Tang Dynasty: Taking the Empress Dowager to a brothel, Father Emperor, what a coincidence!

Anshi City.

This is what Goguryeo called its most fortified fortress.

The city walls were entirely constructed from quarried boulders, with molten iron poured into the gaps between them.

The Goguryeo people once boasted that even an army of a million could not breach this fortress within three years.

The city walls of Anshi at this time.

The Goguryeo commander, looking at the massive Tang army outside the city, shouted:

"Crown Prince of Tang! Anshi City is not a place a little brat like you can break through. Get back now. If you don't leave, then we'll fight to the death."

"I'd like to see how many lives you're prepared to fill this moat."

Li Chengqian glanced at the city wall expressionlessly.

"Changsun Chong".

Changsun Chong came running over excitedly.

"Your Highness, all fifty catapults of the artillery battalion are in position."

"I don't want to hear dogs barking."

Li Chengqian pointed to Anshi City in front of him.

"Don't even glance at the city gates, just plow the whole city into the ground. I want this city to be utterly desolate."

Changsun Chong excitedly turned around and ran back.

"Load! Full counterweight. Target city, fire it!"

Changsun Chong drew his sword and pointed it in the direction of Anshi City.

Fifty giant catapults started operating simultaneously.

Fifty extra-large palm-sized grenades soared into the air, flew over the city walls of Anshi City, and crashed into the city.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A series of explosions rang out.

The houses in the city were instantly engulfed in flames.

The Goguryeo general who was just shouting on the city wall was smashed to pieces by a stray bullet before he could even let out a scream.

"Put it on again!"

Changsun Chong continued to roar.

Another fifty palm-sized grenades were thrown.

The entire city of Anshi was shrouded in thick smoke and flames, and screams and cries could be heard continuously from within the city.

Looking at the hellish scene before him, Li Jing felt a pang of pity.

This is not a war; this is a one-sided massacre.

"Cheng Yaojin".

Li Chengqian then slowly spoke.

"Your subject is here."

"Bring people in. You know what to do."

"Here you go!"

Cheng Yaojin turned to look at the army behind him.

"Brothers! It's time to avenge those brothers. Kill them!"

One hundred thousand Tang soldiers, weapons in hand, charged madly toward Anshi City.

The Goguryeo soldiers inside the city were so frightened that they dropped their weapons and knelt on the ground, wanting to surrender.

After Cheng Yaojin rushed over, he swiftly swung his blade and cut down a Goguryeo soldier kneeling on the ground.

"Fuck you. I don't accept surrender."

Fang Yi'ai led a group of men into the alleys of the city. When they encountered Goguryeo people, they immediately fired a crossbow bolt at them.

After the Goguryeo man fell, the Tang soldiers went up with their swords to finish him off.

This was a crushing defeat with no suspense whatsoever.

The once invincible Goguryeo soldiers, under the absolute suppression of firepower and the vengeful rage of the Tang soldiers, were defeated.

The entire front began to crumble.

In just half a day, Anshi City, which was known as the most impregnable city, was declared to have fallen.

There wasn't a single Goguryeo person left standing in the city.

The blood inside the city turned the moat outside the city red.

after the war.

An open space outside Anshi City.

Li Chengqian stood at the forefront, with 100,000 troops arrayed behind him.

Cheng Chumo and Fang Yi'ai led their soldiers to drag out all the corpses of Goguryeo nobles and generals from the city and pile them up on the open ground.

The bones piled up higher and higher, soon forming a small mountain.

The soldiers brought soil and tamped it down to cover the corpses.

A brand new mound of Jingguan (a type of mound of stones) rose from the ground in the hands of the Tang army.

Li Chengqian ordered his men to move a huge blue stone and place it in front of the Jingguan (a mound of corpses).

He drew his sword and personally carved several large characters on the bluestone:

"The murderer is Li Chengqian, the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty!"

Wei Zheng stood in the crowd, looking at the mound of skulls built by the Goguryeo people, a hint of excitement flashing in his eyes.

But he also knew that he had to protect Li Chengqian and not let the young crown prince be overthrown by the waves of Chang'an.

Li Jing walked up to Li Chengqian and asked:

"Your Highness, Anshi City has fallen. How should the army proceed?"

"Rest for a day, then break camp tomorrow. Target: Pyongyang."

