Chapter Forty-Three: The Show Has Just Begun
With Yang Wanchun's abandonment, the offensive and defensive battle of Anshi City finally came to an end.
Luo Shixin saw that the changes were within the scope of bearing, and he also breathed a sigh of relief, accepted Yang Wanchun's surrender, wiped the blood stains on the spear, arranged for the soldiers to collect the weapons, placed the prisoners, walked to Yang Wanchun, looked at the middle-aged man who was not good-looking in front of him, and helped him up.
Although Yang Wanchun brought him a lot of trouble and made him work hard to make arrangements, after all this was over, he also had a lot of admiration for the middle-aged man in front of him.
A lowly common people, in order to learn advanced culture, traveled thousands of miles to the Central Plains alone, taught himself to write, with a diligent and diligent heart, was recognized by the local Confucian, and ignored the identity of the other race to teach attentively, thus becoming a generation of heroes. Among them, no one knows how much Yang Wanchun has paid and how much he has suffered. Putting aside the prejudice of his family and country, Luo Shixin does not hate this man.
Yang Wanchun looked at the young man in front of him who was far younger than him with a complicated expression, and sighed: "Manager Luo, you have won." Yuangai Suwen, that rebellious minister and thief, is really unwise to be the enemy of the Tang Dynasty. He spoke a Central Plains dialect with a Youzhou accent, and he spoke fluently as if he were speaking his native language.
Luo Shixin bowed his head and said: "I like to hear what you say, I think anyone who is an enemy of my Datang." His brain has been kicked by a donkey, and it will not end well. He looked at Yang Wanchun in front of him in a daze, and said with a bit of domineering and rampant: "Goguryeo is about to perish, and Baekje and Yamato will not end well." ”
Yang Wanchun is speechless, he loves his country and doesn't want to see the country he loves perish, but he is a person, and when his manpower is exhausted, he has no power to return to heaven and can do nothing about it. There was a half-silence. He said: "There is a question, I hope that Manager Luo can solve my doubts." ”
Before he could ask any questions, Luo Shixin had already replied with a smile: "Watergate!" ”
Yang Wanchun was stunned for a while. Shaking his head, he still couldn't figure it out.
Anshi Castle was built by him. Every place that can be invaded is strictly guarded, and it is not necessary to say that it is invulnerable, but there is never any obvious loophole.
Luo Shixin didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, and said patiently: "It's actually a trick, a method I thought of from a guy in our Central Plains." ”
As for how to attack Anshi City, Luo Shixin thought a lot. Ordinary siege tactics are useless, after all, Li Shimin has tried them in history, and it took him more than 60 days to face the Anshi City guarded by Yang Wanchun. More than 500,000 people were mobilized to attack the city, and it was fought from autumn to winter solstice, and finally chose to withdraw because of the winter weather.
Su Dingfang, Li Daozong, Zhang Shigui, these generals also spent more than ten days to prove this point, Anshi City is indeed not easy to capture, and extraordinary methods should be used.
Luo Shixin's original plan was to simply combine the inside and the outside, and use Li Yuncong, who was lurking in the city of Anshi, to attack the inner city and the inside and outside to force open the city gate and lead the Tang army into the city. Facts have proved that this simple way of playing is absolutely unworkable in the face of people like Yang Wanchun, Yang Wanchun's ability to perform can be called a generation of famous generals, with enough composure and calmness, and good at governing the army, the soldiers and horses under his command have extraordinary combat effectiveness and the ability to react to emergencies.
Li Yuncong's group of Sui soldiers lurking in the city of Anshi. More than ten years ago, he may have been a strong soldier with high spirits, but after more than ten years of hard work in Changbai Mountain to make a living, maybe his physical strength or something has been strengthened. However, training battlefield killing skills, the coordination between attack and killing will inevitably be unfamiliar. The key is weapons and armor and other equipment, Goguryeo is not as good as the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty smelting technology is developed, the martial arts are prevalent, blacksmith shops all over the world have weapons for sale, and self-defense leather armor can also be purchased.
In Goguryeo, only soldiers and generals were able to wear swords and other weapons, and it was difficult to transport weapons into the city. It is not possible to produce on a large scale.
More than 1,000 people have less than 50 percent of the penetration rate of real weapons, and the armor penetration rate is less than 20 percent. With their strength, they may not be able to shake the elite soldiers of Anshi City trained by Yang Wanchun. Once Li Yuncong and they fail to open the city gate in time, they will be annihilated by the soldiers and horses in Yang Wanchun who are responsible for supporting the city. Thousands of calculations have come to naught.
Luo Shixin did not underestimate the strength of Li Yuncong's Sui soldiers, but attached importance to the ability of the defenders of Anshi City. Sure enough, his emphasis was correct, and a remarkable figure emerged in the small country of Goguryeo, a figure that should not be taken lightly.
As a mountain town, the biggest shortcoming of Anshi Castle is the problem of water supply. Baixin in the city could not dig a well to get water on the spot like flat ground, and once it encountered a military siege, as long as the water source was cut off, the mountain city would not be attacked. In order not to let the lack of water become the weakness of Anshi City, Yang Wanchun chose to open a canal to directly introduce water into the city, and opened a water gate in the city wall and the canal into the city to supply domestic water into the city. Naturally, the Water Gate is also guarded by soldiers, as well as various gate mechanisms.
