Xiping County only Hualong, Huangshui two counties, Hualong County is located on the north bank of the Yellow River, the circumference of the county is about 30 miles, although it covers a large area, but the population of the county is only more than 20,000 people, this is also the serious consequence brought about since Xue raised the army, the Hehuang area was ravaged by the war, ten rooms and nine empty, the society withered, a large number of people fled to Guanzhong and Yongbei.

Due to the catastrophe, the Yellow River was almost cut off, which facilitated the strong attack of the Tang army, and with more than 10,000 reinforcements from Liang Luoren, the morale of the Liang army, who did not know that the Liang division had fled, was greatly boosted!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!.

The attack drum sounded outside the city, and the Tang army, which had sent several rounds of boulders, carried the siege ladder to Hualong City like a tide, and the arrows were woven into an arrow net in the air, and it was impossible to distinguish between the head of the city and the city, and the shouts of killing came and went, and the Tang army climbed the siege ladder frantically with a shield.

The city was full of dead bodies, and nearly 20,000 Liang troops were still desperately resisting, and after three days of bloody fighting, they had gradually found a way to deal with the Tang army.

The Tang army took turns attacking to maintain physical strength, and the Liang army also took turns defending to maintain physical strength; The Tang army invested 20,000 troops to attack, and they invested 10,000 troops to defend. The rain of arrows of the Tang army made it impossible for them to get close to the city wall to counterattack, so they left Zhang Gong and threw it downward, and although the Tang army was numerous, except for the siege ladder and those trebuchets with insufficient accuracy, they could not take out other siege equipment, and the Liang army also found a way to crack the siege ladder......

"Boom!" There was a loud bang on the ground, a huge siege ladder was set up at the head of the city, thick iron hooks hooked the city wall, and hundreds of Tang troops climbed up frantically.

Liang Jun lifted the wood and stone and threw it down, and Tang Jun screamed and rolled down with the wood and boulder.

Two burly Liang soldiers picked up sledgehammers and smashed them on both sides of the siege ladder, as the siege ladder widened, the wedge of the upper ladder fell off from the ladder frame, so that the siege ladder was a few steps less and could not reach the city, under the fierce counterattack of the Liang army, the Tang army rolled down from the city ladder.

But the Tang army quickly came up with a countermeasure, they used pig iron to fix the ladder rungs, so that the Liang army's hammer method was ineffective, but the Liang army made a big fork, after they broke the iron hook on the siege ladder, dozens of people worked together to push the ladder outward with the big fork, and the ladder broke away from the city head and fell outward.

The offensive and defensive battles between the two sides were carried out without stopping the use of various siege means and various countermeasures.

In front of the Tang army camp, Li Shimin watched the battle from a distance surrounded by hundreds of generals, his eyes flashed with irrepressible anger, Hualong City, which could have been attacked in one day, actually came with reinforcements, if Hualong City could not be captured, it would be a fiasco for him. Because the Sui army has already moved, it is assembled in Honghua County. Although he has not yet attacked Guanzhong, he knows that this is just the rhythm before the rainstorm, if he can't conquer Hualong in a short time, it is very likely that he will transfer his troops to return to the court when he will win, and sit in Guanzhong.

For the Chinese Wu Minister of the DPRK, Xiping County is insignificant, for the sake of a pass, not to mention a Xiping County, even the Hexi County outside the Great Earthquake Pass can be abandoned, they don't know the value of Hexi this horse source to Li Tang, or rather, they don't care at all, they don't care, because as long as their interests are protected, those Guanlong nobles are satisfied! As for Li Tang's interests and life or death, they didn't care at all.

"Liang Shidu actually bet the last capital up." Looking at Liang Luoren, who commanded the Liang army to fight, Liu Hongji, who was beside Li Shimin, said slowly.

"Master Liang is just a counterattack before he dies!" Behind Li Shimin was a turmeric complexion. A tall and thin young man with long hands and feet, and a square face.

"How so?" Li Shimin asked.

This person's name is Hou Junji, and he is one of Li Shimin's very important talents, and from the beginning of accepting him, he has taken a fancy to his amazing military talent. Always take it with you and cultivate. Hou Junji also lived up to Li Shimin's attention, and his abilities have increased significantly, and he has become a great figure in both civil and military affairs. Wen Ke became a member of Li Shimin's strategist group, and he could lead troops into battle and charge into battle.

Hou Junji said: "The Liang division has less than forty or fifty thousand soldiers, and the land is no more than one county in Xiping, since the Xue brothers fled to the West Sea, he has become a lone army with insufficient supplies, and he has no second way to choose except to fight back to the death." ”

Liu Hongqi frowned and said, "Then Liang Shidu didn't invest in the army before?" ”

"It's easy!" Hou Junji said confidently: "Liang Shidu may know the news of Yang Tong's victorious return, and think that the Sui army will launch an attack on my Tang Dynasty, so he simply invests heavy troops to confront me here, as long as he holds on until the Sui army commits my Tang Dynasty, he will win." ”

Li Shimin nodded silently, this is also what he thinks, as for how Liang Shidu knew that Yang Tong won, it doesn't matter, because he has always suspected that he secretly funded Liang Shidu, and he also supported Xue Ju to fight against Li Tang before, borrowing the enemy's enemy to consume the enemy's strength, not only Li Tang will play.

Hou Junji said again: "But this also gives us a chance to be annihilated." ”

"Oh? How to annihilate them all? Li Shimin asked with interest.

"The bombardment of catapults day and night has caused their morale to be demoralized and their fighting spirit to be lost."

