"Who is the guard of Western Qin now?" asked Li Xiao.

"The second daughter of Captain Langya, Qin Shuang. This woman is even more powerful than Qin Langya herself, all my previous arrangements in Tianfeng Pass were noticed by this woman, and she used it in turn, directly causing my troops to lose more than 150,000. Li Ye can be said to have gritted his teeth at Qin Shuang.

"The best way now is to defend, Langya Duwei himself is good at defensive operations, and the other is that the Iron Army of Western Qin itself is also good at defense, if we force an attack, it is very likely that we will suffer greater losses. Li Xiao observed Li Ye's face and said, "However, if it's just Shoucheng, presumably you don't want to be the sixth brother." ”

Li Ye's face was extremely embarrassed, indeed, if it was just Shoucheng, he was quite unwilling.

Just thinking about it for a while, Li Ye said, "Fourth brother, I won't hide it from you, I want that position." ”

After all, Li Xiao has now been deprived of the position of prince, and it doesn't matter if he says some things, after all, it is impossible for him to compete for this throne anymore.

"Aren't you afraid that I'll tell my eldest brother backhanded? You know, he also told me about keeping his position. Li Xiao said with a smile.

In fact, from the moment he was deprived of the position of prince, countless brothers came to him to talk about the alliance. Of course, it is not because these brothers value the matter of alliance and are ready to help him when he is in trouble, but because they value the military power in his hands.

"I don't need to be afraid, do I? Fourth brother, you should know, in this case, there is no fighting, only death. Li Ye shrugged his shoulders, "I'm different from other brothers, there is only one way to die." So, in order to keep myself alive, the only way to do this is to let my eldest brother die. ”

Li Xiao nodded, if there is anyone in this world who would be the enemy of Li Ye, then it is the crown prince. No, it should be that the royal families of all countries want to hunt down Ziwei's life, if Li Ye can still be safer in Nantang, if he runs to other places, there is definitely only a dead end.

But now there is a bit of a headache, this battle, the onslaught is useless. It's not that it's useless, but the losses are too great, too big for the Southern Tang army to bear.

"Let's talk about it, I heard that you have done a lot of arrangements in Tianfeng City, but unfortunately, they have been broken by others. Li Xiao said with a smile.

This younger brother of his is a person who is very deep in the city, he saw this at the beginning, even when he was helping him stabilize the defense line of the Southern Tang Dynasty, his younger brother still thought about counterattacking, but the only thing he didn't expect was that his younger brother would leave the arrangement when the army was defeated.

"It's not a kind of arrangement, it's just that Tianfeng Pass has dug more than a hundred tunnels leading to the outside of the city, but all these tunnels have been used by Qin Qin, and all the elite troops I sent into the city to create a riot have been killed by Qin Shuang. Li Ye shook his head.

"You should send a small force to test the waters now, not to let them move, just to let them observe the situation inside the city. Li Xiao shook his head, his younger brother was still a little too tender. Although the layout is long-term, it is still too impatient.

"But you won't just prepare this backhand, you must know that the advantage of the tunnel battle can only be used once, if Xi Qin really follows what you said, if he is defeated in Tianfeng Pass, then next time, he will definitely stare at your tunnel. Li Xiao moved his finger to Tiannan Pass, "What do you want to do with this city?"

"I'm doing it, using a giant cannon to scrap all the walls of Tiannan Pass. This is what I wanted to do, but the imitation cannon barrel I originally ordered from the Nansi people was intercepted by the Western Qin people, and it became a credit to the Western Qin Xuanniao Guard. Li Ye was also a little helpless, "Although the new technology has been transmitted back through the flying pigeon, there is no finished barrel, and I am also suffering a heavy loss now." ”

"Bought from the Western Song Dynasty?" Li Xiao is also familiar with things in the army, and knows where to get the materials when the Tang Gate is blockading the materials.

