Chapter 456: Stalemate

After eating these 150,000 Goguryeo reinforcements, even with Lin Sen's good appetite, they had to take a good rest.

After all, Anshi City is a tough one, and it can't be done without adequate preparation, especially without the help of a sharp weapon like the incendiary canister.

And when the northern front was in full swing, the Pyongyang Provincial Army, which was conducting landing operations on the southern front, under the leadership of Li Daozong, the chief administrator, also played a triumphant song all the way.

After pushing all the way to Beisha City, of course, they did not stand still, because with the help of large-scale weapons such as incendiary canisters, their advance speed was much faster than expected.

While consolidating the results of the battle, they are also actively looking for fighters, wanting to advance as far north as possible and achieve a victorious rendezvous with the army of the northern front.

Shicheng and Jili City are also two fortified cities, but in front of the Tang Army, which has played with confidence and morale, it is still not enough to see.

Even if the number of Tang troops on the southern route was used to attack the city, it should be considered at a disadvantage, at least not to the extent that it was several times that of the defenders, but they still captured two big cities relatively quickly, and by the way, they also killed two reinforcements.

It is probably that the main force of the reinforcements went to the rescue of Anshi City, so the number of reinforcements on the southern front is not too much, and it is basically maintained at the scale of one or two thousand, and it was broken by Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui, two invincible generals, with the elite under their command.

When the defenders who lost their minds faced the Tang Army again, their will to resist was further reduced, and the Belt and Road Party was not only active on the northern front, but the south was the key area for them to disperse negative energy.

With several aspects complementing each other, the two fortified cities did not last long before they fell one after another.

At the same time that Lin Sen and the others killed the 150,000 reinforcements, the army of the southern front, under the leadership of Li Daozong, also captured Jian'an City, the last barrier in front of Anshi City.

At this point, on the entire western line of Goguryeo, there was only such a strong fortress as Anseongseong, which was still in the hands of Goguryeo.

It can't be said that it is in the hands of Yuangai Suwen, because this city lord Yang Wanchun is not interested in Yuangai Suwen, the rebel leader, at all, and he doesn't buy it, he belongs to the kind of people who listen to the tune and don't listen to the propaganda.

At the same time, this also means that Li Daozong and Li Ji, the two generals, led their respective armies and successfully joined forces under the city of Anshi.

And for the Goguryeo soldiers and civilians in the city, this is undoubtedly the greatest despair.

The reinforcements are obviously finished, and the numerous Goguryeo banners, the army that has disappeared, and the Tang army, which has gone and returned, and even become even larger, undoubtedly show the failure of the reinforcements, if not the total annihilation.

That's a whole 150,000 army, all of them did nothing in front of the Tang army with fewer numbers, and even the damage caused to the Tang army was very limited, and they were facing more Tang troops up and down the city, can this city still be defended?

After completing the meeting, the two commanders discussed and decided to put enough pressure on the soldiers and civilians in the city first, so they simply started to show off their troops outside the city.

At the same time, he shouted to the city that as long as they opened the city and surrendered, the Tang army would guarantee that Qiu would not commit any crimes and ensure the safety of their lives.

Obviously, the Tang Army's assurance, the soldiers and civilians in the city did not believe it at all, mainly because the Tang Army's previous practices were too cruel, and those occupied cities suffered badly, and corpses were everywhere.

Who let Goguryeo once use the heads of the former Sui soldiers to build the Jingguan, which is a very brutal practice and a great insult.

This is also an important reason why when it comes to fighting Goguryeo, so many Tang people would rather bring their own equipment, or even make meritorious deeds, and voluntarily come to participate in the war.

They all have many relatives and friends, who once died in Goguryeo and were treated like this, and now they finally have the opportunity to counterattack, and they all want to take revenge.

It is estimated that he also understands that this hatred is too deep, and he is afraid that after the Tang army enters the city, it will inevitably kill on a large scale.

Or maybe the city lord Yang Wanchun poured some ecstasy soup into his soldiers and civilians, after all, this person himself is indeed very loved in the city, and he is indeed a die-hard.

As a result, after the Tang army completed the Yao army, not only did it not mean to surrender, but took advantage of the Tang army's rest and recuperation to want to counterattack.

Fortunately, Lin Sen, the vanguard, has always been aware of the movements in the city, and he also has the duty of keeping vigil, so he has detected the enemy's intentions in advance.

In the face of the Tang Army, which had been prepared for a long time, the Goguryeo defenders who were very daredevils naturally had no return.

However, the invincible Tang Army in the field was still a little at a loss when it really faced the turtle-like Anshi City.

This city lord Yang Wanchun is indeed a guy who is good at defense, the city walls are strong and deep, and the moat and even the urn city are all available, which is clearly a hard bone to gnaw.

There are tens of thousands of defenders in the city, and the total number of soldiers in the Tang army is only 100,000.

It's not that I didn't expect to continue to use such good things as incendiary canisters, but the situation faced by the southern and northern routes was similar, and those ships just sent these more than 40,000 soldiers from the southern line over, and they almost occupied the capacity.

Many warships still have to be kept to deal with the battle on the sea, after all, Goguryeo and other countries also have naval armies. So there is very little capacity left for the incendiary tank.

There was no precedent for this kind of thing to be used in battle on a large scale before, so Datang did not pay much attention to it from top to bottom. I've really seen the benefits of it, and it's a bit hard to stop fighting.

This thing is too effective when attacking the city, and the shock to the enemy is even more powerful, but the death of the defenders is too miserable, and it is simply accompanied by a spiritual attack effect.

In addition, the Tang army really hated Goguryeo, and if they could die miserably, they would definitely not let them die comfortably, wouldn't this burning tank be used quickly.

The reserves on the southern side of the line came to an end after barely washing the walls of Sin'an Fortress.

So when he came to Anshi City, he could only stare at Li Ji and them, and he couldn't continue to use the incendiary canister to wash the floor of Anshi City.

Even if you want to wait until the sea to replenish it, it will be useless for the time being, not to mention the time spent back and forth, most of the transportation capacity is helping to transport grain and grass, and more importantly, the warships will still be busy fighting with the Japanese and Baekje naval forces.

And the big killing weapon like the incendiary canister, obviously, it can't be temporarily requisitioned, and more civilian ships are transporters to help transport it.

Especially after realizing the huge power of this thing, no one dares to let these big killing weapons have even the slightest possibility of losing out.

Therefore, I am really a little frozen in the face of Anshi City right now.