Chapter 447: Arriving in Anshi
When the king of Goguryeo arrived at the Prime Minister's Mansion, he found that Gai Yuan Suwen was also preparing to go out, and even if he didn't come, it was estimated that Gai Yuan Su Wen would also go to the palace.
Counting the two of them have been fighting for a long time, let alone going to each other, even if it is a peaceful conversation, it was on the city wall, and the rest of the time is tense, but now the advance of the Tang army is too fast, so I have to discuss this matter carefully.
Whether it is Li Shimin or Emperor Yang of Sui, the two of them are attacking Goguryeo with great momentum, but their progress speed can not catch up with Li Xiang, only a few days have passed, Li Xiang has already taken down Baiyan City, if Li Xiang continues to march, he will soon be able to reach the riverside of the Datong River, although many generals in Goguryeo are boasting that the defense line of the Datong River is impregnable, but no one knows better than these two guys what is going on.
Goguryeo has been in civil strife for so long, and it has not focused on the defense line of the Datong River at all, and many people are just getting by on the face, taking the financial allocation as an example, 60 percent is used for internal fighting, and the remaining official salaries occupy 20 percent, and in the end only 2 percent can be used for military purposes.
No matter how much the people below have the ability to manage their finances, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and it is impossible for you to make money at all, so the Datong River defense line cannot resist it at all.
No one knows what the two discussed, only that after the two discussed, the king of Goguryeo sent his younger brother Gao Xian, the king of Hanjiang, to the front line, and he must reach an agreement with the Tang Dynasty.
Gai Yuan Suwen also said, it will be at least half a month from our side, some people may not know the speed of Li Xiang's actions, if you are clear, he may continue to attack the city in this half a month, so you have to transmit to the front line Fei Ge first, and then let the king of the Han River quickly whip over, so that we may be able to keep the Datong River defense line, otherwise we will wait for Li Xiang to kill him.
As for what kind of gods protect and the like, the common people may believe this, but the two of them are the rulers of Goguryeo, and before they have the strength, where did they come from what gods protect them? In the past, whether it was Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty or Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, the army of Goguryeo remained intact, and fighting on the ground was somewhat bonus, so they were able to achieve victory.
But now that the army is in a mess, although there are still some who can fight, but they haven't made a fortune for so long, do you expect them to give you their lives?
After Gao Xian, the king of the Hanjiang River, received the holy decree, the whole person thought about fainting, if he fainted, maybe he didn't have to do this, everyone knew that the Tang Dynasty was menacing, and he lost Baiyan City in a short period of time, which was the strongest defense city north of the Datong River.
Gohyun asked to see him twice, but the king of Goguryeo did not meet him, but only ordered him to find his way, and set a deadline for him, if you don't get on the road, I am afraid that you will have to be beheaded at that time.
In fact, the main negotiators are the surrounding officials, Gao Xian used to purely show the respect of the Goguryeo Dynasty, if there is no royal family member in such an important negotiation, it will be a bit too child's play, in case Li Xiang uses this as an excuse, Goguryeo will have no place to cry when the time comes, so Gao Xian must go.
Five days later, the Tang army captured Mishicheng, captured more than 10,000 prisoners, and killed more than 4,000 people.
Seven days later, the Tang army captured Tongjiang Mansion......
Ten days later, the Tang army arrived at Anshi City.
According to Li Xiang's plan, it would take at least half a month to kill here, but he didn't expect it to come in just ten days, looking at the mighty city wall in front of him, Li Xiang may understand why Li Shimin failed here.
First of all, there is a water source in the city, even if you are besieged, then it is no problem for the people in the city to drink water, plus it is indeed a little difficult to capture such a city in the era of cold weapons, but all this is nothing to Li Xiang.
When Li Shimin was killed here, there were tens of thousands of good fighting troops in the city, and there were still twenty or thirty thousand troops wandering around, so Li Shimin had no way to use all the troops for the siege of the city, but this did not exist for Li Xiang.
According to the information we have obtained, there are still more than 6,000 soldiers left in the city at this moment, and these soldiers are relatively elite compared to Baiyan City, plus this is the place where Li Shimin failed, many Tang Army soldiers have some concerns in their hearts, so Li Xiang is ready to rest here for two days.
The eloquent Tang Taizong actually failed in such a small place, Li Xiang didn't know what to say, but this time it will definitely not fail, all the combat data of both sides Li Xiang has already gotten it, in the case of an absolute advantage, if he still fails here, then he has to go home and hold the child.
"Report to the marshal, General Niu is here."
Su Dingfang rode over from the side, this hillside is the highest point in the vicinity, and Li Xiang likes to stand here overlooking the entire city.
"It seems that General Niu can't wait, the next main attack will be General Niu's."
Li Xiang said with a smile, Su Dingfang didn't say anything next to him, he can be regarded as out of the limelight these days, as the former general of the entire army, no matter what kind of charge he is at the front.
The so-called wood show in the forest, the wind will destroy it, Su Dingfang does not have a deep foundation in the court, if all the credit is drawn into his arms, then it is estimated that others will have opinions, not to mention that Niu Jinda is not a young man, and he also has his own ability within the court, so part of the credit should be shared.
"Your Highness, my old cow is here......"
Compared with the coldness when they first met, Niu Jinda is also familiar with Li Xiang's temper, everyone is a soldier in the army, so there are not so many twists and turns, some things used to be contradictory, but everyone is not narrow-minded, so now they are all brothers.
"I knew that your old cow couldn't sit still, so I let my brothers rest for two days, and when it was dawn the day after tomorrow, I would take your brothers to attack Anshi."
Li Xiang's words made Niu Jinda extremely happy, with the help of gunpowder, the Tang army can be said to be invincible, this is the place where Emperor Taizong walked to Maicheng, if Niu Jinda takes this place, it is of great significance......