Chapter 174 Heaven and Earth Eat the Biggest

Li Shiji was very tired, he sent troops from Liaodong, fought thousands of miles, and barely slept a peaceful night. Li Shiji, who arrived under the city of Pyongyang, had a smile on his lips, and he didn't know if it was because of the lack of water or because of the fire.

He didn't rest, and directly brought his personal guards to meet Chen Ying.

It is not because Chen Ying's official position is higher than him, nor because Chen Ying is his superior, but because of respect.

The army is a place that pays attention to strength, and soldiers always worship the strong, and Chen Ying is precisely the strongest person in the Tang Army.

Li Shiji was better, relatively calm, while Li Shiji's personal guards had a blazing light in their eyes, this light, as if they were devout Buddhists, even if they went on a pilgrimage.

Li Shiji looked at the guards around him with some dissatisfaction: "Can you have a little interest, don't be embarrassed and conspicuous to this general!" ”

It's just that these guards are still the same.

The big tent of the Anxi Army is still like Chen Ying's habit, four huge four-wheeled carriages, assembled together, to form a huge tent.

In the middle of the garage, there is a huge copper fire copper, the fire in the furnace is burning, the red oil in the hot pot is boiling, it looks bright red like blood, Chen Ying is holding chopsticks, holding a piece of mutton slices as thin as cicada wings, soaking in the hot pot.

Su Dingfang thought that this was not enjoyable enough, so he directly took the mutton slices that his soldiers had just shaved and poured them directly into the hot pot, the mutton had just changed color, Su Dingfang took a fence and scooped more than a pound of mutton slices into his bowl.

In Su Dingfang's opinion, it is enough to eat it like this.

Li Shiji, who was covered in wind and snow, walked into the tent and was about to greet him.

Chen Ying took the chopsticks and pointed to the empty seat next to him and said, "It's just right, eat first!" ”

Li Shiji was not angry, turned around and said to his soldiers: "Cut ten catties of beef!" ”

While eating hot pot, Su Dingfang muttered: "General, it's okay now, General Li is here, we can besiege Pyongyang to death!" ”

Encircling the point to send reinforcements, this is Chen Ying's strategy.

And, of course, the simplest strategy. The terrain of Goguryeo is complex, with more than three-quarters of the mountainous area. In Goguryeo, a country born of war, almost more than eighty percent of their cities were built on steep mountains. This undoubtedly increases the difficulty of the attack.

In this case, the best thing to do was to let the Goguryeo army go out of the city on their own and destroy them on the plain.

Chen Ying shook his head and said: "Actually, there is no need to besiege and die, you have to give hope to the Goguryeo people, Goguryeo still has strength, and they still have at least 100,000 elite troops." ”

Li Shiji instantly understood what Chen Ying meant.

Don't look at the more than 200,000 Tang troops surrounded outside Pyongyang, in fact, there are not many officers and soldiers of the Tang army, and the Andong army and the Anxi army together are only more than 70,000 people, barely accounting for one-third.

Li Shiji said: "I will order the servants of the Andong Army to scatter and attack the various military towns of Goguryeo, and seize the materials according to the ...... of 37."

Chen Ying pointed to the freshly cut beef and mutton on the table next to him and said, "With so much meat, can we finish eating?" ”

Su Dingfang shook his head and said, "I'm already half-full, otherwise...... I still can't finish it! ”

Chen Ying smiled and said: "That's right, there are nearly three million Goguryeo people, and if Gao Jianwu fights to destroy a generation, he can arm three and a half million troops." Therefore, in this case, we have to use the servant armies of various ministries to consume the living strength of the Goguryeo people. ”

Just when Chen Ying and other generals were eating hot pot in the big tent, a steady stream of Tang Army soldiers began to build an ice wall around Pyongyang City.

These Tang soldiers seemed to have a lot of experience, and they piled up the snow with shovels, then patted it solidly, and then poured melted snow water on it, and when the cold wind blew, it became hard as iron.

Over time, the originally thin ice wall became two, and then the top was sealed with wood and poured with the same water, and it became an igloo.

Looking at this scene in front of him, Gao Jianwu felt cold in his hands and feet.

Even if there are more than 40,000 elite soldiers in Pyongyang City, even if Pyongyang is not short of food, at least they will not be able to break the ice wall outside the city.

However, the city of Pyongyang is also short of fuel.

