After lunch, pull out the scorching point and gather the soldiers and horses to kill Wantong City. Flash Dance

This time, the main attack was carried out by a large army formed by the Uighurs and other large tribes, who would be the first echelon to launch an attack on the city of Wantong.

The second echelon is composed of soldiers from various small tribes, and follows the first echelon to attack Wantong City.

And Bazhuo and the 20,000 troops under his command pressed back, as the last echelon, and when the front was almost fighting, they pressed up.

Bazhuo also sent people back to recruit 200,000 troops again.

Ba Zhuo commanded an army of 80,000 and approached the city of Wantong.

Li Chengqian and the others hurriedly climbed to the top of the city, looking into the distance, and the darkness in front of them was overwhelming.

"Your Highness! It's dangerous here! Don't stay here, there are ministers here, Your Highness should return to the Governor's Mansion first and wait for good news. Tian Ren will persuade Li Chengqian, who is still watching from the city, to go back.

"Then why are you here, instead of waiting for good news at the Governor's Palace?" Li Chengqian asked without looking back.

"It is the duty of the minister to defend the land and defend the border, and now that the enemy is pressing the border, the minister as a general should stick to this place and defend the enemy to defend the land." Tian Ren will say.

"Yes! Your Highness! You are a daughter, how can you risk yourself, as the saying goes: a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall! Don't take it lightly! ”

"It is also the best policy to ask His Highness to leave this place as soon as possible and return to the Governor's Mansion. Flash dance," Liu Lan, the governor of Xiazhou, also admonished on the side.

"That's right! Your Highness! The two sides are fighting without swords and eyes, if they hurt His Highness, it will be our escort's disadvantage, and it is our sin, and the minister implores His Highness to return to the Governor's Mansion. "Persistence also joins in persuasion.

"That's it! This hasn't started yet! I, Li Chengqian, am the crown prince! I didn't do anything and went back, and people who didn't know thought I was afraid of him. ”

"I, Datang, am afraid of him Xue Yantuo, and I will flee before fighting, if I let the soldiers know! And how to let them fight bravely to kill the enemy. ”

"You are all generals for many years, you should understand these truths without me saying that your father can drive an expedition to Goguryeo."

"Don't you even have the courage to stand here and face the enemy, I want to see what this bake looks like." Li Chengqian waved his hand.

Since ancient times, the Imperial Expedition can play a role in boosting morale, allowing soldiers to work harder to kill the enemy.

Even such a high-ranking man as the emperor personally went to the battlefield to fight and defend his homeland, and what reason did they have not to fight bravely to kill the enemy.

Although Li Chengqian is not the emperor, he is the crown prince, and now he can be regarded as a royal driver in a sense.

As long as he stands on the head of the city, he can more or less boost morale and make the morale of the Tang army officers and soldiers even higher.

On the contrary, if at this time, as the crown prince, he fled in a "panic" as soon as he saw the enemy army appearing, it would inevitably hit his morale. 35xs

Once the morale is low, who will fight bravely to kill the enemy, at that time, Wantong City will be in danger, and it will even be broken by Xue Yantuo's army.

Therefore, Li Chengqian will not leave the front line and retreat to the rear until it is absolutely necessary.

The purpose of his visit this time was to take advantage of this opportunity to train the soldiers of the East Palace.

Although there are 30,000 soldiers and horses in Wantong City, there are actually only more than 10,000 soldiers who can fight, and the rest are just some auxiliary soldiers, who are responsible for public security and miscellaneous affairs on weekdays.

Although the battle is not good, there is still no problem in defending the city.

Xue Yantuo's army kept a safe distance from Wantong City, and the army stopped advancing, but it was ready to attack, just waiting for the order of Bazhuo, and then launched an attack on Wantong City.

Ba Zhuo rode on a war horse, looking at Li Chengqian and others in Wantong City from afar, because the distance was a little far, he couldn't see clearly who was standing on the head of the city.

But the dragon banner that represents the identity of Prince Li Chengqian, Bazhuo can see it clearly.

Bazhuo pulled the reins in one hand and held the horsewhip in the other, pointing to Wantong City and saying to Mengjitai beside him: "It seems that the prince of the Tang Dynasty is also a brave man, and when he saw my army killed, he actually dared to stand on the head of the city." ”

"Khan! How did you know that the person standing on the city of Wantong was the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty? Isn't it the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty that the Khan knows? Mengjitai wondered.

From such a distance, he could only see the figure of the people in Wantong City, and there was no way to see the other party's appearance clearly.

What's more, they didn't know what the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty looked like at all, and even if they stood in front of them, they didn't know who the other party was.

Khan! How can it be concluded at a glance that the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty is standing on the city of Wantong.

"Hahaha!" Bazhuo laughed and said: "Ben Khan naturally doesn't know the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, and even if he does, there is no way to see each other clearly from such a distance. ”

"I determined that this prince was at the head of the city through the dragon flag representing the royal family of the Tang Dynasty on Wantong City."

"Such a style of dragon flag can only be used by emperors and princes in the Tang Dynasty, and others are not qualified to use such battle flags."

After listening to Bazhuo's words, Mengjitai suddenly realized!

I see, I said! The khan has never left Mobei, let alone Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, where did he know the appearance of the prince of the Tang Dynasty.

"That's it! Immediately send someone to call the battle, and let the people in Wantong City open the city and surrender, otherwise, after our army breaks through Wantong City, if the sword is not sealed for three days, all the living creatures in Wantong City will be slaughtered. Bazhuo ordered.

"Yes!" The scout took the order, passed through the army, and came to the city of Wantong, and shouted loudly to the city, conveying the meaning of Bazhuo to the people in the city.

"A group of insignificant clowns who jump off the beam dare to bark in front of the widow, which is really beyond their strength."

"Fang Yi, shoot this man to the widow, lest his filthy words defile the ears of the widow." Li Chengqian stretched out his hand to Xue Yantuo, who had been shouting under the city, and said to Wang Fangyi.

Among these people, Wang Fangyi's archery skills are the best.

"No!" Wang Fangyi received the order and shouted, "Bring a bow and arrows." ”

One of the East Palace guards immediately handed over a treasure bow to Wang Fangyi.

I saw Wang Fangyi stretching his bow and arrows, aiming at Xue Yantuo's scout, who was still shouting, not knowing that danger was coming.

As soon as he let go of his hand, the off-string arrow swooped out, passing directly through the scout's mouth, and the sound stopped abruptly.

The scout's corpse was carried directly from the horse's back to the ground, his eyes were so big that he was visibly dead.

"Good!" Suddenly, there was a cheer on the top of the city, and Wang Fangyi's arrow raised the morale of the soldiers a little.

In the distance, Bazhuo fell as the scout fell, and a hint of anger rose in his heart, and the other party was clearly provoking him as a khan by doing so.

"Damn! Dare to shoot Ben Khan's messenger, pass the order, and immediately launch an attack on Wantong City! "Pulling the whip forward, showing great anger.

"Yes! Khan! Mengjitai saluted: "Horn, charge!" ”

(End of chapter)