Lin Zhengtai's boat slowly docked at Wuchang Wharf, a boatman boarded the boat, Lin Zhengtai walked out of the cabin, and the eldest grandson Wuji, who had been waiting on the shore for a long time, hurriedly greeted him, "Welcome the arrival of the eldest son, and the next eldest grandson Wuji, come to greet the eldest son by the order of His Royal Highness the King of Qin." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

"It turned out to be the eldest grandson Changshi, and I have admired it for a long time!"

The two exchanged a few words, and the eldest grandson Wuji invited Lin Zhengtai to get into the carriage, and the carriage quickly drove towards the city. ”

Lin Zhengtai shook his head, "Sui Jun hasn't moved yet, it's just that there are some troubles at home, don't mention it!" ”

"At the moment of the great enemy, external troubles often trigger internal troubles, so internal and external troubles will always occur at the same time, and for this reason, the son should not take it too seriously, the external troubles will disappear, and the internal troubles will naturally be gone."

Lin Zhengtai smiled bitterly, his father had decided to abolish himself, this is not something that can disappear with the elimination of external troubles, but he can't tell outsiders about this kind of family matter, so he can only smile bitterly, "Thank you Changshi for your concern." ”

Not long after, the carriage entered Wuchang City, came to Li Shimin's temporary accommodation, Li Shimin has been waiting at the gate for a long time, as Li Shimin personally came to the gate to greet Lin Zhengtai, this is undoubtedly a low profile, but any unreasonable place must have a plan, this old saying is also applicable here Li Shimin, Li Shimin has long taken a fancy to Lin Shihong an important resource.

King Qin personally greeted Lin Zhengtai a little flattered, he smirked all the way and followed Li Shimin into the lobby, not even knowing where to put his hand.

Li Shimin invited Lin Zhengtai to sit down, and let people serve tea, he asked with concern: "Is the eldest son safe on the road?" ”

"The road is very smooth, thank you for your concern."

Lin Zhengtai didn't have much to say hello, so he went straight to the point, "The Sui army has destroyed Meng Haigong and is about to attack the Chu State in a big way, His Royal Highness promised to send troops to assist us in resisting the Sui army, but so far the Tang army has not moved, so my father asked me to ask the reason, did His Highness change his mind again?" ”

Li Shimin smiled slightly, "Although I am not a golden mouth, but at least I will not be untrustworthy, frankly speaking, we are waiting for the arrival of the fleet of Bashu, otherwise my army will not be able to cross the river, I am also very anxious, once the Sui army destroys you, it will seriously affect our plan to conquer the east, please rest assured, our interests are completely identical." ”

"Then I wonder when the Bashu fleet will arrive?"

"I can't say for sure, but there is no news that the fleet has sailed out of Yiling yet, and I estimate that it will be at least ten days later, and if the fleet is still transporting grain in Bashu, then it will be a month later."

Lin Zhengtai's heart suddenly cooled half, a month later, the state of Chu had already been destroyed, at this time, he had a plan in his heart, if it really didn't work, let the fleet of the state of Chu transport the Tang army, but this was not a decision he could make, he had to ask his father, Lin Zhengtai pondered for a moment, then changed the topic and asked: "In addition to the ship, does Your Highness have any other difficulties?" ”

Li Shimin pretended to be distressed and said: "There is also a shortage of food, Jiangxia's grain storage can only last us for a month, if you can provide us with 50,000 stone of grain, then things will be much easier, of course, if the eldest son is embarrassed, I didn't say this." ”

It turned out to be for food, Lin Zhengtai breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, although they didn't have much food, but he could still get 50,000 stone of grain, he could call the shots in this matter, he was about to agree, and suddenly remembered the news he heard when he left, his father was going to abolish his status as a son, and the fire of pain in Lin Zhengtai's heart began to burn again.

He restrained the uneasiness in his heart, nodded and said, "I'll go back and report to my father, I think 50,000 stone of grain shouldn't be a big problem, and we will definitely answer as soon as possible." ”

Lin Zhengtai said goodbye and came, Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Wuji came to the city, looking at the distant ships on the river, the eldest grandson Wuji asked in a low voice: "Does Your Highness think they will agree?" ”

"I know that Lin Shihong's principle is never to use warships to carry other people's troops, but if it is critical, he should not take care of these principles, let's wait patiently!"

