Chapter 363: Attacking Chang'an (3)

Wei Xiaojie looked at Li Jiajun, who was slowly retreating, and breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and ordered his subordinates to count the wounded and repair the city defense. This time the attack of the Li family army was not too fierce, it only lasted less than an hour, and it was estimated that the Li family army left at least nearly two thousand corpses under the city wall, Wei Xiaojie speculated that Li Yuan was distressed and suffered too many casualties, so he ordered Ming Jin.

When he had finished his order, he sat down against the wall and breathed a long sigh of relief.

He was waiting for his subordinates to count the casualties, and then he had to rush to the palace to report to the acting king Yang Yun. Being able to easily repel the first offensive of Li Yuan's rebels was undoubtedly a very morale-boosting thing for the soldiers and civilians in the city. Li Yuan's army came from Taiyuan and was invincible along the way. Especially after Huo Yi killed Song Laosheng in one fell swoop, the morale of Li Yuan's rebels reached its peak.

Song Laosheng was in Huoyi, Qu Tutong was in Tongguan, the two of them supported each other, and they should have been able to firmly block Li Yuan, but because of Song Laosheng's greed, the defense line collapsed. After the defeat of Li Mi in the eastern capital, Qu Tutong was transferred to Tongguan to garrison, with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command, and Taiyuan was restrained like iron tongs.

Song Laosheng was defeated, Chang'an was trapped, Qu Tu Tongtu could only lead his troops out of Tongguan to Chang'an direction to help, lost the danger of Tongguan, and the Sui army lost its advantage in fighting with Li's army in the plain. The Li family's army has 200,000 troops, and Qu Tutong can only bring out 20,000 or 30,000 troops except for the men and horses who stayed in Tongguan, which is a drop in the bucket, and it is just a fool's dream to relieve the siege of Chang'an.

But he led his troops out of Tongguan, which still threatened the flank of Li Yuan's army.

After the failure of the first siege, Li Yuan was worried that Qu Tutong would attack from the flank, so he ordered Liu Wenjing to be the main general and Duan Zhixuan to be the deputy general, leading 60,000 troops to meet Qu Tutong.

On the big tent, after Li Yuan finished issuing this military order, he slowly turned his gaze to Yin Kaishan's face, there was no reproach in his eyes, on the contrary, there was mostly comfort. Such a gaze made Yin Kaishan feel guilty and blamed himself, and he bowed his head and said: "Lord, the last general will fight unfavorably, please punish the lord." ”

"It's none of your business."

Li Yuan waved his hand and said: "It's me who is too careless, these days have won consecutive battles, even I have become a little frivolous and impetuous, I failed to correctly estimate the strength of Chang'an City's defense, and I lost so many people, and the blame lies with me and not with you." Your soldiers are not at fault for their use of their lives, but they deserve to be commended. There is nothing negligent in your command in front of the battle, but the defense of Chang'an City is too solid, and the bed crossbow on the city wall is too sharp. ”

"The Lord"

Yin Kaishan said: "The last general lost the first battle, his crime is inescapable, the military law is fair, if he is not punished, I am afraid that it will be difficult to convince the public, and the last general will ask the lord to deal with it." ”

"That's it"

Li Yuan thought for a while and said: "Demote your official rank of the general of the left leading army to the rank of general of Wu Benlang, and still order the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to be fined silver for half a year, do you have any complaints?" ”

"The last general is convinced!"

Yin Kaishan hugged his fists.

In fact, the so-called punishment is almost as light as tickling. Downgrade one level, and then rise back after a while, and the fine is half a year of silver, and the reward will make up for it. The two thousand soldiers who died still died in vain, and Yin Kaishan was not affected at all.

"Hmm...... What do you think of the method of building a car proposed by Zhaoren before? ”

Zhaoren is Liu Wenjing's cousin. When Yin Kaishan led the army to attack, he thought of the method of building cars, which was once used by the Great Sui when attacking the capital of Southern Chen, and the effect was excellent. The height of the building cart is higher than that of the city wall, and there is a platform on it, which can stand thirty or forty archers, and when the building cart advances, the archers on it can suppress the defenders on the city wall. Dozens of soldiers can be hidden under the platform where the archers stand, and the wooden planks are stored in the wall, and after approaching the city wall, the wooden planks are built on the city wall to make a single-plank bridge, and the soldiers step on the single-plank bridge to go up to the city.

Although it takes a long time to build a building car, this method is obviously a safe one. It's just that Liu Wenjing only thought about this method, but ignored the gap between Chen Bing and the soldiers of the Great Sui Mansion.

