Li Ke is a smart person. It is not difficult to conclude that Li Ke will not risk cheating the king for the sake of the Wei family. The reason why Li Ke agreed to Wei Ru to do this was not only for the favor of the Huo Prince's Mansion, but also because Li Ke was fully confident and had a sense of responsibility in his heart.

If Li Shimin wins, what Wei Zheng said is wrong. Even if Li Ke passes Wei Zheng’s memorial to Li Shimin, Li Shimin is just a joke about Wei Zheng’s opinion, he doesn’t know how to fight and will not be furious.

If Li Shimin failed to win, Wei Zheng's memorial would not only make Li Shimin angry and vent his anger on the Wei family, but also hurt Li Shimin's prestige. For the sake of his father's reputation, Li Ke sent this memorial. Even if Li Shimin knew about this in the future, he would not vent his anger on Li Ke.

Li Ke, both of whom were good people, were showing kindness to Prince Huo’s mansion, and he would not make Li Shimin angry. Why should he refuse such a thing?

In fact, Li Shimin may not be able to win a great victory after the Liaodong War. Li Ke was mentally prepared for Li Ke to deduct Wei Zheng's memorial.

It is not easy for Li Shimin to seize Liaodong. Although Liaodong City, one of the strong cities in Liaodong, has already obtained it, Anshi City has not yet been reduced. The city defense of Anshi City is not as dangerous as Liaodong. Moreover, Anshi City also has heavy troops. Liang Wanchun, the commander of Anshi City, is even good at defending. It is not easy to defeat Anshi City forcibly.

However, although Anshi is dangerous and Liang Wanchun is good at guarding, it is nothing compared to the elite imperial soldiers of the Tang Dynasty and the generals who have experienced many battles. What really dragged the Tang army into the palace was the severe cold climate in Liaodong.

Li Shimin arrived in Liaodong in mid-May, and the rear army was haunted and the way back was cut off. Li Shimin was quite cautious in marching. He first broke the Liaodong city, then obtained Baiyan City, and then took Gaimu City, swept the northern line one by one, and stabilized the Anshi City that he arrived in the rear. When Li Shimin led 60,000 troops to the city of Anshi City, it was already August.

The climate in Liaodong is much worse than that in Guanzhong. It was only August's autumn, and the coldness in Liaodong was already quite heavy. Tang soldiers who were not adapted to the climate in Liaodong had already changed into thick clothes.

Li Shimin made up his mind to take Liaodong and then destroy Goguryeo, and was ready to fight until winter. In just over two months, Goguryeo had only one Anshi Yaocheng left in the entire Liaodong. Faced with the danger of national destruction, he was also desperate to fight the Tang army to the end.

Yuan Gaisuwen gathered heavy troops and ordered Gao Yanshou, the governor of the northern part of Goguryeo and Gao Huizhen, the governor of the southern part of Goguryeo, to lead 150,000 reinforcements from the central government and the steed to the city of Anshi to assist the guards.

In the battle outside Liaodong City, the Tang army defeated the Goguryeo Army with fewer defeated the Goguryeo Army. Only then did they truly realize that the tiger of the Tang Dynasty was not comparable to the sick lion of the former Sui Dynasty.

But no matter when, there are always people who are brave. No matter how fierce the Tang army attacks the ground, as long as it does not step on his own head, he will not feel afraid. Gao Yanshou, who led the army this time, is such a person.

Gao Yanshou led 150,000 troops to cross the Yalu River north to block the Tang army, and most of the 150,000 troops he led were elite soldiers in the country. He was brave and good at fighting. Faced with the Tang army, which was less than half of his command and had been fighting for several months, he naturally became more confident. It was this confidence that gave Gao Yanshou the confidence to fight head-on with the Tang army and laid the foreshadowing the defeat of the Goguryeo army.

