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An engineering general stepped forward and bowed and saluted: "Your Highness, five trebuchets have been installed on the mountain!" ”

This time he went to Chang'an, Li Shimin specially carried ten heavy trebuchet parts.

He had already discovered that two hundred steps away to the north was a mountain cliff, seven or eight zhang higher than Changwu City, if he threw stones from the cliff to Changwu City, it would only take until dawn the next day, and everything in the city would be smashed into dust.

Li Shimin immediately ordered to move the parts of five trebuchets up the cliff and assemble them on the cliff, and it took an hour to finally install five heavy trebuchets, which were condescending and could shoot 100 catties of stones 300 steps away.

"Herald launch!"

On the top of the cliff, three heavy trebuchets were ready, hundreds of Tang soldiers were transporting more than a dozen boulders weighing 100 catties up to the cliff, and due to the cramped place, the other two heavy trebuchets were placed in the pine forest as backup.

The trebuchet was already full of soldiers, thirty soldiers stood in front of each trebuchet, and a boulder was placed in the iron pocket of the trebuchet, and they were ready to wait for the order of the King of Qin.

But in the depths of the pine forest within a hundred paces, several Zhou soldiers had already lit torches, and they ran through the pine forest, lighting fires everywhere, and soon, the pine forest coated with fire oil quickly burned, and thick smoke began to rise above the pine forest.

The Tang soldiers who were waiting for the launch order found that there was a fire in the pine forest behind them, and shouted one after another, the soldiers had already reported Li Shimin, Li Shimin looked at the smoke billowing on the mountain in amazement, and sighed for a while: "Let the soldiers retreat immediately!" ”

Without Li Shimin's order, the fire on the mountain was so rapid that it had engulfed two spare trebuchets, and was rapidly approaching the three trebuchets, and the Tang soldiers could not stand the heat and fled down the mountain.

But the fire did not stop at a piece of the cliff, the pine forest was dry, and the pine resin was flammable, so that the fire quickly spread to the north, and the entire mountain began to burn, just a few hundred steps away from the Tang army, it had become a fire hell of hundreds of acres.

The soldiers of the Tang Army even forgot about the war, staring blankly at this scene, the tragic situation shook the hearts of every soldier, at this time, Li Xuanba suddenly became manic, he was afraid of fire since he was a child, the fire repeatedly stimulated his brain, so that he finally lost his mind, he roared, rushed to the slope, and went straight to the south gate of Changwu City, Li Shimin was taken aback, and hurriedly ordered left and right: "Bow and arrow cover!" ”

Three thousand crossbowmen quickly rushed up and fired arrows at the city head together, the arrows rained down and shot at the city head, and the soldiers of the Zhou army at the city head were quickly suppressed by the dense arrows, unable to get up and shoot down Li Xuanba, who had rushed to the city.

Li Xuanba repeated his old trick, wielding a sledgehammer and smashing it towards the city gate, 'Boom! There was a loud bang, but the city gate did not move, which is also the reason why Li Shimin did not use a battering ram, the gate of Changwu City was made of copper, which was extremely strong and difficult to break.

But the strong city gate aroused Li Xuanba's monstrous anger even more, and he was wild, so he simply took off his helmet, spread his head, and slammed his hammer, and the huge impact made the city gate begin to shake.

The city also felt a noticeable tremble, and Sun Ying shouted: "Smash it with a stone!" ”

Several soldiers lifted a boulder weighing dozens of pounds and was about to smash it down the city, but unexpectedly, a burst of arrows came, and several soldiers were hit by arrows one after another, and the boulder rolled back into the city, and they couldn't raise their heads at all.

Sun Ying was furious, "Splash it out with fire oil!" ”

Dozens of soldiers squeezed the leather bag full of fire oil together, and the black oil slurry sprayed out, Li Xuanba under the city was defenseless, and was sprayed with fire oil falling from the sky, but Li Xuanba had been in the palace for a long time as a general, and he was out of the battlefield, he didn't know what this black slurry was, the smell was pungent, which made him even more angry, and he desperately hammered the city gate, the copper gate had been beaten into a recess, and each hammer made it shake violently.

Li Shimin saw it clearly, he was shocked, and hurriedly ordered left and right, "Go and drag King Zhao down!" ”

Dozens of Li Xuanba's own soldiers rushed up the hillside, but it was too late, and several flaming torches were thrown down from the city, 'Boom! With a bang, Li Xuanba was surrounded by flames, and a fire also ignited on his body, and the war horse was first frightened, and he screamed violently, and his front hooves were raised high, knocking Li Xuanba to the ground.

The flaming war horse galloped down the mountain, jumped off the cliff, and fell down the valley.

Li Xuanba was also covered in fire, he stood up and ran down the slope for dozens of steps, planted his head on the ground, screamed in pain, and gradually lost his voice, at this time, his own soldiers had rushed to him, desperately slapped the fire on his body with a blanket, and finally covered it with dirt before extinguishing the fire on his body.

But at this time, Li Xuanba was no longer breathing, and the world's first fierce general died before he could leave the army, and unfortunately died tragically under Changwu City.

