The Tang Army's defense seems to be very effective at present, and in the face of the tidal offensive, it actually withstood the pressure, which made Li Jie tremble.

Although Huangchao's prison army killed many soldiers who fled back in fear of death, they still did not capture a section of the city wall before sunset, and finally had to throw more than 10,000 corpses and retreat for the time being.

The siege of Huangchao is still very orderly, "the siege of three is missing one".

However, because of the special geography in the north of the city, only the east and west sides were attacked, which also allowed Li Jie to mobilize more people from other places to defend the city.

Seeing that the enemy army temporarily repelled this five-hour attack, the defenders waved their flags and shouted "God bless the Tang Dynasty" for a while, and then sat on the city wall with all their armor crooked.

I'm so tired!

Whether it's psychological stress and fear, or physical exertion.

Li Jie kept patrolling the city wall, and although all the dead and wounded were carried under the city, there were frozen blood stains everywhere, and there were still remnants of flesh and blood in some corners that had not had time to be cleaned up.

He was very worried about the number of casualties on his side, and he lost nearly 2,000 men in just one day.

But there are 340,000 on the opposite side, if the method of wheel warfare is adopted, and the city is attacked day and night, I am afraid that the Tang army will be killed and wounded in a few days.

He voiced his fear, but everyone laughed,

"Your Highness doesn't know soldiers, no matter how determined he is to throw all his troops in, but the people who are really used to attack the city will not exceed 300,000."

"Oh?"

"First of all, he needs to leave some people behind to defend the camp and Tongguan to protect his back road, and these people can't move.

Secondly, the cavalry was the strongest combat force, so he was naturally reluctant to let them abandon their horses to fill this human flesh slaughterhouse, and although they captured Pujin Pass and cut off the main road in the pass. ”

Zhang Zhichen hung his injured arm and immediately added,

"Don't forget that Zheng Lao Linggong's Fengxiang soldiers, although they didn't come to help for some reason, they can at least drag tens of thousands of troops to maneuver, and they can really send out up to 250,000 people to attack the city."

Li Jie smiled bitterly,

Is 300,000 or 250,000 rare?

50,000 against 250,000, I can only pray that the theory of "defending ten and attacking one" can stand.

We need to hurry up and recruit troops in the city!

The Tang army was not full of Han Chinese, there were many blond-haired and blue-eyed foreign soldiers, and although it was recorded in the book, he still felt extremely funny when he saw a group of foreigners speaking authentic official dialect.

It suddenly occurred to him that he had asked an official of the Ministry of Rites to fool those Persian caravans and Tang envoys to assist in the defense for a few days, but he didn't know if it was successful.

"Well, I'll have to find a time to ask!"

……

This time the attack was clearly tentative.

The siege is a real attack, but the core is still to deter the Tang army.

Huang Chao still adheres to the goal of minimizing the consumption of his own troops to fight this battle.

In the past, he attacked the city and plundered the land, and after almost several times, the other party was either frightened to abandon the city or surrendered directly, almost invincible.

But after a few times, no one dared to guarantee that this person would not go crazy and throw all his troops into it, and then it would really be fate.

Taking advantage of the dim light of the fire in the city, Lang Zhong and the people who had been temporarily recruited were treating the wounded and cleaning up the battlefield, while replenishing various consumed supplies.

Li Jie took Lu Jiping, Zhang Zhifang, Pei Che and others in and out of various barracks to check the situation of the wounded soldiers.

Here, he saw the little son-in-law named Li Fugui.

He wounded an arm, but not seriously, and sat in a corner silently examining the knife in his hand.

Li Jie called his fire chief to inquire, and learned that the boy fought bravely and killed a rebel who had climbed the city wall with a stone, which had been recorded in the army's account books.

He didn't bother, and asked about the medicinal herbs again, and then he turned over on the black horse and headed all the way towards the Taiji Palace.

"I'm going to have to find a time to get in touch with that guy!"

These days, he didn't have time to tame the Qingyun Beast, and he had been fostered in the Wyvern Stable.

After Huang Chao retired from the army, Li Yi passed him into the palace in the evening, and if he didn't go, he was really afraid that this extremely curious emperor would run to the city wall, and if something happened, it would be a lot of fun.

Li Yi originally lived in Daming Palace, but it was close to the outside of the city, so for the sake of safety, he moved to the Wude Hall next to the Taiji Hall to live temporarily.

