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Chapter 465: Attacking Chang'an (5)

The Sui army and the people in Chang'an City were waiting, waiting for reinforcements from the eastern capital to arrive. I don't know where the news came from, when Li Yuan besieged the city for a whole month, it is said that Yang Tong, the king of Yue, sent an army of 100,000 to rescue Chang'an. Although Chang'an City was besieged, Li Yuan left a city gate that was not blocked, so no one knew whether this news was brought back by a messenger who broke through the siege and went to the eastern capital to ask for help.

But whether this news is true or false, the military and civilians in the city are boiling.

The people of the imperial court did not come out to refute the rumors, so the news swept through Chang'an City like a wind, blowing all over the streets and alleys, and the people in the city soon heard about it. The elated people couldn't help but run to the streets to cheer and celebrate, and the rich families took out their own food reserves and distributed them to the poor people to express their joy at this time.

Because of the digging of Li Yuan's ancestral grave, the people in Chang'an City were very afraid. What they are most worried about is that Chang'an will not be able to hold it, in case Li Yuan's rebels enter the city, then they will only be afraid that the people will be unlucky, as for those court officials from families, when have they been worried that Chang'an will be implicated after it is breached?

The king cannot surrender, but the minister can surrender.

Besides, those people from the family have never bet all their lives on the Great Sui. Maybe among the Li Yuan rebels outside the city, there were the children of Li Yuan's family sent by the high-ranking officials in the city to assist Li Yuan.

As for the truth of this rumor, the imperial court will definitely not send someone to stand up and be false. Although no one in the court knew whether this news was true or false, there was no doubt that even a fake court would not say that it was false. If you want to hold Chang'an, the morale of the army and civilians is particularly important. The spread of such news undoubtedly gave a stimulant to the soldiers and civilians all over the city.

Wei Xiaojie, the general in charge of guarding the Jinguang Gate, had not been down the city wall for a whole month, and every morning before dawn he began to patrol the city wall, checking the equipment and arrows guarding the city, and checking whether the soldiers on duty were slack and lazy. After holding on for a month, Wei Xiaojie felt that he was getting closer and closer to victory.

Li Yuan had an army of 200,000 outside the city, and his daily consumption of grain and grass was an astonishing amount. It's been a month, how long can Li Yuan hold on?

As he walked, he thought about when Li Yuan would start to attack, and when he saw the carts that had been gradually installed on the city wall in the past few days, he stopped and looked at them carefully in front of a cart, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but hook up a smile. These things were prepared to deal with Li Yuan's rebels' building car. The car is not big, and it can only throw out about 100 steps of thirty or twenty pounds, but it is enough.

Next to each cart was a lot of vegetable oil that had been packed into skins, and the archers defending the city also specially prepared a quiver full of feather arrows wrapped in oilcloth. As long as Li Yuan's rebel cart pushes up, it will be burned and collapsed before it reaches the city.

Wei Xiaojie looked up again and looked into the distance, where there were already many tall buildings and cars towering. He frowned, knowing that it wouldn't be long before Li Yuan would launch a strong attack, and once the number of building cars reached a certain scale, Li Yuan would be eager to give the order to attack.

But that's okay, it's just self-defeating.

Wei Xiaojie looked at the building cars in the distance, and couldn't help but think with some pride in his heart, Li Yuan's rebels tried their best to push those behemoths up, but they were burned to ashes before they could be used, and the rebel archers on the building cars screamed and fell down to be buried in the fire, and then Li Yuan's pale eyes gradually became desperate and helpless. These pictures appeared in Wei Xiaojie's mind, and the more he thought about it, the more proud he became.

He walked to the battlement, where he stood and looked out of the city.

"The Great Sui has the protection of heaven!"

Wei Xiaojie muttered, "If it weren't for that, how could you let Pharmacist Li appear in Chang'an City at this most critical time?" In the dark, everything is predestined. It can be seen that the Great Sui is far from collapsing, and there are still ...... rescues"

When he muttered to himself, he didn't notice that Li Jing had walked not far behind him.

"Patrolling so early?"

Li Jing asked with a chuckle.

