Chapter 488 Fuyu City
After confirming that Li Chengqian personally fought, Li Shiji and Su Ding took the supplies they needed to go on the road first.
Su Dingfang took a boat from Tianjin to Xiongjin City, the original Baekje country. When he launched the general attack, he would lead his army to attack Pyongyang from the south.
Historically, the Tang Dynasty Navy took Shandong Wendeng as the basis for attacking from the sea by Xue Wanche.
Now Xue Wanche has been killed, and Li Chengqian has developed Tianjin, so he ordered Ren Yaxiang and Hao Chujun to lead his army to attack from Tianjin.
Li Shiji went to Anshicheng first, where he blocked the possible rescuers sent by Pyongyang.
Li Chengqian personally led five armies to Jinshan City, and Xue Rengui led the Eight Tang Army to confront Fuyu City, which Yuan Gai Suwen personally stationed.
Before Li Chengqian left Yandu City, he heard that the Li Xiang brothers had left Chang'an, which made him feel much more relieved, but Li Chengqian himself was not sure about quitting Li Jue's drugs.
First, there is no medicine from later generations, and second, Li Jue is too young and has developed a root cause in Chang'an in recent years. If he forced to quit drugs, he would probably kill him.
When Li Chengqian thought of the well-behaved child, he felt heartbroken. He did not dare to tell the Crown Princess Su about this.
Thinking of this, Li Chengqian sighed and shook his head and said to himself: Let these things go first, the main purpose is to establish supreme military power on the battlefield in Liaodong, and then return to Chang'an City to settle the accounts!
With the military power to destroy Goguryeo, he would be able to return to Chang'an without any taboos.
Li Shimin still has great prestige in the army now. Although Li Shimin has been cultivating immortals and seeking Taoism in recent years, there has been no mistakes in national affairs with the efforts of Li Chengqian and Ma Zhou. In the eyes of outsiders, Li Shimin is still a wise ruler.
How could he get on top if he wants to get on top?
Many people think that as long as they learn the Xuanwu Sect change, they can ascend the throne.
But don’t forget that in addition to being a prince himself, Li Shimin was also a founding general with outstanding achievements and was one of the main founders of the Tang Dynasty.
Not only did the Qin Palace have a large number of civil and military officials and generals support it, but no one of the other ministers was willing to follow Li Yuan after Li Jiancheng's death.
But Li Chengqian, he was the crown prince, everything was given by Li Shimin, and the rebellion he made Li Shimin was unpopular.
Then Li Shimin is not Li Yuan. Even if Li Chengqian controls Li Shimin, some ministers will have fantasies about Li Shimin.
By helping Li Shimin restore his position, he achieved his goal of being the most powerful minister.
Therefore, Li Chengqian had to personally destroy Goguryeo's great achievements. Only by using such great achievements to shock the world can he be intimidated. If he did anything in Chang'an, even if he had a minister with other thoughts, he would not dare to act lightly.
Li Chengqian went on an expedition this time, and only the civil servants brought Shangguan Yi, and only Liang Jianfang and Cheng Wuting were the military generals. On the way, Cheng Wuting was responsible for Li Chengqian's safety, while Liang Jianfang was responsible for the daily military affairs of the army.
In this way, Li Chengqian came to Jinshan City safely all the way.
In history, the Tang Dynasty only attacked here more than ten years later. At that time, Yuan Gaisuwen was already dead. The son of Yuan Gaisuwen who guarded Fuyu City was Yuan Gaisuwen, but now Yuan Gaisuwen himself.
When Xue Rengui heard that Li Chengqian had arrived, he hurriedly set up a formation to go out of the city to greet him.
He already knew that something had happened in Chang'an City and understood that Li Chengqian had to come out this time. In order to establish his authority for Li Chengqian, the scene was very grand.
Li Chengqian had already set up a full set of crown prince ceremonies, followed by the glorious crown prince ceremonies with tens of thousands of troops.
Faced with the overwhelming momentum, the general behind Xue Rengui did not even dare to raise his head.
Xue Rengui saw Li Chengqian wearing golden armor and slowly walked over on a tall war horse, and hurriedly led his generals to dismount and salute.
"I will meet with the Crown Prince!"
Although the generals still performed a heavy gift of kneeling on one knee, no one remembered anything: it was inconvenient to the full gift of armor.
"The generals are flat!"
Li Chengqian said lightly on the horse.
"Thank you, Prince!" Xue Rengui led the generals to agree.
Seeing this scene behind, I immediately felt that Li Chengqian was even more sacred and taller, and the awe of Li Chengqian in my heart deepened a little.
Li Chengqian led the Tang army camp all the way to Jinshan City under Xue Rengui and went directly into the central army's tent.
