On the seventh day of June in the twenty-first year of Zhenguan, the prince Li Zhenqin led the main army of 100,000 to arrive at the city of Anshi, and Lin Chenghe's department victoriously joined the division, gathered 180,000 soldiers to press the city of Anshi, but did not launch a rapid attack, but set up a camp two miles away from the city, the generals asked for battle, Li Zhen was allowed to do so, only ordered the Shenji battalion to supervise the whole army to chop wood and cut wages to rectify the siege equipment, and then became on the twelfth, and got more than 200 trebuchets of various types, nearly 100 ballistas, countless ladders, and several rushing cars, everything was ready, just waiting for the siege, but Li Zhen still did not issue the siege order, only to make all kinds of trebuchets lined up under the city, every day to bombard the city head with boulders, cover the infantry digging the ground for a trench, all the generals are inexplicable, ask, then laugh and do not answer, only order the three armies from it, there must be no mistake, although the army is confused, but dare not disobey, digging more than every day, three days into a trench, only three hundred steps away from the city, four hundred zhang long, more than half a zhang wide, half a zhang deep, in a ring shape, the city of Anshi is far away in it.

Although the big trench was completed, Li Zhen did not stop there, and once again ordered the three armies to dig a ditch, relying on the big trench, and excavated in the direction of the city wall in seven ways, each ditch was length, wide, and deep and similar to the big trench, and when it reached more than 120 steps in front of the city, each trench was dug horizontally, and a ring-shaped trench was formed again, and it was ordered to be completed within five days, and all the excavated earthwork was piled up between the two trenches, and a hill was built, and a watchtower was set up on it, for the purpose of observing the enemy's virtual reality.

As soon as Li Zhen's move came out, the generals of the Tang army were all confused, and the two generals in the city Gao and Yang were also surprised and inexplicable, and they didn't know what Li Zhen wanted, however, both of them thought that there must be fraud in it, and they really didn't want to sit back and watch the Tang army succeed, so they ordered to attack part of the trebuchet positions in the city that had been hidden for more than half a month, intending to sabotage the Tang army's trench digging operation, which did cause a lot of losses to the Tang army at the beginning, but soon attracted the counterattack of the Tang army's trebuchet, the two sides threw boulders at each other, and the stone bullets roared back and forth in the city and under the city, and it was more than a day. The earth shakes and the mountains shake, and its shape is fierce and abnormal.

The two sides fought fiercely for more than four days, and the victory and defeat were not divided - although the power of the trebuchet owned by the Tang army was stronger than that of the defenders, and the number was also large, however, because the defenders in the city had the cover of the city wall, they did not fall behind, and the Tang army's trebuchet positions fought endlessly day by day, but they were unable to prevent the completion of the Tang army's trenches, and on June 28, the Tang army's trenches were completed, and the defenders in the city had to stop their banners. However, because the trebuchet of the Tang army was launched more than once, the water in the tank was always uncertain, and this strategy was better than nothing, so we had to deploy more military forces along the inner side of the city wall for precautionary purposes.

On the third day of the seventh month of the twenty-first year of Zhenguan, the Tang army entered the city of Anshi for nearly a month, and the two sides fought against each other several times, and the fight was very lively, but it was not tragic - the casualties on both sides added up to less than a thousand, which was like a war, it was a concept with the exercise, and this kind of battle situation made the generals of the Tang Army very dissatisfied, and everyone did not dare to disagree on the surface, but in private they were all full of complaints. Every day, it's just a cat drinking and playing the piano in the big tent of the Chinese army, and no one can figure out what Li Zhen is thinking in his heart.

What do you think? In fact, Li Zhen hasn't thought about anything these days - what should have been considered has been considered countless times, and what should have been done has been done a long time ago, and now Li Zhen is just waiting, waiting for the news of the other two armies, especially the battle situation of Li Daliang's surprise attack on the Black Bone City - how to capture the Black Bone City, Li Zhen has already made a decision, but as for whether Li Daliang's department can complete the task according to the predetermined plan, Li Zhen is actually not too spectrum in his heart, after all, there are too many variables, a slight mistake, It is likely that it will fall short, of course, Li Zhen can still trust the master of the "Rising Sun" gold group who infiltrated the Black Bone City first and Li Daliang's ability, but he can also wait patiently.

The long wait is certainly anxious, but there is a good result but it is also gratifying - on the third day of the seventh month, at the end of the unitary time, when the sky was just dark, a carrier pigeon fell from the sky, bringing the news that Li Zhen had been waiting for a long time - the black bone city was broken, the city guard Yuan Taihua was captured alive, 15,000 defenders were killed in the battle, more than 2,500 people, the rest were prisoners, and the Tang army only lost less than 1,000 people. Li Zhen was overjoyed, and he didn't care about dinner, so he immediately ordered the drum of the generals to be beaten and summoned the generals of the three armies to discuss the matter of marching into the army.