Wei Xiaojie was startled, and when he turned around, he saw that it was Li Jing and hurriedly saluted: "Since Li Yuan's rebels arrived outside the city, I haven't gone down the city wall. ”

"General Wei is loyal!"

Li Jing said with sincere admiration.

"I just don't want my name to be mentioned by future generations with the word sinner in front of it."

Wei Xiaojie sighed and said: "If the capital of the Great Sui is lost in my hands, I am afraid that the saliva of the people can drown me!" ”

Li Jing shook his head and said, "How come, Li Yuan is the sinner." ”

He patted the battlement and said seriously: "Whoever destroys this majestic city is the sinner." ”

Wei Xiaojie nodded and was about to speak, when his expression suddenly stiffened. He raised his hand and pointed to Li Yuan's camp outside the city, and asked with some uncertainty, "Is that...... Li Yuan is going to attack? ”

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Li Jing followed Wei Xiaojie's guidance and looked over, only to see that there was a sudden chaos in the position of those buildings and cars in Li Yuan's camp in the distance, and Li Jing's first reaction was that Li Yuan was about to attack, but now it was almost evening, and the sun was already in the west, wouldn't it be a little late to attack at this time?

The building car moved slowly, and it could not be done in an hour or two before pushing from Li Yuan's camp to Chang'an City.

"Could it be that Li Yuan is planning to attack at night?"

Wei Xiaojie said uncertainly.

"Let the soldiers prepare, and the archers will all go up to the walls!"

Li Jing decisively ordered.

Wei Xiaojie didn't care whether Li Jing's order exceeded his authority or not, and immediately turned around and ordered. His own soldiers immediately turned and ran to give orders, and in a short time the whining horns on the city walls sounded.

"If Li Yuan really plans to attack at night, he is looking for death by himself!"

Li Jing said coldly: "Today I am on the side of Jinguangmen, General Wei doesn't have to care about me, just command as usual, and hand over to me the soldiers who operate the cart." If the cart approaches, I will immediately order the vegetable oil to be thrown over, and the archers will be commanded by General Wei! ”

"Good!"

Wei Xiaojie agreed loudly, and then turned around and walked in the direction of the city gate tower. It's just that he has only walked a few steps, and suddenly pauses again, raises his hand and points out of the city, and his voice trembles a little with incredible emphasis: "That's ...... What's going on? ”

Li Jing also noticed the changes in Li Yuan's camp, and his eyes instantly widened.

"Someone raided Li Yuan's camp!"

Li Jing looked at the camp in the distance and immediately made a judgment.

"It's reinforcements from the Eastern Capital!"

Wei Xiaojie added a sentence along Li Jing's train of thought.

I saw that there was some chaos in Li Yuan's camp, and in a short time, there was already a fire in Li Yuan's camp. It didn't take long for the flames to rise quite high. The sound of people neighing and horses in the camp can be heard in the distance, and there seems to be a faint sound of shouting and killing, it seems that someone is leading troops into Li Yuan's camp and is fighting fiercely with Li Jiajun. This change was so abrupt that Wei Xiaojie and Li Jing were a little dazed, and the two of them glanced at each other, and they both saw disbelief in each other's eyes.

"Is it really reinforcements from the Eastern Capital?"

Li Jing hesitated for a moment and said, "Will there be fraud?" ”

"The small half of the big camp is burning!"

Wei Xiaojie pointed to the distance and shouted excitedly: "How can Li Yuan spend such a big capital!" ”

Li Jing nodded and said, "Then you can't be impulsive, just wait and see!" ”

"Hmm"

Wei Xiaojie hummed and said: "Is it to let the soldiers gather, in case it is really reinforcements from the eastern capital, you can go out of the city to greet you at that time, and you should cooperate with the outside, I can't say that I can break the Li thief today!" ”

"Good!"

Li Jing said loudly: "General Wei went to gather soldiers and horses, and I will hold on to the city wall." ”

"Do you want to send someone to report to His Royal Highness?"

Wei Xiaojie ran a few steps and then stopped and asked.

