bastard seizes tang

Chapter 698 Retreat

Before Anshicheng, everything went well for Tang Jun, but after Anshicheng, things seemed to become more difficult.

Anshi City is far more difficult to attack than Liaodong City. Anshi City is built on the mountain. It is a mountain city with strong defenses and more than 3 elites in the city. opponents, but it is more than enough to defend with the city.

When Li Shimin was ill and eager to win, the Tang army attacked the city for six days and even reached the top of the city several times. However, Liang Wanchun was good at defending and the Goguryeo people resisted desperately. The Tang army was beaten and retreated.

Li Ji had failed in the battle for several days. In his anger, he uttered nonsense and threatened that if Anshi City did not surrender, he would kill men, women and children in the city after the city was broken. Difficult.

In the case of several failed sieges, Li Shimin built an earth hill outside the southeast tower of Anshi City based on Li Daozong's words, and gradually approached the city wall. The Tang army was condescending, fighting in turn, and finally destroyed the part of the city tower in Anshi.

Although the Goguryeo people blocked the destroyed city towers with wooden fences in time, they were no longer as strong as before. But when Anshi City was about to be destroyed, Tang Jun had another problem.

Li Daozong ordered Fu Fuai, the captain of Guoyi, who was stationed on the top of Tushan Mountain, to leave his post without permission, and Liang Wanchun found a good opportunity to take the opportunity to capture Tushan with hundreds of elites from the city.

Once the Tushan was lost, the Tang army lost the forward position to capture Anshi City, and the situation returned to the previous situation, even worse. In desperation, the Tang army had to organize a large army to attack the Tushan, hoping to regain the important place.

Tang Jun knew the importance of Tushan, but the Goguryeo people didn't know that if the Tushan was lost, Anshi City would be destroyed, so they defended it desperately. What was originally a war to attack Anshi City suddenly turned into a war to seize Tushan.

Li Daozong mobilized elite forbidden troops to snatch the earth mountain, but the Goguryeo people defended it firmly, and the soldiers in the city attacked back and forth. Tang Jun fought for three days and nights but failed to capture it.

Seeing that the weather was getting colder day by day, the Tang army was running out of food and grass, the weather in Liaodong was freezing, and the logistics and transportation were extremely inconvenient.

Li Shimin has always been in good health, although he had occasional illnesses in the past, he never fainted due to illness. When everyone heard the news, they immediately put down their work and rushed to visit outside the imperial tent.

Li Shimin fainted in the morning. Since Li Shimin fainted, the imperial physician entered the big tent, and the officials also waited outside the tent. The officials waited for two hours in a row under the severe cold wind in Liaodong before the imperial physician came out. Royal account.

"Emperor Physician, how is Your Majesty's dragon body?" Seeing the imperial physician leaving the tent with a tired face, Changsun Wuji was the first to greet him, rubbing his hands that were numb from the cold, and asked.

The imperial physician replied: "Your Majesty has woken up, the carbuncle on his back has been healed, and there is no danger of his life."

Hearing what the imperial physician said, all the officials breathed a sigh of relief, as long as Li Shimin's life is safe, everything will be fine.

Changsun Wuji cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, the imperial physician."

The imperial physician said to Changsun Wuji: "This is my duty, and it is not enough for Sikong to thank you. It's just that although your majesty's life is safe for the time being, it's just that the disease is suppressed with medicine for the time being. Sikong still persuades your majesty to return to Beijing as soon as possible. Well, the bitter cold in Liaodong is really not a place to recuperate, Your Majesty is not satisfied with the water and soil here, if it goes on like this, the carbuncle will get worse, if it recurs, it will be dangerous."

Carbuncle disease has been a serious problem since ancient times. Fan Zeng of Xiang Chu, Cao Xiu of Cao Wei, and Liu Yan of the Eastern Han Dynasty all died of carbuncle disease. Li Shimin suffered from this disease. Dare to be slightly contemptuous.

Changsun Wuji nodded, and asked the imperial physician, "May I see you at this time?"

The Imperial Physician said: "Your Majesty has woken up and is sane. Lord Sikong can see you."

"That's good."

Changsun Wuji said, and said to Chu Suiliang and all the courtiers behind him: "Your Majesty's dragon body is sick, and even his life is in danger. In order to protect His Majesty's safety, I will definitely persuade His Majesty to return to court after seeing you this time. Rest and recuperate, otherwise, if something happens to His Majesty, you and I will be sinners, and we will die, and we will have no face to go back to Beijing to see the crown prince."

"It should be so." Everyone outside the tent also agreed.

The Battle of Liaodong had already reached this point. No matter civil or military, the mind was no longer on the war itself. The emperor's personal conquest had a lot of worries, not to mention that Li Shimin was seriously ill and his life was in danger this time.

If Li Shimin lost his life in this battle, even if they captured Goguryeo, it would be useless. What's more, it is cold in Liaodong now, and it is already winter, and it is already unsuitable to march.

Changsun Wuji led all the ministers to ask for an audience, and asked the servants to report. After a while, after Li Shimin got dressed, he announced to everyone in the imperial tent.

Li Shimin is the emperor on horseback, with a resolute temperament. Naturally, he would not grin his teeth in pain in front of the officials just because of a little wound on his back. said.

"I will pay my respects to Your Majesty." Changsun Wuji led a group of ministers into the room and paid homage to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin was unable to move, so he just raised his hand a little and said: "I occasionally suffer from a minor illness, which worries you all, please get up quickly."

After receiving Li Shimin's words, after everyone got up slowly, Changsun Wuji took the lead and said: "I report to Your Majesty, I have something important to report."

Li Shimin looked at Changsun Wuji's appearance, and probably guessed what Changsun Wuji was going to say, but Li Shimin still said: "What's the matter with the auxiliary machine, just talk about it."

Changsun Wuji said: "Winter has already entered Liaodong, the climate is extremely cold, the grass is dry and the water is freezing, and it is difficult for people and horses to move. I am afraid that this is not the way to continue. I ask the class teacher to return to the court."

What Changsun Wuji said only mentioned the severe cold in Liaodong, and he should not stay for a long time. He did not mention Li Shimin's injuries.

Changsun Wuji started, and Chu Suiliang on the side also agreed: "What Sikong said is very true. The severe cold in Liaodong is far better than that in Guanzhong. Many soldiers in the army are not acclimatized and have been ill for a long time. I also ask your majesty to return to the court." , and fight again in the spring of the next year."

The most important thing now is to invite Li Shimin back to Chang'an to recover from his illness. As for the next year, let's talk about it in the next year, but no matter whether there is a war or not in the coming year, Li Shimin will definitely not be able to go north again.

Just when Li Shimin was beginning to waver, Li Ji also immediately said: "Your Majesty, it has already entered winter, and it is inconvenient to transfer food and grass. The food and grass in the army are approaching, and they can last for another month at most. It is really not suitable to fight any more."

Li Shimin frowned slowly when he heard the three people's words. He knew that what the three people said was very reasonable. The weather in Liaodong was getting colder every day, and the people and horses were unbearable. Many soldiers in the army were frozen to death.Moreover, Li Shimin's body also knew that no matter how much he persisted, he would not be able to persist for too long.

After pausing for a moment, although Li Shimin was unwilling, he had to accept the reality. Li Shimin finally said: "In that case, according to what the ministers said, we will show our troops under the city of Anshi tomorrow, and then return to the court."

(End of this chapter)