Everyone's battle and attack seemed to be going very smoothly, Luo Rou's team was one step faster than me to solve the enemy, first I arrived outside the palace, and saw that Luo Rou and Niu Ge were safe and sound, I secretly thanked God for blessing in my heart. (http; Burning § Texts & Books & Libraries

Everyone hugged each other happily and immediately surrounded the palace. The other two groups of people also came back and forth. There are still more than 7,000 of the 10,000 horses, excluding the prisoners and the soldiers who are too wounded to move, and it seems that we have taken advantage of this battle.

The forbidden army already knew that the battle was coming, and on the city walls, crossbowmen, sword and axe men looked at our army calmly with their bows and swords, and they had to do their last duty - fight to the death!

We are not in a hurry to attack, this is a symbol of Annan's imperial power, if it is destroyed in the war, it will not be a disaster for Annan, although when they were driven out of Annan, An Boya and Chen's young lords thought of restoring the country at any cost, but when the restoration of the country was in sight, they thought of their own national interests and hoped to minimize the loss of the country, especially the royal palace, which has been brilliant after hundreds of years of construction, and they will be cunning at the slightest war. Therefore, An Boya hopes that the forbidden army will be resolved peacefully, and it is better for Le Thi to succumb to force and give up resistance. But everyone knows that this is unrealistic, they know very well what crime they have committed, no matter how they make up for it, they will not escape death in the end, and it will be a death left and right, and Li Shi will definitely fight to the death. But An Boya still had illusions, and we couldn't refuse, so we had already promised him to besiege the palace and not attack it, otherwise, with our army's 7,000 people and the strength of the army, it would not be easy to deal with 2,000 enemy troops.

As the night wore on, at dawn, Razhendra and Amboya arrived outside the palace hand in hand, accompanied by more than 10,000 soldiers who had just been slaughtered, and Lan Yong and nearly a thousand people also came. Thang Long City also gradually quieted down, and when the residents of Thang Long overcame their fear and walked out of their houses, they were surprised to see that Thang Long had changed overnight, just as the Lê clan had stolen the country back then.

"The fast horses sent by the Li clan to ask for reinforcements have already left the city, and now the four gates of Thang Long have all been controlled by our army, and the enemy troops in the city have been cleared, and there are only two thousand trapped troops in the palace!" Razhendra Dao (his words are directly expressed in Chinese).

"The top priority at the moment is to ask Lord An to immediately send someone to set an example of the people and stabilize the hearts of the people in the city. At the same time, people should be sent to take over the city defenses, and order that the four gates be closed tightly, and that entry and exit should be prohibited. I nodded.

An Boya immediately asked Lan Yong to bring someone to handle the matter.

Thang Long as the capital of Annam, the defense of the city can be regarded as impregnable, although this time a battle was made, but it is a victory in the use of the plan, if it is a strong attack, Thang Long still has a very strong defensive force, at the same time the city is a large number of grain and grass equipment, now the city defense is taken over by us, is the main force of the front line of many states to attack the city, roughly estimated that we can also defend ten days and a half months.

Now, there is only the palace left, and the strength of the besieging enemy army has reached 17,000 people, and the strength of the troops is nine to one, even if the people of Annam are now near the god of war, they are helpless. And An Boya's entanglement is no longer about hunting and killing the Li father and son, but how to protect the palace.

"Let the men immediately make a fire and cook, and let the soldiers have a full meal! After such a night of fierce fighting, I believe everyone is already tired and hungry! Seeing that Amboya had no idea for a while, Rajandra said.

Soon, the fragrant, hot steamed buns and roast meat were brought up in pots and buckets, and the soldiers immediately ate their breakfast in batches.

An Boya didn't have the heart to eat, maybe he thought that it would be inappropriate for us to starve with him, so he reluctantly nibbled on half a steamed bun.

"I'm going to shout! I hope those soldiers will participate in the enlightenment! Amboya had no choice but to say.

"I'm afraid it's in vain!" Lan Yong, who had just returned from stabilizing the hearts of the people, said: "These forbidden troops are all personal soldiers brought by the Li family from Lao Cai, and they are loyal to them, and it may be difficult to make them change their ways!" ”

The fief of the Li family and his son was originally in Lao Cai, and the Li family has been operating in Lao Cai for several generations, which can be said to be deeply rooted. Although the Lê clan transferred a large number of elites within the clan to Thang Long to hold important positions after winning the country, the Lê clan still had huge influence in Lao Cai and had a large number of supporters. After the fall of the Lê clan, the most rational choice of the remnants was to flee to Lao Cai and fight against the coalition forces. However, after the Li clan won the country, Yelang was arrogant, and he actually provoked the heavenly kingdom, causing the two countries to fight each other. With the arrival of reinforcements from the Celestial Empire, the reconquest of the lost territories also slowly began to unfold. After the defeat at Zhennan Pass, Li Shi realized the lack of his own strength and realized the huge gap in the national strength of the two countries. Worried that the army of the Celestial Empire would raise troops from southern Yunnan to attack Shenglong. At that time, the troops had to be divided to resist, and if the already insufficient troops were deployed everywhere like pepper noodles, the strong multi-state defense line would also face a situation of insufficient troops and collapse. In order to prevent the Celestial Empire army from southern Yunnan from attacking Annam, Li had to ruthlessly order the burning of all the plank roads, bridges, and villages from Lao Cai to Shengcheng. All the crops in the field were harvested, and the immature ones were pulled out and left to die, in short, Li Shi only had one sentence, to let the troops who entered Lao Cai have no food, no shelter, and no road, and to press the poisonous hand that came from the south to Lao Cai.

