The sky is about to get dark, the sunset reluctantly falls behind the mountain, the last trace of afterglow renders the clouds on the horizon into a blood-like sunset, a group of homing birds and birds hovering in the sky and falling into the mountain forest, only the crisp birdsong is still lingering in the darkening sky, coupled with the smoke rising in the city of Anshi, all this seems so peaceful and warm, the only incongruity is the figure that stands at the head of the city like a statue - the person is not tall, a wide official robe fluttering in the wind, It seems that his body is thin and weak, and his slightly rickety back pulls out a long haze at the head of the city, and a gray beard is blown into a mess by the wind, but he has never done anything to tidy it up, a pair of eyes are always staring at the horizon in the distance, and the eyes are full of loneliness and worry, this person is the new northern Goguryeo Yang Wanchun.

Since the previous Tang army retreated, it has only been a little more than a year and a half, but Yang Wanchun seems to be ten years old, the original black hair is as pale as the top of the snow-capped mountain, the wrinkles on the forehead are as deep as a ravine, and the original round face has also been sunken at this time.

"Lord Yang, it's getting dark, look ......" The guard standing at the city gate tower saw that it was getting late, and couldn't hold back any longer, so he hurriedly stepped forward, bowed down, and reminded in a low voice.

"Oh, okay, just wait." Yang Wanchun has been standing here for a whole day, but he still can't wait for the person to wait, at this time, listening to the guard's reminder, his heart can't help but roll through a burst of melancholy, but he doesn't want to just go back to the house, after a little muttering, he still shook his head gently, and replied with a gloomy face.

......Seeing this, the guard did not dare to persuade again, sighed, and silently retreated.

The person who can make Yang Wanchun wait so persistently is the new southern Sa Gao Huailong - since he learned that the commander of the Tang Army this time is the crown prince Li Zhen, Yang Wanchun has a deep sense of crisis, as soon as he learned the exact news, he immediately sent someone to contact Gao Huailong, and invited the other party to Anshi City for a while, in order to decide on the enemy's strategy, according to the day, Gao Huailong should have arrived yesterday, but now it is still missing, which makes Yang Wanchun's heart even more uneasy and worried.

The re-arrival of the Tang army was not unexpected by Yang Wanchun, in fact, as early as the previous Tang army retreated, Yang Wanchun knew that it was inevitable for the Tang army to go and return, for this reason, Yang Wanchun did not make any relevant preparations, but to Yang Wanchun's expectation, the commander of the army was not the heavenly khan Li Shimin but the crown prince Li Zhen, this change made Yang Wanchun very uneasy - in Yang Wanchun's view, the heavenly khan Li Shimin is certainly a generation of heroes who use soldiers, however, the way of using troops is particularly traceable, and there are many places to use, Yang Wanchun also agreed with Gao Huailong on a lot of corresponding countermeasures, but he never thought that Tang Jun would temporarily change the commander, and replace it with the ruthless "blood butcher" Li Zhen, under this sudden change, the earlier arrangement lost its pertinence, and then thought of Li Zhen's means of slaughtering the desert back then, Yang Wanchun was even more panicked and uneasy, pity him Although Yang Wanchun knows a little bit of the art of war, he thinks that he is not a god who uses soldiers, and now he can only hope that Gao Huailong can come to discuss a safe countermeasure to solve the immediate crisis.

People finally did not come, seeing that the gorgeous sunset on the horizon has gradually darkened, Yang Wanchun was extremely disappointed in his heart, shook his head with a wry smile, turned around with difficulty, and was just about to step down from the city, but the corner of his eyes suddenly saw that there seemed to be some movement at the corner of the mountain in the distance, and he turned his head back in a hurry, and then took a closer look, and immediately saw a team of cavalry galloping towards Anshi City, when a yellow flag fluttered in the wind, there was a huge black character "high" on it, Yang Wanchun was overjoyed, Without saying more, he rushed down the city, turned on his horse, and hurriedly led a group of guards out of the city gate, and rode towards him.

