The destruction of the city of Liaodong did not seem to cause much cheer in the Tang Army. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

It seems that whether it is the generals or the soldiers, there is no suspense about the big break in Liaodong City.

So that the happy scene did not appear, after the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty entered Liaodong City, they were also in full swing, orderly and stable situation, appeased the people, and prepared to defend the city.

Xia Hongsheng went to see the wounded soldiers, and there were not many seriously injured, and there were not many lightly injured - although there were troops besieging Liaodong in front, and Li Tao and Li Daozong defeated the Goguryeo reinforcements with fewer victories, so that the fighting spirit and morale of the defenders in the city were already exhausted. There was a fire burning in the back, and the original Liao Han people in the city opened the door to join the inside and outside, and the behemoth of the hot air balloon made the Goguryeo defenders confused. But the street fighting after the city is broken is not so easy.

Once the success is achieved, even if he has experienced many battles, seeing these wounded soldiers still makes Xia Hongsheng feel angry.

"General Qiqi, Your Majesty ordered the humble general to summon the general into the big tent to discuss the military." A personal guard in front of Li Shimin found Xia Hongsheng and said.

Xia Hongsheng nodded and went to the big tent with him.

After entering, he saw that all the generals, along with the people brought by Li Shimin on the expedition, were already there.

"Come on, come on, come quickly. I am discussing with Zhu Qing the next plan, and I want to hear the views of the virtuous son-in-law. After Xia Hong was promoted, Li Shimin immediately recruited him to come over.

There is a sand table in front of Li Shimin, and it is Liaodong on it.

In the original history, the next step was to take Baiyan first, and then attack Anshi. In Anshi, Taizong was too stable to seek stability, so that time turned cold again and again, and food and grass were scarce, so he ordered the withdrawal of the army. At this point, the first conquest of Goguryeo ended, and although it failed to destroy Goguryeo, it also gained a lot. Then Xu Yitu was quite effective, and victory was in sight, but when Taizong's limit came, Goguryeo finally failed to be destroyed.

These things, before Xia Hongsheng went to the sand table, they passed over in his mind.

Looking at the sand table, Xia Hongsheng asked: "The last general is brave, I don't know what the decision of Your Majesty and the generals is?" ”

"According to the future, the next step is to take advantage of the victory to pursue and take Baiyan City directly." Li Tao said: "Baiyan City is not as good as Liaodong City, it is not a problem for my Tang Dynasty soldiers, and then take Anshi City, if you take Anshi City, Goguryeo will be destroyed in sight." ”

Li Daozong also nodded and said, "Not bad." ”

"Baiyan City is easy to obtain, but Anshi City is difficult to attack." Li Jing shook his head and said, "If you take Baiyan City and take Anshi directly, the old man thinks it's inappropriate. If you want to keep the city for our use and not use artillery, you will not be able to attack it for a long time. ”

"Then what do you think......" Xia Hongsheng asked.

"It's better to attack Jian'an first. The Jian'an soldiers are weak and have little food, and in terms of terrain, they are located behind the city of An, if they attack it, they will definitely be taken by surprise and it will be easy. Take Jian'an, and then take Huangcheng and Yincheng, then Anshi City is still in the Tang Dynasty. What about the life of the soldiers? The whole circle is dominated by Datang, it is isolated, even if Datang does not touch it, it will not last long. ”

"This ......" Some of the generals nodded, and some shook their heads, but they heard Li Tao say again: "This is beyond Anshi and attacking Jian'an...... Anshi City is not a small city, and the defenders in the city are even more than Liaodong City. If it is emptied and attacks Jian'an, it is feared that the Goryeo army will come out of An'an City and cut off the grain route. At that time, our army will not be able to retreat, and the rear army will not be able to pass through Anshi City, but I am afraid that it will be a lone army to go deep, and our army will be isolated and helpless. ”

Li Shimin listened, thought for a while, and said: "Wei Gong's strategy is a risky move. If it succeeds, it should be a miracle. However, the conquest of Goguryeo should be carried out steadily. According to me, it is still besieging Anshi City. ”

"Giving up Anshi City is indeed a good way." Xia Hongsheng said: "Even Jian'an gave up." ”

"Oh?" Li Shimin looked at Xia Hongsheng and asked, "What do you think of the virtuous son-in-law?" ”

"Your Majesty, generals, there are only four places in this Liaodong land to its capital Pyongyang, which can be called a big city and a main city. Needless to say, Pyongyang is its national capital. Liaodong is the gateway, and now it has been taken by my Datang. In addition to these two places, there are two great cities. One is the city of Na'an, and the other is here. Xia Hongsheng said with a smile, while taking his finger to bypass the marching route of the Tang army, went around to the side, and landed in another place.

"Here, this is the City of Bones." Xia Hongsheng pointed to that place and said, "The cities in the western realm of Goguryeo are all centered on this place, and all kinds of large and small fortresses are scattered around. Anshi has the experience of Liaodong City, at this moment must be the city is strong, if you do not use artillery, it is difficult to capture, time-consuming and labor-intensive, waste time, consume grain and grass. However, here, the Black Bone City, which is not on the route of the march and advance of our Tang army, is bound to be less prepared than Anshi City. However, its geographical location is no worse than that of Anshi. In addition, between Anseong and Pyongyang, there are still fortresses such as Kionan, Hwangseong, and Eunseong. However, between the city of black bones and Pyongyang, there are mostly small cities such as Hyunsu City. Therefore, if you give up Anshi City and Jian'an City, and the army turns around and raids the Black Bone City, if you take the Black Bone, then the rest of the small cities that stand in the way will collapse, Pyongyang cannot be defended, all the way to the artillery bombardment, the capital is broken, and he Goguryeo still makes a fuss?! We don't have to destroy the Goguryeo reinforcements according to Liaodong, we will directly defend Pyongyang, and we will bombard whoever comes to support Pyongyang! Boom him for half a moon and see who dares to come again! ”

"Not bad! Not bad! Li Jing listened to Xia Hongsheng's words, and immediately smiled: "This strategy is better than what the old man thinks!" If this strategy can be successful, the sailor doesn't have to go any further, just take Baekje by himself, and Goguryeo will be enough for us to take it down! ”

"Your Majesty, the last general has the courage to talk a lot, thinking that General Xia's strategy of seizing the Black Bone City and directly taking Pyongyang is indeed advisable!" Dong He, the general who proposed to take Liaodong by fire before, said at this moment.

Many others also nodded in agreement.

"Although this strategy is ingenious, it cannot avoid the danger of being cut off from the grain route by the defenders of Anseong and Jian'an and then Goguryeo." The eldest grandson Wuji came out at this time and said: "If you take Pyongyang directly, even if you take Pyongyang, you will be isolated in Pyongyang City." Regardless of whether it was Anseongseong, Jiananseong, or the fortress after it, it was enough to cut off the supply route of the rear army and trap the army in Pyongyang. The Son of Heaven is personally recruited, and he must not take any chances! First break An'an City, and then take Jian'an, the road of grain and grass support extends smoothly, and it has always been under the control of my Datang, which is a foolproof strategy! ”

Li Shimin frowned and lowered his head to think.

Two methods, one adventure, but also huge gains, enough to successfully destroy Goguryeo in one fell swoop. A safe and secure, steady and gradual progress, is also a foolproof strategy.

For a while, Li Shimin was a little undecided.