On April 18, the 19th year of Zhenguan, the Tang army defeated the 160,000 troops of the Gao brothers in Niulangang, beheaded more than 23,000, captured more than 40,000 people, and surrounded the remnants of the Gao brothers more than 40,000 people in the nameless hill, after persuasion, the Gao brothers led the whole army to surrender on April 19, the 19th year of Zhenguan, the emperor Dayue, the quasi-surrender, and named Gao Yanshou as Hongluqing, Gao Huizhen as Si Nongqing, and moved 3,500 chieftains above the Yusa in the surrender to the interior, and the remnants were disarmed, so that Pyongyang was returned to Pyongyang to promote the benevolence of the Tang Dynasty, after this battle, Goguryeo shook the whole country, and Huangcheng (now south of Shenyang) and Yincheng (now Tielingnan) in eastern Liaodong retreated without a fight.

On April 23, the 19th year of Zhenguan, more than 110,000 people of the main force of the Tang army began to march to Anshi City, and the emperor ordered 100,000 people under Li Daliang of the left route army to attack Anshi City from the south of Jian'an City, and 87,000 men and horses of Zhang Liang's naval army on the right road entered the Yalu River in a giant boat, and deployed defenses along the river to deter Goguryeo and block Goguryeo's possible reinforcements.

Anshi City, the ancient military castle, was built in the Jin Dynasty, the terrain of the place is complex, the hole of the east and west rivers, when the north and south of the sea and land rush, since ancient times there is the name of the Liaozuo heavy land, the whole city is built according to the Cuo Stone Mountain, the steep can not be pulled, the people in the city are more than 70,000, originally only the defenders are more than 4,000 heads, after the city lord Yang Wanchun collected the Gao brothers of the rout of tens of thousands, since the Tang army marched to the end, there are more than 40,000 defenders in the city, the people of the city have all been armed, the grain and straw in the city are complete, can be used for more than a year, The four towns and eight fields are all strong walls and clear fields, waiting for the Tang army to attack, but the morale is slightly sluggish and the defeated army, it is bound to decline, it is inevitable that things are also, for this reason, although Yang Wanchun tried his best to encourage, but the effect was not great, seeing that the Tang army was coming, Yang Wanchun was deeply anxious, and summoned Gao Huailong, the main general of the garrison army, to discuss the matter.

Brother Gao, the day of Khan is coming, now I am lonely in the city, how to guard the high brother can have a high opinion? Yang Wanchun stepped back, looked at Gao Huailong with a cautious face, and asked very sincerely.

Gao Huailong, Gao Yanshou's cousin, was originally a general under Gao Yanshou, was deceived by Yang Wanchun with a talisman in his hand, and came to Anshi City with a mug, although he has been busy with defense matters in the past few days, but he has not resented Yang Wanchun for being deceived, but he is a deep person, and he does not want to say that he will come out, he already knows that his two brothers have voted for Tang, although Gao Huailong is calm on the surface, he is actually worried, and his confidence in the upcoming battle to defend Anshi is actually insufficient. Gao Huailong just snorted and didn't say anything to answer.

Yang Wanchun saw that Gao Huailong was silent, and he knew that Gao Huailong had an unresolved knot in his heart, so he muttered and said: Brother Gao, you and I are officials in the same dynasty, and we are deeply favored by the country. The previous battle, a certain beginning was not optimistic, but also many persuasions, how to prolong life to fight, with the soldiers of our dynasty to shake the Tang Dynasty strong army, under the field battle, there is no reason to be undefeated, even if Yang tried his best to save, it was in vain, not only could not save the defeated situation, that is, these forces in the city will all be folded in, the senior brother is a person who knows the soldiers, he should see through, even if there is a mistake, it is also for the sake of national affairs, according to a certain point of view, can hold the city of Anshi, it is enough to curb the Tang army's northward passage, delay time, the Tang army is bound to be in a dilemma, It is a foregone conclusion to return without success, this is the great cause of saving the country in danger, I hope that Brother Gao can help Yang Mou, Yang Mou is here to thank you. When Yang Wanchun said this, he stood up, and knelt down regardless of the ground, so startled that Gao Huailong jumped up in a hurry.

Yang Chengshou, I can't help it, Gao is not unwilling to fight, but, alas! Gao Huailong helped Yang Wanchun up in a panic, but his mouth was full of sighs.

