Chapter 20 The twentieth counter attack on the siege of Anshi City

On June 20, Li Shimin led an army to Anshi City.The Tang army set up camp ten miles west of the city, intending to attack Anshi after a few days of rest. Gai Suwen heard that the Tang army broke through Liaodong City and approached Anshicheng, and Anshicheng was the last strong barrier of Pyongyang. He dared not ignore it, so he dispatched the whole country to fight here.He dispatched Sa Gao Yanshou in the north and Sa Gao Hui in the south to lead 150,000 Korean soldiers to rescue Anshi.When Li Shimin camped in the west of Anshi, the two armies advanced to 40 miles away from Anshi. It was night, the moonlight was bright and clear, and the earth was sprinkled with silvery white.Regardless of the exhaustion of the journey, Li Shimin led Changsun Wuji, Li Daozong, Li Shi and others to observe the city defense of Anshi on horseback.They galloped all the way to a hill in the west of Anshi City, where they could have a panoramic view of Anshi City Defense.

There are 80,000 residents in Anshi City, and 30,000 victorious soldiers.Its city is extremely solid, even better than Liaodong City. Li Shimin looked at the lights in the city, and said to others: "I am in the country, and I also know the name of Anshi City. After the Suwen Rebellion, the Anshi City Lord refused to accept it. With the help of the city's dangerous soldiers and his own intelligence, he fought bravely and fought bravely. Listen to Gai Suwen's order. Gai Suwen led the troops to fight for more than ten days and could not go down. Gai Suwen had no choice but to agree to the city lord to continue to guard the city and give him many privileges."

Li Daozong complimented: "The emperor is in Beijing, but he still knows what happened thousands of miles away." Li Shimin said: "I have been preparing for more than a year to attack Goryeo. Of course, I must be concerned about everything that happens." Changsun Wuji said: "Your Majesty, if the city of An is destroyed, it will become a thoroughfare to go to Pyongyang. Counting the time, the Koryo issue can be resolved before winter." Li Shi was more serious, and said: "June is already halfway through. Your Majesty just said that Anshi is a dangerous city with strong soldiers and is eager to attack. In addition, the scouts came to report that the second Korean army came to aid Anshi. The place where they camped was far away from Anshi. The city is only forty miles away, and there is a fierce battle ahead, so it's better to be on the safe side."

Li Shimin nodded and asked Li Shidao: "Brother Shi, we have a strong Anshi City in front of us, and there are two reinforcements from Korea behind us. How should we deal with it?" "Chen Yi is currently focusing on reinforcements. In order to prevent the guards in the city from escaping, they can use a small amount of troops to besiege the city. Most of the rest of the troops will go all out to deal with the Korean reinforcements." "That's it. Daozong, you will lead 30,000 troops to deal with the siege of the city. 30,000 against 30,000, do you think it can be done?"

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, my brother will lead 30,000 soldiers and horses to surround the city gate, and set up suspicious soldiers so that the Koreans in the city will not dare to move rashly. The minister will use the catapult and crash the car again, which will make the Koreans even more frightened. Dare to step out of the city." "Well, Anshicheng will be handed over to you for the time being. After we defeat the enemy reinforcements, we will go back to deal with Anshicheng." Li Daozong bowed and agreed. Li Shimin looked at the southern sky, and saw the stars twinkling in the sky, a shooting star flashed across the starry sky, but disappeared, leaving a long tail behind.He pondered there for a moment, then turned to Li Shidao: "Brother Shi, if you are Gao Yanshou, how will you face me?"

Li Shi didn't think about this question, and didn't know how to answer it for a while. Li Shimin continued: "Just now I made three strategies for Gao Yanshou and Gao Huizhen. He led his troops forward, took Anshi City as a base, and took the high mountains as a danger. In this way, with the food and grass in Anshi City, he could start a protracted war with our army. In the meantime, they sent their men down to plunder our army's cattle and horses to cut off the supply of food and grass. We traveled thousands of miles and benefited from quick battles. If we fought against them, it would be difficult to capture, and when we returned, there would be mud blocking the way, so we were caught in a dilemma. This is the best policy.”

Everyone nodded, this tactic was used by Li Shimin many times, and every time it received miraculous results. "The middle strategy is to take all the population of Anshi and flee overnight. As for the worst strategy, it is that it is beyond its control and comes to fight with me. You can wait and see, Gao Yanshou and Gao Huizhen will take the worst strategy and capture me alive "Li Shimin's words like this show that he is very confident and believes that the capture of Anshicheng and Keping Goryeo is something that can be easily captured. A trace of worry suddenly flashed in Li Shi's heart. It was late June at that time, and the weather would gradually turn colder in two months.There is still a considerable distance to go to Pyongyang, not to mention that there is still a fierce battle in front of us. After all, the time is too short to conquer Koryo.He opened his mouth, thinking that Li Shimin was in a good mood, and it was the eve of the battle, so he swallowed what he wanted to say.

Li Shimin arranged again: "Gao Yanshou and Gao Huizhen stationed troops forty miles away from here. I'm afraid they won't move forward. Tomorrow, our army will move slowly, and we can send Ashinasheer to lure more than a thousand Turkic soldiers to lure the enemy. " A strategy to fight for aid has been determined, and they took advantage of the night to drive their horses back to the station. Li Shimin was there to make plans for Gao Yanshou, and there were also high-level people in the Koryo army.This person's name is Sun Daiyin, and his official name is Duilu, and he is offering advice to Gao Yanshou at this time.

Sun Daiyin said: "What is Gao Nusa's intention to stop his troops here?" The official of Nusa is similar to the ambassadors of various ways in China. Compared with the ambassadors of various ways, Nusa has many chiefs under his command, and he also has victorious soldiers. He integrates the army and the people and has great power. vain job.Gao Yanshou is the strongest among all the nuns, and Gai Suwen also treats him differently. Gao Yanshou replied very simply: "Mo Lizhi ordered us to come to rescue Anshi, that is, to repel the Tang army. Our army plus Anshi's garrison of nearly 200,000 people is superior to the Tang army in terms of numbers. You have to fight head on." Mo Lizhi was Gai Suwen's self-reliant official name.

