Yuan Gaisuwen then turned around and glanced at the generals.

He sighed and said, "The Tang thieves are very urgent in attack... I thought their target was the Liaodong counties, but I expected that this time I was directed to Anshi City, which hit my mind!"

"Today, let's drag the Tang thieves to death here. This city is very strong and can be defended for a long time, and it will be fine if it lasts for a year and a half. After a year and a half, the Tang thieves' food is insufficient and their morale will be depressed. At that time, when the king's reinforcements arrive, they will join forces with the troops of the Liaodong counties to surround the Tang thieves here."

The generals seemed to respect Yuan Gaisuwen very much and said, "Abide by the public order."

Yuan Gai Suwen smiled and said, "Starting tomorrow, everyone will take turns to the city to guard the city. There is no need to be afraid of their artillery. Although the artillery of the Tang army is sharp, in fact... as long as it has no impact on the city defense, it will be fine. As long as we keep this, we can protect our family and country."

He waved his hand and the generals retreated, and only one general stayed, and it was Yuan Gaisuwen's eldest son Yuan.

At this time, the boy Yuan said respectfully: "Father, after some days, the weather will be even colder."

"Yes." Yuan Gaisuwen nodded: "That's why I ordered people to splash water on the city wall. This Tang thief repeatedly wants to provoke us and tempt us to fight, but how could I be fooled! Those who are good at fighting have no great achievements. We don't need to look for them to fight to the decisive battle. We just need to stick to this. If we stick to it... it is victory."

The boy Yuan nodded and said, "I just don't know what the situation is in the domestic city. I heard that the king ordered Gao Yang to command the troops and go to Incheon, but there is no war report so far."

When Yuan Gaisuwen heard the words Gao Yang, he couldn't help but look contemptuous on his face.

In fact, the father of Yongaisuwen was the prime minister of Goguryeo, so Yongaisuwen had a high status in Goguryeo.

Their Yuan family is in Goguryeo, and there are all disciples and old officials. It is precisely because of this that King Gao Jianwu of Goguryeo has become a guardian.

The reason why Yuan Gaisuwen appeared here was that she was excluded in the royal capital.

In order to prevent the invasion of the prime minister's power from the royal power, Gao Jianwu began to reuse some ministers from the royal family, and Gao Yang was one of them.

Yuan Gaisuwen said: "The king is just using this to let the royal family take military power. It is just an excuse to attack the enemy in Incheon... Hey... Now that the Tang army is attacking, the king has put his private affairs above the life and death of Goguryeo. He is not a benevolent king."

The boy Yuan looked at Yuan Gai Suwen carefully. Obviously, he had seen that his father was already dissatisfied with the royal ministers led by Gao Yang.

The boy Yuan couldn't help but say, "If Gao Yang made great contributions this time, I'm afraid he will be at its peak."

Hearing this, Yoon Gai Suwen frowned slightly. He pressed the hilt of his waist and sighed: "It's good that we can keep here. Everything will be said after we defeat the Tang army. The enemy in Incheon is just a partial army. Even if we defeat a partial army, what credit can we do? But if our father is here to drag down the main force of the Tang army, the importance of this credit will be as clear as a mirror."

The boy Yuan couldn't help but get excited.

All the strategic ideas of Yuan Gaisuwen are the only ones, just stick to it.

Taking advantage of the complex terrain and the harsh weather here, the Tang army's thousands of miles long front line was dragged down.

In any battle with the Tang army, you can avoid it if you can, and you will never have a head-on contact.

For more than a month, when the Tang army crossed the Liao River and attacked the cities in Liaodong, they had already figured out that such an army could not be defeated in the wild.

Therefore... the Tang army under the city began to try every means to attack the city.

On the city, Yuan Gaisuwen tried his best to defend himself.

This several-meter-high wall built according to the mountain was like a copper and iron wall, standing in front of the Tang army.

The tactic of siege is completely useless in the face of Anshi City. If you want to divert water from the city, Anshi City is in a high terrain.

I dug the tunnel, but because it is in a mountain, the geology is mostly rocky, it is impossible to dig.

Using artillery, but unable to collapse the city wall, the casualties caused were limited.

The same is true for using the Arrow Tower.

The most terrifying thing is that one man is in the way of the pass, and tens of thousands of men cannot open it. After trying many ways, he is still helpless.

What's scary is still this weather.

In the past few days, the snow has become heavier and heavy, and the temperature has dropped sharply.

How have the soldiers experienced such a cold winter? The mountains are covered with snow.

Li Jing, who was in trouble, had to withdraw his troops temporarily.

Although I used many methods to lure Yuan Gassuwen out of the city, Yuan Gassuwen was as stable as a rock.

As the war reaches this point, it is not impossible to break through the city. It is just that the time and manpower and material resources spent can only be calculated based on a huge amount.

In the past few days, news has even been circulating in the army that His Majesty wants to withdraw his troops, which makes Li Jing feel a little nervous.

You know, once this retreat... means that this conquest of Goguryeo this time is equivalent to returning without success.

Li Jing knew that his age could not withstand several years of trouble. If he retreated this time, he would inevitably win every battle and have a stain on his life, which was invincible.

And at this moment...

A flying cavalry came in from the back door of Anshi City.

