Chapter 45 Chapter 45 Tang Taizong Withdraws the Army Goguryeo Poor Horse Zhou Promotes Zhongshu Order

Li Shimin summoned Li Ji: "We have been besieging the city for such a long time, and the fireworks in the city are getting less and less every day, but today is different! I heard the sound of killing pigs inside. Be prepared at night." "Kill the pig?" "Yes, there are chicken killers too." "how?" There was a gleam of light in Li Shimin's eyes, looking at Li Ji. Li Ji had an epiphany and nodded. As the order was passed on, Tang Jun didn't close his eyes all night, and at three o'clock, suddenly many dark shadows moved on the walls of Anshi City.These are hundreds of Koryo elites who were sent down from the city to disturb the Tang army.Tang Bing, who had been waiting for them for a long time, immediately started fighting, killing dozens of people within a short time.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the Gaoli soldiers broke out of the siege and withdrew again. Originally, Liang Wanchun wanted to use five hundred elites to disrupt the Tang army and launch a new round of attack.But judging from the current situation, Tang Jun has not slackened at all in the past few days, and this night, no one closed his eyes all night, which made them fool.For Liang Wanchun, staying within Anshi is the best way. The defenders who shrank in the city and refused to come out made Li Daozong, who was the main attacker, lose his temper.In order to make the attack more convenient, he thought of many ways.In the end, he decided to pile up soil a hundred meters away from the city wall of Anshi, and build him a mountain of earth alive to integrate with the city wall.

According to the formula for calculating the volume of a cone: Volume = bottom area x height x 1/3 At the very least, the army must charge up the earth mountain, so the maximum slope is about 45°. We can roughly calculate that this earth mountain needs at least 10,000 cubic meters of material.However, the actual situation is not so simple. This earth mountain not only requires a certain width and slope, but also needs to be strong enough, and it must not be a bean curd project. This dealt a big blow to Li Daozong. However, Gao Libing's response often ruined the project that was going very smoothly.

The earth mountain was already close to the height of the city wall, and the Gaoli soldiers suddenly competed with the Tang soldiers, and began to fight on the teeth of the city wall, forcibly raising the city wall by ten meters. too disgusting. Tang Bing, who was braving the rain of bullets and covering the earth mountain, almost didn't spit it out. However, this does not hinder the attack. After completing the main body of the mound, the soldiers continued to fill in the south side, making the slope on the side of the mound extremely small.In this way, the car and the catapult were pulled up the hill.Mastering the stick, but aiming for the yard.Tang Jun smashed the new wall that had just been built in Anshi City, and the Korean soldiers blocked it with thick wooden fences.Accidents are easy to happen at the scene. Because he was angry, Comrade Li Daozong came to command in person. If he was not careful, he stepped on the ground and fell down.

The bad news is that Lee Do-jong broke his foot. The good news is that Li Daozong fell into his own hands. After nearly two months of hard work, the earth mountain is about to be completed.In order to reward Li Daozong, Li Shimin personally gave him acupuncture, which moved Li Daozong deeply.A few days later, the earth mountain, which took 60 days and cost 500,000 yuan, was finally completed.It is this earth mountain that allows the Tang army to organize a huge charge and capture Anshi City.Thanks to Tushan, and even more thanks to Li Daozong, something embarrassing is about to happen. After Li Daozong was injured, he didn't seem to have arranged for someone to guard him.

But according to Li Daozong himself, he did arrange for Captain Guo Yi Fu Fu'ai to be stationed there, but Comrade Fu Fu'ai was playful and was chatting in other camps on the day of the big incident.The truth is not very important anymore, what is important is that the high dirt hills are equally easy to climb for Gaoli soldiers and Tang soldiers.You Tang soldiers can get close to the city wall, and the people on the city wall can get close to the earth mountain, and they are condescending, which is more convenient and faster. Charge from top to bottom, killing people heartily and vividly, which is quite interesting.

