Datang: From exiled prince to eternal tyrant

Chapter 91 Sudden Attack on the City
At the gate of Anshi City, a few soldiers on duty were chatting. They were supposed to be ready to observe the surrounding situation, but these few people were idle and had no sense of urgency for the future of the war.

It's no wonder that although Anshi City is an important military town, it is in the rear after all. Who would have thought that the enemy army would come directly to their rear without even touching the frontal army?

"Have you heard that Marshal Yeon Gaesumon is going directly to Changshan to form an alliance with the other two countries?" said a soldier.

Yeon Gaesumun's prestige in the army was very high. When his name was mentioned, several soldiers nearby turned around and agreed.

"Yes, I heard that this time, our army is the strongest. The Turkic people and Xue Yantuo people, combined, are not as many as our large army!"

"It's natural, our Goguryeo is much better than those two prairie barbarians!"

"General Yuan Gai Suwen led the army to fight against the world's invincible. If he personally went out and won the Great Tang, wouldn't that be easy? Why do you have to form an alliance with those two grassland barbarians?"

Someone came over again: "Hey! You don't understand this! We unite those two countries, and it's not because we are afraid that we won't be able to defeat the Tang people..."

The soldier's face was flushed, and he breathed white air in the cold wind. He showed a mysterious smile superior to others, and pointed to Jiang Shan:

"Our main purpose is to stabilize the two countries, so don't make trouble for us to go south!"

The people next to him disagreed: "What kind of chaos can that cause?"

Seeing someone's rebuttal, the soldier shook his head with a smile, and said, "Those two countries are not idiots. They see that you have benefited from fighting Datang, can they not harass you? They are very close to Hebei and other places, so they come here to harass you from time to time. , what can you do to him?"

"That's a good point. The grassland cavalry come and go like the wind. If they unite with Datang, they can cause us a lot of trouble..."

People kept entering the discussion: "What? These two countries are in the same situation as the Tang Dynasty, especially the Turkic people, who fought against the Tang Dynasty a few days ago. How could they unite with the Tang Dynasty?"

The soldier who pointed out the country before sighed, and looked at the last speaker with an idiot look: "Can the affairs between countries be the same as us ordinary people? If we fight today, we will ignore each other tomorrow." Already?"

He sighed, and educated again: "There are only conflicts of interests between these two countries, so what's the matter with new and old hatred?"

"As long as the Turks can benefit from it, they don't care whether they form an alliance with Goguryeo or the Tang Dynasty!"

His words woke up the dreamer, and everyone nodded and sighed: "Yes! These so-called allies are nothing..."

People often say that the lower the status, the more they like to talk about the international trend and point the world. These soldiers are all very excited when they talk about the disputes between several countries at this time, and they can't wait to comment on the surrounding countries.

Especially the soldier who seemed to be superior, he spoke so passionately that he attracted all the soldiers around him.

It was the time of war, Anshi City was a strategic location, and there were many soldiers on duty at the gate of the city, but now they were all attracted here...

Above the city tower, there were several people who were on duty to guard the expedition, but as soon as they were attracted by the soldiers at the city gate below, they also ran over unsteadily and joined the discussion.

After all, it is a borderland, and there are very few people coming and going, and there will be a war recently, so there are no people passing through the gate of the city, so these defenders are very boring these days, and the weather is getting colder and colder, so they can get together and have fun. It's also a good thing.

"Old Li Tou, aren't you two on duty upstairs? Why did you run down here too?"

The soldiers at the city gate pointed to the two soldiers who were supposed to be on duty upstairs and laughed.

Those two soldiers stared at the city tower all day long, and they were already exhausted. Now that no one is watching them, how could they want to go up again?
"Can't we be on duty here? Besides, there is an observation tower ahead! If anything happens... there will definitely be smoke over there. Let's come down and warm up. It won't be a problem!"

The two joked one after another, and also entered into the analysis of the battle situation.

Everyone discusses with each other and argues from time to time, the atmosphere is so lively!

At this time, there was only a sound of "swish", and suddenly a sharp arrow flew in first and shot in the back of a soldier's head.

The arrow was so powerful that it pierced through the man's head, from the back of the head to the front of the forehead, and shot the man's head through!
The poor soldier who was shot to death was still eloquently analyzing how to conquer the Tang Dynasty and how to reach Chang'an, but now he has become a dead soul under the arrow.

"There is an enemy attack! Hurry up..."

These soldiers were shocked and immediately prepared to shout a warning to notify the defenders in the city.

After all, they are well-trained soldiers. When they see a sharp arrow, they immediately wake up and want to make the most correct response.

But the situation does not allow them to carry out their ideas...

Immediately afterwards, several sharp arrows flew out, shooting the remaining few people to death one after another.

At the gate of the city, blood and mist splashed everywhere, and the defenders died one after another.

Only then did someone react and quickly sounded the warning gongs and drums to report the enemy situation to the city.

The whole city of An'an was immediately in chaos, and soldiers gathered at the city gate from time to time.

At this moment, outside the city, Li Ke was leading his cavalry to guard the door.

Seeing that the enemy's defense was not tight, they had quickly sneaked to the edge of the city and fired arrows to kill the soldiers guarding the city gate.

Ma Liuzhi followed Li Ke. He was very excited when he saw that the opponent's city gate had been breached.

"Marshal, let's rush in quickly, and take advantage of the fact that the opponent's foothold is not stable, and we can occupy this city by rushing in!"

However, Li Ke shook his head, and said cautiously: "The situation of the defense in the city is unknown, our army rushes in rashly, and we can't use it. If we want to seize the city, we may have to go through a deadly battle..."

Now rushing in, relying on the advantage of numbers, it is of course not a big problem to win Anshicheng, but Li Ke is not satisfied with this.

His army will have to deal with the main force of Goguryeo in the future, and even the Turks and Xueyantuo people. It is really unwise to lose too much in order to fight Anshi City.

Li Ke asked Ma Liuzhi again: "Have you done all the preparations I asked you to do earlier?"

Ma Liuzhi nodded: "We have already taken advantage of the opponent's surprise and ambush at the gate of the city!"

A large army needs to carry a lot of heavy equipment to attack a city, so sneak attack is difficult to do.But Li Ke's army came and went extremely fast, and he had pulled out the opponent's watchtower, so he could transport the troops to the vicinity of the tower under the opponent's nose.

Li Ke also ordered his generals to disperse and ambush, hiding the main force of the army and these heavy equipment in disguise.

Then, he ordered a sneak attack and shot the enemy soldiers at the gate of the city.

Now that the gate of the city is in chaos, Li Ke is not in a hurry to attack the city. What he has to do is wait...

(End of this chapter)