"Yes, it's just that those soldiers in the Western Song Dynasty seem to have guessed that I am in dire need of these heavy artillery, so the price is extremely expensive. ”

Li Ye also had a headache about this matter, although he said that he had accumulated an extremely large amount of wealth in his hands, which was enough to support him to finish this war. But his goal from the beginning was not the so-called war, but after the war was won, he would have greater prestige to take that position, so he still needed financial resources to pave the way after that.

"I know, leave these things to me, since you have already obtained the attitude of your father, then in the future, the use of cannons will not continue to embarrass you. Li Xiao said, "By the way, next, you should go and meet some people." ”

"Who?" Although I don't know who Li Xiao wants to let him meet, but since Li Xiao specially proposed it, it is obvious that this person's identity should be extremely important.

"The second son of the prime minister, Li Bo, the second son of General Zhengyuan, Bai Ying, the third son, Bai Lang, and the fourth son Bai Changsheng. The second son of the lord of the city, the more he was born. Li Xiao said, "In addition, there are the second sons and third sons of the nobles in the court, in short, some guys who have obtained non-hereditary titles." ”

Li Ye's eyelids jumped, "I said second brother, you're not joking with me, from our grandfather's generation, they have already begun to cut the fiefdom, and now they are actually going to ...... How is this possible?"

"Are you the crown prince, or is the eldest brother the prince?" Li Xiao smiled, "This matter, it should be the eldest brother's headache, even if you have a headache in the future, you can also leave this problem to the younger generations to solve." ”

Li Ye gasped, "You mean, these ministers and nobles will support me, and I really need this support?"

"That's it, otherwise you have no power, you have no power, and your mother is not a noble family, how can you compete with your eldest brother. Li Xiao shrugged his shoulders, "It's not your turn to worry about the matter of cutting the fiefdom." It has been four dynasties to reduce the fiefdom, and the fiefdoms that should be recovered have almost all been waved, and it doesn't matter if they are sent out next. ”

Li Ye nodded, he knew very well that what his fourth brother said was correct, but when he thought of the next situation to face, he couldn't help frowning, you must know that what he had to face was some old foxes who had been in the court for many years.

Li Xiao patted Li Ye on the shoulder, "You are my younger brother." ”

Although Li Xiao didn't say anything else, he had already expressed his attitude, and he supported Li Ye.

Li Ye took a deep breath, Li Ye had already received Li Xiao's support, this was not a simple support, but the support of most of the military, and these supports could be said to have filled his forces in an instant.

Although he kept driving nails in the army before, he had little effect, and some high-level positions could not be touched by his own forces at all. These places have been eaten by the other princes.

Other positions, including civil officials, and Ouchi's forces were eaten by other forces. Even if Li Ye used the silver bullet offensive, it had little effect.

The reason is simple, these civilian and military generals are not asking for money, unless they are those who are about to retire. Otherwise, when the new king succeeds to the throne, then what they face is the shuffle and be washed away.

At this time, Li Ye remembered something

"By the way, fourth brother, the most important thing now is to knock down Tiannan Pass first, what method do you think is better. Li Ye scratched his head.

To be honest, he is definitely a hedgehog in Tiannanguan, and he has nowhere to put his mouth at all.

"Do you think I'm a god? This siege war, unless it was the kind of tunnel arrangement you had before, it was impossible to win the war. Li Xiao said, "Now, all you have to do is to continue, I also brought a battering ram, a ladder, and a siege cannon this time." ”

Li Ye breathed a sigh of relief, this kind of strong attack, if there is no support from the rear, then it will be quite difficult. But now with the support of the entire Southern Tang, it will be quite easy for him to take the next steps.

It was at this time that Qin Shuang also got the news.

"What the hell is going on?" Wang Meng looked at the large number of Southern Tang troops in front of him, and a trace of surprise flashed on his face. Because he saw that there were elite troops of the Southern Tang Dynasty in the other party's team.

"Those people are the Modao Battalion and the forbidden army of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and those soldiers who are very close to the city wall should be the reinforcements sent by the current Tang King. Qin Shuang had already received information when these people had just left Luoyang, and the moment she saw these people, she knew who they were.

