Chapter 181: Not only did the enemy not surrender, but they also dared to fight back against me! (Seeking monthly tickets)

On May 24th, Li Shimin led his army to the city of Baiyan.

After the ultimatum and unsuccessful attempts to persuade the enemy to surrender, Li Shimin ordered an attack on the city that same day.

Since all the trees around Baiyan City had been cut down by the Goguryeo people long ago, it was difficult to find materials for making siege equipment.

The remaining catapult from the previous attack on Gaimu City was also dismantled and is being packaged for transportation.

The transportation will take some time, but the siege will not wait.

Goguryeo is not a fool, it will eventually send people to support.

That evening, the Right Guard General Li Simo...also known as Ashina Simo, was carried back with an arrow stuck in his shoulder.

Old Li personally applied medicine to him and sucked away the blood clots.

Li Xiang saw that Li Simo's eyes were as red as a rabbit at that time, and he wished he could be loyal to Li Shimin right there and then.

The war was becoming increasingly stalemate, and despite several attacks, the Tang army was unable to capture the top of Baiyan City.

At this time, Goguryeo's Ugut City heard that Baiyan City was under siege, and sent more than 10,000 troops to rescue Baiyan City.

After the vanguard commander Qibi Heli learned the news, he personally led 800 cavalrymen to fight.

The eagle on the grassland will not be afraid of a pack of wolves. Qibi Heli took the lead and charged towards the enemy that was several times larger than himself.

When the two armies met, it was obvious that the Goguryeo people were no match for Qibi Heli and were scattered.

But Qibi Heli had only 800 men after all. Facing more than 10,000 people, he was still outnumbered and was surrounded by the Goguryeo reinforcements.

Qibi Heli was not paying attention for a moment and was stabbed in the waist by the enemy.

When Xue Wanche's younger brother Xue Wanbei saw that Qibi Heli was surrounded, he went to rescue him alone and saved Qibi Heli's troops from the midst of thousands of troops.

Back then, when Xue Wanbei's two elder brothers, Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche, were conquering Tuyuhun, they were surrounded by the Tuyuhun army. It was Qibi Heli who led his troops to rescue them and helped them escape.

Later, Li Shimin sent people to reward Xue Wanjun. Xue Wanjun was ashamed that his achievements were ranked below those of Qibi Heli, so he slandered Qibi Heli and boasted about his own achievements.

When Qibi Heli found out, he was very angry and drew his sword, wanting to kill Xue Wanjun. The generals rescued Xue Wanjun and stopped Qibi Heli.

After hearing about this, Li Shimin blamed Qibi Heli. Qibi Heli explained the details of the situation. Li Shimin became furious and wanted to remove Xue Wanjun from his official position and give it to Qibi Heli.

Qibi Heli refused, saying, "Your Majesty dismissed Xue Wanjun because of me. Those Hu officials do not know the details and think that Your Majesty values ​​the Hu people and despises the Han people. This will inevitably lead to more conflicts. Moreover, the Hu people will think that all generals are like Xue Wanjun, and they will despise the Han people."

Old Li agreed with his opinion, so he did not punish Xue Wanjun.

It must be said that Xue Wanjun is indeed a bit of a piece of shit, treating his savior like this.

Fortunately, Xue Wanbei still remembered Qibi Heli's kindness and rescued him this time.

It was not until he brought the man out that Xue Wanbei discovered that blood was still flowing from Qibi Heli's waist.

"Are you hurt?" he asked with concern.

"It's okay." Qibi Heli said, tearing off a piece of the robe behind him and tying it around his waist.

The more he thought about it, the angrier he got, and the angrier he got, the more he thought about it.

Damn it, I am the Khan of the Tiele and Qibi tribe, a man like an eagle, and now I am surrounded by you Goguryeo bastards like an iron barrel?

If this is intolerable, what is not intolerable?
He straightened his clothes and armor and looked back at his subordinates behind him.

"Not only did the Goguryeo bastards refuse to surrender, they even dared to fight back against me! Brothers, are you willing to fight with me again to avenge our previous humiliation?"

"war!"

The soldiers had no intention of objecting and raised their weapons, vowing to avenge the shame of being surrounded.

Qibi Heli said nothing more. He tightened the bandage around his waist, turned his horse around, and rushed towards the reinforcements from Wugut City again.

The Goguryeo people never expected that Qibi Heli would actually come back. Seeing the Tang army rushing towards them again, they were immediately scared out of their wits.

"Long live the Tang Dynasty!" Qibi Heli roared and swung his spear to knock a soldier who was blocking his way away.

"Long live the Tang Dynasty!" The Tang cavalry followed behind and let out a roar that shook the earth.

