Zhang Zhichen mounted a war horse, holding a three-pointed and two-edged knife, and after ordering the 1,200 men and horses of his Jin Wuwei, the cannon rang out three times...

No, there were no cannons then!

As soon as the three-way war drum sounded, he opened the city gate and went out.

Li Jie lay on the battlements and watched with great interest, familiar and unfamiliar.

As a result, after the two scolded each other in the city, in just three rounds, Chai Cunli slashed his sword, and cut off Zhang Zhichen's knife shaft with one move, and cut Zhang Zhichen's shoulder with one knife!

Fortunately, Zhang Zhichen's shoulder armor was thick enough, and the blade removed a lot of strength, so he was not split in half by someone else's slanted shoulder, but his body was crooked and fell off the horse's back.

To say that this cargo is really good, and the stirrups are also strong, so he was dragged back to his camp by his own war horse, and Chai Cun didn't seem to plan to chase it.

Seeing that the general of the Tang Army was so unbearable, the cavalry of the other side let out bursts of ridicule, and then continued to insult the Tang Army's nest of waste, all of which were wine bags and rice bags.

After scolding for a while, I felt bored, and outside the city a stone's throw away, many officials in the Tang Dynasty kept wandering under their noses, showing off their might until the sky was dark, and then they collected their troops and returned to the camp.

Li Jie covered his face when he looked at Zhang Zhichen's embarrassed appearance, and the hundreds of rounds of the battle he imagined were not on the same expectation at all.

He led people to run under the city gate, and saw that the army Zhonglang Zhong was treating the injuries of this goods, and the whole shoulder was swollen high, but fortunately it did not hurt the bones.

Zhang Zhichen's face was flushed, he was so humiliated in the first battle, the injury was a trivial matter, but it hit the morale of the army.

"Your Highness, if you are guilty, please punish you!"

Li Jie looked at his swollen and shiny bag with his hands behind his back, but said: "It's okay, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, if you cut off your head if you lose alone, those famous generals have died before they became famous since ancient times." ”

"But..."

He held his chin and his eyes lit up,

"His horse is good, this king has taken a fancy to it, so Ming'er grabbed it and cheered everyone up!"

He watched the battle on the city wall and found that this Chai Cun was tall and strong, and he had to weigh at least 200 catties, plus a suit of armor and the Wufeng Chaoyang Knife that weighed at least 60 catties, and weighed almost 300 catties.

And this Qingyun Beast is not like the Dawan horse of the Western Regions, nor is it the Hetao horse outside the Saiwai, it is huge, with thick limbs, and it seems that its weight has reached more than 1,700 catties, and it looks like a green ox from a distance, and it is definitely O'Neill among a horse.

In ancient times, there was a rough standard for the weight of war horses, and the weight of general war horses could not exceed 20% of their own weight.

He calculated his weight and the weight of the urn golden hammer, and it seemed that this Qingyun beast could barely carry him for a while, and it was much stronger than his own white horse.

"Your Highness has a crush on the Qingyun Beast?"

Zhang Zhichen was shirtless and let Lang Zhong deal with his injuries, but his eyes lit up.

He hadn't seen Li Jie with a hammer, but he had seen the pair of urn gold hammers.

Many people have already confirmed to him that he is a real guy, and he was carried by King Shou like a rattle.

With such divine power, he naturally wants an extremely excellent war horse the most, otherwise his combat effectiveness will definitely be greatly reduced.

"Yes, this king watched the battle carefully for a long time, and he may be able to use it reluctantly. You are familiar with Zhang Lin, do you want to know the origin of this horse? ”

This Zhang Lin has fought under Gao Yu for more than ten years without defeat, and he is the most outstanding general in Datang.

It's a pity that half a year ago, Zhongji was besieged, died in battle, and died in Shinshu.

Gao Biao was also frightened by Huang Chao and did not dare to fight again, and had 100,000 troops to hide in Yangzhou and pretend to be dead.

"Back to His Royal Highness, this Qingyun Beast is a different breed in the Hetao Horse, which was caught by Gao Yu's son in a group of wild horses when he was stationed at Yanmen Pass, and later gave it to Brother Zhang, because the coat color is blue all over, and there is a little finger-like sarcoma in each ear, which looks like a dragon horse, it was called Qinglong Horse at first, but it was a royal taboo, so it was changed to Qingyun Beast."

Li Jie drooled when he heard it, and his palms kept rubbing,

"Lao Zhang, you can recuperate from your injuries in peace, and when the king of Japan goes out in person, he will meet this surnamed Chai, and by the way, I will help you and General Zhang avenge you!"

Returning to the city wall again, he glanced at the Yellow Nest military camp in the distance, and he took a deep breath,

"As long as Chang'an is guarded, the grain and grass of 600,000 people will be consumed to death!"