Li Chengqian sat down in the big tent, and Cheng Wuting led dozens of Qianniu, who were used to helmets, and stood on both sides of the throne with his hands on the hilt.
Liang Jianfang, Xue Rengui and others led their generals to salute Li Chengqian again before they were placed on both sides.
Li Chengqian looked at the soldiers in front of him with a serious expression. Until the generals lowered their eyelids under his majestic gaze, he said in a very majestic tone: "Last year, you fought very well, and made great contributions for the Tang Dynasty's destruction of Goguryeo this year. The Lonely King will not forget your contributions.
This time, the Lone King came here in person just to destroy Goguryeo in one go. I hope you will go back and train the soldiers strictly to prepare to fight to break Fuyu City soon."
"Abide by the order!" The generals were excited when they heard this.
"Okay! Everyone, let's retreat first. The Lone King brought good wine and meat from Yandu and a new play composed by the East Palace. Today and tomorrow, the whole city will take turns to watch the show."
"Thank you, Your Highness, and the last general will surrender."
After all the ordinary soldiers retreated, Li Chengqian looked at Xue Rengui. After years of training, Xue Rengui was already a famous general in the Tang Dynasty.
And everyone knows that Xue Rengui is Li Chengqian’s best friend, and as long as Li Chengqian fails to defeat him, he will have a bright future.
"Rengui, the Lone King brought 50,000 elite soldiers and countless gunpowder supplies. Can you break through Fuyu City in one battle?"
Xue Rengui looked at Li Chengqian with a hesitation and said, "After several years of fighting with the Tang Dynasty, Goguryeo has figured out some ways to deal with gunpowder."
"What's their way?"
Li Chengqian asked immediately.
Seeing that Li Chengqian did not rush to give orders, Xue Rengui was relieved and hurriedly reported to Li Chengqian:
"Fuyu City is a city in Goguryeo on the northernmost bank of the Yalu River, and it is also the only city on the west bank of the Yalu River that controls Goryeo.
Yuyon Gassuwen personally took charge of this city. After they discovered that our army's gunpowder was powerful, three thick earth walls were piled up outside the Fuyu city wall. In this way, our gunpowder could not break their city wall.
The houses in the city have also been demolished, and people live in dug holes. Even if we send hot air balloons to bomb from the sky, it is not very useful.
There are now 100,000 soldiers and horses in Fuyu City, and there are only 8,000 soldiers and horses here. With the five soldiers and horses brought by His Highness the Crown Prince, it is difficult to win in one battle if the gunpowder advantage cannot be exerted."
"Your Highness the Crown Prince, you can only transfer several other armies to encircle Fuyu City." Wang Fangjian made his own suggestions.
Li Chengqian thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "There can't be mobilized other troops to join the siege. Li Shiji and the others are guarding Anshi to prevent Pyongyang from rushing for assistance."
There is another point that Li Chengqian did not say. If several armies siege and fight against Goguryeo, the damage in the battle would be serious. Although the result was a victory, it would be unfavorable for him to move the army back to the court.
Li Chengqian looked at Xue Rengui again and said, "You go and explore again and draw a detailed picture of the terrain around Fuyu City."
"Abide by the order!"
The generals looked up and saw that Li Chengqian had nothing to say, so they returned to their tent and returned to their tent.
"Your Highness, what should I do now?"
As soon as the generals withdrew, Cheng Wuting couldn't wait to ask.
Five years have passed, and Cheng Wuting is already a tall and strong young leader. A few years ago, Li Chengqian was in Yandu, and he and Wang Fangyi took turns to the Liaodong battlefield to make contributions.
Although he is still with Li Chengqian, his position is already a fourth-rank chief general.
Li Chengqian took a deep breath and said, "If you think there is no way to do something, then go and study it, go and ask more questions, and understand the matter clearly, and then find a solution."
Cheng Wuting thought for a long time before he said in a daze: "What the Crown Prince means is 'Know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles.'?"
Li Chengqian nodded and said, "Yes, not, "Know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles." It is necessary to add a word that "know astronomy and a good place to go."
Now that the Goguryeo army in Fuyu City cannot defeat the Tang Dynasty, they will use earth to encircle the city. If we use the lives of the army to fill it up, it will be too stupid to force them to pile up the earth wall. We must not do this unless we have to."
Cheng Wuting understood Li Chengqian's intentions after hearing this and said, "Then we will also go outside Fuyu City to take a look at it at the end of tomorrow."
Li Chengqian nodded and said, "The Lone King is going with you."
After saying that, Cheng Wuting spoke and got up and turned to the back account.
Cheng Wuting stood in the big tent and his face shrank into a bitter gourd.
Chapter completed!