Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 527
October.

Luo Cheng swore an oath in Liaodong.

He assembled [-] soldiers and horses from Xincheng and the two counties of Liaodong, and swore an oath in Liaodong City.Luo Cheng personally read out the emperor's edict urging the troops to be promoted, and then ordered Jian'an prefect Song Laosheng, Lvshun prefect Luo Cunxiao, and Liaoxi prefect Wang Rengong each to send [-] troops to encircle Anshi City.

A total of 20 troops were dispatched, including [-] combat soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers, and it was claimed to be [-] to the outside world.

At the swearing-in meeting, Luo Cheng also sent a letter to Yuan's father and son in the domestic city, asking Yuan's surrender and asking them to return the 20 captured generals of the Sui army, and at the same time send the bones of 20 soldiers who were soldiers in Liaodong. Convergence and return.

On the other hand, Luo Cheng sent people from the sea to Baekje and Silla in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. As the lord of the Celestial Dynasty, he ordered the two families to send troops to Goguryeo and cooperate to destroy Goguryeo. Luo Cheng even directly promised that if the After Goguryeo, the land south of Beijiang in Pyongyang will be given to Silla and Baekje at that time.

Of course, these were only verbal promises, not a single word was left on paper.

Luo Cheng didn't even really expect them to send troops, but as long as they made some moves, it would be enough to make the Goguryeo people uneasy, and they could restrain part of their troops.

At the same time, Luo Cheng also sent people to the Khitan, Xi, Shiwei, and Mohe tribes with his title as the envoy of the Four Fans, ordering them to send troops, but not to come to Anshi.Luo Cheng asked Xi and Khitan to send troops to help Yuchuan, and Shiwei and Mohe sent troops to the upper reaches of the Yalu River. It only needs a little movement, and it can also threaten Goguryeo.

Autumn is high and fresh.

A battle of Liaodong, commanded by Luo Cheng himself, started again.

At this time, An City has become the line of the middle and lower reaches of the Liaohe River. The last isolated city on the plain, Jian'an in the south and Liaodong in the north have all fallen.

In the Han Dynasty, Xinchang, Liaodu, and Anshi counties were set up here, and in the Western Jin Dynasty, the three counties were all abolished.In the post-Xianbei Murongfu period, Anshi was still established, and then the Goguryeo people occupied it for more than [-] years.

It is located on the left bank of the lower reaches of the Liaohe River, facing the Liaohe Plain in the west, and hills and mountains in the east. Anshi City is on the back of the river and faces the plain.

The plain to the west is formed by the alluvial deposits of the Yangliu River and Wudao River. The Yangliu River is the later Haicheng River, which is also a tributary of the Taizi River, and the Taizi River is a tributary of the Hun River, which is also a tributary of the Liao River.

Anshi was built here and has existed for thousands of years, which has its important geographical advantages.

Not only is there the Liaohe Plain in front, but the most important thing is that behind him are the two valley channels in the mountainous area to the east of the Yangliu River. These two channels are important channels passing through that mountainous area. , to the east can reach Wugu, Shicheng and so on.

Anshi City is located on Hailongchuan Mountain on the north bank of Yangliu River. The mountain is steep and majestic. The stone city wall is built along the ridge, with a circumference of more than ten miles.

Together with more than [-] mountain castles, large and small, it forms a powerful defense cluster.

Early October.

Song Laosheng, Luo Cunxiao, and Wang Rengong led [-] soldiers and horses to surround Anshi City and block the connection between Anshi and the surrounding forts.

Followed by.

Luo Cheng personally led [-] troops from Liaodong and Xincheng County to the south and stationed in the mountains east of Anshi, blocking the only way for Goguryeo to come to aid.

"Will the Goguryeo people really come to help?" Feng Xiaoci asked.

Luo Cheng stroked his growing beard, "If the Goguryeo people don't come, then Anshicheng will be an isolated city, and we will be able to gnaw it down even if we try hard. If he comes to help, we will help."

This was a difficult problem for the Goguryeo people. If they didn't come to help, they could only watch [-] Sui troops besieging Anshi. Come on, they may not be able to defeat the Sui army.

Luo Cheng wanted this effect.

He didn't fight early and didn't fight late, but he came to fight at this time, and the timing of this time was also very particular.

It is now late autumn, and if it is later, it will snow. By then, Liaodong will be covered with snow for thousands of miles, and thousands of miles will be covered with ice. It will be even more difficult to march in the mountainous areas.

"Anshicheng really wants to attack hard, I'm afraid it may not be easy to fight." Wei Zheng reminded Luo Cheng.

"I haven't been farming all the time in the past few months. The auxiliary barracks and craftsmen have also been making preparations. I designed a lot of drawings of siege equipment and asked them to make them according to the drawings. In addition, the emperor broke through the city of Liaodong before leaving There are also a large number of siege equipment under the siege, and I have had them disassembled, and this time they are all brought with the army."

With enough siege equipment, if Goguryeo does not come to help, then they can calmly attack the city, and the probability of breaking the city is extremely high.

domestic city.

Yuan Taizuo frowned tightly.

More and more bad news.

"Gu originally thought that the Sui army would not launch another offensive this autumn, but unexpectedly this winter is coming, but they sent troops at this time."

"Father, I thought that the Sui army should not be ignored. It will be November soon, and it will snow soon. It will be even more difficult to attack the city. I don't believe that the Sui army can attack the city in such a short time before the snow falls. Xia'an City."

Yuan Gai Suwen believed that the Sui army was just bluffing.

"They came to attack twice before, each time with hundreds of thousands of troops, but they couldn't succeed. This time they only sent [-] troops. It is impossible to break An City."

But Yuan Taizuo has his worries.

"But this time it was Tu Luocheng who commanded the army. Although he was young, he was unpredictable in his use of troops, so he had to guard against them. Moreover, he had sent orders to send troops to the Hu in the north and Silla in the south. big threat."

"Father, Baekje has formed an alliance with us. We can let Baekje deal with Silla, and let Mohe deal with Khitan and Xiren."

"People's hearts are unpredictable. Don't forget that there is Yang Wanchun in Pyongyang. We sent troops to conquer last time. Not only did we not kill him, but we lost a lot of soldiers and horses. Now he has become quite popular there."

"Is dad really going to surrender?" Yuan Gai Suwen asked in surprise.

Yuan Taizuo snorted, "So what about surrender? Gao Yuan surrendered several times back then, and every time the Sui army came to fight, he surrendered. Now, we can also surrender, as long as the Sui army is willing to stop fighting, let alone I am willing to submit the last letter of surrender, even ten letters of surrender."

"But Luo Cheng not only wants us to surrender, but also wants us to release 20 Sui soldiers' captives and 20 Sui soldiers' bones."

"It is impossible to return the captives, but we can collect and return the bones first, then return the rebel Hu Sizheng of the Sui Dynasty, and then return some noble officers among the prisoners of the Sui army. We can delay slowly and return them a little at a time."

"Father, you can't expect the Sui people to keep their promises."

"Gu knows, so Gu decided to let you lead [-] troops to reinforce Anshi."

Yuan Taizuo sighed.

"You command [-] troops to reinforce, but don't go directly to Anshi, you just need to lead troops to reinforce the castles on the mountains east of Anshi, and echo with Anshi from afar."

Yuan Taizuo knew that the Sui army was best at besieging cities and fighting for aid.

"Okay, you go down first, you have to think about how to write this letter of surrender to Emperor Sui!"

(End of this chapter)