Is Brother Gao worried about his family? Yang Wanchun stood up and asked quietly.

This, Gao, alas, where should this start. Gao Huailong is also a member of the Gao clan, Gao Yanshou's brothers surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, how can Gao Huailong not be afraid of being implicated, this is also one of the reasons why he has never been able to lift his spirit in the past few days.

Brother Gao, someone Yang has always been at odds with Gai Suwen, and they have been at odds with each other for a long time, but someone Yang can affirm that although someone is domineering, he is not a person who doesn't know what to do, but if Brother Gao and the next can keep the city of Anshi, someone will never do anything to destroy the Great Wall. Yang Wanchun glanced at Gao Huailong, who was worried, and said categorically.

Yang Chengshou rest assured, since someone Gao has entered Anshi City, he has a heart of loyalty to the country, and the Tang army wants to enter the city, unless he is stepping on someone Gao's corpse, otherwise he doesn't think about it, but Gao Huailong expressed his willingness to defend it, but he stopped after half of the words, and his mouth moved for a long time, after all, he didn't continue to say, but it was clear that he was not optimistic about the prospects of this battle.

After the defeat, there will be no fighting spirit, no morale, this does not need Gao Huailong to say, Yang Wanchun is also very clear, these days, Yang Wanchun has thought about it for a long time, has been regarded as gained, today invite Gao Huailong to come to the secret talk, this is for this matter, at this time seeing Gao Huailong want to speak and stop, Yang Wanchun immediately laughed, laughed and said: As long as the senior brother is willing to help a certain arm, a certain way to cheer up the army, but all those who are united will be invincible, and what they do does not need to be too much, can drag the Tang army to winter, This battle is sure to be won!

The Gao family is the royal family of Goguryeo, and Gao Huailong is also a child of the clan, so he naturally doesn't want to watch Goguryeo perish.

Thank you brother for your help, please accept a certain worship first. When Yang Wanchun saw Gao Huailong say this, he immediately became excited, and hurried to bow down again.

Yang Chengshou, can't be like this, Gao is still waiting to listen to Yang Chengshou's clever plan. Gao Huailong didn't wait for Yang Wanchun to bow down, so he stretched out his hand to stop Yang Wanchun.

Okay, that's it. Yang Wanchun did not insist on worshipping, but put it on Gao Huailong's ear, and whispered, hearing Gao Huailong's eyes widen and widened, and at the end he was almost about to come out of the frame, his face was full of astonishment, and it took a long time before he came back to his senses, and said in a deep voice: Can this be done?

The method was proposed by Yang Wanchun, but whether it could be done Yang Wanchun had no bottom in his heart, but things had already reached such a field, even if it was a straw, Yang Wanchun could only choose to hold on, at this time, facing Gao Huailong's doubts, Yang Wanchun forced himself to suppress the uneasiness in his heart, and said in a resolute tone: Only this strategy can save me from the danger of Anshi, and the senior brother will not be born after death?

Gao Huailong's face changed uncertainly for a while, and then he let out a sigh and said: Okay, since Yang Chengshou dares to gamble, why should Gao spare his life, just follow Yang Chengshou's words.

Okay, that's the case, without further ado, General Gao will go to be busy with military affairs, and Yang will arrange related matters, and my Goguryeo national fortunes are all in one fell swoop, and I hope General Gao will cherish himself. Yang Wanchun saw that Gao Huailong agreed to his proposition, and the big stone in his heart finally fell to the ground, and hurriedly said.

Well, Gao took his leave. Gao Huailong had some confidence in defending Anshi City for the first time, and he was unwilling to let go of the gap when the Tang army had not arrived, so he said a word, and immediately walked out of the city guard mansion in a hurry, and went to rectify military affairs without mentioning it.

