"Your Majesty, this is a military report from the general." On the march, Li Xin had already crossed the Xiao River, and just as Li Ji thought, in the face of Li Xin's strong attack, there was no city in the Jinzhong area that could resist, and either surrendered one after another and returned to the Tang Dynasty, or abandoned the city and fled, returning to Taiyuan, preparing to use Taiyuan to resist the attack of Li Xin's army.

"Divide the troops." Li Xin took the piece passed by Xuan Jing, glanced at it, and couldn't help but sigh to Xuan Jing: "A general is a general, I am ashamed of myself!" Ling Qing, take a look. ”

Hearing this, Xuan Jing hurriedly took it, looked at it, and said: "Your Majesty is good at generals, and this point cannot be compared with a general." When it comes to the use of soldiers, there are very few people who compare the power of the world with the great generals. Li Shimin probably wouldn't have thought that the general would adopt such measures! The countless defenses on the north bank of the Yellow River are wasted. ”

"Do you say that General Pei Renji's speculation is correct, will Goguryeo really attack Shandong?" Li Xin nodded and asked.

"Your Majesty, the information from Jinyiwei said that it was the two brothers and sisters of Yuangai Suwen who entered the Central Plains this time, and now that they have captured Yuanxiuzhen, Yuangai Suwen may not attack Shandong." Lu Jing's face was solemn, and he said: "However, the general's soldiers and horses will soon arrive in Shandong, and Yuangai Suwen probably won't think of this, when the time comes, he will face the general's 100,000 army after all." Even if it were, it didn't make a big difference. ”

"I still underestimated Li Shimin, look, my three-way army went on a northern expedition, and he also came to the three alliances, Turkic, Goguryeo, plus himself, but he made a huge noise." Li Xin asked again: "Where have the Turkic soldiers and horses gone?" ”

"The army has passed the Yanmen, but the minister sees that his vanguard has already passed Dingxiang." Jing Jing's face was a little unsightly. The Turks were all cavalry, and with Li Shimin's urging, the marching speed was extremely fast. Although Li Xin's march speed was good, but the cavalry, infantry, baggage soldiers, etc., after crossing the Xiaohe, the speed of the march slowed down a lot, and I am afraid that when he arrives in Taiyuan, the Turkic soldiers and horses will also arrive in Taiyuan.

"Dingxiang. In fact, the power of the Turks has long covered Dingxiang. Li Xin shook his head and said: "Li Yuan is the son of the Turks, and he also said that Shang Bai did not know to recover Dingxiang at the beginning. Trouble me now. ”

"This time, the Turks will be wiped out together." Luo Shixin snorted coldly.

"It's not so easy, Jieli Khan is ambitious, this time he goes south to the Central Plains, I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to go back, he will completely occupy Dingxiang, take Dingxiang as the forward position, and continue to invade my Central Plains." Li Xin thought about it, in history, Li Shimin and Jieli Khan had a big war around Dingxiang.

Jieli Khan raised troops to the south this time. The momentum was violent, of course, because of Li Xin's Northern Expedition, but more importantly, Jieli Khan had already settled the internal strife among the Turks. Now the goal is turned to the world, which is why Li Xin is so cautious.

"Winter will soon begin, and it will be difficult for the Turks to transport grain and grass, so presumably they will have to hold on for a long time. The Turks themselves will retreat. Jing Jing couldn't help but whisper.

"It's not that easy, the Turks don't have it, Li Ji has. There are countless grains and grasses in Taiyuan City, and Li Ji has long been prepared. Li Xin shook his head, Li Ji is not a simple character, if he doesn't want to come out and use it specifically to guard, it will be difficult to take Taiyuan.

When Li Xin arrived at Taiyuan City, it was already mid-September, and he was stationed in Shilidun outside Jinyang City, and the current Taiyuan City was Taiyuan City after Li Yuan's expansion, and the main city of Taiyuan was composed of Jinyang County on the west bank of the Fen River and Taiyuan County on the east bank of the Fen River. It can be said that it is a huge city, and the two cities become horns with each other.

Li Xin is now outside Jinyang City, Jinyang City was actually built by Yang Guanghua with great effort, and later after Li Yuan fixed the capital, it was re-strengthened here, and there are many small cities outside the city, all of which exist as Taiyuan Acropolis, after Li Xin arrived in Jinyang, the first step was to order people to attack these Acropolis, and more than a dozen Acropolis took five days to capture, and then directly faced Jinyang City.

"Look, in front of you is Jinyang City. There is not only the main city in Jinyang City, but also Cangcheng, as well as Jinyang Palace, it can be said that even if we capture the main city, there is also Jinyang Palace, in Cangcheng, when the former Chaowu Emperor placed countless grains and grass in it, although Li Yuan has fought all over the world, but the grain in Cangcheng is not much less, this is his Longxing land, he still wants to come back? Li Xin looked at the tall city in front of him, which was not under Luoyang at all, and even surpassed Luoyang in some aspects, such as this city gate, there were actually twenty-four, which was more than Luoyang City.

