"Shoot the arrows, release the arrows!" As soon as he saw Tang Junshan surging over like a tsunami, Yang Miao was anxious, and then saw that his soldiers had completely lost the spirit of swearing to resist a few days ago, and they roared angrily under the anger, but it was a pity that the defenders had not recovered from the blow of the annihilation of the 50,000 army under Gao Qitai's army at this time, and no one listened to Yang Miao's generals at all.

"Damn it!" Yang Miao was angry, angrily pulled out the horizontal knife on his waist, slashed at it, and slashed a rebel who ran to the front to kill him on the spot, carrying a bloody knife and roaring loudly: "Those who dare to disobey the general's order will be killed, release the arrow, release the arrow!" ”

Looking at Yang Miao's distorted face, and then looking at the bloody horizontal knife, a group of defending officers and soldiers finally woke up, and hurriedly pulled their bows and arrows, and shot wildly at the Tang army that rushed to the city, but at this time, the Tang army was in full swing, ignoring the fall of the comrades around them, blindly rushing forward, and rushed under the city wall in a few moments, at the same time, thousands of Tang cavalry also quickly killed under the command of Xue Rengui, and shot a rain of arrows to the city. suppressed the few archers at the head of the city.

"Vertical ladder!" A Tang military captain led his troops to rush to the city, let go of his throat and gave a loud order, and suddenly more than 20 cloud ladders were erected one after another, and set up the head of the city, and the Tang officers and soldiers standing on the top of the ladder took advantage of the opportunity to jump, and they had jumped onto the city wall, and the officers and soldiers guarding the city were strangled together, and there was a great chaos on the top of the city.

"Mulberry, put it away!" As soon as he saw the Tang army start to climb the ladder, Yang Miao didn't care about the melee at the head of the city, and strode out of the city gatehouse, brandishing a horizontal knife, and roaring loudly, but he didn't expect that he was discovered by Xue Rengui who was riding a horse in the cavalry queue as soon as he showed his head, but he saw Xue Rengui quickly holding his bow and arrow, aiming at Yang Miao who was showing a head is an arrow, the arrow was castrated very fast, and it had been shot at the city head in an instant, and before Yang Miao understood what was going on, he felt a headache, his eyes were black, and the person had lost his balance, shook a few times, and fell to the ground. After a few convulsions, he lost his breath.

"The thief will be beheaded, go to the city, go to the city!" A group of cavalry saw that Yang Miao was shot by Xue Rengui on the spot, all shouted loudly, the originally demoralized city defenders were even more chaotic at this time, and they were unable to continue to block the breakthrough opened by the Tang army, and the Tang infantry who had gained momentum shouted and hugged the city wall, killing the Goguryeo defenders in defeat and retreating, and after a few moments, a burst of cheers sounded, and the thick city gate had been pushed open by the Tang army from the inside.

"Into town!" Seeing that the city gate had been opened, Xue Rengui was overjoyed, quickly put away the big iron bow in his hand, took the heavenly painting halberd from the victory hook, waved it violently, shouted, and rushed into the city gate cave first, and thousands of cavalry behind him swarmed to follow, and slaughtered into the city. The defeated Goguryeo defenders no longer had the courage to resist, so they threw down their swords and obediently knelt on the ground as prisoners, and at this point, the last line of defense on the outskirts of Anshi City was finally torn by the Tang army......

On May 21, the 21st year of Zhenguan, Li Zhen led the main force of the Chinese army to arrive at the foot of Hengshan City, and the Tang Army's forward armies, which had failed to conquer Hengshan City due to repeated strong attacks, were greatly boosted, and the forward generals asked for battle, all thinking of showing their hands in front of His Royal Highness the Prince, however, Li Zhen did not agree to attack the city immediately, but ordered the whole army to set up a camp three miles away from Hengshan City, and ordered the troops to rest in place, and Hengshan City, which had been fighting for nearly ten days, was rarely calm.

The Tang army did not take advantage of the situation to launch a siege war, which made the officers and soldiers who had been fighting hard for more than ten days greatly relieved, most of them took this rare opportunity to relax for a while, but those who could relax were all middle and lower-level officers and soldiers who did not know the truth, as for the senior generals in the city, they were gloomy, because the news that the two important places of Jian'an and Xuanfu City had fallen into the hands of the Tang army had been transmitted to the hands of the high-level generals, and at the same time arrived the retreat order jointly issued by Gao and Yang, just for fear of affecting the morale of the army. The battle was not reported to the armies.

