Three miles south of Buyeo City.

The wilderness is boundless, the cold wind is fierce, the snow is flying, and it is bleak.

A large army stood solemnly, indifferently looking at the city ahead, Buyeo is the county town, tens of thousands of people in life, but now the city has collapsed, dilapidated, there is no defender in sight, black smoke billows in the city, like something is burning, it is not real, but there are people from the city to look for something, looking at the army that suddenly appeared, one by one eyes numb, unmoved.

The home is gone, the city is gone, and there is no hope of living.

Mourning is greater than heart death!

In front of the army, Li Dejian looked at this city with a surprised face, and he couldn't accept it for a while, what about the people of Murowei? What about the Goguryeo defenders? Where have they gone?

Not long after, a scout rushed out of the city, threw a man in official uniform to the ground, clenched his fists and said: "General, the people of Murowei ran away last night, this person is an official of Buyeo, who understands Tang language and can communicate." ”

"Get up and speak." Li Dejian stared at each other.

The person hurriedly got up, smiled and said, "The little one has seen the general." ”

"Tell me, where did the Murwei people go?"

"General Hui, I heard that a cavalry suddenly appeared in the rear of Murowei, which turned the grassland upside down, and the people of Murowei panicked, worried about the safety of their families, and the rear was unstable, so they withdrew overnight last night with the supplies of Fuyu City." The other party hurriedly replied.

Li Dejian inexplicably thought of Fang Yiai, at this time, the rear of Room Wei was unstable, except for the five thousand Khitan people led by Fang Yiai, there was no other possibility, this guy was so fierce, he messed up the rear of Room Wei, and forced Room Wei to retreat? It's a big achievement.

With a flash of thought, Li Dejian asked, "What about the Goguryeo defenders in Buyeo City?" ”

"General Hui, half of them were killed, and the remaining half or so became prisoners, and even the young women and young men in Buyeo City were also taken away last night and became slaves."

Li Dejian was shocked in his heart, isn't Fuyu City empty since then? He asked, "What about the grain?" ”

"It's gone, it's all gone, the whole city is empty, and only the old people and useless women are left, even the children are taken away, if the little ones are not hidden, they are also captured, and the Murowei people, they will not die well." The other party cried as he spoke, looking like his back hurt.

Li Dejian's heart was cold, and he finally took South Suzhou to rush over, but it was still too late, the Murwei people ran away first, the city was destroyed, there was no food, no one, so how is it good, and asked: "What about the small county towns around Fuyu, which were also looted by the Murwei people?" ”

"It's gone, it's gone." The other party replied blankly, his eyes full of helplessness and despair.

"General?"

Xue Feng's face changed, and he stopped talking.

"What do you want to say?" Li Dejian looked over.

"General, we don't have much food to carry, there is no food in the city, and we can't supply ......"

Li Dejian raised his hand to signal not to say any more, looking at the north, there was inexplicably more coldness in his eyes, the people of Muwei actually ransacked it, but left the old people and women not to kill, the intention was vicious, if it was not saved, it would damage the name of benevolence and righteousness of the Tang army, if it was relieved, it would consume food, and the army would not be able to pursue.

The problem is that the army came in a hurry, and it can't be saved even if you want to.

"These inhuman brutes." Li Dejian scolded angrily and asked the official, "How many people are expected to be in the city?" ”

"There are only useless old people and women left, about 30,000, general, there is really nothing left in the city, Goguryeo was unkind to the Tang army first, but it has been punished, let everyone live." The other begged.

"Go back, organize everyone to save themselves, Fuyu City will be my Datang from now on, you are the people of Datang, I will leave a force to assist you." Li Dejian said and looked at Xue Feng behind him.

"General?" Xue Feng clenched his fists.

"There were a lot of wounded in the first battle of South Suzhou, all of them were left to recuperate, arrange a reliable leader, and preside over the people in the city to save themselves, since Fuyu fell into the hands of my Datang, I can't ignore it." Li Dejian admonished.

"Understood, but grain?" Xue Feng was a little embarrassed.

"Transfer some from Jinshan City to respond to emergencies, and General Ben will bring back food in twenty days."

"The general wants it?" Xue Feng's face changed.

