Luoyang City Tower, the defenders are waiting for it.

In the face of the anti-king coalition army, the entire Luoyang City looked a little depressed.

Li Shimin did not dare to take it lightly, once the siege began, this huge Luoyang City would become a huge meat grinding ground, with countless casualties, and no one could predict it.

Different from Bishui Pass, although Luoyang City is tall and stable, it has four city walls, and there is no geographical basis, and the place of defense has also become four-sided, which should not be underestimated.

Fortunately, Luo Cheng did not attack the city with all his strength at this moment, but just gathered heavy troops in one place, which was preparing for a tentative attack

But soon, Li Shimin realized that he had guessed wrong.

The reason why Luo Cheng mobilized the army in front of a city wall was not to test it, he wanted to break the city in one fell swoop

Countless armies were ready to go, and under Luo Cheng's order:

"Siege"

The dense army, like a tide, poured towards the Luoyang City Tower.

"Kill, kill, kill"

The army shouted and killed, and they kept charging forward.

The ladder siege vehicle was already ready, and the moment it received the order, it was immediately killed.

The ladder was erected on the city wall, and the soldiers used their flesh and blood to rush upwards to meet the sharp arrows and rolling boulders, and to win the wealth of their lives with their lives.

For ordinary soldiers, they come from ordinary backgrounds, they are not from a family, and they have no other skills, what they can rely on is nothing more than their own lives, and they can only fight with this.

The soldiers charged up, and the defenders were also trying their best to defend, and now they were with Li Shimin, once the army was defeated, no one would be able to get any benefits.

Seeing the enemy charging with all his might, Li Shimin's face suddenly changed, and Luo Cheng's determination was much stronger than he imagined.

He spared no effort, the first wave of attacks was so crazy, was he ready to put all his focus on Luoyang City, if so, it would not be a bad thing.

At the very least, Tongguan and Daxing City were protected from being harassed by enemy troops.

Moreover, Luoyang City is well defended, and it is not so easy to break.

Although it is a bit stressful to be hammered like this, in general, it is still within the range of what it can bear.

The battle was still going on, and there were many casualties on both the offensive and defensive sides, which lasted until the evening, when Luo Chengcai Mingjin withdrew his troops.

Under the city wall of Luoyang, there were corpses left, and the blood was splattered on the city wall, which was hideous and a little terrifying.

With the end of the first wave of siege, Luo Cheng returned to the camp.

Because Luoyang's city defense was indeed strong, Luo Cheng did not achieve victory.

At this time, Luo Cheng had not yet spoken, but the anti-kings from all walks of life had already begun to waver.

Although they don't value the lives of their soldiers, these armies are not picked up, and if they keep wearing them out like this, I'm afraid they will eventually lose everything, which is not what they want to see.

It was because Luo Cheng convened various anti-king discussions, and after hesitating, someone said: "The alliance leader is too reckless to attack Luoyang City like this, and the loss must be huge, please think twice before acting." ”

Luo Cheng smiled when he heard this, looked at the anti-king, and did not get angry because of this, and said: "The king of the world does not need to worry, since the leader of this alliance has given an order, he naturally has a plan." ”

"At most, the leader of this alliance will give you an answer, if there is still no result by then, the leader of this alliance will give you an explanation." Luo Cheng said in a deep voice.

Luo Cheng's words were sonorous and powerful, and when the anti-king heard it, they naturally couldn't oppose it.

Since Luo Cheng promised, it shouldn't be a big problem. The anti-kings were also surprised in their hearts, what preparations did Luo Cheng make, so that he could be so confident and answer to everyone.

After the anti-kings left, Luo Cheng looked at Xu Maogong, who was left, smiled and said: "More than ten days have passed from Bishui Pass to Luoyang, and the Snapdragon Army should have arrived in Tongguan." ”

"If you wait for the opportunity, it will only take a few days, and it will not be long before good news will come. It depends on whether the defenders of Natong Pass can withstand the surprise attack of the Snapdragon Army. ”

Luo Cheng was full of confidence, and Xu Maogong also smiled: "Most of the soldiers and horses under Li Yuan's command don't know that the Snapdragon Army under the command of Shizi is strong, and such a surprising victory must have unexpected effects." ”

Coming out of Bishui Pass, Yao Ping and Lou Jicheng, two generals, led the Snapdragon Army to Tongguan.

As the last line of defense of Daxing City, the importance of Tongguan is undoubted.

The second general Yao Ping did not get too close to Tongguan, but temporarily stationed his troops and horses dozens of miles away from Tongguan and sent scouts to investigate the news.

As Li Shimin said, after Li Jing raised the point, Li Yuan directly dispatched heavy troops to garrison Tongguan to prevent the enemy's surprise attack and break through Tongguan to attack Daxing City.

Now the defense of Tongguan can be said to be very tight, including a large army of 150,000, relying on the geographical advantage, enough to confront hundreds of thousands of enemy troops without breaking, and then take Luoyang as the corner, as if in an invincible position.

It's just that they didn't expect that Luo Cheng did not send a large army to attack, but sent out the Snapdragon Army, and in a way they didn't expect, they actually rushed straight to Tongguan.

"The enemy army is holding Tongguan, and if we want to break through, we can only follow the words of the prince and climb and raid with hook and claw, I'm afraid the enemy can't imagine that we will use such a method to surprise attack," Lou Jicheng said with a sneer.

Yao Ping was much calmer, nodded slightly, and said: "Now the enemy army does not know the traces of our army, as long as we are lurking well, it is not a big problem to break through Tongguan." ”

"But before tackling the fortifications, it is necessary to send someone to investigate the situation, so as not to have an accident and be discovered by the enemy. If we can't take Tongguan, we won't be able to explain to the prince. Yao Ping reminded.

For them, their own honor and disgrace are no longer important, and the task of Luo Cheng is the first.

As long as Tongguan can be breached, the rest is not a big problem.

Lou Jicheng replied: "Don't worry, I will personally lead people to investigate tonight, if there are no other accidents, we will take the opportunity to raid and not give the enemy a chance to breathe." ”

Tossing and turning into the night.

Lou Jicheng led the scouts to quietly touch under Tongguan and carefully observe the surrounding situation.

The defenders on the castle tower were very vigilant and changed shifts according to the prescribed time.

On top of the wall, there were soldiers patrolling back and forth, and they were heavily guarded, so that no one else could take advantage of it.

But this is not foolproof, at least under Lou Jicheng's careful observation, they have discovered the law of the change of shifts in the defenders.

As long as they can seize this gap, they can climb up to the gate tower and kill with daggers, leaving no trace.

After finding out this situation, Lou Jicheng did not delay any longer, and hurriedly led people back.

But what is going to come next is not just a few of them, but the entire Snapdragon army.

Everyone in the world knows that the Snapdragon Army is powerful in field charges, but they don't know that the Snapdragon Army is just as powerful in climbing and night attacks, and even more difficult to guard against, which is the case with the Tongguan defenders.

Although they defended well, they never expected the Snapdragon Army to appear in such a way.