Li Shimin also attaches great importance to Yang Wanchun, so not only did he suspend the attack, but also came to see Yang Wanchun in person to persuade him to surrender, this kind of specification is also very high, and Yang Wanchun is not a treacherous villain like Gao Huizhen, if he is willing to surrender, he is still likely to be reused by Datang in the future, and the future may not be worse than now.

However, Yang Wanchun smiled indifferently when he heard Li Shimin's words, and then replied loudly: "Thank you for Your Majesty's love, but Yang was born as a Goguryeo and died as a Goguryeo ghost, so he can only live up to His Majesty's hard work!" ”

Hearing that Yang Wanchun refused to surrender, Li Shimin couldn't help frowning, and then spoke again: "Don't you think about your wife and children at home?" ”

When Yang Wanchun heard Li Shimin mention his family, the indifference on his face was finally broken, but after a while, he sighed, and said with a little pain in his voice: "As my Yang family, they used to be supported by the state, but now that the country is in trouble, they naturally have to bear the corresponding responsibility!" ”

"You ......" Hearing that Yang Wanchun didn't even care about the life and death of his family, this made Li Shimin a little speechless for a while, but then it was a pity, such a loyal minister could not be used for himself, it was really a pity, and finally he sighed and said, "That's it, you are loyal to the country, and I really admire it, my family will not hurt them!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Hearing that Li Shimin promised not to hurt his family in person, Yang Wanchun couldn't help but show an excited expression, after all, people are not grass and trees, if it is not really powerless, he also hopes to protect his family from harm.

"Your family will be arranged, but don't you want to be reunited with your family and have fun with your family?" Li Shimin saw that Yang Wanchun was a little shaken because of his family, and he couldn't help but open his mouth again to solicit him, which is very rare, after all, as an emperor, it is enough to solicit this kind of thing once, if the other party is unwilling, it means that the other party has not grasped the opportunity, and he does not need to give the other party a second chance.

"Your Majesty treats Yang's family well, and I am very grateful to him, but ......" Yang Wanchun spoke again at this time, but when he said this, he suddenly paused, and then turned his head to look at the Goguryeo soldiers who followed him around, and now there are tens of thousands of soldiers around him, but yesterday in order to resist the attack of the Tang army, almost everyone was wounded, and there was no food and drinking water at the head of the city, and the soldiers who had not eaten for a day and a night were also extremely tired, and even many seriously injured people were lying on the ground at this time and groaning in pain.

Looking at these soldiers under his command, Yang Wanchun also showed a somewhat complicated expression on his face, and then suddenly turned his head to look at Li Shimin and said loudly: "Your Majesty the Emperor, Anshi City is the territory of your Tang Dynasty before and after, and the soldiers under my command will also be your Datang people in the future, I hope you can treat them well!" ”

As soon as Yang Wanchun's words came out, Li Shimin immediately felt bad, and he just opened his mouth to say something, but before the words came out, he saw Yang Wanchun suddenly pull out the saber on his waist, put it on his neck and wipe it hard, and a burst of blood spurted out, and Yang Wanchun also fell behind the low wall.

"City Lord!" Seeing that Yang Wanchun actually killed himself, those remaining Goguryeo soldiers couldn't help but cry out in grief, and some people rushed forward to hug Yang Wanchun and cover his wounds, but Yang Wanchun was determined to die, this sword had cut through the main artery, blood continued to spurt out, and soon died of exhaustion, which also made the Goguryeo army cry in a row.

Li Shimin opened his mouth and looked at Yang Wanchun in front of him, and only after a while did he react, and he couldn't help but shake his head helplessly, he didn't expect Yang Wanchun's character to be so strong, he would rather commit suicide than surrender, but this also made him admire the other party even more, and even he was a little envious of the dead King Rongliu, who had such a loyal courtier.

Li Xiu has also been standing by Li Shimin's side, when he saw Yang Wanchun commit suicide, he couldn't help but show a shocked expression, although there are many loyal ministers in history, but in the long history, it is difficult for ordinary people to encounter such a killing thing, but they didn't think that they actually witnessed the death of a loyal minister in Goguryeo, even if it was an enemy, Li Xiu couldn't help but feel a little admiration at this time.

Yang Wanchun killed himself, and the remaining 10,000 Goguryeo soldiers under his command had no intention of resisting, in fact, they were powerless to resist at all, after a day and a night of fighting, and they didn't even drink saliva, and their physical strength at this time was also on the verge of collapse, before Yang Wanchun was there, they could still hold on with their will, but now that Yang Wanchun is dead, many people have collapsed to the ground, and they don't even have the strength to pick up arms.

At that moment, Li Shimin sent people to surrender, and the remaining Goguryeo generals quickly agreed, after all, they were no longer able to resist at all, and then Li Shimin asked Yang Wanchun to collect Yang Wanchun's corpse and send it to the city lord's mansion, and then Yang Chong also led the people of the city lord's mansion to surrender, and at this time, Anshi City also completely fell into the hands of the Tang Dynasty.