Alas, the three-legged black god (the god of the Goguryeo people, please bless me Goguryeo can get out of this great disaster, if I can defend Anshi City, why should Yang someone regret this!) After sending Gao Huailong away, Yang Wanchun stood in the secret room for a while, then sighed, walked out of the secret room, and was busy deploying the relevant arrangements

On April 28, the 19th year of Zhenguan, the main force of the Tang army arrived outside the city of Anshi, as soon as the camp was settled, the Tang army ignored the fatigue of the long-distance march, and also ignored the heat of the noon, so at the end of the four o'clock, outside the city of Anshi lined up a strong attack formation, hundreds of thousands of horses and horses moved more than ten miles, surrounded the city of Anshi, Li Shimin personally led the Chinese army to the south gate of the city of Anshi, heard the shouts of the defenders on the city gate and was quite afraid, so he called the general Gao Yanshou to the front of the army, let him go to the city gate to persuade him to surrender, Gao Yanshou gladly accepted the order, He led more than a dozen guards to run towards the city gate, stopped under the city head, and shouted at the city head: The people in the city listen, a certain is Gao Yanshou is also, go and pass Gao Huailong to see so!

After a noise on the city, Yang Wanchun showed his head from the city, looked at Gao Yanshou under the city and said: General Gao doesn't have time to see people like Er who betray the Lord and seek glory, let it go quickly, otherwise the old man will order the arrows to be released.

Gao Yanshou saw that Yang Wanchun appeared, so he knew that it was impossible to persuade him to surrender, but he still insisted on saying loudly: Yang Chengshou, a certain has now descended to the Tang Dynasty, the official residence Hongluqing, the heavenly khan has always been kind to the surrender of people, never indiscriminately killed innocents, this time the troops, just to rebel, only take Gai Suwen old thief, and have nothing to do with others, now a certain came to persuade the surrender on the order of the heavenly khan, Wanger and others are good at choice, do not let the disaster of the sword soldiers extend to the people in the city.

Fart! A certain official of Goguryeo, how can he surrender the Tang thief, get out, don't get out of the way, the old man knows you, the bow and arrow in his hand don't know you, get out! Yang Wanchun scolded unceremoniously, and with a wave of his hand, several sergeants on the left and right opened their bows and arrows in unison, aiming at the people under the city.

You, Yang Wanchun'er, this dog thief dares, the power of the Heavenly Khan can be stopped, do you really want the people of the city to accompany you to the funeral? Gao Yanshou faced the scorching arrow of the cold light, and did not flinch, but raised his voice and scolded back unceremoniously.

Hahaha Listening to Gao Yanshou's threatening words, Yang Wanchun was not only not afraid, but laughed out loud, pointed to the Chinese army in the distance, waved his hand and said: Come on, scold this official!

Li puppy, the usurper thief!

Senior Li, eat shit!

The boy of the Li family, he must not die well!

As soon as Yang Wanchun's words fell, nearly a thousand people dressed in various miscellaneous clothes poured into the city, and pointed to the direction where Li Shimin was and scolded, scolding whatever was ugly, the voice was extremely loud, obviously it had been rehearsed a long time ago, and when the scolding was heard, Gao Yanshou's face under the city immediately turned white, and he couldn't say anything to persuade him to surrender, so he had to lead people back into the Tang army formation.

What are those people yelling about? The shouts at the head of the city were neat and loud, although Li Shimin, who was standing in the middle of the army, could also hear it very clearly, but the shouts of those people were in Goguryeo, and Li Shimin did not know what these people were shouting about, so he looked around at the ministers around him and asked suspiciously.

There are not many people in the Tang army who can understand Goguryeo, but the interpreters who followed the emperor's side and even the Goguryeo officials who surrendered were very clear, but the scolding was too unbearable, and no one dared to translate these words in front of Li Shimin, and they each cowered and did not dare to say more.

Hey, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, that, those dogs, dog thieves, are here, in poor place, the interpreter who is not very bold, was stared at by Li Shimin like this, he trembled with fright, and stammered and couldn't say a complete sentence.

Rubbish! Li Shimin saw that he couldn't ask the reason from the interpreter's mouth, so he was furious, and after reprimanding him angrily, he turned to look at Gao Huizhen and said: Gao Aiqing, what are those people in the city shouting about?

Gao Hui's courage is naturally much stronger than those literati-born translators, but he is not strong enough to directly translate the scolding words of the people in the city in front of Li Shimin, and when Li Shimin asked him this, his face turned red, and he was dumbfounded for a while, until Li Shimin's face was pale, and he was obviously on the verge of an outbreak, so he said helplessly: Your Majesty, those rude villains can't listen to their words, they, woe, they're in, ah, they're scolding Your Majesty, woebe

Well? Say! Li Shimin saw that Gao Huizhen was also stammering like a translator with those gangs, and when he was impatient, he broke off a sentence, which frightened Gao Huizhen suddenly, and in a hurry, he blurted out regardless of the ground: They said that Your Majesty is the one who killed your brother and usurped the throne, ah, those villains are talking nonsense, Your Majesty can't

Well? Hum! The change of Xuanwumen is a taboo for Li Shimin, and he has never wanted anyone to mention it, but at this time, the people of Goguryeo at the head of the city dared to talk about this matter in public, which is tolerable or unbearable! Li Shimin was completely enraged, and his face collapsed, as black as the bottom of the pot.