When Li Jie walked into the Wude Palace, he saw Li Yi and several eunuchs squatting on the blue bricks of the main hall, and in the middle was a model of Chang'an City.

Seeing him come in, he beckoned him to join the battle, he was still the city guard, Li Jie became a yellow nest, and the two of them attacked and defended.

Li Jie was a rookie, and he was killed in a short time and lost his armor, so he had to give up.

With frequent contact, he increasingly subverted the record of the emperor in the history books.

Playfulness is really playful, but it is also really smart, and there seems to be nothing he can't do.

When defending the city, there are degrees of advance and retreat, and there are often many wonderful ideas bursting out, although he doesn't know whether it is correct or not, it also makes him frightened.

Li Yi triumphantly sat on the steps of the main hall,

"Ajie, although I am playful, I am also an emperor anyway, these things are forced to be learned by the masters, I used to think it was boring, but today I found it quite fun!"

Then he added, "But you're really weak, why don't you become your lieutenant, privy envoy, and envoy to the six states, and you will be the emperor for me for a while?" ”

Li Jie "poofed", sat on the ground with a butt on his face, and teased,

"Your Majesty, don't be kidding, my brother doesn't want to be anything... Emperor, this profession is too tiring! If you have any dissatisfaction, my brother will resign immediately and go back to my Shouwang Mansion. ”

"Oh, what's the profession?"

"Well, it means duty and business, of course, for you, it is the duty to defend the country and strengthen the country, the younger brother just wants to be a ridiculous prince who eats and drinks without worrying, has nothing to do on the street to tease the people's daughters, and others dare to be angry and dare not speak."

"Look at you! But the fifth brother also thought so back then. ”

I don't know if Li Yi's words are true or false, but Li Jie must take it seriously, this kind of imperial power is a subject that every emperor must learn, and his own brothers have to guard against it, not to mention that he and Li Yi are just half-brothers.

Through this constant brainwashing education, it has become the instinct of almost every emperor,

He believed that Li Yi was just saying it casually, and he might not be defending himself.

"It's not fun, it's not fun, this imperial power trick has made even family affection gone, the fifth brother just used it to make a joke, and it scared you like this, hey!"

Li Yi swept away his previous pride, and looked at the painting building above the main hall with a lonely face.

"Ajie, the fifth brother, the emperor, was also put on the throne by Tian Lingzi's group of eunuchs! I didn't want to be it then!

How did our grandpa die? How did the previous five or six emperors sit on this dragon chair?

Everyone in the world knows it.

When you killed Tian Lingzi, I was full of fear, Tian Lingzi was indeed good to me, and I hated you a little at that time. But the fifth brother is not confused, he can carry it clearly! That's when I let go of all the power and put my hope in you, and now it seems that I am right! ”

Li Yi will call himself "I" for a while, and then he will be "Fifth Brother", and his heart will be extremely noisy when he thinks about it.

Li Jie didn't understand why he said this, so he could only listen quietly.

Li Yi paused for a moment, "Ajie, no matter whether this Chang'an can be defended or not, I don't plan to learn from Grandpa Xuanzong, at most, I will die?" Your sentence is very right, the Son of Heaven guards the city gate, and the king dies! "

After speaking, he set his eyes on the model of Chang'an City, obviously not having much confidence in defending the city.

"Your Majesty is because the envoy of Fengxiang Festival did not send reinforcements on time..."

Li Jie was a little confused, so he could only knock on the side.

Li Yi sighed,

"For more than 100 years, the royal family has been weak, and the local moderation has made the yang and the yin violated, and the voice has not been effective.

As a result, the northeast was beaten to the city by Huangchao like no one, but no one came to the rescue on the northwest and southwest state roads.

It was good that Shu was made by Gao Yu two years ago, but now in the hands of Chen Jingxuan, will this person resent us for killing his brother, not to mention, Shu Road is difficult, it will take more than two months to come and go, plus the soldiers and horses there can't move, it is to guard against Tubo and Nanzhao!"

"Fifth brother, don't be too pessimistic, the younger brother thinks that Fengxiang and other places..."

Li Huan interrupted him with a wave of his hand, staring at Li Jie without blinking,

"The fifth brother didn't call you here to complain, but to let you know that once the city is broken, you don't care about me and go to Taiyuan!"