The spring breeze in February is not only like scissors, but also like a big warm hand, gently caressing the earth, erasing all the coldness, and giving the earth a warm spring.

Everything went as Li Ji said. The south wind blowing from the sea drove away the cold of winter. Under the warm sunshine and the caress of the spring breeze, the ice on the walls of Anshi City began to melt, and layer by layer

The ice fell off. At first, the city took advantage of the cold nights to pour water on the city wall to freeze it, but soon the freezing speed could not keep up with the melting speed of the ice during the day. In the end, it no longer even froze at night, making An

The city had to give up this futile move.

In the south of Anshi City, the city wall here happens to be facing the sun hanging in the southern sky. Coupled with the sea breeze blowing from the south, the ice on the southern city wall melts faster than the other three sides. Some places where the ice is thin have already

The gray-yellow city wall inside was exposed, and even the city gate was exposed.

On the plain facing the city gate, 60,000 Tang troops were lined up neatly, with swords unsheathed and bows strung. The cavalry horses snorted from time to time, ready to rush out at any time. Although tens of thousands of people stood on the battlefield, there was no noise.

People can only feel a chilling air coming towards their face, and even feel a sense of tension that makes them unable to breathe.

Today is the day when the Tang army attacks the city. In addition to the 60,000 people in the south who are the main attackers, there are tens of thousands of reserve troops in the rear. Although some Tang troops have been deployed at other city gates, they have no intention of attacking the city. After all, the ice there is

There was relatively little melted, and attacking the city would only cause unnecessary casualties, so most of the Tang army gathered at the south gate.

The unusual movements of the Tang army had already been discovered in Anshi City. Countless defenders gathered on the south wall. Even King Rongliu and the city lord Yang Wanchun stood at the top of the city and looked down. They saw a Juechen flying among the Tang army.

He ran to the city and shouted loudly: "His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty has an order: King Rongliu comes out of the city to see you!"

The Tang army marched under the pretext of rescuing King Rongliu, and had never attacked Anshi City on a large scale. In addition, Goguryeo was still a nominal tributary of the Tang Dynasty. Now the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty came in person, and so did King Rongliu.

A very natural thing.

After hearing this, King Rongliu on the top of the city was shocked. The expression on his old face changed for a while, and he shouted to the herald below: "My little king obeys your order. I will go out of the city to see you now. Please wait a moment, Heavenly Official!"

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"Your Majesty, no, although the Tang army is under the banner of helping our country to quell the civil strife, its intentions are known to everyone. Your Majesty, you must not put yourself in danger!" After hearing that King Rongliu agreed to go out of the city to see the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the city lord Yang Wanchun

Immediately became anxious

He hurriedly blocked the road. This city lord of Anshi, who single-handedly stopped the Tang Dynasty's tens of thousands of troops in history, is only in his forties this year. He is tall, thin and elegant. Although he is wearing official uniform, he looks...

But he is more like a scholar.

"Wan Chun, you are worrying too much. As the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he will definitely not bother to do anything detrimental to me. Otherwise, not only will the prestige be lost, but it will also arouse the common hatred among the people in the city. It can be said that the gains outweigh the losses. Given the Tang Dynasty,

The wise emperor would never do such a stupid thing!" King Rongliu said weakly.

In fact, from the bottom of his heart, he hoped that Emperor Tang would do something unfavorable to him. Since the Yuan clan's rebellion, all his family, wives, and loyal ministers were killed. Now, except for Anshi City, there is no one left.

A place to stay. As a king, it can be said that he failed in the extreme. Therefore, he had already had the will to die in his heart, but now that the Tang army was pressing the border, he did not want the destruction of Goguryeo to be in his own hands, so he has been supporting it until now, wanting to save his own life.

The country should do something more.

Looking at the king who is about the same age as himself, but in just a few months, his beard and hair have turned white. Yang Wanchun felt extremely uncomfortable. Now King Rongliu's face is full of wrinkles, and he looks like an old man in his sixties or seventies.

Generally speaking, he no longer looks like the promising king who was high-spirited and dedicated to eradicating the Yuan clan.

King Rongliu had made up his mind, and his minister Yang Wanchun no longer objected. The city gate had been blocked with earth and rocks, so Rongliu had to be sent down from the top of the city by rope. The Tang army also immediately sent horses and led Rongliu.

The king went to see Li Shimin.

Li Shimin wore that stunning golden helmet and armor, and rode a snow-white horse. He looked at King Rongliu who was slowly walking over with a majestic expression, and Li Min was also by his side.

"Gao Rongliu, the Lord of the Lower Kingdom, pays homage to His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!" When King Rongliu saw Li Shimin on his horse, he immediately dismounted, walked a few steps and knelt on the ground, saluting respectfully.

"King Rongliu, do you know your guilt?" Li Shimin snapped without warning.

King Rongliu's aging body trembled slightly, he raised his head and looked at Li Shimin, and still respectfully replied: "Your Majesty, do you know what crime you have committed?"

"Hmph, I saw that the Yuan clan in your country was rebellious, and I kindly led troops to help you quell the rebellion. But when you saw the Celestial Army, instead of opening the door to greet the king, you closed the city to defend yourself. What's the point of this?" Li Shimin snorted coldly.

