Chapter 424: The Great War Is About to Begin

A white dove fluttered its wings and slowly landed in the city of Liaodong City.

The spies who infiltrated Goryeo did not bring pigeons. After many efforts, we finally cultivated a group of pigeons that can travel back and forth between Liaocheng and Youzhou. After passing through Youzhou, you can quickly grasp the movement of Chang'an.

After the pigeon fell, Zhang Yunwen took a note from the pigeon's leg. After reading it hastily, Zhang Yunwen scolded in his heart. This information is about the flight of Nalu Donzan. But the matter has already happened, and Lu Dongzan also killed himself in Longxi, so this matter will be over. However, those who should be punished still have to be punished.

Therefore, Zhang Yunwen decided to demote this Mei Renxing by one level and fine him for one year as a punishment.

After resting in Liaodong City, Li Shimin was going to attack Baiya City. A group of ministers gave Li Shimin a hard advice, saying that His Majesty's dragon body is extremely valuable, and he can't go to the battlefield easily, just sit in Liaodong City.

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(Well, the name of the city of White Cliff was actually found on a map, and the rest of the place is called White Rock City.) However, I didn't find the word White Rock City on that map, so I kept calling it White Cliff City. Now let's change the name to White Rock City! ）

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However, where could Li Shimin sit still, sternly refused the advice of the ministers, and said heroically: "Since I was young, I have been in the plane for more than 30 years, and now my body is still strong enough to fight. If you don't go to the battlefield now, I'm afraid you won't have a chance to go again in the future! ”

The ministers were speechless, thinking that there was a large army here anyway, could they still be afraid that Li Shimin would be in any danger.

So, Li Shimin led an army of 40,000 to Baiyan City.

It's almost a copy of the attack on Liaodong City. In the face of the huge power of the artillery, the walls of this White Rock City were also blasted out of huge gaps.

The only surprise was that Na Yuan Gai Suwen mobilized 10,000 troops from Black Bone City to reinforce White Rock City. When the Goryeo reinforcements arrived, the army had just opened up and all the arms were ready. Hearing that the Goryeo reinforcements were coming, Qibi He Li took the lead to lead 800 knights to meet the Goryeo reinforcements.

He Li was also a fierce general, leading 800 cavalry to crisscross the more than 10,000 Goryeo troops, rushing and killing, and the Goryeo reinforcements were scattered, and they also rushed from the head of the team to the end of the team. However, the Goryeo soldiers quickly recovered, and with their numerical superiority, they intercepted with a spear array, and finally surrounded the 800 cavalry. He Li was also stabbed in the waist.

At this time, Shang Yin Fengyu Xue Wanbei saw that Qi Bi He Li was injured, and rushed into the army alone, waving the horse lance in his hand like a wheel, killing Qi Bi He Li, and rescuing Qi Bi He Li. Encouraged by the courage of the Chebi Ho Li, he withdrew from the cavalry among the ten thousand armies, bandaged a little, and led the army to fight again. After this battle, the Goryeo reinforcements were finally defeated. Then the Tang army pursued and killed dozens of miles, beheaded more than 1,000 and returned.

I think that when Li Jing was conquering Tuyuhun, in the Battle of Chishui, the two brothers Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanbei were trapped in the army, and seven or eight out of ten soldiers were killed and wounded, and two of them were also seriously injured. At this time, Qi Bi He Li led his troops and horses into the Tuyuhun array and rescued the Xue brothers. And now, this Qi He Li was rescued by Xue Wanbei from the army, I have to say that the fate of this Xue family brother and Qi Qi He Li is not shallow!

Moreover, although the reputation of this Qi Qi He Li is not obvious, his virtue and military exploits are not inferior to the famous generals of the current dynasty. The reason why his fame is not good is that he has fewer opportunities to serve as the main general, but in the major important battles in the early Tang Dynasty, such as Li Jing's defeat of the Battle of Tuyuhun, Gao Junji's defeat of the Battle of Gaochang, and Li Tao's defeat of the Battle of Xue Yantuo, he played an extremely important role in the major battles, and can be said to be the "best deputy general" at that time.