Sun Daiyin shook his head and said, "If Gao Nusa deploys troops like this, it is just in line with the wishes of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty." "How could it fit his meaning?" "The current emperor of the Tang Dynasty is the former king of Qin. When he was the king of Qin, he conquered the east and the west and wiped out the heroes. After the emperor became the emperor, he joined forces with strength and softness, and made the four barbarians obey. It can be seen that he has unparalleled talent. Now he leads the best soldiers in the country to conquer Our country is determined to win, but if we resist stubbornly, we will not be able to win."

"As you said, are we going to get caught without a fight?" "Of course you can't catch him without a fight! I heard that the King of Qin was good at using protracted battles in those days, so he got miraculous results." "Yes, I've also heard that he uses a fortified city to delay the opponent, and then strikes at the right time." Gao Yanshou nodded in approval. "That's right, why don't Nusa treat him in his own way, and let him suffer too." "Are you letting all of us enter An City to defend? How can that be done? After all, the food and grass in the city are limited, and it is difficult to guarantee the supply of nearly 200,000 people." "In fact, you two do not need to enter the city to guard. You can set up camp in a dangerous place, and you can be a horn of each other with Anshi. In this way, there will be enough food and grass in the city for your own use, and our second army will have the supply from the rear, so we will have the capital for a protracted war. Such a protracted stalemate with the Tang army, not taking the initiative to send troops to a decisive battle with it, and then dispatching strange soldiers to cut off its food road. When the cool wind gradually rises, the Tang army will find a way back when it lacks food. Gao Yanshou shook his head and said: "This plan is not right. Mo Lizhi ordered us to come to fight, so that we can drive the Tang army out of the country and not allow them to stay in the country for a long time. You forgot, this is not the land of Guanzhong, and the Tang army can't do whatever they want , relatively speaking, our army can move freely." Gao Yanshou did not accept Sun Daiyin's opinion in the end. In the early morning of the second day, Ashinasheer led more than a thousand Turkic soldiers to harass here.After marching in the middle of the night, they were already very tired and covered with dust.Gao Yanshou looked up and saw Tang Jun in such a state, he smiled and said to Sun Daiyin: "Is this what Tang Jun's elite soldiers look like? Haha, they are so vulnerable!" Sun Daiyin reminded: "The King of Qin is used to tricking soldiers, and there are only a thousand people in front of him, so he must guard against him." Gao Yanshou was originally a wise person, but when he saw Tang Jun penetrated into the belly of the country, surrounded by people from Korea, he became careless.They believed that Tang Jun had violated the taboo of military strategists by doing so. Goryeo would definitely defeat Tang Jun if the whole country attacked.He didn't take Sun Daiyin's reminder seriously, and reprimanded: "What kind of trick is to lure the soldiers? I send my troops westward, and the Tang army can't stop them. I'm not afraid of the large force, so what kind of tempting soldiers should I be afraid of?" He said, and ordered two soldiers. Thousands of soldiers and horses are the vanguard, intending to kill more than a thousand Turkic soldiers who will fight in the future, and then the soldiers and horses will move forward in order, and will camp in front of Anshi city today. Ashinasheer was overjoyed when he saw the Goryeo soldiers pouring out of the camp. Knowing that the purpose of the trip had been achieved, he ordered his followers to fight and retreat, keep in touch with the enemy, and lead the enemy to the front of Xiling at sunset. . At this time, Li Shimin led the brigade to line up around Xiling to prepare for the battle.At noon, Li Shimin led Changsun Wuji and others to the summit of Xiling to observe the situation in the mountains and rivers, and look for places to ambush and enter and exit.Li Shimin observed for a while, then turned to the generals and said, "At sunset, the soldiers and horses of the Goryeo Brigade will swarm in. I haven't ordered troops for many years, what do you think can be used to control it?" Li Shimin's remark is obviously pretending to be modest. Although he has not sent out troops since he took the throne, every battle is planned in advance by him.Li Shi and others are well aware of this, and for many years have adhered to the policy that Li Shimin personally decides major events and handles the subtleties of war independently. Changsun Wuji replied: "Before you hear about the battle, you must observe the morale of the soldiers. Just now, when you passed through the camps, the soldiers heard that the Koreans were approaching, and they all geared up, drew their knives and tied their swords with joy. This is a soldier who is sure to win. The morale is so high, and His Majesty has personally experienced dangers and led the way, which can even arouse the fighting spirit of the soldiers. Over the years, all the surprising strategies to win the battle are all due to His Majesty's holy plan, and the generals are only following orders. Today's matter, I still need your Majesty's advice Mystery." After Changsun Wuji finished speaking, Li Shi and others hurriedly expressed the same meaning. When Li Shimin was the king of Qin, he conquered the Quartet, and every time a battle came, he would hold