Li Jing said: "The incident happened suddenly, I sent my own soldiers to report to the acting king, the general can go to rectify the soldiers and horses, and strictly guard against Li thief's fraud!" I am observing from the city wall, and General Wei must not open the door and go out without my signal! ”

"I'm provincial!"

Wei Xiaojie answered, and hurriedly went to the city to rectify the people.

Li Jing looked at the increasingly vigorous fire burning in Li Yuan's camp opposite, and his brows furrowed deeper and deeper. His face became more and more solemn, and his hands in his sleeves were clenched tightly.

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Wei Xiaojie quickly gathered about 5,000 men and horses, and in order to be safe, he still sent people to quickly enter the palace to inform His Royal Highness the Acting King, telling the Acting King that perhaps reinforcements from the Eastern Capital had arrived. Then he personally led his men and horses to wait inside the Jinguang Gate, just waiting for Li Jing on the city wall to send a signal. This kind of waiting is the most painful process, only half an hour, but Wei Xiaojie feels that he has been waiting for ten years.

He couldn't wait, so he got off his horse and ran up to the wall to see for himself.

When he arrived at the city wall, he saw Li Jingzheng staring nervously at the outside of the city.

"General Li, how's the situation going?"

Wei Xiaojie asked.

"Someone is coming!"

Li Jing pointed outside and said.

Wei Xiaojie looked outside carefully, and saw a pair of men and horses killed from Li Yuan's camp, and he could already see the red Great Sui battle flag waving in the wind in the military formation.

"The number of viewers will not exceed 20,000!"

Li Jing frowned and said, "If it is a man sent by the Eastern Capital, how can there be only so few?" ”

"Could it be Qu Tutong?"

Wei Xiaojie guessed.

"Qu Tutong is not so fast! He was blocked by Li Yuan's soldiers, how easy is it to kill him? ”

"Could it be that reinforcements from the Eastern Capital were sent into the city to support the city defense?"

Wei Xiaojie guessed another possibility.

Li Jing waved his hand and said, "Be cautious, don't open the city gate first." ”

Wei Xiaojie opened his mouth, but finally held back and didn't say anything. He clutched his horse tightly and stared intently at the situation outside the city. Half an hour later, the team with the Great Sui Battle Banner finally rushed to the city gate, and a few hundred meters behind them were countless Li Yuan rebels who were chasing and killing.

"Open the gates!"

The Sui army outside the city gate shouted loudly: "We are coming from the Eastern Capital, open the city gate quickly!" ”

"Open the gates! We burned down the company camp of the Li thief! ”

"Open the gates!"

Wei Xiaojie glanced at Li Jing, but the latter pursed his lips and said nothing.

"General Lee......"

As soon as Wei Xiaojie said three words, Li Jing suddenly turned around and instructed his entourage: "Zhao Er! You go down to the city in a hanging basket to see, if the rescuers from the eastern capital should have a seal, find out and shout to me. If it is a thief who cheats ...... I will take care of your old mother in the house! ”

"Whoa!"

Li Jing's entourage responded, and Wei Xiaojie immediately arranged for the soldiers to put the hanging basket down. Zhao Er went down the city wall and ran to the Sui army general and said a few words, and the general took out something from the package he was carrying and handed it to Zhao Er. After Zhao Er looked at it, he immediately turned around and shouted to the city wall: "It's really reinforcements from the Eastern Capital!" It was the soldiers and horses sent by General Wang Shichong to support the advanced city! ”

Wei Xiaojie laughed, and ran down the city wall without waiting for Li Jing to speak. When he arrived at the city, he shouted: "Open the city gate quickly, and you will go out with me to meet the reinforcements of the Eastern Capital!" ”

The golden light gate then slowly opened, and Wei Xiaojie rushed out first.

"Which general came to save Chang'an?!"

He rushed to the Sui general and asked loudly.

"Liu Hongji under the command of Duke Tang!"

The Sui general shouted loudly, and then stabbed Wei Xiaojie to death with a spear in his hand.

PS: After the book review area was put on the shelves, it was a lot colder, am I not coquettish enough? Or have you all been good?