Tiancheng is one of the three major cities of Gaochang Kingdom, and it is also a barrier of Gaochang City.

On June 13, the tenth year of Zhenguan, Hou Junji finally waited for all the troops given to him by Li Shimin, a total of 200,000, and after the army was assembled, Hou Junji made a decision to go out of Liuyun Valley and fight Tiancheng for the first time.

"Your Highness, you will be with me in the Chinese army this time!"

Hou Junji still wanted Li Zhan to be with him, so that Hou Junji felt down-to-earth, and Li Zhan also knew Hou Junji's thoughts, so he nodded in agreement.

About two days later, Hou Junji's vanguard, that is, Qibi He Li, arrived outside Tiancheng early in the morning, and he first sent people to advise the defenders of Tiancheng not to make unnecessary resistance, and to go out and surrender as soon as possible.

It's just that you wouldn't have thought that Qi Bi He Li's kindness was rejected by nearly 10,000 people up and down Tiancheng without hesitation.

This will be Qi Bi He Li is angry, your sister, this is not to give yourself face at all, I will give you a way to live, you don't want it, and you will toast and don't eat and drink.

Therefore, he got the words of the soldiers and civilians of Tiancheng who swore not to surrender to the death, and immediately launched a siege.

Qi Bi He Li is only 30,000 Tiancheng defenders less than 3,000 people, this is a siege without suspense, in the face of several times their own Tang army, although the Tiancheng defenders desperately resisted, but still mantis arms as a car, not self-measured, soon defeated.

You must know that it was only the first round of attacks by the Tang army's trebuchet, and Tiancheng's side was already unable to resist it, and the trebuchet designed by Li Zhan was too strong, and it smashed into the city, that is, the houses were destroyed, and the Tiancheng army did not even have an effective counterattack.

Waiting for three rounds of nearly 100 trebuchets to be thrown in three rounds, Qi Bi He Li pointed at his long sword, and more than 100 cloud ladders appeared, and then pushed them under Tiancheng, although the soldiers of Tiancheng also put a few arrows, but this kind of cloud ladder designed by Li Zhan can defend against arrows at all.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, he ordered the city to be attacked, and at 13 o'clock in the afternoon, the city was broken, and more than 7,000 men, women and children in the city were all captured by the Tang army.

Following Hou Junji, he didn't even rest, and immediately decided to take advantage of the big victory to continue the attack, this time the target was Gaochang City.

"What?" Koji Zhisheng's legs were about to tremble: "I didn't hold on for a day, and Tiancheng was broken like this?" ”

"Lord of the country, the destruction of Tiancheng is not the main thing, the most important thing is that the Tang army has left Tiancheng to kill us."

One sentence made all the ministers in the palace tremble in their legs and stomachs.

"What should I do?" Koji Zhisheng sat on the top of the main hall and looked at his courtiers in panic and asked.

It's just a pity that at this time, none of the courtiers of Gaochang have any ideas, and the old lord has been scared to death, what else can this person have at this time.

In the end, a so-called wise man in Gaochang came up with an idea when there was really no way, and the wise man told Koji Zhisheng that the Tang army must be tired when he came over this time, so we in Gaochang should wait for work.

You can send troops to attack the Tang army, and you can take the Tang army from afar by surprise.

This method is like the emperor's new clothes, and Koji Zhisheng really has no choice, he can only believe in this method, hoping that the Gaochang army, which he has rested for many days, can catch the Tang army off guard.

But it's like a dream, is it possible?

That night, the Tang army quickly moved to the front of Gaochang City, but Hou Junji did not know that the Gaochang army already had an army of 10,000 people hiding outside the city, ready to strike a fatal blow to the Tang army.

The leader of this Gaochang army is also the general of Gaochang State, named Ligu Palace, you must know that this Ligu Palace is not stupid, after he arrived outside the city, he began to observe the entire Tang army.

In it, Kogumiya saw a lot of old opponents, and how strong these old opponents were, Kogumiya was very clear, so he chose not to attack these people.

Looking around, Koji Gugong found an army that he had never seen before, this group of troops has a characteristic that they are all very young, and at first glance, this team should be the new army of the Tang Dynasty.

So the Koji Palace was ready to wait until late at night to attack this new army of the Tang Dynasty.

And this new army of the Tang Dynasty is Li Zhan's Tiger Army.

"Who's on duty today!" It was Cheng Chumo who spoke.

In front of Cheng Chumo were the generals of the Tiger Army, Qin Huaiyu, Yu Chi Baolin, Yu Chi Baoqing, Su Ningbao and Xue Rengui.

"Let's do it!" Xue Rengui said.

"Yes, the scouts of the Tiger Cavalry Regiment are the best of our Tiger Army, and the last time they set up a hidden stake, hiding in the desert, I was deceived." Qin Huaiyu smiled and nodded.

"yes!" Yu Chi Baolin also laughed: "Rengui and their scouts are the best, don't fight for this, let Rengui go to watch the night, now we have arrived less than ten miles outside Gaochang City, be careful that these Gaochang people kill them directly." ”

"Phew!" Yu Chi Baoqing scolded: "Give them ten guts, Nainai's, I'm really about to suffocate, this time I came out, in addition to eating sand is eating sand, I can finally start fighting, and I said that I wanted to attack the city in the morning, and the city was broken in the afternoon, and we arrived in Tiancheng, and the ass was not yet hot, and we were going to Gaochang City again."