a pre-war meeting to ask everyone to contribute their ideas and suggestions, and then adopt the beneficial elements, and then set the battle policy.In this way, Li Shimin became famous, and everyone in the world believed that the victory was due to Li Shimin alone.The sad thing is that Li Shimin now also likes to hear others compliment him, thinking that his military aircraft and tactics are the best in the world.Hearing Changsun Wuji's words now, he felt very comfortable in his heart, and felt that it was true, so he couldn't help but put a smile on his face, but he still said modestly: "Your Excellencies say so, and I really respect me too much. Things change rapidly in front of the battle, and one person can decide it with his own wisdom. , it is inevitable that it will be too simple, and I still have to discuss it with everyone to make it stable." Li Shimin didn't wait for everyone to speak, and pointed forward: "I have made up my mind, and the battle will be arranged tonight. Brother Shi, you can lead 15,000 people on foot and ride in front of Xiling Mountain to directly face the Korean army. Ji, you can take 20,000 elite soldiers and come out of the valley from the north of the mountain tonight to rush to the rear; I will bring the rest of the soldiers and horses, put down the flags and drums, and hide on the west mountain. Tomorrow, you two soldiers and horses will attack back and forth, and there will be chaos. When the formation is in chaos, I will lead the soldiers down from the heights and charge bravely, then the victory is settled." All the generals agreed one after another. Li Shimin turned to Xu Jingzong again and said: "Everything is in order, and there is still some suspicious strategy. Xu Qing, you should immediately draw up an order and send someone to Gao Yanshou and Gao Huizhen." He kept talking, and said the order to the effect When he came out, Marquis Xu Jingzong hurriedly recorded by his side and drew up the decree.Li Shimin added and deleted the numbers after reading, and the purpose was accomplished.It reads: "I came to inquire about the crime because the strong ministers of Erguo killed their lords; as for fighting, it is not my heart. Now that I entered Er, Gai Suwen did not come to meet and send military supplies, so I captured several cities as a punishment. .If the country of Er can cultivate the rites of ministers, then these cities can be returned." Li Shimin wrote in this way, in fact, he wanted to relax Gao Yanshou and Gao Huizhen's heart and let them relax their defenses. At dusk, the Goryeo soldiers advanced to the foot of Xiling Mountain.The scouts came to report that the Koryo soldiers were moving slowly, the forward had reached the front of the mountain, and the rear was still in the camp.Li Shimin was overjoyed when he heard that, and said: "The formation is like a long snake. If I hit one point, the enemy will be in chaos. This battle will surely be victorious." The second day was a gloomy day. Li Shiwu made meals for the soldiers to have a full meal, and arranged 15,000 troops in order at dawn. Gao Yanshou and Gao Huizhen followed the Chinese army to the front of Xiling Mountain in the middle of the night. When they woke up, they saw the Tang army arrayed in front of the mountain.Gao Yanshou climbed up and looked over, and found that the Tang army only had more than ten thousand troops, so he said to his left and right: "Hmph, with only this few troops, how can I be my opponent?" Sun Daiyin reminded: "The Tang army has at least more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, so we must prevent them from ambush." "Ambush? They have more than a hundred thousand soldiers and horses marching to guard the captured city and lay siege to Anshi City with heavy troops. Their battle line has been stretched too far. On the southern seashore, their boat masters were trapped there motionless. Li Shimin How many soldiers and horses are there? There is an open field in front of them, they have nowhere to hide, even if reinforcements come, I will not be afraid." After Gao Yanshou said, he ordered the whole army to press forward.Li Shi saw that the Goryeo soldiers started to attack, so he ordered his troops to hold their ground and took out their bows and arrows to defeat the enemy.Everyone in the front row of the Tang soldiers holds a huge shield to block the incoming arrows. The people behind are arranged in more than ten rows, and every two rows form a group. One group stands and shoots the long arrow, then squats down to load the arrow, and the other The group started archery.They shot arrow feathers in turn, and saw the rain-like arrow shafts flying towards the opposite side, blocking the advance momentum of the Koreans. Last night, Li Shimin taught the generals face-to-face tips, so that Li Shi was not in a hurry to attack after forming an array, and tried to hold back the enemy, and waited for Changsun Wuji to attack from behind before launching the camera.Li Shi is now making people draw bows and shoot arrows to defeat the enemy, just to wait for the 20,000 people led by Changsun Wuji to appear. After about half an hour, the arrows gradually thinned out, and the Koreans pressed on every step of the way, and the pressure on Tang Jun suddenly became heavy.Li Shi turned his head and glanced up the mountain, only to see the shallow grass lying low there, and there was no movement.He knew that Li Shimin was also there waiting for Changsun Wuji to kill him. Suddenly, there was a shout of killing behind the Koreans, and there was dust flying there, and the clash of knives and guns was interspersed with the shout of killing.Li Shi knew that Changsun Wuji had already