Original Fang Xuanling has not followed Li Shimin for too long, but he knows this young coach more than anyone else. Fang Xuanling can understand the helplessness and worries in his heart. He knows that Li Shimin is unwilling to fight on both sides and wants to give up Hedong.

, but Li Yuan refused. This is actually a kind of pain for the general. He knew that he could not do anything and was forced to make it 5 original first release]

"You have to consider this from the perspective of your father. Don't he know the difficulty of fighting on both sides? He also knows, but he wants to plan the overall situation. His eyes are the world. If he loses the barrier of Hedong, he will be in a way that will prevent the enemy from hiding the barrier.

Long is in a threat, especially a powerful hero like Yang Yuanqing. Hedong is the place where your father started and the foundation of the emperor. It is like your father's child, and he will never give up anyway."

Li Shimin sighed, "I know he can't bear to leave, but we paid too much for this unwillingness. My uncle was killed and 20,000 soldiers were lost. I guess the 50,000 troops in Taiyuan are finished, and the seven in my hands are also over.

Ten thousand troops, how much can I save in the end? We can’t ruin our dream of the world for the sake of being reluctant to give up."

"But if you don't fight in a fight, you don't have the attitude of rescuing your brothers at all. How could you explain to your father?" Fang Xuanling pointed to the fundamental point.

Li Shimin looked at the sky outside the tent, and slowly stood up and gave an order: "Tell me my order, and order Yuchi Gong to be the chief general and lead 20,000 troops to attack Huoyi County."

‘Dong!Dong!Dong!’ The sound of war drums sounded and the horns were sobbing. Twenty thousand Tang troops carried dozens of siege ladders to fight towards Huoyicheng.

Huoyi City is three meters tall and made of huge rocks. The front of the wall is very smooth and the large stones are densely built. There is no joint to be found to climb. The top of the high wall is convex, like a cliff formed by waves. The city wall is

It is very wide and can carry three carriages side by side.

Five thousand Sui troops in Fengzhou were deployed on the two-mile-long city wall, and they made sufficient preparations. Not only were there hundreds of thousands of arrows, but there were also thousands of barrels of turbulent oil, and three hundred bed crossbows.

The three-foot-long arrow can be used hundreds of steps away, and only three soldiers can be used to rush.

The east city of Huoyi County is close to the cliff and has no way to stand. A hundred steps away from the west city is the surging Fen River, with rocky rocks under the city. It is impossible to organize the siege. There are only open areas on the south and north.

Cui Pojun knew very well that the enemy could not come from the north, and only more than 300 jingling soldiers were deployed on the wall of his north city, and the remaining 5,000 were defending the south city. Huoyi County itself did not have a moat, but in order to protect the city

The gate was just a few days ago. The Sui army dug a dry ditch two meters wide and one meter deep in front of the city wall. It was covered with sharp gun piercings and pulled up a high suspension bridge.

"Prepare the bed crossbow!"

Cui Pojun saw that the enemy's vanguard had rushed to 500 steps away, so he issued an order. Three hundred crossbows were twisted at the same time, and a large arrow that was as thick as a thumb, and three feet long was quickly put into the arrow groove.

The archer held a hanging knife in his hand and waited for the command to strike.

The crossbow was not placed on the battlements, but built three hundred six-foot-high city platforms at the back end of the city wall. This was actually a reserved platform for placing a trench, but the trench was not too late to transport it from Fengzhou.

Here, it was used to place three hundred crossbows. The crossbows were seven feet long and four feet wide. The huge bow arms were eight feet long and must be wound with a pair of winches. Two soldiers were responsible for twisting the strings, and one soldier was responsible for firing the arrows.

Hefa She, this kind of bed crossbow has been improved by the Fengzhou Military Weapons Bureau, and can produce three large military arrows at the same time, which is a powerful weapon to defend the city.

Cui Pojun stared at the enemy troops rushing to the sky. The dense siege soldiers were covered with the sky, like a huge black carpet in the wilderness.

At this time, the enemy had rushed to 300 steps away and had entered the effective killing process of the crossbow. Cui Pojun shouted loudly, "Send she!"

The drums sounded loudly on the top of the city, and three hundred crossbows fired at the same time. Nearly a thousand large arrows went towards the enemy with a strong penetration power. The powerful penetration of the soldiers and arrows penetrated the shields and armor, and the blood mist was blowing, screaming bitterly.

The sound was heard, and nearly a thousand people fell to the ground, and many arrows even penetrated two people.

When the Tang army rushed to two hundred steps in the siege, the second round of the crossbow was fired again, and the big arrows entered the dense crowd, and the soldiers wailed.

When Yuchi Gong saw two rounds of arrows at the city wall, more than 1,500 people were killed. His eyes turned red and he waved his sword and shouted: "Mr. Qin has an order. Those who rushed to the city wall will be promoted to the next level, and they will be rewarded with a thousand yuan!"

