The siege of Luoyang was extremely fierce, Wang Shichong personally commanded the elite division to fight fiercely in the city, and at the same time, the crown prince Wang Yingxuan mobilized 60,000 people to devote themselves to the defense of the city.

'Boom! Boom! Boom! ’

The rumbling war drums resounded through the world, and in the passionate war drums, tens of thousands of Tang troops pressed on a large scale, and the dense soldiers were overwhelmingly killing the city, they held shields and war knives, shouting to kill the heavens.

The Black Crush Army guarded hundreds of huge ladders and three-foot nest carts, pulled by more than a hundred healthy oxen, and pushed by countless soldiers, huge wooden wheels slowly rolled, and the low sound of horns continued to blow from the side of these behemoths.

At the head of the city, hundreds of catapults and giant crossbows were waiting for each other, and with the command captain shouting: "Release!" ”

'Bang! With a loud bang, the boulders were sent out by the catapult, rolled in the air, and accurately hit a nest car two hundred paces away, and the nest car was repeatedly hit, and finally collapsed unsupportably.

More stones smashed into the crowd, only to smash the Tang army on their backs, and suffered heavy casualties.

The giant crossbow in the city also began to shoot, which is a large bed crossbow with an arrow shaft like a car spoke, and an arrow shaft like a giant axe, with a range of more than 400 steps.

Under the repeated blows of these heavy defensive weapons, the siege engines of the Tang army were greatly damaged, but despite this, dozens of ladders and nest carts still leaned against the city wall.

The Tang army climbed upwards like an ant colony, and the arrows at the head of the city were suddenly like a storm, shooting at the Tang army on the cloud ladder from both sides, and people kept falling.

Boulders and rolling logs tumbled and fell from the top of the city, and the Tang army smashed them again and again, screaming and falling down the ladder.

In the west city of Luoyang, a nest car leaned on the head of the city, the bridge plate wrapped with iron sheets was put down, and the iron hooks on it hung the battlements, dozens of Tang troops swarmed out from the nest car, and more than 100 Zheng soldiers on the head of the city went up to meet the battle, and the two armies fought fiercely.

The Don army was repulsed again and again, but someone kept rushing forward, and such a fierce battle has lasted for ten days, and both sides have paid tens of thousands of dead and wounded.

The battle lasted for a morning, and the weakened Tang army gradually retreated.

Wang Shichong at the head of the city was pale, the Tang army's attack for ten consecutive days caused nearly half of the Zheng army's casualties, the elite division was already less than 50,000 people, and Luoyang's defense began to have loopholes, if the Tang army attacked like this again, Luoyang City would soon be breached.

Wang Shichong's only hope now is that the Sui army in the east can make a timely move, he knows that Yang Tong has long been ready, but he just plans to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight to the end, and would rather Luoyang City be broken than send troops, which makes Wang Shichong grit his teeth with hatred, but he is helpless.

This is a three-way game, it depends on who can support to the end, but in the current situation, Wang Shichong knows that he will be the first to go out, and the end of failure is undoubted.

But Wang Shichong does not think that he is talented and virtuous, he has a flexible mind and is both civil and military. After being based in Luoyang, he also knew how to suspend the army to support the people and buy people's hearts, he had the foundation of unifying the world, and also had the ambition to establish a foundation for all generations.

His only regret was that he was unlucky, he controlled the land of the four wars, and was surrounded by the three strong enemies of the Sui, Tang and Wei dynasties. Years of conquest have emptied his forces and broken his foundation, but as long as he is given three or five years to fight hard, he will definitely become a major force in the Central Plains.

However, when Wang Shichong secretly formed the Great Sui in the north and Li Mi in the east, and led the army south to Jingxiang in high spirits, he was stunned all of a sudden, and the powerful momentum was actually suppressed by an unknown Li Daozong, and it was difficult to advance an inch of land, and because of the shelter of Zhu Cang, the people of Xiangcheng and Shuyang County, who were full of Zhu Cang's poison, regarded him as a figure like Zhu Cang, and Li Tang's detectives made a big fuss about his previous killing of good people and killing prisoners, so that these two counties have never been stable.

What shocked him even more was that Li Tang suddenly ignored Xiao Miao, and gathered more than 200,000 Tang troops to kill Luoyang from Xiyang and Nanyang.

By now, Wang Shichong was desperate, because Luoyang, a lonely city, was left in his Zheng country, and he didn't want to see this result, but he had to accept this cruel fact.

After these days of war, bad news comes frequently.

First of all, Wang Jundu, the king of Yue, was provoked by Hou Junji, gave up the fortification of Qianjin Fort, and went out of the city to fight, resulting in the destruction of the 5,000 army and the loss of Qianjin Fort.

Then the king of Song led the remnants of the army back to Luoyang, and was ambushed by Liu Hongji, and the whole army was annihilated.

and Wang Shiheng, the king of Qin, died in Cijian City......

Wang Shichong's second sons, King Xuanshu of Han, and King Daocheng of Wei were killed by Li Shimin's 3,000 elite horsemen on their way to Kim Yong Castle.

The third son, Wang Xuanqiong, the king of Han, also died in Dingding Fort.

This series of failed news made him understand that Li Shimin was fighting to encircle Wei and save Zhao, and his troops were in the city, forcing the troops distributed around to have to return to Luoyang, so that Hou Junji, Liu Hongji and Li Daozong could calmly attack the city and annihilate the Zheng army one by one in the field, and it would not cause too much loss to themselves.

What's even more terrifying is that even if he knows that this is the case, Wang Shichong can't stop it, and even if the peripheral army knows the road of death, the road to help, they have to bite the bullet, and Wang Tai is a typical end.

Even Wang Shichong doesn't have much hope at the moment.