circled behind the enemy's army through the night march, and began to cut into the enemy's formation suddenly.Seeing this, Li Shi ordered his men to spread their shields, so that the horse army could move forward under the cover of archers. Gao Yanshou saw Tang Jun appearing from behind, turned to Sun Daiyin and said: "It seems that you have thought well, Li Shimin is indeed full of tricks. In one night, he actually transported soldiers and horses behind me under my nose, wanting to fight against me." I'll attack back and forth. But he forgot, what can he do with this little army? Tang soldiers are not three-headed and six-armed, can one count as ten?" Sun Daiyin said: "Li Shimin's use of troops is not limited to routines. He often develops new tactics according to changes in the battlefield situation. For example, after a long-term battle with a strong wall, he sees that the enemy is exhausted, and immediately attacks suddenly. After the first victory, he does not attack the enemy. A chance is always followed to the end. He used this method when he fought Song Jingang. Nusa, I think the number of Tang soldiers who came to join the battle is less than 50,000. Li Shimin must have a powerful back move, we must guard against it." At this time, Gao Yanshou believed in Sun Daiyin's ability, and asked anxiously: "What other powerful tricks does he have?" Sun Daiyin shook his head and said, "I can't guess what the Tang army will do next. For the current plan, our army should shrink the front line in time. Please see, our army is like a long snake, and it is very easy to be cut off by the Tang army. Make several cuts, and break them one by one." Gao Yanshou thought about it for a while, and couldn't help being shocked: "Yes, I have committed a hasty confrontation, which has violated the taboo of military strategists." He turned to discuss with Gao Huizhen, and immediately ordered the soldiers present to try their best to resist the Tang army's pincer attack. Fight, let them speed up their march, and quickly reach the Chinese army. It was too late, but it was too soon, Gao Yanshou and Gao Huizhen had just passed the order, when they heard three gunshots on Xiling Mountain, and three black clouds of smoke dispersed on the top of the mountain.I saw a large number of Tang troops suddenly appearing on Xiling Mountain. They shouted loudly and rushed down the mountain wielding knives, guns, swords and halberds. These people are exactly the troops led by Li Shimin. Li Shimin saw Changsun Wuji rushing into the enemy's formation on time just now on the top of the mountain, echoing the soldiers and horses led by Li Shimin. Among the Tang troops who snatched from the mountain, Li Simo took the lead and led hundreds of Turkic soldiers quickly across Li Shi's battle formation, braving the arrow rain from the enemy, trying to rush into the enemy's formation and tear a gap.Li Simo swung his knife vigorously to push aside the incoming arrows, seeing that he was already in front of the enemy.At this time, a long arrow shot towards Li Simo's face with the sound of the wind, and penetrated into Li Simo's left chest with a "poof", his eyes darkened, and he immediately fell under the horse. Li Shi, Ashina She'er, Zhi Shili and others saw Li Simo risking his way into the enemy's formation, and knew that Li Simo's actions were dangerous, so they called the brigade to follow up one after another.The Gaoli soldiers were flanked by the front, and now they were under heavy pressure from the Tang army in the front. It was difficult to support, and the formation became more scattered. Li Shimin stepped on the "Feibai" horse to the front of the formation, and flew towards the enemy's formation to snatch it.He squinted and saw Li Simo lying on the ground with several people around him helping him.Li Shimin flew off his horse and squatted next to Li Simo, seeing black blood bleeding from his arrow wound, he was shocked and said: "No, the arrow is poisonous, and the poisonous blood must be sucked out quickly." The people next to him didn't understand, so Li Shimin pushed them away and leaned over to suck blood from his arrow wound.He sucked in a mouthful, then spit out the black blood. After doing this several times, he said, "It's okay, you guys, quickly carry Khan to the rear." Although Li Simo was in a daze, he knew that the emperor was sucking blood for himself, so he couldn't help crying, and said weakly, "Your Majesty, how could you do this?" The story of Li Shimin sucking blood for Li Simo quickly spread in the army, and the soldiers were all moved when they heard about it, so they bravely killed the enemy.Among the crowd, there was a man in white robe and strange armor who was the most heroic. I saw him holding Fang Tian's painted halberd and two bows hanging on his waist.Afterwards, the soldiers took advantage of the situation to rush forward, immediately tore a gap in the enemy's formation, and then defeated the enemy.Seeing this, Li Shimin recalled in his mind the scene of Duan Zhixuan fighting for the city during the Battle of Huoyi. The man in front of him was tall and wearing a white shirt, and he was heroic yet elegant. He thought, this man is another Duan Zhixuan!Li Shimin was overjoyed, and greeted Zhi Shimin beside him and said: "Zhi Shili, go and ask the name of that white-clothed man?" Your Majesty, I have made it clear, the man in white is named Xue Rengui." "Xue Rengui. Alright, let's take advantage of the victory and pursue." After this attack, Gao Yanshou's troops were pierced and torn by Changsun Wuji's troops behind them, and they were soon overwhelmed, the formation was in chaos, and the defeat was a foregone conclusion.At this