It is rare to have a confidant in life, and it is even more rare to have a strong rival in life.

Getting a strong opponent can be described as a quick thing in life, but this sentence can only be applied to a single fight between knights, if the two armies are fighting in units of 100,000, it is not a good thing for both sides to be evenly matched, too many people's lives are involved, and the general's thought can decide the life and death of hundreds of thousands of people.

For the monarchs and ministers of the Tang Dynasty, it was too difficult to conquer the city of Anshi, because the generals defending the city were by no means mediocre, and the more powerful the defenders, the heavier the casualties paid by the Tang army in attacking the city.

In the formation of the Chinese army, Li Shimin looked at the Tang soldiers who gave up their lives and forgot their lives in the distance, one by one the figures braved the rain of arrows and swords in the sky, repeatedly brushed shoulders with death, and climbed the city wall desperately, and then were mercilessly slashed by the defenders, and the people were not dead, and then another Tang army soldier climbed up......

The same ending is repeated again and again, but the two sides dare not stop, dare not slack off, once stopped, it means that the city is ruined.

"The casualties are too great, and the officers and men of the three armies will go forward one after another! Attack the city in a different way! Li Shimin observed for a while and then ordered.

Cheng Yanjin hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the temptation is almost over, let's use a small can." ”

Li Shimin nodded, and Cheng Yanjin hurriedly ordered the official to wave the command flag.

The scene of the attack on Liaodong City is repeated again.

The rhythm of the Tang army's siege of the city suddenly slowed down, and more than 2,000 strong soldiers wearing plate armor and carrying backpacks slowly walked out of the Chinese army's formation, each with a torch in their hands, and more than 2,000 people lined up in a neat line, slowly advancing towards the city wall.

The sound of roaring and neat footsteps seemed to step on people's hearts with every step, and the closer to the city wall, the more you could feel the thick murderous aura emanating from the two thousand people, and the suffocating and depressing aura spread around the city wall in vain.

A smile gradually appeared on the faces of Li Shimin and the others.

We all know that the earth-shaking thunder is a sharp weapon, not an artifact, its role is limited after all, and it is not omnipotent. But it is undeniable that it is still the sharpest weapon in the siege warfare and plain encounters in this era, and no enemy has it, such an advantage is doomed to the unfairness between the enemy and us, and the monarchs and ministers of the Tang Dynasty enjoy this unfairness very much.

Before the appearance of more powerful firearms, the Heaven-Shaking Thunder is invincible, and with it, the balance of victory in the war will be infinitely tilted in favor of oneself.

Seeing that more than 2,000 mine-throwing soldiers were getting closer and closer to the city wall, the smiles on the faces of Li Shimin and other generals became deeper and deeper.

No matter how capable the defender is, he is still vulnerable in the face of absolute strength after all, and only the fate of being crushed is left. The Tang monarchs and ministers are looking forward to the next upcoming picture, which must be pleasing to the eye.

Two thousand thunderbolts were within range of their bows and arrows, and there was a roar from the walls, and countless arrows rained down on them. However, the 2,000 men under the city were already on guard, and all of them were wearing armor half an inch thick, and all the vital points of their bodies were covered tightly, and the arrows from the sky were shot at them, but only the clanging sound was heard, and then all of them fell to the ground, causing no harm to the more than 2,000 people.

There was a brief silence for the defenders on the walls, and then even more frenzied arrows were fired down the city. However, after all, it did not play a big role, and the more than 2,000 people under the city were like more than 2,000 iron cans walking upright, and no matter how sharp the arrows were shot at them, they could not cause any damage.

After the ineffective arrow attack, the defenders on the city wall were a little panicked, and they could even see the generals at the head of the city punching and kicking the soldiers, or slashing the soldiers' bodies with their scabbards, in a vain attempt to reinvigorate the morale of the army.

Soon, more than 2,000 thunderbolts had walked to the bottom of the city wall, and each of them unhurriedly pulled out a small black clay pot from his backpack, and the lead approached the torch, and with a snort, the lead was ignited, and the thunderbolt threw it hard at the city wall......

Boom!

More than 2,000 earth-shattering thunderbolts exploded at the head of the city, and with the terrible screams of the defenders, the head of the city became a mess.

Unmoved, ignoring the horrific scene of Shura's hell on the city, the thunderbolts still took out the second earth-shattering thunderbolt from their backpacks, lit it, threw it, and exploded......