"General Gao......" greeted Yang Wanchun, who came to ride, and saw that it was Gao Huailong in the south who was galloping under his banner, and his mood was very agitated, and he just strangled the war horse under his crotch, so he couldn't wait to say hello, but suddenly saw that Gao Huailong had some half-dried blood stains on his body, and couldn't help but stop talking, and asked suspiciously: "General Gao, what are you ......?"

Seeing this, Gao Huailong shook his head with a wry smile and said, "It's okay, I met the Tang Army spies on the road, and I fought a battle, and I was delayed for some time, but I told Lord Yang to wait for a long time." ”

"Hiss......" Hearing Gao Huailong's words, Yang Wanchun couldn't help but gasp - since Cheng Mingzhen passed through Liaodong, the Tang army has attacked Goguryeo, although the big war is not too much, but there are many small wars, but most of the battles are carried out in the southern region, especially in the Jianye area, as for the vicinity of Anshi City, there are few Tang troops haunted, and now the war is not rising, the Tang army has gone deep into its own hinterland, and even robbed and killed Gao Huailong and his party, how can Yang Wanchun not be surprised, but this is really not the time to ask in detail, Yang Wanchun had to follow the impulse to ask, smiled and waved his hand and said: "General Gao is fine, and go to the city, and then talk again, the general please." ”

"Okay, let's go to town!" Gao Huailong had been on the road for a few days, and he was already exhausted, and he didn't want to eat wind and sand outside the city gate anymore, so he smiled and waved his hand, and led his troops and Yang Wanchun to rush into the city of Anshi with a horse......

The military situation was urgent, Gao and Yang didn't care about the feast, they just hurriedly freshened up, had some meals at will, and gathered in the study of the city guard's mansion, and each sat down. ”

"It's hard to say, Gao doesn't know much about this person, although he has tried to explore before, how can he get really limited, I'm afraid this battle will not be easy to fight." Gao Huailong frowned and replied with a worried face.

Yang Wanchun knew that his military strategy was not too proficient, and he was looking forward to Gao Huailong's coming, hoping that Gao Huailong would come up with an accurate idea, but at this time, seeing that Gao Huailong was also not confident, his heart sank a little, and after being silent for a long time, he tentatively said: "General Gao, can the policy agreed between you and me be so feasible?" ”

The strategy previously formulated by Yang and Gao is not much different from the previous strategy to deal with Li Shimin's army, and the main idea is to lure the enemy into depth, so that the Tang army will once again hit its head and break the blood flow under the fortified city of Anshi, exhausting the Tang army's sharp energy, thus forcing the Tang army to return with hatred again. In this way, the overall strategy of exchanging space for time will be realized, and as long as the war is delayed until the winter comes, there will be no doubt that the fighters will appear. This strategy may be effective if it encounters Li Shimin, the heavenly khan who uses troops to stabilize the army, but after replacing Li Zhen, it may not work, at least Yang Wanchun himself is not sure whether Li Zhen will take the bait.

Gao Huailong did not directly answer Yang Wanchun's question, but muttered for a while: "Gao sent someone to find merchants from the Western Regions a few days ago, and made an appointment to understand the wars in the Western Regions of Tang Prince Ping. ”

Gao Huailong said that Yang Wanchun had heard about the wars in the Western Regions of Li Zhenping, how could he not know that the frontal field battle was just a way to kill himself, at this time, listening to Gao Huailong say this, Yang Wanchun's face also showed a strong bitterness, sighed and said: "Although it is difficult to hold on to the lonely city, it is better than blindly facing the enemy, as long as our army sticks to the two cities of Anshi and Wugu, no matter how strong the Tang army is, it is difficult to penetrate into our realm, and a certain meaning is still to stick to it, but ......" Yang Wanchun said this, paused, and then continued: " It's just that this time the Tang army is divided into two ways, if the Baekje side can't hold on, once it is lost, even if we stick to it, I am afraid it will be difficult to do it. ”

As soon as he heard that Yang Wanchun was worried about the Tang army that set off from Silla, Gao Huailong laughed when he boarded, waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, Lord Yang, Gao has received reliable news that the Japanese state has sent out 30,000 water troops, together with my Goguryeo 50,000 army, plus Baekje's 130,000 army, it is enough to resist the Tang army all the way." ”

"Oh? Is this really the case? Although Yang Wanchun was promoted to the northern province because of his military exploits, he was regarded as one of the high-ranking officials of Goguryeo, but firstly, Yang Wanchun was not a member of the royal family, and secondly, he was not on good terms with the regent Yuangai Suwen, and it was difficult for him to grasp the news in the court at the first time.

