty can withdraw the army with peace of mind, the minister bets that Yang Wanchun will not dare to go out of the city to pursue, the really outstanding commander of the three armies, his mind must be clearer than anyone else, and he must know his enemies very well, as well as himself, he should know what he is suitable for, what he is not suitable for, with his own shortcomings, the length of the enemy, this fool's doing, Yang Wanchun is by no means a fool." ”

Li Shimin's face was obviously moved.

Li Su saw it in his eyes and secretly breathed a sigh of relief from the bottom of his heart.

After five sieges, tens of thousands of soldiers, and a stalemate for so long, His Majesty the Emperor, who was stubborn and self-serving, finally seriously considered withdrawing his troops.

Li Su hurriedly struck while the iron was hot: "Your Majesty, take a step back and open the sky, war is a continuation of politics, if we go north to capture Pyongyang, capture the king of Goryeo and Quangai Suwen, and destroy Goguryeo from a political point of view, then Yang Wanchun will become a master without a country and no owner, like a lonely ghost and a wild ghost, guarding a city but unable to move, no name, no logistics grain and grass supply, no military replenishment, nothing, empty the name of a city lord, then we will go back and attack Anshi City, the minister dares to speak, Anshi Chengbike, as for Yang Wanchun, he may surrender, or he may be martyred, in short, His Majesty can get rid of this big trouble. ”

Li Su stood up straight, leaned forward faintly, and said anxiously: "Now that we have wasted seven or eight days under the city of Anshi, I don't know what reaction Pyongyang's Quangai Suwen has made, Your Majesty, we can't afford to delay it anymore!" It is necessary to immediately withdraw the troops to the north, capture Pyongyang as soon as possible, and capture the king of Goryeo and Izumi Gae Sumoon. ”

Li Shimin was silent, propped his hands on the low table in front of him, and slowly unfolded the map.

Twisting his eyebrows and staring at the map carefully, Li Shimin's expression was solemn, his eyes were fixed on the location of Anshi City, and his eyes were full of unwillingness and faint anger.

"Tens of thousands of soldiers are sleeping in Si, how can I be worthy of the heroic souls of the soldiers?" Li Shimin gritted his teeth and said.

Li Su's patience was about to run out, and his tone couldn't help but become intense: "If Your Majesty doesn't withdraw from the army, how can you be worthy of the living soldiers?" ”

Li Shimin's body shook for a long time, as if he had been hollowed out, he sat cross-legged on the mat in collapse, and sighed extremely tired.

"That's it, I...... Ordered to retreat, the army rested for a day, and the day after tomorrow early in the morning to pull out the camp and go north! ”

*************************************************************

When Li Su walked out of the tent, he also felt as if he had been hollowed out.

It took too much effort to persuade Li Shimin to accept advice, and Li Su only felt that he had exhausted his life's strength to persuade Li Shimin to return to the right path.

You must go back to the camp to drink wine and eat meat to celebrate, and then sleep hard, otherwise I will be sorry for my hard work in the past few days.

As soon as he returned to the tent, there was a sudden earth-shattering cheer outside the tent.

Li Su was startled and hurriedly ran out to look, but saw the soldiers of the three armies smiling happily, running outside the camp tent like crazy, cheering, hugging, roaring and venting, and some even knelt on the ground and wept silently.

Li Su instantly understood that Li Shimin's order to withdraw from the army seemed to have reached the camp, and the soldiers were celebrating.

With countless lives to attack a city that has no hope of being breached, the pressure of the soldiers in the past few days is also very great, so big that it directly affects the morale of the army, Li Shimin's will to retreat is very timely, and after the soldiers cheered, they knelt down in the direction of the Chinese army commander's tent, crying, laughing, and bowing deeply to the ground.

Li Su stood at the door of the tent and quietly watched the actions of the soldiers.

There was a person standing beside him, and Gao Suhui's confused voice came into his ears.

"This ...... Is it the Tang Kingdom? The will of the king, the spear of the soldier, the mystical totem, the poetic sword and the sunset ......"

Li Su turned his head to look at her, and suddenly grinned: "There is also an indomitable spirit, and a mind that accommodates all things in the world." ”

Sighing, Li Su looked at the soldiers who were crying and laughing with compassion, and said slowly: "Perhaps, there is also sorrow and cowardice, there should be things in the world, good and bad, Datang has them, but it is still a unique Datang, all the countries in the world, up and down for thousands of years, no one can replace it." ”

Gao Suhui's confused gaze gradually became a little sad, lowered her head, and muttered in an inaudible voice: "...... Goguryeo is also unique, why are you here to invade us? ”

Li Su was stunned for a moment, and sighed quietly: "Because this is the will of the king, you just said that it is part of the Tang Dynasty." ”

Gao Suhui's expression gradually became confused again.

