Chapter 2708 Paralysis

The emperor was standing on a slope with a group of generals and looked at the city in the distance, next to the gate of the big camp.

Man Bao and the others came out of the woods happily, and saw the emperor not far away at a glance, so they turned around to bypass the guards and head back to the camp.

The guards of the forbidden army who were scattered around met Zhou Man head-on and looked at each other. Zhou Man took Bai Erlang and turned around and left, while the guards hesitated and turned to look for Yin Li to report.

Yin Li glanced back at them and saw that they were slipping back to the camp with their backpacks on their backs.

The emperor looked at the city in the distance and sighed, and asked everyone, "Can the ministers have a better solution?"

Zhao Guogong said with a dark face: "Now the second prince of Gao's family is guarding Anshi City, but he is a stable person."

It's just too stable. Every day they send people to the gate of the city to scold him. They not only attack him personally, but also scolded the 18th generation of his ancestors. .

It is not impossible to attack the city, but the sacrifice will be great. The city of Anshi is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the number of defenders in it is much larger than them, which is very unfavorable to them.

Other methods, everyone has thought about, including but not limited to, sneak attack, use gold and silver treasures to sow discord, and even dig a tunnel to the past, they have thought about it.

But they were rejected after they proposed it.

Bai Shan hesitated: "May the refugees enter the city from other gates?"

The emperor's eyes flashed slightly, and he looked at Yin Li.

Yin Li lowered his eyes and thought for a while before saying, "This minister will make arrangements."

The emperor nodded and said to Zhao Guo justly: "We will attack tomorrow, and we will attack for two days. If we can't break through, we will retreat."

The emperor looked at the distant city with deep eyes, and they could leave temporarily.

Man Bao and Bai Erlang knew nothing about this, so when they returned to the camp, they took out the ginseng and looked at it, and couldn't help but smile at each other.

Bai Erlang just watched it deeply and fascinatedly for a long time, and then handed it to Zhou Man, "I won't handle this thing, I still have to leave it to you."

Man Bao took it and said to him, "Don't worry, I'll take care of it for you."

The emperor returned to the camp with his hands behind his back, and only remembered halfway through, "By the way, where's the concubine?"

Why didn't he come to such an important meeting today?

Everyone looked at each other and looked at Bai Shan together.

Bai Shan:  …

He lowered his head and replied, "The white concubine went into the mountain to dig for herbs."

The emperor asked: "The medical bill is still short of medicinal materials?"

Zhao Guogong froze and stared at Bai Shan.

Bai Shan smiled and said, "Just be prepared. I haven't been busy these few days. The white concubine and Lord Zhou often go into the mountains to dig some herbs, which may be useful in the future."

The emperor did not ask any further, but turned to ask Zhao Guogong, "Have the logistics been checked?"

He said: "I couldn't take it out before. Now since I have to wait, I should check it out, so that I know what to do."

Zhao Guogong immediately said: "A few people have been detained, and the minister is asking them to interrogate."

The emperor asked, "Do you want Yin Qing to help?"

Zhao Guogong declined. This was a matter of the Ministry of War, and he did not want Yin Li to intervene.

Yin Li didn't want to interfere, he was very busy, okay?

Not only to protect the emperor, but also to select fine works to send to Anshi City at this time.

To do meticulous work, the first thing is to be faithful, and then to go along with the local face, language and habits, etc., but the ability to kill is the last requirement.

Yin Li began to choose among the whole army, and Zhao Guogong went to deal with the previous logistical accident. Liu Huan couldn't help but ran to them and complained, "I can't sleep well now, I'm afraid I'll be dragged out to ask the guilt while lying down."

Bai Shan: "...What does this have to do with you? Aren't you in charge of the armaments given by the Ministry of Industry?"

"Yes, but all the logistics officers live next to me. They won't come back after going out these days, or they were dragged back by someone."

Man Bao frowned slightly when he heard the words, "Inquiring about the crime at this time has made the military's heart unstable. Why are Your Majesty and Duke Zhao asking for the crime at this time?"

She didn't see her herbs for so long, so she just wrote it down first, didn't she have an attack on the spot?

But Bai Shan thought about it, "Maybe it's time for the teacher to return to the court."

Man Bao stared, "So soon? The last batch of medicinal materials hasn't been delivered yet. There are supplies, why should you retreat?"

Bai Erlang and Liu Huan also looked at Bai Shan.

Bai Shan coughed lightly and said indifferently, "The weather is cold, and Anshi City cannot be attacked for a long time. Your Majesty must think about the soldiers."

Bai Erlang: "It didn't take a long time to attack, right? It's only been around for eight days. It's normal for a city siege to be fought for a month or two, right?"

Liu Huan: "That's right, there is an official document from the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Household has asked them to prepare a batch of new thick clothes on the way. In addition to the spoils of siege, we don't have a shortage of thick clothes for the time being."

Bai Shan said: "We just listen to His Majesty."

Then two days later, the emperor really ordered the retreat.

Man Bao was surprised, but she didn't bother to express her objection at this time, because there were too many wounded soldiers in the medical bill.

Zhao Guogong attacked for two consecutive days, and there were a lot of wounded soldiers. She still hasn't dealt with the wounded soldiers sent back after today's attack.

When she finally dealt with the wounded soldiers, the tent was already packing up and preparing to retreat tomorrow.

Man Bao was stunned for a moment, "It's really retreating."

Bai Shan nodded and said to her, "It may be time for the teacher to return to court."

Man Bao pursed his lips, "Isn't this anticlimactic?"

Bai Shan stretched out his hand and touched her brow, then chuckled, "Your Majesty has his own plans, don't bother."

Seeing that he didn't look worried at all, Man Bao was startled for a moment and then became thoughtful.

It didn't take long for them to come out this time. Although the weather is cold now, in fact, the siege along the way went smoothly. The supplies have not been exhausted. Reconciled, courtiers will not be reconciled, so...

Man Bao turned around to pack his luggage, "Okay, I'll be back when I get back."

The soldiers in the battalion were also surprised, and then their morale was a little low because of the unfavorable siege of the city for the past few days.

Zhao Guogong didn't say anything. The next day, the road was the way forward, and those who left behind to defend the whole army pulled out of the camp and left.

The Goguryeo army in the city of Anshi saw it, and immediately ran to tell the second prince of the high school happily.

The second prince thought for a while and said, "Maybe it is the other side's strategy to lure the enemy. We will continue to stick to the city and don't go out."

The emperor retreated to Liaodong City and began to deal with follow-up affairs, such as picking out some people from nearby cities and ordering them to relocate to the inland, or the Central Plains, or the Jiangnan area, anyway, he wanted to leave here.

At the same time, an edict was issued to appease the people of the captured cities, and dispatched generals to guard the locality to set up the Liaocheng Prefecture Governor's Office in Liaodong City to manage the military and government affairs of several nearby cities.

The decrees came out one by one, and soldiers began to set up checkpoints and watchtowers on the way to Anshicheng, and it seemed that they planned to divide and rule with Goguryeo.

The second-year high school prince in Anshi City also hesitated, "Are they really going to leave?"

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