Gao Huailong nodded and said: "This matter is true, as far as Gao knows, Baekje persuaded the Empress Qi Ming of the Wa State at the cost of ceding Xiongjin City, and the 10,000 sailors of the previous front army of her country have arrived at the mouth of the Baicun River with more than 100 warships, and after a while, there will be 20,000 troops to meet in the future, and nearly 200,000 soldiers from our three kingdoms will be gathered, which is enough to resist the invasion of the Tang army all the way, even if it cannot be defeated in battle, it is not difficult to defend it." ”

"Well, in that case, I have no worries!" Yang Wanchun was most worried about the sharpness of the Tang Dynasty Navy, and when he heard that the Japanese Navy had come to help, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and slapped his palm.

"Well, having said that, it's hard to retreat from the enemy in front of you." Gao Huailong was not as excited as Yang Wanchun, shook his head and said, "Lord Yang, do you remember the equipment used by the Tang army in the siege of the city before?" ”

When the Tang army attacked Anshi City before, the power of those ballistas and large trebuchets made Yang Wanchun think about it at this time and still wondered, if it wasn't for Gao Huailong sacrificing his second son Gao Kexin to destroy a lot of Tang Army equipment when the Tang Army was fully launched, it is really difficult to say whether Anshi City can be kept. ”

"Yes, those strange things are extremely sharp, and they are really hard to beat." After Gao Huailong sighed, he said with a sad face: "According to reliable sources, this time the Tang Army went out, and all the Shenji battalions came, but I am afraid that the power of the equipment in it is far better than before, if our army blindly defends the city, I am afraid that it may not be able to defend it steadily." ”

"Ah, this ......" Yang Wanchun was startled, his pupils immediately constricted, and after being stunned for a while, he hurriedly asked, "What countermeasures does the general have?" ”

"Nope." Gao Huailong smiled bitterly and spread his hands and said: "Sun Tzu Youyun: Knowing oneself and knowing that the other side can survive a hundred battles, but now the enemy's movements are unknown, and a certain truth cannot be decided, so you can only take one step at a time to see one step at a time." ”

"W-how?" As soon as he heard Gao Huailong's answer so crisply, Yang Wanchun became anxious.

"Lord Yang, don't worry, according to Gao, although our original strategy is insufficient, it is better to use it, wait for Tang Jun to move, and then improvise." Gao Huailong couldn't come up with too many propositions at this time, so he could only say something unnutritious to comfort Yang Wanchun.

"Well, in this case, everything will have General Lao Gao." Although Yang Wanchun was anxious, he himself was not proficient in military strategy, so he couldn't come up with a better idea, so he could only wait for Tang Jun to make a move before seeing the opportunity to act.

At this point, Gao Huailong didn't have much to say, so he could only smile wryly and nodded, no more, the two sat silently opposite each other, and the atmosphere in the study immediately became depressed......

Two flowers bloomed, each with a branch, not to mention that Yang Wanchun and Gao Huailong were busy discussing the strategy to deal with the Tang army, and said that Li Zhen was not idle, and was also discussing the strategy of entering Goguryeo this time - after Li Zhen left Beijing on March 23, he waved his army all the way and rushed to the camp in Youzhou in just over a month. The total strength of the Tang army gathered in Youzhou has reached more than 230,000 people, including 140,000 guards in Beijing, more than 50,000 soldiers and horses in Youzhou headquarters, and the rest are soldiers from the eighteen states of Yanyun. Only then did the generals be summoned to discuss the strategy of progress and stopping.

