The emperor was leading a group of generals standing on a slope looking at the city in the distance, with the gate of the camp next to it.
Man Bao and the others came out of the forest cheerfully, and saw the emperor not far away at a glance, so they turned around and were about to go back to the camp by bypassing the guards of the imperial army.
The imperial guards who were scattered around faced Zhou Man and looked at each other. Zhou Man pulled Bai Erlang and turned to leave. The guards hesitated for a moment before turning to Yin Li to report.
Yin Li looked back at them, saw their backs slipping back to the camp with their backpacks on their backs, and looked away as if he hadn't seen them.
The emperor looked at the city in the distance and sighed, and asked everyone, "Do you have a good idea?"
Zhao Guogong said with a dark face: "Now the guard of Anshi City is the second prince of the Gao family, but he is a prudent person."
It’s just too stable, every day they send people to the gate of the city to scold and fight, not only personally attacking, but also scolding the eighteen generations of their ancestors, but he is very tolerant, and the generals inside are also super tolerant, but they don’t want to fight .
It is not impossible to attack the city, but the sacrifice will be great. Anshi City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the number of defenders inside is much larger than them, which is not good for them.
Everyone has thought about other methods, including but not limited to sneaking around behind, using gold and silver treasures to sow discord, and even digging a tunnel to get there.
But after it was proposed, it was rejected by themselves.
Bai Shan hesitated: "Maybe the refugees enter the city through other gates?"
The emperor's eyes flickered slightly, and he looked at Yin Li.
Yin Li lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then said: "The minister will make arrangements."
The emperor nodded, and said to Zhao Guogong: "Tomorrow, we will attack by force, and we will attack for two days. If we can't break through, we will retreat."
The emperor looked deeply at the distant city, and they could leave temporarily.
Man Bao and Bai Erlang didn't know anything about it, so they took out the ginseng when they got back to the camp, and couldn't help but smile at each other.
Bai Erlang just looked at it deeply and fascinated for a long time, and then handed it to Zhou Man, "I don't know how to deal with this thing, I still have to leave it to you."
Man Bao took it and said to him, "Don't worry, I will take care of it for you."
The emperor returned to the camp with his hands behind his back, and only remembered halfway through, "By the way, where is the son-in-law?"
Why didn't he come to such an important meeting today
Everyone looked at each other and at Bai Shan together.
Bai Shan: ...
He lowered his head and replied, "The white son-in-law has gone into the mountain to dig herbs."
The emperor asked: "Is there still a shortage of medicinal materials in the medical account?"
Zhao Guogong shuddered and stared at Bai Shan.
Bai Shan said with a smile: "It's all about being prepared. I'm not busy these few days. The white son-in-law and Mr. Zhou often go to the mountains to dig some herbs, maybe they will be useful in the future."
The emperor didn't ask any more questions, but turned to Zhao Guogong, "Have you checked the logistics?"
He said: "Before, I couldn't draw my hands. Now that I have to wait, I should check it out, so I know what I know."
Zhao Guogong immediately said: "Several people have been detained, and the minister is asking for interrogation."
The emperor asked, "Do you want Yin Qing to help?"
Zhao Guogong declined, this is a matter of the Ministry of War, he does not want Yin Li to intervene.
Yin Li didn't want to interfere either, he was very busy, okay
Not only to protect the emperor, but also to select fine works and send them to Anshi City at this time.
To do meticulous work, the first thing is to be loyal, and then to go along with the local face, language and habits, etc. The ability to kill is the last requirement.
Yin Li began to choose from the whole army, while Zhao Guogong went to deal with the previous logistical accident. Liu Huan couldn't help but ran to them to complain, "I can't sleep well now, and I'm afraid that I will be dragged out to question my crime while lying down."
Bai Shan: "...what does this have to do with you? Aren't you in charge of the military equipment given by the Ministry of Industry?"
"Yes, but the people living next to me are logistics officers. These days they go out and don't come back, or they were dragged back."
Man Bao frowned slightly when he heard the words, "The questioning of the crime at this time has made the army's morale unstable. Why are your majesty and Zhao Guogong asking the crime at this time?"
I didn't see that her medicine was so long late, she just wrote it down first, didn't she have an attack on the spot
But Bai Shan thought about it, "Maybe the teacher should return to court."
Man Bao stared, "So fast? There is still the last batch of medicinal materials yet to arrive, there are supplies, why retreat?"
Bai Erlang and Liu Huan also looked at Bai Shan.
Bai Shan coughed lightly, and said nonchalantly: "It's cold, and Anshi City can't be attacked for a long time. Your Majesty must think about the soldiers."
Bai Erlang: "It's not like being unable to attack for a long time, it's only been a siege for eight days. Is it normal for a siege to last for a month or two?"
Liu Huan: "That's right, the official document came from the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Households asked them to prepare a new batch of thick clothes and they are on the way. With the spoils of the siege, we have no shortage of thick clothes for the time being."
Bai Shan said: "We just listen to His Majesty."
Then two days later, the emperor really ordered a retreat.
Man Bao was very surprised, but she didn't bother to express her objection at this time, because there were a lot of wounded soldiers on the medical bill.
Zhao Guogong stormed for two consecutive days, and there were a lot of wounded soldiers. She hasn't dealt with the wounded soldiers sent back after the storm today.
When she finally dealt with the wounded soldiers, the camp was already packing up and preparing to retreat tomorrow.
Man Bao was stunned for a while, "It's really a retreat."
Bai Shan nodded, and said to her: "Maybe the teacher will return to court."
Man Bao pursed his lips, "Isn't this anticlimactic?"
Bai Shan touched her brow with his hand, and said with a light smile, "Your Majesty has his own plans, so don't disturb them."
Seeing that he didn't look worried at all, Man Bao was startled for a moment and then thoughtful.
They didn't come out for a long time this time. Although the weather is cold now, the siege of the city was actually smooth. The supplies have not been exhausted. There are a lot of preparations for the imperial conquest. If the emperor just goes back like this, don't say he won't If you are willing, the courtiers will not be willing, so...
Man Bao turned around to pack his luggage, "Okay, I'll be right back."
The soldiers in the camp were also surprised, and their morale was a little low because of the unfavorable siege in the past few days.
Zhao Guogong didn't say anything, and on the second day, the road ahead was the road ahead, and the defenders who stayed behind broke out and left the camp.
The Koguryo army in Anshi City saw it, and immediately ran happily to tell Prince Gao Er.
The second prince thought for a while and said: "Maybe it's the opponent's strategy to lure the enemy. Let's continue to stick to the city and don't go out."
The emperor retreated to Liaodong City and began to deal with follow-up affairs, such as picking out some families in the nearby city and ordering them to move to the inland, or the Central Plains area, or the Jiangnan area. Anyway, he wanted to leave here.
At the same time, he issued an edict to appease the people in the captured cities, and dispatched generals to guard the localities to set up the Liaocheng Prefecture Dudufu in Liaodong City to manage the military and government affairs of several nearby cities.
Government decrees came out one by one, and soldiers began to set up checkpoints and watchtowers on the road leading to Anshi City, as if they planned to divide the border with Goguryeo.
The Second Prince Gao in Anshi also hesitated, "Are they really leaving?"