More than 10,000 torches dyed the world red!

With the light of more than 10,000 torches, Luo Shixin saw everything in Anshi City: Luo Shixin did not pass through Anshi City when he entered Goguryeo, and today is the first time to see what this fortified city that resisted Li Shimin's offensive in history looked like.

Looking at Anshi City, Luo Shixin showed a sudden expression: the generals beside him also showed a stern demeanor one by one, and they could see at a glance that this Anshi City was not easy to deal with, and it was not necessarily inferior to the Liaodong Giant City.

Like other fortified castles, Anshi Castle is a mountain castle built on a mountain, with high terrain on the east, north, and south sides, and a low valley in the middle, which divides the mountain castle into two parts: north and south. The whole mountain city is an irregular oval, mainly composed of city walls, city gates, lookouts, horse roads, outer city walls and other parts. The western city wall is low-lying and most of it is artificially rammed, with the Water Gate and the West Gate, the bottom of the Water Gate City Wall is almost all natural ridges, and the rocks are east-west fault layers, which gradually decrease from north to south. The northern city wall is more than 230 zhang long, and the eastern city wall is also more than 100 zhang, and the mountain stones on the outside of the two sections of the city wall are steep, and the slope is very large.

In front of the Tang army was such a fortified city that was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Luo Shixin moved the military camp to the south of Anshi, rested on the spot, and waited for the arrival of siege equipment.

That night, as a matter of course, Roesch convened a military council, and the generals and governors gathered together.

"You called you overnight to tell you about the capture of Anshi City, which is only known to a few people." Luo Shixin said the key to this meeting straightforwardly: this beginning made the generals a little surprised, and they inevitably looked at each other. In the past, Luo Shixin convened military meetings to allow everyone to express their own views and ideas, to form a cheerful atmosphere of mutual discussion, and to gather the strengths of all people to explore a reasonable method of warfare. Although the option subsequently. The decision was still made by Luo Shixin, but such an open discussion gave all the generals the opportunity to express themselves and communicate. Let all the generals find their own sense of existence.

This time it was an accident, and the moment of discussion was skipped. The generals are still a little uncomfortable.

However, there is no other thought, this will be affected by the fate of the monarch outside, especially an emperor like Li Shimin, who knows the art of war and strategy, he knows better than anyone that a general who is fighting abroad is the most resistant to interference from the rear, and will never limit the decision-making power of the commander.

The generals could not interfere with the power held by the commander.

"I have been to Goguryeo before, and I have a certain understanding of Goguryeo. The only people in the great Goguryeo who are truly worthy of our jealousy are now Liao Liao, among whom they claim to be the savior Yuanziyou has died of illness, and the military god Eulzhi Wende has also died in my hands due to an accident. We thought that the wall of Liaodong of the Great Wall and Yuanbin were defeated by us. Committed suicide. Now there are only two people in the whole of Goguryeo who can be called opponents, one is Yuangai Suwen, who is now in charge of the military and political power of Goguryeo, and the other is Yang Wanchun, the city lord of Anshi City in front of us. In my opinion, although this Yang Wanchun is not famous, when it comes to military ability, I am afraid that he is still above Yuangai Suwen and Yuanbin. From the very beginning, I decided that this Anshi City would be the biggest test of our Eastern Crusade, a more severe test than Liaodong City. Therefore, when I first came into contact with General Zuo, I asked him to arrange for their subordinates to infiltrate the city of Anshi. Now there are 1,000 of our army in Anshi City, and they can cooperate with us in capturing Anshi City. ”

"That's great! The chief manager is really like a god......" Zhang Shigui was overjoyed and said excitedly: "What are you hesitating about." Anshi City is indeed strong, after all, it is a small city, as long as we unite the hidden soldiers in the city. The inside should be combined with the outside, enough to take down the city. ”

The generals were also happy, and the headache was easily solved.

Luo Shixin shook his head and said: "Things are not so optimistic, Yang Wanchun is not an easy person. It's just that we can shake the city of Anshi if we work together inside and outside, but if we don't move, then what? ”

Li Daozong also said at this time: "No, my Tang Dynasty is a strong force that dominates the world, and I haven't met an opponent yet." This city is strong, but give me two months. The last general will be able to take down Anshi, not to mention that we still need to help within a thousand years? ”

Luo Shixin frowned. insisted on going his own way: "For this Yang Wanchun, I always feel that I can't be careless. Even if there is guilt. I don't see the chance to win. There is no need to discuss this matter anymore, until the siege equipment arrives. Let's try the depth of the soldiers in the city and decide how to act. ”

Li Daozong, Zhang Shigui and other generals all felt that Luo Shixin was making a big fuss, but he couldn't do it, so he retreated one after another.

Liu Renliang, Su Dingfang, and Mo Huer are still in the tent.

"You think I'm making a big fuss, too?" Luo Shixin said to everyone with a smile.

Su Dingfang shook his head and said: "My subordinates have followed the adults for many years, and they know that the adults are by no means cowardly people, and there is only one possibility to make the adults like this." cares about the lives of the soldiers, and does not want the soldiers under his command to make senseless sacrifices. ”

Liu Renliang and Mo Hu'er nodded one after another.