Outside the city, in the formation of the Chinese army, watching the earth-shattering thunder bloom everywhere, instantly creating countless casualties, Li Shimin and the generals smiled, everyone's mood was very happy, they even had a faint hunch that this difficult bone was actually not difficult to gnaw, but I didn't find a suitable tool to crack the hard surface of this bone before, as long as I knocked it, I could absorb the delicious pith juice inside......

"Haha, Zizheng is still too modest, what is the earth-shaking thunder is not omnipotent, according to me, it is simply invincible, even if it is not omnipotent, it is not far away, Zhu Qing, look, within an hour, my king is Ke'an City!" Li Shimin rode on his horse, raised his whip and pointed at the city, laughing loudly.

The generals laughed and agreed, admiring.

In the crowd, only Cheng Yanjin and Niu Jinda had calm expressions, and the two looked at each other silently, finding that each other's eyes revealed the same worry.

After Li Su had a long talk with them last night, the two of them are not as optimistic about conquering Anshi City as others, they know that the current advantage may not be able to be maintained for too long, as the inventor of the Earthquake Thunder, Li Su's understanding of the Earthquake Thunder is naturally much deeper than others, if even he is not optimistic about the role of the Earthquake Thunder in the battle to conquer the City of An, then it is really hanging, now the monarchs and ministers in the army put all their hopes on the Earthquake Thunder, and now they are only slightly overjoyed, if there is a change in the future, The blow to the monarch will be heavy......

More than 2,000 thunder throwers had the upper hand at the moment, and a round of earth-shaking thunder was thrown on the city, and an explosion that shook the heavens and the earth made the defenders dare not raise their heads, and the mine-throwers under the city wall could not remember how many times they threw the earth-shaking thunder, and their arms were a little sore.

The strange thing is that until this moment, the number of earth-shaking thunders thrown by the soldiers is roughly the same as the last time they were thrown in Liaodong City, however, after the city wall of Liaodong City was ravaged by so many earth-shaking thunders, a large section has already been blown up, even if it is filled with human lives, it is useless, but the head of Anshi City does not move at all, and the city wall does not have any signs of being blown down, except for the arrow battlements and some stone chips on the outer wall peeling and splashing, the city wall as a whole is roughly unharmed.

The first to notice this phenomenon is more than 2,000 thunder throwers under the city wall, the last attack on Liaodong City was also them, two sieges, the number of earth-shattering thunder thrown by everyone is roughly counted, the same number, the city wall of Liaodong City has been blown down, but Anshi City is safe and sound, which is a little weird.

The Chinese army has not yet sounded gold, the thunder throwers can only continue to endure the soreness of their arms and continue to throw, everyone exchanged glances with each other, and found that each other's eyes were full of confusion and incomprehension, so everyone finally determined that this is not their own illusion, the city wall of Anshi City and the city wall of Liaodong City are really different, the earthquake thunder caused some casualties to the defenders, but the damage to the city wall is not great.

It didn't take long for Li Shimin and the generals who were standing quietly in front of the Chinese army on horseback to also notice this phenomenon, and everyone's happy smiles gradually solidified, turning into surprise, and then solemn.

Raising the horsewhip and pointing at the city, Li Shimin's voice was a little gloomy: "Why is this? Why are the walls safe and sound? ”

No one can answer, the only person who can answer this question is Li Su, Li Su has long been hiding far away, and at the moment he is roasting lamb legs around charcoal in the logistics army, enjoying himself in a mess.

Li Shimin didn't expect the generals to be able to answer this question, he stared at the city wall with a twisted brow for a long time, and suddenly said: "How long has it been since the first earth-shaking thunder was thrown?" ”

This is a question to send off, and someone immediately replied: "It's been half an hour." ”

Li Shimin fixed his eyes on the distance, and his heart sank in vain.

Half an hour later, countless earth-shattering thunderbolts poured down on the city, but not even a single crack exploded, which is very unreasonable, and the only explanation is...... Long before the start of the war, Yang Wanchun ordered the city walls to be strengthened.

Counting the days of the breakthrough of Liaodong City, and then the distance from Liaodong City to Anshi City, as well as the sporadic rout of the troops who escaped after the destruction of Liaodong City, Li Shimin seemed to understand a lot.

