After Li Siwen arrived in Dingxiang, without saying a word, he ordered all the soldiers and horses and went straight to Gaochang.

How many soldiers and horses are there in Dingxiang? This starts with Li Shimin setting up the Dingxiang Zhichong Mansion and letting Li Siwen be the captain of the Zhichong School. In the military system of the Tang Dynasty, Zhechongfu was the basic unit of the military system, which was divided into three classes, with 1,200 people in the upper government, 1,000 people in the middle government, and 800 people in the lower government. The so-called upper, middle and lower ratings are based on the size of the territory, the size of the population, the raising of military salaries, and so on. However, there were 1,500 soldiers and horses in Dingxiang Zhichong Mansion, which even exceeded the number of people in Shangfu.

It was played in the imperial history, but it was rejected by Li Shimin. There are three reasons for the rejection, although Dingxiang should be a lower government according to the rules, it is a northwest border, and there is a 'danger of violating the border', so it is also appropriate to have more people. Second, Dingxiang's military salary does not need to be allocated by the imperial court, in other words, it is not necessary for the imperial court to spend money on raising more soldiers, so why not take advantage of it in vain? The third point is because of Li Mu, Li Shimin directly made it clear, Li Mu, this kid protects his calves very much, Li Siwen is his brother-in-law, I have to give some face, if you don't forgive, you provoke him, what happens, I don't care.

At that time, not long after the 'dung splashing' incident occurred, everyone in the imperial historians was in danger, for fear that their homes would also become a dung pit, and this matter was not a big deal in the end, and then it was over.

In order to save Li Mu, Li Siwen took away 1,000 of the 1,500 people, although he was in a hurry, but after a year of grinding in Dingxiang, he was no longer a hairy boy who didn't know anything. As the captain of Zhichong, he has the responsibility of protecting the land and the people, if he takes all the soldiers away, there must be a problem in Xiangcheng, he can't afford it, and the city is mixed, there are many merchants, if there is no force, it leads to chaos, where will the eight or nine thousand people go?

Therefore, Li Siwen left five hundred people, which is already the minimum.

When he was about to set off, he also sent three messengers, all the way to Chang'an for 800 miles to rush to Chang'an to report the news, all the way into the desert to find the horse bandit Usman, let him take people straight to Gaochang helper, and all the way to Zhangjiazhai, the current Zhangjiaji, although Zhangjiaji has been whitewashed, but after all, it is the foundation of the horse bandits, and five or seven hundred people can still be put together.

There were thousands of people in Wusman, 500 from Zhangjiazhai, plus Su Lie's men and horses, nearly 800 people, barely scraping together more than 3,000 people.

But it is impossible to rely on these 3,000 people to break through Gaochang. After all, it is the capital of a country, and if it can be broken through with only 3,000, it is impossible for Gaochang to gain a foothold in the Western Regions for so many years. Last time, Usman killed so many Gaochang royal families, but it was not that he broke through Gaochang City, but that his men and horses were in the city, and they suddenly attacked, and before the guards of Gaochang reacted, they had already fled, and they achieved such great results. It would be impossible to attack the city in formation, as it is now.

Siege warfare, there is no such thing as a fluke. It's all a real matchup, and winning or losing is in the word strength. Intrigue and trickery, for the siege of the city, can not be said to be ineffective, but the effect of the production is sharply reduced, unless the defender of the city is a fool, otherwise as long as it is done step by step, it can be held to the extent that the ammunition is exhausted.

On Li Siwen's side, the temporary collection of men, weapons and armor, siege equipment, logistics supplies, etc. are all insufficient, and if he wants to break through Gaochang City, unless he can get a few Italian cannons, it will be impossible.

"Bastard!" Li Siwen sat in the tent, knocked his head, and scolded: "I'm really a bastard who doesn't learn and doesn't know how to do it, why can't I think of a way, this doesn't work, that doesn't work, now my eldest brother doesn't know whether he lives or dies, I'm really useless, I'm really useless!" ”

Li Siwen scolded while tears rippled, he was born as a young master, he has not experienced any wind and rain, although his father is Li Ji, but Li Ji never thought of letting him join the army, so he never taught him anything, and Li Mu guarded the city that time, the idea was also Li Mu's idea, he just followed, cut a few enemies and was knocked out.

By the time he rebuilt Xiang, there were no enemies around, which meant that he had never fought at all. Now although the soldiers are coming to the city, there is nothing to do, no matter how they abuse, Gaochang is like a turtle with a shrunken head, closing the city, and not even a person to answer comes out, can Li Siwen not have a plan?

"Don't you knock on your head, doesn't it hurt? Besides, it's useless to knock, you can't save the eldest brother! "It was his wife Qin Yu who spoke, as Qin Qiong's daughter, Qin Yu and Li Siwen's growth environment is completely different, Qin Qiong has never stipulated what Qin Yu can and can't do, Qin Yu likes literature, he will invite the master, like martial arts, he will teach himself, so Qin Yu still knows a little bit about the way of using soldiers.

But the situation in front of us is an unsolvable situation. Gao Chang's side didn't fight, more than 3,000 of them just had nothing to do, and Qin Yu couldn't help it, seeing Li Siwen beat herself, of course she felt distressed, but she couldn't help, and she was very bitter in her heart.

There are people who are more anxious than them. Zhang Tianai also came, and her father Zhang Xun also came. Since learning the news, Zhang Tianai has been sleepless for several nights, and his eyes are bloodshot. In the first two days, he still had the strength to scold, saying that if he found Li Mu, he would cut him off, so that he would die on a woman sooner or later, and he would not scold him in the past few days, and the whole person was depressed, just hoping to see Li Mu as soon as possible, even if he was arrested, just live.

And Zhang Xun didn't say anything, he seemed very silent, others didn't talk to him, he usually wouldn't speak.

The other person who doesn't speak much is Usman. When he received the news, he quickly came over with his men, but he didn't participate in any decision-making, as if he were just a weapon, waiting for whoever said what to do, he would do it.

Under Qin Yu's stop, Li Siwen finally stopped self-harm, and sighed: "It's a pity that the big man went to Zhenla, if he was there, alas, ......"

"What can he do if he's there?" Zhang Tianai sobbed: "Don't you know? The eldest is the youngest, and even if he has the strength, he can't smash the city gate. ”

"That's better than me!" Li Siwen cried again, and said, "I can't hold my hand on my shoulder, I can't wield the Mo knife, I'm just a waste-" said and howled again, at this moment, Su Dingfang broke in, Li Siwen stopped crying, and hoped: "General Su, have you come up with a way?" ”

Su Dingfang shook his head and said, "I can't help it, but there is news!" He raised the pigeon in his hand and untied a small bamboo tube from the pigeon's leg: "Chang'an has replied!" ”