"That's all there is to it."

At this time, Li Shimin frowned and said: "Send a letter to Xiangyang again, and ask General Qu to send someone to Yiling to see, why hasn't Bashu's army come out yet?" ”

There was an unconcealable worry in Li Shimin's eyes, he knew that Li Xiaogong would never delay the fighter, and it was likely that something unexpected had happened.

Li Shimin remembered the fire in Junyang County.

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Li Shimin's worries are not superfluous, Li Xiaogong's army has been blocked in Zigui County for thirteen days, Zigui County is the last pass of the Three Gorges, the left is a cliff, the right is still a hundred zhang deep cliff, and below is the surging Yangtze River, the water flow is turbulent, Zigui County is on the way to guard this cliff, the official road on the cliff is only 300 steps wide, the city wall is tall and strong, it is a veritable dangerous pass, a husband should pass ten thousand people can not open.

Liu Lancheng led 900 warriors to stick to this dangerous city, 13 days have passed, after more than 20 fierce siege and defense battles, the Sui army has suffered nearly 300 casualties, but Zigui City is still standing, making it difficult for the Tang army to overcome.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

The Tang Army's war drums sounded again on the Three Gorges Ancient Road, and Li Xiaogong waved his sword, "Rush up for me!" ”

The city is long and narrow, and the short 300-step city wall can only accommodate 2,000 people at most to attack, which is also the place where Li Xiaogong hates it to the bone, he has an army of 50,000, but he can't exert the advantage of strong troops, and was blocked by hundreds of Sui troops for thirteen days, which has become his great shame, and it won't make the world laugh at it.

Two thousand elite Tang troops rushed up like a tide carrying siege ladders, their siege ladders were very crude, they were made of woods, and the 50,000 Tang troops were just elite soldiers, and all the grain and grass were transported out of the Yangtze River by boat, but what made Li Xiaogong even more worried was that they had been in Zigui County for more than ten days, and they didn't seem to see the fleet of Yiling County returning, did the fleet have an accident?

If this is the case, then the matter will be troublesome, they only transported 80,000 stone of grain, a large number of weapons and baggage have not had time to transport, and those hundreds of big ships took him nearly half a year to forcibly acquire from the major ships in Shuzhong, which is the key logistics support for his southern expedition, and he doesn't want any problems with this batch of ships.

Li Xiaogong was so anxious, he couldn't wait to put on his wings and fly to Yiling County to take a look, but he couldn't get past this Zigui County, Li Xiaogong was going crazy, thirteen days! They may have lost their fighters, so how can he explain to the saints.

"If you can't take the city, no one is allowed to come back, give me the second batch of crossbowmen!"

Li Xiaogong was ruthless, he had killed 6,000 soldiers in order to capture this county town, but he was not distressed, he decided to attack day and night, and he did not believe that the other party's hundreds of people were iron.

Two thousand soldiers shouted and rushed to the city wall, the Sui army's arrows rained down, defending the city for more than ten consecutive days, the Sui army's own arrows had been exhausted, but they got a large number of arrows from the corpses of the dead soldiers outside the city, so that they always maintained a strong defensive capability.

The Sui army at the head of the city was only 600 people, and 220 people had been killed and more than 70 wounded, which was also the heaviest battle since the establishment of the Wind and Thunder Army, but compared to the other party's 6,000 casualties, they were still much better.

The Sui army used all arrows, the arrows were thick and heavy, shot out in a parabola, and used their own gravity to fall, which was extremely penetrating and lethal, and ordinary shields could not reach it.

A round of arrows shot out from the city, and at this time, Liu Lancheng saw that the Tang army's arrow array was in place, and immediately shouted: "Dodge!" ”

Six hundred Tang troops have hidden under the battlements, at this time, three thousand Tang army crossbowmen attacked, arrows like a rain of arrows to the city, this tactic Sui army has experienced countless times, know each other well, the Sui army has long been hiding behind the wall, the rain of arrows at the head of the city has no killing effect, but the siege soldiers are different, this is their opportunity to attack the city.

Siege ladders climbed up the city, and the soldiers climbed up like ant colonies...... (To be continued.) )