October.

Luo Cheng vowed to make a vow in Liaodong.

He gathered 50,000 troops from Xincheng and Liaodong counties and swore to the battle at Liaodong City. Luo Cheng personally read out the emperor's edict to promote the army, and also ordered the prefect of Jian'an Song Laosheng, the prefect of Lushun Luo Cunxiao, and the prefect of Liaoxi Wang Rengong to send 10,000 troops to surround Anshicheng.

A total of 80,000 troops were sent, of which 50,000 soldiers were sold, and 30,000 auxiliary troops were said to be 200,000 to the outside world.

At the oath meeting, Luo Cheng returned a letter to the Yuan family father and son in the domestic city, demanding that the Yuan family surrender and asked them to return 200,000 captured Sui generals, and at the same time, the corpses of the 200,000 soldiers from the Liaodong soldiers were restrained and returned.

On the other hand, Luo Cheng sent people to Baekje and Silla in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula from the sea. As the lord of the Celestial Kingdom, he ordered the two families to send troops to Goguryeo and jointly destroy Goguryeo. Luo Cheng even directly promised that if Goguryeo was destroyed, the land south of Pyongyang would be distributed to Silla and Baekje.

Of course, these are just verbal promises and no word is left on paper.

Luo Cheng never really expected them to send troops, but as long as there were some actions, it was enough to make the Goguryeo people uneasy and could restrain some of their troops.

At the same time, Luo Cheng also sent people to the Khitan, Xi, Shiwei, and Mohe tribes to send troops to the Khitan, Xi, Shiwei, and Mohe tribes, but not to let them come to Anshi. Luo Cheng asked Xi and Khitan to send troops to Fuyuchuan, and Shiwei and Mohe to send troops to the upper reaches of the Yalu River. Only a little movement could threaten Goguryeo.

The autumn is clear and cool.

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

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

During the Han Dynasty, three counties of Xinchang, Liao team and Anshi were set up here. By the Western Jin Dynasty, all three counties were abolished. Later, during the period of the Xianbei Murongfu, Anshi was still set up, and later occupied by the Goguryeo people, which had been occupied for more than 200 years.

It is located on the left bank of the lower reaches of the Liao River, to the west, and to the east are hilly and mountains. Anshicheng is the river and mountainside, facing the plain.

The plain to the west is alluvialized by Yangliu River and Wudao River. Yangliu River is the Haicheng River in later generations, which is also a tributary of the Taizi River. The Taizi River is also a tributary of the Hun River, and the Hun River is also a tributary of the Liao River.

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

Not only is there the Liaohe Plain in front, but the most important thing is that it guards the two river valley channels in the mountainous area east of the Yangliu River behind it. These two river channels are important channels that pass through that mountainous area. Through these channels, you can go to the new city to the north, and to the east, you can reach Wugu, Shicheng, etc.

Anshicheng is located on the Hailongchuan Mountain on the north bank of Yangliu River. The mountains are steep and majestic. The stone walls are built along the ridge with a circumference of more than ten miles.

In addition to more than 20 mountain fortresses of all sizes around, a powerful defensive cluster was formed.

Early October.

Song Laosheng, Luo Cunxiao, and Wang Rengong led 30,000 troops to surround Anshi City and block and isolate the connection between Anshi City and the surrounding forts.

Immediately afterwards.

Luo Cheng personally led 50,000 troops from Liaodong and Xincheng County to the south and stationed in the mountains east of An City, blocking the only way for Goguryeo to come to support.

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

Luo Cheng touched his beard that had gradually grown, "If the Goguryeo people don't come, then Anshi City is an isolated city, and we can chew it up even if we forcefully. If he comes to help, we will fight for help."

This is a difficult problem facing the Goguryeo people. If you don’t come to help, you can only watch the 80,000 Sui army besieged Anshi. Come on, you may not have been able to fight the Sui army.

Luo Cheng wanted this effect.

He doesn't fight early or late, but he comes to fight at this time, so he is very particular about the time he chooses.

It is already late autumn now, and it will snow later. By then, the snow will fall thousands of miles away from Liaodong and the ice will be frozen. It is even more difficult to march in the mountainous areas, so there is no need to mention the supply.

"If Anshicheng really wants to attack hard, it is probably not easy to fight." Wei Zheng reminded Luo Cheng.

"I haven't been farming for the past few months. The auxiliary barracks and craftsmen have been preparing. I have designed a lot of siege equipment drawings to make them according to the drawings. In addition, the large amount of siege equipment left by the emperor who had broken through Liaodong City before was there. I have asked someone to dismantle it, and this time they were transported with the army."

With enough siege equipment, if Goguryeo doesn't come to support, they can attack the city calmly, and the chances of breaking the city are extremely high.

Domestic city.

Yuan Taizuo frowned.

There is more and more bad news.

"I thought the Sui army would not launch another offensive this autumn, but I didn't expect that winter would come soon, but they sent troops at this time."

"Father, I thought I didn't have to pay attention to the Sui army. It was November now. It would soon snow soon. It would be even more difficult to attack the city. I don't believe that the Sui army could capture Anshi in such a short time before it snowed."

Yuan Gaisuwen believed that the Sui army was just bluffing.

"They invaded twice before, and each time they were hundreds of thousands of troops, and they could not succeed. This time they only sent 80,000 troops. It is impossible to destroy Anshi."

But Yuan Taizuo had his worries.

"But this time, the man slaughtered Luo Cheng commanded the troops. Although this man was young, he was unpredictable to use troops and had to guard against him. Moreover, he had already ordered the Zhuhu in the north and Silla in the south to send troops, which was also a big threat."

"Father, Baekje has formed an alliance with us and can let Baekje deal with Silla and Miche deal with Khitan and Xi people."

"People's hearts are unpredictable. Don't forget that there is still Yang Wanchun in Pyongyang. The last time we sent troops to conquer, we not only did not destroy him, but also lost a lot of troops. Now that he has become a little more powerful there."

"Dad really wants to surrender?" Yuan Gaisuwen said in surprise.

Yuan Taizuo snorted, "So what if you surrender? Gao Yuan surrendered several times back then. Every time the Sui army came to fight, he surrendered. Now, we can also surrender. As long as the Sui army is willing to quit the war, let alone the previous surrender bill, I am willing to even ten surrender bills."

"But Luo Cheng not only wants us to surrender, but also wants us to return 200,000 Sui army prisoners and return 200,000 Sui army corpses, etc."

"The prisoners cannot be returned, but we can first regain the bones, then return the treacherous officials of the Sui Dynasty, Huo Sizheng, and then return some noble officers among the Sui army's prisoners. We can slowly delay them and return a little at a time."

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

"Gou knows, so Gu decided to lead you 50,000 troops to reinforce Anshi."

Yuan Taizuo sighed.

"You can lead 50,000 troops to reinforce, but don't rush to Anshi directly. You just need to lead troops to reinforce Zhushancheng Fortress on the east side of Anshi, and echo the distance with Anshi."

Yuan Taizuo knew that the Sui army was best at besieging the city and attacking aid.

"Okay, you go down first. I need to consider how to write this surrender letter to the Emperor of Sui!"
Chapter completed!