With a sound, the stern expressions on their faces became more serious. The surrounding soldiers also cooperated very well, with murderous looks on their faces, and their hands grasped the handle of the waist knife. As long as Li Shimin gave the order, King Rongliu would be cut into pieces by random blades.

"Hahahaha~" After hearing Li Shimin's words, King Rongliu suddenly threw away his previous respect, stood up and looked up to the sky, laughing. He even ignored the swords and guns standing beside him.

After laughing, King Rongliu suddenly pointed at Li Shimin and said: "Your Majesty, Emperor Tang, you and I are the kings of a country, so stop saying these stupid words!"

Seeing King Rongliu being so rude, all the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were indignant. Many of them pulled out their sabers, and they kept choking.

Seeing King Rongliu's wild look, Li Shimin didn't look angry at all. He even admired King Rongliu a little in his heart. Only now did he really show his style as the king of a country, but this style also contained a hint of anger.

The desolation of a king at the end of his life.

Li Shimin waved his hand and told all the soldiers to retreat, and then said to King Rongliu with a smile: "You want to anger me!"

Although Li Shimin only said five words, King Rongliu felt like a frustrated ball after hearing this. His wild posture immediately shrank, and he said with a wry smile: "His Majesty the Tang Dynasty is indeed a great hero.

Even my last little trick was seen through by you."

After King Rongliu saw Li Shimin, he had already noticed from Li Shimin's words and deeds that the other party had already wanted to destroy Goguryeo, and now that he was alone, he already had the will to die in his heart, so he deliberately made the gesture just now.

want to irritate

Li Shimin killed himself. As long as he died, he would definitely arouse the resistance of Goguryeo's subjects. Even if the Tang army was at its peak, it would not be easy to completely annex Goguryeo. Unfortunately, the other party would see through it at a glance.

"Hmph, do you think that if you die, you, Goguryeo, will have a chance?" Li Shimin's face suddenly brightened, and he said sternly again, "With the strength of our army in the Tang Dynasty, any resistance from you will be nothing in front of me.

It’s just a joke, today I will let you see with your own eyes how the Tang Dynasty crushed Anshi City in front of you into powder!"

When Li Shimin said this, he turned to look at Li Ji, who immediately followed the order and left.

On top of Anshi City, Yang Wanchun looked anxiously at the Tang Army in the distance. Ever since King Rongliu entered, he has not come out until now, and the Tang Army has not made any movement. This made him, who always considered himself wise, also

Somewhat confusing.

"City Lord, is the other party going to use that tunnel?" At this moment, a general next to Yang Wanchun asked.

In addition to frontal assault, digging tunnels is also a common method in siege warfare. Generally, for prevention, a hole must be dug in the defensive city and a large vat will be half-buried in the ground. If there is any movement underground, you can dig a hole from the vat.

Here, I heard that the defenders in Tian'an City used this method to hear that the Tang army was digging tunnels, but the strange thing is that they haven't heard anything in the past few days.

"Well, this is very possible. Order the people below to prepare. If the Tang army attacks from underground, immediately dig out the previously prepared canals and release water to flood the tunnels." Yang Wanchun also felt that this was the only possibility, so he ordered, "For the tunnels

, he had already prepared a countermeasure. As long as Tang Jun dared to use it, he would immediately make it impossible for the opponent to come back.

But just when Yang Wanchun's order was given, and the general was about to leave after receiving the order, they suddenly heard a roar like thunder under their feet. Before they could figure out what was going on, they felt their feet go soft.

, and then an extremely strong force came from under my feet, and I felt like my whole body was flying unsteadily into the sky, and then I didn't know anything anymore.

But King Rongliu, who was far away in the Tang Army camp, saw with horror that layers of loess suddenly rose up under the south gate of Anshi City, and then the ground looked like a trapped giant beast from the wild, beginning to

After violent struggles and shaking, and finally with a loud noise that shook the world, the entire south gate of Anshi City flew into the sky, and the city walls on both sides of the city gate also collapsed one after another, forming a gap of more than half a mile long. As for the city wall

The soldiers on board had already disappeared.

"Siege the city! I will spend the night in the city today!" It was also the first time that Li Shimin saw the power of gunpowder in actual combat. He was shocked in his heart, but on the surface he was very calm. He pointed at the gap and gave a calm order.

The herald next to him immediately loudly passed down Li Shimin's order. The generals at all levels who had already prepared for it received the order and immediately shouted a few times and led their troops to kill the gap, trying to take advantage of the city's defenders.

The gap was occupied before the army could react.

"This...this is..." King Rongliu pointed to the gap in the distance where dust was still floating, with a look of shock on his face and speechless. He had long known that the Tang Army had a new type of weapon, which was said to have the power of thunder.

, can explode the city wall. The reason why Anshi City froze the city wall is to prevent this kind of weapon. Therefore, when he saw the scene in front of him, he immediately thought that the other party used that kind of weapon, but he did not expect that this kind of weapon

The power was so astonishing that it blasted through a city wall nearly a mile long.
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