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On the same day, Li Yuan issued an edict to pardon the world, and the charge of rebellion was only imposed on Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, and their subordinates and staff were not investigated. All the affairs of the state were left to the disposal of the King of Qin.

On the fifth day of the first month of the Yongchang year, Li Yuan officially appointed Li Shimin, the king of Qin, as emperor, and then issued an edict: "From today on, all affairs of the army and the state, no matter how big or small, will be entrusted to handle and decide, and then reported to me." ”

Then, just one day later, he announced that he had abdicated because he was unwell and seriously ill. Li Shimin succeeded to the throne as the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty and changed his name to Zhenguan.

The ladies of the original East Palace and the Qi Palace's palace were all put into the palace and became part of Li Shimin's harem, among which the more famous is the original Li Yuanji's wife Yang, Li Yuanji was accepted as a concubine by Li Shimin after his death, but there was no official title, and the palace called "Princess Chaora".

Li Shimin not only finally became the Tang Dynasty as he wished, but also became the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Although the emperor was about to surrender, he was very happy, because he had finally passed the emperor's addiction.

However, he didn't know that the Zhou army on the periphery launched an attack because the armistice deadline had arrived.

Li Jing led the southern army of the Zhou army and launched an attack on Wuguan.

Wei Chi Jingde led the Northern Army of the Zhou Army and launched an attack on Xiao Pass.

Luo Cheng led the Western Army of the Zhou Army and launched an attack on Dasanguan.

As for Tongguan, where the Tang army had the strongest strength and the strongest defensive ability, it was the Great Zhou Emperor Yuming, who had just finished his wedding with Yin Fei, who personally presided over the attack.

He also knew that the first battle in Guanzhong was the last battle to unify the world. I'm afraid there won't be many opportunities for me to go out in person in the future.

After the unification of the country, the operation of the imperial court will also be on the right track, and there will be a lot of affairs to deal with between the DPRK and China, and it will be difficult for him to have the opportunity to lead troops to fight like he is now.

Early in the morning of the sixth day of the first month of the Yongchang year, the 200,000 Zhou troops under the city of Tongguan walked out of the camp and began to attack the world's first Xiongguan.

The Tang army guarding Tongguan looked at it, and saw that the black pressure under the city wall was full of enemy heads, and the tail was almost invisible.

"Knock, knock, knock!"

With the sound of the drums, a large number of Zhou troops resisted the ladder and rushed towards Tongguan, and the earth-shattering shouts made all the Tang troops tremble.

The Tang army had all retreated back into the city, and they knew that fighting in the field, facing superior enemy cavalry units, was purely self-defeating. Defending on the city wall is much easier because of the sufficient equipment and materials to defend the city.

The war drums of the Zhou army beat and advanced the attacking phalanx to the city of Tongguan, and then began to attack the city walls.

At this time, arrows rained down on the wall, and the soldiers of the Zhou army held a shield in one hand and a broadsword or spear in the other, braving the rain of arrows and marching down to the city wall. Although people kept falling from arrows, they were outnumbered and their morale was high, and they soon set up a ladder and climbed up.

"Everyone, stone that enemy! Don't shoot arrows for the time being, save some money. In the hand of the cymbal, use the hook to hook the ladder down! After Li Shimin left, Liu Shili, the Tang general who stayed in Tongguan, shouted loudly.

He faced the victorious army of the Zhou army, although this army was not as well-equipped as the Modao army, but the morale was very high, after all, his side had won consecutive battles and had reached the last fortress of the Tang Dynasty. Seeing that victory is in sight, it is natural to want to decide the outcome of a war.

And the Tang army in Tongguan still does not know that the Li Tang high-level has planned to surrender. Most of them are younger soldiers in Guanzhong, naturally they don't want the enemy to kill their homes, and the current war situation is unfavorable, they are in a posture of mourning, and naturally they are unwilling to retreat. As a result, both sides suffered heavy casualties.

"Fight with you!" A Tang soldier picked up a stone and threw it at a Zhou soldier who was about to climb the city wall. Hearing only a scream, the Zhou soldier immediately fell down the ladder. Falling heavily under the city wall, the Zhou soldiers standing under the ladder could hear the sound of his ribs breaking.

However, before the Tang soldier could breathe a sigh of relief, he fell to the ground, and a cold wolf's tooth arrow had pierced his throat and taken away his young, vigorous life.

"Kill!" A Tang army commander roared angrily, and the long sword in his hand stabbed out like silver light, and stabbed into the chest of a Zhou soldier who had just climbed the city wall. The Zhou soldier's body trembled suddenly, the big knife in his hand fell to the ground with a "clang", and his hands weakly grasped the long sword that pierced into his chest, and died on the wall with a scream......

"Poof......" But before the Tang army leader could draw back his long sword, a spear had already stabbed like a poisonous snake, and pierced into his lower abdomen coldly.

Red blood poured out from the wound in the abdomen from the middle shot, staining his clothes all red. The Tang Army Gang Commander only felt that his eyes were dark, and his body suddenly became extremely heavy.

