Li Shimin also attached great importance to Yang Wanchun. For this reason, not only did he delay the attack, but he also came to see Yang Wanchun in person to persuade him to surrender. This specification is also very high. Moreover, Yang Wanchun is not a treacherous villain like Gao Huizhen. If he is willing to surrender, he will probably be highly valued by the Tang Dynasty in the future, and his future may not be worse than now.

However, when Yang Wanchun heard Li Shimin's words, he smiled indifferently, and then replied loudly: "Thank you for your love, but Yang was born as a Goguryeo and died as a Goguryeo ghost. He could only let His Majesty down!

When Li Shimin heard that Yang Wanchun refused to surrender, he couldn't help but frown, and then said again: "Don't you just consider your wife and children?"

When Yang Wanchun heard Li Shimin mention his family, the indifference on his face was finally broken. But after a moment, he sighed and said with some pain in his voice: "As my Yang family, they were supported by the state before, but now the country is in trouble, so they naturally have to bear the corresponding responsibilities!"

"You..." Li Shimin was speechless for a moment when he heard that Yang Wanchun had even ignored his family's life and death, but then he was a little regretful. It was a pity that such a loyal minister could not be used by him. Finally, he sighed and said, "Forget it, you are loyal to the country, and I really admire you. I will not hurt your family!"

"Thank you!" Yang Wanchun couldn't help but show an excited expression when he heard Li Shimin promised not to hurt his family. After all, people are not plants and trees. If he wasn't really helpless, he hoped to protect his family from harm.

"I will have someone to arrange your family, but don't you want to reunite with your family and share the joy of family with your family?" Li Shimin saw that Yang Wanchun was a little shaken by his family, and he couldn't help but ask for help again. This is very rare. After all, as the emperor, it's enough to say such things once. If the other party is unwilling, it means that the other party has not seized the opportunity, and he doesn't need to give the other party a second chance.

"Your Majesty is very grateful to Yang's family, but..." Yang Wanchun said again at this time, but when he said this, he suddenly paused, then turned his head to look at the Goguryeo soldiers who followed him around him. There were tens of thousands of soldiers around him, but yesterday in order to resist the attack of the Tang army, almost everyone was injured, and there was no food or water on the city wall. The soldiers who did not eat for a day and a night were extremely tired. There were even many seriously injured people lying on the ground and groaning in pain.

Looking at the soldiers under his command, Yang Wanchun also had a complicated expression on his face, and then suddenly turned his head to look at Li Shimin and shouted: "Your Majesty the Emperor, Anshicheng will be the territory of your Tang Dynasty before and after, and my soldiers will be your Tang Dynasty people in the future. I hope you can treat them well!"

As soon as Yang Wanchun said something, Li Shimin immediately felt something was wrong. He was about to say something, but before he could say anything, Yang Wanchun suddenly pulled out the sword on his waist, put it on his neck and thrust it hard, and a burst of blood spurted out. Yang Wanchun also fell behind the low wall.

"City Lord!" Seeing that Yang Wanchun actually committed suicide, the remaining Goguryeo soldiers couldn't help but scream, and some even rushed forward to hug Yang Wanchun and covered his wounds, but Yang Wanchun had ambitions to die. The sword had cut the major artery, and blood was constantly ejaculated, and he was soon extinguished. This also caused the crying sounds in the Goguryeo army to form.

Li Shimin opened his mouth and watched Yang Wanchun commit suicide in front of him. After a moment, he realized that he could not help but shook his head helplessly. He did not expect that Yang Wanchun's personality was so strong that he would rather commit suicide than surrender. However, this also made him admire the other party even more. He even envied the dead King Rongliu, who had such a loyal minister.

Li Xiu has always been standing beside Li Shimin. When he saw Yang Wanchun commit suicide, he couldn't help but show a shocked expression. Although there were many loyal ministers in history, it was difficult for ordinary people to encounter such a killing thing in the long river of history. However, he did not expect that he had witnessed the passing of a loyal minister in Goguryeo. Even as an enemy, Li Xiu couldn't help but feel a little admiration.

Yang Wanchun committed suicide and died. The remaining ten thousand Goguryeo soldiers under his command were unwilling to resist. In fact, they were unable to resist at all. After a day and night of fighting and never even drank saliva, their physical strength was at the verge of collapse. When Yang Wanchun was there, they could still persevere with their will, but now when Yang Wanchun died, many people collapsed to the ground and did not even have the strength to pick up weapons.

At that moment, Li Shimin sent someone to surrender, and the remaining Goguryeo generals quickly agreed. After all, they were unable to resist anymore. Then Li Shimin asked someone to restrain Yang Wanchun's body and sent him to the City Lord's Mansion. Then Yang Chong also led the people from the City Lord's Mansion to surrender. At this time, Anshi City was completely in the hands of the Tang Dynasty.