In fact, there are only three important generals who can enter Li Zhen's Chinese army's big tent - Li Daliang, the general of the right guard of Youzhou, Cheng Mingzhen, the general of the march of Liaodong Road, and Lin Chenghe, the general of the left Weiwei, among these three Lin Chenghe is Li Zhen's confidant and favorite general, Li Daliang is Li Zhen's old acquaintance, both of them know Li Zhen's temperament, but there will be no restraints, and their words are very relaxed. Only Cheng Mingzhen and Li Zhen don't have much contact, and they hardly speak, and they seem extremely restrained.

Anshi City is bound to be taken, otherwise, it will be impossible to enter the hinterland of Goguryeo, let alone join the army under Pyongyang with Xue Wanche's troops, Li Zhen has long known this, as for how to fight this battle, Li Zhen has already made a plan, but Li Zhen did not plan to say his strategy immediately, just quietly listened to Li Daliang and Lin Chenghe discuss, his intention is nothing more than to understand the background of the generals, it is obvious that Cheng Mingzhen's restraint is not in line with Li Zhen's original intention, seeing that Cheng Mingzhen did not speak for a long time, Li Zhen frowned inadvertently, looked at Cheng Mingzhen and said, "Old General Cheng, you have been in Liaodong for a long time, and you should have the most say in the affairs of Liaodong, I just want to hear Er's opinion." ”

Although Cheng Mingzhen is also a veteran of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, most of him is a foreign officer, less in Beijing, except for the time when he entered Beijing to report on his work, he has met Li Zhen a few times, he really hasn't had much contact with Li Zhen, and he doesn't know Li Zhen's temperament. ”

Obviously, Cheng Mingzhen's polite words were naturally not the answer Li Zhen wanted, but Li Zhen also blamed him, but smiled and said: "Old General Cheng is polite, the ancients said: One person is short, everyone is long, what does General Cheng think, please speak up, just listen alone." ”

The reason why Cheng Mingzhen didn't want to talk too much was not only because he was not familiar with Li Zhen and was afraid of saying too many mistakes, but also because he had heard for a long time that Li Zhen was like a god with soldiers, and wanted to hear what Li Zhen's clever strategy for this battle was, but at this time he was forced by Li Zhen like this, but he had to say that he was ugly, so he muttered for a while: "Your Highness Mingjian, the last general thinks that Anshi must not be attacked, but it cannot be attacked in a hurry, according to the last general, the enemy will build fortifications everywhere in Xuansu, Hengshan, Gaimu, Chifeng and other important places, and use heavy troops to build a strategy for the camp step by step, Its intention is to induce our army to gather and annihilate the enemy army in the area of Anshi City, if our army goes straight to the enemy's dragon invincible book house plan, if the virtual army enters the suppression, in fact, the army is waved directly to take the city of black bones, induce the enemy to leave the city of Anshi to help, and then hit it halfway, after breaking the enemy army on the way, and then return to Shi'an City, take advantage of its weakness, because our army has a water army for the aid, and there is no risk of the food road being cut off, if the Anshi thief army does not come out, then our army takes advantage of the situation to capture the black bones, leaving a piece to hold on, in order to block the soldiers of Anshi, and then the whole army goes straight to Pyongyang, He joined forces with General Xue under the city of Pyongyang, and once Pyongyang was taken, the enemy of Anshi would be a source of water without a fight, and he would destroy himself without a fight. ”

"Well, this strategy is very good, the general is really a general!" Cheng Mingzhen's strategy is exactly what Li Zhen imagined in his heart, and when he saw Cheng Mingzhen say this policy, Li Zhen smiled when he boarded, and he wanted to make a conclusion on this strategy, but suddenly saw Ying Da hurriedly coming in from outside the big tent, and immediately stopped, and glanced at Ying Dao: "What's the matter?" ”

"Your Highness, General Silla Xue sent someone to deliver an urgent military report." As soon as Ying Da saw Li Zhen's question, he hurriedly bowed down and answered.

"Huh?" As soon as Li Zhen heard the emergency military report, her heart chuckled, and a bad premonition came to her heart......

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