"The days go on forever...... I'm afraid of accidents. ”

The second son, Li Shimin, thought for a while and said: "The building car is huge, it can't be built in a short time, and the number is less than it can play the role of suppressing the Sui army in the city, the number is too large, it takes too long, if you wait for three or five months to wait for the building car to be built before attacking, first, the grain and grass in our army will also be poor, and it will be winter by then, and the constraints on the offensive will be greater." Moreover, it is reported that Yang Tong in the eastern capital has already recruited Li Mi in Wagangzhai, and if it takes a long time, it is difficult to guarantee that the Sui army on the side of Luoyang, the eastern capital, will not rush to support. And don't forget, we have a Qu Tutong behind us! ”

"The second son is reasonable!"

Liu Wenjing said with a ashamed face: "I took it for granted, and I didn't think it through." ”

"Shimin, do you have any solution?"

Li Yuan looked sideways at Li Shimin and asked.

Li Shimin pondered for a while and said, "Father, the total number of government soldiers in our army is no less than 50,000!" Among them, there are 15,000 soldiers who were originally stationed in Chang'an, and they are very familiar with Chang'an! ”

Li Yuan was silent for a while after hearing this, then smiled and said, "Are you trying to open the city gate?" ”

Li Shimin nodded and said: "You can send a capable general to lead 20,000 soldiers to pretend to be the Sui army from the eastern capital to come to the rescue, and open the gate of Chang'an, and the army will immediately control the city defense when it swarms in, and Chang'an can be obtained." ”

"You can try"

Li Yuan nodded and said, "Who can do this?" ”

"The kid is willing to give it a try!"

Li Shimin bowed down and said.

Li Yuan didn't speak immediately, but glanced at Li Jiancheng intentionally or unintentionally. Li Jiancheng immediately understood what Li Yuan meant, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "Father, the second brother is tired of even fighting viciously, and the soldiers and horses of the children's department have been recuperating for many days, which can be useful. ”

"It's good!"

Li Yuan smiled and said, "This battle will be fought by you and Hongji." Shimin should indeed rest for a few days all the way, so let's do it, Shimin, you are responsible for supervising the construction of the building car and throwing the car in case of emergency, and you can also recover some energy. ”

"Obey ......"

Li Shimin smiled and lowered his head and said, but the moment he lowered his head, he bit his lip, and there was a haze in his eyes.

Father, this is to pull Brother Hongji away from me!

The way of balance!

Li Shimin sneered in his heart: "My military achievements are great, and I surpass my eldest brother, so I will press me, lift him, and then separate Brother Hongji from me, father, you are so calculating!" What do you say, I've been fighting and tired repeatedly, isn't Brother Hongji the same? Shizi ...... This is the Son! ”

Perhaps knowing that he had gone too far, Li Yuan stood up and walked up to Li Shimin's side and said, "Shimin, your ability is obvious to all, and I will assist your eldest brother well in the future, I believe you will not let me down." ”

Li Shimin raised his head, and the smile on his face was as bright as the sun.

"Father, rest assured! The child must do his best! ”

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In July of the thirteenth year of the great cause, Juyeze in Dongping County, 50,000 elite soldiers of Yanyunzhai gathered, Li Xian, the king of Yan, personally led the troops to the expedition, all the way to the west after going out of Juyeze, and arrived in Leize County three days later, after staying in Lize County for five days, continued to move in the northwest direction, and saw that it was about to enter Dongjun in three or five days.

The speed of Li Xian's army was not fast, and it was marching all the way in array, and it seemed that it was going to fight steadily and steadily, not seeking a surprise attack.

The generals of Wagangzhai immediately blew up the nest when they got the news, and the generals were already arguing about Li Mi's acceptance of the imperial court's recruitment, and Li Xian now personally led 50,000 elite soldiers out of Juyeze Chen soldiers to the west of Leize, which is undoubtedly trying to take advantage of the instability in Wagangzhai to fish in troubled waters.

Li Migang killed Zhai Rang and established his leadership position in Wagangzhai. Originally, it was not very stable, and he agreed to the court's recruitment, and the interior of Wagangzhai was indeed a mess, but when Li Xian led the army to come to Li Mi's ears, he was not annoyed and angry, but smiled very happily.

Wang Bodang was originally a general of the inner battalion in Wagangzhai and a close confidant of Zhai Rang. But since Li Mi killed Zhai Rang's brother, he has been highly respected. Wang Bodang gradually accepted his fate, he comforted himself in his heart, following Zhai Rang who has no ambitions, Wagangzhai will inevitably end up falling apart. Li Mi is a true son of destiny, and with him, he can also have a good future. In the future, after Li Mi ascends the throne and becomes emperor, it will not be unattainable for him to become a marquis and worship the general.

