Chapter 944: Burning Luoyang (II)

Withdraw from the walls?

As soon as Li Shimin's words came out, everyone present was in an uproar.

"General, once you withdraw from the city wall, even if you close all the city gates, the northern city will still not be able to hold it."

"Yes, General, you can't withdraw, otherwise the blood of your brothers will be shed in vain."

“……”

Everyone keeps dissuading Li Shimin, of course, this is also reasonable.

The purpose of closing the open city gate is to prevent the coalition forces outside the city from continuing to send troops into the city.

And if the defenders on the city wall are withdrawn, even if the city gate is closed, the coalition forces can still transport troops through the ladder.

This entire section of the north gate, such a spacious section, if there is no defender to stop it, can transport troops faster than the city gate.

Therefore, withdrawing the defenders of the city wall is actually equivalent to taking the initiative to abandon the north gate.

The number of the Liang army was already at a disadvantage, and if it lost the protection of the city wall, not to mention the north gate, even the entire Luoyang would soon fall.

In a normal siege, if the gates are opened, the battle is basically over.

But Liang Jun is different.

The city gate was opened from the inside, and the Liang army did not lose the north gate, and was still struggling to defend Luoyang.

But now, it is about to be lost because of the city wall, so that it is forced to abandon Luoyang, and most of the Liang army naturally can't accept it!

Li Shimin knew what everyone thought, so he sighed and explained: "Rest assured, the general is not trying to give up the North Gate, but the morale of the coalition army is now at its peak, and the 20,000 defenders of the northern city, plus the 30,000 reinforcements who rushed in, and the 50,000 army have not been able to expel the coalition army under the desperate battle.

Therefore, it is better to avoid its edge for the time being, and after its morale is rubbed a little, concentrate on recapturing the north gate. ”

The troops of the remaining three gates are easily unmobilized, and the Liang army only has 50,000 fresh troops, of which more than 10,000 have been killed, of course, the casualties of the coalition army are naturally greater.

There are less than 40,000 of the 50,000 fresh troops left, and if it continues to be consumed endlessly, even if the north gate is recaptured, it will still not be able to defend it!

Therefore, it is not that Li Shimin does not dare to fight with Qin Hao, but that the Liang army really can't fight, and the casualties of the coalition army are borne by all the princes, so Qin Hao naturally doesn't care.

As he spoke, Li Shimin said to Yang Jian again: "General Yang Jian, you immediately take people to clear a separation zone between the city wall and the residential area as soon as possible, and prepare a lot of oil, sulfur and other materials."

After all the troops on the city wall were withdrawn, a wall of fire was immediately set up to prevent the coalition forces from directly attacking the city.

In an hour or two before it will be dark, and the night is not conducive to the siege, and only after it will be dark will we have any hope of retaking the north gate. ”

Yang Jian was stunned when he heard this, obviously he didn't expect Li Shimin to borrow the time of heaven, but at present, this is the only way to make up for the lack of troops.

"No."

Yang Jian clenched his fists and said in a deep voice, but then asked again: "But General, once the wall of fire is established, Yuan Ba will be separated from us, how can he come back?" ”

Li Shimin pursed his hands and said confidently: "Don't worry about this, Yuanba's physique is already extremely strong, and it is difficult for ordinary swords to hurt him, plus he has reached the realm of a grandmaster, if he protects his body under the release of internal qi, it is impossible for a mere wall of fire not to hurt him." ”

What Li Shimin said is also true, with Li Yuanba's inhuman physique, even if he doesn't release his internal force to protect his body, he will not be able to burn to death in a while, and this time is enough for him to pass through the wall of fire.

And just here there are spies coming to report.

"Report ...... There was a major change in the ghost street, and the disciples of the hundreds of schools except for the two Taoist families, I don't know what means they used, not only detoxified, but also escaped imprisonment, and their whereabouts are now unknown. ”

"What? How so? ”

Li Shimin said with an angry face, and his heart became more and more uneasy.

Li Shimin knew that there must be people from the coalition army in the hundred schools, so he guarded against these hundred disciples from the beginning, and if he didn't do anything, he would definitely be extremely passive, so he simply wiped them all out and directly turned passive into active!

Li Shimin thought that he had paid enough attention to the disciples of the hundred schools, but he didn't expect them to escape silently under his nose, and Li Shimin could only sigh that the background of the hundred schools was really unfathomable.

There is actually nothing for the disciples of the hundred families to flee, but this means that a bigger conspiracy in Luoyang will also be revealed, otherwise why would they flee with a weak heart?

Every time he thought of this, Li Shimin's heart became more and more uneasy, and finally decided: "General Yang Jian, I'm afraid there are still changes in the city, I am going to go back to the city to deter Xiaoxiao, and the north gate will be handed over to you." ”

"The general can rest assured, the last general will ensure that the northern city will not be lost."

Li Shimin nodded, and then hurriedly returned with the people, and on the way back, the uneasiness in his heart became more and more intense.

Rumble...... The sky-high flames ignited, dyeing the sky of the northern city red.

Li Shimin turned his head and knew that Yang Jian had set the fire, but he looked at the fire and fell into deep thought, but after a few seconds, he suddenly woke up.

"Fire?"

Li Shimin's eyes widened, and a bad conjecture appeared in his mind, and then he shouted: "It's not good, quickly send an order to Li Xiuning, and immediately send more people to strictly guard the grain depot to prevent the army spies from attacking." ”

"No."

After the order was issued, Li Shimin was still not at ease, and immediately prepared to go to the grain depot in person.

Outside the city, Qin Hao looked at the firelight in the city, and couldn't help laughing: "Using this method to block the enemy, Li Shimin is really clever." ”

"Report ...... After the defeat of the enemy army on the city wall, our army wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue, but the Liang army lit a fire at the north gate, and our army was unable to attack in the short term because of the fire. ”

"That's it, in that case, let's postpone the attack on the North Gate."

After saying that, Qin Hao couldn't help but look at the city tower again, and whispered to himself: "Li Shimin, this small fire of yours has been taken by the alliance master, and the fire that the alliance master has carefully prepared for you, I don't know if you can catch it?" ”

On the upper floor of the North Gate, Li Cunxiao and Li Yuanba are still fighting, and the reflection of this fire also makes this battle even more legendary.

Seeing this, Qin Hao's eyes were also full of brilliance, and he said softly: "The side that wins this battle will definitely be able to occupy the world for more than ten years!" ”

As soon as Qin Hao's words fell, he saw that the inner city of Luoyang, where the Liang army's grain depot was located, was really on fire.

Grain and grass are flammable, and the fire will soon be difficult to contain, and the momentum is even greater than the fire wall at the north gate.

"The grain depot is on fire, put out the fire!"

"Water, get the water quickly!"

On the roof of a building across the street from the grain depot, a group of black-clothed swordsmen were watching the guards fight the fire in a mess, but they couldn't stop the spread of the fire at all.

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