However, it is said that Li Jitong led the army of all roads, surrounded the city of Pyongyang and then attacked it for several days, but the city of Pyongyang was strong and deep, and Yuan Nanjian personally supervised the battle, the soldiers did not dare to slack off, and they held on bravely, and it was difficult to capture it in a hurry.

On this day, Li Ji gathered the generals to raise their accounts and discuss the issue of capturing Pyongyang.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that the city of Pyongyang is in a hurry, I don't know what kind of strategy can be taken over the city?" Li Ji sat in the position of deputy of the Central Military Account, but he was the presiding officer of the military meeting, and Li Xian, as the supreme commander of the military, continued to be his dumb general manager.

So some of the generals said that the fire was burned, some said that the tunnels were dug, and some said that the cloud ladder well was forcibly attacked the city, and there was a lot of discussion for a while, and it was difficult to decide, and Li Ji, who was straightforward, kept shaking his head and vetoing their proposal.

At this time, Li Ji saw that Li Xian opened his mouth, but suddenly stopped. couldn't help but smile and asked, "I don't know what the king has to say?" ”

But Li Xian said: "The suggestions made by the generals are all inappropriate, the walls of Pyongyang are thick, most of them are made of stone, and even the city towers are all protected from fire, so the plan of burning is really not feasible; As for digging tunnels, Xiao Wang has also explored, the ground outside Pyongyang is hard, and there are also stones, the city foundation is very deep, there is no way to talk about tunnels, and the means of attacking the clouds and ladders are even more impossible, because the enemy army is desperately resisting, if our army attacks, it will bring extremely heavy losses, killing 1,000 enemies, and losing 800 ourselves, and our generation will not take it. ”

But he heard Guo Zhifeng, the head of the navy, step forward and say: "The king said that the above siege methods, Li Gong has vetoed all of them, Li Gong just saw that the king had something to say, and thought that there was a clever plan, but now I hear it, it is just a clearer explanation, what is the benefit of the siege plan?" ”

Li Xian knew that after this Guo was named a famous general Guo Xiaoke, he was a jinshi, both civil and military, and he regarded himself very highly, and relied on the favor of the military queen, and did not put him in his eyes at all, and Li Xian had been in the limelight in the past two years, and he was faintly covered up, and he was quite unconvinced, so he was sarcastic, but Li Xian was not angry, but said with a faint smile: "Mr. Guo is in charge of both civil and military, and even Li Gong doesn't know the mystery of a clutch poem that day, so talented, I don't know if there is a way to break the city?" ”

But seeing that Guo Beifeng was stunned, he couldn't help but say: "The last general hasn't come up with it yet, but the last general has heard that the king is full of wisdom and endless means, I don't know if there is a clever way to attack the city?" ”

Li Xian immediately laughed when he heard this: "This king was about to say a wonderful idea, but he was unexpectedly disturbed by the noise. ”

I saw Guo Zhifeng snort, and then said: "The king's meaning is to say that the words of the last general are murmurs?" I just don't know how the king's sound is? The last will listen to you. ”

"Hehe, there's no need to wash your ears, Manager Guo only listens quietly to what this king says", Li Xian said sarcastically to Guo Beifeng, and without waiting for his reaction, he gave up his hand to Li Ji slightly: "Li Gong, according to Xiao Wang's view, the siege of Pyongyang City is a major matter, not to be in a hurry, we must not only want the final result, but also minimize casualties, therefore, the safest way to take Pyongyang is to besiege it for a long time, and when it is born inside, there will be someone who will take Quannanjian to see Li Gong, but in this way, it will inevitably take years and months, let alone half a year, It is possible for more than a year, but if there is a change, the siege of Pyongyang will only end in failure. ”

Li Xian talked eloquently, and all the generals were silent, nodding yes, but Guo Beifeng was sarcastic, but he jumped out impatiently and said: "In this way, does the king have any clever strategies to break the enemy?" Otherwise, how can you be so indifferent? ”

When the generals heard this, their spirits suddenly perked, although this Guo Zhifeng's words were ugly and harsh, but it was not unreasonable, everyone looked at Li Xian with an indifferent expression, and they all thought that Li Xian must have a clever plan to break the enemy, so they all looked at Li Xian with expectant eyes, and even Li Ji had a slight trace of expectation in his eyes.

Li Xian naturally knew that Guo Zhifeng wanted to make himself ugly, but if he hadn't been in the chest, how could he change his previous low-key style and speak at the plenary military meeting? Therefore, Li Xian nodded with a smile and said: "Manager Guo is right, Xiao Wang does have some superficial opinions, and today I just said that I will consult with you in detail." Now that Goguryeo has been defeated repeatedly, and everyone in the city is in danger, I believe that we only need to step up the siege of the city, so that its foreign aid is hopeless, and I believe that it will not be long before the internal strife will inevitably break out again, and then we only need to send a man of argument to persuade the war-weary people in the city to surrender. ”

"Oh? I wonder who the king is going to send to persuade him to surrender? Who is it that is persuaded? How can the persuaders enter the city? Guo Zhifeng is indeed not a mediocre person, and immediately pointed out the biggest shortcoming of Li Xian's strategy, and pointed it out unceremoniously.