Li Dejian looked at the direction of the northern grassland and said coldly: "Fuyu is my Tang Dynasty, and the people of Fuyu are also my Tang people, how can they let the beasts of Murowei take it away?" I want to go into the grassland and save the people of the Tang Dynasty. ”

After speaking, Li Dejian looked at the Khitan people behind him and continued: "Everyone, it is very dangerous to enter the territory of Murowei, but you must go, because once you take Murowei, it will be a merit in opening up the territory and expanding the territory, and you are the meritorious troops of the Tang Dynasty, no longer the Chengcheng army, understand?" ”

Everyone reacted, and their eyes gradually changed.

In the final analysis, everyone has the identity of Toucheng on their backs, after all, they have attacked Datang before, and there are stains, even if the court does not pursue it, it is only a second- and third-line army, and it will not be easy in the future, but once it takes the room for Datang, it will be a miracle, and the stain on the body can be washed off, and it can become a front-line army, enjoy high-level treatment, and the status is completely different.

Li Dejian knew very well the combat effectiveness and character of this Khitan army, if it was not voluntary, if it was not voluntary, it would probably disperse if it was taken out, or even turn against it again, so he must be lured by profit, and continued: "If you want to go back, this general will not stop you, but what can you do when you go back, disband on the spot, and be a herdsman for generations?" Don't you want to change your life, at least give your descendants a good identity and a good future? ”

Inheritance is an issue that all men cannot avoid.

Who doesn't want their descendants to have a good background?

Who doesn't want to save a family business for their descendants, and what will be left behind?

If you leave the lord and go back, not to mention whether the court will pursue it, is it possible to continue to be a herdsman, and it is not safe to be a herdsman, and you may face annexation, fighting, life and death at any time, you can endure it, and future generations will continue like this?

For a while, unwillingness and ambition grew wildly!

A tribal chief said, "I'm going with the general every day. ”

"I'll go too."

"I vomit six in the ministry, and I am willing to go with the general to have a future."

"And me, I ......"

Several tribal chiefs expressed their positions one after another, and their emotions became excited.

Li Dejian nodded with satisfaction and smiled, as long as everyone is willing to go, this battle will be fought, the situation will not deteriorate, and he will still have the opportunity to stabilize the north for the imperial court, and shouted: "Okay, this general promises you one thing, if you defeat the chamber Wei, you must ask your father to give advice to the imperial court, so that everyone can enter the forbidden army like An Guogong." ”

"Is that true?" Everyone's eyes lit up.

An Guogong lost his mind and made a lot of contributions to the imperial court, became a member of the forbidden army, was named the prince of the country, lived in the prosperous Chang'an, noble and prominent, although the Khitan people were not Turkic, but they had attacked the Turks with the imperial court, and naturally knew that An Guogong was envious.

Li Dejian said solemnly: "Everyone, speaking first, General Ben must ask his father to speak, but will the court agree that General Ben will not dare to promise, if the court does not agree, don't blame General Ben, but there is one thing General Ben can promise that the gold and silver seized in this attack on Murowei will not be given to General Ben, and all of it will be given to everyone." ”

"Good!"

"It's done!"

"General Xie!"

Everyone drank tea with a bang, there was a chance, there was silver, and it would be a fool not to go.

Li Dejian saw that the army's heart was available, and his heart was relieved, and said: "Xue Feng, arrange for the wounded to leave a signal, and the others rest in place for half an hour, eat some dry food, feed the war horses, and set off after half an hour, and follow the general into the grassland to rescue the people of the Tang Dynasty." ”

"Newspaper—"

Suddenly, a scout came galloping with an anxious face.

When he got closer, the scout shouted: "General, I found a large army of Goguryeo coming from the south, about 10,000 people, all cavalry, and the distance was not more than ten miles. ”

"Array, ready for battle." Li Dejian's face changed.

Everyone turned on their horses and lined up in battle.

The wilderness is flat, there is no terrain available, the troops are hurrying again, the war horses are tired, and the evacuation is faster, Li Dejian stared at the south, his face became solemn, 10,000 enemies are not many, and his side is less than 10,000, if you fight to the death, both sides will be defeated, but you can't do it without fighting.

