Under the city of Jinyang, the city was besieged on three sides, and the Dahua soldiers began a large-scale attack.

Crossbows and longbows rushed towards the city, obscuring the sky like black clouds, and then raining down on the city and its interior.

In addition to the soldiers at the head of the city, some of whom were unable to dodge in time, were shot by random arrows, and some of them fell to the army, as well as the auxiliary soldiers in the city who were transporting weapons and carrying the wounded, were also covered by this indiscriminate rain of arrows, suffering heavy casualties and howling.

Dahua has strong financial resources, and there are many arrows, so it keeps shooting fiercely, testing pressure in the city, because the range of the strong crossbow is long, and the enveloping range has been expanded from the inner side of the city gate to Jinyang City for 100 meters; to delay the speed of the advance of the Don troops in a timely manner, increasing their casualties.

Woohoo!

Arrows flew wildly, forcing the Tang Dynasty's monarchs and ministers to retreat to these areas and return to the palace, not daring to stay on the front line.

Li Yuan is preoccupied, the prince does not know whether he is alive or dead, the third son Xuanba seems to be looking for an opportunity to assassinate Luo Zhaoyun outside, and the fourth son Li Yuanji is not in the climate and short-sighted, and now he can only rely on the second son Li Shimin as a successor candidate.

Although he is not yet old, but if he loses his heir, then the officials and people below will not see the future, and no one will follow him with all his heart.

However, at present, Li Yuan is not in a hurry to make an edict to change the candidate for the prince, after all, the death information of Li Jiancheng has not been transmitted, and it is now the time of life and death in Jinyang, so it is not appropriate to change too much in the court, after all, the officials of the prince's faction are also there, and suddenly the second son is the prince, and the officials of the Qin Wang's family will naturally rise, and suppressing the people on the side of the original prince will lose balance and cause greater damage to the current situation.

Li Yuancheng's government is very deep, and he has a somewhat suspicious personality, and he mainly does things steadily, so he doesn't want to worry about these troubles for the time being, and listens attentively to the ministers' strategies for breaking the siege.

At this time, Li Shimin came to the palace to ask for a meeting, and at a critical time, he wanted to participate in the major affairs of the military aircraft.

"King Xuanqin enters the palace!"

Shaoqing, Li Shimin wrapped in bandages, his face was haggard and walked into the main hall, if you look at it from the outside, King Qin's injuries are not light, it seems that after a bloody battle, he returned to Jinyang like nine deaths.

In fact, when Li Shimin and Wei Chi Jingde broke through at that time, although they had gone through some fighting and forcible assault, the injuries he suffered were not so serious, not even a fraction.

The wound on his arm was later inserted by himself with an arrow, and then he deliberately made his appearance worse and fled back to Jinyang City. That night, when Li Yuan saw his second son return from a tragic injury, he knew that Taigu City had been lost and had been affected to a certain extent.

Li Shimin cried bitterly and shouted that the imperial brother was besieged, he didn't know whether he was alive or dead, he risked his life to save him, but he didn't succeed, and finally tragically fought a bloody way back, tears fell, touching the heart, and reverberated the intestines, but infected many ministers in the court.

"Shimin, your injuries are still serious, you don't have to worry about it, you can recuperate with peace of mind, and there will be time for great achievements in the future." Li Yuan comforted this and said.

Li Shimin said: "Father, the army of the Chinese Dynasty is coming to the city, constantly attacking the city, and the sound of fighting surrounds the city wall in all directions. ”

Dou Wei was more on the side of the King of Qin, and interjected on the side: "The King of Qin's loyalty is commendable, Your Majesty, you can allow the King of Qin to participate, compared to the King of Qin, who has a lot of experience in leading troops to fight, and has fought fiercely with the Chinese Dynasty army in Taigu City for many days, and put forward the strategy of strengthening the wall and clearing the wilderness, and the credit is still quite large!" ”

Li Yuan nodded, but he didn't have any thoughts of refusing, after all, for the time being, there was such a promising son by his side, and at a critical time, he still had to go into battle as a father and son, the most trusted person.

"Yes!" Li Yuan casually agreed.

Li Shimin asked: "Father, I don't know if the Turks and Liu Wuzhou have agreed to send troops?" ”

"The season sent to the Turks has returned, and the meaning of the Khan over there is to let me change the flag of the Tang State to show the Turks, call myself the emperor, and respect the Turks, so that the Turks will send troops from Wuyuan County, go to Shuofang County, and directly attack the north gate of Chang'an City, forcing Luo Zhaoyun to lead troops back to rescue, so that the siege of Jinyang will naturally be solved, and Liu Wuzhou will also set off from Mayi County, cross Yanmen, and come to the rear of Taiyuan Street as support."

"Emperor!" Li Shimin's face was gloomy, he snorted coldly, and was a little angry at the aggressiveness of the Turks: "The Turks are inevitably deceitful too much, this is to slap our Li Tang in the face, where will I put my Tang country's face?" ”

"His Royal Highness King Qin, the current situation is like this, and there is no good way."

"That's too much. Li Shimin was still a little angry. ”

Li Yuan shook his head and said: "The Turkic people's customs are deteriorating, ignorant and backward, etiquette is almost none, talking to them about love, morality, and giving each other steps is all empty talk, they only look at interests, and strength." The strength of the Central Plains, they pretend to be good grandsons, the Central Plains melee, they will be the uncle, this is nothing, just pay attention to their interests, isn't it just a moment to bow their heads, it doesn't matter, as long as the Shibi Khan is attracted and the troops are led into Shuofang, Yan'an, and Shangjun again, Luo Zhaoyun will inevitably return to defend and withdraw the army, otherwise Chang'an will be difficult to protect, and the Tang State will naturally be saved. ”

Li Shimin was persuaded by his father like this, but he calmed down and calmed down a lot, and asked, "Then when do they plan to send troops?" ”

Li Yuan sighed: "After the beginning of spring in February next year at the earliest, so, this autumn tail and cold winter, Jinyang City must be defended, and the turning point of my Tang Kingdom will come next year." ”

"Father, my son's injuries have improved a bit, and I have asked to take up a position in the army and be responsible for the command of a city gate."

"Let's wait until you're healed."

Li Shimin retreated and said: "Then you can send the general Chi Jingde next to Erchen to serve as the duty of guarding the city gate, he is excellent in martial arts, loyal and courageous, and has a great ability to lead troops, and he can't idle generals at this juncture." ”

Li Yuan glanced at Li Shimin meaningfully, nodded slightly, and said, "Okay, Wei Chi Jingde can go to guard the East City Gate." ”