The sound of the drum is an order, a pillar of incense has not yet been burned, a group of generals have rushed to the big tent of the Chinese army, divided into two columns according to the grade and lined up under the tent, everyone's face is solemn and there is a little doubt and a little expectation, but no one dares to discuss in private, they all stand silently, waiting for Li Zhen's appearance.

"The last general will wait to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" When the generals saw that Li Zhen, who had been transferred from the back tent, was heavily armoured, everyone was in high spirits, and they each bowed down to greet him.

"All the generals are flat!" Li Zhen strode to the back of the copywriter and sat down, raised his hand calmly, and said with a solemn face: "Gu Xuan Zhong Aiqing is coming, there are two things to make clear, one is that Gu has obtained the letter, General Li Daliang's headquarters has taken the Black Bone City this morning, captured the thief chief Yuan Taihua, and killed countless battles!" Li Zhen stopped when he said this, and looked at the generals with a smile.

"Your Highness, this is a great joy, God bless me Datang!"

"Yes, thanks to His Royal Highness Hongfu, there is such a big victory, congratulations!"

"Beautiful, well played!"

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All the generals did not know the whereabouts of Li Daliang's department, and when they heard that Li Daliang's department, which had only 50,000 troops, could take the steep black bone city, they were all overjoyed, and they discussed it chaotically, and the sound of joy became one, but Li Zhen did not think it was wrong, and let the generals discuss it for a while, and then smiled and suppressed the gesture, signaling the generals to be quiet.

"Determination has been made, tomorrow will attack the city, a battle will be decided, if you don't swear not to collect troops, can you dare to fight?" Li Zhen looked around at the generals and said the second thing.

"Fight! War! War! "All the generals are belligerents, these days have not been a battle to fight, they have long been suffocated, at this time, when they heard Li Zhen say this, how can they still bear it, they each shouted at the top of their throats, and the crowd was indignant.

"Your Highness, the last general will please take the lead in storming the city, and if you don't succeed, you'd rather die!" The generals were in an uproar, and Yan Eighteen had already taken the lead in rushing out of the queue and shouted for his life.

"Your Highness, the last general is willing to be the vanguard and swear to take Anshi City to the death!" As soon as he saw Yan Eighteen shooting, Xue Rengui, who had already held back his strength to make a great achievement, was willing to lag behind, and stood up without hesitation.

"Your Highness, the last general has been in Liaodong for a long time, and he is familiar with the reality of Goguryeo dog thieves, and he is willing to lead the troops and horses of his headquarters to attack, and I beg His Highness for permission." Cheng Wuting is also a brave person, as soon as he saw Yan and Xue competing for the lead, he was not willing to be left behind, turned out of the back of the team, and shouted at the top of the voice.

General Xue, Yan, and Cheng are all the best among the rising stars in the army, and in terms of personal bravery, they are also the strongest in the whole army.

Will not be afraid of battle, soldiers will not be afraid of death, the foundation of this great victory! Seeing the three generals competing for the lead, Li Zhen was relieved, but also had a headache - among the three generals, according to martial arts, Xue Rengui was naturally the strongest, and it was suitable to send him to the first attack, but in terms of official rank, it was Yan Eighteen the highest, and furthermore, Yan Eighteen had previously been ambushed by a light enemy, and he had just lost a small one, and he also needed a victory to recover the loss of reputation, according to Li Zhen's original intention, this first attack was to be handed over to Yan Eighteen; As for Cheng Wuting, he has been in Liaodong for a long time, has fought dozens of battles with the Goguryeo army, is familiar with the combat habits of the Goguryeo army, and he is brave, Li Zhen has the heart to cultivate one or two, and whoever goes first among these three is indispensable, the problem is that there is only one general for the first attack, who should be chosen, and it really makes Li Zhen a little dilemma.

"The three Aiqing are all brave warriors, and they are very relieved." Li Zhen's mind moved quickly, after thinking about it for a while, and after passing the pros and cons, he said with a smile: "There are two inner and outer cities in Anshi, the first attack on the outer city is led by General Cheng Wuting with 3,000 strong soldiers, and the inner city is broken by General Xue Rengui with 5,000 soldiers and horses. ”

Cheng Wuting didn't have much hope for standing up for his life this time, after all, Yan and Xue Erjiang are Li Zhen's cronies, and their own martial arts are also very strong, Cheng Wuting thought that the first attack on the heavy task would not fall on his head, the reason why he stood up to ask for his life before was just unwilling, trying to hit the luck, but he didn't expect that the pie would fall from the sky, when he heard Li Zhen say this, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed down and replied: "The last general obeys the order!" ”

Xue Rengui wanted to attack first, but when he heard that Li Zhen handed over the work of attacking the inner city to himself, although it was not satisfactory, it was much stronger than Yan Eighteen who didn't catch anything, and he didn't have any opinions, so he followed Cheng Wuting and bowed down to receive the order, but Yan Eighteen was in a hurry, and he wanted to argue one or two, but he saw Li Zhen's eyes swept over like a knife, his heart jumped, he didn't dare to say anything more, and he retreated helplessly to the side with a bitter face.