Hengshan City is not big, and it is not as dangerous as Anshi City, the reason why the Tang Army was able to block the advance of the Tang Army for more than ten days before, in addition to the result of the hard work of the whole army, the main thing is that the nearly 10,000 defeated soldiers who retreated from Chifeng Village, Gaimu City and other places have greatly strengthened the strength of the city defense, which can barely withstand the strong attack of the Tang Army's forward, and now the main force of the Tang Army has arrived, and the defending army after the hard battle is no longer able to support, not to mention that after the fall of Xuancheng, the Tang Army Lin Chenghe Department has been rushing to Anshi City, Once Lin Chenghe's troops are killed under the city of Anshi, the return route and grain route of the armies of Hengshan City will be cut off, and at that time, the armies in the city will have no way to escape, and the only chance to escape is to take advantage of the fact that Lin Chenghe's troops have not yet arrived at the city of Anshi in the two or three days to abandon the city and withdraw to Anshi, but there is a difficulty in it - from Hengshan to Anshi are a place of Pingchuan, if the cavalry of the Tang Army covers all the way, the retreating armies will not be able to escape at all, and someone must lead the army to guard Hengshan for several days to buy time for the retreating armyThe trouble is that the generals in the city are not under their own control, and who should take on such a mortal task has become a pain in the hearts of the generals, no, the joint meeting has been held for more than half an hour, and no one is willing to volunteer to stand up, the big guys are all sitting with their noses and noses, and the silence in the entire conference hall is eerie.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this city must be guarded by General Gao's order, and the whole army must be led to withdraw to Anshi City, for the sake of safety, this city must be garrisoned for more than three days, I don't know which general dares to take on this important task?" Seeing that all the generals were silent, Hengshan Castle Shoucheng Dawu had to point out the words, of course, he did not forget to exclude himself from the duty of sticking to Hengshan Castle in the first place.

Cheng Dawu can say this, it is because he is the oldest qualified, he is not only the defender of Hengshan City, but also the chief general who ordered the withdrawal of the army, but the other generals are not happy, no one is willing to do the work that will definitely die, you must know that the Tang army outside the city is as much as 150,000, and one person can drown this small Hengshan City with a mouthful of spittle, not to mention that even if he can guard for three days, even if he can guard for one day, he must be glad that the three-legged black god has appeared in the sky, so even if Cheng Dawu's eyes are full of eagerness to sweep around, But no one was willing to respond at all, and the big guys all sat silently, as if they hadn't heard Cheng Dawu's words.

"Ahem, ahem." Cheng Dawu had long expected that this meeting would be the current situation, seeing that all the generals were pretending to be deaf, but he was still very angry, and faked coughing a few times, breaking the embarrassing silence, his eyes wandered back and forth on Gao Keye, the commander of Chifeng Village, and Yang Qianwu, the guard of Gaimu City, for a long time, and saw that the two of them were terrified, and after they had enough momentum, they slapped the table suddenly, and said in an almost roaring tone: "Gao Keye, can you be guilty?" ”

"The last general, the last general......" Gao Keye was yelled at by Cheng Dawu, and he was a little panicked, jumped up suddenly, and looked at Cheng Dawu who suddenly turned his face dumbfounded, and responded indiscriminately in his mouth, but he didn't even know what he was talking about.

"As the leader of Chifeng Village, he lost his village in one day, his sin is unforgivable, and he should have been beheaded to set an example, in view of the fact that he has tried his best these days, let me send you the sin, if you don't do anything now, even if you can tolerate it, Gao and Yang will not be spared!" Cheng Dawu glared, and he slashed his head and face at Gao Keye.