Until this time, Li Xiu finally felt a big rock in his heart falling to the ground. This strong city that had made it difficult for the Tang army to advance in history finally fell into the hands of the Tang army. However, when attacking Anshi City, gunpowder played a key role. If it weren't for the use of gunpowder to blow up the city wall, I'm afraid the result would be unknown?

However, even with gunpowder, the Tang army paid a considerable price. The soldiers killed in battle reached nearly 4,000. In comparison, less than 2,000 troops who had wiped out Gao Yanshou had died in battle. The troops in Anshicheng were only one-third of Gao Yanshou, but the Tang army paid twice the price, and the materials consumed were several times more than before. However, the Anshicheng was finally defeated.

Li Shimin did not make any mistakes, did not make things difficult for Yang Wanchun's family, and even the Goguryeo soldiers surrendered in Anshicheng did not make too difficult. They just asked them to serve for three years of labor for the Tang Dynasty. Compared with the prisoners of war sent to the coal mine before, their treatment was quite good.

After capturing Anshi City, the Tang army was a little tired, so Li Shimin ordered the entire army to rest and wait for the supplies behind. Because the materials were consumed too much before and the front line was stretched a little long, the transportation of supplies could not keep up. Li Xiu had no choice but to wait patiently.

Seven days later, the materials transported arrived outside Anshi City. Li Xiu and Cen Wenben also went out to the camp to receive them personally. The materials transported this time were mainly gunpowder, tinea oil, weapons, etc. There was no shortage of food and other things. These materials were of a variety of different types and a large number. It took some time to count them alone. Li Xiu didn't have the patience to check them personally. After a rough look at the number, he asked Cen Wenben to be responsible for the next thing. He himself was preparing to report to Li Shimin. After all, Li Shimin had urged logistics several times in the past few days.

However, just when Li Xiu returned to the camp, he suddenly saw a familiar figure on a hill in the distance, which made him stunned. Then he immediately went forward to say hello to the other party and said, "General Qin, why are you here?"

Qin Qiong was standing on the hills. Before Li Xiu came, he had been facing the north and seemed to be looking into the distance, but he didn't know what he was looking at. It was not until Li Xiu arrived that he turned around and then smiled reluctantly and said, "Nothing, why are you here, Prince Concubine?"

Although Anshi City has been captured, because Anshi City is too small and cannot accommodate all the Tang army at all, Li Shimin only sent some people to the city to maintain order, and the army is still stationed outside.

"The supplies that Your Majesty had been waiting for for a long time finally arrived. I was worried, so I went out to the camp to receive them myself. Now I have sent them to the supplies camp. Now I am preparing to see Your Majesty." Li Xiu smiled at this time, but he also found that Qin Qiong's face seemed to have a sad look, so he couldn't help but ask again, "General Qin, why are you standing here alone? Do you have any worries?"

Hearing Li Xiu's questioning again, Qin Qiong couldn't help but smile helplessly, and then pointed to the distant north and said, "Please look at the north of Anshi City. There was a new city in the north of Anshi City. It was also defeated by Li Ji before. The new city is located on the east bank of Liaodong and walked north along the Liaoshui River. There was the main battlefield when the Sui army first conquered Goguryeo. At that time, Yuwen Shu had 300,000 troops, and almost all of them died in the east bank of Liaoshui, including my brother Ma and my old brothers. Later, the Goguryeo people piled up the bodies of the Sui army that died in battle into Jingguan. This is also the greatest shame for Qin in his life!"

When Qin Qiong said this, he couldn't help but look sad and angry on his face. It was also the biggest defeat he had ever experienced in his life. Although others were slight and the responsibility for defeat had nothing to do with him, whenever he thought of the corpses of those brothers piled on the east bank of the Liaoshui River, he couldn't sleep at night, and even wished he could fly to Liaodong to clean up the corpses for his brothers.

When Li Xiu heard Qin Qiong mention Jingguan, where the corpses of the Sui army were piled up, he couldn't help but show a solemn expression, because this was also the reason why Ma Ye was clamoring to come to Liaodong. However, his body was really worrying, so Li Xiu came on his behalf. In fact, before Li Xiu came, he had inquired about Jingguan, but when they came, they marched day and night, and they had no time to clean up the corpses of the Sui army, so this matter could only be done after the war was over.

"Those corpses must be restrained and sent back to the Central Plains for burial, but now is not the time. After we capture Pyongyang City, Uncle Ma will come and we will gather the corpses of the soldiers together!" Li Xiu took a long breath at this time, and then spoke slowly.

Qin Qiong is also a veteran on the battlefield, so he can naturally distinguish the importance of the matter. Therefore, he quickly adjusted his emotions and asked again: "Since the supplies have arrived, will His Majesty be about to send troops to raid Pyongyang City?"
Chapter completed!