Li Su looked at her expression and sighed secretly.

The sages of the ages throughout the ages have spent their whole lives thinking about a world that they think is Datong, so there are a hundred schools of thought contending, but thousands of years have passed, how has there ever been a Datong world? Where there is sunshine, there is darkness, and there is enduring and there is arrogance, which is inevitable, such as aggression, which many later generations blame on the ambition of the emperor, the selfish desires of the powerful, and the dirtiness of politics. This conclusion may be correct, but not all of them are correct, what matters is people's hearts, and ask yourself with your conscience, is the so-called "at the beginning of man, nature is good" really right? Follow the general to the battlefield of a foreign country to kill people like numb, cruel and ruthless government soldiers, return to his hometown and tease his grandson lovingly, bow his head and be willing to be a son of a cow, is this person a good person or a bad person?

…………

…………

The army rested outside the city for a day, then pulled out the camp and set out, leaving Anshi Castle behind.

On the day the army set off, Li Su clearly heard the earth-shattering cheers and roars of the defenders coming from the head of Anshi City.

War is a tragic affair for both sides.

Who doesn't want to live in peace?

Li Su still set off with the logistics army, the cart loaded with grain and grass walked slowly, Li Su sat cross-legged on the high grain bag, swaying with the rhythm of the cart, carrying a leather bag in his hand, and holding a piece of air-dried beef in the other hand, well, before Chang'an was pulled, his own family also inexplicably fell to death of a cow, after notifying the government, the county government sent someone down to check, and the attitude was respectful as walking on thin ice and fined the Li family 500 yuan, as for the beef, naturally after the owner slaughtered it, he tearfully endured the pain and made it into beef jerky and took it to eat on the road.

Li Su finally understood why the powerful families of the Tang Dynasty always fell to death their cows, until his own cattle were also infected with this disease, and he probably understood the reason.

While eating beef jerky and drinking wine, Li Su didn't care about it at this time, anyway, even Li Shimin had drunk the wine he brought, which was probably an open secret, but any general or official with a little vision would not report himself as dead. If you want to beat the military stick, you have to take off the pants of today's son, and everyone will be beaten together, well, there are several old generals, and none of them can be missing.

The scenery sitting on the high place is good, Li Su forgot to appreciate the scenery of the northern country, thousands of miles of ice and snow drifting, except for the cold wind, everything else is good. After more than half a year of marching and campaigning, Li Su now hates riding a horse, riding on a horse all day long, keeping his legs in a split posture and unable to move, the taste is too uncomfortable, it is very good to sit on the grain and grass cart like this, and the scenery is good.

Zheng Xiaolou and Fang Lao Wu rode horses, one left and one right accompanied Li Su's cart, the process of marching was boring, Fang Lao Wu talked a lot, it was too lonely, so he tried to chat with Li Su, but Li Su was a little drowsy, sitting on the grain bag and shaking his body a little.

Zheng Xiaolou, who had been silent, looked up at Li Su several times, and stopped talking several times, seeing that Li Su seemed to have the posture of sleeping on the car, Zheng Xiaolou finally couldn't help but speak.

"You're dangerous." Zheng Xiaolou said solemnly.

"Huh?" Li Su looked at him sleepily.

Zheng Xiaolou repeated patiently: "You are very dangerous like this!" ”

"What's the danger?"

Zheng Xiaolou pointed to the surrounding environment, there were woods, mountains, and hills, and said in a deep voice: "We are in the territory of the enemy country, and the enemy's archers are often ambushed on the marching road, shooting cold arrows or assassinating enemy generals. ”

Li Su was stunned when he heard this, and then quickly got up and slipped out of the cart, compared to Li Shimin, Li Su was not only accepting advice, he was simply hungry for advice.

After being down-to-earth, the subordinates took a horse to him, and Li Su got on the horse and walked side by side with Zheng Xiaolou.

A palm hit Zheng Xiaolou's shoulder without warning, Zheng Xiaolou didn't notice it for a while, and was almost pushed off the horse.

"Don't say it sooner! Scared people's hearts, and now they are still plopping and plopping and the deer are slamming into ......," Li Su threw a disgusted look.

Zheng Xiaolou: "............"