Until this time, Li Xiu finally felt that a big stone in his heart had fallen to the ground, and this fortified city, which had made it difficult for the Tang army to enter in the original history, finally fell into the hands of the Tang army, but when attacking Anshi City, gunpowder played a key role, if it wasn't for the gunpowder to blow up the city wall, I'm afraid the result is still unknown?

However, even with gunpowder, the Tang army also paid a lot of price, and the number of soldiers killed in the battle reached nearly 4,000, compared to the 150,000 troops who had completely annihilated Gao Yanshou before, and less than 2,000 people were killed in battle, and the strength of Anshi City was only one-third of Gao Yanshou, but it made the Tang army pay twice the price, and the materials consumed were several times more than before, but this Anshi City was finally defeated.

Li Shimin did not lose his words, and did not embarrass Yang Wanchun's family, and even the Goguryeo soldiers who surrendered in Anshi City were not too embarrassed, but just let them serve three years of labor for the Tang Dynasty, compared with the previous prisoners of war sent to the coal mine, their treatment was already quite good.

After conquering Anshi City, the Tang army was also a little tired, so Li Shimin ordered the whole army to rest and recuperate, and by the way, also wait for the supplies in the rear, because the consumption of materials was too large before, and the battle line was also a little long, so the transportation of materials could not keep up, and Li Xiu had no choice but to wait patiently.

Seven days later, the transported materials arrived outside the city of Anshi, and Li Xiu and Cen Wenwen also went out of the camp to receive them in person, and the materials transported this time were mainly gunpowder, oil, weapons, etc., as for food, there was no shortage of food. These materials are more miscellaneous, and there are many quantities, it takes some time just to count, Li Xiu didn't have the patience to check it personally, and after looking at the number, he let Cen Wenwen take charge of the next thing, and he himself was ready to report to Li Shimin, after all, Li Shimin had also urged several logistics matters in the past few days.

However, when Li Xiu returned to the camp, he suddenly saw a familiar figure on a hill in the distance, which made him stunned, and then stepped forward to greet the other party: "General Qin, why are you here?" ”

It was Qin Qiong who stood on horseback on the hill, before Li Xiu came just now, he had been facing the north and seemed to be looking into the distance, but he didn't know what he was looking at, until Li Xiu arrived, he turned around, and then showed a reluctant smile and said: "It's nothing, why are you here, donkey?" ”

Although Anshi City has been defeated, because Anshi City is too small to accommodate all the Tang troops, Li Shimin only sent some people into the city to maintain order, and the army is still stationed outside.

"Your Majesty's long-awaited supplies have finally arrived, and I don't feel at ease, so I personally went out of the camp to receive them, and now I have been sent to the supply camp, and now I am preparing to see Your Majesty." Li Xiu smiled at this time, but he also noticed that Qin Qiong's face seemed to show a somewhat sad look, so he couldn't help but ask again, "General Qin, what are you doing standing here alone, do you have something on your mind?" ”

Hearing Li Xiu ask again, Qin Qiong couldn't help but show a helpless smile, and then pointed to the far north and said: "Please look at the horse, there is a new city in the north direction of Anshi City, which was also beaten down by Li Ji before, the new city is located on the east bank of Liaodong, and then go north along Liaoshui, where it was the main battlefield when the Sui army first conquered Goguryeo, when Yuwenshu had an army of 300,000, and in the end almost all of them died on the east bank of Liaoshui, including those old brothers of me and Brother Ma, and later the Goguryeo people piled up the corpses of the Sui army who died in the battle into Jingguan, This is also the biggest shame in Qin's life! ”

When Qin Qiong said this, he couldn't help but show a sad and indignant look on his face, it was also the biggest defeat he had ever experienced in his life, although others were soft-spoken at that time, and the responsibility for the defeat had nothing to do with him, but whenever he thought of the bones of those brothers who were piled up on the east bank of Liaoshui, he couldn't sleep at night, and even longed to fly to Liaodong to clean up the bones for his brothers.

Hearing Qin Qiong mention the Jingguan where the bones of the Sui soldiers were piled up, Li Xiu couldn't help but show a solemn expression, because this was also the reason why Ma Ye was clamoring to come to Liaodong, but his body was really worrying, so Li Xiu came on his behalf. In fact, before Li Xiu came, he inquired about Jingguan clearly, but when they came, they marched day and night, and they didn't have time to clean up the bones of the Sui army, so this matter could only be done after the end of the war.

"Those bones will definitely be collected and sent back to the Central Plains for burial, but now is not the time, when we take Pyongyang City, Uncle Ma will also come, let's go to collect the bones of the soldiers together!" Li Xiu also took a long breath at this time, and then slowly spoke.

Qin Qiong is also a veteran of the battlefield, so he naturally knows the importance clearly, so he quickly adjusted his mood at this time, and asked again at the moment: "Since the supplies have arrived, is Your Majesty about to send troops to raid Pyongyang City?" ”

"That's true, but I think there's already someone on the other side of Pyongyang City!" Li Xiu suddenly showed a smug smile at this time, and his eyes also looked to the far east, which was where Pyongyang was located.