Chapter 1081: Arrogance

Three days later, the army led by Li Shimin finally arrived at the city of Anshi, but at this time, there was finally a definite news from the Goguryeo side, Gao Yanshou and Gao Huizhen, two people in the north of Goguryeo, led an army of 150,000 to rescue the city of Anshi, and there were even rumors that Quangai Suwen was desperately assembling an army, hoping to build a second line of defense in the area of Bogoukou, and it seemed that he had little confidence in Anshi City.

"See Your Majesty!" As soon as Li Shimin came to Anshi City, Li Ji and Li Daozong immediately came to ask for a meeting.

"Don't be polite, you've played well during this time, where did you hit during this time?" Li Shimin was also very happy to see Li Ji and Li Daozong, this is his big tent, and Li Xiu, Cen Wenwen and others are also here.

"Your Majesty, after we separated from Liucheng, we each led 20,000 troops to attack Goguryeo, after we conquered Liaodong City, we went all the way south and broke through Baizhi, Matashan, Chifeng and other cities, while General Cheng led his troops to march from the north road, and defeated Houhuang, Hengshan, Zhimi and other places, and finally broke through the important town of Goguryeo, Xuansu City, and then also went south to break through Mingguo City, and led the troops to Chifeng City, and now the troops are not moving, it is estimated that they want to swallow the Goguryeo army that comes to aid with us!" Li Ji replied immediately.

The 150,000 Goguryeo army came to help, although it looked several times that of the Tang army, but in the eyes of Li Ji and Cheng Yanjin, it was a big fat meat sent to the mouth, it would be a pity not to eat it, and with Goguryeo's current national strength, these 150,000 are probably also the main elite troops in their country, as long as they eat them, then it will be much easier to attack Goguryeo in the future.

"Hehe, you really saw through Zhijie, but the territory of Goguryeo is mountainous, and the northern road is indeed not suitable for the army, and according to his previous plan, he was originally going to join forces with you to attack Anshi City, but he didn't expect the other party's reinforcements to come." Li Shimin also smiled at this time.

Originally, according to Cheng Yanjin's plan, he and Li Jibing on the Liaodong side divided into two routes, cleaned up the southwest of Goguryeo, and finally fought Anshi City together, and at this time Zhang Liang's Beisha City should also be defeated, if it comes, the three-way army can be combined in one place, and in the face of this situation, Quangai Suwen will definitely send all his troops to meet the enemy, lest they hit the city of Pyongyang, at this time, Su Dingfang's army sent troops and went straight to Pyongyang City by sea.

Of course, the above is only a rough plan, the real plan is much more complicated than this, and there are even some backup plans to do when encountering accidents, after all, no matter how perfect the plan is, it is impossible to implement it well in one step, and there will always be some unforeseen situations in the middle, such as the arrival of Goguryeo reinforcements now, which is not in the original plan, but it is not beyond the expectations of Cheng Yanjin and others.

"Your Majesty, according to the information I have received, the 150,000 reinforcements from Goguryeo will arrive here in five days, how will Your Majesty prepare to fight then?" Li Ji asked again at this time, he originally had 20,000 troops in his hands, but he needed to send troops to garrison the city along the way, so now there are only more than 12,000 people left in his hands, of course, he claims to people that it is still 20,000, which is also a common method in the military.

"I brought 30,000 troops this time, give you 15,000 people, attract Goguryeo reinforcements head-on, and use the rest as ambushes, Zhijie's strength there is estimated to be less than 20,000, but it can be directly inserted into the rear of the reinforcements, as long as the other party's retreat is cut off, 150,000 Goguryeo reinforcements will become our bag!" Li Shimin also made a decision almost without hesitation.

"Your Majesty is wise, and the minister also plans to do so!" Li Ji heard that Li Shimin let himself face the enemy head-on, and he was also happy in his heart at the moment, although the key to this battle was whether Cheng Yanjin could intercept the back road of Goguryeo reinforcements, but the pressure to meet the enemy head-on was also greater, and Li Shimin put himself in charge of this task, which was obviously important to himself.

Li Shimin returned to the battlefield after many years, and he was also very excited at this time, and immediately pulled Li Ji to discuss the details of eliminating the Goguryeo reinforcements, both of them had great ambitions, and even wanted to annihilate the 150,000 reinforcements, and finally Li Daozong and others also joined the discussion, but Li Xiu and Cen Wenwen These ministers couldn't interject, and finally simply went out of the camp together, anyway, this is not the palace, but there are not so many rules.

"Jingren, are you interested in coming with me to see this Anshi City?" Li Xiu asked Cen Wenwen with a smile at this time, the historical Anshi City is the rock of Goguryeo blocking the footsteps of the Tang army, and the Tang army, which was invincible and invincible before, was blocked by this small fortified city for several months, until the winter came, and the war horses and soldiers could no longer hold on, so they had to retreat, so Li Xiu was also very curious about this fortified city.

"I just want to go and see what the Goguryeo garrison city looks like, so let's go together!" Cen Wenwen also laughed at this time, although he had encountered many Goguryeo Jiande cities on the road, those had already been occupied by the Tang army, and the Anshi city in front of them was the first city guarded by Goguryeo they encountered.

Li Xiu also only showed his disdain for the Goguryeo people in Cen Wen's words, which also made him sigh secretly, it seems that the Tang army has been immersed in the previous results, so it also has a little contempt for the Goguryeo people, if you wait until you eliminate 150,000 Goguryeo reinforcements, I am afraid that this arrogance will also reach its peak.

In fact, even now, Li Ji and others did not take Anshi City in their eyes, it is estimated that in their opinion, Anshi City is just a bait for them to attract Goguryeo reinforcements, and when the Goguryeo reinforcements are eliminated, Anshi City may surrender without a fight, but Li Xiu knows better than anyone that Anshi City is not a bait, but a solid stone, God knows how much it will make Datang suffer in the future?

However, although the historical Anshi City was not defeated by the Tang Army, but now the process of history has been changed by Li Xiu into a mess, not to mention anything else, there is a kind of siege weapon in the Tang Army, that is, gunpowder, of course, the reason why the Tang Army is strong is not because of gunpowder, but because the Tang Army is already strong, and gunpowder is just to add some offensive or defensive means to the Tang Army.

At that moment, Li Xiu and Cen Wenwen came to Anshi City a few miles away, and then the two of them found a high ground and took out a telescope, Li Xiu presented reading glasses to Li Yuan at the beginning, and later made a telescope, and now it has been popularized in the army, and the generals above the captain are almost one.

However, when Li Xiu was holding a telescope and looking at the city wall of Anshi, he suddenly found that directly above the city gate, there was also a Goguryeo general looking at his side.