"General, if I take a thousand people to delay the time, the general will take the main force to Murowei, Buyeo is already empty, just leave it to them." Xue Feng proposed.

"No, they will also kill Murowei, even if they don't kill Murowei, they will attack Jinshan, Yanjin and other cities, and there will be chaos in the north, and they must not be allowed to succeed." Li Dejian decisively refused, and there were some doubts in his heart, could it be that the battle in Liaodong City was unfavorable, and Goguryeo had the spare strength to divide troops to attack?

After waiting for a while, a scout came over and shouted: "General, the enemy is strange, and it is clear that the brothers do not chase and kill, nor do they speed up, but march slowly, looking without malice." ”

"No malice?" Li Dejian couldn't react for a while, can the enemy come from afar without malice?

"Revisit." Xue Feng signaled, also full of doubts.

After waiting for a while, a large army appeared in front, and it did come slowly, the knife was not out of the sheath, the arrow was not on the bow, and after getting closer, it suddenly stopped, and a general came up on horseback, without a weapon, Li Dejian became more and more curious, and said to Xue Feng: "Go, I will meet him." ”

The two stepped forward side by side, and when they got closer, they pulled the horse to stop, and Li Dejian shouted: "Who is coming?" ”

"The Tang Army? What do you call it? The other party asked rhetorically, and also pulled the horse to stop.

"General Ben's surname is Li, who are you?" Li Dejian asked bluntly.

"It turned out to be General Li in person, in Xia Zhu Huchen, the former general of the former Goguryeo Forbidden Army." The other party clenched his fist.

Li Dejian keenly noticed that the other party claimed to be weird, exchanged glances with Xue Feng, and immediately looked at the other party.

The other party continued: "General Li, don't get me wrong, General Qin has taken refuge in Liaodong City, just because Goguryeo led the Murwei people south, intending to join forces to carve up the Tang Dynasty, but everyone knows that the Murwei people actually attacked Goguryeo's Buyeo City, and in the lower Fuyu, General Qin agreed to bring the army to Fuyu in the lower and kill the Murwei people to take revenge." ”

"Are you a Buyeong?" Li Dejian's face was more sympathetic.

"Exactly!"

Xue Feng looked at the other party vigilantly and said in a low voice, "General, will there be fraud?" ”

Li Dejian couldn't trust the other party, thought about it, and said in a low voice: "If it is really a Buyeo people, knowing that the loyal Goguryeo king led the Murowei people south, but killed his own people, the rebellion is reasonable, but it has to be guarded against." ”

"Why don't you let them go over and see how they behave?" Xue Feng proposed.

Li Dejian nodded, raised his voice and asked, "General Zhu Huchen, right?" Liaodong City is in a big war, how can you break away from the army and come here? ”

"General Hui, three days ago in the evening, in the next sent people to mix in the attack on Liaodong City, and get in touch with General Qin, General Qin let quietly leave after dark, walked less than an hour, General Qin led the army out of the city, it was dark and couldn't see clearly, and I don't know how, the Goguryeo army bombed the camp, I heard that only more than 10,000 people escaped, the siege of Liaodong City has been lifted, there is no token under it, and I don't ask the general to believe it, Fuyu City has been broken, the surrounding counties are the same, in the next only want to kill people and exterminate them, in order to relieve the hatred in their hearts, Please also ask the general not to stand in the way. Zhu Huchen said, his eyes became sharp.

Li Dejian saw the anger and determination of the other party, if he didn't agree, he would definitely start fighting directly, since he didn't come at him, he couldn't do it, so he immediately said: "General Zhu, don't misunderstand, since you have surrendered, it is my Datang army, we are colleagues, our army retreats three miles, let the general go first, and then follow, we have a common enemy, and we should join forces." ”

"You're going to kill Murowei too?" Zhu Huchen asked.

"Of course!" Li Dejian did not deny it, and said murderously: "Murowei looted Buyeo and the surrounding counties, since Buyeo is included in my Tang Dynasty halfway, the people of Buyeo are my Tang people, there is no reason not to save them, they left last night, and they can't go fast with the people, the general should be able to catch up." ”

"Thank you, General." Zhu Huchen clenched his fists, pulled the horse's head, and went back.

