At night, the commander Gao Jin was thinking about the enemy situation outside Anshi City. The sudden attack of the Zhou army caught them off guard. No one expected that the other party would attack from the sea at the beginning of the year. You should know that most of the coastal waters had frozen at this time.

But Gao Jin had to admit that the Zhou army had chosen a good time. Not only did the Goguryeo army successfully build a city at the mouth of the Liaohe River before the Goguryeo army reacted, but it also allowed the main army to land smoothly.

This really disrupted their layout.

Because the incident happened suddenly, Goguryeo could not gather troops from all over the country to fight in a short period of time, and it was even more impossible to summon troops from various units of the Marine to assist in the war. Therefore, when the Zhou army approached Anshicheng, it could only rely on the garrisons from Liaodongcheng to send reinforcements to the south to reinforce.

In this way, the Zhou army, as a guest army, would not suffer too much in terms of force comparison, so they were more courageous. They attacked two groups, attacked Anshicheng one by one, and attacked Jian'an City south of Anshicheng and southeast of Liaokou.

Now, Gao Jin didn't know what the situation was in Jian'an City, but based on the Zhou army's ability to attack and the fierce appearance of this time, he felt that Jian'an City, which had lost the reinforcements of Anshicheng, might not last long.

Jian'an City fell last year. After the Zhou army burned, killed, looted, and left the city. Goguryeo then recovered the empty city and strengthened its vigilance. However, without reinforcements, Gao Jin had no confidence in how long Jian'an City could last.

After putting away his thoughts, Gao Jin turned his attention to the current enemy. He was very confused by the actual combat intentions of Zhou's army, because the other party was not solemnly attacking Anshicheng, but rather as a way to attract his own troops.

This approach is probably to "siege the city and attack the reinforcements", to annihilate the hurried reinforcements, and then launch an attack on Anshicheng.

But Gao Jin was not sure why the other party had such confidence. He was confident that he would be able to defeat them when his troops were not superior.

He commanded more than 20,000 infantry and cavalry, half of which were cavalry, so once the war was unfavorable, he could retreat at any time, and then stick to the opponent neither far nor near, making it unable to launch to attack Anshicheng.

He did not believe that the enemy commander did not understand this principle, but the other party attacked Anshicheng alone. If it was to cover another Zhou army to attack Jian'anshicheng, it would be too unworthy.

Forcibly breaking through the frozen sea area to land, this behavior is very risky in itself. Once an accident occurs, the fleet may suffer a lot of casualties. If the landing is not smooth and the main force cannot come up after the Pioneer lands, then these Pioneer teams will not want to go back alive.

Therefore, Gao Jin was puzzled by the behavior of Zhou's army. After thinking about it, he could only make a bold assumption: the real main force of the Zhou army would likely then advance eastward through Yingzhou and attack Liaodong by land.

Then the army in front of him was just a vanguard, responsible for disrupting their layout and setting up camps on the east bank of the Liaoshui River to meet the ensuing army.

This is very likely, so Gao Jin sent an envoy to Pyongyang to remind the king.

Going past superiors and directly communicating with the king, this behavior is actually not good, but as a member of the side clan, Gao Jin has this qualification.

As he thought about it, Gao Jin was a little irritated. Now that the powerful officials in China are in power, the Yuan family that holds great power is no longer enough. How to deal with the relationship with the powerful officials, Mo Lizhi (the official position of Goguryeo, equivalent to the Prime Minister of the Central Plains) Yuan Ziyou has always been a headache for the king.

Previously, the king personally led his army to attack the Yingzhou area of ​​Zhou. He originally wanted to establish his authority, but he suffered consecutive defeats and had to withdraw his troops in shame, which made the powerful officials and officials laugh at it, and the political situation became more and more complicated.

As a royal family, Gao Jin certainly hoped that the king's power would be more stable, but he did not dare to offend Mo Lizhi Yuanziyou, so he could only act carefully.

The king's previous attack attracted revenge from the Zhou Kingdom. Originally, Gao Jin and other royal families did not support the king's initiative to provoke Zhou Kingdom, but this was the agreement between Goguryeo and the Turks, and this battle would not work.

