The "Sixth Goguryeo War" broke out too quickly, and when the princes had just learned that Goguryeo was preparing to attack Lushun County, the war was almost over. Yang Tong even formed a crushing posture against Goguryeo, forcing the Goguryeo monarchs and ministers to recognize the right of the Great Sui to inherit the territory of the old Han.

The war was far away from the Central Plains, and the princes could not get first-hand information, but when Yang Tong returned triumphantly, it was less than three months before and after, which also included the work of cleaning up the aftermath. When they reviewed the war history of Yang Tong's fortune, they were shocked to find that every war Yang Tong fought lasted more than three months, and he was deeply aware of the gist of the art of war, "its swiftness is like the wind, invasion is like fire, immobility is like a mountain, and movement is like thunder".

And this!

It also brought huge pressure to many people, such as Li Yuan in Guanzhong, who originally planned to fight Xiao Milling in the west and south of the West Ke River when Yang Dong fell into the quagmire of the war of Goguryeo, but he never expected that when Goguryeo, who had made Yang Guang sink into the sand and fold many times, faced Yang Dong, he would be so unbeatable and unproductive. not only couldn't delay Yang Tong for a year and a half, but also once again achieved the former's prestige.

The pressure of the emperor will naturally be exerted layer by layer, and when it reaches the hands of the front-line coach Li Shimin, it will be two days later.

In the evening of this day, Li Yuan's holy decree arrived at the city of Hualong and the big tent of the Tang Army at the intersection of Douhe County and Xiping County.

Seeing Li Shimin's ugly face, the generals asked one after another.

"Yang Dong's battle of Goguryeo has been out of expectation! In the four wars, he only fought four battles, annihilated nearly 200,000 Goguryeo land and water troops, and slaughtered Pyongyang City, which took less than half a month. The Sui Dynasty's Liaodong campaign has ended, and its most elite Fifth Army has returned! My father asked us to end this war with a big victory within half a month and make every effort to prepare for the Sui Dynasty. ”

Yang Tong's name is like a mountain that overwhelms everyone, and after the loss of the state, most of Yongzhou fell into the hands of the Great Sui in an instant, and on the side of Liangzhou, the Wuwei Sui army also occupied many strategic places, and the Guanzhong has formed a three-sided encirclement trend, Guanzhong is four stops, and it has been completely unable to keep the safety of Guanzhong, the Tang army is already afraid of Sui like a tiger, and now it happens to encounter a catastrophe that is rare in a century, and it is even more panicked.

Facing the pressure of the entire Great Sui attackers, Li Shimin really didn't know if Guanzhong could hold out until the day he took Liangzhou, and now he could only fight a quick battle and annihilate the Xue Liang coalition army with his life. If he is dragged here again, and the Sui army attacks again, then the entire Guanzhong will be completely finished by Li Tang.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin's heart suddenly flooded with a haze.

"The Xue Liang coalition army has formed an alliance because of the threat of my Datang, and it is necessary to fight one and release the other, and use a divisive strategy." Marshal's Mansion Sima Yin Kaishan suggested.

"It's a good plan!" Li Shimin smiled bitterly: "But there is not enough time for us to operate." From tomorrow morning, the soldiers will be divided into four teams and give me a strong attack on Hualong City! I don't believe that I can't find the Xue Liang coalition army. ”

"Whoa!"

……

'Boom! Boom! Boom! The sound of war drums sounded like a mountain crashing and cracking, and the low horn was also resounding across the earth, and 30,000 Tang troops held shields in their hands, carrying hundreds of ladders to climb the city, dragging dozens of wells and catapults, like a tide to rush to Hualong City, all of them fought bravely to be the first, shouting and killing shook the sky.

In the early morning of the next day, the heavens and the earth were still shrouded in thick white fog, but the Tang army had already launched a strong attack. The Xue Liang coalition army at the head of the city suddenly became in a commotion.

A hundred and ten paces away from the city wall, a dozen catapults finally stopped.

In the sound of the uniform trumpet, a team of Tang troops suddenly exerted force, pulled down hard, in an instant, more than a dozen huge throwing arms bounced into the air, through the iron cable connected to the hanging basket at the far end of the throwing arm roaring into the air, after rising to the highest point, the boulder in the hanging basket fell down to the head of Hualong City, the defenders suddenly rioted, one by one to avoid, crowded with each other, several defenders were squeezed down the city and fell to death.

However, the defenders were panicked, but no one slipped out of the city and fled.

The guard Li Zhengbao suddenly raised his alarm, and when he suddenly looked up, he saw a boulder roaring down towards him.

Li Zhengbao suddenly dodged, and a boulder weighing four or five hundred catties fell his side, accompanied by a loud "boom", several defenders were shocked and flew up.

After a while, the smoke and dust dissipated, and I saw that a huge gap was smashed out of the city, and the defenders who were originally guarding Li Zhengbao's side were either shocked and fell off the city wall, or they turned into natives, and two of the most unlucky ones were directly smashed into meat paste. Fortunately, the remaining dozen or so boulders were missed.

After a round, the trebuchet of the Tang army after loading the boulder was powerful again, but although the momentum was terrifying, there were very few boulders that hit the city.

It wasn't until the well was close to the walls that the trebuchet stopped firing. When the smoke and dust that covered the city cleared, the defenders who were cowering behind the battlements stood up in panic!

