Li Cong waited for a full hour, seeing that the sun was three poles, and seeing that there was no movement, Li Cong was impatient.

Just as he was about to lead the army to attack the city, Li Heng opened the city gate again.

Seeing that Li Heng came out alone, Li Cong said dissatisfiedly: "Third child, why are you the only one who comes out, and Li Ying doesn't want to surrender?" I have already done my best to be benevolent and righteous, and since he doesn't know how to lift me, I can only kill my relatives with righteousness. ”

Li Heng waved his hand again and again and said, "Big brother, don't worry, Li Ying has already promised to surrender Kaicheng." But big brother, you also know that Li Ying is not afraid that you will kill him after you enter the city? So let me make a promise for the eldest brother, as long as the eldest brother makes an oath that he will never harm him after ascending the throne, he will surrender. If he dies sooner or later, the second brother would rather die than surrender. ”

Li Cong nodded and said: "That's natural, I can swear that as long as Li Ying opens the city and surrenders, I, Li Cong, will not hurt him from now on, and I will also crown him as King Jing, and the hereditary reckless will never be violated." ”

Li Heng said with a smile: "This is very good, the second brother has prepared the jade seal seal, the eldest brother will wait for a while, and the second brother can come to the court to meet the new monarch with hundreds of civil and military officials." ”

Li Cong's heart was full of joy when he saw Xinjun, and he said, "Okay, you go, I'll wait here." ”

Li Heng returned to Chang'an City, Li Cong waited for another hour, it was already past noon, Li Zhengfang said: "The prince, you can't wait any longer, I see that what they say about surrendering is completely a delaying tactic, and it is a lie at all." ”

Li Cong still didn't give up, and sent someone to shout in front of the city gate: "Why haven't Li Ying and Li Heng come out to surrender?" ”

Li Heng saw through the telescope that Li Cong's army was faintly waving flags behind him, his heart was overjoyed, the plan had been completed, and shouted: "Go back and tell Li Cong that if you want to be the emperor, come to attack the city, what is the face of a person like him who is in the ninety-five?" ”

After hearing this, Li Cong said angrily: "Erzi Xiaoer, I'm angry, send an order to the whole army to attack the city with all your might." ”

Li Cong was broken by a wild beast when he was a child and lost the position of the crown prince, which was his biggest pain, and Li Heng was to provoke him and let him attack the city at this time. According to the plan specified by Li Shan, Li Heng first delayed and delayed the time until the afternoon, firstly, to make Li Cong's army tired and weakened; The second is that Li Shan had already found out where Li Cong's grain and grass were hoarded through the airship's aerial reconnaissance, and when Li Cong's army attacked, Li Heng sent 5,000 elite soldiers to attack his grain and grass camp. Once the grain and grass were lost, Li Cong's army of 100,000 was generally scattered and crushed with one blow.

However, the offensive of the 100,000-strong army has been fierce, and there are only more than 30,000 soldiers defending the city.

Li Heng stood at the head of the city, watching all this, and the incendiary bomb exploded around him, and the shouting of killing was deafening.

Li Heng was almost unsteady on his feet, could it be that this was the situation that the master was facing? How did he keep his composure in such a situation?

Li Shan didn't know when he came behind Li Heng, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't be timid, don't hesitate, these will only lower your fighting spirit, and they won't help you win." If you want to win, you must be fearless, judge calmly at all times, and never give up until the last minute. ”

Li Heng held the sword tightly in his right hand, nodded solemnly, and shouted to the soldiers on the city wall: "Hold on and don't retreat, and those who retreat will be killed." ”

The city defense of Chang'an City is solid, the soldiers continue to throw the rolling wood and boulders from the city wall, and the fierce fire oil ignites the ladder, and the soldiers who rely on the ladder to attack the city are instantly covered with fire. The huge siege vehicles were torn apart by countless thunderstorms, and wave after wave of attacks could not shake the city defense of Chang'an City in the slightest.

Li Heng also gradually stabilized his mentality, calmly watching all this, Li Shan pointed to Li Cong's military formation and said: "Shen Shixing has successfully attacked secretly, the third prince, the horn of counterattack is about to sound." ”

Li Heng said: "I'm going to chase after me." ”

Li Shan shook his head and said: "The defeat of Li Cong's army has been decided, and it is impossible for an army without grain and grass to be gathered, only Wang Zhongsi and Gao Xianzhi with 20,000 light cavalry can recover the remnants of the army and capture Li Cong." Now that Li Cong is no longer the main problem, the third prince will be in the palace soon. The prince needs you to solve it yourself, no need to be timid, no need to hesitate. ”

Li Heng nodded with a firm look in his eyes and said, "I know, I'll go now." ”

Li Cong was still unaware at this time, he didn't know that his grain and grass had been burned, and seeing that Chang'an City could not be attacked for a long time, Li Cong was very anxious, and kept commanding the sergeants to rush up.

But Li Cong and Li Zhengfang are actually not generals who have been on the battlefield, how do they know that they have fallen for tricks, and their morale has been weakened, but now they can't attack it for a long time. Then, suddenly there was an urgent report from behind him, and his rear team was secretly attacked.

"What? How dare they come and attack me? Kill me and annihilate them. ”

"General, they rushed into our army with the battle flag of our Longxiang battalion, saying that our grain and grass had been burned by a sneak attack, and our army was already in great confusion. General, retreat quickly. ”

Li Cong was taken aback, if the grain and grass were burned, he would really be defeated. "Impossible, my grain and grass have been closely guarded, they may know the whereabouts of my grain and grass? It must be that they are demagogic to the army, and they can't listen to their words and attack the city with all their might. ”

Li Zhengfang hurriedly came and said: "The eldest prince, the guards of our grain and grass camp have come to report that our grain and grass have been burned, the great prince, we can't fight anymore, hurry up and find a way to retreat." ”

At this time, Li Cong knew that he was indeed gone, and Chang'an City was by no means a day to be captured, but they no longer had enough food and grass to support it. Without food and grass, the army will be disheartened, and within three days it will scatter and flee.

"Great Prince, quickly withdraw. If we don't leave, it's too late, so we can gather people to make a comeback. Li Zhengfang directly ordered someone to evacuate Li Cong.

As soon as the coach withdrew, everyone retreated. Li Shan saw this scene from the telescope, and said to Wang Zhongsi and Gao Xianzhi: "You two, hurry up and lead 20,000 light horsemen to chase, remember, don't act rashly." Although the enemy army is retreating now, after all, there are many people, and it is likely to fight back. You must wait until they are sleepy and short of horses, lack of food and grass, and the morale of the army is weakened before giving them a fatal blow, and you must capture Li Cong. If Li Cong is allowed to flee to the frontier, he will definitely gather his men again, and it will be difficult to guarantee that there will be no more wars at that time. ”

Wang Zhongsi and Gao Xianzhi took the order and left. (To be continued.) )