The unprepared Goguryeo people no longer had the same fighting spirit as before. They didn't understand why this Tang army general who was obviously seriously injured just now ran back so energetically and even could throw someone away?

Is he made of fucking iron?!
There was no time to think about all this mess. The desire to survive overwhelmed the orders of their superiors. I don't know who took the lead, but with a shout, everyone scattered like birds and beasts.

Qibi Heli was still furious and chased the enemy for dozens of miles until dark, when he reluctantly returned to the Tang army camp.

After returning, after statistics, it was found that Qibi Heli's 800 cavalrymen lost less than 100 people, but captured more than 1,000 enemies.

The number of heads taken is generally far lower than the number of kills.

This also shows that Qibi Heli's troops were full of martial virtue.

Old Li commended Qibi Heli's troops and promoted Xue Wanbei, who rescued Qibi Heli, to a higher rank.

In addition to commending him, Li Shimin also did not forget to comfort Qibi Heli and told him not to be so impulsive in the future.

He didn't hear clearly what Qibi Heli said, but Li Xiang did.

"Aren't I still learning from you?"

Li Xiang thought to himself, do you think you are like my grandpa, with the double halo of the protagonist and the child of destiny?

On the first day of June, the catapults completed their delivery and blasted a gap in the southeast corner of Baiyan City.

The city lord Sun Daiyin had no choice but to send his confidant to surrender to Li Shimin.

Holding Sun Daiyin's letter, Old Li asked in a cold voice, "Sun Daiyin asked for surrender at first, but he went back on his word. Now that the city is about to be captured, why is he willing to surrender again?"

"It was all a misunderstanding before. The city lord was willing to surrender, but the people in the city who were unwilling to surrender forced him to surrender." The envoy replied respectfully: "Now the Tang Dynasty is invincible, and the city lord Sun does not want the people in the city to suffer, so he wants to surrender to His Majesty the Khan."

"Yes." Li Shimin nodded and said, "Since Sun Daiyin has this intention, I will accept it reluctantly."

"But..." The messenger said hesitantly, "There are still people in the city who are unwilling to surrender. City Lord Sun asked me to ask His Majesty the Khan on his behalf what to do?"

After thinking about it, Li Shimin asked someone to hand over some of the Tang army flags to the envoy.

"If you wish to surrender, place these flags on the city walls as a sign."

Just as the envoy was expressing his gratitude, Li Shiji came over with dozens of fully armed soldiers behind him and asked for a fight.

"Your Majesty promised to reward the soldiers with the captives and property in the city, so the soldiers fought bravely. Now the catapult has blasted open a corner of the city wall, and the city is within reach, but Your Majesty accepted the surrender. I am afraid that this move will chill the hearts of the soldiers. Please think twice!"

The envoy sent by Sun Daiyin felt his heart sink to his tailbone when he heard this. The emperor's words were binding, and even he knew that the emperor had made a promise, so how could he not fulfill it?
Just when he was in despair, he didn't expect Li Shimin to speak.

"You are right, but I cannot bear to see the people in the city being killed and looted, so I accepted Goguryeo's surrender."

"But since I have made my promise, it is not easy to break it. In this case, I will allocate the corresponding money from the national treasury to reward the soldiers as compensation. What do you think?"

Since Li Shimin said so, Li Shiji didn't say anything more and bowed to show that he had no objection.

The envoy from Baiyan City fell to his knees and kowtowed to Li Shimin repeatedly.

He thought that the destruction of Baiyan City was a foregone conclusion, but he never expected that the benevolent Emperor Tian Khan would be willing to sacrifice his own treasury to save the lives of these foreign people.

"On behalf of the fifty thousand people of Baiyan City, I would like to thank His Majesty the Khan for his great kindness! After I return, I will spread the word of His Majesty's kindness to the elders in the city!"

"Go down." Li Shimin sighed and waved at him.

The envoy kowtowed again excitedly and left the Tang army camp.

In those days, only the Tang Dynasty had the rudiments of nationalism. As for Goguryeo and other countries... basically none.

It's more cultural than nationalism.

Just as Confucius said, "Without Guan Zhong, I would have my hair loose and my clothes lapel left", which means that without Guan Zhong, I would have been like a barbarian.

In fact, surrendering to the Tang Dynasty is not a big deal.

"Ah Weng is kind and virtuous." Li Xiang flattered him: "In this way, Goguryeo will be more loyal to him!"

"But..." Li Xiang said hesitantly again.

"Just what?" Li Shimin asked with a smile.

"But Aung must prevent such incidents from happening again. We came to Goguryeo to punish the criminals and not to burn, kill and plunder like uncivilized barbarians. This would not only undermine morality, but would also provoke strong resistance."

