Just this afternoon, the city was almost breached, if it weren't for the opening of the gate of Qinglong Pass later, three thousand iron cavalry came out to destroy the siege, Qinglong Pass has been captured at this moment. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In short, the situation of the Tang Army is now very good, as long as you work harder, the breakthrough of Qinglong Pass is just around the corner.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Cheng Yanjin took the holy decree in his hand and walked to the seat with a stumbling step, his eyes were blank and his actions were weak, as if he had just received some bad news.

The other people in the hall also frowned, they were also present when someone from the palace read the holy decree just now.

Cheng Yanjin rolled up the holy decree and put it on the top, then sat down and shook his head, sighing: "Alas, we have been fighting here for a long time, what use can we have, but we still miscalculated in the end." ”

"I said why Zhou Gan, the king of Xiliang, is not in a hurry, it turns out that he played hide and seek for me."

"Let Du Ran lead 180,000 troops out of Qinglong Pass, and then let General A Guduo lead 200,000 troops down the Yangtze River and go to Jiangnan; It's really calculating, calculating. ”

The holy decree said that Jiangnan Province had lost five cities in a row, and the Xiliang army was invincible, and no one could stop it...

Xu Maogong said ashamedly: "I really miscalculated, I didn't see such an obvious strategy to attack the west, alas... Shame on Your Majesty. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji said: "I don't think it's a sound attack from the east to the west, it should be a two-sided attack; These two armies, no matter which way, are not easy to mess with, first of all, Du Ran, the 180,000 people, if we hadn't set up the Demon Bagua Array, would we be able to collect it? There is also the Aguduo army that went to the south of the Yangtze River, with 200,000 troops, how can it be underestimated? What kind of strategy is this, it is clear that Zhou Gan is underestimating us and others, attacking from the north and south, and will be under the city of Chang'an! ”

"We also said before that Xiliang has more than 400,000 troops, why did 180,000 come, and now it's right, the 380,000 troops of King Xiliang have all appeared."

Cheng Yanjin said: "The emperor has made it very clear in the holy decree that we have no reinforcements, and in a short period of time, the emperor will not be able to send extra troops and horses to assist Xiliang." If we want to conquer Xiliang, we can only rely on ourselves. ”

Xu Maogong sighed: "It's easy to say about the attack on Xiliang, as soon as the Qinglong Pass is broken, Xiliang is a local chicken and a dog, but what I'm most worried about now is Jiangnan, Jiangnan is the granary of my Tang Dynasty, once it is captured by Xiliang soldiers, my Tang Dynasty..." ”

"I don't know who gave Zhou Gandang this strategy, it's really vicious."

Cheng Yanjin said with a smile: "Who else can there be, it must be Li Heng undoubtedly." This kid, with a belly full of fancy intestines, has such a bad idea. ”

Xu Maogong smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "This is not a bad idea, but a rare good strategy." ”

"Xiliang wants to compete with my Datang, the only way is to curb my Datang's granary, that is, Jiangnan, if we don't have food, we can't recruit soldiers, they have food, they can gather soldiers, one eliminates the other, and my Tang will be in danger."

"General Cheng, we have to plan earlier..."

Cheng Yanjin asked, "What do you mean...?" ”

Xu Mao said fairly: "There are 200,000 enemy troops in the south of the Yangtze River, attacking cities and plundering land, killing the people, and doing a lot of harm; However, there is no one in my court to lead the army to march, and there is no army to mobilize, which can compete with the elite of Xiliang, we have to capture Xiliang as soon as possible, and then return to Chang'an to help Your Majesty. ”

Cheng Yanjin said: "Even if you don't say it, I think so." Let's attack Xiliang, we have to speed up! ”

"Since there are not enough soldiers, then we will order all counties along the way to recruit and reserve troops, as long as they are in line with the conscription age, they will be sent to the front line, and it is still okay to fight a good war."

Recruitment?

In the absence of the emperor's holy decree, it is a crime of rebellion!

The eldest grandson Wuji smiled: "This is a big crime for you, aren't you afraid of the emperor's blame?" ”

Cheng Yanjin snorted: "Blame? Do you know that the king's life will be affected by the outside? When is it now, how can I still manage so much, besides, the emperor knows me and knows me, how can I rebel? ”

For this, Cheng Yanjin is still confident, even if the Manchu Dynasty civil and military say that he is rebelling, Li Shimin will not believe it, and will suppress the rumors, so he is fearless about recruiting soldiers.