Fu Fu'ai is really not here. There is no boss to command, because the boss doesn't like protracted battles, he said he went for a stroll.Tushan didn't really like having such a heavy thing on his body. When the two sides saw each other, he suddenly announced that he would quit, and the whole collapsed directly, giving Fu Fu'ai and Li Daozong a good look. The earth mountain built by Tang Bing exhaustedly collapsed in such a disappointing way. The soil mountain is also a part of the earth, it is very particular about affection, and embracing the earth is the only dream of the earth people.It collapsed in the direction of the city wall, and the sudden collapse of thousands of tons of soil material collapsed the city wall of Anshi city with great momentum.This is a once-in-a-lifetime offensive opportunity, but it was wasted in vain.The guard was not there, and the soldiers fought desperately, but more and more people rushed out of the city wall, successfully forcing them back.

Neither side dared to act rashly, and no one reported the news of the earth mountain collapse. Half a day later, Tang Jun still did not respond. The Gaoli soldiers came out suddenly, and easily occupied Tushan.It was only at this time that Li Shimin knew that the project that everyone had built for more than two months was robbed by others.In a rage, he announced that Fu Fu'ai would be beheaded.Li Daozong couldn't get away with it either. Li Shimin pointed at him and said, "You deserve to die for your crime, but I think you have contributed to breaking Gaimu and Liaodong. I will give you an amnesty and let you make meritorious deeds!"

It was too late to say anything. After the Gaoli soldiers occupied the earth mountain, they dug a deep ditch at the foot of the mountain and surrounded all the collapsed places. Then, they poured a lot of things like waste oil into it, added a lot of charcoal and firewood, and blocked the Tang army's attack with raging fire. At this time, Comrade Fu Fuai was bragging in other camps, and several guards pulled him in front of Li Shimin. Li Shimin accused him of his crimes and beheaded him on the spot. Li Daozong went crazy. He used all the equipment to launch a crazy attack on An Shicheng.

It's a pity that Liang Wanchun is indeed a person who knows how to defend. For several days in a row, he has used very clever methods to defend the safety of Anshi. Winter is here, and it's time for everything to end. This is not Chang'an. Winter in the Northeast comes very early, and it is still warm today. Tomorrow, the temperature may drop sharply.In fact, Tang Jun also had a plan long ago, and he must not drag the war into winter.Goryeo's winters are particularly cold, with intensified weather variability, withering fresh grass and freezing rivers within a few days.Tang Jun's food is almost gone, and the men and horses have nothing to eat, so they can't stay here for long.

