October.

Luo Cheng swore an oath in Liaodong.

He gathered 50,000 soldiers and horses from Xincheng and the two counties of Liaodong and swore an oath under the city of Liaodong. Luo Cheng personally read out the emperor's edict urging the troops, and ordered Jian'an to guard Song Laosheng, Lushun to guard Luo Cunxiao, and Liaoxi to guard Wang Rengong to send 10,000 troops to surround Anshi City.

A total of 80,000 troops were dispatched, including 50,000 soldiers and 30,000 auxiliary soldiers, and 200,000 to the outside world.

At the oath meeting, Luo Cheng also sent a letter to the Yuan father and son in the domestic city, demanding that the Yuan surrender and ask them to return the 200,000 captured Great Sui generals, and at the same time collect and return the bones of the 200,000 soldiers in Liaodong.

On the other hand, Luo Cheng sent people from the sea to Baekje and Silla in the south of the Korean Peninsula, and in his capacity as the suzerain of the Celestial Empire, he ordered the two families to send troops to Goguryeo and work together to destroy Goguryeo.

Of course, these are only verbal promises, and not a word is left on paper.

Luo Cheng didn't even really expect them to send troops, but as long as there were some moves, it was enough to make the Goguryeo people uneasy and contain some of their forces.

At the same time, Luo Cheng also used his title of envoy to send people to the Khitan, Xi, Murowei, and Jin tribes to send orders, so that they could also send troops, but not let them come to Anshi. Luo Cheng asked Xi and Khitan to send troops to Fuyuchuan, and let Muwei and Jin Ya send troops to the upper reaches of the Yalu River, and only a little movement was needed, and it could also threaten Goguryeo.

Balmy autumn day.

A battle of Liaodong, commanded by Luo Cheng himself, opened again.

At this time, Anshi has become the first line of the middle and lower reaches of the Liaohe River, the last lonely city on the plain, Jian'an in the south, and Liaodong in the north have fallen.

During the Han Dynasty, three counties of Xinchang, Liao, and Anshi were set up here, and when they arrived in the Western Jin Dynasty, the three counties were abolished. During the post-Xianbei Murong Fu period, Anshi was still established, and then it was occupied by the Goguryeo people for more than 200 years.

It is located on the left bank of the lower reaches of the Liao River, facing the Liaohe Plain in the west, and the hills and mountains in the east.

The western plain is formed by the alluvium of the Yangliu River and the Wudao River, the Yangliu River is the Haicheng River in later generations, which is also a tributary of the Taizi River, and the Taizi River is a tributary of the Hunhe River, which is also a tributary of the Liao River.

The city of An, which was built here and has been around for thousands of years, has its important geographical advantages.

Not only is there the Liaohe Plain in front of him, but the most important thing is that he guards the two river valley channels in the eastern mountains of the Yangliu River behind him, and these two rivers are the important channels that pass through that mountainous area, through which you can go to the new city and China in the north, and to the east you can reach Wugu and Shicheng.

Anshi City is located on the Hailongchuan Mountain on the north bank of Yangliu River, the mountain is steep and majestic, the stone city wall is built along the ridge, the circumference is more than ten miles.

Together with more than 20 mountain fortresses of various sizes in the surrounding area, a powerful defensive cluster has been formed.

Early October.

Song Laosheng, Luo Cunxiao, and Wang Rengong led 30,000 soldiers and horses to surround the city of Anshi and block and isolate the connection between Anshi and the outer forts.

Followed by.

Luo Chengqin led 50,000 Liaodong and Xincheng county troops to the south, stationed in the mountains east of An'an City, and stopped on the road that Goguryeo came to help.

"Will the Goguryeo people really come to their aid?" Feng Xiaoci asked.

Luo Cheng touched his beard, which had gradually grown, "If the Goguryeo people don't come, then Anshi City is a lonely city, and we can gnaw it down next." If he comes to help, we'll help. ”

This is a difficult problem in front of the Goguryeo people, if they don't come to help, they can only watch the 80,000 Sui army besiege Anshi, come on, and they may not be able to beat the Sui army.

Luo Cheng wants this effect.

He doesn't fight early or late, but he comes to fight at this time, and he is very particular about choosing this timing.

It is already late autumn, and if it is later, it will snow, and then Liaodong will have thousands of miles of snow drifting, thousands of miles of ice, and it will be more difficult to march in the mountains, needless to say, supplies.

"Anshi City really wants to attack hard, but I'm afraid it may not be easy to fight." Wei Zheng reminded Luo Cheng.

"I haven't been farming in the past few months, the auxiliary battalion and craftsmen have also been preparing, I have designed a lot of siege equipment drawings, let them make them according to the drawings, in addition, a large number of siege equipment left by the emperor to break through Liaodong City is also there, I have also let people disassemble it, and this time it was also transported with the army."

With enough siege equipment, if Goguryeo does not come to help, then they can calmly attack the city, and the probability of breaking the city is extremely high.

Domestic city.

Yuan Taizuo frowned.

The bad news is mounting.

"Lone thought that the Sui army would not launch another offensive this autumn, but he didn't expect that this winter would come soon, but they sent troops at this time."

"Father, I thought I didn't need to pay attention to the Sui army, it was November soon, or it would snow soon, and it would be even more difficult to attack the city then, so I didn't believe that the Sui army would be able to capture Anshi so soon before the snow."

Yuangai Suwen thought that the Sui army was nothing more than a bluff.

"They came to attack twice before, each time it was hundreds of thousands of troops, but they couldn't get it, this time they only sent 80,000 troops, and if they want to break through Anshi, it's impossible."

But Yuan Taizuo has his worries.

"But this time, it was a man who slaughtered Luo Cheng to command the soldiers and horses, although this person was young, but the use of soldiers was unpredictable, and he had to guard against it. Moreover, he has also sent orders for Zhuhu in the north and Silla in the south to send troops, which is also a big threat. ”

"Father, Baekje has formed an alliance with us, so we can let Baekje deal with Silla, and let the Yak deal with the Khitan and Xi people."

"People's hearts are unpredictable, don't forget, there is a Yang Wanchun in Pyongyang, the last time we sent troops to conquer, not only did we not destroy him, but we lost a lot of soldiers and horses, and now he has become a climate over there."

"Is Daddy really going to surrender?" Yuangai Suwen was surprised.

Yuan Taizuo snorted, "What about surrendering, Gao Yuan surrendered several times back then, and every time the Sui army came to fight, he surrendered." Now, we can also surrender, as long as the Sui army is willing to suspend the war, not to mention the last surrender table, even ten surrender tables, I am willing. ”

"But Luo Cheng not only wants us to surrender, but also wants us to release 200,000 Sui army prisoners, return 200,000 Sui army bones, etc."

"It is impossible to return the captives, but we can first collect the bones and return them, and then return the traitor Hu Sizheng of the Sui Dynasty, and then return some of the noble officers captured by the Sui army, which can be slowly dragged back and returned a little at a time."

"Father, you can't expect the Sui people to keep the covenant."

"Lone knows, so Lone decided to let you lead 50,000 soldiers and horses to reinforce Anshi."

Yuan Taizuo sighed.

"You command 50,000 troops to reinforce, but don't rush directly to Anshi, you just need to lead troops to reinforce the fortress of Zhushan City in the east of Anshi, and echo Anshi from afar."

Yuan Taizuo knew that the Sui army was the best at besieging the city and sending reinforcements.

"Okay, you go down first, and you have to think about how to write this surrender table for Emperor Sui!"

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