This is the fatal problem, because a small part of the fuel used for heating in Pyongyang is stored, but it is definitely not more than a month's consumption. A month later, they could only demolish and tear down houses.

Gao Jianwu asked himself repeatedly: "Is it still necessary to fight?" ”

Goguryeo is far less powerful than the Tang Dynasty, far less populous than the Tang Dynasty, and in the end, I am afraid there will be nothing.

A crazy thought slowly crossed his head.

"Surrender!"

If you can't beat it, then surrender. This was Goguryeo's usual strategy against the Sui Dynasty, to stop and stop, so as to win a respite. What's more, whether it is Chen Ying or Li Shiji, they are just generals, not emperors, and they have no right to call the shots when it comes to the national fortunes of the two countries, they must consult Chang'an.

Thinking of this, Gao Jianwu yelled in the direction of Tang Ying: "I, Gao Wujian, am willing to surrender!" ”

There was silence in the city of Pyongyang.

It seems that neither the Goguryeo officials nor the soldiers reacted.

Gao Jianwu roared again: "I...... King of Goguryeo...... Gao Jianwu is willing to surrender! ”

Now the Goguryeo soldiers on the city wall heard it and heard it clearly.

Gao Jianwu wanted to surrender.

A Goguryeo general howled with a crying voice, "Don't...... Your Majesty! ”

He is the leader of Yang Wanchun, the city guard of Anshi City, and the black-toothed Yuxin. Of course, he himself was not a very remarkable man, but he had a famous son, Hei Tooth Tsuneyuki.

Yuangai Suwen, who had mottled blood stains on his body, looked at Gao Jianwu angrily, and a murderous light burst out of his eyes. His hand was on the hilt of the knife, and he really wanted to slash Gao Jianwu, a coward.

For more than 40 years before and after the war between Goguryeo and the Central Plains, the casualties on both sides have already exceeded one million.

It seems that in this long war, the Goguryeo people had the absolute upper hand.

However, as a Goguryeo native, Yuangai Suwen knew very well that in this long war, the Goguryeo people were also killed and wounded, especially in the eighth year of the Great Cause, Yuwenshu led the Ninth Army with a total of 305,000 men and horses, from crossing the Yalu River to Pyongyang. They are definitely not good men and women, and they are definitely not tourists, they are 300,000 Jiashi, all the way through the Guanke City, from Liaoshui to Sashui, more than 150 cities, and the Goguryeo people have paid a very heavy price.

Ask a random Goguryeo person, they all have relatives who died at the hands of the Sui army.

The Goguryeo people continued to fight against the Central Plains, during which countless people died, how many tragic battlefield scenes were there?

Today's final battle, although Goguryeo is in decline, but after all, there are still countless years of accumulation, and it is obvious that there is still the strength to fight again, but Goguryeo King Gao Jianwu wants to surrender?

The Goguryeo soldiers on the city wall became angry and shouted and cursed.

Fortunately, the royal power is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and in addition to their grief and indignation, they dare not act rashly regardless of Gao Jianwu's identity.

Countless soldiers knelt on the ground one after another, old tears were crissling, they kowtowed to Gao Jianwu one after another, breaking their scalps, and blood flowed: "Your Majesty, you can't descend!" ”

"Your Majesty, we can fight again!"

"Goguryeo can't be lowered!"

"We'd rather die than descend!"

The roar on the city wall quickly spread from the city wall to the city, and hundreds of people joined in the petition. Countless Goguryeo people looked at Gao Jianwu on the city wall, and only one voice remained.

"Goguryeo can't be lowered!"

……

In the big tent of the Tang Army, Chen Ying, Su Dingfang, Li Shiji and other generals were still eating hot pot. Of course, the changes on the city walls of Pyongyang were still reported to Chen Ying.

However, when Chen Ying heard the news, his reaction was very flat.

"The world is big, and the food is the biggest!"

This is Chen Ying's attitude.

Because Chen Ying did not want to accept Goguryeo's surrender.

He didn't dare.

He feared that millions of souls would come after him when night came.

From now on, he will not be able to sleep soundly.

Of course, Chen Ying also believes.

Even if Gao Jianwu really wanted to surrender, he couldn't surrender.

Because, this is the will of the people.

The Goguryeo people have not yet succumbed, and only Gao Jianwu has succumbed.