On the fifteenth day of the first month of the first year of Qiyuan, it should be the most lively day in the New Year, but when the army of the king of Yue pressed the border, the city of Luoyang was deserted, for several days, the clouds of the war in the sky above the city have always been diffused, the tension and depression in the city are increasing day by day, under pressure, various versions of gossip are like wildfire in the city crazy spread, and the people's hearts are also frightened, fortunately, the Luoyang Mansion Yin Luobin King handled it properly, coupled with the full cooperation of "Ming Di", it is finally a thunderbolt means, Forcibly controlled the situation, of course, this is only an emergency symptom rather than a cure, if you can't break through the siege of the Yue Wang's army, the chaos in the city may suddenly erupt at some point.

The people's hearts have always been fickle, even if Li Xian has been gracious to the people since he became the prince, but Luoyang City is too big, and then the party and the Yue Wang family have been operating in Luoyang for too long, deep-rooted, it is difficult to uproot in a short period of time, there are so many people who are secretly spreading rumors, if you want to win the hearts of the people, it is not easy, this truth, Li Xian knows better than anyone else, therefore, he did not interfere in King Luo Bin's rectification action at all, but put all his energy on war preparation, Doing his best to consolidate the city defense, at the same time, the army of the king of Yue under the city was not idle, although it did not launch a siege battle, but the sound of building siege equipment was non-stop day and night, and the days passed in the tense confrontation between the two sides for three days.

Three days without a war, it seems to be a fortunate thing, after all, every day of time passes, it means that the Hexi army is one step closer to Luoyang, if it is someone else, I am afraid that it will be overjoyed, but Li Xian is not happy, not for anything else, just because Li Xian knows very well that the matter of the Hexi reinforcements will not be hidden from Li Zhen, the difference is that Li Zhen does not know the specific time of arrival of the Hexi army, but in any case, Li Zhen dares to use three days to prepare siege equipment under the threat of the Hexi army, which means one thing- Li Zhen is sure that after launching an offensive, he will quickly take Luoyang City! Where does this faith come from? This made Li Xian a little unpredictable.

In Li Xian's view, the Yue Wang camp is divided into three points, surrounded by Luoyang City on three sides, and let go of the north side of Luoshui, which is the standard siege of three and one, which is not a very clever strategy, and its three camps are very tight, and the light and dark posts are also arranged quite reasonably, so that Li Xian's side does not dare to launch a night attack easily, but in addition, it can no longer see how much advantage the Yue Wang side has, At least Li Xian couldn't understand what the confidence basis of King Yue went down to Luoyang in the first battle.

Is there a superiority in troops? That's right, the army of more than 120,000 people in the hands of the King of Yue is indeed not small, and its training level is also elite, the problem is that this army has never been in battle, even if it is strong, it is very limited, it is really to the bloody battle, its strength can be exerted sixty percent is already considered to be the top of the sky, no matter how you look at it, you can't find the possibility of taking Luoyang in a short time, if you insist on saying that there is, then there is only one - inside and outside! The problem is that Pei Shoude and the others have all been beheaded, and the power of the Yue Wang family in the city has long been wiped out, so how can he come to cooperate with the outside world? If not, then there is only one answer left - Li Zhen is too arrogant!

Is it possible? It's really a little, reminiscent of the situation when King Yue raised troops against the army in the previous life, Li Xianzi knew that Li Zhen was known as a soldier, in fact, he had never been in battle in his life, what he was good at was just talking about soldiers on paper, and there may be a set of training, but in the battle array itself, he was so unfamiliar that he had a twelve-to-one advantage in hand, and he was really blindly confident.

"Report, Your Majesty, Xiangzhou is in a hurry!"

At three o'clock, Li Xian was silently watching the camp of King Yue at the head of the city, but he saw Luo Tong running in a hurry, and he said a word out of breath.

"Oh?"

As soon as he heard that it was a letter from Xiangzhou, Li Xian's heart immediately moved, he sighed lightly, reached out and took the small copper pipe handed over by Luo Tong, skillfully twisted the hidden button on it, took out the secret letter full of words from the inside, and swept it quickly, with a smile of relief on his face - Xiangzhou City has been conquered by Li Boyao's army, and the 45,000 soldiers and horses of the Youzhou army are killing Tangzhou at high speed, completely cutting off the back road of Li Zhen's department!

"Wang Fangming!"

After reading the secret letter, although Li Xian was excited, he quickly regained his composure, and drank indifferently.

"Wechen is here!"

Wang Fangming has been appreciated by Li Xian since the Luzhou case, and a few days ago he was back in the limelight in the palace forcing incident, and now he has been transferred to the Zhongshu Sheren, which is the clerk next to Li Xian, and he has been able to follow Li Xian's side.

"Spread my will and announce to the whole city, Xiangzhou has been broken by General Li Boyao, and Li Zhen's old thief's back road has been broken, and he is already a turtle in an urn! In addition, prepare more quivers, and list this matter on the silk cloth, I will be of great use! ”

Li Xianxu raised his hand and signaled Wang Fangming to excuse himself, and then commanded solemnly.

"No, Weichen obeys!"

