Hearing this, Xia Xue's heart trembled, she didn't expect that she had come all the way here to put her relatives in a more dangerous situation, and she couldn't help but feel a little guilty in her heart.

This time, I persuaded everyone to come here, and I must not let my fellow relatives fall into a desperate situation. In any case, we must do everything we can to save everyone.

And the only way to save their loved ones at the moment is to break the city as soon as possible.

In order to save her relatives, Xia Xue was no longer polite, she stepped forward and pointed to the map and said, "His Royal Highness King Qin, you tell me about the situation around Daliang City." ”

Li Shimin saw that Xia Xue was no longer polite, and his heart was happy, and he hurriedly pointed to the map and introduced Xia Xue, "Behind this Daliang City, that is, more than four miles to the south, there is a big river, called Daliang River; Ten miles to the south of the Daliang River is a grand canyon more than 30 miles long, after passing through the Grand Canyon, sixty miles is Heyang Cang, which is an important granary of Daliang City, with more than 5,000 defenders, but the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, not so easy to attack. Eighty miles to the west of Daliang City is Daliang Mountain, the mountains are large and dense, but the road is rugged and difficult to walk, and the cavalry cannot go up the mountain. One hundred miles to the east of Daliang City is the Yellow River, and the north of Daliang City is where we are now. ”

Xia Xue fell into deep thought after hearing this, the air seemed to be condensed, Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Wuji were silent, so quiet that they could even hear the sound of a needle falling, for fear of disturbing Xia Xue's thoughts.

Time passed minute by minute, Xia Xue frowned slightly, staring at the map, her brain running rapidly. One by one, the solutions were thought out and denied by themselves, and the plans were thought out one by one and passed, and the intense thinking made her forehead sweat slightly. After more than half an hour, she suddenly had a flash of inspiration, walked out of the big tent quickly to look at the fluttering flags, and then slowly walked into the big tent, and asked solemnly: "Your Royal Highness King Qin, what do you think of the combat effectiveness of your subordinates?" ”

Li Shimin paused, and then said proudly: "The army led by Li Shimin is well-disciplined, well-trained, fierce and brave, and it is the highest combat effectiveness in the Tang Army, and I am still very confident in this." ”

Xia Xue nodded after hearing this, "There is not enough food and grass, time is pressing, the city is difficult to attack, and the best way at present is to lure Sui General Sang Xian out of the city for a decisive battle." ”

Li Shimin shook his head after hearing this, "I have used all this method to lure the enemy out of the city, but whether I send soldiers to insult the city or deliberately withdraw the army, or I personally lead a small number of troops to lure the enemy under the city, the general of the Sui army, Sang Xian, just does not move and cannot hold out." ”

Xia Xue also shook her head, "That's a bait that's not tempting enough." King Qin, you let the army rest for an hour now, and I will let the Sui general Sang Xian out of the city. ”

Then, she called Li Shimin and Brother Wuji to the middle of the big tent and whispered her plan to them, and the two were overjoyed when they heard it. Li Shimin immediately ordered the whole army to rest and stand by for battle. Some soldiers were also sent out to prepare materials for the erection of the pontoon bridge.

An hour later, it was nearly evening. Li Shimin counted the troops, there were still 12,000 soldiers without casualties, and he ordered 7,000 elite soldiers to be drawn from them and set off with him, accompanied by Xia Xue and Ouyang brothers and sisters. The remaining 5,000 people defended the barracks, and Gao Cheng also stayed in the barracks to take care of Mrs. Gao and others. The eldest grandson Wuji was nowhere to be seen, and he didn't know where he went.

The 7,000 army set off in a mighty way, but instead of attacking the city, it bypassed Daliang City and went straight to the Daliang River. When they arrived at the river, the soldiers who had just prepared the materials for the pontoon bridge quickly began to erect pontoon bridges on the Daliang River, and at the same time erected five pontoon bridges, apparently wanting to cross the river as soon as possible.

At the head of the city of Daliang, Sang Xianzheng, the general of the Sui Dynasty, was closely watching the movements of the Tang army. Sang Xian was in his forties, with sharp eyes, a nose like a falcon, and a medium build, but very strong, and unusually broad shoulders, as if he contained infinite strength. His lieutenant Gao De looked at the Tang army's actions and said with a smile, "Li Shimin personally led the Tang army around the city and erected a pontoon bridge on the Daliang River, he must have wanted to cross the river to attack Heyang Cang, replenish grain and grass, and also want to cut off my food supply." It seems that the Tang army has not been able to attack for a long time, and the grain and grass are running out. However, Heyang Cang is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is not so easy to take, hehe. General, do you want to send me to lead a group of soldiers and horses to attack from behind when the Tang army attacked Heyangcang, attack inside and outside, crush the rebels, and capture and kill Li Shimin. ”

Sang Xian looked at the fluttering flag, his eyes suddenly flashed, and a cruel smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He shook his head at the lieutenant Gao De, "Don't bother. Li Shimin was smart and confused for a while. This time, I'm going to wipe out his 7,000 elites. He turned his head to Gao De and said, "The Tang army has been attacking the city for more than ten days, although they have suffered more heavy casualties, but our army has also suffered a lot of casualties, and now there are more than 12,000 people in the city who have combat effectiveness among the 20,000 soldiers in the city. I am ready to personally lead 6,000 elite soldiers, and after Li Shimin and Tang troops have all crossed the river for half an hour, I will step on the pontoon bridge they have erected to send them to the western sky. You lead the remaining 6,000 soldiers to continue to hold the city, no matter how provocative the enemy is, do not go out of the city, and wait for my triumphant return. As long as Li Shimin is eliminated, Li Jiancheng and the remaining Tang army will be vulnerable. ”

Deputy General Gao De hurriedly dissuaded, "General, let's go, after all, Li Shimin is cunning and fierce, and his subordinates are not very easy to fight, so let the last general fight fight this bitter battle." Daliang City is best guarded by generals. ”

Sang Xian smiled, "You don't have to worry, I don't have to fight hard at all." Heaven will help me eliminate Li Shimin. He gestured to the flag fluttering in the wind.

Gao Deleng paused for a while, and suddenly laughed, "General Gao Ming, this autumn and winter, the weather is dry and dry, and you need to go to Heyangcang through the canyon area that is more than thirty miles long, and there are a lot of dry grass and dry trees in the canyon, and the wind direction at this time is just the downwind towards Heyangcang." When the Tang army enters the canyon, if the general catches up and puts a fire, and the wind helps the fire, I estimate that Li Shimin and the seven thousand Tang soldiers will definitely become roast pigs, even if they are not burned to death, they will definitely be smoked to death, haha, this can not only keep our Heyang granary, but also easily eliminate the main force of the Tang army, killing two birds with one stone, the general is really Kong Ming alive! ”

Sang Xian also laughed and ordered loudly: "The whole army gathers!" I want to make the Thirty-Mile Canyon the burial place of Li Shimin! ”