This back door is the passage to the domestic city. Now that I heard that the domestic city has arrived, the city of Anshi was immediately cheered up.

"Reported, there is a decree from the king."

Yuan Gaisuwen has been planning to defend the city these days. Although the Tang army has made no progress, in order to continuously strengthen the defense in the city, Yuan Gaisuwen has spent all his thoughts.

He seemed a little tired.

He was also quite resentful about the domestic city that had no news, and the Goguryeo king Gao Jianwu.

But at this moment... he still summoned all the generals and smiled in front of the generals and said, "The king must lead his troops to help the Liaodong counties. The Tang army was defeated only today."

All the generals laughed.

You know... there are more than 100,000 elite troops in the domestic city. If such elite troops can come to help, then... we don’t have to hold on here, it’s enough to launch a counterattack.

Yuan Gaisuwen then untied the edict, but he still had a smile on his face, but he was worried and seemed to have some doubts about the king's edict.

The king had an imperial edict, and it might be that Gao Yang had defeated the enemy in Incheon, which made the ministers of the royal family make great contributions. If the king ordered Gao Yang to bring elite troops to support Anshicheng, then the royal family would be at its peak and he would be even more excluded from the core of power.

Yuan Gaisuwen is already old and knows that he has not lived for a few years. The Yuan family still wants to maintain their family situation, and the future is unpredictable.

But at this moment, he still had to force himself to show a little happy look.

But when the imperial edict was opened, when he saw that Yuan Gaisuwen's body suddenly shook, and he was shocked.

After a long time, I couldn't say a word.

It looks like something is wrong!

Seeing this, the generals said one after another: "General, what's wrong, why don't you say?"

"Yes, what is said in this edict?"

Yuan Gaisuwen's face turned pale because this memorial was worse than he had imagined.

Yuan Gaisuwen raised his head with great difficulty, looked at countless pairs of eyes looking at him, and there was a sense of confusion in his eyes.

He even felt his arms trembling slightly.

"General..." Everyone couldn't help but feel nervous when they looked at Yuan Gai Suwen's face.

Yuan Gai Suwen took a deep breath and said with great difficulty: "The Tang army's partial army defeated Gao Yang's 100,000 elite troops, and the 100,000 elite troops, and the entire army was wiped out. In less than ten days, this partial army had reached the city of the country. The next day... the king led civil and military officials to surrender to the Tang army, and Goguryeo... it's over."

Suddenly... the city tower was in an uproar.

Countless people showed sadness.

Some people clenched their fists in anger.

Yuan Gaisuwen stood up and couldn't help but say in grief and anger: "The king has misled me! I, Goguryeo, have been in the mountains and rivers of five hundred years. Why has it been lost in just a few days? We are fighting here to death, but the traitors in the domestic city trampled on all our loyalty and hard work."

Among the generals, someone started to cry.

More people were just depressed, lowered their heads and said nothing.

Yuan Gai Suwen couldn't help but sneer, the focus in his eyes gradually gathered, and then hatred appeared in his eyes. Then he tore the edict in his hand to pieces and said fiercely: "We must not be ordered by this chaotic edict! Now Anshi City is still in our hands, and the counties in Liaodong are still in our hands. How can we surrender easily? The generals obey the orders, starting today, there is no need to pay attention to the news from the domestic city! Anshi City continues to hold on, whoever dares to surrender, will kill him!"

After saying that, he drew out his long sword, looked at the generals with a stern voice, "What do you think?"

The generals said in tears: "Dare not to obey orders."

Yuan Gaisuwen said: "Where is the person who came to pass the order? Drag it out, kill it immediately, and hang his head at the south gate to serve as a warning to others."

"Here!"

Yuan Gassuvin ordered, full of anger.

He was still patrolling the city, and at this time he only thought that as long as he was safeguarded, he could follow the example of Qi's field and rely on the lonely city to eventually recover Goguryeo.

During the tour of the city, I visited one soldiers after another, and personally urged the craftsmen to repair the female wall that was destroyed during the siege. When I returned to my mansion, it was already midnight.

Inside this mansion, the servants all seemed very depressed.

When he arrived at the lobby, a servant had prepared hot water for him. After one day, he was in the snow with heavy goose feathers, and his body was already cold. Soaking enough hot water in enough water can make the qi and blood flow smoothly.

Yuan Gaisuwen had something to do in his heart, and waited for the servant to take off his boots and penetrated his feet deep into the hot water before he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Father."

The boy Yuan hurried in. He looked pale and came in and saluted Yuan Gaisuwen.

While Yuen Gassuwen soaked her feet, she showed a gentle look on her face: "What's the situation in the army?"

"The soldiers...the soldiers...there are many people..."

Yuan Gaisuwen frowned. Seeing Yuan's boy Qiqiai Ai's appearance, he couldn't help but angrily said, "Is anyone shaking the morale of the army?"

The boy Yuan then said: "Anshi City is isolated and helpless, and a side division in the Tang army can defeat my main force in Goguryeo. In a short time, he won the capital. Father, that side division, isn't that Deng Ai? Deng Ai destroyed Shu, and his father was Jiang Wei. What's the point if he persists?"

Yuan Gaisuwen sneered: "This is because our surname is Yuan. This Goguryeo is originally from our Yuan family."
To be continued...