Chapter 174: The biggest meal

Li Shiji was very tired. He sent troops from Liaodong and fought thousands of miles, and almost didn't sleep well. Li Shiji, who arrived at the city of Pyongyang, had his lips on his face, and I don't know if it was because of lack of water or because of anger.

Without rest, he directly brought his personal guard to pay homage to Chen Ying.

It is not because Chen Ying's official position is higher than him, nor because Chen Ying is his superior, but because of respect.

The army is a place where strength is emphasized. Soldiers always admire the strong, and Chen Ying is the strongest person in the Tang Dynasty army.

Li Shiji was better and relatively calm, while Li Shiji's personal guards had a hot light flashing in their eyes. This light seemed to be a devout Buddhist, even if they were going to pilgrimage.

Li Shiji looked at the personal guard beside him with some dissatisfaction: "Can you have some prospects? Don't embarrass and conspicuously give this general!"

But these guards are still the same.

The large tent of the Anxi Army Central Army was still as Chen Ying had used to, four huge four-wheeled carriages were assembled together to form a huge tent.

In the middle of the car room, there was a huge copper-based fire. The fire in the fire was burning vigorously. The red oil in the hot pot was boiling and looked bright red like blood. Chen Ying held the chopsticks and held a piece of mutton slices as thin as a cicada's wings and rinsed it in the hot pot.

Su Dingfang thought it was not satisfying enough to do so, so he took the mutton slices just peeled by his personal soldiers and poured them into the hot pot. The mutton had just changed color. Su Dingfang took a lever and took more than one pound of mutton slices into his own bowl.

In Su Dingfang's view, eating this way will taste good.

Li Shiji, covered in wind and snow, walked into the tent and was about to give a greeting.

Chen Ying held the chopsticks and pointed to the empty seat next to him and said, "It's just right, have a meal first!"

Li Shiji was not angry either, so he turned to the personal soldiers and said, "Cut ten kilograms of beef here!"

While eating hot pot, Su Dingfang muttered, "General, now we are ready. General Li is here, we can surround Pyongyang City to death!"

Around the point and attack the aid, this is Chen Ying’s strategy.

Of course, it is also the simplest strategy. Goguryeo's terrain is complex, with more than three-quarters of the mountainous areas. In Goguryeo, a country born from war, almost 80% of their cities are built on steep mountains. This undoubtedly increases the difficulty of attack.

In this case, the best way is to let the Goguryeo army go out of the city by itself and destroy them on the plains.

Chen Ying shook his head and said, "In fact, there is no need to siege to death. I want to give the people of Goguryeo. Goguryeo still has strength, and they still have at least tens of thousands of elite troops."

Li Shiji instantly understood what Chen Ying meant.

Although there are more than 200,000 Tang troops surrounded outside Pyongyang City, in fact, there are not many Tang soldiers. The Anton Army and the Anxi Army have only more than 70,000 troops, barely accounting for only one-third.

Li Shiji said: "I will order the Anton Army's minions to attack various military towns in Goguryeo and seize materials from Sanqi..."

Chen Ying pointed to the beef and mutton that had just been cut off on the table next to him and said, "Can we finish eating so much meat?"

Su Dingfang shook his head and said, "I'm already half full, otherwise... I'll still be able to finish it!"

Chen Ying smiled and said, "That's right. There are nearly three million people in Goguryeo. If Gao Jianwu fights to destroy a generation, he can arm his army of 300,000 or 500,000 troops. Therefore, in this case, we must use the various minions to consume the live power of the Goguryeo."

Just as Chen Ying and other generals were eating hot pot in the big tent, a steady stream of Tang army soldiers began to build ice walls around Pyongyang City.

These Tang army soldiers seemed to have a lot of experience. They piled up the snow with iron shovels, then patted them firmly, and poured the melted snow water on it. When the cold wind blew, it became hard like iron.

As time goes by, the originally thin ice wall becomes two, and then seals the roof with wood and pours it with water, and becomes an igloo.

Looking at this scene, I found that Gao Jianwu felt cold hands and feet.

Even though there are more than 40,000 elite soldiers in Pyongyang City, even if Pyongyang does not lack food, at least they cannot break the ice wall outside the city.

However, Pyongyang City is also lacking in fuel.