"Dead horse right to be a live horse doctor!" An Boya said with regret.

Without a word, they came with him outside the palace and stopped at a place where bows and arrows could not be fired.

"Chengtou soldiers, please let me know, I'm An Boya, please come out Brother Li, I have something to say!" An Boya shouted at the palace wall, he was an official in the same dynasty as Li Yide back then, and he was often called a brother, and although Li Yide was already the emperor of the country, he still called him the old one. As for Li Xiangrong, he is his son and nephew.

The palace walls were lined with swords, and no one paid attention to Amboya's words.

After a while, An Boya saw that no one spoke on the wall, and shouted again: "Brother Li, you and I were officials in the same dynasty that day, and we had a lot of friendship, but now my brother has committed such a heinous crime, you and my brother have to meet each other with swords, which makes people sigh, this is not what I want!" Now that my brother has come to the city, our army's strength is ten times higher than my brother's, and my brother has no idea of victory, why not go to the emperor and surrender in Kaicheng. Although the sin of the elder brother and Xiang Rong is unforgivable, the younger brother promises that he will never harm others again, and gives the whole body of the elder brother, so that the young son and grandson can be buried in the red. ”

"If the brother is stubborn, the brother has to order an attack, and on the day the city is broken, no one in the nine clans of the brother can escape the danger! Is my brother going to make the Li clan extinct from now on? Before noon today, my brother will not give the order to attack, during this time, please think about it, if after noon, my brother is still unwilling to open the city and surrender, my brother will have to attack, and the friendship between you and my brothers will be extinct. That's all my brother says, please think twice! ”

With that, the group turned around and left and returned to the tent. The main generals did not leave and gathered here.

Rajandhara resented Amboya's dismissal without consulting him, but the two had a deep relationship, and he didn't say anything. But the generals under his command are not so easy to speak, in their opinion, now our army is only ten times the strength of the enemy, more than twenty times, only one charge, the palace is not yet captured.

Amboya's persuasion, and with the approval of Razhendra and me, the opposition gradually stopped.

In fact, I understand Amboya's difficulties very well, what is the royal palace? It is a symbol of the imperial power of the kingdom and the dignity of a country, and if it is destroyed in the flames of war, the loss is not only in the material aspect, but also in the spiritual level -- the loss of national dignity. It would be a disaster for a country to lose its national dignity, and a country without national dignity would be a mess of sand to be slaughtered.

Although he was reluctant to attack by force, An Boya had to prepare for an attack, because with his understanding of the Li clan, it was extremely unlikely that the Li clan would open the city and surrender. And once the Li clan is stubborn, An Boya can only order an attack, and he knows the palace of Annam very well. So, of course, Rajandra and I gave him command of what might be the final battle. Only he can do it to minimize the damage to the palace in battle! Only he will find ways to reduce the losses of his own country.

During this period, the troops seized the time to recuperate and treat the wounded.

During this period, many of the old departments of Amboya came to Shun. An Boya arranged for his cronies to receive these troops, and in more than an hour, An Boya managed to pull out more than 4,000 troops, which finally allowed him to have his own troops.

These people rebelled against the enemy when the Li clan rebelled, and at this time they rejoined the king, fearing that the master would remember the old evil, and punish them, and one by one knelt on the ground and did not dare to get up. An Boya knew their thoughts, so they let them make meritorious contributions, and everyone was overjoyed, and one by one they swore that they were willing to leave the last drop of blood for their masters, and these people also understood that the greatest merit of reducing the crime with merit was the capture of the Li father and son, so these people all geared up, claiming to capture the palace and arrest the Li family in front of the tent to ask for guilt.

We all know that if these people want to survive, they will definitely use the strength to fight, and I don't want to see the senseless sacrifice of my soldiers, so I am happy to let them fight in the same room, but I did not expect that Rajandra and I coincide. So under my suggestion and his suggestion, it was finally decided that if we had to attack the palace, we would let Annan surrender to fight. With more than 4,000 people against 2,000 people, the odds are quite good. Our army and the troops of the city are responsible for the siege, and even if the battle is lost, the enemy will not be outrun.

In a short time, noon is approaching. I, Rajandhara and the others accompanied Amboya to the place where the morning shouting was once again made.

An Boya shouted towards the palace wall: "Brother Li, noon has arrived, I don't know what my brother is thinking about?" ”

There was no answer.

"Does my brother really want to fight to the death? But when I opened my eyes, my brother didn't even have a chance to fight to the death, and if my brother was obsessed, there was no other way but to break his bones. ”

Still no one paid attention.

An Annan man behind him reminded An Boya that noon had arrived.