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"On my order, everyone will temporarily retreat from the city wall, leaving only the observation post in the city tower. Anyway, the fire is so big, it is impossible for the Zhou army to climb the city wall at this time! Liu Shili thought for a while and gave this order, which he thought was more secure.

As a result, the Tang troops on the Tongguan city wall, except for some observation posts, withdrew and stayed under the root of the wall not far from the city wall, waiting for the black crude oil to burn out. However, their hopes were quickly dashed.

I saw that Zhou Jun's trebuchet was constantly throwing the black crude oil up, and the entire city wall had turned into a sea of fire, and the fire was getting bigger and bigger, and there was no tendency to stop.

At this time, many Zhou soldiers had gathered at the city gate, and they were preparing to blow up the city gate, they piled bags of black gunpowder at the hole in the city gate, and then placed a fuse in the gunpowder pile.

Although the Tang army observation post on the city wall discovered all this, they did not know what the Zhou army was doing, and said that the enemy wanted to pry open the city gate with tools.

"Hmph, these Zhou soldiers are also stupid, we blocked the inside of the city gate with bricks and stones, and it's strange that they can pry it open!" The Tang Army's observation post said disdainfully.

However, at this moment, a loud "boom" was heard, and a deafening explosion resounded throughout the sky.

The city wall at the gate of Natong Pass was suddenly blasted open with a big hole, revealing a black hole.

Standing on the city tower, the Tang Army observation post, which had not yet withdrawn, was suddenly overturned by the air wave of the explosion and fell to the ground into a meat patty.

And the Tang soldiers who were originally hiding under the city wall were all frightened, thinking that a thunder had been laid down from heaven.

"Everyone! The enemy's gates have been blasted open with a thunderbolt! We can fight our way to Tongguan! Qin Qiong was overjoyed at this time.

Before he finished speaking, Cheng Yanjin held two Xuanhua axes and rushed to the front. The ironclad cavalry followed him like a gale.

"Cheng Biting Jin, this old man, wants to fight for merit again!" Seeing this, Qin Qiong couldn't help but curse secretly, and then also led the Mo Dao Army to rush over.

Although there were still more than 100,000 Tang troops in Tongguan City, in order to defend their homeland, they also caused some casualties to the Zhou army in the posture of mourning soldiers. But this time, after the city gate was blown open, he had already lost his fighting spirit. The vanguard of the Zhou army that rushed into the city was an elite division such as the ironclad cavalry and the Modao army. How can they resist this?

However, in just two hours, the Tang army in Tongguan City was killed and wounded nearly seventy percent, Liu Shili insisted on resisting, and was cut off by Cheng Biting Jin with an axe and died.

And the rest of the Tang army saw that the main general was dead and the general trend had gone, so they all surrendered. It only took one day for the Zhou army to successfully capture Tongguan.

At the same time that the eastern army of the Zhou army played a triumphant song, Luo Cheng also led the western army to break through the Dasan Pass, and Li Shentong fled in embarrassment, abandoned the pass and fled back to Chang'an.

Wei Chi Jingde's northern army also easily broke through Xiao Pass and approached Chang'an City from the north.

As for Li Jing of the Southern Army, he encountered some trouble in the face of Qu Tutong, a veteran. He couldn't hold on, no matter how provoked Li Jing was, he wouldn't leave the city. As a result, Li Jing was forced to adopt the tactics of hard attack, which led to heavy casualties among the besieging troops.

However, after all, the Tang army in the south was small in number, and judging from the situation in the whole world and Guanzhong, the Tang Dynasty was not far from its demise. Therefore, after the Zhou army launched a fierce attack at the expense of casualties, they finally could not resist it and completely collapsed after holding on to the sky. Qu Tutong only had dozens of horsemen left and fled back to Chang'an.

On the fifteenth day of the first month of the year of Yongchang, the surrounding armies began to converge under the city of Chang'an, with a total strength of more than 500,000. The western capital of Chang'an, one of the capitals of the world, is surrounded by water.

At this time, Yu Mingfang learned that there was a drastic change in the city, and Li Shimin launched the Xuanwumen Rebellion, killed Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, and took the throne himself, and then forced his father Li Yuan to abdicate and become the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

"History is still running according to the original trajectory, and the Xuanwumen change still happened, but two years earlier." Yu Ming stood on a high slope outside the city, looking down at the towering Chang'an City, and secretly thought in his heart: "And the only difference is: at that time, the Tang Dynasty had unified the world, and it was the time when it was thriving. And now the Tang Dynasty is about to die. ”

At this moment, Qin Qiong hurriedly came to report: "Your Majesty, Li Shimin, the current emperor of the Tang Dynasty in the city, sent Liu Jing to send a letter of state. He agreed to surrender, but demanded that he be crowned King of Tang and given his grandson a hereditary title according to the conditions you had previously given Li Yuan! ”

"Hehe, this Li Shimin is a good idea: I think that after killing Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, and forcing Li Yuan to abdicate, I will be able to treat him as Li Yuan after mastering the Tang Army?" Yu Ming sneered and said, "Let's go, let's go back to the camp first to meet this number one thinker under Li Shimin." I want to remind him: don't see the situation clearly now! ”

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Lifting the curtain of the big tent, Yu Ming saw at a glance that there was a middle-aged man with two long beards in the tent, anxiously pacing back and forth. It seems that this person is Li Shimin's most relied on confidant Liu Jing.