After this blockade battle, Qibi He Li's wound collapsed, and Li Shimin personally applied medicine to him, and his work moved this Turkic man.

When Khibi Holi defeated the Goryeo reinforcements, Li Shimin led the army to capture Baekam Fortress under the opening of artillery.

It was said to be an attack, but in fact, when the cannon sounded, no matter what it shot, and when it blasted out a few gaps, a waving white flag had already appeared above the city.

Li Shimin spent a relatively long time resting in Baiyan City. Because this Baiyan City surrendered on its own initiative, rather than being captured, Li Shimin was much more polite to the officials and people in the city. When the Tang army entered the city, the people in the city took the initiative to run to both sides of the street and welcome them.

Li Shimin gave food to the people in the city, and the old people over 80 years old were also given brocade silk. For those who were in Baiyan City, Li Shimin gave all the condolences, distributed food and equipment, released them, and let them do as they pleased. This preferential policy made the Goryeo soldiers weeping with gratitude, and even more than 700 Goryeo soldiers asked to serve under Li Shimin's account. Li Shimin said: "You fight for me, don't leave the branch and kill your wife!" So they were given food and weapons, and let them go back.

Baiyan City was changed to Yanzhou, and the original Baiyan City Lord Sun Daiyin was the history of thorns.

Just when Li Shimin captured Baiyan City and rested in the city, Li Daozong, the Southern Route Army, encountered a big trouble.

Although Li Daozong only had 30,000 horses, they were all elite. Therefore, after fighting with the 4,000 troops who went out of Anshi Prefecture, he also wanted to take advantage of the situation to capture Anshi Prefecture. However, this Anshi Prefecture was tenacious, and Li Daozong attacked for two days in a row, but did not make the slightest progress, but on the contrary, he himself broke more than 500 soldiers.

Just when Li Daozong was annoyed and angry, and was about to attack again, the news reported by the scout shocked him into a cold sweat.

An army of about 150,000 people is coming towards Anshi Prefecture.

This is the 150,000 troops sent by Yuangai Suwen from the northern Goryeo slave tribe to rescue Anshi.

Looking at his 30,000 people, Li Daozong immediately made a decision, and sent a fast horse to report the matter to Li Shimin. On the other side, the leader of the troops moved closer to Li Shimin.

After Li Shimin received the news from Li Daozong, he felt that the biggest battle since the invasion of Liaodong was about to start. At the moment, in addition to the soldiers who stayed in Baiyan City, he pulled out an army of 30,000 and marched to Li Daozong's headquarters. The two sides converged and were stationed fifty miles northeast of Anshi Prefecture.

Compared with the 150,000 people of the Goryeo Army, the 60,000 people of the Tang Army seem to be much less. However, as the Tang army captured the cities one by one, whether it was a large city or a small city, it was necessary to divide troops to garrison it in case of recurrence. In addition, in order to ensure the smooth flow of logistics supply routes, it is also necessary to allocate part of the troops, so it is already good to be able to pull out 60,000 troops.

At this time, 20,000 of the vanguard of the 150,000-strong army of Goryeo had arrived fifty miles from the Tang army camp.

Seeing the arrival of the Goryeo vanguard army, Li Shimin ordered his soldiers to look ready to leave. When the main force of the Goryeo Central Army arrived, the Tang army withdrew to the southwest.

Gao Yanshou said that the Tang army withdrew thinking that the Tang army was afraid of the Goryeo soldiers, and he was so proud at the moment that he ordered the cavalry to chase after him, but he was repelled by the Tang army's bow and arrow, and hundreds of cavalry were lost in vain.

Although hundreds of cavalry were lost, Gao Yanshou was still very proud in his heart, so he ordered the army to move forward slowly and set up a large camp forty miles south of Anshi Prefecture.

The Tang army withdrew until twenty miles northeast of Anshi Prefecture before re-encamping.

The Tang army totaled 60,000 and the Goryeo army was 150,000. The two sides are like two beasts grinding their claws, looking at each other vigilantly, ready to attack.