Chapter 542: One Arrow of Revenge

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Luoyang City, the bones are strong.

A few days ago, the Tang army had a decisive battle with Wang Shichong's army, and the battle was tragic.

At that time, the surrounding areas of Luoyang had fallen, and after Li Shimin led the army to conquer the warehouses around Luoyang, he led the main force of the Tang army to Qingcheng Palace in Luoyang City.

When the Tang army first arrived at the fortress and was besieged in the palace city of Luoyang, Wang Shichong saw that he led an army of 20,000 troops from the gates of Luoyang, relying on the wall of the old horse fang, and facing the valley water to resist the Tang army.

At that time, the generals of the Tang Army couldn't help but be moved when they saw Wang Shichong's strict lineup of the Jianghuai Army.

And Li Shimin led the elite cavalry to observe the battle on the north mountain, and said to the left and right: "The thief is already poor, and now Wang Shichong is leading the whole army to fight, it is a fluke, if our army is broken in a battle today, he will not dare to come back in the future." ”

After speaking, Li Shimin ordered Qu Tutong to lead 5,000 men and horses as a general, cross the river to attack him, and said: "If you fight with Wang Shichong, you will burn smoke." ”

When the smoke was strong, Li Shimin led a light horse down the mountain, and took the lead and attacked Wang Shichong's army together with Qu Tutong. The battle between the two armies was very tragic, and the commander Li Shimin was killed by arrow, but fortunately, the general Qiu Xinggong killed several members of the Zheng army in a row and saved Li Shimin.

The Li Tang general hussar general Duan Zhixuan, Wang Huaiwen was captured, Duan Zhixuan was captured and fled back to the Tang army camp, and after Wang Huaiwen pretended to surrender, he assassinated Wang Shichong and was killed.

The two armies fought fiercely from Chen to noon, Wang Shichong could not defeat the Tang army, so he collected his troops and returned to Luoyang Palace.

Tang and Zheng's armies were killed and wounded

After the war, Li Shimin rewarded Qiu Xinggong, who risked his life to save him, and Duan Zhixuan, who fought to the death, and expressed his condolences to Chang'an for Wang Huaiwen, who died in battle, and said to the left and right that the Jianghuai army was really a strong enemy. Since the Tang Dynasty started its army in Jinyang, this battle is the most tragic.

All the generals said yes.

But this battle. Li Tang's elite Xuanjia military table is outstanding, and Cheng bites gold. Zhai Changsun, Zhang Shigui and other generals of the Xuanjia Army led more than 1,000 cavalry Xuanjia soldiers to kill from behind when the Tang Army and the Zheng Army were fighting fiercely, and killed Wang Shichong's general Ge Yanzhang, which made Zheng Guo's frontal onslaught restrained.

After that, as Li Shimin said, Wang Shichong's Jianghuai army was greatly damaged and could not fight again in a short time.

And after Li Shimin's Tang army received reinforcements. began to besiege Luoyang Palace, Li Shimin told the generals that if Luoyang was captured, except for the Sui Dynasty royal family's chariot guards, books, books and equipment, all belonged to the Tang Dynasty, the rest of the men and women jade silk were divided among the generals. This attack on Luoyang, if you don't conquer the city, you will never lead troops to the west.

After Li Shimin said this, the Tang sergeant was greatly inspired.

Now that the first moon is over, Li Shimin immediately led a large army to surround Luoyang.

Shuofeng hunted to the east, and the corpses of the two soldiers under the city had not yet been collected. The Tang army under the city carried out the eight-ox giant crossbow, a giant cannon that can throw fifty catties of flying stones, and displayed it under the city.

It was freezing and the snow was falling.

The Tang Army's flying stone giant arrows slammed towards Luoyang Palace. Rubble rained down from the city. After the Tang army saw the arrows and artillery bombardment for a while, Luoyang Palace City stood still and couldn't help but be shocked.

You must know Luoyang Palace. When it was first built, it was made to defend against enemy attacks. It changed the structure of the imperial city architecture at that time, emphasizing the outer city and ignoring the inner city. Rather, it is more important to focus on the inner city and the outer city than on the outer city. The outer perimeter of the palace walls was always covered with green bricks, not rammed earth walls like most cities in the north, especially the palace walls were four feet eight feet high.

What is the concept of four zhang and eight feet high, and Guo outside Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, is only one zhang and eight feet, so it can be imagined. The defenders of the Zheng army stood at the head of the city at a height of fourteen meters, enough to look down on the siege in any direction.

In order to defend the palace city, Yu Wenkai, the designer of Luoyang City, designed the Luoyang Palace City extremely tightly, and there was a forbidden garden valley in the west of the city as a pass; In the north of the city, there is Yaoyi City, Yuanbi City; To the east of the city there is the eastern city, the outer city; To the south is the Imperial City, Luohe River and Waiguo, plus the east and west of the palace city itself with narrow partitions and sandwich cities. Layers of city walls blocked, even if the Tang army broke through the outer wall, it could not break the second wall, Wang Shichong's elite Jianghuai army was stationed in the city to defend it.

At that time, under Luoyang City, Yang Xuangan and Li Mi all returned with a feather, and now Li Shimin attacked Luoyang Palace City again, although the Tang Army was elite, but it was also a huge challenge to encounter such a strong city.

