Moham guessed correctly, Ah Shimu was still fighting with the idea of besieging the city.

There are two reasons for this, there are countless treasures in Qiuzi City, mountains of grain and grass, and the city walls are strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, if you can use this as a stronghold, you can form a long-term confrontation with the Tang army, even if it is winter, you are not afraid. In this way, we will buy at least ten months for this war, and we will not repeat the mistakes of Jieli.

Second, he had already observed that the defenders in Qiuzi City were already at the end of their crossbows. If it weren't for the flying pigeon to give them a shot of strength, they would have taken it before evening. Although they were defended, the Turkic cavalry did not move after all, and if the cavalry of the headquarters participated in the battle, they might have taken it yesterday.

Tanmalai reported that the Tang Dynasty only sent 8,000 people, and under the long-distance attack, there is still a question mark about how much combat effectiveness these 8,000 tired divisions can have. Judging from the experience of fighting with the Tang Dynasty in the past, generally the same number of cavalry has an 80% chance of a Turkic victory. And if both sides are elite, the Turkic cavalry will win. Unless it is the elite of the Tang cavalry, against the ordinary Turkic cavalry, then the Tang cavalry has the possibility of winning.

Of course, this refers to the hard power of the two sides, and if you count the strategy, Datang has a better chance of winning.

After considering all levels, Ah Shimu made the decision to divide troops to resist the Tang army on the one hand and attack the city on the other.

At the head of the city, Moham carefully looked at the Turkic military camp and saw that they were in a hurry, and did not know what to do.

"Are you going to run away?" The guard next to him guessed, and after speaking, he couldn't help but cheer and said, "Great! They're finally leaving! ”

"No, the retreat won't be so big." Moham shook his head slowly, "It looks like he's preparing to do something." ”

"Could it be that they still don't give up?!" The guards were poured cold water, and their faces wrinkled, although he has been sticking to Moham's side these days and has not experienced the battlefield in person, but the mental torture is not a lot at all, as soon as he closes his eyes at night, he is a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, and the strong smell of blood during the day makes him unable to eat a mouthful of food, and his eyes are black.

Moham said: "Go, General Wu Sizang, please come!" ”

The guards answered and ran down the wall.

A middle-aged Han man with a solemn expression followed the guards to Moham, and saluted expressionlessly: "Meet the lord of the country." ”

Wu Sizang, formerly known as Usman, was originally one of the three major horse bandits in Longyou. Later, he took refuge in Gaochang, came to Chang'an with the prince of Gaochang, and wanted to attack Li Mu, but Li Mu used means to rectify the account, and in the battle against Gaochang, he took a hot air balloon to blow up the city gate and damaged a leg. Later, he returned to Chang'an to recuperate, but he couldn't bear the loneliness and wrote to Li Mu several times, asking to return to the Western Regions. Li Mu also felt that he owed him something, so he used the mechanism technique to make him a prosthetic leg, and now he uses a prosthetic leg to walk, if you don't know, you can't see the difference between ordinary people, but if you fight, it's still not good.

After returning to the Western Regions, Wu Sizang quickly gathered thousands of people and once again became one of the powerful in the Western Regions. He never stopped contacting the Dingxiang Protectorate, and this time he was clearly hired to help Qiuci defend the city, but in fact, he was also ordered to come to Qiuci.

"General Wu, I'm really sorry to invite you over so late." Moham has great respect for Usman and has always entrusted him with important tasks. However, after the siege began, the defender was assigned to be responsible for the resettlement of the city's inhabitants, and almost never appeared at the head of the city.

This made many people incomprehensible, thinking that Usman had offended Moham somewhere, but the person concerned had no complaints, and others were not nosy. The truth is that for Moham, Usman is his last hole card, and if this hole card is played, he will have no cards to play again.

"The lord of the country is serious, and it is natural to collect money and do things, even if you tell him." Usman still looked expressionless.

"Are you ready for street fighting?" Moham had long heard about Usman's style of doing things, and he was no longer polite, and asked directly.

"It's all ready, three tunnels have been dug to the outside of the city. The people have finished the drill, and the obstacles can be set up in one stick of incense, and in another stick of incense, all the personnel who do not participate in the war can be transferred to the cave. ”

"It's been too hard for you during this time." Moham knows best how many people have been working day and night in this last hole card. Just look at the tiredness on his face.

"Take people's money and eliminate disasters with people." Usman repeated the words as if this matter of life and death was not a matter to him at all.

"Please prepare quickly, and then, please go to the city to assist the defenders in the battle." Moham said solemnly: "Those who promise the general will not lose a penny." If you win this battle, add another 50%! ”

"Thank you!"