Li Xiang raised his eyes cautiously to look at Li Shimin, and then said: "Our ancestors fought against the barbarians for life after life, but they didn't want us to become barbarians too."

In fact, this is indeed the case. If Li Shiji had not threatened to massacre the entire city after taking it, the city of Anshi would not have been able to resist to the death.

They are not a group of religious lunatics. These are all ethnic groups that can be assimilated into the Tang Dynasty.

After hearing this, Li Shimin reached out and rubbed Li Xiang's head.

He was very satisfied with Li Xiang's level of thinking.

As a royal teacher, he should naturally act like a royal teacher.

"Xiang'er is right. How can we call ourselves the king's army if we burn, kill and plunder?" Li Shimin nodded and said, "We must have both ruthless tactics and a compassionate heart. Only in this way can we make people willingly submit to the rule of the Tang Dynasty."

"Inner sage and outer king." Li Xiang chuckled, "A mixture of the ways of the overlord and the king."

“Hahahaha…” Li Shimin laughed as if he was content with having Sun, stroking his beard and looking outside the tent.

In Baiyan City, Sun Daiyin felt deeply ashamed after listening to the messenger's narration.

What is touching is that Li Shimin, a loving father who loves his people like his own children, actually treats them as his own children and loves everyone equally.

Guilt is also guilt, and it is even more about why you are indecisive before you feel guilty.

He followed Li Shimin's arrangements, distributed the flags to his confidants, and planted them on the top of the city wall.

When the Goguryeo army saw the Tang army flag standing on the top of the city wall, they were frightened and mistakenly thought that the Tang army had already captured the top of the city wall.

In desperation, he had to surrender along with Sun Daiyin before the Tang army attacked.

Li Shimin treated them all kindly and allowed them to stay or go as they pleased, and he also changed the name of Baiyan City to Anzhou.

Originally it was to be called Yanzhou, but Li Xiang felt that Anzhou was more suitable for this place. So the old Li, who doted on his grandson, followed his advice and changed Yanzhou to Anzhou, and appointed Sun Daiyin as the governor of Anzhou.

Sun Daiyin was moved to tears. He did not expect that Li Shimin would trust him so much. He vowed to serve the Tang Dynasty loyally.

After the battle, Qibi Heli's wound began to become inflamed. Fortunately, Li Xiang had a disciple of Sun Simiao by his side, which stopped Qibi Heli's injury.

Li Shimin went to visit him in person and brought the Goguryeo soldier who had stabbed him with him, leaving it to Qibi Heli to deal with him.

As soon as the soldier entered the house, he fell to his knees and kowtowed to Qibi Heli, begging for mercy.

Qibi Heli said with all his might: "Your Majesty, he risked his life for his lord and stabbed me. He is a loyal and righteous man. I have never met him before and we have no hatred. We were both serving different masters at that time. What is wrong with him?"

So, at the suggestion of Qibi Heli, the soldier was released.

In addition, 700 Goguryeo soldiers who were transferred from the north to reinforce were also captured by Li Shiji's men. Under Li Shiji's persuasion, they requested to serve Li Shimin and the Tang Dynasty.

After thinking about it, Li Shimin decided that this was not possible. If he kept them working for him, Quan Gaisuwen would definitely kill their families.

So he didn't agree, but he was grateful for their determination to turn from evil to good, so he rewarded each of them and then let them go.

But there were still more than a hundred soldiers who said they had no attachments and requested to stay and serve the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin was moved and incorporated them into Li Shiji's army.

Lun Qinling looked at the heroic Tang army with his eyes full of yearning, and the look he gave Li Shimin was as fanatical as if he were the people seeing the general.

To die for such a wise and enlightened monarch is my lifelong wish!

Li Xiang laughed secretly at the side. He knew that no one could resist the temptation of the Tang Dynasty succubus...

If there is a system, when searching for the person with the highest charm in the palace, the result will definitely be Li Shimin in Lizheng Hall - Charm: 100.

After conquering Baiyan City, which is now Anzhou, Li Shimin turned his attention to the next location, Anshi City.

Anshi City is now Haicheng City. Behind it is a canyon, which is the passage to Goguryeo.

The current Danxi Expressway is located in this canyon.

This shows how important its strategic position is.

After much thought, Li Xiang felt that he should not just stay by Li Shimin's side to fight with him in Anshi City. He should move to another place and play a bigger role.

So he planned to ask Li Shimin for permission to join the navy.

But how to find this reason... Li Xiang really couldn't think of it for a while.

(The story of Qibi He Li defeating ten thousand with only eight hundred men, Li Shimin releasing people, etc., are all true historical events...)
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