time, Gao Yanshou saw a small hill to the east, and saw that there were not many Tang soldiers on that side, so he ordered the remnant army to gather on the hill, and then stood by the hill. Li Shimin saw the Koreans fled to the hill, and smiled at Li Shidao: "Brother Shi, how long can they stay here for a few days?" Li Shi smiled knowingly, and replied: "Your Majesty, the minister led the troops to surround him and cut off his water-drawing path. Within a day, they will definitely go down the mountain and surrender." Li Shimin nodded and said, "Okay, I'll leave it to you. In order to prevent the trapped beast from fighting, I asked Wuji to destroy all the bridges, so that there is no way for him to return." Li Shimin ordered the army to besiege the hill. Li Shimin saw that the battle had been settled, and he thought of the brave man in white robe just now, so he let Zhi lose his mind and go to the army to look for it. After half an hour, it took a lot of effort to bring Xue Rengui to Li Shimin. Xue Rengui's white robe was completely stained with blood, and Fang Tian's painted halberd was also covered with bloodstains, which shows how fierce the battle was.When he arrived in front of Li Shimin, he had already put aside Fang Tian's painted halberd, and kowtowed: "The villain Xue Rengui, I kowtow to Your Majesty." Li Shimin saw that Xue Rengui was generous, and saw that he was not in a state of panic. He felt even happier, and said, "Well, let's make a living. Xue Rengui, where are you from?" "Your Majesty, the villain is from the Longmen clan of Jiangzhou." "Longmen? In the second year of Wude, I led troops through the Dragon Gate on the ice, fought Song Jingang, and fought against Jingde. Have you heard about this?" Li Shimin couldn't help looking around when he said this, obviously couldn't help looking for it. Yuchi Jingde.At that time, Yuchi Jingde was in Dingzhou with the crown prince. Li Shimin originally wanted Yuchi Jingde to join the battle, but regretting his old age, he ordered him to return to Dingzhou instead. "The villain has heard of His Majesty's wisdom many times. During the Battle of Bobi, His Majesty pacified the Three Jins, protected the foundation of the Tang Dynasty, and subdued Lord Yuchi. I only hate that the villain was not born at that time, so I couldn't witness His Majesty's demeanor with my own eyes." Li Shimin saw that Xue Rengui was still kneeling on the ground, so he stepped forward to help him up, and said: "Xue Rengui, you have courage and a good conversation, you are not a reckless person. You have this talent, why didn't you join the army earlier?" Xue Rengui stood up and said, "Your Majesty, this is a long story." Li Shimin was very interested and motioned him to speak quickly. It turned out that Xue Rengui's family was poor since he was a child. After marrying his wife Liu, his parents died one after another. He had no money to buy a coffin for burial, so he only buried it with straw mats.Xue Rengui was a filial son, and he felt ashamed of his parents for such a thin burial, so he vowed to earn money to bury his parents instead.He works hard in the fields during the day, and shoots birds in the wild with a bow in his spare time.On this day, he went to Fenshui Beach with Mrs. Liu. It was the end of autumn, and there were flocks of geese passing by in the blue sky.Xue Rengui opened his big bow, put on a sharp arrow, looked at the head goose and shot the arrow.There was a whine in the air, and the goose fell straight to the ground like a kite with a broken string. Xue Rengui hurried over to pick up the goose, Xi said to his wife: "Liuer, we have geese to eat today." Looking at her husband's stalwart body and vigorous movements, Mrs. Liu remained silent and thoughtful. Seeing his wife's expression like this, Xue Rengui felt puzzled, and asked, "Liu Er, what's bothering you?" Mrs. Liu shook her head and sighed: "Brother Gui, it's a pity that you are only here to draw a bow and shoot arrows with such good skills." Xue Rengui was very puzzled: "I want to earn money to rebury my parents. This wild goose feather can be sold, so what's wrong?" "How much work does it take to make money like this. Brother Gui, I heard that the current emperor is recruiting soldiers to conquer Liaodong. You have such skills, why don't you make contributions on the battlefield, and it will not be too late to rebury your parents when the time comes." Xue Rengui said sadly: "I have seen the notice of recruiting soldiers, and I have also thought about joining the army, but if I leave and leave you alone in the cold kiln, what should I do?" He has no money to build a house and lives in a broken kiln. Mrs. Liu said decisively: "My husband has a great talent, and he will find it when he meets the time. Now the emperor is recruiting Liaodong to seek a strong general. This is a rare time. You must seize the opportunity to gain fame. Guige, you can go without worry, my concubine is waiting for you in the cold kiln." There are several acres of Susukida here, and I can work hard to be self-sufficient. After you leave, I will pray day and night, and hope that you will return to your hometown soon after you have made great achievements." The husband and wife bid farewell in the cold kiln, and Liu sent Xue Rengui ten miles away with tears in his eyes. When Li Shimin learned that Xue Rengui joined the army to fulfill his wife's request, the figure of his elder Sun Jiamin flashed in his heart, and he couldn't help sighing: "Well, you have such a good wife, why don't you worry about making meritorious deeds? Xue Rengui, you fought the enemy bravely today, you really have the leader Gong, I confer on you as a guerrilla