The Turks hoped to attack Zhou by joining forces with Goguryeo to attack the enemy. This idea is good, but now it seems that the effect is not good.

Now, the Turks were defeated in a direct battle with Zhou, and Zhou still had the strength to free up their hands to harass Liaodong, which made Gao Jin increasingly worried, worried that if this great country really sent a large army to invade, Liaodong could hold on.

The other party has occupied the southern end of the Liaodong Peninsula, and it is obvious that it is necessary to use sea routes to carry out Liaodong operations. Facing such an aggressive and powerful enemy, Goguryeo will struggle to deal with it.

The main force of the Zhou army did not come, but the partial army kept harassing. Over the past few years, the Liaodong military and civilians have complained. If the other party continues to harass him like this, it will consume a lot of national strength to Goguryeo.

If this takes a few years, the country will not be able to bear it.

Gao Jin could see the other party's intentions, and knew that the king and Mo Lizhi would definitely see this intention, but everyone could do nothing.

The emperor of Zhou seemed to have made up his mind not to accept Goguryeo's apology and must have the idea of ​​attacking Liaodong. In this way, Goguryeo can only accompany him to the end.

Gao Jin didn't want the king to compromise, because Liaodong must not be lost. Otherwise, not only would he not be able to explain to the people, but he would not be able to face the aggressive Mo Lizhi, but his side did not have a good way to deal with the constant harassment from the sea by Zhou State.

Gao Jin was a member of the royal family, so his status was not too high, nor was he the highest decision-maker in the Liaodong region. He could only do his best to fight and share the worries of the country.

Therefore, for the sake of safety, he did not intend to rashly fight the decisive battle with the invading Zhou army, and decided to support the defenders of Anshicheng, confront the Zhou army, slowly test it, and then figure out the other party's strength.

This is also to buy time for the reinforcements who will go south in the future. When the second reinforcements arrive, their strength advantage will be further expanded, and it will not be too late to fight again at that time.

While Gao Jin was thinking, he suddenly heard the noise coming from outside, as if someone was beating drums and gongs and whistling horns. Hearing the movement seemed to be coming from outside the camp.

He put on his cloak and walked out of the tent, but saw a flash of fire in the direction of the enemy camp in the south. After a while, the troops reported that they found the sound of drums in the enemy camp in the south. It seemed that the enemy was going to fight.

"Go to fight? If they want to launch a night attack, they should attack secretly. How could they steal or beat drums?" Gao Jin quickly made a judgment, but did not dare to take it lightly:

"Arranging troops to guard the situation immediately, everyone doesn't need to get up, take turns to rest."

Although Gao Jin did not think that the Zhou army was really attacking at night, he had to make arrangements. He looked at the night sky in the south and listened to the sound of gongs and drums, and suddenly thought of a possibility.

The other party probably wanted to withdraw his troops, so he made such a move, which made them huddle in the camp and strictly prevented them, so the Zhou army could escape.

This is not impossible. If it is true and attacking now, it may cause heavy casualties to the Zhou army.

Gao Jin thought so and became excited. If he could defeat the Zhou army in one battle, then the threat facing Anshicheng would disappear, and he could immediately move his troops south to rescue Jian'an City.

He walked back and forth on the spot for a few times, and the more he thought about it, he became more and more excited. He was about to give an order, but suddenly he stopped.

If the Zhou army planned to make a plan and pretended to be bluffing and wanted to escape, deliberately luring him to send troops to attack, then...

Thinking of this, Gao Jin felt like he was poured with cold water on his head, and he gradually calmed down.

Looking at the night sky south again, Gao Jin decided to remain calm and guard the camp carefully. He could not easily send troops to attack. Everything was said until dawn.

His first priority is to eliminate the dangers facing Anshicheng, rather than to fight the enemy's decisive battle. As long as the 20,000 troops are safe and sound, Anshicheng will be safe and sound. If something goes wrong, the enemy may have to attack the city directly.
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