In the battle outside Anshi City, Li Shimin followed the mountain to form a formation and personally led 4,000 troops to climb the North Mountain. Then he ordered Li Ji to lead 15,000 infantry and cavalry to set up a formation on Xiling. Changsun Wuji led 11,000 elite imperial guards to cross the canyon from the north of the mountain, attacked the Goguryeo army formation, and cut off his way back, striving to defeat Gao Yanshou in one battle, completely defeating the main force of Goguryeo, and completely defeating Anshi, making Anshi an lonely city in Liaodong.

In this battle, the Tang army first led a thousand troops to fight, pretended to be defeated, and retreated to the north. Seeing that the people of Goguryeo won the victory, everyone in the Tang army fought for merit, and led their troops to pursue them, trying to take the lead. Unexpectedly, they fell into the trap set by Li Shimin and were attacked by Li Ji and Changsun Wuji's army. Xue Rengui and Xi Jun bought points to lead the elite troops down the mountain to rush. In just half a day, the Goguryeo army was defeated.

In this battle, the Tang army beheaded more than 20,000 people, and countless people in Goguryeo died and injured. Gao Yanshou and Gao Huizhen led the remaining troops to surrender, and paid another 50,000 horses, 50,000 cattle, and more than 10,000 iron armor. The whole country was shocked and the whole country was terrified.

After this war, there were no reinforcements outside Anshi City, and even the entire Goguryeo was seriously injured. To the south of the Yalu River, except for the capital defenders, it was difficult for Goguryeo to organize any decent army in the whole country.

As long as the Anshi City was quickly destroyed, the Tang army could resist Liaodong, and then they led their troops south to the Yalu River and forced Pyongyang. As long as Pyongyang was broken, Goguryeo would be destroyed, and Li Shimin would be able to win in person in battle. But at this moment, Li Shimin's body suddenly appeared.

Although Li Shimin was born in the army and was the emperor, he was strong when he was young, but since he ascended the throne and became emperor, he has been busy with court affairs for many days and nights, and his body is no longer as good as before. After several months of running around, he developed a carbuncle on his back in Liaodong due to the lack of adaptation to the local environment.

The Tang army camp and the central army tent have been arguing for a long time about staying and leaving for this battle.

"It's just Liaodong, and the border is full of hands, but your Majesty's dragon body is related to the national destiny and must not be misleading. Your Majesty's dragon body is ill. I would like to go ahead and fight again next year." Chu Suiliang said first.

Chu Suiliang was a civil official, and in fact his words also represented the views of most civil officials who went on the war with the army. Compared with Li Shimin's safety, they did not care about the outcome of the battle of Liaodong.

But when Li Shimin heard this, he shook his head and said, "No, my more than 100,000 troops have been experiencing this day, and the food and grass have been lost to hundreds of thousands of stones, and thousands of soldiers have been killed and injured. How can I give up because of me alone?"

Li Shimin knew that if he failed to win this time and was due to his own body, it would be impossible for Li Shimin to go to the army in person in the future, and all officials would never agree.

Compared with the conservative officials of civil officials, military officials were more radical. Their ideas were somewhat similar to Li Shimin. They also cared about Li Shimin's dragon body, but they did not expect that the battle of Liaodong would fail. They saw Li Shimin rejecting what Chu Suiliang said, and they also had their own thoughts.

Li Ji immediately said, "Although Mr. Chu said not all, there is no lack of truth. Your Majesty's dragon body is valuable and related to the fate of the Tang Dynasty. You must not be in danger because of a mere Goguryeo. The general thought that Your Majesty could return to his army first, and choose a general here to lead the army."

What Li Ji said was a compromise method, which not only guaranteed Li Shimin's life, but also did not give up this Eastern Expedition and retained the hope of destroying Goguryeo.

But Li Shimin didn't want to come here thousands of miles away, so how could he see others make contributions? I'm going to settle the city and destroy the city Pyongyang. Seeing that the achievements are coming, how could Li Shimin give up? And what's the difference between Li Shimin returning to Beijing and the team's troops at this time?

Li Shimin insisted: "I know best about my body. As long as I am well-behaved and well-being, I will start to attack the city from tomorrow. It is necessary to break the city within ten days, otherwise it will be difficult to march in Liaodong in winter."
Chapter completed!