"There's no going to be a fraud, is it?" Xue Feng asked worriedly.

"It's okay to deceive, let them go to the front to take the lead, consume their troops, let's go to the back, keep a certain distance to see what they do, if we really come over, we will have 10,000 more troops, and it is not a big problem to take Murwei, give the order, the army will slowly retreat three miles in two batches, stay on guard, just in case."

"Obey."

Xue Feng clenched his fists and left.

Soon, the army split into two and retreated in batches to get out of the way.

Zhu Huchen led the army forward, walking in a hurry, it didn't look like a fraud, Li Dejian watched Zhu Huchen's troops leave, his mind became lively, he took out a map to look at, let Xue Feng and several tribal chiefs surround him, and said: "Everyone, if what the person just said is true, General Qin has already defeated the Goguryeo army, and with my understanding of General Qin, I will definitely go south." ”

"There are still several cities going south, so they must be ready to move?" Xue Feng asked.

"General Qin never fights uncertain battles, full of wisdom, this general is ashamed, if he takes the south, even if the north and south are completely connected to the city, the imperial army should arrive, and when the time comes, I am afraid it will be a war to destroy the country." Li Dejian said excitedly.

"The war to destroy the country?" Everyone couldn't tell for sure when they heard this.

"That's right, the battle of destroying the country, with the heroic strategy and vision of the saint, will definitely not miss this opportunity, it is pointless for us to rush back, the imperial court is not inferior to our army, it is better to kill into Murowei, a great achievement." Li Dejian said excitedly.

Everyone is not decided, the war to destroy the country, miss this opportunity, and if you want to fight in the future, you won't be able to fight.

If there is no war, what else can everyone do?

Li Dejian didn't want to miss this opportunity, and continued: "Everyone, the current situation is that General Qin is going south, and we have no worries in the rear, and we can transfer half of the army to defend Xincheng, Yanjin, Jinshan, Mudizhou, and South Suzhou, and fight into the grassland together, and make contributions. ”

"Agreed!"

"Agreed!"

Everyone said, their eyes lit up and they became excited.

The war to destroy the country, if you don't take the opportunity to make some military merits and benefits, you will really have no chance in the future.

"Since you agree, your various ministries should send people to contact, let them leave an army to stabilize the city and not chaos, once the imperial court sends someone to take over, and after the handover, lead the army to Murowei, and our troops are still less." Li Dejian reminded that as soon as the imperial army arrived, it would definitely send someone to take over the city, and it would be impossible to lose it to the Khitan army.

Everyone also understood this truth, nodded one after another, and arranged for their cronies to go back.

Li Dejian saw that everyone cooperated, and did not have the intention of occupying the city, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and set his eyes on the north, fierce and fierce, and something called "ambition" grew crazy in his heart.

Good man, who doesn't want to expand the territory and make immortal achievements?

……

Almost at the same time, outside the city of Jian'an.

An Guogong, Cheng Chuliang, and Wei Chi Baoqi also looked at the city in front of them with high spirits, grinding their fists and palms, and their blood was boiling, and winning Jian'an was the merit of capturing the city.

The Tang Army's military merits are divided into 12 turns, with fewer strikes and more attacks, breaking the city, and breaking the formation as the merit of the battle, you can get the fifth turn, and you can get the meritorious service of the cavalry captain, from the five products, An Guogong doesn't care, but Cheng Chuliang and Wei Chi Baoqi care, this is killed with a knife and gun in their hands, not Meng En, the meaning is completely different.

An Guogong doesn't care about merit, but he cares about fame, he cares about the trust of the saint in himself, if he takes Jian'an City, even if he retreats into the background, as long as he doesn't die, he will be an idle Guogong and a rich man, and he will have no problem worrying about it in the second half of his life.

His thoughts flashed, and An Guogong smiled and said: "Two, it's up to you to go into battle to kill the enemy, your own country will give you two to suppress the battle and cheer, who will come first?" ”

They are all sons of Guogong, and An Guogong does not want to offend anyone.