This is the fatal problem. A small part of the fuel used by the people in Pyongyang City is stored, but it will definitely exceed the amount used in a month. After a month, they can only demolish houses and demolish houses.

Gao Jianwu repeatedly asked himself: "Is it necessary to continue fighting?"

Goguryeo is far less powerful than the Tang Dynasty, and far less popular than the Tang Dynasty. In the end, there is probably nothing left.

A crazy idea slowly emerged in his head.

"surrender!"

If you can't beat it, surrender. This is a common strategy Goguryeo used to fight against the Sui Dynasty, and fight and stop, so that they can win a chance to breathe. What's more, whether it is Chen Ying or Li Shiji, they are just generals, not emperors, and major issues related to the destiny of both countries. They have no right to make decisions, and they must ask Chang'an for instructions.

Thinking of this, Gao Jianwu shouted at the direction of Tang Camp: "I, Gao Wujian, are willing to surrender!"

There was silence in Pyongyang City.

It seemed that neither the Goguryeo officials nor the soldiers responded.

Gao Jianwu shouted again: "I... King Goguryeo... Gao Jianwu is willing to surrender!"

Now the Goguryeo soldiers on the city wall heard it and heard it clearly.

Gao Jianwu wants to surrender.

A Goguryeo general yelled in a crying voice, "No... King!"

He is the guardian of Yang Wanchun, Anshi City. Of course, he is not a very amazing person himself, but he has a famous son Heichi Changzhi.

Yuan Gai Suwen, who was covered in mottled blood, looked at Gao Jianwu angrily, and a fierce light burst out from his eyes. He held his hand on the hilt of the knife, and he really wanted to slash Gao Jianwu, a coward.

For more than 40 years before and after the war between Goguryeo and the Central Plains, the casualties on both sides had already exceeded one million. Don’t look at the records in history books, millions of Sui soldiers were buried in a foreign land and were built into a capital by the Goguryeo people.

It seems that the Goguryeo people had an absolute advantage in this long war.

However, as a Goguryeo people, Yoon Gaisuwen knew very well that the Goguryeo people were also seriously injured in this long war. Especially in the eighth year of Daye, Yuwen Shu led the nine armies to a total of 305,000 troops from across the Yalu River to advance towards Pyongyang. They were definitely not good men and women, nor were they traveling. They were 300,000 soldiers, who broke through Guanke City, from Liaoshui to Sashui, and more than 150 cities. The Goguryeo people paid a heavy price.

If you ask any Goguryeo people, all their relatives died at the hands of the Sui army.

The Goguryeo people continued to fight with the Central Plains, and countless people died during this period. How many tragic battlefield scenes are there?

Today's final battle was in a decisive battle. Although Goguryeo's power declined, it still had countless years of accumulation, so it was obvious that he still had the power to fight again. But Goguryeo King Gao Jianwu wanted to surrender?

The Goguryeo soldiers on the city wall became angry and shouted loudly.

Fortunately, the royal power was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. In addition to grief and anger, they took care of Gao Jianwu's identity and did not dare to act rashly.

Countless soldiers knelt on the ground, bursting with tears. They kowtowed to Gao Jianwu, breaking their scalp, and blood flowed: "Your Majesty, you can't surrender!"

"Master, we can fight again!"

"Goguryeo cannot surrender!"

"We would rather die than surrender!"

The roars on the city wall spread rapidly from the city wall to the city, and countless people also joined the petition. Countless Goguryeo people looked at Gao Jianwu on the city wall, and only one voice was left.

"Goguryeo cannot surrender!"

...

In the Tang army's central tent, Chen Ying, Su Dingfang, Li Shiji and other generals were still eating hot pot. Of course, someone reported the changes on the walls of Pyongyang City to Chen Ying.

However, when Chen Ying heard the news, his reaction was very dull.

"The world is big, the food is the biggest!"

This is Chen Ying's attitude.

Because Chen Ying did not want to accept Goguryeo's surrender.

He dared not.

He was afraid that millions of souls would look for him when night came.

From then on, he will not be able to sleep well.

Of course, Chen Ying also believed it.

Even if Gao Jianwu really wanted to surrender, he could not surrender.

Because this is the will of the people.
Chapter completed!