On February 20 of the third year of the Tang Dynasty, under the command of the nominal commander Li Xian, the actual commander Hao Chujun, and the actual deputy commanders Xue Rengui, Qi Bi He Li, Pang Tongshan and others, the Tang Dynasty's 50,000 cavalry came to the city of Pyongyang, camped outside the city, and besieged the city of Pyongyang.

Originally, according to Hao Chujun's arrangement, he was responsible for commanding the camp outside the south gate, Qi Bi He Li was in charge of the camp at the north gate, Hao Chujun was in charge of the camp at the west gate, and then Pang Tongshan was in charge of the camp at the east gate, but this proposal was fiercely opposed by Li Xian, and Li Xian was only heard to say loudly: "Xiao Wang thinks that General Pang is good at stabilizing the army's morale and inspiring morale, but he is not good at attacking and defending. General Pang was also attacked by the Goguryeo army at Jinshan, and if General Xue hadn't arrived in time, the consequences would have been unimaginable. The so-called thousand-mile embankment collapses in an anthill, and perhaps a small mistake can lead to an unpredictable disaster. Now is a critical time to eradicate stubbornness, and we must be careful and not let anything slip up. ”

Hao Chujun first glanced at Li Xian in surprise, and then sighed softly: "The last general also knows that General Pang is not the most suitable person, but there is no one in the army, and the last general can only do so." ”

But he heard Li Xian say dissatisfiedly: "General Manager Hao's words are wrong, except for General Pang, how can he say that there are no suitable people here?" Xiao Wang is not suitable, right? In addition, Xiao Wang has also been attacking the city these days, reducing the end of the millet, killing the spring male production, and breaking the Yalu River camp, it is not an exaggeration to say that he has experienced a hundred battles, why didn't the governor Hao let Xiao Wang go to the camp at the east gate? Could it be that he doubts Xiao Wang's ability? ”

Hao Chujun also hesitated for a while when he heard this, but he still had the courage to say it: "In fact, the last general of this matter also belongs to the king, but the general manager Li specially explained before leaving, although the king fought bravely, but he did not know how to spare his life, in case of any accident, the last general and others would be difficult to atone for even if they died, so the king was strictly ordered to lead the troops to fight." ”

Unexpectedly, Li Xian sneered, and then said: "Xiao Wang thought that Hao Chujun and Hao were always upright, but he was the first minister of the imperial court, but he didn't expect that he was really not worthy of his name." ”

"Why did the king say that? The temperament of the last general has always been like this, and it has never changed a bit, I don't know if the king has never said that the last general is not a direct minister? As soon as Hao Chujun was said by Li Xian, the bullish temper of the direct minister came up, and he immediately pushed back hard.

But seeing Li Xian laughing, and then said sharply: "Governor Hao should know that now is the key to destroying Goguryeo, hundreds of thousands of troops Chen soldiers Goguryeo, to this day, it has been nearly two years, how many soldiers have shed blood and been injured for it, and even slept on the land of Goguryeo, and now life and death success or failure, in this move, why should the chief manager ignore the situation of victory and defeat, and only rely on the words of General Manager Li and put the virtuous without it?" In case the East Gate camp is destroyed because of this, and the thieves reverse the success or failure, how can Chief Hao explain to His Majesty? How to explain to the soldiers who died here? And how to explain to the former emperor Zhizhi to destroy this Goguryeo? From this point of view, how can you be regarded as a direct minister? It's just a courtier! ”

Li Xian's words were deafening, and Hao Chujun's face turned red when he heard it, and the sweat on his face flowed down instantly, and he didn't know whether he was glad that he was spared from being a servant or sweat from shame.

Fortunately, Hao Chujun is also a decisive person, and immediately gritted his teeth and said: "Which one will be the minister?" The last general asked the king to lead the army to guard the camp outside the east gate, the huge general is the deputy of the king, and there are Gao Kan, Xue Ne, Li Duozuo, and other generals under the command of 10,000 horses, please ensure that the king does not let go of an enemy, if there is a bad pool, Hugh blame the end of the general will not be merciful. ”

Li Xian was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Please rest assured, Xiao Wang will definitely do his best, Hugh said that he is a human, even a fly will not let go of one." ”

But he heard Hao Chujun laugh and said: "The king's words are wrong, in the bitter cold land of Goguryeo, how can flies live here?" ”

As soon as Hao Chujun said this, all the generals in the tent laughed, and the previous tense atmosphere was swept away.

After making a decision, Li Xian led his generals to camp outside the Dongying Gate, although Li Xian has been encamped more than once, but this time is particularly special, he is not the main general in the army, but now it is the first time to completely command an army of 10,000 people, which is definitely a new challenge for him.

Fortunately, there are veterans such as Pang Tongshan and Gao Kan in the army, although Pang Tongshan is slightly deficient in fighting, but he is a good hand in camping and deploying defense, and he is extremely experienced, which saves Li Xian a lot of thought, and Gao Kan is a veteran general who has been on the battlefield for a long time and has made many military achievements.