In troubled times, isn't it a bright future?

So after he recovered from his injury, he put away other thoughts and wholeheartedly wanted to assist Li Mi in achieving great things.

And the only few remaining generals in the camp of Wagangzhai, he was promoted by Li Mi to be the general of Huaihua, the prince of Jiajun, the doctor of Guanglu, the general of the left army of the Pushan battalion, Xie Yingdeng was promoted to the champion general, the prince of the county, the doctor of Guanglu, the chief of the sentinel detective, both of them have a very high status in Wagangzhai, even higher than Li Mi's cronies Fang Yanzao and Wang Dangren.

The news that Li Xian led the army to approach Dongjun was the first Xie Yingdeng to know, but he refused to come to see Li Mi, but handed over the military report to Wang Bodang for him to say. Wang Bodang knew that Xie Yingdeng still had a knot in his heart that could not be untied, so he gave up after a few words of persuasion, and hurriedly went to Li Mi with the military report.

Li Mi looked at the military newspaper in his hand and smiled, his face was a little proud.

"Why is King Wei laughing?"

Wang Bodang was puzzled.

Li Mi smiled and said, "Bodang, how can I not laugh when such a good opportunity comes?" ”

When he laughed, he twitched half of his dead wood-like face, looking indescribably weird and ugly. He stood up, walked to the door, took a breath of fresh air outside the door, and at the same time spat out the depression in his heart for the past few days. When he walked, one of his legs dragged on, and he still looked a little embarrassed.

"Morale in the army is shaky because ...... The matter of the imperial court's recruitment, the generals were extremely inconsistent at first sight, and at this time, Li Xian came to attack, how could King Wei say that it was a good opportunity? ”

Wang Bodang simply asked directly.

"Bodang!"

Li Mi smiled and said, "You are also in a hurry, why can't you see through such a big good thing?" ”

He paused for a moment and said, "Li Xian, where is he here to disgust me, he is obviously here to help me." Now that the army is unstable, if there is no outlet to vent, the generals below will inevitably have a time when they can't help it, but now that Li Xian is here, the generals in the army will inevitably turn their minds to the enemy who came to Yanyunzhai, where is there still time and energy to be entangled in the matter of Zhao'an? After repelling Li Xian, Zhao'an's matter has been completed, isn't this a good thing? ”

Wang Bodang was stunned, and then laughed too: "King Wei is so strategic!" ”

In his heart, he didn't agree with Li Mi's insistence on accepting Zhao'an, but he wasn't sure if this was a strategy that Li Mi came up with to deal with Wang Shichong.

"Whoever has the biggest opinion on Zhao'an will let him beat Li Xian, and he won't blame him if he loses!"

Li Mi waved his hand, and the clouds were light and light.

Wagangzhai reacted fiercely to Li Xian's arrival, and in Dou Jiande, Hebei, the reaction was also fierce. Now the situation on both sides of the Yellow River has been stalemate for a long time, Dou Jiande of Zhaozhou, Li Mi of Wagangzhai, and Li Xian of Yanyunzhai are standing on three legs, and no one can help anyone. After Xu Yuanlang led the army to Shunwa Gangzhai a while ago, the situation of the confrontation between the three powers became clearer. The three of them restrained each other, and no one dared to make the first move.

Dou Jiande is a man with great ambitions, how can he be satisfied that he only has a foothold in Hebei?

In order to temporarily stabilize Wagangzhai, Li Mi will not take the initiative to provoke disputes. Dou Jiande has enough soldiers and food in his hands, but he has long held his breath and wants to show his strength. He just kept hesitating, whether to attack Zhuojun in the north and force Luo Yi away, or to attack the territory of Yanyunzhai in the south, and now Li Xian led the army to attack Wagangzhai, which was also an excellent opportunity in his opinion.

Dou Jiande convened his generals to discuss the matter, and everyone felt that they could take this opportunity to expand the territory of the Zhaozhou Army to the south of the Yellow River, after all, Zhuo County has been looted too hard by Luo Yi in recent years, the people are tired, the fields are barren, and they are not as rich and prosperous as the counties of Henan.

Everyone had no objections, and Dou Jiande ordered the mobilization of 100,000 troops and personally took command, with Su Dingfang as the vanguard general and Yin Qiu as the deputy general, preparing for the southern expedition.

For a while, the smell of gunpowder between the three strong suddenly became stronger.

It's just that the spectators are a little confused, and Li Xian, the king of Yan, who is obviously very cunning and shrewd, how could he play such a trick this time? You must know that if you take such a risk, if you are not careful, Yanyun Village will be divided and swallowed by Wagangzhai and the Zhaozhou army!