The eldest grandson Wuji looked at Luoyang Palace City, and couldn't help but say gloomily: "Our army easily defeated Wang Shichong's Jianghuai army, but there is no way to take this Luoyang Palace City?" ”

Li Shimin Xu looked at Luoyang Palace City covered by flying stone giant arrows, and said: "The lonely city can't last for a long time, even if it's Luoyang City. ”

Fang Xuanling said slowly: "Everyone knows that the one-eyed who is a Go player can't live, what about Wang Shichong holding Luoyang City, but it's just a one-eyed, Heyang, Huaizhou, Xuanyuan, Songnan, Longmen, and Xiangyang near Luoyang City have all been captured by us, and Wang Shichong has long been isolated." ”

"Not yet, our army has not yet captured the tiger prison, so it will not cut off all the ways of advance and retreat." Liu Hongji came forward to speak.

Li Shimin said proudly: "I am determined to win the Tiger Prison, do you know which member of the Zheng Army will guard the Tiger Prison?" ”

"Originally, there was only Wang Shichong's nephew, King Jing Wang Xingben. Later, Wang Shichong sent the crown prince Wang Xuanying to lead the army to strengthen the garrison of the Tiger Pass. Fang Xuanling replied.

The eldest grandson Wuji said: "It seems that Wang Shichong is not an unscrupulous person, and he knows that the victory or defeat of this battle of Luoyang lies in the tiger prison. ”

Fang Xuanling said: "Yes, once the Zhao army comes to Zheng's aid, the Tiger Prison is the only way for him, and if Wang Shichong wants to abandon Luoyang and retreat to Shandong, then the Tiger Prison is also the only way for him to retreat now." ”

"Wang Xingben, Wang Xuan should be something, his ability is not even enough for Wang Shichong, and the last general is willing to lead the army to capture the tiger prison and lay the victory."

Li Shimin looked at the person who put this bold statement on the general Li Junxian. Li Junxian was originally Wang Shichong's general, and the most unaccustomed thing was that Wang Shichong was nepotism, promoted all his children, and excluded generals with foreign surnames, so he abandoned Wang Shichong and defected to Li Tang.

Li Shimin was very happy to hear this, and said: "I'm tired of you, Hongji, you also led the army to attack the tiger prison and help General Li." ”

At that moment, the two generals will be ordered together.

Everyone's eyes returned to the city wall of Luoyang, and at this moment, a fast horse galloped over and said to Li Shimin: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin, Your Majesty has a will!" ”

Li Shimin and the generals did not dare to slack off, dismounted to receive the edict, the person who came was Yuwen Shihe, this person and Yu Wenhua are brothers, but because he married the princess of the dynasty, Yu Wenhua rebelled in Jiangdu, not to lead him as a confidant. Later, Yu Wenshi and took refuge in Li Yuan.

Yu Wenshi and Li Yuan are very good, when Li Yuan has not yet raised troops in Jinyang, he has secret contact with Yu Wenshi and each other, and has long been used by Yuwen family and other Guanlongmen lords to rebel.

When Houyu Culture went to Chang'an to defect to Li Yuan, Li Yuan pointed to Pei Lin and other heroes who raised troops in Taiyuan, and said: "This person has been talking to me about the world for six or seven years, and the public is behind him. ”

Later, Li Yuan married Yu Wenshi and his sister as Zhaoyi, and was quite fond of her, and intended to make her the queen and win the meaning of Yuwen Valve, but under the opposition of other Longxi Gate Valves, Li Yuan gave up this intention.

Now that Yu Wenshi has given Li Yuan's wishes, he has come to pass the edict, which must be an important order.

Yu Wenshi and said: "Your Majesty has ordered Princess Pingyang to replace King Huai'an and command the troops of Shandong. ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Shimin couldn't help but be surprised, and the two generals Qiu Shili and Qiu Xinggong beside him were also moved, because both of them turned out to be generals under the account of Princess Pingyang. Qiu Xinggong and Qiu Shili are Li Shimin's right-hand men, and Qiu Xinggong was still on the battle formation just now, saving Li Shimin's life.

Li Shimin said: "At present, the attack on Luoyang is urgent, and the troops are still insufficient, why should my father transfer troops to Hedong?" Can it be postponed for ten days, within a month, Lone will capture Luoyang. ”

Yu Wenshi sighed and said: "King Qin, you don't know something, you have a detailed report, Wang Shichong sent Du Yan, the eldest grandson An Shi and others to Youjing, begging Li Chongjiu to come to Luoyang. I heard that Li Chongjiu had already agreed, and he would lead the main force of the Zhao army south to reinforce Wang Shichong. Therefore, His Majesty had the intention to order the princess to go to Hexi to strengthen Shanxi's defenses, such as the chief manager Li Zhongwen, Liu Dewei and others had to obey the princess's dispatch. ”

Li Shimin did not speak after hearing this, and when the generals of the Tang army heard that Li Chongjiu had decided to lead his army south to reinforce Wang Shichong, cold sweat oozed from their foreheads.

Li Chongjiu wiped out Liu Heimin in a row, Yu Wenhua and, and the Turks who had recently even Li Tang had to look at their faces, also fought an equal match, and now the elite Zhao army's foot soldiers, coupled with the brave Saiwai iron cavalry going south, are a stronger opponent than Wang Shichong's Jianghuai elite soldiers.

If the two families fight a decisive battle under Luoyang City, who will win and who will lose?

Among so many people, only Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, had a beautiful face, and his heart must have told Li Yuan that after Li Shimin captured Luoyang, he would support his troops and respect himself, and not return to Chang'an.

Li Yuanji couldn't help but secretly say that his plan was too clever, and he avenged Li Shimin's humiliation without blood. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better and faster!)