Datang Lingnan King

352 The Great War 22

"Mo He said that you and my emperor have a deep friendship, and I am sure of this, but fortunately, everything is over." Li Jing comforted.

Then Li Jing ordered a banquet for Ashina and his party.

Ashina didn't refuse at all, and asked people to go back to report the letter, and stayed to attend the banquet by himself to get in touch.

Early the next morning Ashina took his leave and left, made arrangements and rushed to Chang'an by himself.

Qibi Heli also led the army to Yinshan under the guidance of Li Jing to attack Xue Yantuo's army.

Li Jing then bid farewell to Zhang Gongjin, and surrounded him with his army.

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Yingzhou City,
It was already November and the weather was cold. Fortunately, it hadn't snowed yet. Yuan Taizuo had been attacking for half a month, but Yingzhou's defenses were too tight, and the losses were heavy and no one could enter. There was no good news from Tanzhou.

"Father, the weather is cold and snow is about to fall, what should I do?" Yuan Gai Suwen asked anxiously.

Due to the great war, all the border gates of the Tang Dynasty were under martial law, and Goguryeo could not find out the news of other battlefields. After a long time, there would naturally be some uneasiness in the heart, and Yingzhou and Tanzhou could not be attacked for a long time, with more than [-] casualties and no progress. , which exacerbated the inner irritability.

"Hurry up, didn't you see that at least a lot of people died in Yingzhou? The number of crossbow arrows fired recently has been greatly reduced, and the catapult has not been used for two days. The city was broken just recently." Yuan Taizuo frowned. drank.

"But father, don't you think it's not normal? Even if you start to scare the snake, Yingzhou is too well prepared. It has been half a month, and the Tang Dynasty has not seen a support army, and the Liaoxi governor has not seen it either. A figure." Yuan Gai Suwen also asked with a bitter face.

"Without reinforcements, I'm afraid Datang simply doesn't have enough manpower, and has been dragged down by other battlefields. The same is true for the Liaoxi governor, who must not be in Liaoxi. As for the preparations, hum! You have seen that wide mining area, such a huge place, It is not surprising that there is a lot of production." Yuan Taizuo analyzed optimistically.

"Because the mine is so wide, don't you think there are a little few people defending it, father?" Yuan Gaisuwen persuaded again.

"Are there few? The mine personnel have been evacuated cleanly, and they should all be in the city. Otherwise, the attack has been going on for so long, why is there no shortage of defensive personnel at all.

snort!To step up the attack tomorrow, you will tell the Silla people to use all their strength. After capturing Yingzhou, they will share [-]% of the ore mined. "Yuan Taizuo believed in his own judgment extremely, but he didn't even pay attention to it. He had changed his goal from occupying Liaoxi to occupying Yingzhou.

From the bottom of his heart, the subconscious mind is no longer confident, but the expedition personnel are multinational coalition forces, if a city cannot be attacked, it will lose his prestige too much.

Going back to the mansion at this point, I am afraid that not only Wang Gao Jianwu will be honored, but he will take his head to make amends to the Tang Dynasty, and even Silla, Baekje, and the rulers will cause a lot of trouble, so now it is difficult to ride a tiger and must be forced to attack.

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In the fifth year of Zhenguan, on the third day of November,
The weather is cold and there are a few dark clouds in the sky. According to experienced people, it should snow in the near future.

Seeing that few arrows were shot from the city today, Yuan Taizuo relaxed his frowning brows.

Many coalition forces have already reached the top of the city, but the Tang army is too well equipped. They wear leather armor and cotton clothes, making it difficult for the Goguryeo people to hurt them, and the sharp steel knives can easily cut off the heads of soldiers who stand up.

Yuan Taizuo was not far outside the city, saw all this clearly, looked helplessly at the poorly equipped soldiers shivering in the cold wind, jealousy flashed in his eyes, and then ordered to increase the attack.

Zhang Liang walked around the top of the city with a knife in his hand, occasionally slashing to death one or two enemies who had jumped into the top of the city, when he suddenly noticed a huge dust rising in the distance, he couldn't help smiling, sweeping away the haze of many days.

Sure enough, behind Goguryeo appeared the figure of Tang cavalry, the huge Tang characters fluttered in the wind, and at the same time, Feng, Zhishi, come, wait for the banner.

Brothers Lai Heng and Lai Ji led the fanatics to take the lead like a sharp sword out of its sheath, and plunged into the coalition army, and then Feng Daihuo led the Hercules Legion to also enter. Only Feng Daiwen led the Rattan Armor Army and stood still, watching the three teams with 5000 troops. 20 people, and more than [-] coalition forces rushed to kill in the rear.

Zhang Liang saw all this in the binoculars, and couldn't help being very puzzled. He couldn't understand Feng Daiwen's arrangement. Even in the elite, he couldn't use 3 to 20 people to attack 50 people.

Just when Zhang Liang was puzzled, more infantry appeared at the foot of the mountain, densely packed and continuous. First of all, there were two bright yellow dragon flags representing the royal family, and the huge Li character stretched in the wind.

Zhang Liang was taken aback. He thought it was Li Shimin's own conquest, but after a closer look, he found that it was the Manglong flag representing the prince.

The two brothers Li Ke and Li Tai stepped into the battlefield for the first time. Although their faces were tense in the telescope, they couldn't hide their excitement. Next to them appeared Xi Junmai, Chen Hu, Liu Renyuan, Zheng Yong, Xue Yan, Li Dejian, Li Zhen (son of Li Ji), An Yuanshou (son of An Xinggui), some of these were contested by others, and some were dropped by Feng Daiwen.

Li Jing and Li Ji both guessed that Feng Daiwen was going to make a big move, so they just asked their son to come over to see him. Li Shimin was worried and called Liu Hongji, An Xinggui, and An Xiuren to be Feng Daiwen's assistants.

Originally, Feng Daiwen was still worrying about not having enough manpower for training, and to lead 20 young and strong men. When this group of people arrived, it would be enough to disperse the guards around them.

The training is in charge of Li Ke, Li Tai, and the two brothers. According to Feng Daiwen's method, it is only training obedience and integrity, after all, the time is too short.

Fortunately, it was simple queue training, and simple cooperation, and it was the training of the two princes, and the people were very obedient.

Just when Zhang Liang was surprised that Feng Daiwen still hid so many generals and commanded so many troops, he also realized that these were the young and strong he said.

At this time, Yuan Taizuo also discovered that the situation was not good. He was surprised to see the crowd in the distance, and hurriedly withdrew the siege troops, leaving 3 people to defend the city. The generals under his command arranged their formation urgently.

20 young and strong men trotted close to the battlefield, lined up in place, waiting for follow-up troops, and also waiting for orders.

Many people experienced the battlefield for the first time, and some were excited and wished they could fight out immediately.Some people were in a nervous mood, swallowing their saliva uncontrollably, and the weapons in their hands were tight and tight. Fortunately, Feng Daiwen had expected it.

There are many Khitan and Turkic people in this group of young and strong, who have seen blood, went to the battlefield, and killed people. They are scattered, and the old lead the new, constantly imparting experience, and calming the emotions of the recruits. This makes the whole army look decent.

(End of this chapter)