However, Li Zhengbao's 6,000 descendants were as calm as ever, and they were not afraid of the blow of the Tang army's catapults, let alone panicked because of the approach of the well, but just quietly guarded the city, waiting for the Tang army to come and seize the city.

When the Tang army came to the city, Li Zhengbao gave a fierce order: "Release the arrows." ”

The elite defenders waiting on the city wall bent their bows and shot out, and the cold arrow rain immediately fell in clusters above the Tang army's head, although there were shields to cover it, but there were still a large number of Tang troops who were shot down, but the army was too dense, the arrow power was insufficient, countless city ladders were built on the city, iron hooks hooked the wall battlements, more than 10,000 Tang troops began to climb up to attack, boulders and wood fell like hail all over the sky, a string of Tang troops were smashed, screaming and rolling down from the air to the ground, but there were constantly new enemy troops landing the city to impact.

The Tang army under the city covered the soldiers in the city with arrows, the arrows were dense like a net, and they shot at the defenders of the city, and the defenders of the city began to suffer casualties, thousands of people were shot by arrows, and the coalition troops were pressed behind the female wall, unable to raise their heads, so they could only cover with shields and release arrows to both sides.

Li Zhengbao smiled coldly: "Give them some color to see, and bring up the fire oil!" ”

"No!"

I saw a pot of boiling oil carried forward, and after slowly coming to the head of the city, it immediately poured down towards the Tang army crowded under the city tower, and when the hot oil soaked through the cover of shields and iron armor, it was enough to break the most courageous soldiers.

The next moment. Dozens of rockets were brutally saved from the city tower, and the splashes of fire oil burned brightly, and the flames soon completely devoured more than a hundred Tang troops! He let out a terrible wail and rolled around desperately.

"Sprinkle the sand and continue the siege!" Li Shimin turned a deaf ear to the tragic scene and issued a new order.

"Whoa!"

……

A day passed quickly in a killing frenzy.

At the head of the city, there were rolling logs, stones, broken swords, guns, swords, and halberds, and mottled blood stains on the battlements, horse roads, and women's walls, some of which had dried up, and some of which were still bright red, all of which showed the incomparably tragic battle of this day, and it was clear that the battle for the capture of the city was getting hotter and hotter!

The defenders lay all over the place, and the siege of the Tang army continued until late at night, until after midnight when they finally retreated to the camp, and after the Tang army retreated, most of the defenders fell asleep on the ground.

Li Zhengbao stood by the tattered city wall, holding a mold knife that had collapsed countless openings, looking at the army with heavy casualties, his eyes flashed with a trace of sadness, this is the first day, just like this, can they still win? Even if they win, how long can the Xue Liang coalition between the Great Sui and Li Tang hold out?

Surrender to the alien race? Li Zhengbao really didn't want to.

"General, the Tang Army doesn't seem to be in a hurry to attack today."

Listening to the scout's report, Li Zhengbao looked at the Tang Army outside the city, and his brows tightened! What does Li Shimin mean by this, with the shocking terrifying flying stones and huge troops, he can completely continue to attack!

"General!" At this time, several lieutenants came behind Li Zhengbao.

"What about the losses of our army?" Li Zhengbao asked with concern.

"There were about 2,500 dead and wounded, and the morale of our army was extremely low, even if we were encouraged by money and military exploits, the effect was quite weak. I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on for two days. A lieutenant reported with an ugly face.

"What about Li Tang's army?"

"It's estimated that there are about three thousand." The captain let out a long sigh, and the others were also confused and nervous.

"How so?" Li Zhengbao was shocked, the offensive and defensive sides were actually one to one, the so-called five-fold siege of the city, it was useless to come to them, how to fight this battle.

"The main thing is that the flying stones are too scary, the soldiers are afraid, and Li Tang's army surpasses our army in terms of numbers, equipment, and morale, and now our army's morale is sluggish, we estimate that it won't last long or two days, do we want to ask for help like the king?"

Li Zhengbao smiled bitterly and said, "The king does have more than 20,000 people, but that is his lineage, his treasure and lifeline, and he will not send it to help us......"

Li Zhengbao is a general under the command of Liang Shidu, and his status is extraordinary, second only to the existence of the general Liang Luoren.

"General! Otherwise, we will lower the Tang Army! A general named Niu Tong spoke everyone's mind.

Even the most short-sighted people realize that if this continues, they won't even be able to breathe, and almost no one is optimistic about Liang Shidu's future anymore.

The so-called departure and choice of wood and rest refers to this time.

Zhao Feiyang and Niu Tong under Li Zhengbao all have this kind of thought, and they plan to find a way out for themselves, and everyone doesn't want to become cannon fodder for Liang Shidu.

"General, if we continue like this, we will all die. If the king can be fair, it doesn't matter if everyone dies, but he is greedy for life and afraid of death, how can such a person be worthy of our death? A trace of anger flashed in Zhao Feiyang's eyes, but he quickly hid it again, and now he still needs to see Li Zhengbao's attitude, and he doesn't dare to say too much.

"General Qiyu! The king told you to hold Hualong City, at least for half a month. A cavalryman sent an order from Liang Shidu.

As soon as these words came out, the generals almost scolded their mothers and held on for half a month? It's hard for them to even be here for half a day.

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(I took a closer look at the number of subscriptions for each chapter and found a super interesting phenomenon, that is, the chapter 'Persuasion after Xiao' has the highest number of subscriptions...... That's more than six times the average order. If I get this number, I'll wake up laughing in my dreams. Friends, your minds are so damn!! Isn't it? Hahahaha! ）

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