"Your Majesty, great victory! What a victory! ”

The scout who ordered the order couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, and rushed to the Chinese army camp at dawn the next day, and began to shout outside the door.

The shouts alarmed the Tang officers and soldiers who had been paying attention to the battle ahead, and many guards surrounded them and asked, "How did you fight?" ”

"Annihilation!" The scout saw that the door of the camp was opened, and he rushed in directly, only to hear his voice: "Annihilation of 30,000 cavalry, and total annihilation of 100,000 Goguryeo reinforcements, we have won!" ”

The news spread like the wind throughout the entire Tang army camp, and in a moment of effort, the whole camp was filled with earth-shattering cheers, and the momentum was so great that the frightened defenders of Anshi City hurriedly put all on the wall to be on guard, thinking that the Tang army was coming to attack the city again.

After receiving the battle report of Li Ji and the others, Li Shimin finally showed a smile and gave the scout who came to deliver the letter a heavy reward. Then he got up from the bed and led the ministers back to the tent, and specially ordered the army to reward the three armies with the food prepared today, everyone has been worried for so long, and today can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

In the afternoon, the detailed results of the two battles the day before yesterday and yesterday were finally counted, and the two battles totaled more than 16,000 cavalry annihilation, more than 11,000 prisoners, more than 47,000 Goguryeo people, more than 53,000 Goguryeo prisoners, and some of them fled into the mountains and forests.

However, the casualties on the side of the Tang army also came out, of which more than 13,000 were killed in battle, and more of the wounded were basically wounded, and more than 4,000 were seriously injured, mainly from the sneak attack on the first day. Although this casualty is very small compared to the Yan cavalry and Goguryeo, for the Tang army, counting the casualties of the previous times, the casualties in this month have exceeded 60,000, which is also an astonishing number.

"Goguryeo damn it!" Even if Li Shimin ignored the casualties, he couldn't stand such a blow when he heard the figure of 60,000, because behind it were 80,000 families of the Tang people, and they were all the pillars of the family.

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger, although the casualties of our army are a bit large, but now we have defeated the combined forces of Goguryeo and the Ya cavalry in one fell swoop, and now the news has not yet spread, Goguryeo will definitely shake the whole country in a few days, and now our army has won a big victory, and the gunpowder and grenades have also arrived, as long as the city of Anshi is captured, we can join forces with Zhang Liang under the city of Pyongyang." The eldest grandson Wuji persuaded.

"But all the grain and grass of our army have been burned, and the grain stored in the army is only enough for five days!" Li Shimin sighed: "The good situation is about to fail, I am really unwilling." ”

Tanma ran into the tent of the Chinese army commander in waves, and the news kept coming, and all kinds of good news finally made Li Shimin and the ministers brow a little, and the first thing that was determined was that the cavalry of the Turquoise was a private agreement with Goguryeo by the Guta tribe, not the entire Turbulent Cavalry. This news made the Tang Dynasty monarchs and ministers feel relieved, and Li Shimin regained his self-confidence: "There is a traitor within the Yan Ministry, send me a special envoy to pass the decree, and all the chickens and dogs of the Guda tribe will not be left, if I know that there is a person who stays, don't blame me to help them deal with it." ”

Immediately following Li Ji, they sent Shitu's corpse and bundle of sturdy high longevity, as well as another statistics of the results of the capture, seeing the above figures, Li Shimin smiled: "Finally, I can take a few breaths again." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji took the battle report and circulated it at the moment, and it turned out that it recorded the list of Goguryeo materials captured by the Tang army, with a total of 20,000 cattle and sheep, 5,000 sets of armor, and a number of grain and cloth, because the Goguryeo army also had 100,000 people, and the daily consumption was also very huge.

Li Shimin was in a good mood, and said to his guard: "Bring that Gao Yanshou up, let me see if the person who dares to attack my Tang Mansion army really has three heads and six arms." ”

Now he is in the mood to see this guy who makes him very embarrassed, and now he is the majestic son of the Tang Dynasty, and he wants to show his heavenly might.

The monarchs and ministers saw two medical soldiers carrying a tall and thin middle-aged man into the tent, his face was very gray due to pain, and when he saw the vermilion purple official robe in a tent, he endured the pain and rolled over and rolled off the stretcher, lying directly on the ground and kowtowing repeatedly: "The Tang Dynasty is above, and the sinner Gao Yanshou asks Your Majesty to spare my life." ”

He begged for mercy, confused Li Shimin and the minister, originally thought that this guy was also a high authority, and he fought so badly, he must be a tough character, who knew that he would admit it as soon as he came up, so that Li Shimin, who was about to stimulate and stimulate him, couldn't say anything in his heart.

"Kill so many soldiers of my Datang, do you still want to live?" Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief before he glanced at him lightly and asked.

Gao Yanshou lay on the ground, the sharp pain of his broken leg made the sweat on his forehead drip, and he endured the severe pain and said: "I resisted the Tang Army because I am the chief general of Goguryeo, this is my duty, and now I am a prisoner, and I want to live This is human instinct." ”

"Duty, hehe. If it sounds good, is it any good that I spare your life? Li Shimin sneered.

As soon as Gao Yanshou heard that there was hope for his life, he hurriedly said what he had been thinking about for a long time: "Your Majesty spares my life, the benefits are really too much." First of all, after I surrender, the 50,000 people who have been captured now will be at ease, and they will no longer be afraid of them making trouble. Second, I am also considered an important minister in Goguryeo, and I was not killed after being captured by the Tang army, and if I give those officials in Pyongyang a model, everyone will rest assured, and the resistance will be reduced at that time, and maybe someone will come to contact the Tang Dynasty, and there will be a lot of unnecessary trouble in the future offensive. Third, I can go to Anshi City to persuade Yang Wanchun to surrender now, and when I appear, it will definitely be a major psychological blow to the defenders of Anshi City, no matter whether the persuasion is successful or not, we must shake the army's heart. After a pause, he said: "The life of a sinner is nothing in the eyes of the Son of Heaven, but for the sake of Tang Jun, Your Majesty will definitely gain something by sparing my life." ”

Li Shimin was very happy when he said this, he likes to listen to good words when he is old, and he laughed: "It's difficult for you to be a general who commands 100,000 people, and you have thought of several reasons for your life." Okay, I'll spare your life, but your future will depend on your performance, if you can surrender Anshi Castle,,,,"

Li Shimin stopped talking and didn't go on, Gao Yanshou heard Xuange and knew Yayi, and hurriedly answered: "Your Majesty will look at my actions, and tomorrow I will go to the city of Anshi to persuade Yang Wanchun to surrender." ”