Chapter 875: Give up Chang'an
Outside Chang'an City, the soldiers and horses of the Li family and the Yuwen family had just ended a conflict, and this kind of direct damage was the most direct compared to the siege.
In order to reduce casualties, they will not really use all their strength when they have to, and both sides of the battle just now are just trying.
It has been explained from the fact that all the troops have not been committed.
Li Yuan was very angry that the Yuwen family came out to intervene in their fight against Chang'an, and it was really shameful to cut off Hu halfway.
The Yuwen family must not be given any chance.
"King Tang, Luoyang's soldiers and horses are expected to arrive in two more hours." The general beside him reminded.
The purpose is to hope that Li Yuan can stabilize before the reinforcements are brought and not attack in a hurry.
The soldiers are too tired, and if they continue, I am afraid that it will affect their combat effectiveness.
The main reason why the Yuwen family did not continue to entangle was that the number of soldiers and horses was not as large as that of the Li family, and they had scruples, otherwise they would not have stopped so easily.
"Let the soldiers rest, and they must be able to regain their combat effectiveness before reinforcements arrive."
Li Yuan was very tired at this time, and as the Tang King, he must not let people see his fatigue for fear of affecting his morale.
The situation here in Yuwen Chengdu is not as good as imagined, and a long-distance rapid attack is a waste of physical strength.
As soon as he arrived in Chang'an, the war began, and he was not even prepared for the camp, and there were not many soldiers and horses into the battle.
For the sake of Chang'an City, the two sides must fight to the end, this is the order of Yu Wenhua, and only by occupying Chang'an can he have the luck to rule the world.
The key is that Li Yuan has now occupied Luoyang, while the Yuwen family is only in Shuofang, and the degree of development between the two places is very different.
Even if the Yuwen family is in development for ten years, twenty years may not necessarily be as high as the income of Chang'an and Luoyang for a few years.
The soldiers on the city wall of Chang'an don't care who wins and who loses on both sides, they have already squatted on the city wall and fallen asleep, and the snoring can be heard by people outside the city.
The northwestern soldiers were very bold, and if the enemy were to attack the city at this time, they would have enough time for the enemy to climb the city wall.
But there was no way, they couldn't fight without resting.
Even if the king of the mountain stands on the city wall, it will not help, and he will not be able to continue the battle without a good rest.
In order to prevent the enemy from attacking the city, the people on the city walls are now the personal guards of the mountain, and only they can maintain sufficient energy.
At this time, they were the main force on the city walls.
As for whether they can protect Chang'an, they won't consider it.
Fortunately, in the evening, the barracks of the Xiao Cavalry Guard were ready, and both sides had a meal at one time, just for fear of taking advantage of this time to play tricks.
Don't underestimate the time to eat, eating early is definitely an advantage, and waiting for the soldiers to digest it will be energetic before going into battle.
If you start a war just after eating, the matter of fighting will definitely make your body feel uncomfortable.
"Kill!"
The station of the Xiao cavalry guard was suddenly attacked by the soldiers and horses of the Li family, and at this time the soldiers and horses on both sides were eating.
The sudden attack made the Xiao cavalry guard suffer a great loss, especially when the Li family's soldiers and horses launched a sneak attack, they used bows and arrows for the first time.
In addition, when the night makes the people of the horse guard deal with it, they are directly in a passive position.
Yuwen Chengdu immediately began to hurry up and counterattack.
Li Yuan was really eating at this time, and the soldiers and horses that sneaked up on the future were all reinforcements from Luoyang and the soldiers and horses guarding Li Shimin, who was stationed there.
Li Shimin wants to preserve his strength, he can only think about this kind of thing, after all, not everything is up to him. 14
As a result, all the soldiers and horses of the Li family with combat effectiveness were sent out, and the winner will inevitably be determined tonight, and the rest of the people who did not go out will rest directly on the spot after eating.
Most of the soldiers in Chang'an City have already slept for a day, and with their fatigue level, they may not be able to recover during the day.
Naturally, they couldn't have known what was going on off the field.
The Xiao cavalry guards suffered heavy damage, and even if they responded in time, they did not stop the attack of the Li family's soldiers and horses, and they seemed to be underprepared.
It may also be that Yuwen Chengdu's lack of experience in leading troops unexpectedly made the Xiao cavalry guard fail to exert its due combat effectiveness.
It's not hard to accept it.
People's hearts are all flesh and blood, how they were treated when they used to work for the emperor, and now they have become the private soldiers of the Yuwen family and are stationed in Shuofang.
Fame and fortune are not touched, and they have long lost the sharpness of the cavalry guards.
Although the combat effectiveness of the Li family's soldiers and horses is not so strong, Li Yuan used to be a military general who led the troops, and the means of managing and training the troops were very powerful.
In addition, the conquest is not stopped, tempered in the war, and the strength has long been different from what it used to be, and the surprise attack at night was calculated or not.
Morale will affect combat effectiveness if there is no such thing, and the key is because of the large number of soldiers and horses of the Li family.
Having the advantage of numbers is the key to victory.
The next morning, Li Yuan learned that the Xiao cavalry guards had been defeated and retreated.
They didn't pursue it, and there was no benefit in pursuing it.
Then the Li family's soldiers and horses began to be repaired.
Why not continue to attack Chang'an, Li Yuan's book says that the battle has reached this level and there is no point in continuing it.
So he sent his own letters to the city.
The king of the backers knew very well that his soldiers and horses continued to insist, and it was also a delay in time, and the final result was the same.
They can't hold Chang'an, and if it continues, the situation of the people in the city will get worse and worse, and the matter of food alone is worrying.
Li Yuan's letter made it clear that if the king of the backer left Chang'an on his own, the Li family's soldiers and horses would not pursue.
Among the conditions offered was that if he agreed, he would give the king of the backer two days to prepare, and they would not pursue anything that happened in the city.
The meaning is already obvious, such a thing as looting wealth is the benefit given.
Is the king of the backer that kind of person, it is a very test of the soul.
The king of the backers gave a positive reply in the third day, they needed five days, and there was also a condition that the Li family's soldiers and horses would be stationed outside the city for another fifty miles.
Li Yuan was very happy to read the letter, it was naturally good to be able to solve the problem of Chang'an in this way, but five days was too long in his opinion.
No one can guarantee that there will be no changes during this time, if you want Chang'an, you will be smart like this.
He knows the character of the backer king very well, and he says nothing about it.
Li Yuan agreed, retreated, retreated, and some scouts could still be arranged, and if there was an emergency, he could send troops again.
The mansion of the king of the mountain in Chang'an City, his righteous sons are all there.
"Father-in-law, do we really want to give up Chang'an City?"
"Yes, the matter continues to fight now, and the soldiers will suffer and the people in the city will be implicated." The backer said.
Everyone knows what he is worried about, after all, he is a city defender, and the situation in Chang'an City without the emperor is getting worse and worse.