As they entered the boundaries of Anshi City, both Xue Rengui and Li Hong slowed down their horses, and night slowly fell at this time. Not far from the foot of Anshi City, tens of thousands of torches began to light up, a row of The platoon's tents were packed below Anshi City.
"Now there are more than 5,000 casualties here, otherwise His Majesty would not have called you here immediately. Goguryeo is indeed very stubborn, but it also became stubborn after retreating to Anshi City. Basically, it met me in the Tang Dynasty before. When the army attacks the city, they will choose to retreat without fighting, or they will abandon the city and flee with a little token resistance." Xue Rengui held the reins for Li Hong, and Li Hong jumped off the horse.
The thousand people behind him did not need to wait for Li Hong's order, and had already started walking towards the tent where Xue Rengui had set up camp for them. Ready to rest.
"With such heavy casualties, I really don't know what my father was thinking, but it's good that we didn't continue the brutal attack." Li Hong nodded. The first task now is to convince Father Long to continue using explosives.
What the hell is against the harmony of heaven and the way of heaven? If you want the world to be harmonious, you have to have a life to accept it. That is called the way of heaven. You died under the city wall. The way of heaven is nothing.
Li Hong glumly walked through the first line of defense set up behind him with Xue Rengui under the light of the torch, and entered the army camp. Looking from a distance, he saw a large tent occupying a large open space, surrounded by surroundings. The tents in the hazy night were surrounded by the banners of Jinwu Guards standing on the top.
"My servants Lian Tie and Yang Wu are here to welcome His Highness." Two ghost-like figures appeared in front of Li Hong.
"How is Father? Are you okay?" Li Hong waved his hand to excuse himself and asked calmly.
"Going back to Your Majesty, everything is fine. His dizziness has not happened again. He is just a little haggard these days. I think it is because Anshi City has been unable to be captured for a long time." Yang Wu originally served Father Long. This time Long Dad Yujia personally went on the expedition, and he just lent Yangwu to Long Dad to protect Long Dad's safety.
His Majesty the Emperor's tent naturally represents the majesty of the Tang Empire. The entire tent is more like an established house, and it is naturally divided into various functional areas. Even if the imperial commander personally conquers Liaodong, in this regard, Tang will not be stingy with this small fee.
The Jinwu guards at the door had their helmets pierced through their armor, and their bright armor shone coldly under the torchlight. The horse spear in their hands and the horizontal sword at their waist seemed to exude an inviolable majesty.
Although Li Hong didn't see the Jinwu Guards holding crossbows in secret, he thought they would be more terrifying than the Jinwu Guards on the surface.
Li Hong, who was about to walk directly into the Golden Tent, suddenly stopped and looked at the open space around the Golden Tent and the tents in the distance. He suddenly changed his mind and decided to inspect the Jinwu Guard's defense first.
"Come in, it's not up to you, the Crown Prince, to care about my defense measures. That's all the Jinwu Guard's business."
"Yes, Father." Li Hong shrugged his shoulders. Unexpectedly, Father Long was already waiting for his arrival. It seemed that he was blocked under the wall of Anshi City and had lost his patience.
Li Hong hurriedly took two steps, and under the gaze of Jinwu Guard, he took off the Hengdao given by Yiyang from his waist and handed it to Yang Wu, who then handed it to Jinwu Guard for safekeeping.
This move surprised not only Jin Wuwei, but also Yang Wu and Lian Tie. This is not like the style of His Highness the Crown Prince!
Even the Jinwu guards standing at the door of the tent were prepared to be kicked by His Highness the Crown Prince while adhering to their duties. However, what they did not expect was that His Highness the Crown Prince was surprisingly cooperative this time.
Seeing the surprised expressions of several people, Li Hong seemed to explain to the people inside: "This place is no different than in Chang'an. As a prince and in a barracks, he should follow the rules of the barracks and no one will be exempted." "
Li Zhi, who was in the tent, listened to Li Hong's words very seriously. This was when he first set the rules for himself as a son of man and a minister of others. In other words, in the barracks, no one can act recklessly. Excellent military law!
"My son, I will meet my father." Li Hong walked into the tent and glanced at the middle-aged man who had lost a lot of weight. His expression was full of exhaustion and anxiety.
Although he was looking at him with a smile at the moment, Li Hong could still feel that the battle during this period of time had probably tortured Father Long to a great extent.
"No need, the marching speed along this route is much faster than I imagined. I thought it would take another two or three days, haha." Li Zhi approached Li Hong, stretched out his hand and patted Li Hong on the shoulder. The black armor leaves were slapped loudly.
"After receiving the order from your father, I immediately began to gather troops. I didn't dare to delay anything along the way. I just wanted to get here as soon as possible to see my father." Li Hong followed behind Li Zhi and slowly walked towards Go further inside the tent.
"How is your mother?" Li Zhi motioned to Li Hong to sit down, and he took the lead in sitting down in the center.
In the entire hall, there are still sitting the original Dongzhou Road marching general manager Qibi Heli, deputy general manager Gao Kan, Yanshan Road general manager Li Jinxing, deputy general manager Yang Fang, Liu Rengui and Liu Renyuan, plus those behind Li Hong. Xue Rengui, there are many famous generals in this tent.
