Chapter 268: Attack on Luoyang

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"Yuanji, it's not that I don't agree, but this battle is very important, and there must be no mistakes." Li Shimin thought about it and still refused, also considering that Li Yuanji was not at home, and if he lost his life, he would not be able to explain it in front of his father and the crown prince.

Li Yuanji was a little unhappy, thinking that Li Shimin was squeezing him out and not giving him the opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

"Second brother, I heard that Luoyang's defense is very strong, why not go and test it for the army?" Li Yuanji argued on the basis of reason.

"King Qi, leading troops to fight, either win or lose, if you just blindly try, you can't exercise courage and resourcefulness, but the danger is coming, escape again!" Wei Chigong said unhappily.

The word "again" instantly hit the guilt point in Li Yuanji's heart, and he stood up in annoyance, pointed at Wei Chigong's nose and scolded: "Wei Chi Villager!" You are Liu Wuzhou's general, you have never won a few battles, you have not read a few military books, dare to point fingers at me here? With your strength in striking iron, I don't believe you can catch Wang Shichong! ”

"King Qi, how can you insult people at will!" Wei Chigong asked angrily.

"A few house slaves are not people!" Li Yuanji's face was full of mockery.

"Li Yuanji!"

Wei Chigong yelled, and swung his fist at Li Yuanji, before Li Yuanji not only framed Wei Chigong, but also imprisoned him, bribed him with the leftover jewels, and now he was insulted by Li Yuanji while guarding everyone, where could Yu Chigong still be able to bear it, regardless of everyone's dissuasion, he had to teach him a lesson.

Li Yuanji is the king of Qi anyway, no matter what the reason, it is not Wei Chigong's turn to beat him, Li Shimin is afraid of falling into the truth, and hurriedly gives everyone a look.

Everyone's hands and feet. Finally pulled away the angry Wei Chi Gong and Li Yuanji, who kept scolding, Li Yuanji was very angry and shouted: "Yu Chi Gong, you dare to beat this king, believe it or not, this king will play a trick now, and treat you for the crime of destroying the nine clans?" ”

"Li Yuanji, if you have the ability, you can go back now. I am willing to plead guilty to Your Majesty. But I'm not going to give in to you! Wei Chigong shouted with a glare.

Seeing that the two sides were about to fight again, Li Shimin yelled, "That's enough." Don't be noisy anymore! ”

Hmph, Li Yuanji and Wei Chigong glared at each other, but they also quieted down.

"Here, I, Li Shimin, have the final say. If you are not satisfied, you can go back to Beijing! Li Shimin said coldly.

Seeing that everyone was silent. Li Shimin said again: "Wei Chigong listens to the order! ”

"The last general!"

"Order you to lead 50,000 soldiers and horses to be the vanguard of this battle!"

"The last will be ordered!"

"Qin Qiong listens to orders!"

"The last general!"

……

Li Yuanji waited until the end, and the people in the house were almost gone, and asked with a bitter face, "Second brother." What about me? ”

There are no outsiders around, of course, Yuan Ziyan is not an outsider in Li Shimin's eyes, Li Shimin said earnestly: "Fourth." You should know how many pounds and taels you have, and I understand this feeling. I also appreciate it, but people should retreat in the face of difficulties, and if they are injured or lose their lives, I don't want to see them the most. ”

Li Yuanjipi grinned twice without smiling, "I didn't expect the second brother to care about me!" ”

"Just kidding, you're my own brother!" Li Shimin frowned slightly.

"But since I'm here, I must always have something to do, otherwise how will I reply to my father when I go back?" Li Yuanji shouted unwillingly.

"In this way, I will allocate 10,000 to you the soldiers and horses you brought from the Beijing Division, depending on the situation, if the front is unfavorable, you can go to support." Li Shimin thought about it and finally came to his senses.

Second Brother Xie! Li Yuanji lazily arched his hand, the boss was reluctant, Li Shimin was using himself as a substitute, how could he make meritorious service!

Li Yuanji slammed the door angrily and went out, Yuan Ziyan sighed slightly: "Shimin, if there is such a person here, I am afraid that there will be a lot of trouble in the future." ”

"As long as Li Yuanji can stop, it will be fine." Although Li Shimin said this, it could be seen from his frowning brows that he had no bottom in his heart for Li Yuanji.

Li Yuanji was also very indignant in his heart, he obviously brought 50,000 soldiers and horses, so he should have absolute control over these 50,000 soldiers and horses, Li Shimin is good, he only gave 10,000, he is really stingy!

10,000 is 10,000, Lao Tzu doesn't believe that these soldiers and horses can't fish in troubled waters in the chaos and take some credit? Wei Zheng had already confessed before, saying that Wang Shichong should refuse to send troops, if it was according to Wei Zheng's statement, it would be in vain for Wei Chigong to go, it would be better to set up an ambush to lure the other party to come, if he could kill one or two of the other party's generals, whether there was credit or not, it had to be the father and the emperor.

So Li Yuanji walked around with these 10,000 people and said that he was going to check the military situation, Li Shimin forgave him and did not dare to disobey the military order, so he let him go, Li Yuanji was not here, but clean.

Under the leadership of Wei Chigong, the 50,000 Tang army came to Luoyang City with great momentum, and the towering city wall made Wei Chigong also nervous, and it can be seen that it is very difficult to attack.