Li Shimin, who had a gloomy face, said coldly: "Change tactics, two thousand thunder throwers assemble, select a certain point on the city wall to throw, it is better to attack one side than to attack it, let the soldiers try again." ”

Soon the herald was ordered to rush towards the center of the battlefield.

The backpacks of the thunder throwers were more than half empty, and the more than 2,000 people were already too tired, and their arms were sore and sore as if they had been filled with lead, but Li Shimin's orders still had to be carried out.

More than 2,000 people cheered up, selected a certain point on the city wall, and then, the earth-shaking thunder poured like a violent storm.

After a rumbling explosion, the walls were still unchanged, and even the screams on the walls could barely be heard, and the defenders seemed to have a way to deal with the earth-shattering thunder, and they hid somewhere.

The faces of Li Shimin and the generals became more and more gloomy, and a little panic floated in their hearts.

If even the most powerful earth-shattering thunder can't play a role, how can this impregnable city of Anshi be conquered? If this city cannot be conquered, the so-called Eastern Crusade may only end here.

The consequences were too serious, and Li Shimin's heart became more and more anxious.

When the thunderbolt under the city wall threw the earth-shattering thunder, the east gate of Anshi City suddenly opened, and the drawbridge was quickly lowered, and a fully armed cavalry team rushed out of the city gate, and the cavalry rushed out of the city gate too fast, so fast that the general of the Tang Army in the east had just waved the command flag to resist, and the cavalry had rushed out of the drawbridge and launched a charge towards the Tang army outside the city.

The east was a feint, Li Shimin did not deploy too many troops in the east, not to mention that this cavalry came out suddenly, the incident happened suddenly, there was no time to deal with it, the cavalry had broken through the shield defense line of the Tang army in the east, and the spears and halberds waved towards the bow and spear array behind the defense line.

The noisy sound alarmed the Chinese army formation in the north, Li Shimin saw the smoke and dust billowing outside the city in the east, and couldn't help but be shocked, and then saw that the Goguryeo cavalry that rushed out of the city gate had broken through the defense line in the east, slaughtering the Tang army soldiers like chopping melons and vegetables, and after two back-and-forth charges, the formation of the Tang army in the east was chaotic.

The monarchs and ministers watched from afar, and couldn't help but look at each other in astonishment.

The city was surrounded like an iron bucket, and the earth-shattering thunder poured ruthlessly towards the city, under such a disadvantage, Yang Wanchun actually dared to send cavalry out of the city to counterattack, this person's commander's strategic talent is really extraordinary.

There are about 5,000 cavalry out of the city, and 5,000 enemy troops are naturally nothing in the eyes of more than 200,000 Tang troops, and they can be dusted off like dust, but they were caught off guard, and 5,000 cavalry caused a lot of casualties to the Tang army in the east.

This move was extremely surprising, the cavalry seemed to be unreasonable, and the direction of attack was also very fickle, and there was no logic to follow, obviously about to break the eastern defense line, but at the critical moment immediately gave up, and instead launched a surprise attack on the main force of the Chinese army in the north.

Seeing the 5,000 cavalry forming a conical attack formation and charging towards the Chinese army, Li Shimin couldn't help but sneer after being stunned.

"Take the head of the general in the million-strong army? When my soldiers are paper-paste, can't they be? Yang Wanchun, if you want to take my good head, it depends on whether you have the ability! ”

To deal with this sudden change, Li Shimin didn't even have to deploy it himself, and Li Ji next to him immediately gave a military order.

"Order the forward cavalry battalion to go out of the formation, meet the left, center and right frontal sides, meet the enemy in the middle, and outflank the left and right flanks in a roundabout way, and annihilate this stubborn enemy outside the city!" Li Ji shouted violently.

The forward cavalry battalion rode out of the battle, and there were more than 30,000 horsemen on the left, center, and right together, with more than 10,000 people on each road, accompanied by the rumbling war drums, and pressed towards the front of the enemy like a tide.

The distance between the two armies was getting closer and closer, from five or six miles to two or three miles, and the two sides were rapidly approaching at a speed visible to the naked eye, and when the two armies were about to collide like two meteors flying by, another incredible thing happened.