general, Guo Yi of Yunquan Mansion. After this battle, you will be on duty at Xuanwu Gate, and you can bring your wife to the capital.” At that time, Chang He died of a sudden illness last year, and Li Shimin always wanted to Mi Yiyong will take Chang He's place. Xue Rengui was overjoyed and hurriedly kowtowed to thank him. Gao Yanshou and Gao Huizhen led more than 30,000 remnant soldiers to besiege on the lonely mountain for a day. The soldiers couldn't bear the hunger and thirst, and they descended the mountain to surrender to the Tang army.Changsun Wuji ordered a large amount of clear water to be placed in front of the battle. After these Koryo soldiers surrendered, they first drank a good meal of clear water, which in turn induced other Koryo soldiers to surrender down the mountain.Gao Yanshou first beheaded two soldiers who wanted to go down the mountain and surrender, after all he couldn't hold back the bullets, so he sighed and said to Sun Daiyin: "I regret that I didn't use your strategy at the beginning, and now I am defeated today. How should I deal with the current situation?" Sun Daiyin said dejectedly: "There is no other way but to surrender to the Tang army." Gao Yanshou and Gao Huizhen discussed for a while, but felt that there was nothing they could do, so they had to take people down the mountain and surrender.The two entered the military gate, walked on knees all the way, and when they arrived in front of Li Shimin, they bowed down and begged for orders.Li Shimin sat on the chair and reprimanded him: "Youth from Dongyi, jumping beams and sea songs, don't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth. I am determined to win, and it is all in the palm of my hand. From now on, do you dare to fight me again?" The two fell to the ground and kowtowed, not daring to talk to Li Shimin. Li Shimin then called the two of them to live together, and conferred Gao Yanshou as the Minister of Honglu, and asked him to succeed Tang Jian, who had reached the age of becoming an official. Moved to the mainland, and released the rest of the Korean soldiers on the spot.The captured Korean soldiers were in constant fear, fearing that they would be murdered on the spot, but now they heard that they could go home, they all shouted for joy, and the news was heard dozens of miles away. Because of this great victory, Li Shimin renamed Xiling Mountain as Zhubi Mountain.This day, he led his generals to Mount Zhubi again, looked in the direction of Anshi, pointed to the direction of Pyongyang, and said: "We won this victory, and the whole country of Korea will be shocked. Let's go and take Anshi, and then march eastward to break the Pyongyang must die." After the Battle of Zhubi, the whole country of Koryo was horrified. Afterwards, the soldiers and civilians in Huangcheng, Yincheng and other cities all fled to Pyongyang.Hundreds of miles away from Pyongyang, there is no human habitation, only a lonely city of Wugu remains. All the generals congratulated Li Shimin one after another. Li Shimin turned to his eldest grandson Wuji and said: "Wuji, I haven't led an army to go out for more than 20 years. Now I am nearly 50 years old to go to Korea. It seems that my spirit has not been lost." Changsun Wuji praised: "Your Majesty is in the prime of life. He has both the vigor of youth and the maturity of careful consideration. He can be invincible and invincible." Li Shizai was silent. He had followed Li Shimin for many years, and he knew that Li Shimin was cautious and would not speak easily, let alone self-proclaimed words.Generally, when a person praises himself, it is either due to pride or lack of self-confidence.Li Shimin was in such a mood, probably because many courtiers opposed it before the war, but now seeing the victory in sight, he couldn't help feeling proud. After the army marched to Koryo, every time there was a war, Xu Jingzong would draw up a battle report for Li Shimin to review and send it to Dingzhou.After the battle report was drafted, Li Shimin made many additions and deletions to it, and wrote another book and sent it to Gao Shilian and others.The book is nothing more than words asking them to assist the prince meticulously. At the end, it briefly describes the process of stationing in the great victory. In the next few days, Li Shimin led an army to camp in the south of Anshi, and joined Li Daozong's troops who had been besieging Anshi. Li Daozong's main purpose of besieging Anshi City these days is to prevent the people in the city from meeting with the Goryeo reinforcements.The city of Anshi is strong, and there is sufficient food and grass in the city. The city lord of Anshi ordered his men to stand firm and wait for reinforcements, not to fight Tang soldiers.In this way, the Tang soldiers did not attack, the Koreans did not leave the city, the two sides lived in peace, and the scene seemed very peaceful.At that time, July was coming to an end, and the sun was scorching hot, scorching the earth a little.Li Shimin was determined to attack the city, so he led his generals to Anshi City to observe nearby.Seeing the flag above Li Shimin's head, the people in the city knew that the Emperor of Tang Dynasty was here, and they immediately started to clamor in the city, obviously to demonstrate against Li Shimin. Li Shimin was furious, and cursed: "The trapped beasts are still fighting! Seeing me coming here, these people don't come to beg for a surrender, but make noises. How long do you think Anshi can last?" Li Shiqiu said: "The people in the city are so rude. On the day I ask you to conquer the city, you can kill all the men in the city as a punishment." Li Shimin nodded in agreement, and asked Li