"Yan Dong is coming!" Li Zhen didn't pay much attention to Yan Shiba's dissatisfaction, took out a military order from the sign on the copy, and shouted loudly.

"The last general!" Yan Donglai also wanted to fight for the burden of the first attack, but firstly, he considered that he could not compete with Yan 18 and others, and secondly, although his musket team had trained siege tactics, but after all, he had never fought in actual combat, and he had no confidence in his heart, so it was not easy to come out and fight, thinking that there would be no chance for the musket team to show his face in this battle, but he didn't expect that Li Zhen would actually call his name at this time, and he was stunned, and then he hurriedly stood up and answered loudly.

"Gu Linger led the soldiers of the headquarters to enter the trenches early tomorrow morning to suppress the defenders of the city, and those who dared to show their heads were shot and killed, covering Cheng Wu's troops to rush into the city, do you dare to do it?" Li Zhen glanced at Yan Donglai and asked in a calm voice.

"The last general obeys!" When Li Zhen ordered the trench to be dug earlier, Yan Donglai had vaguely guessed that this trench was very likely to be used by the musket team, but Li Zhen never clearly expressed it, and Yan Donglai could only put the question in his heart.

"He Chengye!"

"The last general!"

"Gu Linger led thousands of cavalry as escorts to cover the trebuchet position, there must be no mistake!"

"No!"

"Liu Junqiong!"

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Li Zhen named more than a dozen generals one after another, and assigned the relevant tasks one by one, and at the end, he suddenly got up, looked around at the generals under the account, and shouted: "Tomorrow's battle, there is no advance or retreat, no victory or return, all generals must use their lives, there must be no mistakes!" ”

"No!" All the generals made a loud promise, and each withdrew from the big tent, and did not mention the relevant matters to arrange for himself, but the deputy marshal Li Ji and Yan 18 did not leave, and stood under the tent.

Yan Eighteen didn't leave, he was just planning to soak mushrooms, hoping that Li Zhen would change his mind and let him go into battle, how could Li Zhen not see it when he was so careful, he was funny in his heart, he didn't pay attention to it at all, and let Yan Eighteen scratch his head there. Yan Eighteen can be ignored, but Li Ji is in a high position, and Li Zhen is not good at being rude, so he stepped down from the big position, looked at Li Ji with a smile and said: "Li Shangshu, do you have anything to say to Gu Zhi?" ”

Li Ji is old in the battle array, a hundred battles, its army has always been stable, but it is not inflexible, for the battle in front of him, he has his own views, in Li Ji's view, Anshi City is dangerous, not overnight, although Li Zhen arranged the formation in a decent manner, and there is no mistake, but Li Ji did not think that he would be able to break through the city tomorrow, seeing that Li Zhen was so confident, he was afraid that Li Zhen would repeat the mistake of Li Shimin's army attacking Anshi, and he had the heart to persuade him, at this time he saw Li Zhen asking, but he was not polite, He bowed respectfully and saluted: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, now that the Black Bone City has fallen into the hands of our army, and the door to the inner abdomen of Goguryeo has been opened, our army really does not need to storm An City anymore, leave 50,000 soldiers and horses here to urge, and do not let the thief army of An City leave the city. ”

What Li Ji said is reasonable, but Li Zhen has other considerations - Anshi is a symbol of Goguryeo's perseverance against the Tang army, breaking Anshi City, it is to cut down the backbone of Goguryeo, which is very beneficial for the next step to take Pyongyang, after all, after crossing the Yalu River, it is not a smooth road, there are still many military fortresses along the road, although the Tang Army's combat strength can win it, but such a way to kill will pass, it is bound to be delayed for a long time, if you can completely annihilate the enemy of Anshi, and then count the power of the Black Bone City to break in less than five days, The defenders along the way must be frightened, unable to defend the battle, and the possibility of surrender is extremely great, besides, Li Zhen also has a different arrangement, and has considerable confidence in breaking through the city tomorrow, so he will not accept Li Ji's advances.

"What Li Shangshu said is very true, but Lone has a clever plan to break the city, but it can be guaranteed that he will be able to break through the city tomorrow, and his father has a will earlier, and the city of An'an will be slaughtered, and Lone dare not disobey." Li Zhen explained with a smile, but didn't say what the magic was.