Li Chengqian looked at the mound of Jingguan in front of him and said.

......

News of the fall of Ansi Castle within half a day quickly reached Pyongyang, the capital of Goguryeo.

The entire Goguryeo court and people were shaken.

Inside the royal palace, chaos reigned.

"How could Anshi City have fallen so easily? Yang Wanchun has 30,000 elite troops under his command."

"I heard that the Tang army had heavenly thunder, and they blew the city wall flat."

"Moreover, they left no survivors, not even a chance to surrender. The entire city of Anshi was massacred, and the corpses were piled up into a mound of corpses."

The nobles of Goguryeo were all terrified and turned pale.

Several ministers even knelt on the ground and cried out:

"Lord Molizhi! Your Majesty! The people of the Tang Dynasty are all madmen. Pyongyang cannot be defended. Let's move the capital immediately and retreat into the mountains."

"Yes. Staying here is just waiting to die."

Yeon Gaesomun, who had just returned, trembled with rage upon hearing the cries and screams below.

He grabbed the wine cup on the table and smashed it hard on the ground.

The hall fell silent instantly.

Yeon Gaesomun looked around with a livid expression.

He originally thought that he could wear down the Tang army by relying on the severe cold and strong cities of Liaodong.

That's why he dared to lead an army of 150,000 to challenge the Tang army.

However, upon hearing the news halfway there, Yeon Gaesomun's first reaction was to lead his 150,000-strong army back to the city.

In his view, the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty was simply a madman.

They blew up the city with lightning, refused to accept surrender, and massacred the city to build a mound of corpses.

Where is this the benevolent and righteous army that once dominated the Central Plains?

These are nothing short of a bunch of evil spirits disguised as people from the Central Plains.

Yeon Gaesomun knew very well that conventional troop deployments were no longer enough to stop the Tang army.

This new thing from the Tang Dynasty is terrifying.

It completely broke all previous war models.

He stood up and walked to the center of the hall.

"What's the panic? The crown prince of the Tang Dynasty is also made of flesh and blood; he can still die if he's cut by a knife."

Yeon Gaesomun snorted coldly.

"If we can't beat them head-on, can't we attack from behind?"

He turned to look at his trusted generals behind him.

"The Tang Dynasty isn't a monolithic entity. That crown prince has offended quite a few people in court. Go, activate our covert network in Chang'an."

Tell our old friends in Chang'an. The Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty massacred the city in Liaodong, and now his prestige has surpassed that of their Tang Emperor.

I refuse to believe they aren't afraid. Goguryeo is willing to pay any price as long as they're willing to act behind our backs.

The trusted general understood immediately and turned to leave.

......

Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty.

The Duke of Qi's Mansion.

Changsun Wuji looked at the account books on the table, feeling a headache coming on.

Since the Cui family of Qinghe became a rat in Chang'an, the power of aristocratic families in the imperial court has been greatly affected.

His life as the emperor's brother-in-law was becoming increasingly difficult.

Especially after the case of the Prefect of Pingzhou came to light, although Li Shimin did not openly punish him, his subtle warnings made him feel extremely uneasy.

What worried him even more was Changsun Chong, who was far away in Liaodong.

That bastard can rack up a mountain of debt just by going to the battlefield with the Crown Prince.

Besides the five hundred strings of cash, other expenses related to palm lightning also popped up.

So, the expenses for attacking cities on the front lines were all covered by that rebellious son, Changsun Chong?

Just then, Changsun Fu walked in from outside.

"My lord, someone just shot this letter at a pillar in the backyard. The messenger was very agile; our guards couldn't catch him."

After receiving the letter, Changsun Wuji opened it and almost threw it away.

A strange totem was drawn at the bottom right corner of the letter, which was a secret mark unique to the Goguryeo royal family.

After reading the contents of the letter, Changsun Wuji burned it.

He then leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes, and tapped his fingers on the table.

"Anshi City fell in half a day...the city was massacred...a mound of corpses was built..."

The prince's record in Liaodong is simply terrifying.

If Li Chengqian were to successfully return to Chang'an with this unparalleled achievement of destroying a country, who in the Tang Dynasty court could restrain him?

Can the Changsun family still maintain its wealth and status?

Changsun Wuji suddenly opened his eyes and said:

"Prepare the carriage. We're going to the Prince's Mansion."

"I wish to see Wang Gui."