Usman spoke, turned and went to prepare.

Moham looked at him with admiration in his heart. It is no wonder that this man was able to gather thousands of people to die for him in a period of time. This courage and bearing are beyond the reach of him, the lord of the country.

Moham looked out of the dark city, and when the cold wind blew, he shivered.

The war is about to start, and he, a fat man who has no power to restrain chickens, will find death if he stays any longer. In case the city is broken tonight, he has to find a tunnel to drill into it first, Qiuzi City can be without, but the city lord can't do without, as long as he has a breath, he has the confidence to build another Qiuzi City!

Li Shimin's will has not yet arrived, and Li Mu has already made preparations. Maybe this is the tacit understanding between the monarch and the minister, Li Mu has been listening to the nonsense of the imperial historians these days. They said that Li Mu had a heart of disobedience and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to rebel. But Li Chengqian didn't believe these words, and Wei Zheng was also unexpected, and didn't say a word.

20,000 soldiers and horses, this is the maximum number he can give after three days of fierce quarrels with Li Daliang. Under Li Mu's strong persecution, Li Daliang finally agreed, first gathered soldiers from all over the country to defend Gyeonggi, replaced the guards, and let Li Mu take them away and go to Dingxiang to help.

In the early morning of this day, the square outside the noon gate was full of flags like a forest, red tassels like fire, 20,000 elite soldiers wearing helmets and armor were neatly and solemnly lined up, and the generals who led the troops wore bright and sparkling armor, rode on a high-headed horse, and looked at the direction of the noon gate with a solemn expression.

At noon, the Chengtian Gate opened.

The left and right doors were also opened at the same time, and hundreds of civil and military officials came out of them and established themselves in their respective seats.

In the end, the cannon rumbled, the horn shook the sky, and Li Mugao shouted: "Welcome to the prince of the prison country!" ”

The soldiers followed Li Mushan and shouted: "The prince is Chitose!" Long live Your Majesty, long live Datang! ”

This is to see Li Chengqian appear under the Chengtian Gate and ascend to the point of general.

Li Chengqian held the railing with one hand, looked at the soldiers under the high platform, dancing in the dust, long live the mountain, his heart was so excited that he couldn't help himself, His Royal Highness the Prince, who was freed from his feelings, gradually awakened his martial spirit, hated to grab a war horse, and stood in the crowd, even if he was a pawn, he had no regrets.

When the salute was finished, the officers and soldiers got up, and the square became silent, and everyone held their breath and listened to the lecture of the prince of the prison state.

"Soldiers, the Western Turks have been treacherous, disregarded the covenant, and the wolf's ambitions are clearly revealed, Lone has received a military report from the Dingxiang Protectorate, and the Western Turks have raised the country's troops to attack, and the four countries of the Western Regions have been destroyed along the way, and the soldiers are pointing directly at Chang'an. Turkic thieves, vainly trying to annex my Tang Dynasty, is it tolerable or unbearable?! Li Chengqian shouted loudly.

"Unbearable! Intolerable! The blood of the soldiers was full of blood and they drank highly.

"Where is the Marquis of Luoyang?!" Li Chengqian shouted, and Li Mu hurriedly responded to the call and stepped onto the high platform.

When he came to the high platform, Li Mu was in armor, unable to salute fully, bowed slightly, and was already helped up by Li Chengqian. Li Chengqian took advantage of the action of helping Li Mu and said in Li Mu's ear: "Big brother, take me with you." ”

"Didn't you say it yesterday, today's pledge meeting, you just want to boost morale. Chang'an is the national capital, can you, the prince of the prison country, not stay behind? Don't mess around, the soldiers are watching, finish the rest of the lines, the auspicious time is coming, don't delay the troops! ”

Hearing Li Mu say that the soldiers were all watching, Li Chengqian's eyes lit up. The corners of his mouth hooked, Li Mu sighed in his heart, and he was about to cover his mouth.

"Don't talk nonsense......"

Li Chengqian dodged Li Mu's hand and said loudly: "Lone is on the orders of His Majesty, and he should have defended Gyeonggi. However, thinking that his father was the prince of the Tang Dynasty and the prince of the country, how could he cower and hide behind people? Therefore, Gu decided to order the King of Wei to be the regent of the state, and Gu wanted to personally lead the army and fight a decisive battle with the Western Turks and Saibei. ”

As he spoke, Li Chengqian stepped up and laughed loudly: "Soldiers, there is a huge difference between this and here, and you will die for life. I don't dare to promise you anything, but a good man, protect your family and defend the country! Lone lives and dies with you, are you willing?! ”

Baiguan looked at Li Chengqian on the stage, and everyone was stupid.