"The water lanes in Taiyuan City are criss-crossed, among which there are Jin Canal and Fen Shui, Jin Canal passes through the city and leads to the east bank of the Fen River, and there, does Your Majesty see it? It is a bridge, the minister once heard that Li Yuan once joked, now build a city on the sandbar in the middle of the Fen River, and use the bridge to connect Jinyang and Taiyuan City to form three cities, so that under the middle city, is the Fen River, not only the scenery is beautiful, but also a defense transit point. It hasn't been built yet. Jing Jing pointed to Jinyang City in the distance and said.

What Lu Jing and Li Xin didn't know was that in history, the entire Taiyuan city was composed of three cities, namely Jinyang, Taiyuan and Liancheng on the Fen River, and Li Yuan's idea was later realized in the hands of his granddaughter-in-law.

"The moat of Jinyang City is more than seven zhang wide and about seventy feet deep, and the foundation is built with bluestone, reinforced with blue bricks." Shen Qianqiu hurriedly said.

How wide is seven zhang, about 20 meters, that is, the moat of Taiyuan City is 20 meters wide, two meters to three meters deep, plus the city defense, it is indeed the height of the city and the depth of the pool, and more importantly, the water source around Taiyuan City is extremely abundant, and you are not afraid of cutting off the other party's water source at all. In addition to the Jin Canal and Fenshui, Li Xin also noticed that there were several lakes in the south of Jinyang City, and the famous Jin Water in the southwest. The source of Jin water is the three springs of Jin Temple - Nanlao Spring, Yunuma Spring, and Shanli Spring. It is not dry all year round, which is enough to feed the people of Jinyang City. No wonder Li Ji's decision to stick to Taiyuan is also well-founded.

"Now we have a hard bone in front of us, I don't know what you have to suggest?" After returning to the Great Tent, Li Xin summoned his subordinates and military generals and asked: "According to the distance, the vanguard cavalry of the Turks can reach the city of Taiyuan within two days, and the army of Jieli Khan will definitely appear in front of me within ten days." Within two days, it will definitely be impossible to capture Taiyuan. So the first thing we have to face is how to gain an advantage in an adverse situation. ”

"Your Majesty, I think that there is no need to deal with Li Ji for the time being, and it is more important to deal with the Turks, and the Turkic cavalry may cause great difficulties when we attack the city." He said with his hand.

"Oh! What does Ling Qing think? Li Xin suddenly became interested, and what he said was right, at this time, to deal with Li Ji, he could only spend his own bow and arrows and explosives, but it would be different if he was dealing with the Turks. If you don't get it right, you can still get the effect of killing chickens and monkeys.

"The Turks can be solved without a conscience cannon." Xuan Jing said loudly: "Your Majesty's conscienceless cannon shook thousands of miles, within dozens of steps, people and animals are kings, although the number is a little less, but at a critical time, it can play an important role." The Turks are all cavalry, and the impact of the cavalry may be very strong, but I am afraid that the unconscionable cannon in the face of us is still a little worse. ”

"Lord Ling, the Turkic cavalry is more than 100,000 people charging together, and we don't have many conscienceless cannons, how can we cover such a wide range, Your Majesty, please see, this is outside Jinyang City, but it is a suitable place for large corps to fight and cavalry to charge. The Turks rushed to kill together, and I'm afraid we won't be able to resist it. Su Dingfang shook his head and said.

"Haha, General Su guessed one thing wrong, the greatest power of the conscienceless cannon is not the explosion, but the sound, its sound is like thunder, can the Turkic war horses adapt to such a sound?" He said with a smile: "Don't say that they are cavalry, even if it is our cavalry, I'm afraid it won't work!" When we attacked Pingyao for the first time, if it wasn't for the cavalry being far away, I'm afraid our cavalry wouldn't be able to control our war horses! ”

After Su Dingfang heard this, his face was stunned, and he stepped aside silently. Not only last time, but every time the conscienceless cannon exploded, there would be a commotion among the cavalry.

"Yes, if you want to solve Taiyuan, you must first solve the Turks. If it was on the grassland, I would still be afraid of three points, but when I got here, it would be Jieli Khan's own death. Li Xin snorted coldly and said, "Since they want to come, then plan a position for them." If you don't have a natural one, look for a better place. Command someone to build a chariot that can carry the weight of the Conscienceless Cannon and the power of the shock when fired, so that we can attack the enemy from any place, and it will be much easier to ship the Conscienceless Cannon. ”

"Yes. The minister immediately ordered the people who were going to make the camp to try it. Jing Jing hurriedly said.

Regarding Li Xin's arrival, Li Ji had already received the information, but when he saw Li Xin's army, Li Ji still felt shocked in his heart, the army was neat, murderous, and morale was high, which was not comparable to Li Zhao's army. Because Li Xin killed all the way, some of the troops fled to Taiyuan, although they added a lot of troops to Taiyuan, but in the same way, the strength of Li Xin's army also spread to the Taiyuan army, which had a great impact on Li Zhao's morale.

"The huge explosion sounded and said that Li Xin had the help of Thor, and Thor helped him create a magic weapon for siege? I don't know what it is. Li Ji thought of the defeat and retreated military report, and felt a little uneasy in his heart. (To be continued.) )