As soon as he heard that Xiangzhou had been broken, Wang Fangming was stunned at first, and then he became ecstatic, and hurriedly responded, and hurriedly ran down the city gate tower, and went to arrange relevant matters without mentioning it.

"Woo, woo, woo......"

Wang Fangming just left, before Li Xian turned around, there was a terrible horn sound behind him, and immediately, there was a rumbling war drum sounded violently, the closed gate of the Yue Wang army camp was opened, and a team of armor soldiers lined up in a neat queue from the camp gate, and many people shouted and shouted, pushing dozens of tall siege ladders, trebuchets, large ballistas and other siege equipment from the camp gate, at the same time, the west and south of the Yue Wang army also began to march into the operation, The big battle, which has been delayed for several days, is about to begin!

"Your Majesty, the big war is about to start, the soldiers here are in danger, please take refuge for the time being, the last general will desperately defend the city!"

Zhang Mingwu is a general of a hundred battles, and defending the city is his forte, this saw that the army of the king of Yue was so menacing, and immediately concluded one thing, that is, the army of the king of Yue was going to launch a general attack today, and he couldn't help but worry that Li Xian would be in danger in the city, so he hurriedly snatched it out from the side, and said in a loud voice.

"Your Majesty, what General Zhang said is very true, please take refuge for the time being, and the last general is willing to defend the city to the death!"

"Your Majesty, the last general will fight for his life, and he will never let the thief go to the city for half a step, and please return to Your Majesty temporarily."

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, we will fight to the death and not retreat!"

……

The people present were all led by Donggong Wei, who had followed Li Xian for many years, and they were all loyal people, and no one wanted to see Li Xian be damaged.

"You Aiqing don't need to say more, the city is here, and I am here!"

For the loyalty of the guards, Li Xian has never doubted, but he can't retreat, not for anything else, just because of the battle to defend the city, morale first, if you want to withstand the strong attack of the Yue Wang army with weak forces, as the commander of the whole army, Li Xian must set an example, of course, as far as Li Xian's martial arts cultivation is concerned, in addition to firearms, there are very few weapons that can threaten his life, and he does not have to worry too much about his own safety.

"People are in the city, bloody battle to the end!"

As soon as they saw Li Xian say this, all the guards of the East Palace were enthusiastic, and the heroic spirit that was crisscrossing the plateau under Li Xian's command a few years ago suddenly burst out, and the whole army roared in unison, and soon, the people who assisted in the defense of Shangcheng were also infected, and they roared endlessly, like thunder, and rushed straight out of the clouds!

"Hmph, it's really a joke, you don't cry when you don't see the coffin! Pass the order of the orphan, speed up, and set up the formation! ”

As soon as he heard the thunderous shouts in the city, Li Zhen's face suddenly became a little unpleasant, pursed his lips, and after sneering coldly, he suddenly raised his voice and issued an order to set up the formation.

Li Zhen's order, the drum suddenly burst out, the drum horn contention, the original orderly advance of the Yue Wang army suddenly began to accelerate, not long before it has arrived in a few places away from the city, put out a strong attack formation, but see a trebuchet, large ballista unevenly arranged, dozens of tall ladders towering, and in the front is more than 300 river filling vehicles, this formation is divided into front, left and right, middle and rear five phalanx, swords and guns are numerous, murderous rising, the formation is extremely neat, showing a strong combat effectiveness.

"Who dares to take the city first?"

Looking at his own heroic formation, Li Zhen, who rode his horse and stood in the middle army, was extraordinarily complacent, of course, he also had enough reasons for being complacent, for the current day, he had been preparing for 20 years, painstakingly playing more than once to hide from the sky and the sea, exhausted almost all the floating wealth, and finally trained a male soldier who could be proud of the world, at least in his opinion, and now, it is finally time to reap the fruits of victory, how can Li Zhen not be complacent, Then he looked around at the generals in front of him, and shouted loudly.

"Father, the child is willing to fight!"

"The last general, please attack!"

"The last general wants to go!"

……

Li Zhen has invested a lot of money in this army, and all the generals in the army are Li Zhen's henchmen, as soon as he asked like this, not only Li Chong stood up, but the generals next to him were not to be outdone, and the voice of the battle immediately sounded.

"Well, good, Gan Zhuangwu, Gu Ling'er led the headquarters of 8,000 cavalry as the vanguard, Li Su, Er's department as a cover, and the rest of the generals followed the Gu Guan formation, ready to respond at any time!"

Although Li Zhen had never been in the battle formation, after all, he had read a lot of military books, and he knew the tragedy of the siege battle, and he categorically refused to let his own family take this risk, and regardless of Li Chong's face, he made a heroic appearance, waved his hand, and gave the order to attack loudly.

"No! The last general will be ordered! ”

Gan Zhuangwu is the first fierce general under Li Zhen, Li Su is ranked second, these two are belligerents, this heard Li Zhen handed over the heavy responsibility to himself, how can there be unhappy Li'er, in unison responded to the promise, each rode back to the formation, in a moment, the sound of the horn, the sound of the password, the two Yue Wang army began to press forward, and a major offensive and defensive battle began......