Li Dongsheng calculated the distance, the enemy camp was too far away from the city, otherwise he would use a trebuchet to throw hundreds of incendiary bombs to play, and it was estimated that this would be able to relieve the siege. Flash Dance

In Chang'an City, Li Shimin had just retired from the court, picked up the tea brought by Wang De, took a sip, and argued with those ministers in the court for a long time.

Wang De came up to help Li Shimin press his shoulder, Li Shimin squinted his eyes and said comfortably, "These ministers don't understand my mood at all, Goguryeo is arrogant and domineering, and the former Sui has lost hundreds of thousands of my Han family boys, how can it pick up the hatred in my heart if it is not extinguished." One by one, it's like if I go to fight and destroy the country, crying and shouting, I'm not a former Sui in the Tang Dynasty. ”

Where did Wang De dare to intervene in the major affairs of the military state, Li Shimin complained a few words and muttered, "What they said is also right, it is not appropriate to start a war on both sides." I don't know what happened to Li Dongsheng's guy now, Gaochang City shouldn't be captured by the Tubo coalition army, right? ”

Wang De thought for a while and said, "Li Dongsheng is a man of great resourcefulness, and with Qiao Du by his side to escort him, as well as the grenade as a big killer, it should be no problem to defend a city." ”

"You have faith in him!" Li Shimin said with a smile: "The ministers in the court are very worried, it is not easy for thousands of people to guard tens of thousands for a month." ”

Wang De smiled and said, "Didn't Your Majesty have already ordered the transfer of troops to help Gaochang before." I guess it's almost time! ”

Li Shimin sighed, "It's not easy to talk about, thousands of miles away." What I'm most worried about now is that when the reinforcements arrive in Gaochang, the city has already been broken, and my plans for several years will be all in vain! After a pause, he said, "It's really bitter, Li Dongsheng, this kid." ”

"With His Majesty's words, Li Dongsheng is glorious even if he dies." Wang Dedao: "There are so many officials in the entire Tang Dynasty, there can be a few that Your Majesty can worry about." Maybe the Tibetan Turks were afraid of the military might of the Tang Dynasty and didn't dare to attack the city at all? ”

Li Shimin smiled bitterly and said: "The military might of the Tang Dynasty is nothing in the face of hunger and interests. The reason why the countries of the Western Regions, especially the Tibetan and Western Turks, jointly sent troops is to see the importance of the city of Gaochang, otherwise they would not have joined forces so easily. As long as they capture Gaochang City, they will definitely send envoys to Chang'an to deliver the credentials, Tubo still wants to be friendly, and use peace to suppress the opposition forces in the country, the Turks want to take revenge, and the countries in the Western Regions have taken a fancy to the interests of Gaochang City, felt factories, wineries, and cotton cloth workshops, which are not eye-catching. ”

Wang De stopped talking, and Li Shimin said again, "I transferred him to Gaochang as an official, but I didn't want him to be involved in right and wrong in Chang'an, and now the prince is not talking to the king of Wei, who knew that Li Dongsheng's plan worked so well, and Tubo couldn't hold it after only one year." Flash Dance is also the cause and effect of his own planting, hoping that he will hold out until the day when reinforcements arrive. ”

It was another siege, but the enemy's morale and combat effectiveness were slowly slackening. It's already the twentieth day, and even God doesn't have the strength to climb the ladder up the city every day. Both the defenders and the enemy are already exhausted, and everyone is fighting with panda eyes.

Sambu stood in front of the camp, just like this, he watched the coalition soldiers run slowly, slowly set up a ladder, and climbed the ladder with a knife, and then the Tang army on the head of the city pushed the fork, and the people on the ladder fell to the ground with the ladder.

Both sides have turned a blind eye to the casualties of the soldiers, and it is a tragic one anyway. It is estimated that nearly 10,000 people have died in the coalition army, and the Tang army is estimated to have 1,000 people, so the losses are heavy for each of them, especially the coalition army here where everyone complains, and the opinions on Sambu are particularly large, if they can't attack again, it is estimated that there will be internal strife.

The coalition army attacked Gaochang is not without a plan, and in the early stage, they also sent spies into the city to inquire about the news, and recorded all the situations in Gaochang City, in their eyes, Gaochang only has a fairly tall city wall, only a few thousand people to defend the city, before the war, they analyzed that the capture of Gaochang City is a day's time, and half a day is enough if it goes well. But now, it's been twenty days.

It was such a lonely city, it had withstood the siege of tens of thousands of troops for twenty days, and there was no sign of it being breached, but the two sides fell into a difficult stalemate, and their side suffered heavy casualties, even if it was fought now, there was no credit at all. Thinking of today's logistics officer's words, Sambu had a headache even more, there was not much food, and everything that could be grabbed around had been robbed, and if he shot again, the Western Regions Alliance might be able to do it to himself first.

Looking at the loose siege team, Sambu sighed, "Mingjin retreats!" "Now the siege is like a daily mission, go out in the morning and then retreat.

Seeing that the enemy army had withdrawn again, there was another earth-shattering cheer on the city wall. Defending the city again and again, now the morale of the defenders has become high again, the panic and fear of seeing the formation of tens of thousands of people is no longer there, even the residents of the city are not panicking, there are officials every day to distribute food, maintain order, and there is no resentment against the Tang army at the beginning. The soldiers of the firearms battalion hurried to eat and drink, Li Dongsheng stood at the head of the city and looked into the distance, his back was so tall in the eyes of the soldiers and strong men guarding the city.

"Master Hou, they have been attacking the city for so many days, they must be tired and paralyzed, why don't I take a thousand people to steal the camp tonight? Bring a grenade, and maybe scare the hell out of them again! Xi Junmai walked up to Li Dongsheng and said, there was no injury at all in the twenty-day battle, and he was worthy of being a fierce general.

"No, our mission is to drag them here, consume them, not to beat them away, and when the reinforcements arrive, we will blossom in the center and kill them all, and now it's useless for you to sneak attack, it's not easy to catch them all if you break them all up and capture the prisoners." Li Dongsheng raised his head, dozens of days of fighting made him unkempt and his beard messy.

"But." Xi Junmai is still a little unwilling.

"Don't." Li Dongsheng said firmly, "Don't take the enemy for fools, last time I attacked in Puchanghai, it was a surprise to them, can you use the same strategy twice?" Maybe someone is waiting for you? We'll just keep things changing. ”

"Waiting to be beaten every day, it's really not my Datang style!" Xi Junmai sighed, "Why don't you use grenades yet, everyone is very puzzled, there are good things that are not used." ”

"This thing is a big killer, and it should be used in key places to play a decisive role." Li Dongsheng raised his head as he spoke, but was suddenly stunned, "Why did I forget this!" ”