Cheng Yanjin continued: "With those young and strong, our next battle will be much easier; Most of the army of the king of Xiliang is outside, and Xiliang is empty, how can it be our opponent... ”

"I have decided to attack Qinglong Pass tomorrow, and a few of our generals will take the lead, set an example for the whole army, and be sure to break through the city pass!"

Suddenly, Wei Chigong, Cheng Liang, Qin Huaiyu and other generals all stood up and arched their hands: "Obey." ”

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Early the next morning.

Under the Qinglong Pass, the remaining 150,000 troops of the Tang Dynasty came back and stood solemnly outside the city.

Cheng Yanjin passed down the military order, this time the siege must be successful, and if you can't capture Qinglong Pass, you will never withdraw the army! And Cheng Biting Jin also said that all generals above the captain level can voluntarily form a death squad to set an example for the whole army and launch a fierce attack on Qinglong Pass, and he Cheng Biting Jin, as a marshal, also abandoned life and death, and was willing to be the first member of the death squad!

Even Cheng bit Jin gave up life and death, what else did the other generals have to say, and immediately, more than a dozen captains stood up.

Of course, Wei Chigong, Cheng Liang, Qin Huaiyu, and even Cheng Tiehuan are among them.

A small death squad was formed, headed by Cheng Yanjin, with no less than 50 people, all of whom were officers at or above the rank of lieutenant colonel in the army.

Xu Maogong couldn't help but be a little worried when he saw Cheng Yanjin arranging this, it was good to motivate the soldiers, but if there was any accident, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Whether it is Cheng Yanjin, Cheng Liang, Yu Chigong, or Qin Huaiyu, they are all the pillars of the Tang Dynasty and resist; Any injury to anyone is a loss for Datang.

But at this time, it is not easy for Xu Maogong to stand up and say anything, and if he talks too much, it will disturb the morale of the army.

He could only secretly pray in his heart that nothing would happen, hoping that he could fight and capture Qinglong Pass.

"Siege!"

Cheng Biting Jin roared, and two queues of five thousand people advanced towards Qinglong Pass.

He is not a fool, Xu Maogong's worry, he had already thought of it, so he would not let this kind of thing happen.

The so-called death squads are nothing more than to boost the morale of the soldiers, and there is also to get miraculous results, to appear when they are most needed, and not to step forward from the beginning like ordinary siege soldiers.

On the tower of the city, seeing the Tang army attacking the city, the generals defending the city couldn't help but be a little flustered. After these days of attack, the city has been damaged in many places, and if it continues like this, it will be breached sooner or later.

There is another thing that makes them afraid, that is, there are not many collectibles in the city, bows and arrows are almost used up, and the follow-up bows and arrows have not yet been shipped, and the giant trees are gone, and the only collection equipment is the boulder, which is countless.

However, the boulder is too heavy, so the attack density of the defending city is too small.

The general who is responsible for serving as the Qinglong Pass is named Fu Yan, Fu Yan has always been the guard of the Qinglong Pass, and he has been for many years; After Du Ran and Wu Qing came here with their troops, he handed over all the military power and the important task of defending the city to Du Ran, and then closed his door.

Now that Du Ran and Wu Qing are dead, it's time for him to make a comeback. The original generals also obeyed his command.

With the support of the soldiers, he soon became the lord of Qinglong Pass again, and commanded the remaining 100,000 infantry in Qinglong Pass. These days, the collection has consumed 30,000, and there are 80,000, plus the original 20,000 in his Qinglong Pass, there are also nearly 100,000 troops.

With such a strong military force, it stands to reason that he should not be afraid to defend the city, but Fu Yan Xinli is worried, the Qinglong Pass Tower has been damaged, how long can it last, if the enemy uses trebuchets to bombard it for another day, he is worried, maybe the city wall will collapse like this... But fortunately, when he saw it today, the Tang army did not throw trebuchets, but directly began to attack the city, which made his original worries disappear and raised a little confidence.

"Sergeants, don't be afraid, we have a tall tower, the enemy can't attack it, as long as we guard this wall, we are not afraid of the Tang army."

On the city tower, Fu Yan walked behind the soldiers guarding the city with a long knife, shouting loudly as he walked, cheering up the soldiers.

"Shoot the arrows!"

Whoosh...

Arrows and feathers were overwhelming, raining down.

One by one, the soldiers bent their bows and arrows, as if they had gone mad.

The soldiers knew that the city had not been defended for a long time, but if there was any slackness, they could fall into the abyss.

The siege force was extremely elite, and in the face of such an attack, their shields were completely able to withstand it, and they also covered the other soldiers who held their bows and carried ladders.