Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

As the sun set, wisps of smoke rose from the Tang army camps on both sides of the Pianling River and in the city of Anshi.

Quiet and peaceful.

Li Chengqian smelled the fragrant roasted whole lamb, swallowed his saliva and said, "Du He, can't you roast a few more lambs? How can this be enough for everyone?"

"If I ask you to roast a whole lamb, you either get a backache or have to pee."

Hearing Li Chengqian's muttering behind him, Du He, who was busy applying the dipping sauce, looked gloomy.

"Your Highness, I have to roast more than 20 whole lambs by myself. I am so busy that I don't even have time to drink a sip of water!"

Du He pointed to the people roasting whole lambs on both sides and continued, "We roasted nearly a thousand lambs tonight. Your Highness, are you still worried about not having enough to eat?"

Li Chengqian curled his lips and said, "The roasted whole lamb they make is not as delicious as yours."

He was also very puzzled. Using the same method and dipping sauce to roast a whole lamb, Du He's roasted lamb was particularly fragrant.

The mutton roasted by the fireman and his personal guards was either too salty or burnt, or worse, not even cooked through.

Du He shook his head and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness. I have already estimated that there is a roasted whole lamb for us and several marching generals."

"That's good. I'll have someone prepare the wine first."

Li Chengqian's face lit up with joy, and he quickly ordered his guards to bring the wine.

More than half an hour later.

Hundreds of generals and the Black Armor Army squatted beside the campfire and chewed mutton.

Cheng Huailiang held half a lamb leg and chewed it while saying, "It smells so good!"

"Uh-huh."

Yuchi Huan, Xue Wanbei, Wang Jun'e and others nodded in agreement.

The roasted horse meat they usually ate was sour, old, and tough, and not at all enjoyable.

Now, on the eve of the war, they were able to eat such delicious mutton, and they were very satisfied.

Zhishishili said regretfully: "It's a pity that there is no wine. It's a great pity."

Hearing Zhishishili's words, the generals around him nodded again.

In the dental tent.

The generals were eating with their mouths full of oil, and they raised their glasses to toast each other frequently.

When they were almost done eating, Li Chengqian asked Li Ji curiously, "General Li, all the siege equipment is ready. Will the army attack the city tonight?"

Li Ji smiled and shook his head, saying, "Your Highness, attacking the city at night is very dangerous. Placing siege equipment in advance will only scare the defenders in the city and keep them awake."

"After discussion with Du He, several of our generals decided to attack the city at dawn!"

The Goguryeo defenders have been basking in the sun for a long time today. Keeping them tense and unable to sleep tonight will be beneficial for their siege tomorrow morning.

Li Chengqian suddenly realized: "So that's it!"

Time passed minute by minute, and soon it was late at night.

"Why hasn't the Tang army come to attack the city yet?"

"Are we not going to attack the city tonight?"

The defenders of Anshi City, who were standing on the city wall on high alert, began to murmur when they saw that the Tang army did not come to attack the city.

This torment of waiting made the Goguryeo soldiers exhausted.

"Yawn~"

"I guess the Tang army won't attack the city tonight."

A slightly fat captain yawned loudly, put his spear on the city wall, and sat down tiredly against the wall.

The surrounding soldiers followed suit and sat down against the city wall.

Before they could close their eyes, a series of breaking sounds suddenly came from the air behind them.

"Whoosh~"

"Oh!"

Countless huge rocks hit the city wall, making loud crashes.

Many stones that were thrown far away even smashed into the city, creating large holes in the wooden houses.

"The Tang army is attacking!"

"Get up and defend!"

Gao Minxing, the veteran general in charge of guarding the south city wall, rushed up from the bottom of the city in a hurry, shouting to remind the soldiers to defend.

With the help of the bonfire lit on the city wall, Gao Minxing discovered that densely packed small black dots appeared in the air again.

"Hide in the corner quickly, and don't stand up!"

Gao Minxing yelled, and he quickly rushed to the corner and squatted down.

"Oh!"

"Oh!"

The huge rock hit the stone wall, instantly sending countless pieces of rubble flying in all directions.

"Dang~"

The rubble was blocked by the armor on the soldiers and caused no casualties.

Gao Minxing bent over and lay on the parapet to look out, and saw a blur of people surging under the city, and he couldn't count how many there were for a moment.

Before he could watch for long, the third round of boulders came crashing down on him again.

After a loud noise, Gao Minxing quickly ordered: "Archers, fight back!"

The soldiers hiding in the corners stood up one after another. They pulled the crossbows on the wall and shot indiscriminately into the darkness below.

A group of archers were also busy. They didn't see anyone, so they shot arrows in the direction of the hill.

In less than a minute, the archers had shot most of the arrows in their quivers.

Seeing these soldiers wasting arrows, Gao Minxing yelled with a dark face.

"Stop it, everyone! Why are you shooting so fast when no one can see you?"

"Hurry up and replenish the arrows. Don't wait until the Tang army is out of arrows when they attack the city!"

Just as Gao Minxing was loudly scolding these soldiers for wasting arrows, Yang Wanchun, wearing armor and holding a spear, came to the city wall with a serious expression.

After dodging a huge rock, he quickly walked to the side of veteran Gao Minxing.

"General Gao, the Tang army is launching a massive attack?"

As he spoke, he also lay down on the parapet, staring down with wide eyes.

Because the Tang army did not light a bonfire, apart from countless blurry silhouettes moving, no specific movements of the Tang army could be seen.

Gao Minxing said in a deep voice: "General Yang, the Tang army has already fired 15 rounds of boulders. Judging from the situation, they may attack the city later!"

Yang Wanchun grinned and said, "These Tang soldiers are really courting death by attacking the city in the middle of the night!"

After cursing, Yang Wanchun did not go back to rest, but waited with the soldiers for the Tang army to attack the city.

After a while, when the Tang army's catapults stopped, Noosa Gao Huizhen finally arrived.

He asked in confusion: "Why did the Tang army make such a big noise? Are they going to attack the city?"

"not yet."

Yang Wanchun and veteran Gao Minxing shook their heads grimly.

Gao Huizhen said uncertainly, "Could it be that the Tang army is just bluffing like they did yesterday afternoon?"

Thinking about how they had waited under the scorching sun for an entire afternoon but the Tang army did not attack in the end, the three men's faces turned extremely ugly.

More than half an hour later.

There were still crowds of people outside the city, but the Tang army did not launch an attack.

Yang Wanchun whispered, "General Gao, you take the people to guard it, we will go back and rest first."

"it is good!"

Gao Minxing said while pinching his brows.

Just as Yang Wanchun and Noosa Gao Huizhen were preparing to go back, a familiar sound of a huge rock breaking through the air was heard from the sky again.

"Get out of here!"

Veteran Gao Minxing shouted.

As soon as he finished speaking, a series of loud and dense collision sounds suddenly came from the front.

In an instant, gravel flew everywhere.