After that, I saw that the thatch that had grown together suddenly separated, and one of the bushes began to move in the direction of the Tang Army, while the other bush also followed after a pause, and after a short time, it disappeared into the night silently like the few widows just now.

At the same time, several black shadows also slid down from the other sections of the city wall that no one noticed, taking advantage of the unclear vision at night, and disappeared into the fields outside the city.

Seeing those black shadows disappear, the widows who were lying in ambush at the head of the city breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and went down the city wall, using the cover of night to walk through all the dark corners of the city until they returned to the imperial city.

"How? Did they go out? When Emperor Shu Ming saw that the people sent out had returned, he immediately asked urgently.

"It's gone out and hasn't been found." The person who came back let out a long sigh of relief with a relaxed face.

"It's okay, it's okay!" Emperor Shu Ming's heart was relieved at this time, and he glanced at the people in the hall: "Now you can rest assured, right?" I believe that in a few days, reinforcements will continue to come, and ...... then. ”

However, Yamada interrupted him again and said with a sad face: "Your Majesty should not be underestimated! The equipment of the Tang army far surpasses ours, even if there are reinforcements coming, I am afraid that ...... It's also a refueling tactic. ”

"Yamada, if you don't speak, no one will treat you like a dumb person!"

"That's it, Yamada, you always grow other people's ambition here, to be majestic yourself, I really doubt that you are a spy sent by the Tang Dynasty!"

Yamada's careful reminder was targeted again, in his opinion, those self-righteous guys are actually covering their ears and stealing the bell, thinking about problems are always so naïve, and always thinking about everything so beautiful.

But they don't want to think about what will happen if reinforcements don't come. What if they were defeated by the Don Army? Is it really good to blindly deceive oneself?

Thinking about this and that, Yamada suddenly felt that he seemed to be too pessimistic, and that he and another group of overly optimistic guys were simply two extremes, could those guys always target him.

But is it really Yamada who is too pessimistic?

The 5,000 'sea wolves' in the Tang army camp outside the city can prove that his worries are not useless.

But there is an old Chinese saying: soldiers are not tired of cheating.

So even if his speculation is infinitely close to the truth? Anyway, the preparations that should be made 'sea wolves' have already been made, and they will set off towards the battlefield that has been discovered in advance when they only wait for an order from above.

Osaka, the territory of an imperial prince, it is said that the position of Emperor Shumei was originally his, but because Soga Ezo made trouble in the beginning, the throne was lost to him.

Now, after receiving a letter of help from Ryona, this makes the eldest brother of the mountain, who was taken the throne, very entangled, and he doesn't know whether to send troops to the rescue.

Don't save? What if someone else goes to the rescue? Will he, the prince in an embarrassing position, be labeled as a rebel?

Save? That guy snatched his throne, but he wanted to save him, which made the big brother king of the mountain back feel uncomfortable.

Another point is, what if you fall into an ambush by the Tang army? He only has 20,000 soldiers under his command, and if he wins after sending them out, it is fine, but if he is defeated, won't he make a wedding dress for others?

After struggling for a long time, a thought suddenly appeared in the mind of the eldest brother king of the mountain, but he saw him looking at the guy who came to ask for help and smiled slightly: "Since Your Majesty has an order, this king will naturally not shirk the commission, but now the soldiers under this king are all scattered everywhere, and it will take some time to recall them, I don't know if the envoy may wait for a day or two?" ”

"Lord Wang, I can't wait, the current attack of the Tang Army is extremely fierce, and if I wait any longer, I'm afraid that the imperial city won't last much time and will be breached, and then it's too late to save it!" It had already wasted about a day and a half to rush from Ryona to Osaka, so the messenger asking for help only wished that the eldest brother of Yamabashi could send troops immediately, how could he continue to drag it out.

However, he was in a hurry to carry the eldest brother Wang was not in a hurry, and after a faint glance at him, he said: "The mood of the envoy can be understood by this king, but there is a saying in the Tang Dynasty that it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and now there is a shortage of soldiers and major generals in the hands of this king, even if you are in a hurry, this king has no choice, you can't let this king go to the rescue alone, right?" ”

"This ......" The messenger was stunned for a moment, knowing in his heart that the eldest brother of Shanbei was making excuses, but he had no choice but to grit his teeth secretly and retreat.

……

In fact, a few days later, the same thing happened almost simultaneously in the Soga clan and the Monobe clan, and everyone with heavy troops was thinking about their own way back, and it could be said that the rescue could be delayed.

After all, the combat effectiveness of the Tang army is almost obvious to all, and they don't want to go to Liangna to touch nails at this time.

Just imagine, if the Tang army can defeat the capital within a few days, it means that the Tang army's combat strength has been overwhelmed, and even the strong city cannot stop their advance.

Such an army is not at all something that these so-called powerful ministers can compete with in the field, and it is far better to hide to the side and watch the situation now.

In addition, there is another advantage of waiting a little longer, that is, you can observe the strategy and tactics of the Don Army in order to prepare for future battles.

After all, it's not easy to find a test specimen at the moment, and finally there is an emperor there, so these so-called powerful ministers naturally don't have to be afraid, as long as they look at it honestly.

In case the Tang Army's offensive is unfavorable, or if there is a tactical mistake, it will not be too late to go over to support when there is an opportunity to beat the water dogs, and vice versa...... Then it was better to surrender a long time ago, anyway, it was the Emperor who angered the Tang Army, not himself, and he might have a chance to take the throne if he behaved better at that time.

With this in mind, several relatively large forces all resorted to delaying tactics, and every day they spoke kind words to comfort the envoys who came to ask for help, but as soon as they mentioned sending troops, these people immediately took care of him and did not rely on this topic at all.

……

In this way, nearly seven more days passed.

And by this time, the offensive of the Tang army was finally weakened, and it was no longer launching attacks one after another day and night.

But in spite of this, the Japanese people in the city were also frightened enough, because at this time the gates on all sides of the city had already been broken, and almost all the battlements on the four walls had been blown up, and the entire city wall was bare, and in some places it had even collapsed.

In such a situation, in fact, as long as the Tang army is ruthless and fills in the moat, a few thousand people can attack the capital of the Japanese state.

So Shu Ming was scared, he shrunk in his palace every day and shivered, or he scolded the traitors and thieves to vent his anger, and the fear of Tang Jun made him not think about it at all, if he fought hard, it seemed that he could completely fight his way out and escape outside.

……

Don army battalion.

Li You, Songtsen Gampo, and Li Zhen sat opposite each other, with a list of supplies in front of them.

Looking at the sharply shrinking amount of supplies above, the three of them looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

Seven days of shelling were indeed cool and enjoyable, but ...... Their logistics were already unbearable at this time, and if they fought like this again, the materials they brought would be exhausted in less than ten days, and then they could only rely on cold weapons to fight the Japanese people.

I have to say, this is really an extremely embarrassing thing!

(End of chapter)