On September 18th, the nineteenth year of Zhenguan (October 13th, 645 AD), the Tang army returned to the court. On the day of leaving, Li Shimin gave Liang Wanchun a special commendation and gave him a hundred pieces of silk, in recognition of his protection of the people in his city and his loyalty to his monarch. Liang Wanchun was also a hero. He stood on the city wall of Anshi and bowed to Li Shimin from a distance.After the Tang army moved out, Li Shimin first arranged for the people of Liaodong and Gaimu to cross the Liaohe River. Under the city of Anshi, the high-pitched military songs of the Tang army resounded all over the world, and no one in Anshi dared to come out (people from other cities went to Pyongyang earlier) . A few days later, the Tang army crossed the Liaoshui River and arrived at Yingzhou. It was Li Shimin's idea that the corpses of the soldiers killed in battle in Liaodong were transported back here.Now that the army came here, he first asked Yousi to set up a prison, and he himself wrote a memorial ceremony.According to historical records, Li Shimin "before weeping and mourning, his parents heard about it and said: 'My son died and the emperor cried, why do you hate death!'".Things should have ended here, but the 44,000 Koreans who gathered in Youzhou moved people once again. When the car arrived in Youzhou, the people of Koryo worshiped and danced and shouted, and they turned to the ground, and the dust was raised for several miles. Li Shimin said, "There is no winner in this battle." From the data point of view, it is obvious who wins and who loses. The cities successively selected by the Tang army include: Xuantu, Hengshan, Gaimu, Momi, Liaodong, Baiyan, Beisha, Maigu, Yinshan, Houhuang. The number of emigration by the Tang Army is as follows: 70,000 people moved to the three prefectures of Liao, Gai, and Yan. Tang's losses in all battles: Nearly 2,000 soldiers died, and seven or eight out of ten horses died. Tang Jun killed the enemy in all battles: In the three battles of Xincheng, Jian'an, and Zhubi, more than 40,000 people were beheaded. Now, it is time to finally announce the number of Tang soldiers and horses. Tang Jun: 40,000 in the navy and 60,000 in the army. So, now, we finally understand why the troops led by Li Ji, Li Daozong, and Zhang Liang are so small in every assault.We also finally understand that the key to judging a war is good or bad depends on what kind of state the lives of ordinary people have entered after the war.Therefore, when they arrived in Youzhou, more than 40,000 Korean people shouted long live and started their lives here again. ... People must live with dignity. Li Shimin suffered the most. He regretted it to death. In his opinion, the Eastern Expedition to Korea was a complete failure of the war.This is indeed what he said, and at the end of the regret, he remembered a person: "If he was still there, I would never go to Korea!" After all, people rode fast horses and ran to Chang'an day and night, slaughtering pigs and sheep to sacrifice to the dead Wei Zheng to express their regret.In addition, he also called Wei Zheng's wife and children, and asked them to travel long distances to his palace to receive his condolences and rewards.Li Shimin's actions were quickly seen through by people of insight in the court.Of course, many people are wondering, what happened to Li Shimin? The matter started with the former prince Li Chengqian. After Wei Zheng's death, Li Chengqian couldn't bear his loneliness and conspired against Hou Junji and Du Zhenglun.As for Hou Junji and Du Zhenglun, one is a very capable general and the other is a very capable literati.Needless to say, Hou Junji, this Du Zhenglun also has a lot of background.In the entire Sui Dynasty, there were no more than ten scholars. Du Zhenglun and his two brothers, Du Zhengxuan and Du Zhengzang, were all promoted. Three brothers from one family occupied three seats from the number of less than ten people. Therefore, Wei Zheng recommended him. At that time, someone told Li Shimin that Wei Zheng secretly formed a party with Hou Junji and Du Zhenglun for personal gain, and often showed his colleagues the written advice. Li Shimin was very furious, let's not talk about forming a party for personal gain, what do you mean by showing me the document of remonstrance to others? This completely overturned Li Shimin's impression of Wei Zheng. Reminiscent of the image of Wei Zheng in the past, the furious Li Shimin ordered the destruction of the monument that had been erected for him.The vegetation here is wrong, and the stone tablet has been ignored for two years. Now, Li Shimin, who has no one to persuade him, thinks of Wei Zheng.When the envoy returned to Chang'an, he followed the instructions and erected the stone tablet that had been smashed two years ago. Originally full of complaints, but also full of economics, Ma Zhou, who was only a supervisor of the censor, was appointed as the official second-rank Zhongshuling. Because of his outstanding ability to handle affairs, the hearts of the people admired him. After Li Shimin returned to the court, Qiongma Zhou was appointed again.The spring of Poor Horse Week has come, and he no longer has to go to Xinfeng's inn to drink a bucket of eight liters of wine because of his boredom.Why Ma Zhou could have such a record has a lot to do with the characteristics of the supervisory censor. At that time, people would rather be an eighth-rank supervisory censor than fool around in a fifth-rank ordinary official position. The supervisory censor is a role that even the emperor is afraid of. As for Zhongshuling, by the late Zhenguan period, the power had already overwhelmed Shangshusheng's Pushe. This story tells us that there is a shortcut to human success, but the premise is that you must be strong enough, find a suitable stage, find a leader who knows people, and make respectable achievements for the collective. The world has changed you, you Only by adapting to the world can we change the world. Ma Zhou is an example.