"This ......" The so-called slaughter of Anshi City is actually the result of Li Ji's concoction, at this time, seeing Li Zhen move this matter out, Li Ji has a ghost in his heart, and he really doesn't know what to say for a while, he hesitated for a long time, but he still didn't say why.

"Li Shangshu rest assured, this matter is so ......" Li Zhen couldn't bear to see the white-haired Li Ji too embarrassed, so he stepped forward and explained it carefully in Li Ji's ear, listening to Li Ji's face changed constantly, although he was suspicious, but seeing that Li Zhen's confidence was so sufficient, he couldn't say more, nodded thoughtfully, and said with a smile: "Your Highness is smart, the old minister is ashamed, and the old minister has retired." ”

Li Zhen could see that Li Ji's words were not sincere, but he didn't want to explain more, so he waved his hand with a smile and motioned for Li Ji to retreat by himself, and then, regardless of Yan Shiba's still grinding on the side, he was about to turn into the back account as soon as he turned around and raised his feet.

"Your Royal Highness, I'm ......" As soon as she saw that Li Zhen was about to leave, Yan Shibai couldn't bear it, and rushed to Li Zhen's side with a shy face, and was about to say something to ask for permission while laughing, but when she saw that Li Zhen's face was not good, she didn't dare to say anything more after half of her words.

Since the last time Yan Eighteen was ambushed by the enemy and lost more than 2,000 cavalry, Li Zhen ignored Yan Eighteen, neither accusing nor commenting, as if there was no such thing, every time Yan Eighteen came to beg for mercy, Li Zhen did not see anything, even if the generals came to relieve Yan Eighteen's cheeks, Li Zhen always took care of the left and right to say anything else, just left and right to hang Yan Eighteen aside, so that Yan Eighteen now sees Li Zhen like a mouse sees a cat, but right, Li Zhen's move is not to take Yan Eighteen to open the knife, but to deliberately hang Yan Eighteen, First, it is to let Yan Eighteen reflect on his own shortcomings and check his own shortcomings, and secondly, he is also to warn Yan Eighteen not to think that he is a cronie, so he can make mistakes without taboos, and thirdly, it is also the meaning of boiling eagles, originally planned to let Yan Eighteen be the first to attack Anshi City, so that he could vent his anger on the heads of the defenders, but unfortunately the three generals competed for the first place, for the sake of balance, Li Zhen could only choose Cheng Wuting, who was not his descendant, to take the responsibility of the first attack, at this time, seeing Yan Eighteen's face full of grievances, his heart was secretly funny, Stretched out his hand and patted Yan Eighteen's shoulder, and said gently: "Eighteen Lang, you have been following Gu for so many years, has Gu been treated badly?" ”

As soon as he heard Li Zhen's words, Yan Shibai trembled, bowed his body busily, bowed his head and said, "Your Highness, the last general doesn't dare to complain, it's just ......"

"Huh? It's just a matter of talking. Li Zhen was interested in beating the dragon invincible, measured Yan Eighteen's eyes, and snorted lightly.

"Your Highness, the previous pursuit of the remnants of the enemy, the last general was greedy for merit, so that the enemy ambushed, the last general did not dare to expect His Highness to pardon, just begged His Highness to allow the last general to wear the guilt and make meritorious service, let the last general fight tomorrow, please, Your Highness!" Yan Eighteen was overwhelmed by Li Zhen's eyes, gritted his teeth, and almost shouted and pleaded.

"Not allowed!" Li Zhen put away her smile and snorted coldly.

"Ah......" Yan Eighteen opened his mouth wide when he heard this, his face was full of frustration, but he didn't dare to say much, he stood aside with a bitter face, twisting like a little girl.

"Hahaha......" Li Zhen was amused by Yan Eighteen's small appearance and laughed, and Yan Eighteen was even more red with laughter, and he was at a loss.

"Tomorrow's first attack has been decided, so you don't have to think about it anymore, you have to fight the battle, and when you get Pyongyang, you will be the first attack." Li Zhen laughed for a while, and saw that Yan Eighteen was so unbearable that he couldn't bear to tease him anymore, so he smiled and gave a clear promise.

"Really?" Yan Eighteen didn't expect that things would have the effect of turning around like a dragon invincible peak, and he was surprised and delighted, his eyes widened, and he looked at Li Zhen in disbelief.

"Is Lone a lie, huh? Don't get out of here! Li Zhen made a fake face and reprimanded Yan Eighteen.

"Ah, yes, the last general will retire, this will retire." Yan 18 knew that he was no longer worried about falling out of favor, so his naughty energy came up again, he made a grimace with a smile, ran out of the Chinese army's tent with a smoke, and went back to the camp.

"This stinky boy!" Li Zhen saw that Yan Eighteen's old illness had relapsed, she was angry and funny, shook her head and scolded with a smile, turned around, and walked into the back tent......

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