And Wang Shichong had already learned the news of the Tang army's attack, and did a good job of defense, but he was in a hurry to turn around in the palace, and kept looking south, hoping that Dou Jiande's reinforcements would be like soldiers falling from heaven to save him from fire and water.

Of course, Wang Shichong can't look forward to it at the moment, Dou Jiande was originally worried that the Tang army would temporarily withdraw because of his alliance with Wang Shichong, but he didn't expect Li Shimin to be bold, and he directly sent Wei Chi Gong to attack Luoyang.

Dou Jiande was so excited that he almost couldn't sleep, King Li fought hard, and when both sides were exhausted, all the fruits of victory would be their own!

All of Li Shimin's troops advanced to a place less than ten miles away from Luoyang City and set up camp, but the Tang army's attack was not smooth, but encountered extremely strong resistance. The city called for battle and did not order Wang Shichong to send troops out, but closed the city gate tightly and only defended and did not attack.

Wei Chigong ordered the soldiers to cross the moat and attack the city directly.

However, Luoyang City's defensive capabilities were indeed extraordinary, and the Tang troops who were trying to cross the moat were bombarded by their cannons and stones, and they all fell into the river screaming.

A cold sweat broke out on the top of Wei Chigong's head, each of these flying stones was more than fifty catties, and the range was very long, the moat did not need to be guarded, and close to these flying stones, the Tang army lost nearly a thousand people in an instant.

And those soldiers who desperately crossed the river did not reach the city wall before they were pierced through the chest by the arrows fired by the eight-bow crossbow machine and died on the spot.

After a fierce attack, the losses on Wei Chigong's side continued to increase, and the casualties on the Luoyang side turned out to be zero!

As a last resort, Wei Chi Gong ordered the soldiers to stop for a while and discuss countermeasures before making plans. Seeing Wei Chi Gong coming back in a gloomy manner, Li Yuanji's heart blossomed, and he stepped forward and teased: "Yu Chi Jingde, your cowhide has been blown to the sky, why didn't you hurt the other party's hair, but you lost 2,000 soldiers of my Tang Dynasty?" ”

Wei Chigong's face was very ugly, he threw away the lance in his hand, took off his helmet, took off his armor, and knelt in front of Li Shimin's tent without saying a word.

"General Jingde, what do you mean by this?"

Li Shimin hurriedly stepped forward to help Wei Chigong, who burst into tears and choked up: "Luoyang's defense is so powerful, the flying stones are fierce, and the arrows rain are like locusts, so they can't get close at all, but they buried the lives of the soldiers in vain." I feel guilty in my heart, and I am willing to die to apologize! ”

Li Shimin waved his hand and comforted: "The general doesn't need to blame himself, so he can also test the power of Luoyang's defense." ”

"King Qin, I am willing to go into battle in person and consume his boulder arrows!" Wei Chigong patted his chest anxiously and said.

Hahaha, Li Yuanji was about to burst into tears of laughter, and mocked: "Just by you, can you destroy Luoyang's defenses?" Wei Chi Jingde, do you know what Yelang means by arrogance? ”

"Luoyang is trapped, a little consumption is a little, so what's the matter if you die!" Yu Chi Gong said angrily.

"Hehe, the general is to the point." Li Shimin beckoned everyone to enter the account, changed the battle plan, and no longer attacked, but consumed as before. The grain truck was robbed, and there must not be much storage in Luoyang City.

"But we also have to be vigilant, Wang Shichong jumped over the wall in a hurry, and when the food and grass were in a hurry, he might fight to the death. Luoyang City is full of people who can fight well, we should also make active preparations, and we must not take it lightly. Yuan Ziyan said with a serious face.

"Hehe, Wang Shichong's men and horses are hungry and have no strength, no matter how brave and good they are, they are not the opponents of my Tang army." Li Yuanji's face was full of disdain.

"What if he comes to beat you up before he runs out of food?" Yuan Ziyan asked with a sneer.

"Why, why did you hit me?" Li Yuanji muttered dissatisfiedly.

"Because you look like you're underwhelmed!" Yuan Ziyan scoffed.

"Hmph, wait, wait for me to make a great achievement, so that you people who look down on me will regret it!" Li Yuanji saw that Wei Chi Gong had lost the battle, and he was in a good mood, but he was not angry, and he smiled.

Li Yuanji's appearance attracted everyone's attention, but because Li Yuanji was the younger brother of King Qin, he dared not speak out. If you want to talk about Li Yuanji's friend, it's not that there is no one, it's Pei Lian.

Pei Lian, who lost Li Shimin's trust, intended to get closer to Li Yuanji to show goodwill, but for the slaves who couldn't do things, Li Yuanji would not look at him squarely, sneering, and the relationship was rigid.

Wang Shichong, who had not been able to wait for reinforcements, was very angry, and finally saw Dou Jiande's true face, and there were not a few courtiers who realized this.

Wang Shichong's dislike for Dou Jiande was so great that he scolded him tens of thousands of times in his heart and felt incomprehensible. The Tang army was outside the city, Dou Jiande had bad intentions, and Wang Shichong was like an ant on a hot pot, anxious to turn around, but he didn't know what to do.

Finally, a minister risked his life to say to Wang Shichong that instead of colluding with villains like Dou Jiande, it was better to try to negotiate with Li Shimin again. With the stakes at stake, presumably Tang Jun didn't want to be attacked by Dou Jiande.

Wang Shichong can't turn a corner, but the last negotiation was to muddy Yuan Ziyan, and this time it may be a good way to show some sincerity. (To be continued)

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