The dawn of the morning illuminated the earth, sprinkling a golden light, and on the ancient city wall, there were piles of corpses and bones, and there were bright red blood stains, which were somewhat shocking.

Due to the early autumn, there is frost in the morning, and the morning fog will drift up, reducing the smoke and smell of blood that permeate the battlefield. Inside and outside Taikoo City, the frenzy of war, which had lasted for several days, had subsided.

The vanguard of the Chinese army was no longer excited, and the defenders in the city no longer wanted to live, and the soldiers on both sides were a little numb. The cruelty of war will make the soldiers who are deeply trapped in it gradually integrate into it, except for killing, besieging cities, and defending, they are not allowed to think and make decisions.

As far as the eye can see, from the military camp outside the city to the distance of the Taigu city wall, there are countless corpses and blood on the ground, and arrows are everywhere, shot on the corpses, or nailed to the ground, the broken military flags are blown loudly by the wind, and those scattered siege equipment are crooked, very embarrassed.

Smoke billowed up and down the city, and some fires and arrows shot into the city, causing some fires and even many corpses on fire.

Of course, the Chinese army used iron barrel artillery, as well as trebuchets to put explosives on it, and the bombing also caused damage to Taichengtou, but the Tang army still stuck there and did not retreat.

Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin and others constantly held military meetings to study the strategy of defending the city, as well as the actions of clearing the field in the rear.

"The vanguard army of the Chinese Dynasty outside the city, the loss is not small, and the loss is at least more than 20,000 people, but it is still storming, and using firearms, it seems that it is inevitable to win Taigu City, in addition, according to the scout report sent out, on the side of Qi County, Luo Zhaoyun is ready to send Xu Shiji to lead the army to support and strengthen the attack on Taigu City." After Li Xiaogong finished talking about the information, everyone's faces were solemn, and the defense was getting more and more difficult.

Li Wenxiang, who served as a meritorious officer in the army, said: "At present, the morale is greatly affected, although we continue to motivate, and it is rumored that the Turks will attack the northwest and smash the old nest of the Chinese Dynasty, and Liu Wuzhou and others will lead troops to Jinyang to fight against the Chinese army, but, after all, the distance is too far, and the soldiers only look at the present, how to hold it." ”

Li Shimin also sighed: "Yes, the conspiracy is calculated, the enemy is not the enemy, the battle situation is reluctant, how to break the situation is the most direct." ”

These strategies were all conceived by him, and although they played some roles, in order to defeat the strong Chinese army, it was not enough to rely on some small strategies, and it was impossible to reverse the situation.

"How much longer do you have to stay?" Li Jiancheng also knew at this time that if he continued to fight like this, Taigu City would be broken sooner or later.

"At least a month!"

According to previous calculations, one month is the safest.

Prince Li Jiancheng shook his head and said: "No, the time is a little long, when the plan is accelerated, lest the city is not guaranteed, and the plan is not completed, and the success will fall short." ”

Li Shimin pondered for a moment and said: "Then don't wait for the people to finish harvesting the grain, move away immediately, either send an army to help with the harvest, or send someone to burn it." ”

The cronies, generals, and strategists in the house were silent, this was a desperate plan.

However, compared to the battlefield where people die every day, the burning of people's houses seems to be very mild.

Li Shimin looked at the silence of the crowd, and said in a somewhat cold tone: "I can't think about so much benevolence and righteousness, as long as we win, the history books will be written by ourselves, and it is not all glamorous, win more with less, and go down in history, if it is defeated, the people and soldiers and civilians within a radius of 200 miles of Jinyang City will be martyred with Tang Guo and will be martyred until the last moment." ”

"Your Highness is right, we have no other choice."

"The last general also agrees with the plan of the Second Highness!"

Some people began to echo, and finally reached a conclusion, and the crown prince Li Jiancheng also nodded in agreement.

.........

On a mountain ridge in the north of Taigu City, Li Xuanba, dressed in Xuanyi Renxia costume, stood in the distance with a long sword on his back, his eyes were indifferent.

These days, he went back to Ziyang Palace to invite people, and united some ancient martial arts sects, and sent people to contact the heroes of Hedong and Hebei Green Forests from all over the country to gather and form the Thorn Cloud Alliance, the number of people has reached hundreds, it is by no means a rabble, if it is played properly, the combat effectiveness is strong.

A few meters beside him, there was also a plain-clothed woman standing, with a graceful figure, slender curves, black hair scattered between the white neck, deep and agile eyes, and a face that was truly stunning in the world.

At this time, the dress fluttered, and there was a peerless charm, which was Ye Junyao.

"Are you still unwilling to stop, and you plan to take those people in the rivers and lakes, the disciples of the ancient sect, all moths to the fire?" Ye Junyao asked softly.

Li Xuanba turned his head to look at her, and said in a low voice: "Fairy Ye, he Luo Zhaoyun does not belong to the established historical trend at all, Li Tang is Allah, my master also has a deduction, I feel that this Luo Zhaoyun should not belong to this era, why he appeared, no one can figure it out, he Luo family, there is no national luck at all!" So, I'm going to give it a go! ”

Ye Junyao asked: "Have you ever thought that those people in the rivers and lakes, once they assassinate the king of the Hua Dynasty, it is very likely that they will not die in the future and involve their sect." ”

"How could they not be clear? Those old antiques, in fact, are not happy to see the unification of the world, how can there be an ancient martial arts sect to clamp their tails and be a man, dare not show their faces, hide their heads and show their tails, stay away from the temples, and can only be in the grassy rivers and lakes! They were in the turbulent times of the Wei and Jin dynasties, but they supported many small countries to compete for hegemony, how could they be willing to be cocooned and bound themselves? ”

There was a hint of contempt on the corner of Li Xuanba's mouth: "Therefore, when I promised that if Li Tang can defeat Dahua and drive the Dahua army back to Hangu Pass, he can work with Xiao Liang and others to stand on their own feet and not interfere with each other, then the Guwu Sect can surface and not be suppressed, so they will send their disciples to fish in troubled waters." ”

Ye Junyao sighed: "Luo Zhaoyun came out at the right time, he is a variable, besides, those days of deduction are illusory, even the holy scriptures written by my patriarch are also wrongly predicted, it seems that this is a historical node, towards the dazed and unknown, but it is not necessarily a bad thing, at least Luo Zhaoyun knows how to govern the country, maybe the land of Huaxia Shenzhou will be brought to a new situation, and there will be no more humiliation and misery in later generations." ”

"Fairy Ye, you have changed!" Li Xuanba turned sideways and stared at Ye Junyao, a long time ago, he had always admired this ice-clear and jade-clean saintess, but today, the topics of the two people were obviously contradictory, and they had reached the point of not conspiring with each other.

Ye Junyao sighed: "I just want to see that the world is peaceful as soon as possible, the people are suffering, and the Han people in this land can become self-reliant." ”

Li Xuan said domineeringly: "Heaven and earth are not benevolent, and all things are used as dogs." For God, everything is the same, there are births, old age, sickness and death, and they will all fend for themselves. In this matter, I hope you can stay out of it, just let me Li Tang and Dahua fight the last time, see who is the protagonist of history, and dominate the ups and downs. Anyway, the winner is the one you picked! ”