Chapter 382: Siege
On the second day of the siege of Chang'an City, the atmosphere was not as tense as the first day, Xu was the confidence brought by a big victory yesterday, Xu was impressed by the means of His Royal Highness the Prince's strategy, in short, the uneasiness shrouded in everyone's hearts was relieved a lot, and on the city tower today, except for Li Hong and the big men in the political hall, the other courtiers did not follow. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
After all, it is impossible for the machinery in Chang'an City to be completely shut down because of the arrival of Liu Renliang, to appease the people, mobilize logistics, and there are not a few things that need to be busy!
It's just that Li Hong on the city tower didn't have a trace of joy, but his face was very solemn, and Xu Jingzong on the side was even more worried.
"Your Highness, the enemy army has already been drawn!"
Wang Fangyi's face was solemn, and he stood behind Li Hong and said in a deep voice.
Not surprisingly, Liu Renliang really did not give up, watching the army pressing towards Chang'an City step by step, Li Hong's brows furrowed a little more.
Xu Jingzong is indeed right, Liu Renliang is a veteran of the battlefield, and it is definitely not so easy to deal with, and he was able to temporarily force him back yesterday, but he took advantage of the unintentional calculation.
Now that the army has rested overnight, although the military appearance and posture have not returned to their peak, they are not the same as yesterday, and the military formations arranged are much more neat than yesterday!
The soldiers in front of them advanced steadily step by step with their shields in hand, followed by the infantry, trying to use rockets and cavalry to charge as they did yesterday, but they were afraid that it would have little effect.
And the most important thing is that because Chang'an City is too big, there is no moat dug outside, and the defense is relying on a thick city wall, which means that Liu Renliang's trouble will be greatly reduced, although it is still difficult to attack, but if it is filled with the lives of the soldiers at all costs, it is not impossible!
As soon as he thought of this, Li Hong's face became more and more gloomy, and now Liu Renliang can be said to be at the end of the road, and the lives of those soldiers are probably no longer in his heart......
"Your Highness, the stones and logs are ready, if the army presses up, it will inevitably be crushed by the soldiers!"
Wang Fangyi took a step forward and arched his hand.
"Well, don't use fire oil!"
Looking at the army that was getting closer and closer in the distance, Li Hong commanded lightly.
Liu Renliang can not care about the lives of these people, but he can't, it is early autumn, and the ignition of fire oil will inevitably cause serious casualties to the soldiers, so after weighing, Li Hong still chose a safe stone and rolling wood, although it will cause injuries to the soldiers besieging the city, but it is not fatal.
Fortunately, they did not fight to annihilate the other party, but to drag them down......
Although it didn't have much effect, the rockets on the city tower were still shooting round after round, after all, this was the only measure that Li Hong could use now.
The army was still advancing steadily, undisturbed in the slightest, and getting closer and closer to the city wall, Li Hong could clearly see that the siege ladder was ready in their hands.
And Wang Fangyi behind him was also tense, his face was solemn, his face was solemn, and he slowly raised his right hand!
As the army reached a distance of twenty steps from the city wall, Wang Fangyi waved his hand without hesitation.
"Roll the wood and rocks!"
On the city wall, the soldiers who had already prepared immediately threw the stones and logs in their hands towards the outside of the city wall.
However, Liu Renliang's army was not an idle person, this kind of scene had been seen more than once in Goguryeo, and he did not retreat from the panicked look at all, but set up the siege ladder in his hand against the stones that fell from the wall and rushed up bravely......
For a while, the scene was chaotic, although the soldiers below were not afraid of death, but Li Hong did not use weapons that could kill people after all, and there were many people on the other side, it can be said that there was an endless stream, and for a while, the scene fell into a stalemate.
"General, we can't go on like this, the brothers will inevitably suffer heavy casualties!"
At the rear of the military formation, Liu Renliang stood on his horse, his face was gloomy, but the two lieutenants beside him couldn't see it and begged.
Although he no longer cared about the casualties of these soldiers in his heart, seeing that the generals below were becoming more and more excited, Liu Renliang's face couldn't help but become even more ugly.
Seeing that the situation was getting more and more stalemate, and his brothers were suffering more and more casualties, finally two generals couldn't help but turn over and dismount, kneeling on one knee and pleading.
"General, you can't fight anymore, withdraw your troops!"
Immediately after, as if the first domino had been overthrown, all the generals pleaded like this.
Unexpectedly, Liu Renliang's face was ugly, but there was an imperceptible smile in his eyes, and he paused before he said.
"Order the withdrawal of the troops, withdraw the army to the camp to rest, settle the wounded, and fight again in two hours!"
With that, he sighed heavily, reined in his horse's head, turned around and left.
The generals behind him were like amnesties, and immediately got up and ordered the troops to be withdrawn......
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On the city tower, Li Hong's side is also anxious about the situation, although it is unlikely that Chang'an City will be captured now, but looking at this momentum, Liu Renliang clearly wants to use human life to open a gap.
As soon as he thought of this, Li Hong wanted to kill him with his sword, knowing that these soldiers were not only his brother Paoze, but also the heroes who pacified Goguryeo, if it were not for this accident, they should happily wait to be crowned, instead of fighting their own people with their lives here.
And all this is just because of Liu Renliang's wolf ambition!
"Your Highness, they have withdrawn!"
While thinking about it, Wang Fangyi suddenly shouted, with a hint of excitement in his voice, Li Hong looked at it intently, and the army was indeed slowly withdrawing!
Seeing this scene, the ministers behind Li Hong were all relieved, and their faces were much more relaxed, after all, if it was just a fluke yesterday, it can only be said that they can force them to withdraw today, so it seems that it is not a big deal to hold on for three days!
As soon as he thought of this, everyone's faces eased a lot, and they no longer looked nervous just now, even Hao Chujun and the others were no exception......
Only Xu Jingzong still looked worried, looked up at Li Hong, but silently did not speak.
"General Wang, pass the order, all the soldiers rest in place, immediately replace with new soldiers, remember not to relax in defense, although Liu Renliang temporarily withdraws the army, but he will definitely not die, we must always be on guard against his comeback!"
After a pause, there was a touch of relief in Li Hong's voice, but the worry in his eyes became thicker and thicker.
With Liu Renliang's temperament and the situation he is facing now, it is definitely not so easy to give up, not to mention that although he is in a stalemate now, Li Hong's side is not manpower after all, if he fights a protracted war, under the fatigue of the soldiers, maybe Liu Renliang will really have a chance to take advantage of it!
But he chose to withdraw his troops so easily, definitely not out of concern for the lives of the soldiers or anything like that!
It's because ......
Li Hong's solemn face turned towards Xu Jingzong's gaze slightly, which made the latter startled, and the fat old face also had a little more worry and worry.
I'm afraid what they feared last night is really about to happen!
(To be continued.) )