"I ......" Gao Keye had the intention to defend one or two, but he was really speechless to defend himself, after all, he commanded three thousand soldiers and horses to be seized by a thousand Khitan cavalry to seize the stockade, such mistakes can not be explained even if the sky is broken, although he knows in his heart that Cheng Dawu's move is just to oppress himself and obey, and he wants to stay and guard Hengshan City, but there is no way, seeing that all the generals present are gloating and looking at themselves, no one is willing to speak out to help ease his cheeks, and his heart is half cold, and in desperation, he has to grit his teeth and say: " The last general was willing to atone for his merits and asked himself to stay in Hengshan, but the last general's soldiers and horses were insufficient, and it was difficult to stop the sharp edge of the Tang army. ”

"Okay, it's rare for General Gao to be loyal to the country, the general can't treat you badly, if you are willing to stick to Hengshan, the general will allocate another thousand more people to help you succeed." When Cheng Dawu said this, he saw that Gao Keye had the intention of distinguishing between words, so he waved his hand unceremoniously and said: "This matter is settled, all departments will immediately return to the camp and reassemble, and the whole army will withdraw from Hengshan tonight, and they will all disperse." As soon as the words fell, he didn't give Gao Keye a chance to speak again, flicked his sleeves, and left first, and when the generals saw this, they dispersed, and no one comforted Gao Keye, who was so angry that his eyes were crooked.

Gao Keye originally wanted to fight for more people, but seeing that Cheng Dawu didn't give himself a chance to speak at all, and then looked at the generals when they dispersed, his eyes were clearly like looking at a dead man, and the anger in his heart surged wildly, and he couldn't wait to rush into the back hall with a knife and split Cheng Dawu, but unfortunately he didn't dare, and in desperation, he could only snort angrily and turn back to the barracks......

Compared with the gloomy clouds in Hengshan City, the Tang Army camp outside the city is a group of joy, for no other reason, just because the prince Li Zhen ordered to reward the three armies, half a catty of meat per person, two jars of wine per group, the whole army is thunderous, everyone is excited, but all the old generals in the army are worried - since the camp was settled, Li Zhen neither arranged the preparations for the siege of the city, nor convened the generals to agree on the end, and even did not have fun with the army, but the cat was in the big tent of the Chinese army, and he never showed his face at the end of the day. The generals were at a loss and didn't know what to do, so they had to jointly push Deputy Marshal Li Ji and Vanguard Army Commander Cheng Mingzhen to go to the bottom of the matter.

All the troops are drinking, Li Zhen will not treat himself badly, no, just when Li and Cheng came in, Li Zhen was lying comfortably on the rocking chair, while shaking leisurely, while drinking a small wine, of course, the wine Li Zhen drank was not the "victorious" liquor drunk by the soldiers, but the wine of the Western Regions, which was not brought by Li Zhen from Chang'an, but sent to the barracks by the merchants of the Western Regions - since Li Zhen opened the Western Regions, he has always attached importance to the development of industry, especially the textile industry, Whether it is cotton spinning or wool spinning, have been vigorously supported by the local protectorate, the textile industry of the entire Western Regions has developed very fast, the cotton cloth, wool and other things produced are of good quality and low price, not only sell well in the mainland, and even exported to the European continent, becoming another major economic pillar in the Western Regions in addition to commerce and trade, however, although the textile machinery and so on are constantly updated, productivity continues to improve, but the gap in human resources is getting bigger and bigger, especially the cotton planting manpower is becoming more and more insufficient, and earlier can also plunder some people through war, Now Xue Yantuo has been wiped out, except for Tubo and Tuyuhun can occasionally sell some people to fill the number, there is nowhere to buy high-quality and cheap prisoners of war, so that the labor force in the entire Western Regions is extremely scarce, and those rich merchants in the Western Regions are thinking about where to deceive some laborers every day. After transporting enough grain and grass, he did not hesitate to cross the vast prairie, rushed to the army all the way, and exchanged the military rations for prisoners of war.

"The last general Li Ji (Cheng Mingzhen) see His Royal Highness." Li and Cheng Erjun had just walked into the big tent of the Chinese army, and when they saw Li Zhen so carefree, they each looked at each other suspiciously, but they didn't dare to say anything, so they rushed forward and respectfully saluted Li Zhen.

"Excuse me, come here, show the two old generals, well, bring the wine too, I want to have a drink with the two Aiqing today." Li Zhen sat up straight, raised her hand with a smile, and said with a casual look.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Li and Cheng were full of thoughts, but they were not in a hurry to speak, and after thanking them, they each sat down, and a group of eunuchs in the tent offered a few sons, served delicious wine and food, and then quietly withdrew from the big tent.