Daozong to send dozens of people with loud voices to shout this decree to the people of Anshi. After a while, there were voices from all four gates of Anshi City: "The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty decreed that the people of Anshi are rude. When the city is conquered, all the men in the city will be killed." When the people of Anshi heard about it, they never wanted to surrender.The city lord of Anshi also sent dozens of people to shout on the city wall, saying that the city is alive and the people are there, the city is broken and the people are dead, and they will deal with the Tang army to the end. Li Shimin was furious, pointed at the city wall and said to the generals: "From tomorrow onwards, you will use all your weapons and attack with all your strength, can I not do anything to a small Anshi City?" On the second day, Li Shi, Changsun Wuji, Li Daozong, and Zhishusili each led a team of Tang soldiers to attack the city gate of Anshi. city ​​city.Tang Jun pushed all the catapults and crash carts he brought to the front of the formation, and attacked the city wall together.The sledgehammer of the catapult hit the battlement, and the people in the city had already prepared for it. They brought wooden fences to block the gap; boulders rained down on the city wall, and the Koreans retreated into the stone houses to take shelter.This kind of stone house can resist rock throwing, and can observe the movement outside the wall through the stone window.In one day, the Tang army carried out six or seven attacks, but the city wall was strong and the Koreans were more courageous, and the Tang army's offensive was repelled. Such an attack lasted for three days, and the Tang soldiers were unable to break through the city wall, making it difficult to move forward. Li Shimin has been watching the battle in front of the battle. At dusk that day, the two sides stopped fighting. Li Shimin suddenly heard the screams of chickens and pigs in the city, so he said to the generals: "We have been besieging the city for a long time, and the fireworks in the city are getting less and less. Now the chickens and pigs in the city are screaming." Seriously, this must be the city lord of Anshi slaughtering pigs and chickens to feed his soldiers, if he wants to attack the camp at night, he should strictly prepare his troops." All the generals followed orders and put on strict guard in their respective lines of defense.After midnight, nearly a thousand Gaoli soldiers sneaked down the city along the ropes, intending to sneak attack on the Tang camp.They swam across the moat in the dark, and approached Tang Ying step by step, wearing tights.Suddenly, there was a bang of clappers, and the torches came out all around, illuminating the surroundings like daylight. Countless crossbow arrows shot over like raindrops, and more than a hundred Korean soldiers were shot down to the ground immediately.The rest of the people uttered a cry, hurriedly retreated across the moat, and were escorted back to the city.From then on, the Koreans never dared to go down to the city easily to steal the camp. After experiencing the camp stealing incident, Li Shimin felt that the situation was serious.The thing is obvious, if we stay here for a long time, the summer will end, and after the short autumn wind, it will be a cold winter. Such a climate is very unfavorable to the Tang army, and we must find another countermeasure.On the second day, Li Shimin called all the generals into the account of the Chinese army to discuss the next step of the battle. Li Shimin said: "I have long heard that the city of Anshi is dangerous and has excellent soldiers, and its lord is talented. It seems that what he said is true. We are under heavy siege, and they dare to go out of the city to steal camp. We should not take it lightly. I call you today Come here, just to discuss the plan of marching down the army, if we stay with this city for a long time, it will be extremely detrimental to our army." The generals here have suffered a lot recently, and they deeply agree with Li Shimin's words. Li Daozong was in charge of attacking the southwestern gate of Anshi. He took the lead in saying: "Anshi city is so strong and thick that it is difficult to break through it for a while. I thought of a stupid way. It is better to start building soil outside the city, and gradually extend the ridge of soil. Go to the city wall, so that it becomes a smooth road, and you can cross the city wall and attack the city." Li Shimin shook his head and said, "Building soil like this takes time and labor. It's really a stupid way." Gao Yanshou and Gao Huizhen looked at each other, Gao Yanshou got up and said: "After the ministers surrendered, they discussed a plan, I hope His Majesty can adopt it." Li Shimin said: "You have been in Korea for a long time, and you have a deep understanding of geography and customs. If you have a plan, it must be good, so let's talk about it quickly." Gao Yanshou said: "Going to Pyongyang, there is only one Black Bone City, and the rest of the small cities are really not enough. The ministers thought that some people could be left to continue to besiege Anshi. Quick access to Pyongyang." Li Shimin nodded and said: "That's right, I heard that Gai Suwen is suspicious, and before the war started, you and your wife were all detained in Pyongyang, thinking that it would be restraining, right?" Gao Huizhen got up and replied: "The ministers are committed to the great country, and dare not not show their sincerity. It is a little selfishness of the ministers to help the emperor achieve great success and meet his wife as soon as possible. Your Majesty, the people