"This is impossible! You must know that Li Ye is not favored in the royal family. Wang Meng obviously knew the situation in the Southern Tang Dynasty very well.

"Of course I know about it. Qin Shuang nodded.

"Then why does he want to give his most unfavored son?" Although the word reinforcement was not spoken, it was already self-evident, after all, what was now in front of Xi Qin was all the elite troops of the Southern Tang Dynasty. The strength of these troops is so strong that Wang Meng has already begun to suspect that here, that is, the defense line of Western Qin, cannot be defended.

"You don't have to worry about these problems, someone will help us solve them. Qin Shuang said. In fact, this news was provided to him by Xuan Bird Wei, with his own understanding of Xue Tianhan, this deputy capital commander would not sit idly by and watch the iron hooves of the Southern Tang Dynasty set foot on the land of Western Qin, but he chose to turn a blind eye.

"Who do we have to help?" Wang Meng was extremely puzzled.

"Wang Hunt, this guy has returned to Western Qin after passing through the port of the Western Song Dynasty from the Southern Tang Dynasty, and he has raised 100,000 troops near Xianyang, and he is already on his way over. Qin Shuang said.

It's just that the 100,000 army is really a drop in the bucket for the current war between the Southern Tang Dynasty and the Western Qin, and these 100,000 troops, don't think about it, most of them are second-line armies like the defending army, like the first-line army, similar to the Iron Army, any Shangguan will hold it in his hands, let alone send it to the front line to die.

Wang Meng also sighed, although 100,000 is a bit less, but he understands that this is the limit of Wang Hunt's troops, if it exceeds the number of 100,000, then it is very likely that he will not even be able to lead the troops, and the commander will be in a mess halfway.

It was at this time that the soldiers of Western Qin saw that the soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty actually moved out of the cloud ladder.

"Have they given up?, are they going to attack the city?" Wang Meng's eyes flashed with incredulity.

"Prepare the cavalry, I suspect it's just an illusion. "Of course Qin Shuang can't say that this is fake.

First, she learned from the spies in her hands that the reinforcements of Nantang this time contained a large number of siege cannons and spirit stones. But she can't say this kind of information, the reason is very simple, because the Western Qin army is full of people, maybe the spies of the Southern Tang Dynasty will hear it, and her own spies will be in danger.

Second, the current strength of the Southern Tang Dynasty is not enough for them to use such a wasteful method as the ant annex siege.

Ant-attached siege has always been a useful method, or a stupid method, perhaps filled with human lives, after all, it is more appropriate for the name of this method of warfare.

The first wave of arrows rained down, and then a wail began to ring out throughout the team.

Then, there was a second wave of arrow rain, but this wave of arrow rain did not bring great damage to the advancing Southern Tang people as expected, but was directly blocked by the Modao battalion of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

To be precise, it was the Hu Cong troops of the Modao Battalion, and those Hu Cong troops directly raised a tower shield, and then a pure white True Qi appeared from above the tower shield, directly forming a wall of True Qi. Very few arrows can penetrate directly, and even if they do, the damage they do is extremely limited.

Seeing such a scene, Qin Shuang also had a little headache. After all, the tactic of attacking the city attached by ants cannot be consumed by the Southern Tang Dynasty, and it cannot be supported by its own side, and the reason is quite simple, the Western Qin Iron Army has no backup troops, or the backup army is far away.

Although it is true that the Western Qin army has organized a decent counteroffensive now, it is only decent. In fact, this is completely Captain Langya's private army, and there was no problem before, but now the problem is big.

After all, it was only Li Ye's troops and Langya's troops that collided before, and there were private armies on both sides, and even Langya's army was still above Li Ye's troops, both in terms of number and location. As a result, there is no need to talk about this battle at all, the result is obvious, although Li Ye won, he also lost.

At least, the whole situation is lost, after all, he no longer has any reserve forces for him to fight, but Langya Duwei is different, his main force is under the command of Qin Shuang, there is not much loss at all, and even the elite troops have not participated in the battle.