And the facts have also proved that the efficiency of these two veterans is indeed very high, and they are also in strict accordance with the rules in the deployment of the camp and the training of sergeants, which makes Li Xian very satisfied.

After everything is ready, the next step is to wait for the arrival of the follow-up army, and this period is also the most likely time for accidents, because the enemy army will often take advantage of the fact that its main force has not yet arrived and send a large army to attack the camp, if one is not careful, it will lead to defeat, which will seriously affect the morale of the army, and even it is not impossible to be reversed by the enemy.

Therefore, at this time, all the camps and villages of the whole army were tightly defended, and they did not dare to be negligent and slack in the slightest.

But even this could not stop the enemy's attack, and on the night after Li Xian's camp was formed, it was attacked by the enemy.

And it is not so much a sneak attack, but an open attack.

Because when Yuan Nanjian heard that the Tang army had divided his troops, he decided to lead a large army and launch an attack on a camp of the Tang army, the first was to boost the declining morale, and the second was naturally to take the lead in breaking the encirclement before the arrival of the follow-up troops of the Tang army, so that each could break through and accumulate small victories into big victories.

In order to ensure victory, Yuan Nanjian also turned the door to send spies to investigate the commanders of the camps everywhere, and as soon as he got the exact news, Yuan Nanjian decided to target the attack on Li Xian's East Gate Camp.

This is mainly because Xue Rengui, Qi Bi He Li and others are all world-famous generals, whether it is courage or resourcefulness, there are few people, Yuan Jiannan is now a small general, and he does not dare to touch these two first, for fear that if he is frustrated, his morale will be even more depressed.

And Hao Chujun is the main general in the army, with twice as many soldiers under his command, and all of them are well-trained elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, it is not easy to win in battle.

However, Li Xian is different, he is young, he is not rich in combat experience, and the uniforms of the soldiers under his command are mixed, and they are miscellaneous soldiers at first glance, and Li Xian and Yuan Nanjian have a grudge against killing their brothers, and this revenge cannot be avenged, so Yuan Nanjian decided to target Li Xian's camp.

At this time, there were military advisors and monks around Yuan Nanjian who said sincerely: "Li Xiannai is the prince of the Tang Dynasty, can the soldiers around him be the elite of the elite?" The little monk is afraid that although there are only 10,000 people on the other side, he may not be able to lose to Hao Chujun's 20,000 people, so according to the little monk, it is better to directly send troops to attack Hao Chujun's camp, or he may be able to surprise and win against him. ”

Xincheng's suggestion was actually correct, but Yuan Nanjian was blinded by hatred, and he wanted to hold Li Xian and force Datang to retreat, so he categorically rejected Xincheng's suggestion, and ordered his general Keming to lead an army of 30,000 to quietly open the east gate at night, and then directly enter Li Xian's camp, it is best to capture Li Xian alive, if you really can't capture it alive, it doesn't hurt to kill it. He believed that as long as Li Xian died, the morale of the Tang army would definitely be greatly hit, so he had no choice but to withdraw his troops, and when the time came, he would lead the army to pursue again, and he would definitely recreate the myth of Goguryeo's defeat of the Southern Dynasty.

So in the night of the same day, Keming led an army of 30,000 to quietly open the east city gate, and then came to the periphery of Li Xian's camp.

But I didn't expect the entire battalion to be silent and silent, which made Keming, who was rich in combat experience, suddenly shocked, knowing that he had fallen into the enemy's plan, and hurriedly ordered the army to turn around, but unexpectedly, only at this time, he heard a terrible horn sound, and then heard the sound of killing, and couldn't help but panic in his heart, it seems that the Tang Army is also ready today, and he is afraid that he has fallen into the trap of the enemy this time.

Even the chief general Keming's heart was a little nervous, let alone those ordinary sergeants? Therefore, as soon as they heard the sound of horns behind them, these soldiers instantly panicked.

"Don't mess up, I'm outnumbered, as long as you don't mess up the formation and concentrate on the battle, you will definitely be able to defeat the thief army! Da Mo has an order, whoever kills Li Xian will be rewarded with 10,000 gold, 300,000 cattle and sheep, sealed 10,000 households, and captured Li Xian alive, with a bounty of 30,000 taels, 500,000 cattle and sheep, and a word of king, kill, capture Li Xian alive! ”

Keming knew the comparison of the strength of the two sides, and thought that if he fought for strength, the Tang army would definitely be inferior to himself, and the most important thing now was to stabilize the morale of the army.

Keming's words did play a role in stabilizing the morale of the army and inspiring morale, at least the Goguryeo army no longer had the intention of cowardice, but shouted loudly to capture and kill Li Xian, and fought hard to kill outward, and for a while the morale was like a rainbow, and the killing sound shook the sky, so that Keming couldn't help but feel proud in his heart, it seems that his quick wit will not only help him avoid defeat, but also make a miracle in the world.