The soldiers carried Li Xuanba's body down, looking at his brother's burned corpse beyond recognition, Li Shimin's eyes flowed tears, he clenched his fists and shouted angrily: "Capture Changwu City, no one will be left, and there will be no mercy!" ”

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It was almost dark, the battle of Changwu City had entered the most brutal stage, the arrows above and below the city were like dense rain, people were constantly falling down by arrows, a siege ladder set up the city wall, the Tang soldiers were crazy, climbing upward, they held a shield in one hand, and the Zhou army fought fiercely with spears and knives in the other, and the boulders fell down on the top of their heads, and there were always a few soldiers screaming and falling down the siege ladder, but immediately someone swarmed up.

The Zhou soldiers used the inclined shooting holes on the battlements to shoot arrows from both sides, the crossbow arrows were sharp, straight through the armor, and the strings of soldiers on the siege ladder were shot and fell off the siege ladder, but soon, the Tang soldiers no longer cared about the top of their heads, and protected the shields on both sides, and the Tang soldiers who were hit by the arrows gradually decreased.

At the head of the city, there were dozens of Zhou soldiers fighting fiercely with the enemy in front of each siege ladder, and more than half of the Zhou soldiers defending the city had been killed, but they still resisted desperately and never gave up.

In front of a siege ladder in the west of the city, Sun Ying was already red-eyed, he led fifty Zhou troops in a fierce battle with the surging enemy, they faced the Xuanjia Army formed by Li Shimin a year ago, and it was also the most elite soldiers of the Tang army, a total of 3,000 people, all of them were tall, strong and brave, holding shields, wielding long knives and sharp spears.

The spear sprinted, the sword slashed, the fight was bloody, a Zhou soldier in front of the siege ladder was slashed in the forehead, blood gushed out, fell on his back, another Zhou soldier waved a spear and rushed up, the spear pierced the enemy's chest, picked him down the city, and re-resisted the gap.

In the far north, there was a crisis, and the dozens of Zhou soldiers guarding here were originally old and weak defenders of Changwu City, and their combat effectiveness was weak.

A strong Tang soldier with a shield to open the Zhou army, the first to jump on the city, suddenly, more than a dozen Zhou army spears from all sides stabbed, spears pierced the body, Tang soldiers screamed and rolled down, but it was this enemy army rushed to the city, so that there was a short gap in the siege ladder defense, was suppressed on the siege ladder Tang soldiers seized the opportunity, in an instant, more than a dozen fierce Tang soldiers rushed to the city, killing the Zhou soldiers retreat.

"General, the brethren are almost overwhelmed!"

"Hold it off for me! If you die, you must use a corpse to resist it. Sun Ying hissed.

At this moment, a cold arrow suddenly hit Sun Ying's forehead, Sun Ying screamed, fell on his back, and the arrow shaft was engraved with the words 'Li Shimin, King of Qin'.

The main general's arrow instead inspired the Zhou soldiers to hate the enemy, they ignited a monstrous rage, the combat effectiveness doubled, more than 100 Zhou soldiers killed, the dozens of Tang soldiers who had just landed in the city were defeated and retreated, and were driven off the city again.

Li Shimin saw clearly that his Xuanjia Army soldiers had been driven out of the city, he was furious in his heart, and shouted: "The Xuanjia Army is all pressed!" ”

At this moment, a low horn suddenly sounded in the distance, 'Woo-' Luo Shixin led five thousand cavalry to finally kill Changwu City before dark.

The rolling cavalry came from the official road in the east, and instantly spread out in the east, and the momentum of the five thousand cavalry overwhelmed the Tang soldiers who were besieging the city.

It was only then that Li Shimin suddenly understood the true intention of the defenders of Changwu City, they were buying time for the main force of the Zhou army to block their attempts to enter the pass, and a Tang soldier shouted: "It's Luo Shixin!" ”

The general of the Zhou army in the iron armor and bronze helmet in the distance was the fierce general Luo Shixin, Qin Qiong also saw Luo Shixin, he was in a very complicated mood, and turned his head over.

Li Shimin knew that he couldn't get by, he had already lost 4,000 soldiers under Changwu City, in any case, they were no match for 5,000 cavalry, maybe there were more troops behind them.

At this moment, a messenger rushed from behind and reported loudly: "Your Highness Qiqi, Changshi has sent an urgent report that Xiaoguan has been broken by the Zhou army, and tens of thousands of Zhou cavalry have entered Pingliang County. ”

Li Shimin let out a long sigh and shouted: "The whole army retreats!" ”

The Tang army began to slowly withdraw westward, and Luo Shixin did not chase after him, and watched the Tang army retreat coldly.

In this tragic Changwu blocking battle, 1,200 Zhou soldiers successfully dragged Li Shimin's army for a whole day at the heavy cost of killing more than 700 people, creating an opportunity for the main force of the Zhou army to kill, and the scout general Sun Ying was also unfortunately martyred, and the Tang army also suffered heavy losses, with more than 4,000 casualties, and even Li Xuanba, the world's first fierce general, also died under Changwu City.

The Changwu Resistance War was of great significance, it made it impossible for Li Shimin's army to enter Guanzhong, and changed the situation in Guanzhong, and Li Shentong heard that Li Shimin could not enter Guanzhong, so he immediately announced his support for Li Yuanji to inherit the unification.

Li Shentong's attitude was crucial, and three days later, Li Yuanji abdicated his father's throne and ascended the throne in the face of strong opposition from hundreds of officials, officially ascended the throne of the Tang Emperor, and changed the era name to Xinyuan.