Cheng Chuliang and Yu Chi Baoqi glanced at each other, full of competition, Cheng Chuliang preemptively said: "Brother Baoqi, your people are good at archery, let me and me do this work in the city." ”

"When it comes to archery, naturally the people you bring are better at it, and An Guogong can testify to this." Yu Chi Baoqi refused to let in, and his eyes were full of battle intent when he looked at the city in front of him.

Cheng Chuliang is carrying An Guogong's Turkic soldiers, Turkic soldiers are good at archery, this is an indisputable fact, Cheng Chuliang saw that Wei Chi Baoqi refused to let him, anxious, and said: "In this way, please An Guogong command the archers to shoot arrows, you and I will each receive a thousand, who will go to the city first, who will take the first credit, how about it?" ”

"I'm afraid you won't make it, you should be like this." Yu Chi Baoqi agreed.

Seeing that the two had negotiated, An Guogong calculated the strength of the army in his heart, the Turkic soldiers were taken away by Cheng Chumo for a thousand, and there were two thousand, and there were about 1,000 archers among the two thousand people who stayed in Anshi Prefecture, and there were two thousand left, so he smiled and said: "That's okay, leave 3,000 archers, divide them into two, and cover the two generals to attack the city from the west and north, and you two will each bring 1,000 sieges and go down in a battle, okay?" ”

"Good!" The two said in unison.

"So, the two generals went down and deployed, and attacked the city in half an hour." An Guogong said with a smile.

The two hurried to find the troops to arrange a siege plan.

"Newspaper—"

At this time, a scout galloped over, rushed to An Guogong, clenched his fists and said: "An Guogong, a large army of about 30,000 people has appeared in the west, waving the banner of the imperial court. ”

"The imperial army is coming, are you sure?" An Guogong asked in surprise.

"Sure, with the 'Li' flag, you can't make a mistake, the distance is still a little far, the little ones are worried about accidents, so I will tell you first, and the brothers are staring." The other party hurriedly said.

"Whoever it is, line up first and beat the drums." An Guogong shouted cautiously.

"Dongdong, Dongdong!"

The drums of war roared and shook the wilderness.

The army quickly lined up, Cheng Chuliang and Yu Chi Baoqi didn't know why, hurried over, and heard that the imperial army came, and there were 30,000 people, they were also shocked, and the imperial court had lost contact for a while, it was difficult to judge the truth or falsehood, Yu Chi Baoqi said: "An Guogong, I'll go and see the situation." ”

"Okay, be careful." An Guogong agreed.

Before he could turn around and leave, another scout rushed over and shouted from afar: "Duke An Guo, it is the imperial army that is coming, and the leader is General Li Junxian, who is undoubtedly coming." ”

"Li Junxian?" An Guogong looked at the scout in surprise.

"Are you sure?" Yu Chi Baoqi also asked.

"Sure, I know Master Li very little." The scout hastened to add.

Wei Chi Baoqi looked at An Guogong incredulously: "How could the imperial court send General Li over, isn't he dismissed from his post at home?" And with 30,000 troops, what is the situation in the imperial court, it won't be to grab the results of the war, right? ”

"It shouldn't be possible, who dares to rob Brother Qin of the results?" Cheng Chuliang questioned.

An Guogong was also a little stunned, and suddenly thought of a possibility, and said excitedly: "Could it be that the imperial court sent a large army over and prepared to take the opportunity to destroy Goguryeo in one fell swoop?" ”

"The war to destroy the country?" Cheng Chuliang and Yu Chi Baoqi's faces turned to one side, and they were immediately overjoyed.

Wei Chi Baoqi said excitedly: "It should be like this, otherwise there is no way to explain it, with an army of 30,000, we can quickly take a few cities in the south and join General Qin." ”

The three of them became excited and waited patiently.

Not long after, Li Junxian came over with a group of generals, and the three of them recognized it at a glance, and they were so excited that they hurriedly stepped forward and shouted excitedly: "General Li, it's been a long time." ”

"Hahaha, sure enough, it's you, I'll just say who ate the leopard's gall and dared to rob Jian'an with the old man, aren't you in Liaodong City, why did you come here?" Li Junxian laughed heartily and came right away.

"General Li, your message is outdated."