"Two Aiqing, please feel free, don't look at this wine to drink mildly, in fact, it has a lot of stamina, you have to taste it slowly, come, two Aiqing and taste it." Li Zhen guessed the intention of the two generals, but he was not in a hurry to talk about the war, and half raised the wine bottle with a smile and persuaded him to drink.

The Western Regions and the Central Plains have been trading for a long time, and wine has occasionally appeared in the Central Plains, but most of the people in the Guanzhong do not appreciate the taste, and there is no big market, and few people will make a special trip to sell this thing, and only Li Zhen, a guy from later generations, is good for this mouthful, every year from the Western Regions into a lot of wine, not for guests, basically just for self-entertainment, of course, like Li Ji and other high-ranking officials in Beijing Li Zhen often send people to send some, this kind of wine Li Ji has drunk, know what it tastes like, at this time Li Zhen persuaded wineAs for Cheng Mingzhen, he has always been a foreign official, and he has never drunk wine, at this time, it is rare for Li Zhen to toast, and he took a big sip to show his boldness, but he immediately choked - the wine in this season does not have the filtration, adding and other processes of later generations, it is purely natural, just one word "sour", poor Cheng Mingzhen does not know the details, and drinks it as liquor, this big mouthful is enough for him to bear, his face is red and not to say, Tears flowed down, and the embarrassment made Li Zhen and Li Ji both laugh.

"I laughed, I laughed, the old minister was rude, ashamed, ashamed." Cheng Mingzhen wiped away the tears on his face in embarrassment, swallowed the wine in his throat hard, stood up, and after smiling bitterly and confessing his guilt, he didn't wait for Li Zhen to speak, and directly mentioned the topic: "Your Highness Qiqi, my army has now arrived here, and Hengshan will undoubtedly be broken, we will immediately march into the army and take this city in one go, in order to prevent the thieves in this city from rushing back to Anshi, and the minister implores His Royal Highness to lead his troops to attack the city overnight to ensure that the thief army cannot abscond at night." ”

"Oh?" Li Zhen said noncommittally, and did not immediately answer Cheng Mingzhen's request, but turned his head to look at Li Ji with a smile, and asked with interest: "British duke, what do you think?" ”

Seeing Li Zhen's question, Li Ji hurriedly suppressed the smile on his face, stood up, and said with his hand in the Invincible Bookstore: "Your Highness, the old minister thinks that what General Cheng said is very true, now my army is gathered, and the momentum is booming, when we exterminate the thief army here in one go, and reduce the burden for the siege of Anshi City, if the thief army escapes, I am afraid that there will be trouble." ”

"Hmm." Li Zhen nodded with a smile and said: "Two old generals, please sit quietly, the thieves in this city can't escape, and they have their own strategy to break the enemy, so there is no need to worry about it." ”

Li Zhen said confidently, but the two veterans were suspicious, but they didn't dare to question Li Zhen on this matter, after all, Li Zhen is not only the commander of the whole army, but also the prince, the etiquette between the monarch and the minister can not be lost, but if you don't ask to understand, the two veterans can't feel at ease, after each glanced at each other, Li Ji relied on the identity of the deputy marshal and forced himself to speak: "Your Highness is smart, the old minister is too worried, but, well, it's just that the plan will be safe?" ”

Faced with the doubts of the two veterans, Li Zhen didn't sell Guan Zi anymore, and said with a smile: "Lone has received a secret report, Lin Chenghe's department has completely annihilated 50,000 enemy troops in Jian'an three days ago, counting the time, now Xuancheng must have fallen into the hands of our army, and the thieves in Hengshan City have also received the order to withdraw their troops. ”

Li Zhen's secret report was sent back by the "Rising Sun" spies lurking in the Goguryeo cities with carrier pigeons, which was much faster than the delivery of the military report, and the destruction of Gao Qitai's department Li Ji and others did not know about it. ”

"No need, you have your own measure, well, it's not early, so let's rest early." Li Zhen smiled and rejected Cheng Mingzhen's proposal.

"The ministers are leaving." As soon as they heard Li Zhen's eviction order, the two veterans did not dare to postpone any longer, and each bowed down and retreated.

"Come here, spread the high life extension to meet you." After Li Ji and the others retreated, Li Zhen was silent for a while, and then suddenly raised her voice and shouted......

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