When he saw Yuming coming in, he hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down and kowtowed, "Foreign Minister Liu Jing sees the emperor of the Great Zhou Kingdom!" Long live Your Majesty! Banzai! Hooray! ”

"Get up! We don't kneel and worship in the Great Zhou! Yu Ming said coldly.

Liu Jing hurriedly stood up, and then respectfully handed over the national letter and said, "Your Majesty, now that my emperor has decided to submit to Your Majesty, I don't know if Your Majesty can continue to fulfill his previous promise?" ”

Yu Ming picked up the national letter, and after reading it for a long time, Fang frowned and said, "Liu Jing, do I remember that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty was not Li Yuan?" Why is the signature on this national letter Li Shimin, the king of Qin? ”

"Oh, it turns out that Your Majesty doesn't know that there has been a change of emperor in our dynasty, and the original emperor has abdicated as the emperor and let the emperor out. Therefore, now the Tang Emperor is the previous King of Qin. ”

After hearing this, Yu Ming smiled slightly and said: "Strange, I remember that Li Jiancheng is the longest, although he was deposed, but he still lives in the East Palace, Li Yuan is still quite fond of him, why didn't he make him the new emperor, but Li Shimin?" ”

"This ......" Liu Jing was not easy to answer, he thought for a moment before replying: "This is because Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji are jealous of the merits of King Qin, and are worried that the emperor will pass the throne to King Qin, so they are ready to assassinate King Qin." But the king of Qin got the news first, so he took the lead and set up an ambush at Xuanwu Gate to kill Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji. And when the emperor learned about this time, he first established the king of Qin, and then passed the throne to him! ”

"I see." Yu Ming sat down at this time, picked up a cup of tea, tasted it and said, "Liu Jing, you can also sit down and drink tea!" ”

After Liu Jing heard this, he didn't dare to sit down, but asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, but I don't know if you agree, after we return to Shun, we will be crowned as the King of Tang and have a hereditary title?" ”

"Hahaha!" Yu Ming laughed, and then said with a clear gaze: "Liu Jing, it seems that I have never contacted Li Shimin about this matter, and I have always been negotiating with Li Jiancheng, and the conditions are also given to Li Yuan...... Now that Li Jiancheng is dead and Li Yuan has abdicated, then this condition will be null and void! ”

"Ahh So how? When Liu Jing heard this, she immediately became anxious.

He hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, since you have previously agreed to make my emperor of the Tang Dynasty the king of Tang, and allowed his grandson to inherit the title, it shows that you are a magnanimous person. Now it's just that my Tang Emperor has changed, and the rest of the situation is still the same! Why can't the original conditions be enforced? You know, my emperor is also the second brother of Princess Xiuning......"

"Bang!" Yu Ming slapped his palm on the table at this time, spilling some of the tea, which made Liu Jing even more startled.

"Liu Jing, you also know that I and the Li family are actually related by marriage, so for Xiuning's sake, I will offer such generous conditions, which are also not enjoyed by other princes from all over the world who have been flattened!" Yu Ming said word by word: "But I also have my own moral bottom line: I will never let go of the wicked person who killed my brother." Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji are not only Li Shimin's brothers, but also my uncle and brother-in-law. They were killed by Li Shimin, and I should avenge them! ”

"So, go back and tell Li Shimin. I only recognize Li Yuan, not him. As for the question of the succession to the title of the Tang king. I think Li Yuan should have other concubines. It can be inherited by these people! "Yu Ming is colorful.

Liu Jing wanted to persuade for a while, but was glared at by Yu Ming, and said sharply: "You don't have to say more, go back to Chang'an City to recover your life!" If Li Shimin hadn't surrendered before dawn tomorrow, then Hugh blamed me for not being welcome! ”

After that, he said to the soldiers around him: "Send off guests for me!" ”

The two soldiers came up and said, "Mr. Liu, please!" ”

Liu Jing had no choice but to give it up, and then rode back to Chang'an City under the escort of the Zhou soldiers. Then, he hurried to meet Li Shimin. reported to him the situation after sending the envoy to the Zhou army camp and meeting with Yuming.

"! This Yuming is really deceitful! He only recognized his father and a few of his other sons, and did not recognize me, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty! After Li Shimin listened to Liu Jing's report, he also scolded.

The generals and staff of the Tiance Mansion all shrank their necks and did not dare to speak.

"Good! Don't you want Li Yuan to be the king of Tang and let his son inherit the title? I want to see how you can make a group of dead people the king of Tang! The more Li Shimin thought about it, the more angry he became, he pulled out the treasure knife and said to Cheng Zhijie beside him: "Go!" General Cheng, go to the Wude Hall with me! Let out this evil breath! ”

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