of Anshi cherish their homes. For war, it is not easy to suddenly withdraw. We led more than 100,000 Goryeo soldiers and were defeated by His Majesty. Ke. The rest of the small towns in power will collapse in the face of the wind, and the army can collect their supplies along the way and march forward with drums, and Pyongyang will definitely not defend." Gao Yanshou and Gao Huizhen looked at each other again, and said in unison: "I beg Your Majesty to adopt this plan." Li Shimin waved his hand, let the two sit down, and then asked the crowd: "Leave troops to besiege Anshi, and then send troops eastward to take Pyongyang, do you think it is feasible?" Li Shidao: "Since our army entered Goryeo, we have fought against the Goryeo people several times and severely damaged their main force. The journey to Pyongyang must be empty. I think this arrangement is really a strange plan. I hope Your Majesty will accept it." Li Daozong had been limited in how to break through the fortified city before, but he never thought that there was such an ingenious plan. He stood up excitedly and said, "Yes, this is a wonderful plan. Your Majesty, Li Daliang and Cheng Mingzhen are stationed in Shacheng at this time, and they can be summoned overnight." To. If we attack in parallel, we can pull out the Black Bone City, and then cross the Yalu River to take Pyongyang, and we will win the battle completely.” All the generals nodded one after another, thinking that this plan is very good. When Li Shimin unified the country for the King of Qin, he often used this kind of surprising and winning tactics.The strategy proposed by Gao Yanshou and Gao Huizhen is actually similar to the original division of troops to Hulao Pass, and it has the characteristics of winning by surprise.Li Shimin heard it, thought about it for a while, and felt that there was nothing wrong with this method, and he wanted to agree in his heart. Changsun Wuji disapproved of this strategy. He said: "The so-called strange strategy is to do something dangerous. Today, the son's personal conquest is different from other generals. You can't take advantage of people's danger to do things by chance. Your Majesty, now we are talking about destroying the main force of Goryeo.其言尚早。安市城内，其精兵毫发未损，再加上北方的新城等地高丽兵，还有十余万人。我们若挥师直取乌骨，安市、新城之敌定会合兵一处，尾随而至。那平壤为高丽的都城，盖苏文定布下重兵防守，届时其领兵出平壤，对我军形成夹击之势，则我军实属危矣。” 李世民一直踌躇不答，也是因为忧虑此节。他思索片刻，点头说道：“无忌说得有理，我们深入高丽境内，须谨慎为要。大军挥师东进，万一被敌军断了粮道，我军自乱。无忌，你以为如何来定下步行止？” “陛下，臣以为要继续全力攻打安市，然后再取新城，如此就没有后顾之忧。拿下此二城后，再引大军长驱东进，此万全之策也。” 李世民显然赞成长孙无忌的意见，然不忘征询众将：“无忌说攻打安市为万全之策，你们以为如何？” 其时，长孙无忌权倾朝野，很多人不愿与其明争，与其意见不同时，往往将自己的主张憋在肚子里，不再明言。围困安市、奇袭平壤本为一条绝好妙计，现在独长孙无忌反对，皇上看来也倾向于此，众将纵有想法，皆不敢出声反对。 李世民见众人无言，遂说道：“如此，大家就全力攻打安市吧。道宗，你那个笨法儿也不妨试一试，那些归降的高丽兵士可归你节制，以使你早日筑土成山。” 李道宗起身谢恩。 李世民采纳了长孙无忌保守的计策，实在是失去了一次重大的战机。李世等人虽未明言，心里也非常明白如此攻城，定会旷日持久，纵然将城攻下，时辰也就到了秋天，又哪儿有时间再去攻打平壤呢？李世民前些日子还评价长孙无忌总兵攻战，非其所长，缘何今日不听众将之奇计，独采纳长孙无忌之策呢？追根溯源，还是缘于长孙无忌的话合其心意。李世民此战多次向高士廉等人吹嘘自己不减当年之勇，然其用兵战略已失却了早年的锐气、魄力、勇决和果断，变得保守起来，奈何他本身并未觉察。 唐军随后强力攻打安市城，抛石车、撞车轮番发力，唐兵一拨拨地攻向城墙，终无功而返。西南门处，李道宗指挥人筑土为山，已经垒高有丈余，负土的兵士来往穿梭，渐渐开始掩埋护城河。 李世民得知抛石车攻击无功，非常关心李道宗这里的筑土之事。他这日来到西南门前，观看兵士筑土的进展，对随侍身侧的李道宗说道：“道宗，当初说你筑土为笨法子，现在来看，也许此笨法子为唯一攻破此城的妙法子。” 李道宗答道：“陛下这些日子累累为臣加派人手，使得筑土进度日益加快。依臣估计，不出十日，此土山可垒成与城墙一样高。” 此时已为八月上旬，骄阳依旧强烈，然风儿少了以往的炎热，微微有些凉意。李世民仰头叹道：“十日？但愿你早日筑成此山，可以一击成功。” 李道宗此时看到李世民身穿的那袭褐袍，关切地说道：“陛下所穿衣服已显破旧，臣记得还是出定州时所穿。臣帐中还有一领新衣，请陛下换上吧。” 李世民手指眼前负土的兵士，说道：“道宗，你看眼前的这些兵士，他们身上的衣服比朕之衣更显破旧，我若独换新衣，可以吗？” 李世民出定州之时，手指身上褐袍对李治说道：“待我回国再见到你，方换此衣。”当是时，时辰还是三月中旬，如今四个月过去，此袍经历盛暑，上面沾满了李世民的汗渍，一道道白色的汗圈儿布满衣襟，再染上尘土，已难见褐袍本来的颜色。 李道宗不敢再言语。 李世民此时也感到时日仓促，说道：“若此山垒成，我们终于攻入此城，时辰亦该进入九月了。道宗，此去平壤还有相当路程，我们能在这里度过冬日吗？” 李道宗摇头道：“大军此来，仅携带随身单衣，若冬日来临，赶制棉衣毕竟来不及。且十余万大军，需要多少棉衣，眼前又无物可寻。就是让国内现在赶做，恐怕也难以如期送来。” 李世民不再吭声，他默默看着眼前忙碌的人们，心中不知在想些什么。 城墙上的高丽人看到唐军在这里垒土，明白唐军的意图，遂在城内赶制硬弓，以加强长箭的射程。李道宗这日在此指挥兵士垒土，忽见城墙上冒出数百名持弓张箭的高丽人。李道宗不以为意，他知道对方的箭弩射程太短，难以伤到己方。不料对方今日一阵急射，那些长箭射程增加许多，登时射倒了数十名抬土的唐兵。一支长箭斜刺里射来，透入李道宗的靴面，伤其足跟。他“哎哟”一声，旋即跌倒在地。 唐兵毕竟训练有素，他们见敌方变换了战法，发一声喊，急忙拖着伤者脱离了敌方长箭射程以内。后面严阵以待的弓弩手们凭借地势，向城墙上发出如雨般的弩箭。当是时，唐军弓弩皆选用硬木造成，持弓之人为军中百里挑一的臂力甚强者，其威力之大，四周诸国莫能与之相比。经过这一番急射，逼得高丽人逃回石屋躲避，不敢与唐兵硬碰硬。 李世民听说李道宗受伤，急忙前来探视。军中医生此时已除去李道宗之靴，拔出那支长箭，只见创口处血流不止。医生急忙在其伤口处涂上金创药，然马上被血流冲散了去。李世民见状，蹲下身来，说道：“欲敷其伤，须先缓其血流，取银针来。” 医生手脚忙乱地将随身携带的银针掏了出来。 李世民取过银针，觑准李道宗足上的穴位，用手轻捻将针刺入，如此扎了三个穴位之后，只见其创口处血流趋缓。李世民嘘了一口气，说道：“好了，速速为之敷药。道宗，你先忍着痛，此箭未伤血脉，不碍事。” 李道宗见皇上亲自为自己治伤，心中大为感动，流泪道：“皇兄，如此脏的活儿，您怎能亲自为之？这让臣弟如何担待得起？” 李世民唤左右道：“把任城王抬回帐中歇息，好生看顾。” 过了五日，李道宗的创口渐复，其心念着筑土之事，让人抬着自己到筑土之地巡视。只见这里已垒成小山模样，其高度已高出对方城墙，遂唤过负责此务的果毅将军伏爱，吩咐道：“再加一把劲儿，争取将土山再加高，并逐步向城墙延伸。” 伏爱答道：“末将听命。只是敌方城墙处近日也有异动，我们这里垒高数寸，他那里也加高一尺，欲与我们比个高低。” 李道宗极目远眺，果见对方城墙升高了不少。他将目光移回，对伏爱道：“城中毕竟腾挪不开，且其升高城墙，不如土山基础厚实，难道能将城墙升到天上去？你今日开始，要督促他们挑灯夜战，尽力垒土，争取大后日即可攻城。” 伏爱急忙答应，他调派人手，拼命往土山上垒土。到了晚间，周围遍插火把，抬土之人川流不息，一车车、一兜兜往上运土。二日后，土山已高出对方城墙一丈，离城墙最近处仅有数丈，唐兵站在土山上，可以下临城中。伏爱派出一百人在山顶上监视城中动静，运土之人一刻也不停歇，继续增土不已。 高丽人眼见越来越高、越来越近的土山，心中惶恐不已，他们调派弓弩手，妄图阻止唐兵垒土。唐兵在土山上插上盾牌，然后凭高视下，不绝地将弩箭发射过去，顿时将敌军的势头压制下去。 伏爱见己方占据着优势，且土山继续增高，心中轻松下来。由于这几日极度劳累，遂在帐中抵足而眠。不料这一睡，却错过了一次天赐机缘。 是时的山顶上，唐兵增加到数百名，使得山顶上的压力剧增。加之垒土不息，更添压力。 到了午时，土山忽然崩塌，山顶上的唐兵被摔得七扭八歪。土山向城墙倒下去，顿时压塌了城墙。此时，土山与城墙浑然一体，城里城外成为通途。 双方的胜机就在此一瞬间。 若唐兵能蜂拥而至，可以从此缺口深入城内。是时，唐兵数量呈压倒优势，若打开此缺口，日落之时即可攻陷安市城。 若高丽人占据土山，进而修补城墙，则双方又要继续处于相持状态。 不幸的是，此事变起仓促，伏爱此时正在帐中酣睡，唐军无人在此主持。那些摔倒的唐兵和运土之人目瞪口呆，莫名所以，不知道自己应该干些什么。如此，就为高丽人争取了时间。 高丽人经历了短暂的惊愕之后，马上明白眼前的胜机所在。数百名高丽兵很快从城缺出战，他们快速登上土山，并且筑堑而守。后面，又有近千名高丽兵陆续上来，他们牢牢地控制了土山。 唐军耗费无数气力修成的土山，现在转眼变成了高丽人据守的制高点。 李世民得知此变故，马上到了阵前，看到此状，心同死灰。他大声喝道：“道宗呢？” 李道宗此时也被抬到阵前，他眼望凝结着自己心血的土山变成了敌人的阵地，心内的苦楚一时难言。闻听李世民召唤，他从担架上坐起，答道：“臣弟在。” “何人在此主持？” “果毅将军伏爱。” "What about others?" 这时，躺在帐中熟睡的伏爱刚刚被人唤醒，闻听皇上询问自己，他急忙爬到李世民面前，说道：“陛下，末将在。” “山崩之时，你在何处？”李世民厉声问道。 “末将……末将因数日劳累，刚才在帐中睡过去了。” “哼，如此天赐良机，却断送在你的手里。来人，将他拉出去斩了。” 李道宗一瘸一拐地走到李世民面前，跪伏奏道：“罪臣无能，御军无方，请陛下治罪。” 李世民眼望土山，心想多日的希冀从此成为泡影，心中实在灰暗。他摇摇头，叹道：“道宗，你罪当死。但朕以汉武帝杀王恢，不如秦穆公用孟明，容你戴罪立功。何况，你入辽东后还有破盖牟城、辽东城之功，朕就特赦了你吧。”