What is this called?

The emperor wants to drive the royal conquest in person and leave the prince in charge of the country. The crown prince wants to fight a decisive battle in Saibei, leaving the prince to supervise the regent of the country. History books don't dare to write like this, is the dragon chair hot butt or what? Is it uncomfortable to sit? Do you have to look for death?

Several subordinate officials of the East Palace were the first to react, crying one by one and grabbing the ground, Yu Zhining even threw himself on the platform, hugged Li Chengqian's legs, and said heartbreakingly: "The prince must not be reckless and wantonly!" Your Majesty has ordered you to supervise the country, and this is the holy decree. How can you decide privately......"

"Come on, invite Master Yu down!" Li Chengqian said coldly, and the two Qianniu guards next to him hesitated for a moment and pulled Yu Zhining down.

Li Chengqian said in a loud voice: "Lone is vain, if you can triumph, Lone is willing to ask for sin." But now, when the family and country are in danger, His Majesty is not in the court. Gu is the crown prince, and it is his responsibility. This matter is not to be consulted and need not be discussed again. Come on, bring the armor to Lone! Soldiers of the three armies! ”

"Datang Wansheng!"

When the drums and music were played, the soldiers turned around violently, walked neatly, and proudly left the square in front of the Chengtian Gate, passed through the long Suzaku Street, and drove towards the city gate.

On Suzaku Street, it was already crowded with people who had heard the news and came to see off the army, not only the wives and children and parents of the soldiers who went out to fight, but also the people whose children were not in the army also ate pot pulp to send the king's master.

Li Mu rode on a horse, surrounded by a group of generals, followed behind Li Chengqian's horse, and slowly walked in the center of the procession, when he saw hundreds of old men carrying wine jugs and meat food stopped in front of him. Li Mu fixed his eyes and looked at it, isn't this his father-in-law making trouble in vain?

"The people of the capital elected us as representatives, for His Royal Highness the Prince, the Marquis of Luoyang practice!" Bai Hao'er was excited, and the hands holding the wine bowl were trembling: "Datang Wansheng, Wansheng!" ”

Li Chengqian recognized Bai Hao, glanced at Li Mu, took it with both hands, and drank the bowl of wine without hesitation.

The people burst into cheers, Li Mu also drank a bowl, arched his hand to the surrounding people, and said loudly: "Fathers and fellow villagers, all the food and clothing we have are provided by the people, and now we are going out for the country, we will live up to the expectations of our fathers and elders, do not break the Tartars, and swear not to return to the dynasty!" ”

The cheers of the people became even louder, and many people knelt down excitedly and shouted: "Lord Hou will win!" ”

More people were infected, and they also knelt down, shouting louder and louder, and even spread to the noon gate in the distance: "Hou Ye will win!" Hou Ye will win! ”

Hearing this neat shout, Li Chengqian couldn't help but pout, he couldn't help but be a little unconvinced, but he didn't say anything, he believed that he had made meritorious deeds and could enjoy the same glory.

The army marched to the gate of the city, and Li Tai, who learned the news, hurried over, chased after Li Mu and Li Chengqian, and said hurriedly: "What the hell is going on, why did I become the regent, I can't do this, I will go to Huining soon, I have packed my bags, I want to mine!" ”

"When is it, you are still mining, tomorrow, no, you will move to the East Palace later, there is still a three-day record on the desk, you can look at it." If you don't understand something, ask Master Yu, if Master Yu can't get it, you bring the old man Wei Zheng, he knows a lot. Li Chengqian explained his words in three sentences or two, and then hit the horse forward, for fear that Li Tai would stop grinding with him.

Li Tai's eyes straightened, and he looked at Li Mu: "Teacher, can you do this if your father is not in the court?" ”

"He said in front of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military, 20,000 soldiers, and tens of thousands of people that he would personally conquer, if he didn't go, the prince's majesty would be lost, and the dignity of the court would be gone. Now that the elite of the imperial court is exhausted, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is an empty shelf, so you can bear it. Li Mu looked at Li Tai and said, "The most important thing is to ensure people's livelihood while not delaying grain and grass." I try to hold on to my side, and you give priority to His Majesty's side. If it's really hard to continue, go to Wang Pu, I've already talked to him, and he knows what to do. ”

"I ......" Li Tai smiled bitterly: "Isn't this chasing ducks to the shelves, I ......"

"Cheng Qian is right, when is this happening, if you don't bear it, do you want to let King Wu and King Zhao bear it?"

Li Tai was silent, and the King of Wu and King Zhao that Li Mu said were all Li Shimin's concubines. Li Tai is reluctant to take over, and it is impossible for them to get involved.