"Tell me, what's going on with you?" Li Junxian asked, his eyes skimmed over the three of them, and he didn't see his son, and his heart was inexplicably tight, but it was not exposed.

Cheng Chuliang said with a smile: "General Li is one day late, this Jian'an should also fall into our hands, Liaodong City has been lifted four days ago, 100,000 Goguryeo troops were wiped out by General Qin's wave, the King of Goguryeo only had time to take a few thousand people to flee to the east, General Qin led his troops to chase and kill the past, and ordered me to take Jian'an, General Li came from afar to work hard, take a rest first, you can't rob us." ”

"The danger of Liaodong City has been contacted? The 100,000 army is gone? Li Junxian looked at the three of them with a shocked face.

The three of them looked determined and full of excitement, not like they were joking.

There is no child's play in the army, and no one dares to joke, but Li Junxian still looked at Zhi Zhi Sili in disbelief, and Zhi Zhi Sili nodded and smiled: "General Li is late, he didn't catch up with that wonderful battle, there are less than 13,000 people, General Qin actually dared to attack at night, and it was successful, killing corpses all over the ground, and capturing countless people, so unhappy." ”

"Shhhh

Li Junxian gasped, it was an army of 100,000, not 10,000, but he knew that it was impossible for him to lie about this matter, and he couldn't imagine how Qin Huaidao did it, and said with emotion: "The old man's news is lagging behind, and the imperial army is lagging behind, so the news must be spread as soon as possible, and you are too, and you don't report it." ”

"We don't know that the imperial court sent troops, and we don't know where they are or where to spread the word, so we can't go all the way back to Chang'an, right? You can only rely on the Yingzhou Governor to fly pigeons to send messages, why are you here? Obsessed with thought force asked rhetorically.

"The imperial court sent 100,000 troops, plus local border troops, a total of about 200,000, the old man rushed to take Jian'an by the will of the saint, the holy decree is difficult to disobey, I hope you don't fight, otherwise the old man will not be able to explain." Li Junxian said and looked at Yu Chi Baoqi and Cheng Chuliang.

The two rolled their eyes, Cheng Chuliang had an upright personality, couldn't hide his words, and said bluntly: "I'll arrive first, it's the order of General Qin, General Li's order is difficult to obey, General Li can take it if he wants to, it depends on who gets it first, Baoqi, let's go." ”

"Understood." Yu Chi Baoqi agreed knowingly.

Li Junxian knew that his army had just arrived, he needed to rest, and he didn't have siege equipment, so he couldn't grab it, so he couldn't do it depressed, and shouted: "Wait a minute, the siege is not in a hurry, some say it in advance." ”

"What's more important than a siege?" An Guogong asked.

Cheng Chuliang and Yu Chi Baoqi didn't leave either, and looked over suspiciously.

"The siege is not urgent, the army is pressing, you can put pressure on the enemy in the city, you can reduce the difficulty of the siege, you met an army of 10,000 people on the way here, saying that you were ordered to come from Yunzhou to support you, and you are on standby in the back, since it is to support you, you take it, 10,000 more, and it is much more convenient to siege the city." Li Junxian explained.

"Why did you arrive, it's two days late." Zhi Sili knew about this force, and said with some dissatisfaction.

"I can't blame them, there is no food, and the food raising along the way is delayed, if you don't happen to meet our army, you may not be able to come, by the way, you didn't receive the holy order?" Li Junxian asked seriously.

"What decree?" An Guogong and the three were a little confused.

Li Junxian saw that it was true, and explained: "You are fighting too fast, I'm afraid that the people who deliver the decree can't find you, or something happens on the road, the imperial army has been dispatched, with Wei Guogong as the generalissimo of the expedition to the east, Wei Chigong as the marshal of the right road, leading the troops to cross the sea to attack, General Qin was promoted to General Xuanwei, the marshal of the left road, and controlled the departments of Yingzhou, Pingzhou and Khitan Toucheng, including the 20,000 troops from Youzhou and Yunzhou and the 20,000 troops brought by the old man, in other words, we are all right army now, our own people. ”

"Marshal on the left?"

An Guogong and the three shouted in unison, their eyes shining.