Luo Shixin arranged for Li Yuncong to make trouble in the east of the city, and the main purpose was to attract the attention of the defenders in the city like a blindfold of the Five Elements Escape Technique.
Before Yang Wanchun appeased the people in the future, the people of Dongcheng were excited and had the intention of storming the city gate, and it was impossible for the guards on the city wall and in charge of the water gate not to be attracted to the past. And the Tang Army, who had been lurking nearby, took the opportunity to touch the water and quietly sawed open the water gate. As for why he didn't find out afterwards, Luo Shixin also followed the most basic and simple water escape technique in the Five Elements Escape Technique.
Using the blackened idle reed pole as a breathing device, the soldiers were all under the water, and there was no one in the water at all in the dark night, and the Tang army also sneaked into the city through the water gate.
Li Yuncong's Sui soldiers had difficulty controlling the East Gate for a while, but it was much easier for the Sui soldiers and the Tang soldiers to successfully control the East Gate when the defenders failed to support them in time.
"It's worth making me work so hard, and it's estimated that you're the only one in the entire Goguryeo!" Luo Shixin said, and suddenly sighed again and said, "Originally, I wanted to recruit you, but now it seems that this arduous task should be handed over to Your Majesty." At this time, you are still thinking about Goguryeo, and you are so loyal, I have no way and no way to convince you with that eloquence. ”
Yang Wanchun smiled bitterly, "Even if you know that I am delaying time, why do you have to explain so much to me?" ”
Luo Shixin said with a little mockery: "This is the difference between us, you have a group of teammates like pigs. It will only drag you back and take advantage of you. If an army of 100,000 troops thirty miles away is desperately available for you to deploy, it is really difficult to say whether the winner will be defeated or defeated. But ......," he said here, his tone became a little proud: "I'm different, I'm fighting on the front line, and I don't have to open my mouth if I lack anything, and the rear will be delivered as soon as possible." No matter how difficult they are and how difficult they are, they will not suffer our brothers who are throwing their heads and spilling their blood on the front line. You must also know the current situation of Datang. The source of troops is limited, and the number of troops is limited. For this reason, I do not even want to mention the increase in troops. But they still sent reinforcements, 20,000 is not much, but as a surprise soldier, it is enough. ”
Yang Wanchun's expression changed suddenly, and he lost his voice: "Impossible, it is impossible for you to recruit reinforcements without being discovered." ”
The lack of troops in the Tang Dynasty was a matter that Goguryeo's spies had already discovered, but it was also reasonable to increase the number of troops to Luo Shixin. The more cities Luo Shixin attacked, the fewer troops he could use, and anyone with a discerning eye could see it. Yang Wanchun's spies had long been guarding against this and monitoring the deployment of troops in the north. As a result, there was no sign of it, and Luo Shixin's destruction of Baiyan City was also a manifestation of insufficient troops.
He really couldn't figure out where the reinforcements were coming from.
"You have overlooked a crucial detail, our Majesty also has the title of Heavenly Khan. You can mobilize grassland soldiers to participate in the battle, your spies don't have that level to go deep into the various tribes of the grassland, right? Luo Shixin somewhat appreciated Yang Wanchun's demeanor at the moment, and the 20,000 reinforcements of Qibi He Li came to the Tiele Department, and in order to support Luo Shixin as soon as possible, the marching route was to go straight through the grassland and attack from the grassland, and the Goguryeo spies naturally did not notice it.
"It's over, Goguryeo is over!" Yang Wanchun sat on the ground decadently, his eyes blank.
"Take him down and put him in custody." Luo Shixin turned around and ignored him.
At this time, Su Dingfang, who attacked Ximen, also led his troops to rush over and join forces with Luo Shixin.
Luo Shixin gestured to him, and said loudly to the soldiers beside him: "The show has just begun, and you still have the strength to follow me to crush the enemy thirty miles away and lift your weapons!" ”
The sound of weapons waving sounded in all directions.
Zhang Shigui walked up at this time: "Boss, I won't go, I'm not afraid of jokes, I don't have the strength to raise a knife now." ”
Luo Shixin patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "It's hard work, Anshi City will be handed over to you." ”
Zhang Shigui beat his chest with his fists and said loudly: "Don't worry, the chief manager, Anshi City is in my hands, and I can't run." ”
Luo Shixin waved his flag and said: "Let's go!" ”
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Changxing Island, Liaodong Bay.
A group of 20,000 soldiers from Chebi He Li landed on an unknown shoal in Goguryeo.
As a nation on horseback, this boat is like a big girl getting on a sedan chair once, and this boat feels that her feet are fluttering.
Looking at a group of clansmen who were similar to him behind him, he jumped on the spot and said, "Damn, don't all be like soft-footed shrimp." Our people have been treated favorably by His Majesty, and they are now well fed and warmly clothed, and do not have to live a life of pinning their heads to the waistbands of their trousers. Now is the time when Your Majesty can use us, and the repayment is today, who the hell is not good at behaving well. Lao Tzu cut off his head and used it as a urinal. ”
When Qi Qi He Li was boosting his morale, a dark shadow in the distance was rapidly approaching.
Before He Li could react, he heard the black shadow say: "I am Hou Jie, the guest secretary of the Great Governor's Mansion, the enemy army has left the camp After all, Anshi City, the Grand Governor asked General Qi Bi to immediately destroy the local camp and attack it on both sides as quickly as possible." (To be continued)