In front of everyone, there was a huge Liaodong sand table, with the captured cities and uncaptured cities clearly marked on it. Now, the army is under the city of Anshi, like a huge The beast is always waiting for the moment Anshi City relaxes its vigilance, and then delivers a fatal blow to the enemy.
Li Hong slowly sat down under Li Zhi, and Li Zhi continued: "Hong'er, look at this situation, how is it, and do you have any clever strategies? Now my father and they have been thinking about it for several days. But I haven’t been able to come up with a foolproof solution.”
Li Hong smiled and looked at Li Zhi again. Although he had lost a lot of weight, he felt stronger and stronger. Compared with the fat and white look he had in Chang'an, he still felt that Father Long looked better now. He looks more handsome, but I don't know if Long Ma likes him or not.
He stood up and walked to the sand table, picked up the thin wooden stick, and poked the marked cities that his father Long had captured one by one with the thin wooden stick in his hand, and then pointed at An. Shicheng said to the three cities behind him: "Today, for Goguryeo, this is their last line of defense. If Anshicheng is included and these four cities are defeated, then reaching their royal city directly is a long march. Therefore, Goguryeo It’s not surprising that he will fight to the death. But..."
Li Hong tapped the outlines of the four cities, and slowly moved the thin wooden stick in his hand on the sand table, crossing the Qianshan Mountains, crossing the Wangcheng River, pointing directly at Silla in the north of Pyongyang, and continued: "Silla is The white-eyed wolf has always acted based on the face of the Tang Dynasty. In the past few years, we implemented a laissez-faire approach to Goguryeo, and they began to repair with Goguryeo. Therefore, in those years, a large number of Silla maids poured into our country in greater numbers than before. Tang, you should all have some experience, right?"
Li Hong chuckled and asked the generals present, Kunlun slaves and Silla maids have always been the favorites of the Tang Dynasty's wealthy families, nobles, aristocratic families, and powerful families. In the past two years, although he was in Anxi, it did not mean that he was right. I know nothing about things in Chang'an, Luoyang and other places.
A large number of Silla maids from Silla poured into Chang'an and Luoyang of the Tang Dynasty, and were snatched up like cabbage by the wealthy nobles and aristocratic families of the Tang Dynasty overnight.
But as Goguryeo continued to use troops, Silla's maidservants began to decrease again. What does this mean? Everyone here knows, and the King of Silla once complained to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, that Goguryeo blocked the trade channel between Silla and the Tang Dynasty, so that Silla maids could only enter the Tang Dynasty by water.
However, traveling by water depends on the season, and it is impossible to travel throughout the year. Therefore, Silla, who was forced to panic, had to send envoys into the Tang Dynasty to sue Goguryeo to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
But now, in Li Hong's view, as the Tang army once again arrived at Anshi City, Silla may have already received the news of Tang's attack on Goguryeo. Now... I'm afraid they have begun to have the mentality of beating up the drowned dog again, The attack on Goguryeo began from the north.
As a result, this is the real reason for Goguryeo's stubborn resistance, right? After all, facing attacks from both sides, if there is no stubborn resistance, then for Goguryeo, the only way to go is the destruction of the country and the destruction of the family.
"So, Silla wants to get a share of the Tang Dynasty's use of troops against Goguryeo?" Liu Rengui and Liu Renyuan can be said to have connected Liaodong. This is not surprising to them at all.
After all, Silla and Baekje once wanted to unite with the Tang Dynasty to conquer Goguryeo, but the Tang Dynasty finally gave up the matter precisely because Li Hong dismissed Dai Zhide during the supervision of the country, which finally made the Tang Dynasty give up the use of troops.
At the same time, Silla and Baekje were beaten up by Goguryeo who came back to their senses. In the end, Silla and Baekje blamed the Tang Dynasty, but at that time Because of the use of troops in Anxi, and because Li Hong had completely vetoed the use of troops in Goguryeo when he was supervising the country, no one in the Tang Dynasty paid attention to their protests.
"Silla and Baekje have always had such stubborn virtues. It is understandable that they want to get a share of the pie and take advantage of Goguryeo. Now we have two ways to go. One: Naturally, we need to capture An as soon as possible. City, and then successively break through the three cities of Namsu, Mudi, and Cangyan, and directly reach their royal city, occupy the royal city, and order Silla and Baekje. 2: Continue to stand by until Silla and Baekje can't sit still, and take the initiative to attack. Goguryeo, after Silla and Baekje have attracted most of Goguryeo's attention, we will break through Anshi City at the lowest cost..."
"But what? Since when did you start to speak hesitantly?" Li Zhi asked eagerly.
If he wants to make achievements in the military, he must capture Anshi City. In this way, if he can do what the late emperor never did, then he will be worthy of the title of emperor.
"But by that time, the destruction of Goguryeo will be inevitable. We must compete with Silla and Baekje to see who can capture the royal city first. Then whoever can take the strategic initiative in Liaodong." Li Hong looked at the generals who nodded in agreement. However, everyone had a question. It wasn't that they didn't want to attack Anshi City, but it was just too difficult to conquer. Otherwise, why would the former emperor have returned to the court after he had attacked here
(End of chapter)