This made Wang Shichong invincible for a while after attacking with 40,000 horses, and no one could stop him, and Li Mi's Chinese army was in chaos.

Li Mi saw that the situation was not good, so he had to order the whole army to retreat, and fled in defeat, Chai Xiaohe, who was known for his resourcefulness under Li Mi's tent, drowned when crossing Luoshui, Li Mi led his elite cavalry to cross Luoshui and fled south, and most of the rest of the men and horses fled east to Yuecheng.

Wang Shichong thought that Li Mi had also fled to Yuecheng, so he led his people to pursue eastward, and finally surrounded Yuecheng's army.

After Li Mi fled from the pursuers in embarrassment, he took a short rest in the wilderness, and Fang Xuanzao and other strategists persuaded Li Mi to go back to Luokoucang to regain his strength.

Li Mi shook his head, since he went to Wagang, he can be said to have won a hundred battles, and he has never been defeated, and he is really unwilling to be defeated by Wang Shichong at this time.

Li Mi's army has hundreds of thousands of horses, but the organization is relatively loose, and it relies heavily on Li Mi's personal prestige to maintain it.

Li Mi asked others: "Where is Wang Shichong now?" ”

Left and right replied: "Under the siege of Moon City." ”

Li Mi's eyes lit up, and he had already thought of a countermeasure to turn defeat into victory, laughed out loud, and led the remnants of his men and horses from the south bank of Luoshui to ride straight to Wang Shichong's rear military camp in Heishi.

The defenders in Wang Shichong's military camp were frightened and burned six beacons in succession to call the police, Wang Shichong reluctantly withdrew the siege of Yuecheng and rescued his military base in embarrassment.

Li Mi re-dispatched men and horses to fight with Wang Shichong, he no longer dared to underestimate Wang Shichong at this time, and fought steadily with him, won several small victories, and won more than 3,000 heads, but he was never able to defeat Wang Shichong's army, so the war between the two sides fell into a stalemate.

On September 27, Li Yuan ordered all armies to start attacking Chang'an City, and stipulated to the soldiers and civilians: "Do not infringe on the Seven Temples and the Acting King and the Sui Dynasty clans, and those who violate the order will be exterminated!" ”

On the second day of the siege of the city, Wei Wensheng, the general who stayed behind in Xijing and waited for the right guard, died of illness at the age of seventy-seven.

Wei Wensheng's death was a great blow to the morale of the Sui army, since Yang Guang returned from the first expedition to Liao, he began to guard Chang'an, and before he could still deal with things, he repeatedly led the army to defeat the rebel bandits from all directions, and had a high prestige in the Sui army in Chang'an.

In the past two years, although Wei Wensheng was so sick that he couldn't get out of bed and couldn't handle government affairs, as long as he didn't die, he could support the morale of the Sui army like a Dinghai Shen Needle, but as soon as Wei Wensheng died at this time, the morale of the Sui army in Chang'an immediately fell to the bottom.

Therefore, although Chang'an City is now the second strongest city in the world after Luoyang, the eastern capital, no matter how you look at it, it makes people feel crumbling.

Five days after the army attacked the city, Li Yuanzheng put down a letter in his hand in high spirits, and smiled at Li Jiancheng, Li Yin and Li Shimin: "Our army only attacked Chang'an City for five days, and the officials and rich merchants in the city have submitted letters to ask for surrender, and I am afraid that this Chang'an City will be owned by me in a few days!" ”

After Li Yin, Li Jiancheng, and Li Shimin heard this, their faces could not hide their joy, as long as Chang'an was broken, then their Li family's desire to turn the country into a home would not be a dream.

Since the Western Wei Yuwentai laid the foundation for the establishment of the Northern Zhou Dynasty with six towns of elite soldiers, the power of the Guanlong gate valve has been very strong, from the Northern Zhou Dynasty to the Sui Dynasty, although the dynasty has changed, but these intertwined gate valve forces have not changed, so for these gate valve forces, they don't care much about who sits on the dragon chair, they only care about the person sitting in that position, whether it is in their interests.

Li Yuan, as the lord of the Li valve in Longxi, is undoubtedly one of the most suitable figures for the interests of the Longmen valve in this troubled era, so as soon as he enters the Guanzhong, he will be so welcomed by the high-ranking officials of the people, and countless cities and counties have surrendered.

At this time, Li Yuan personally led an army of more than 200,000 to besiege Chang'an, and in the eyes of the people of Guanlongmen, the sooner Li Yuan entered the city, the better, so as not to damage their property after the war dragged on for a long time.

As a result, the Chang'an Sui army, which was originally demoralized due to Wei Wensheng's death, was even more unwilling to resist under the influence of all parties in the city.

On the eighth day of October, Sun Hua, the leader of the largest rebel army in Fengyi County, who was persuaded by Li Yin to surrender, died of an arrow, but it did not have any impact on the morale of Li Yuan's army, but instead stimulated the fighting spirit of Li Yuan's army, and the city was attacked more fiercely.

On the ninth day of October, Lei Yongji, the head of Li Yin's army, took the lead in climbing the city wall of Chang'an, and then Su Dingfang commanded the team to follow, gained a firm foothold on the city wall, and took the lead in opening the gate of Chang'an.

Acting King Yang Yu was in the East Palace, and the people around him heard that Li Yuan's army had entered Chang'an City, and they all rushed to flee and disperse, only Yao Silian, the attendant, stood beside Yang Yu.

Yang Yu is now twelve years old, he knew that the East Palace had been surrounded by Li Yuan's army at this time, and it was too late to escape, so he didn't make a senseless struggle, but only said to Yao Silian with emotion: "I didn't expect that the last thing to stay with this king was only Yao Shiyu, it's really difficult to see loyal ministers!" ”

Yao Silian looked like a thief, and he said loyally at this time: "Don't worry, Silian will fight for his life, and he will protect you." ”

Li Yin was the first to lead people into Chang'an City, and naturally he was the fastest to lead troops to surround the East Palace, there were still sergeants in the East Palace to guard the East Palace, Li Yin was about to command the army to fight with those Sui troops, but Yao Silian suddenly came out and reprimanded the Sui army guards: "Tang Wang Xing raised volunteers to help the imperial family, you must not be rude!" ”

The soldiers of the Sui army were stunned, but because they saw that Yao Silian was coming from the side of the acting king, they thought that this was the order of the acting king, so they all lined up and stood in the courtyard, no longer resisting, and Li Yin took control of the East Palace without blood, waiting for Li Yuan's arrival.

Li Yuan soon went to the East Palace to greet Yang Yu, the acting king, moved him to the back of the Daxing Palace, and asked Yao Silian to help the acting king Yang Yu to the sun, Li Yuan knelt down in tears.

Li Yuan returned, lived in Changle Palace, and made a covenant with the people to abolish all the harsh and harsh decrees of the Sui Dynasty.

After Li Yuan raised his army, the Yin Shishi, Gu Yi and other left-behind officials dug up the Li family's grave and destroyed the Li family's five temples.

On the 11th, Li Yuan arrested the Yin Shishi, Gu Yi and others, counted their greed and cruelty, and the crimes of resisting the righteous master, and executed them all. However, in order to appease people's hearts, except for the more than ten people who were executed, the rest were not investigated.

At this point, the Li family officially controlled Chang'an, Xijing, a city that was extremely important in terms of politics, economy, and military strategy, and successfully entered the Guanzhong.