In fact, this is also Li Xian's difficulty, and it is precisely because of this that he has some hesitation when he speaks, and now he is pointed out by Guo Zhifeng, but he has nothing to say.

But unexpectedly, at this moment, Yang Siqi, the general of Li Xian's department who had just surrendered, suddenly stood up, bowed to Li Xian and Li Ji, and then said: "In fact, the last general knows a person, this person is a monk, named Xincheng, is a big Mo detachment, no, it is the confidant of the Quannan Jian, and he is also a wise man, he is resourceful, and the most rare thing is that he understands the righteousness and can understand the general situation. ”

"Hehe, speaking of which, I still speculate, how did you know that the monk really wanted to surrender? Even if it were true, who would go to persuade him to surrender? How to get there? Isn't the question I raised earlier still unsolvable? Guo Beifeng was still sneering, but because the question he raised was really crucial, no one could refute it for a while.

At this time, I heard Yang Siqi say again: "The last general heard that there is a Huayan Temple outside the city of Pyongyang, which is the hometown of this Xincheng master, and there is an elder named Xuanyou in the temple, who is the teacher of Xincheng, this person has a deep knowledge of Buddhism, and martial arts are also unfathomable. ”

"Huh? What do you say? This teacher of faith and sincerity is a disciple of Master Xuanzang? And also studied martial arts in Shaolin? Li Xian couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and then asked in surprise.

I only heard Yang Siqi arch his hand and said: "That's true, there are rumors in the market, if the king doesn't believe it, you can ask the eldest prince (Quan boy)." ”

Li Xian listened to what Yang Siqi said, and immediately looked at the boy who was silent on the side.

I only heard the Quanquan boy nod and said: "Don't hide it from the king, that Xincheng is indeed a disciple of Xuanyou, and he is very trusted by his brother, as for the details of this Xuanyou, the last general is not very clear, but this person has indeed been to the Tang Dynasty to learn the law." ”

Quan boy just said these few words and didn't say more, because after these days of thinking, especially since his third brother Yuan was killed by Li Xian, he has some resistance to Li Xian, although the military situation is critical now, I have to say, but it is just according to the superficial etiquette to finish the matter, and even if it is not for Yang Siqi to mention himself, he is not even willing to talk about it.

Li Xian naturally knew the reason why Quan Nan was cold to him, but he didn't care about it, but secretly sneered in his heart, because his original intention was to make Goguryeo completely disappear from history, and completely annex its land and people, so he made up his mind to kill all the influential generals of Goguryeo, of course, like Gao Sheji and Yang Siqi, the natural exception of being loyal to himself, it is precisely because of this purpose that Li Xian not only wants to kill Yuan Nanchan, but also Yuan Nanjian, and even if possible, It's best that even the Izumi boys are depressed to death together.

Of course, Li Xian will not tell anyone about his plan, and he will not worry about these things with the Quan boy, because even if the Quan boy does not die in the future, he will never pose any threat to himself, because he will definitely be suspicious of the imperial court at that time, and he will be cautious everywhere, and he will never dare to do anything to himself, unless he wants to die.

Therefore, Li Xian only needed to get the accurate news he wanted from the Quan boy, ignoring the slightest coldness in the Quan boy's words, and said with a smile: "God bless me Datang, I can find such a key person, even so, without further ado, then Xiao Wang will go to Huayan Temple to visit Master Xuanyou as soon as the morning dawns, Siqi, do you know where this Xuanyou Temple is?" ”

"Hehe, this Xuanyou Temple is the place where the first incense in Goguryeo is flourishing, and the last general will naturally know."

"That's the case, that's good, after dawn, you will go with this king to meet Master Xuanyou." Li Xian smiled, and regardless of whether Li Jitong agreed or not, he directly instructed Yang Siqi.

At dawn the next day, Li Xian, who couldn't hold back the joy in his heart, took Zhang Wuchen, Dou Xiantong, Gao Sheji, Zhang Deyu and Yang Siqi and others to Huayan Temple.

"Amitabha, I don't know if the distinguished guests come to our temple from afar, what are you doing?" A monk in his thirties saw Li Xian and his party arriving from afar, and hurriedly proclaimed the Buddha's name, and heard the news.

Li Xian smiled and said, "How did the great monk know that I was coming from afar?" ”

I only heard the monk say: "Now that the war is raging, and the city of Pyongyang has been trapped by the Tang army for a long time, who can come to our temple is not a guest from afar?" ”

Li Xian immediately laughed when he heard this: "My heart is to the Buddha, where there is the light of the Buddha is the spiritual mountain, how can I say that it is far and near?" ”

Dou Xiantong on the side saw that the two of them had answered correctly, and he didn't know what it meant for a while, and he couldn't help but be secretly strange. Isn't it strange that Li Xian didn't directly say who he was looking for, what was the matter, and he actually said strange things?

But I didn't expect things to be so strange, I saw that the monk immediately changed color, and said solemnly: "Amitabha, what the donor said is reasonable, it is the little monk who is in the face, the little monk Xuanyou, I have seen the distinguished guest, and the distinguished guest is invited to enter the hall to talk." ”