*******************************************************

The march is hard, not only physically, but also psychologically.

Bumpy all the way, even if it is not comfortable to ride on a horse, after a day of marching, Li Su's inner thigh was worn by the saddle, painful and itchy, and after getting off the horse, his legs maintained the posture of looping legs, and it would be difficult to adjust for a while, Li Su has always been a person who pays attention to his image, and he can't accept such an image.

After getting off the horse and setting up camp, Li Su hid in the camp tent and saw no one. The next day the march continued.

grinning and stepping on the horse, Li Su sighed, feeling that he was very miserable, if he wasn't worried about the ruthlessness of military law, with Li Su's temperament, he would definitely build a luxury two-horse car, the car was covered with soft cushions, there were cabinets and drawers, and there were all kinds of food and wine when he opened it, and he could lie down as he wanted in it, and eat as much as he wanted, and put a charcoal brazier in the middle, which was very warm and comfortable, if he could allow him to bring one or two kabuki and musicians...... Oops, Meidi very.

But Li Su could only think about it, if he dared to do this, Li Shimin would definitely grit his teeth and cut him into pieces, and then use it for ...... Shabu-shabu?

Li Su rode on the horse and smacked his mouth, and suddenly wanted to eat hot pot, I have never eaten it in my life, it would be better if there were chili peppers and peppercorns, last time Li Shimin sent people to the sea, and when he arrived in Southeast Asia, he ran back, why not be angry, go to the Cape of Good Hope, go to Africa and America, such a big continent, so many products, potatoes, corn, peppers or something, how good it is to bring some seeds back......

Of course, Li Su didn't dare to say these words to Li Shimin, if he was told that there was a place in the world now, there was a grain species with a high yield, and the yield per mu could be about more than 1,000 catties, Li Shimin would definitely go crazy, and he would be crazy at all costs, and even let Li Su lead the fleet to find the continent in the Americas.

Thoughts drifted infinitely, thinking about one out is one out, and marching on horseback was boring and boring, so Li Su had to ride on the horse and think nonsense.

After the army marched for a long time, Li Shimin's order suddenly came from the front, and the whole army turned east and took Daxing City.

Li Su was stunned, hurriedly ordered someone to take a map to see, and after a careful glance, Li Su found that Daxing City is located in the middle of Goguryeo, it is a city by the sea, the city is not big, according to intelligence, there are only 2,000 people in the city, and more than 6,000 defenders.

Li Su put away the map, looking a little hesitant.

I thought that Li Shimin would completely follow his suggestion, go north and enter Liaodong City first, and then turn east after entering Liaodong City to rest and recuperate, but I didn't expect Li Shimin to suddenly decide to take Daxing City.

Right and wrong are no longer things that Li Su is thinking about now, and he can't say right or wrong, Li Su only faintly feels that something is wrong.

Liaodong City is an important military town of Goguryeo, with high mountains in the north and endless plains in the east. From the geographical point of view, it is the Bohai Sea to the south, and the swampy area of the tributary of the waterway to the north, and the advantage of the Tang army is to fight on the plains.

Li Su was riding on the horse and suddenly scratched his head irritably.

What the hell is this Emperor thinking!

Pulling the reins, Li Su was about to urge the horse to go to the Chinese army to face the king, but for some reason suddenly stopped again.

Two words flashed through my head, "right" and "wrong".

At the time of the conquest, in fact, there is no right or wrong in the absolute sense, everyone's thinking is different, so the way of doing things is also different, Li Shimin may have his reasons for deciding to attack Daxingcheng, Li Su has too many admonitions these days, Li Shimin seems to be a little unhappy, attacking Daxingcheng is not too bad, the general direction of attack is not wrong, Li Su thought about it, or decided to give up admonition.

On the next march, Li Su was preoccupied, riding on the horse and twisting his eyebrows, he didn't know what he was thinking, he took out the map from time to time, gestured with his fingers on it, and then put it away, twisted his eyebrows and continued to ponder.

Zheng Xiaolou and Fang Lao Wu next to them couldn't help but hang their hearts when they saw Li Su's appearance, they knew that Li Su was thinking, and he was really thinking about military affairs, just like Xu Mingzhu often said at home, "One thought determines the life and death of tens of millions of people".

So Zheng Xiaolou and Fang Lao Wu didn't dare to make a sound, and strictly ordered the Li family to silence their songs, as a pro-guard department, all Zheng Xiaolou and Fang Lao Wu could do was to keep quiet and try their best not to interrupt Li Su's train of thought.