Although Li Shimin has not yet arrived at the city of Luoyang, there is a strong atmosphere of despair in the entire Luoyang.

The battle reached this point, Wang Shichong was desperate or desperate in his heart, and he couldn't think of any possibility of turning the tables.

Descending Tang?

Wang Shichong looked at the sky outside in a daze, a touch of hideousness flashed on his face, two of his three sons died, seven of his ten nephews died, plus his second brother, and all of them died at the hands of Li Tang, even if he died and the clan was wiped out, he would never bow to Li Tang, never!

A noisy sound sounded from afar, and Wang Shichong stood up with a slight frown.

"What's wrong?" looked at the guards on the side.

Several guards looked at each other, they had been guarding here, who knew what was going on. Wang Shichong was about to say something, but when he saw Wang Ren coming in a hurry, his expression was solemn. Wang Shichong frowned and said, "What's the matter with you?" ”

The Battle of Luoyang has lasted more than ten days. There were also three battles outside the city, but the results ended in a crushing defeat for Wang Renze, causing the Zheng army to lose more than 20,000 elites.

Wang Shichong has always had high hopes for Wang Renze, but Wang Renze's performance disappointed him, and the loss of more than 20,000 elite soldiers made Wang Shichong's heart ache even more, and in a fit of anger, Wang Renze was deposed as a citizen, and ordered the crown prince Wang Xuanying to be in charge of the government, and he proclaimed himself the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and took the remaining 50,000 elite soldiers into his own hands.

Although Wang Ren was deposed as a citizen, his position was there, and he was not willing to let the Wang family sink, and these days he implemented his plan to defend the city through the old department, silently assisting Wang Shichong. Seeing the emperor's uncle's own dissatisfaction, Wang Ren bowed and begged: "Holy Lord, please allow me to say a word, although I have no regrets in death!" ”

Wang Shichong met the pleading gaze, his heart softened, and he sighed: "You say! ”

"The three defeats outside the city are by no means incompetent, in fact, there are other reasons."

"What is the reason?"

"Report to the saint, the first time was that King Wei did not listen to my command, and he attacked without authorization, resulting in the loss of the flanks and the defeat of the whole army." Speaking of this, Wang Ren gritted his teeth, bowed his head and said: "In the second war, in fact, the Tang army couldn't hold on, it was a battle of wills, but at a critical time, the uncle was frightened by Wang Junkuo, and left the army to flee alone, causing the whole army to collapse; The third time is because of Zhu Cang, the Tang army knew that it was going to war, so Li Shimin used the Jingxiang army as the main force, because Zhu Cang was evil in the Jingxiang area, the local people hated him to the core, Li Tang's Jingxiang army in order to take revenge, everyone followed one after another, sacrificed their lives and forgot to die, plus they were many powerful, and there were many fierce generals, and the result was still defeated...... There are too many problem generals in our army, as for the eldest uncle, third uncle, father and fourth uncle, they have been worn out of their previous fighting spirit by the luxurious life over the years, and now they are more afraid of death than the other, and the remaining cousins are no longer able to fight. ”

"When I say this, I am not shirking my responsibility, but reminding the Holy Lord that if we do not adjust our military power, I am afraid we will still lose."

Wang Shichong listened to Wang Renze's words, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought, and after a while, his face gradually softened, and he sighed: "What you said is all good, I actually understand, but now...... If I use rash rectification, they will definitely defect and surrender to the Tang Dynasty... What can I do? ”

"Father, the emperor ......" Wang Xuanying ran over with a military general with a panicked face.

"What happened?" Wang Shichong suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, and shouted in a deep voice.

Wang Xuanying said: "Father, there are more than a dozen officers who are ready to sacrifice the city to the Tang Dynasty, and the time is set for tonight." ”

"What?" Wang Shichong was taken aback, and asked sharply: "Who is going to descend to Tang?" ”

Wang Xuanying pulled the officer out and said, "You can tell your father yourself." ”

The officer saluted and said: "Who it is, the last general doesn't know, it was Li Gongyi who was drunk last night, and he said that he was going to open the thick gate in the south." ”

Wang Xuanying continued: "Erchen has taken Li Gongyi under control, but the stakes are very high, and Erchen has not had time to interrogate. ”

Wang Shichong's heart was even more ignorant and angry, his chest rose and fell fiercely a few times, his face became very ugly, and he shouted: "How can this be reasonable, I want to see who is so bold!" ”

Wang Shichong led the manpower and rushed out to the thick gate with great momentum.

"This ......" When he saw a large group of people rushing to the city gate on the streets of Houzai, Wang Shichong's brain was a little dazed, and he looked at Wang Xuanying beside him incredulously.

"It must be that the news of Li Gongqing's arrest leaked, and these people simply reversed!" Wang Ren said immediately.

"Bastard!" Wang Shichong was furious and said to the defenders of the city: "Shoot arrows!" ”

"Woo Woo Woo ~ "

Without any hesitation, the defenders suddenly burst out of the air and fell into the crowd, and the group of rebels were instantly shot down in a large area.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! Wang Shichong gritted his teeth and said.

Wang Shichong's personal guards rushed to the city with knives and guns, and every time they took a step forward, they would let out a loud shout, and a sense of iron-blooded killing was permeated, making these chaotic soldiers pale, and many people threw away the weapons in their hands, and ran away, after all, not everyone was willing to compete with the 'imperial court' army, and it was also because of the noise of the superior generals, coupled with the large number of people who dared to do it, at this moment, Wang Shichong's personal guards were so frightened and suddenly lost their courage, and after a while, they ran most of them, and the rest of the people also looked at each other and were at a loss.

"Kill!" Wang Shichong snorted coldly, waved his hand and shouted.

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