"If there are a lot of catapults, do you need to fill them with human lives?" Li Shimin looked at Hou Junji speechlessly, shook his head, in Li Shimin's impression, Hou Junji should become the commander of the party that expands the territory. But Hou Junji's progress is a bit unsatisfactory.

It's still a little too tender, and it still needs to be sharpened.

……

In the bloody offensive and defensive battle, the day passed quickly, and when the night came, Liang Luoren, Li Zhengbao, Zhao Feiyang, Niu Tong and others would gather in the county government to discuss matters.

Everyone looked at Liang Luoren, who was sitting in the first place, and did not speak, and the atmosphere was a little depressing. With their encouragement, the soldiers fought bravely and bravely. But there was no one to encourage them, there were only a few thousand soldiers left in Huangshui City to fight a battle, there was no one left, not even reinforcements, and the Liang State created by the Liang division had no hope of victory. Under the attack of Li Tang's army day and night, everyone who knew that they would die hesitated.

Liang Luoren sighed gloomily, and said word by word: "Before I lead the army, the king is ready to defect!" ”

"What?"

Everyone suddenly trembled, everyone's faces were bloodless, their heads were dizzy, they were fighting to the death at this time, and the object of their allegiance actually escaped?

After being silent for a long time, Li Zhengbao said Huo Ran: "General, we are defeated, we can't fight anymore!" Then Li Shi's militia has many generals, and he is so powerful in leading troops, we are not opponents at all. If the fight continues, the brothers will be gone. ”

Liang Luoren smiled bitterly and said: "The king fled to Pipa Gorge, was ambushed by the Sui army, all the five thousand troops surrendered, and the king was killed. ”

When everyone heard this, they were silent for a while, although it was very shameful for Liang Shi to abandon the army and flee, but he was actually good to the generals, and when they heard that he died at the hands of the Sui army, they all showed a trace of sadness.

"I don't want to fight either. It has reached the point of internal and external troubles, and it is a dead end to fight. Whether we descend to the Sui or the Tang Dynasty needs to have a unified view. Liang Luoren looked at everyone and asked.

"Let's go down!"

Li Zhengbao stood up and said: "Li Tang has been fighting with us for so long, and he has already formed a grudge, even if we don't die, I'm afraid we won't have a chance to make meritorious contributions; Moreover, it is the general trend for the Sui Dynasty to be unified again, and Li Tang will not exist for too long. The Sui Dynasty is the only one, and we can take advantage of the Sui and Tang wars to clear the charge with loyalty and strength, and make meritorious contributions. ”

"I second!"

"I second!"

The generals have expressed their positions.

"It seems that everyone is on the same page." Liang Luoren nodded slowly, and then instructed outside, "Mr. Liu, please." ”

After a while, a well-mannered scholar walked in and saluted everyone: "Shi Liu Min, the magistrate of Wuwei County of the Great Sui, has seen all the generals. ”

All the generals were stunned, as if they didn't expect Liang Luoren to have a connection with the Sui Dynasty.

Liang Luoren understood everyone's thoughts, and said with a wry smile: "Liu Changshi got in touch with me yesterday. The reason why I have concealed it until now is that I hope everyone will delay a little time for the king, after all, the king treated me well before his death! But who wants to ......"

When all the generals heard this, they all sighed.

Liu Min said with a smile: "Generals, after today, everyone will be a family, as long as you make military achievements in the future, it will be okay to be a general." ”

"Liu Changshi, with all due respect." Glancing at Liu Min, Li Zhengbao stood up and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin has a killing spree against foreign races, and he hates traitors the most, and I have been in trouble with the Turks in Yongzhou!" Is His Royal Highness the King of Qin willing to forgive us? ”

The other people also looked at Liu Min, which was also what everyone was worried about, so this kind of life must be made clear first.

"Master Liang is dead, and it doesn't matter after the past!" Liu Min saw that everyone's expressions eased, the corners of his mouth raised, and he said with a smile: "You should know the king of Pingliang County, Fubao, right?" ”

"Yes!" The generals nodded

"What everyone doesn't know is that General Wang was the No. 1 general under Dou Jiande, and was captured by General Qin Qiong in the war.

"We are willing to pay for our crimes."

When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"You can rest assured, the Great Sui is the only one to use, and now is the time to employ people, and the generals don't have to worry about not having the opportunity to make meritorious contributions."

"In addition to letting everyone belong to the next time! I also give everyone a chance to redeem their merits, and I hope that everyone will do their best to drag Li Shimin's army in Hualong City! Liu Min looked at everyone: "If the generals have no objections, please go back and continue to mobilize soldiers to defend the city in the name of the Liang army, as long as it drags on for half a month, it will be a great achievement." Don't worry, our army will give you strong support. ”

"I'll do as I was told!" The generals knew that the Great Sui was going to use troops against Li Tang, and after bowing down and agreeing, they left in good spirits

Until everyone left, Liang Luoren smiled bitterly: "Liu Changshi, the sin will live up to the trust this time, and I hope to be able to keep my promise." ”

"General Liang rest assured! Governor Li will definitely report to His Highness and intercede for the general. Liu Min smiled.

"I hope so." Liang Luoren thought of the domineering Prince Yingwu, shook his head with a wry smile.

"His Royal Highness has the most important military merits, and the evil leader of Liang Shidu has been ambushed, and the general will not be implicated. Don't worry. Liu Min said: "Hualong City still needs to be held by the general, as long as the task is complete, it will be the first achievement." The general will go and prepare! Don't worry about the equipment for defending the city, General Duan will secretly transport it from the rear. ”

"Whoa." Liang Luoren nodded and followed Liu Min out.

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