Chapter 1030: To Fight or Not to Fight
The autumn wind was strong, and the Tang army camp was suddenly a little sluggish.
In the big tent, Li Shimin's eyes were staring.
After a short time, the guards brought in the envoys of the Silla Kingdom.
"Meet the Heavenly Khan."
When the envoys of Silla saw Li Shimin, they hurriedly saluted, but Li Shimin's face was cold, and his eyes seemed to have murderous intent.
"What is the purpose of your Silla Kingdom's sudden withdrawal of troops?"
The Silla envoy's face was a little nervous, for fear that Li Shimin would be unhappy, so he directly cut him with a knife.
This kind of thing, Tang Jun has not done before.
Therefore, when asked by Li Shimin, he hurriedly responded: "Tian Khan, Baekje sent troops to attack Gyeongju City, and our Gyeongju City can't hold it, so we can only let General Jin lead the troops back to rescue, and here we can only live with you Datang, but our king said that it is a little difficult to destroy Goguryeo now, I am afraid that we will have to look for opportunities in the future, and our Silla Kingdom is willing to look forward to your Tang Dynasty from now on, and we are willing to become a vassal state of your Datang, and we will send people to pay tribute every year, and we will also strengthen contacts with your Datang...... ……”
Silla knew that they had offended the Tang Dynasty, and if they wanted to unify Goguryeo and Baekje from then on, they also needed to rely on the strength of the Tang army, so now, the attitude of Silla was very good, not only willing to give the Tang Dynasty enough face and recognize their status as the suzerain, but also to pay tribute and so on.
In the past, Li Shimin would agree to these conditions without hesitation.
However, the withdrawal of Silla from the army in this way still made Li Shimin very unhappy.
He, Li Shimin, came this time to destroy the Silla Kingdom, even if this place was divided into three countries, he also wanted to destroy them.
But now, because of the retreat of the Silla Kingdom, they still had a chance to capture Anshi City, but now it has suddenly weakened a little.
Very angry, very angry.
However, although he was very angry, Li Shimin endured it.
Now that Silla is in this situation, even if he falls out with Silla State, it will be no good for them to be in the Tang Dynasty, and if they can temporarily accept the tribute of the Silla Kingdom, their Tang Dynasty will at least save their face.
The next thing, how to do it, they all have a way out.
Moreover, it seems unlikely that Silla will be forced to do anything to Anshi Castle again, right?
Li Shimin didn't suddenly get angry, but at this time, Cheng Yanjin next to him suddenly stood up: "His grandmother's, whoever wants your Silla tribute, we are about to capture Anshi City, you actually retreated, I don't think you can chop you with an axe......"
As he spoke, Cheng Biting Jin was about to make a move, but was stopped by Qin Shubao next to him.
"Lu Guogong must not be reckless, the Holy Lord has his own arrangements for this matter."
The envoy of the Silla Kingdom trembled with fright, and after hearing Qin Shubao's words at this time, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Then, he set his sights on Li Shimin, and now whether he can leave alive or not depends on Li Shimin's words.
Li Shimin was not angry, but his face was a little unsightly.
"Silla is besieged by Baekje, Gyeongju City is in crisis, it is understandable to transfer the soldiers and horses here back, your Silla country is willing to pay tribute to my Tang Dynasty, it is also good, I reluctantly agreed to this matter, but go back and tell your king, I want him to settle down in the future, and understand what he should do and what he should not do."
Although he accepted what Cui Xianzhi said, Li Shimin still had some anger in his heart, and if he didn't warn Cui Xianzhi, he would feel very unhappy.
When the Silla envoy heard this, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, because he knew that he could finally survive.
After saying this, the envoys of Silla retreated, and the Tang army camp did not dismiss the meeting.
Everyone is still staying in Li Shimin's big tent.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Silla has withdrawn its troops, and our Tang Army will fight or not next, do you have any suggestions?"
Although the Silla Kingdom has withdrawn its troops, whether they leave or not, they still need to discuss it again.
After Li Shimin finished speaking, Cheng Yanjin stood up: "Shengshang, there are not many soldiers and horses in the city of Na'an, we are about to take down the city of Anshi in the past few days, even if there are no tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Silla, it should not be difficult for us to capture the city of Anshi, if you want me to say, it is better to continue to fight with Goguryeo." ”
Cheng Yanjin was belligerent and didn't want to withdraw like this, although the tribute of Silla allowed them to save face.
However, after Cheng Yanjin said this, Li Ji stood up: "Shengshang, the Silla Kingdom has withdrawn, and the Goguryeo soldiers and horses in Anshi City are afraid that they will go out of the city and set up the Wuji Array again, if we stay in a battle, we must find a way to break the Wuji Array, but we don't have a way to break the Wuji Array, and it is a bit dangerous to stay and fight." ”
Li Ji didn't say that he would leave like this, but his meaning was actually similar, since he couldn't break through the Infinite Array, staying would only increase casualties.
The face has been saved, and it is most appropriate to leave.
They have all seen the power of the Infinite Array, if they don't have the confidence to break the formation, it's better not to break the formation easily.
However, after Li Ji finished saying this, Gao Shilian snorted: "Our Tang army was defeated by Goguryeo twice, if we leave like this, wouldn't it be too faceless?" The Infinite Array is indeed powerful, but now they have less than 100,000 soldiers and horses left in the city, even if they put down the Infinite Array, they still have to leave some soldiers and horses in the city to guard, in this way, the power of the Infinite Array is afraid that it will be weakened a lot, my Tang Army can't deal with the 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Infinite Array, and it can't deal with the weakened Infinite Array, isn't it still good? The minister thought that only by defeating Goguryeo could our Tang Dynasty save face. ”
Gao Shilian looked down on Qin Tian and Li Ji very much, so he specifically dealt with them, Li Ji wanted to withdraw from the army, then he would not retreat, and he knew that Li Shimin had a good face, so now he would start from this aspect.
After Gao Shilian finished saying this, the faces of Li Ji, Qin Tian and the others changed slightly, and Li Shimin had already stood up at this time: "Gao Aiqing is reasonable, even if Goguryeo can put down the Infinite Array, but I am afraid that the power will not be very great, and my Tang Army will fight with them again, I don't believe it, my Tang Army can't break the Infinite Array of Lin Wuwei." ”
Li Shimin, who became the Khan of Heaven, really began to slowly care about face, Qin Tian and Li Ji glanced at each other, and both shook their heads a little helplessly.
It is obviously very dangerous to stay and break the Wuji Array, because they have not found a way to crack it at all, Li Shimin is obviously gambling by doing this, it is just a war, if you don't know yourself and know that you will win every battle, it is better not to fight easily.
But Li Shimin is like this, they have no other way but to gamble with Li Shimin.
"Tomorrow, fight again with Goguryeo."