Of course, Gai Yanxiao would not let the Goryeo army withdraw from Daegu City smoothly, and under Mingyi's careful arrangement, the Goryeo army was able to retain the size of 5,000 people after withdrawing into Busan City, and the rest became the bait of the army of the Silk Country.

However, when the generals of the Silk Country saw the castle of Busan, they could not help but feel regret that they had not been able to kill and wound more enemy troops when the Goryeo army retreated, resulting in the result that they had to storm a large number of enemy troops in a fortress now.

Busan Castle is leaning on a high mountain in the east, and the sea is in the southwest, and only an unobstructed plain area in the north can be attacked, and Busan Castle is a fortress that once defended the Japanese Kingdom from the sea, and its defense against attacks from the sea is particularly strong. The city's sturdy walls and ample weaponry make it a hellish quagmire for anyone who tries to storm it, and even though the army of the Silk Country is mostly veterans, it is impossible not to feel a secret horror about such a city.

The siege of the city did not go as smoothly as everyone expected, and the sweltering August heat made the soldiers in armor sweat, and they had to brave the rain of arrows, stones, rolling logs, and ash bottles of the Goryeo army on the city, and launched waves of attacks on the city. However, the front of the attack is too narrow, so that the strength advantage of the country of silk can not be brought into play at all, and even the insufficient Goryeo army can divide the troops into several groups and take turns to rest, which makes it meaningless to continue the attack, and every day of the attack is just exchanging human lives for the lives of the other party, but the casualties of the country of silk greatly exceed the Goryeo side.

Four days after such an offensive, Gao Dingbian advised Gai Yanxiao to stop this senseless war of attrition.

In fact, how could Gai Yanxiao want to fight such a. However, if you don't continue to attack, then you have to choose to besiege the city. The most important thing in the siege war is to fight whose food can last longer, and at the moment they are far away from Pyongyang City and are in the southernmost part of Goryeo, the consumption of grain transfer in the middle is very huge, and in the protracted siege war, the consumption of Andong Metropolitan Protectorate is very huge. A large number of people were exiled in the territory of Goryeo. It was not easy to raise food under the premise of barren land, and it is difficult to say how much the siege would be able to withstand because of the number of Goryeo militia attacks on the long grain route. Therefore, he did not fully agree with the strategy of siege warfare.

Gao Dingbian had a different opinion, he felt that a strong attack was not the best policy, so trapping the other party was the most reasonable choice, as long as an effective grain transshipment channel was established, he could win this last battle and completely destroy the country of Goryeo, so he asked Gai Yanxiao to personally escort the grain.

Since Gao Dingbian said so, Gai Yanxiao is not good at objecting to anything. After all, Gao Dingbian is the leading military general in the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate. If he were to escort the grain and grass, there would be no other more suitable candidate. On the other hand, Gai Yanxiao also understood that Gao Dingbian wanted to take this opportunity to return to Pyongyang City to intercede with Yang Lian for Wang Hanxin, and if he forcibly left him here to fight, he might not be able to settle down. In fact, not only Gao Dingbian, Zhou Siyi, and many officers of the Tiger Guard Battalion, but even he himself had some complaints about this matter, and put Wang Hanxin, a valuable combat force, under house arrest before the war was over. Gai Yanxiao was not disgusted with what Wang Hanxin did, but he attached more importance to Wang Hanxin's help in the war. Especially now when facing the fortress of Busan City, Gai Yanxiao really wants to hear what the hell this bad boy has in mind.

"You explain the situation here carefully and carefully to Lord Dugo. Even if he continues to put Wang Hanxin under house arrest, at least let him contribute some ideas. When Gao Dingbian was leaving, Gai Yanxiao suddenly gave him such an order.

Gao Dingbian didn't say anything, just nodded silently, and then flew on his horse and led the troops away.

The truth is as expected from Gao Dingbian. The answer he got after relaying Gai Yanxiao's words was still no. In fact, from Yang Lian's previous attitude, he understood that this time it was not so easy to do, and even his request to see Wang Hanxin was refused, not to mention because of Gai Yanxiao's words.

Despite the difficulties, Gao Dingbian still encouraged his lips and tongues, trying to get some benefits for his brother: "Lord Duhu. Now that we have won on the surface, Goryeo is the only isolated city left, but in reality the situation on the front line is not optimistic. The city of Busan was difficult to capture, and the Koreans who had gathered there had already sacrificed their lives and were determined to fight our army to the death, but our army had the mentality that they would be rewarded for their merits after the battle, and no one wanted to move forward desperately at this juncture. Since ancient times, there have been many cases of last-minute changes in wars, and we must not slack off, so if there is a way to quickly resolve wars, we must use them to avoid reproducing variables. My lord, although Wang Hanxin has made a big mistake, but now is the time to employ people, I hope that my lord can open up the net, allow him to make meritorious contributions, and also relieve the suffering of our army in the lonely city. ”

Yang Lian waved her hand and said: "Gao Changshi, of course the governor understands the truth you said, but the governor is relieved at this time, so this time the house arrest of Wang Hanxin will become meaningless, because the war is unfavorable and he is released, he will act more carelessly in the future." Since Gao Changshi has already decided on a siege plan, then the governor will fully cooperate and do everything possible to ensure the food supply on the front line, Gao Changshi please don't have to bother more. ”

Gao Dingbian sighed, as a result, he had already been mentally prepared, so he had to arch his hand and said: "So the last general will retire, please protect the Lord to prepare the grain and grass as soon as possible, and the last general will go on the road immediately." ”

"Don't worry, the governor will do it immediately."

Out of the Duhu Mansion, Gao Dingbian met an old acquaintance on the road, that is, He Jianyi, who was sent by Wang Hanxin to Goryeo to carry out counterplots. In this war, He Jianyi can be said to have made great contributions, so Yang Lian has already been crowned a lieutenant by the imperial court.

He Jianyi immediately greeted him with a high-level side: "Gao Changshi, you are polite below." ”

Gao Dingbian didn't know much about this person, but he could be selected by Wang Hanxin to act against the enemy, and his improvisation and resourcefulness must be outstanding, so he returned the courtesy: "Now that you are the captain of He Du, I should really congratulate you." ”

He Jianyi saw that no one noticed the two of them left and right, so he lowered his voice and said: "Your Excellency must be worried about General An Yuan's affairs, and you are also secretly operating in the Xia, but it is a pity that you have not been able to meet the general so far, but today I met with Lord Changshi, and I came up with a clumsy plan to help Lord Wang get out of trouble." ”

"Oh, Captain Hedu, please speak." Gao Ding was busy.

He Jianyi said softly: "Lord Yang is not a person who is good at military affairs, so maybe we can create a big enough failure, then Lord Yang may change his mind." ”

Gao Dingbian waved his hand again and again: "It's not appropriate, although Wang Hanxin is my brother-in-law, how can I ruin my official affairs for personal reasons?" ”

He Jianyi shook his head, sighed, and said with a smile: "Since the adults are unwilling, there is no other way to think about it." It's just that I'm worried that we won't have to rescue Lord Wang with a fake failure, I'm afraid we will have to pay the price of a real failure. ”

"I'm not going to let it be like that." High-end edge positive color channel.

He Jianyi didn't say much, and bowed his hand and left. (To be continued.) )