There was a sudden incomprehensible shout in the crowd of enemy troops, and then the five thousand enemy troops moved neatly and suddenly lifted the reins, and turned around sharply during the high-speed charge, the whole army formation was not chaotic, but it turned a sharp corner, and changed the direction of attack in a moment, when the monarchs and ministers in the Chinese army formation opened their eyes wide and were stunned, Li Shimin's face suddenly changed greatly, and he roared sharply: "Their real goal is to throw thunderers!" Hurry, ride the camp and press over! ”

I have to admire Yang Wanchun, he used his treacherous and unpredictable soldiers, and he didn't show his true intentions until the last moment.

The biggest threat to Anshi City is the thunderbolt, this 5,000-strong cavalry out of the city, the real target is actually the thunderbolt, the so-called impact on the Tang army in the east, and then the impact on the central army in the north, these are all confusing illusions, Yang Wanchun's real purpose is to kill more than 2,000 thunderers to the greatest extent.

Li Shimin's face was pale, and his face was full of shame and anger. I don't know how many years I haven't experienced this humiliating feeling of being tricked and deceived by others.

"The cavalry camp is outflanked and surrounded, and I will annihilate this enemy completely, and no one shall escape!" Li Shimin gritted his teeth and said.

The order was issued, but the situation on the battlefield was not optimistic, 5,000 enemy troops suddenly changed the direction and goal of the attack, which really caught the Tang army cavalry battalion that was pursuing and outflanked a little unprepared, and the enemy army was prepared and premeditated to change the direction, but the Tang army could not change the direction in a hurry, and the war horse under him was galloping at high speed, and it was very difficult to change the direction at this time, and it was very difficult.

As the herald's command flag kept waving, the Tang cavalry battalion had to turn its horse's head vigorously, but it was still a step slower, and only after making a big circle on the spot did it line up and pursue the enemy, at this time the enemy had distanced itself from the Tang army and went straight to the thunder thrower under the city wall.

A spear and halberd shining in the cold wind, the enemy army in a neat formation was only two miles away from the thunderbolts, at this time more than 2,000 thunderbolts under the city wall also reacted, suddenly felt bad, so the general ordered to turn around on the spot, countless earth-shattering thunderbolts were ignited and threw towards the enemy cavalry.

With the rumbling explosion, nearly a thousand enemy soldiers galloping in front of the array happened to be in the center of countless earth-shattering thunder explosions, and after the explosion like a landslide and a crack, a thousand enemy soldiers turned on their backs and fell to the ground with a terrible scream.

However, the explosion speed of the earth-shattering thunder could not match the galloping speed of the war horse, and thousands of enemy soldiers were killed and wounded, and the four thousand enemy troops behind were still desperate to rush towards the miners.

The mine-throwers had only time to throw a round of earth-shattering thunder before the enemy cavalry rushed in front of them.

The war horse that had not slowed down galloped, the spear and halberd were like Lin Pingju, and in the blink of an eye, a series of puffs and snorts, some of the thunderers were knocked away by the war horses, and some were pierced by the spears from the side of the body, and after a round of charge, the thunderers had been killed or wounded nearly half.

The Tang cavalry camp was still urging the horses in a frustration from afar, but the enemy cavalry had turned their horses' heads and urged the horses to start the second round of sprints, and the surviving thunder throwers saw that the situation was not good, and they fled in the direction of the central army formation, but the two legs could not run four legs after all, and they were caught up by the enemy cavalry in a moment, and then there was a ruthless second round of slaughter.

When the enemy completed the second round of sprints, the Tang cavalry battalion arrived in a hurry, did not have time to set up the formation, but listened to the enemy general's shout, everyone turned around again, then the drawbridge outside the north city wall was suddenly put down, just when the enemy was about to rush to the moat, the drawbridge was completely horizontal on the moat, just right to catch the remaining cavalry of the enemy, and then the city gate opened, the enemy calmly entered the city, and when the Tang cavalry battalion then arrived, they were greeted by a sudden rain of arrows on the city, Blocked Tang Junsheng outside the suspension bridge......

The whole process was a long story, but in fact it took less than two quarters from the time the 5,000 enemy troops left the city to the completion of the annihilation of the mine-throwers.

The drawbridge outside the northern city wall was retracted again, and outside the drawbridge was full of mine-throwers, some of whom had been killed, some were seriously wounded, and the corpses of many soldiers of the Tang Army's cavalry battalion were killed by the enemy in the process of pursuit, or were shot by arrows on the city's head.

Li Shimin saw the whole process in his eyes, his body trembled with anger, his face was blue and his fists were clenched, like an angry lion locked in a cage with nowhere to go.