He reluctantly raised his head and glanced at the person who killed him, only to see that it was a Zhou army's team. He was smirking and pulling out his spear violently, and then attacked another Tang Army officer who was fighting......

After the Tang army leader fell, a young man about seventeen years old, who had just come up carrying arrows, saw all this, cried out "brother" in the voice, red eyes, and pounced like a vicious wolf. Although he was shot by a stray arrow in the middle and was stabbed, he finally grabbed the Zhou army by his side. Then he hugged him as hard as he could, no matter how many knives the team was stabbing him in the back. With the last of his strength, he violently grabbed the Zhou army and rolled down the city wall......

Brutal battles also took place at several other sections of the city wall that the Zhou army attacked. The Zhou army did not expect that the soldiers of the Tang army would be so strong in their will to resist at such an exhausted moment, and in their opinion, the Tang Dynasty was over. Why do the enemies fight so desperately? Their will to fight and combat effectiveness were not inferior to them. Although they attacked the city wall several times and saw that they were about to gain a firm foothold, they were driven off the city wall by the Tang soldiers who forgot to die.

"Maybe this is the thought of defending their homeland that supports them!" Yu Ming looked at the Tongguan city wall that was close at hand, but could not be overcome, and couldn't help sighing. Obviously, he didn't expect that the battle would fall into such a stalemate, and the death toll on both sides would skyrocket......

"On the trebuchet! Throw crude oil! Seeing this, Yu Ming sacrificed the fire attack tactic again. Originally, he didn't want to do this, because it would seriously damage the city wall of Tongguan, and it would cost a lot to repair it in the future. However, in order not to let the troops suffer too many casualties, he could only attack like this.

At this time, Tongguan stayed behind to guard Liu Shili, and saw that the large army of the Zhou army attacked again. But when they were still sixty feet from the wall, they stopped, and then pushed one trebuchet after another up.

"Hmph, attack with trebuchets? Trying to use this to storm our walls is a dream! Liu Shili sneered. He is well aware of the sturdiness of the Tongguan city wall.

"Tom! Tong! Tong! ”

It didn't take long for the trebuchets to start shooting at the walls of Tongguan. However, instead of stones, they were thrown into the city walls, and after these skins fell on the city wall, they flowed out a mass of black and slimy liquid. It only took a few moments, and now the walls were filled with the stench of this black liquid.

"Oops! The Zhou army actually attacked with crude oil! Liu Shili's first reaction was to flee quickly.

However, he did not dare to order his soldiers to withdraw from the wall at once, for he knew that if he did, the enemy would surely climb up the ladder. There was no need for the enemy to attack, and the Tongguan city wall was lost.

Just when the Tang army on the city wall was in shock, Liu Shili found that the attack of the Zhou army had changed again, and many archers rushed up and began to shoot arrows at the city wall, and they did not shoot ordinary arrows, but rockets.

Liu Shili immediately reacted, the enemy was about to set fire to the city wall. However, in a hurry, he had no better way to defend himself, so he could only shout: "The enemy is going to set fire, everyone prepare fire extinguishers!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, dense rockets had already fallen on the city wall like an overwhelming rain of fire.

I saw a "whew", the flames on the city wall jumped high, and then spread along the black crude oil on the city wall, and a sea of fire was formed on the city wall of Tongguan in an instant. The Tang soldiers immediately panicked, and some of them even wanted to leave the city wall.

"What are you panicking about? Isn't it just some hot oil? Half of them immediately extinguished it with fire-fighting tools, and the other half quickly went to the city well to get water to extinguish the fire! Liu Shili yelled.

The Tang soldiers settled down at this time, and they immediately began to extinguish the fire separately according to Liu Shili's arrangement. Liu Shili was actually more worried at this time that the Zhou army would take the opportunity to attack the city while he was fighting the fire at the head of the city. However, he looked at the situation in the distance, and it seemed that the Zhou army had no intention of attacking the city, they just kept throwing those black crude oil on the city wall. Although a large number of soldiers rushed close to the base of the wall, they did not use the ladder to reach the city, which made his heart feel wide.

But at this moment, a soldier rushed over and reported to Liu Shili: "General Liu, no! This fire cannot be extinguished, no matter what. As soon as the water was poured on, the flames flew even bigger! ”

When Liu Shili heard this, he was horrified, and when he looked at it, he saw that the fire on the city was getting bigger and bigger, and the clothes on the clothes of many Tang soldiers were on fire, and they were screaming miserably. Some soldiers carried buckets of water and poured them into the fire in an attempt to extinguish the fire. But after a bucket of water was poured, the sea of fire became a little more vigorous.

"Oops! Remembering it, King Qin had said before that this black crude oil could not be extinguished with water, it would only make it spread and expand, and the only way to replenish it was to use sand. But how can there be sand on this wall! Liu Shili couldn't help but secretly complain.

But there was obviously no time for him to think about it now, and he had to come up with an idea quickly.

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