Luo Shixin said cautiously: "You still know me!" For Yang Wanchun in Anshi, I noticed a detail, Yang Wanchun went to Liaodong to learn the art of war, "Sun Tzu's Art of War", "Sun Bin Art of War", "Three Strategies", "Six Tao" and so on are all involved. But he admired Wu Qi the most, hung Wu Qi's portrait in his room, and regarded the four words 'rule as victory' as his motto. What do you guys come up with? ”

Su Dingfang's expression was heavy.

Liu Renliang also said: "If Yang Wanchun worships Sun Wu, Han Xin and other sages, it is not to be feared, but he worships Wu Qi, then it is really not to be underestimated." The subordinates understand the concerns of the general manager, know themselves and know the enemy, in order to win a hundred battles, if they don't even know the real strength of the enemy, there is no reason to be invincible. ”

Liu Renliang's words do not mean that Sun Wu and Han Xin are inferior to Wu Qi, but that they are substantially different from each other in the use of troops.

Sun Wu and Han Xin were representatives of the war-seeking faction. Sun Wu did not have many achievements, but in the battle of Chu, Sun Wu formulated the first tactics of marching thousands of miles and running in depth, roundabout assault, luring the enemy deep, changing the virtual and real, retreating and tired the enemy, etc., and defeated the invincible Chu State with the weak. It is also because of the use of tactics in this battle that the fire is pure, and the later Wei Yuzi said: "There are 100,000 people who are not in charge of the world, who is called Huan Gong." There are 70,000 people who are not in charge of the world, who is called Wu Qi. There are 30,000 people and there is no one in the world, who is called Wuzi. As for Han Xin's achievements in Chen Cang, Dingsan Qin, capture of Wei, Breaking the Dynasty, destroying Zhao, descending Yan, and Vaqi, there are countless classic achievements, which have established his leading position as a war-seeking faction.

Wu Qi is different from them, Wu Qi does not use troops to recalculate, he has almost no defeat in a hundred battles in his life, especially during the Wei period, he fought 76 times with the princes' armies, and won 64 victories, and the rest did not distinguish between victory and defeat, and captured thousands of miles of land for Wei's southern and northern wars. He has experienced a hundred battles, but he has not been able to leave any classic tactical play like Sun Wu and Han Xin. It is because he uses troops to re-rule and does not re-plot. He believed in absolute military strength to crush all intrigues. Even if he is in a critical situation, as long as the soldiers are strong enough and the survival ** is strong enough, it is enough to break the crisis, and the Wei Wushu who makes the countries lose their hearts is the product of Wu Qi's concoction.

The most classic is the battle of Yin and Jin, Qin was strong and ordered 500,000 troops to fight Wei, Wu Qi directly led 50,000 soldiers who had never been on the battlefield, and did not use any tactical tactics to directly crush the 500,000 Qin army from the front.

Although Wu Qi had a poor character, killed his wife and sought generals, and was unfilial to his son, his advanced military concept of governing the army was a well-deserved genius in military history.

Yang Wanchun admires Wu Qi, and must have his concept of using troops: maybe he is not as powerful as Wu Qi, and the army of any country will make him invincible, but as long as he can comprehend the eleventh and twelfth of Wu Qi's army, he should not be underestimated.

Luo Shixin got up and said: "There are 18,000 soldiers in Anshi City, and there are tens of thousands of stones of grain and grass, and we all know this. However, we don't know what the real strength of this ten thousand eight is...... Although I don't think that the Goguryeo soldiers trained by Yang Wanchun can compare to our Datang's Baisheng team, don't forget. We are on an expedition of thousands of miles, unaccustomed to water and soil, physically exhausted, and affected by various external factors, but the Goguryeo soldiers in Anshi City have been recuperating, they are guarding their families and people, and they will fight to the death, and they can exert extraordinary strength. We may not be able to take advantage of it, and with internal response, I am not without confidence to take this city of Anshi. It's just that the life of every soldier is precious, and I don't have the ability to fight the undead, but I will do my best to minimize casualties. ”

Su Dingfang said: "It is precisely because the chief manager loves soldiers like sons and cares about the safety of every soldier. Only then is the whole army willing to fight for the death of the commander...... Su Dingfang is willing to be the front, and explore this Yang Wanchun to see what he has learned from our ancestors. ”

"Good!" Luo Shixin was relieved that Su Dingfang had a hundred years ago, and said without hesitation: "Okay, wait for the siege equipment to arrive!" I ordered you to test the strength of this city with you as the front. ”

After resting under Anshi City for three days, the siege equipment in the rear was delivered one by one, and Luo Shixin also issued an order to attack Anshi City.

Under his command, while building an earthen mountain in the south of the city with Goguryeo to force the city, and on the other hand, he bombarded the city of Anshi and destroyed the building with the cart cannon stone.

In the face of the Tang army's offensive, the Goguryeo soldiers in Anshi City reacted at about the same time, and they increased their city to close the gap caused by the artillery and stone bombardment due to the Tang army's earth-mountain tactics.

Although the Tang army and the defenders of Anshi City were in close contact, it can be seen from their reactions that the ability of the defenders of Anshi City is far from being comparable to that of the defenders of Liaodong City.

As Luo Shixin expected, Yang Wanchun had the courage to resist the Tang army with 18,000 lone troops, but he had a certain amount of confidence. (To be continued)