"That's right, we are all left army troops, unified under the control of the left marshal, so, this Jian'an City is better to be slow, the old man guarantees to take it before dark, it is not easy for the brothers to come all the way over, you have a lot of credit, it is better to give it to the old man, make a good start and boost morale." Li Junxian said with a smile.

"Anyway, you're waiting here?" Cheng Chuliang was suddenly dissatisfied, and said: "General Li, since it is controlled by the Marshal of the Left Road, we cannot disobey the orders of the Marshal of the Left Road, and the Marshal of the Left Road asks us to wait for the take, so we can't change it. Let's go. As he spoke, he gave Yu Chi Baoqi a look.

Yu Chi Baoqi didn't want to give up the opportunity to Li Junxian, so he hurriedly went.

Li Junxian suddenly felt bad, these two boys were too disrespectful to the elderly, but seeing that the two troops were ready, and they did come first, and then they were a little unauthentic, and they would have to fight side by side in the future, so he looked at An Guogong and asked in a low voice, "Where is my son's righteous association?" Can there be meritorious service? ”

"General Li, your son has made a lot of meritorious contributions, General Qin is not partial, he acts fairly, everyone gives a chance, I heard that four days ago, you let your son lead an army alone, a full 3,000 people, follow behind the remnants of Goguryeo, waiting for an opportunity to seize the city, if you can take the next city, and then take down the king of Goguryeo, a great achievement, you will be happy." An Guogong looked envious.

"Really?" Li Junxian was overjoyed.

"Don't believe me? The old man's military merits are all recorded in the book, Li Dejian Li joined the army and went to the north, I heard that the five cities in the north were taken, and the responsibility of joining the army fell on the old man, one stroke is clear, your son has already made meritorious contributions to the viscount is enough, if you go to the next city, you know the merits, and wait for the imperial court to start a war against the Western Turks and Tubo in the future, if you still let General Qin lead the army, believe it or not, these young people can kill the dukedom of a country with the knife in their hands, and they don't need to inherit their fathers at all, you don't see it, they are too capable of fighting. ”

"Hey, won't you?" Li Junxian obviously didn't believe it, the title of Duke of Guo was not something that could be obtained casually.

"I know that if you don't believe it, General Li might as well think about it, how long has it been since General Qin led 5,000 troops to the expedition? The bigger the army, the more the city is fighting, the north has been taken, and several cities in the south are affected by the defeat of the king of Goguryeo, and the people are panicking, plus the city has a lot of troops, it is too late to replenish, it is only a matter of time to take it, with the 30,000 troops you brought, the old man estimates that it will not take five days to solve it all. An Guogong said confidently.

Li Junxian was also a veteran general on the battlefield, and he keenly sensed the key to it, and asked: "An Guogong, do you mean the 100,000 troops besieging Liaodong City, many of which are troops drawn from several cities in the south?" ”

"Of course, the old man has interrogated several people, and he can't be wrong, at least half of the troops in each city will be transferred, as well as grain and grass, and there is no time to replenish it."

"Great, let's do it quickly." Li Junxian was overjoyed, and when he saw An Guogong's puzzled eyes, he hurriedly explained: "The imperial court intends to cross the sea to fight, fighting from the south to the north, it is estimated that it will land in three days, two armies will attack at the same time, 40,000 troops, it is easy to take a few cities in the south, and there is a time difference of three days, if our army takes a few cities in the south in three days, wouldn't it be happy?" ”

"Three days?"

An Guogong didn't want the fruit of his hand to be picked away, his heart moved, and he immediately said: "General Li, can you send your archers to suppress the Jian'an city wall, cover the siege, and take Jian'an in one fell swoop, the army quickly went south, and hurried overnight, and should be able to reach Shicheng after dawn, and then take it in one go, the good situation laid down by General Qin, and the battle exploits in hand can not be cheap right army, we are all subordinate to the left road now, and we should join forces." ”

"No problem, we're all on the left side, we should join forces, and then we'll go and transfer troops." Li Junxian agreed.

"That's right, you can't cheapen others, otherwise I'm sorry for General Qin's trust."

"Hahaha!"

The two looked at each other and smiled tacitly.