Those who got oil and water are all the descendants of General Hou, and the burning of the Western Turks is the Xin Fang'er, and this time the vanguard of Gaochang City is still the Xin Fang'er, and our brigade general was also taken to the Chinese army, and we just followed behind to wave the flag and shout. ”

"Don't say that, you can't blame the general manager, whoever makes a small country like Gaochang with tens of thousands of people is not enough for us to stuff our teeth, no matter who it is, we have to divide our relatives and distance from each other!" Cheng Chumo sighed slightly.

Although what Cheng Chumo said is more pertinent, in fact, Cheng Chumo is also very unwilling in his heart, after all, he has walked such a long way, and he can't kill the enemy when he comes, what is this called, it's good to be alive, but he can't mix it with any military merits, who will feel good in his heart.

"I don't understand, why Gao Chang is so arrogant and goes against our Datang?" It was Suning Bao who asked this.

It's just this question, not only Su Ningbao doesn't know, but the other generals don't understand it, obviously it's the same day and the same place with Datang, why do you want to provoke Datang.

It's a fascinating thing.

And it's not just this Gaochang, from the beginning of the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, we can see that the Tang Dynasty's policy towards the Western Regions has always been to woo and appease, and if it is not at a critical moment, it does not want to resort to force.

However, although the Tang Dynasty maintained such a mind and demeanor, the countries of the Western Regions regarded the Tang Dynasty as a bully, and repeatedly provoked them, such as the Turks, Tuyuhun, Xue Yantuo, etc.! often led troops south to invade the border of the Tang Dynasty, plundered the materials of the Tang Dynasty, relied on his own soldiers to be strong and strong, and did not take the Tang Dynasty in his eyes.

Until Li Shimin succeeded to the throne, it can be said that he has done his best to the countries of the Western Regions, but these countries are still confronting the Tang Dynasty, and there is no way, for the national interests of the Tang Dynasty, and also for the dignity of the Celestial Empire, they can only raise troops to fight to maintain the national prestige of our Tang Dynasty.

"Whatever, we just need to know that we can follow the brigade commander well, come and eat noodles, there is meat in today's noodles, everyone eat more."

"Meat?" Cheng Chumo smiled and said, "Where did you get the meat?" ”

Qin Huaiyu said: "Tiancheng is broken, it was captured from Tiancheng, and Guangliang sent it!" ”

"Hey, it's still Guangliang, that kid can eat well, and any good things are his." Cheng Chumo smiled.

"Of course, Guangliang's identity is not ordinary, the son of the chief manager, the prince's brother-in-law, and the person who is important to our brigade generals!" Yu Chi Baolin laughed.

Cheng Chumo also smiled and said: "So what, we are the descendants of Brother Zhan, I will follow Brother Zhan in the future anyway, I believe that as long as we follow Brother Zhan, we don't have to be afraid of anything." ”

"That's right!" After Cheng Chumo finished speaking, he didn't expect everyone to shout together, so Cheng Chumo laughed, it turned out that these people were exactly the same as what he thought.

Just like that, the time to eat noodles began.

Li Zhan was also eating in the tent of the Chinese army at this time, but Li Zhan ate better than the generals, Li Zhan, Xue Wanjun, Hou Junji, Hou Guangliang, Ying Lao, and Feng Ming were eating roast whole sheep together.

Hou Guangliang is in charge of roasting, don't you say, this Hou Guangliang's roasting whole sheep technique is quite good, roasted, Hou Guangliang gave the sheep neck to Li Zhan first, because eating roasted whole sheep is not such a simple thing, different parts of the whole sheep should be divided to different people, the sheep neck is divided to the most distinguished guests, the leg of lamb is for the person who helps with the errand, the lamb rib is divided by hand, and the rest can be divided freely!

Li Zhan took a bite of the lamb's neck and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that Guangliang is really versatile, and this roasted whole sheep is also so good." ”

"Huh!" Hou Guangliang said with a smile: "The prince used to like to eat, but then I learned it. ”

Hou Guangliang said that in the past, Li Chengqian liked to pretend to be from the Western Regions and was uninhibited in his East Palace, and at that time, he was often listed by the master of the East Palace, but now Li Chengqian is much better.

Now Li Chengqian basically reads books, plays games, plays mahjong, plays football, and sometimes goes to Qingfeng Casino for a spin, all of which are acceptable games, and there is nothing out of the ordinary.

"We can have a good rest tonight, we can attack the city tomorrow morning, and we will probably be able to break the city in the afternoon." Hou Junji said to Li Zhan very confidently.

"If you can break the city early this time, Your Highness's credit will be the greatest!" Xue Wanjun immediately complimented.

Li Zhan laughed: "Thank you Deputy Chief Manager Xue, however, Deputy Chief Manager Jiang's contribution is not small, and everyone will work together, and when Gaochang City is conquered, I think my father will be happy." ”

"Your Highness's battle in Gaochang this time, is it that after you go back, Your Highness's identity will be announced?" Hou Junji asked with some expectation.

Li Zhan nodded and said: "Father, the queen mother all mean this, I also agreed, I also told my father, I don't want a fief, I hope my father doesn't have any reward for me, I just want to go to the state." ”

"Dengzhou?" Xue Wanjun said with some surprise: "Your Highness, why do you only want Dengzhou." ”