Chapter 85: The Siege of the City
Li Shimin is not unaware of what the eldest grandson Wuji said.
Since they just want to surround Wei and save Zhao, they only need to surround Wei, and the Liang division feels that Liang is in danger, so they will naturally lead troops back to help.
But Li Shimin still has his own considerations.
First, if they don't break through Luzhou, after the Liang division sends troops back to help, their Tang army is only afraid that they will be surrounded by Liang soldiers and horses, and if they are surrounded like this, they will have no city to defend, and the situation will be very bad.
Moreover, Li Shimin was unwilling, and the matter of guarding Lingzhou should have been the matter of Li Shimin, the king of Qin, but it was taken away by the crown prince Li Jiancheng.
This deprived him of an opportunity to build his prestige.
But fortunately, Liang and Later Sui supported the Turks, and he had another chance to lead the troops.
And he felt that since he was leading the troops, he had to play with his majesty and show the courage of Li Shimin, the king of Qin, even if this was not the main battlefield, he would make his first battle more dazzling.
After returning to Chang'an City in this way, he had the opportunity to compete with Li Jiancheng.
Therefore, although it was more difficult to capture Luzhou City, he still decided to do it.
The eldest grandson Wuji saw that Li Shi's public opinion had been decided, so he didn't say anything else.
Early the next morning, Li Shimin came to the city of Luzhou with 7,000 soldiers and horses.
After coming to the city of Luzhou, Cheng Yanjin came out of the queue to call the formation.
"And wait for the small country, now that my Datang is leading the troops to come, why don't you open the city gate and surrender quickly?"
"If you surrender, the king of my family Qin is merciful, and you can spare your life, if not, don't blame us for being polite."
"Shrinking turtle, have the ability to come out to fight......" Seeing that the Liang soldiers on the city tower did not react, Cheng bit the golden qi and scolded, and the scolding was very ugly.
Jiang Tong, the defender of Luzhou City, stood on top of the city tower, and when he saw the Tang army being so arrogant when he dismounted, he was angry in his heart and asked: "That fierce general is willing to go out of the city to fight and destroy the prestige of the Tang army?" ”
The voice fell, and a fierce general next to him stood up and said, "The last general, Nie Meng, is willing to go out of the city to fight." ”
Jiang Tong bowed his head, and then ordered someone to open the city gate, put down the drawbridge, and Nie Meng rode out on horseback and came to the front of the Tang army.
"Hugh, Hugh wants to speak wildly, do you really think that my Liang Guo is afraid of your Tang Dynasty?"
Cheng Biting Jin laughed: "I was originally afraid, come on, let's stop talking nonsense, just start fighting, I'll let you taste the power of your Grandpa Cheng's axe." ”
Nie Meng snorted: "I am the fierce general of the Liang Kingdom, Nie Meng is also ......."
"What's the matter, your grandfather, I'm not interested in knowing your name, anyway, it's a nameless junior, look at the axe......"
The two armies are fighting, and generally generals have to report their lives before fighting, in order to show that they will not kill the nameless, Cheng Biting Jin is good, he doesn't take Nie Meng seriously at all, as long as he is willing to let him kill.
This made Nie Meng very humiliated, and after scolding, he killed him with a spear.
Cheng Biting Jin was not afraid, just when Nie attacked fiercely, he also slashed over with an axe, Cheng Biting Jin's axe has a power of 100 catties, which is very fierce.
When this axe went down, Nie Meng's arm was numb, and the secret path was not good.
"Hehe, eat me again...... "Cheng Biting Jin saw Nie gritting his teeth, he knew that his ability was a little poor, how could he let go of this opportunity to make meritorious contributions?
So immediately after that, another axe slashed over, and this axe slashed and immediately split Nie Meng's spear in half from the middle, and Nie Meng's cheek was slashed by a sharp axe, and a cut was made directly from the middle.
This is also a block of his blade, otherwise this axe will have to be split in half.
Nie Meng's blade was destroyed, his cheeks were in severe pain, he was not an opponent in his heart, he turned the horse's head and was about to go back, Cheng Biting Jin gave him a chance, and then another axe came to him, which directly killed him.
Cheng Biting Jin won the battle, Li Shimin was overjoyed, and hurriedly shouted: "Rush!" ”
The momentum of the Tang army was like a rainbow, and Jiang Tong in Luzhou City saw that Nie Meng was killed, his heart sank, and he hurriedly ordered: "Close the city gate, close the city gate quickly." ”
Soon, the drawbridge was pulled up by the Liang guards, and the city gate was closed.
Above the city tower, a group of archers shot at the Tang army one after another, the Tang army rushed bravely, and many soldiers in front were injured by arrows.
Li Shimin's brows condensed slightly, although he had been prepared, but if he attacked hard, he was afraid of heavy casualties.
Thinking of this, Li Shimin immediately ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops.
The Tang army retreated, and the wounded soldiers were helped up.
On Li Shimin's side, he immediately summoned his ministers to discuss a strategy to break the enemy.
"Luzhou City is very strong, it is not easy to break this city, what are your best strategies?"
After Li Shimin finished speaking, he looked at everyone, Cheng Yanjin killed the enemy today and made a meritorious service, so he was very active at this time, and immediately stood up and said: "Lord Wang, these soldiers and horses of the Liang State are just a group of rabble, and they will go to call for battle again at the end of tomorrow, kill them, and sooner or later they will abandon the city and surrender." ”
The eldest grandson Wuji smiled bitterly: "Lu Guogong, after you killed one of their generals today, they will no longer want to go out of the city to fight, so no matter how you call the battle, they will not be able to send people out again, if you want to capture Luzhou City, there are only two ways, either attack hard and fight for heavy casualties to achieve victory, or, it is to outwit and lure the soldiers and horses of Luzhou out of the city, and with the strength of our Tang army, they will destroy them in one fell swoop." ”
was said by the eldest grandson Wuji, Cheng Biting Jin pouted: "You don't say this, who doesn't know that you either attack hard or outwit, you don't need to talk about hard attack, you can talk about outwitting." ”
The eldest grandson Wuji is not in a hurry, although he is best at governing the country and political strategy, rather than leading troops to fight, but in this regard, he still has more ways than other generals.
"It's easy to outwit, just lose."
"Defeat?" Cheng Yanjin's eyes widened suddenly, they came to win, how could they lose, but at this time, Li Shimin smiled lightly.
"The auxiliary machine is reasonable, we have just arrived, how can we be too sharp, we still have to lose a few battles, I ordered to go down, and I will call the battle tomorrow, and call a few generals who are not good at kung fu to go, even if it is to attack the city, we must feint and pretend to be hard......"
Li Shimin quickly ordered, Cheng Biting Jin's brows condensed slightly, and then he somewhat understood what Li Shimin meant.
And just as Li Shimin and the others were talking, there was a sudden noise outside the camp.
Li Shimin frowned slightly, and shouted: "What's going on outside? ”
A guard hurriedly came and said, "Lord Wang, a soldier was drunk at Doctor Bian's place, and after this person got drunk, he was drunk in the barracks, and he slashed indiscriminately with a big knife, and everyone did not dare to come forward. ”
"Nonsense, tie up that man for me, and call Bian Xingzhi to this king, it is really unreasonable, dare to hide wine in the barracks, who gave him the guts."