The anger of the Son of Heaven is not trivial, at this juncture, not to mention that Gao Huizhen lost his breath after half of what he said, even a group of important ministers of the imperial court also held their breath, everyone was dumbfounded, and they were afraid that Li Shimin would be angry with him, and they all shivered like cicadas.

Your Majesty, Goguryeo dog thieves are rampant and rude, and the minister implores His Majesty to issue an edict that on the day the city is broken, it will be slaughtered! In the midst of the dead silence, Li Ji, the secretary of the military department, suddenly stood up and asked for his life in a loud voice.

Yes, these dog thieves are so rude that they should be destroyed! As soon as Li Ji's words fell, Cheng Yanjin also jumped out and echoed in his voice.

With these two bigwigs in the army taking the lead, a group of old generals also stood up in a hurry, all shouting to slaughter the city, and in the sound of shouting and killing, only Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia, and Su Dingfang, the secretary of the ministry, were silent, and their faces were disapproving, but at this time when the group was raging, the two did not dare to touch the anger of the people, glanced at each other, shook their heads gently, and closed their mouths helplessly.

Li Shimin has been unable to listen to the advice of the contrary in recent years, not to mention the scolding words of the Goguryeo children, and the scolding is still his taboo, he was already angry enough, plus as soon as the generals in the army agitated, they immediately waved their hands and ordered loudly: I have made a decision, on the day the city is broken, slaughter it, and order the three armies to prepare to attack the city, who dares to ask for orders to attack the city first?

Siege warfare is not comparable to field warfare, the Tang army just arrived, originally thought that it could rely on a strong army to deter the officers and soldiers in the city, and then the Gao brothers came forward to recruit the old department, they could take Anshi City without blood, therefore, the relevant siege equipment is not complete, in addition to the ladder, such as rushing cars, ballistas, trebuchets and other equipment have not yet been assembled, at this time the chance of attacking the city is not large, the generals are old in the battle array, how can not see the danger of this battle, The so-called preemptive siege is actually similar to preemptively sending the city to death: Sun Tzu Youyun: the method of attacking the city is a last resort. Repair the turret, with equipment, after March, from Fujian and March after their own. It will be overwhelmed, and the ants will possess it, killing one-third of the soldiers, and those who will not pull out the city will also be attacked by this disaster! However, it is clear that at the moment of Li Shimin's anger, all the generals did not dare to speak out and admonish, but no one was willing to be cannon fodder to die, so after Li Shimin finished asking, all the generals kept silent, and the scene was cold for a while.

Your Majesty, the last general is willing to lead his troops to attack the city, and I beg your Majesty's permission! In the midst of the silence, Li Simo, the general of the Right Military Guard, stood up and shouted for his life.

As soon as the generals saw Li Simo stand up, they were stunned that Li Simo's subordinates were all Turkic cavalry, fighting field battles, engaging in long-distance raids, and siege warfare was not good at all, not to mention that at this time, the equipment in the army was not complete, and let the Turkic cavalry launch a strong attack, in addition to sacrificing troops in vain, it would also bring a bad result, that is, the sharp spirit of the army was broken in vain, once the defenders of the city erected the morale to defeat the Tang army, this battle would not be easy to fight, the problem was that the generals were unwilling to ask for their lives to fight, It is difficult for him to come forward to stop Li Simo's invitation to fight, and in such an embarrassing situation, the generals have no other way than to remain silent.

Okay, Aiqing dares to go, I personally cheer for Er's department! Li Shimin didn't care what the generals thought, he clapped his hands excitedly and said loudly.

May you take this city for your Majesty! As soon as Li Simo heard that Li Shimin was going to personally beat the drum and cheer, he was very excited, saluted respectfully, retreated, and went to arrange the siege of the city without mentioning it

Finishing (full book)