However, how can we keep Chang'an?

It is estimated that no one has a bottom in their hearts.

Chang'an City is too big, correspondingly, the city wall is extremely long,

In addition, the troops in the city are extremely insufficient, and it is impossible to have enough soldiers to guard every place, which is what troubles him the most.

When he went down to the city tower again, there were already many officials waiting here, and when they saw him, they gathered around to report the progress of various things.

He replied as he walked, suddenly thought of something, and casually pointed to an official and said: "Who is this, you can quickly find someone to use stones, or mounds, no matter what, block the three city gates in the east, and the materials are not enough to requisition the houses on the spot!" ”

After walking a few more steps, "Who is who, you go and inform the left and right Yulin Army and the left and right Shenwu Guards, those who are responsible for what to cook, the blacksmith or something will also go to the city to assist in the defense, and I will solve the problem of eating or something!" ”

He went all the way north along Suzaku Street, constantly thinking about all the places he could think of as people, and even regretted killing those eunuchs a little.

No matter how small the strength is, the big stone can't be thrown, and the slabs and bricks are always in line.

At this time, the people watching along the street were still talking, but the content of the discussion was more about the information of the rebellious army brought by Huang Chao, and the most interesting thing was whether this Xiucai really ate people.

He also vaguely remembered that Huang Chao used to treat people as food because of lack of food, but before entering Chang'an, he didn't know what happened after he was defeated.

However, he asked that temporary Jing Zhaoyin to promote it according to the version of Shile Shihu's uncle and nephew of the Sixteen Kingdoms of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which should also be able to eliminate the thoughts of these wall grasses.

There is a shortage of people, why did he block the city gate, the first is that he is afraid that the rebel army will break in, and the second is to stop these people from escaping.

Leaving the gates of the southwest unsealed, it was not to facilitate his escape, he still hoped that Qin Ruoshui and Lu Yan would come back in time.

Otherwise, you can only plan for the worst, break the cauldron and sink the boat, and tie up these people to defend the city together!

It was already past the hour when smoke began to rise in the city, and he realized that not only had he not slept all night, but he had not even eaten a bite of anything.

Back at the Zhongshu Provincial House, someone in the palace had already prepared a meal, and after a few bites of it in a hurry, he remembered to talk to the officials of the Ministry of Rites.

The official who was left behind by him didn't even dare to go to the thatched house since he left, and he didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing for this prince to look for him.

"Judging by your grade clothes, it should be a good thing, what about your waiter?"

The official positions of the Tang Dynasty were different from those of other dynasties, and the Shangshu of the various ministries was only an honorary title, with no real power at all.

On the contrary, the squire, who was supposed to be Shangshu's deputy, was the actual ruler of each ministry.

This person immediately bowed, "King Huilu, I am often in charge of the order of tribute to the Ministry of Rites, uh, the position of the waiter is currently vacant." ”

"Huh?"

Li Jie was stunned, "What's the matter?" ”

"Last night, the Tian thief coerced His Majesty into Sichuan, and Liu Shilang didn't know how to get the news, so he entered the palace overnight to block it, and then was imprisoned in Dali Temple."

This dead eunuch!

He immediately sent someone to Dali Temple to fish for people, and then instructed Chang Xiangqiu: "Are you familiar with those Hu people in Xishi?" This king remembers that they all have guards, do the work, let them come out with some people, when the court employs people, if they know each other, they will naturally have their benefits, if you don't want to, you will tell them what Huang Chao did in Guangzhou! "

When Huang Chao invaded Guangzhou, he robbed the merchant ships of various countries that were parked at sea, and killed nearly 200,000 people, including tens of thousands of merchants from various countries.

In his memory, this was what he heard Li Yi tell him a few months ago, in order not to cause a commotion among foreigners in Chang'an, or Li Yi was afraid that these people would make trouble for him, so he kept it a secret.

But these people came from afar, and there were many people with outstanding martial arts around them, and the original owner once saw a Persian who was as big as a gorilla play with an iron rod of about 100 pounds like a toothpick, which inspired the idea of this group of foreign merchants.

In addition, the whole city was plastered with notices about the evil deeds of Huang Chao, and the people who were looking for literate children read them out loud, and if they couldn't find them, they went to the Guozijian to borrow people. At the same time, women were recruited to make food and boil water for the forbidden army, and those fireheads were also driven to the city wall by me. You still have to give some money, and you can calculate how much you want! ”

After sending Chang Xiangqiu away, he closed his eyes and began to recuperate.

As a result, within a quarter of an hour, he heard a commotion outside the door, and it seemed that someone was still calling his name.

He stood up on the ground, could it be that Huang Chao attacked the city at night?