Ten thousand Tang troops finally rushed to the city wall, and the bow and arrow battle suddenly broke out. The dense arrows on the city were covered with huge nets of arrows, covering the sky. Soldiers in the city kept getting caught in arrows and screaming and falling down.

At the top of the city, there are many dead bodies under the city.

The siege ladders were put on the top of the city, and groups of soldiers climbed and attacked the top of the city. The arrows on both sides were like raining, and the enemy was on the ladder from both sides, but the siege ladder was six feet wide, and three people climbed the city at the same time.

The people on both sides used shields to guard the flanks, and one of them in the middle also used a shield to hold them in front. The big rock was smashed down. The people in front rolled and fell to the top of the city, and the people behind rushed up immediately.

Seeing that the enemy was tenacious in siege, Cui Pojun refused to retreat, so he ordered: "Burn the ladder with turbulent oil!"

The order was issued, and a bucket of turbulent oil poured head-on, the fire burned on the siege, and the tongue of flames spread down the siege stairs, and the soldiers on the stairs were also burning, screaming loudly in horror, and heading down the city regardless of everything

Jumped away, many people fell directly into the dry ditch and were pierced by the sharp spearhead

On a mound in the distance, Li Shimin and dozens of generals were watching the battle. Looking at the city wall and the sea of ​​fire under the city, the generals' eyes were filled with shock. They were all the first time they had witnessed the fire of Fengzhou Army.

war.

Li Shimin was speechless, but he felt extremely regretful. These were all his jing-sharp army, but in order to give his father an explanation to die, so what if he captured Huoyi County? Is he really going to counterattack Taiyuan? He finally sighed.

, ordered: "Send the order to withdraw the troops!"

‘Dang!Dang!Dang!’

The bell to withdraw the troops rang, and more than 16,000 remaining soldiers retreated like water. Yuchi Gong looked ashamed and stepped forward and knelt down on one knee to apologize. "I am humble in my position and lose my soldiers and generals, and I cannot capture the city. Please punish the general!"

Li Shimin shook his head, "It's not your fault, withdraw his troops and return to the camp!"

The army withdrew from the camp, and in just two hours of siege, more than 4,000 people were killed or injured. This loss made Li Shimin depressed. As soon as he arrived at the central army tent, personal soldiers came to report, "Report to the general, Hedong County is urgent and fast."

letter!"

Li Shimin was excited and turned around and asked anxiously: "Where is the faith?"

A personal soldier sent a quick letter. Li Shimin opened the quick letter and hurriedly read it. He couldn't help but be shocked and angry. His brother Yuan Ji had already fled to Hedong County on the west side. Taiyuan City had three days ago

What made him even more furious was that Yuan Ji didn't send anyone to tell him that he was still here to attack Huoyi County and go to Taiyuan to save him.

Li Shimin pondered for a moment and made a resolute decision, "Transfer my order and the army will withdraw back to Linfen County."

Just as Li Shimin led his army to retreat south to Linfen County, the Fengzhou army also made strategic arrangements. Yang Yuanqing appointed Xu Shiji as the governor of the left army, Luo Shixin as the deputy general, and led an army of 30,000 to seize Longquan County. He also appointed Li Jing as the governor of the right army, Su Dingfang was the deputy general and also led an army of 30,000 to capture Shangdang County;

Yang Yuanqing personally led 30,000 jing troops south to Huoyi County and confronted Li Shimin's army head-on. At the same time, he ordered Pei Xingyan to lead 10,000 cavalry back to the pass and recapture Yan'an County.

In Taiyuan City, 30,000 soldiers had already assembled, waiting for the order to set off. Just as the commander Yang Yuanqing was about to set off, the headmaster of the Fengzhou General Administration Du Ruhui rushed from Fengzhou to Taiyuan City.

"I didn't expect that I would come so soon!" Du Ruhui laughed, following Hu Cao Sen's Military Wei Zheng.

Yang Yuanqing punched him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I just sent someone to Fengzhou to announce the good news yesterday. You came today. I thought you were flying over with wings. Why are you doing so in a hurry?"

Du Ruhui smiled, "You have made great contributions and made money in war, but you left me in Fengzhou. I won't suffer this loss. If you have any oil and water, you have to share it evenly. If you don't come, you may not even have any soup left."

Everyone laughed, and Yang Yuanqing also found that Du Ruhui gradually became cheerful and humorous, no longer as taciturn as before, which was a good change.

Yang Yuanqing blinked and smiled, "Since I want to divide the oil and water, I will take you to the warehouse to see what you can divide?"

He said to Wei Zheng again: "Wei joined the army just in time. It is your responsibility to take care of the money of the housekeeper in the future. Let's go together!"

Yang Yuanqing also temporarily delayed his departure and took Du Ruhui and others to Taiyuan City Cangcheng.

Taiyuan City is like Yulin City, a special construction of a Cangcheng. Cangcheng is located in Taiyuan City, located in the northeast corner of the city, covering an area of ​​hundreds of acres, with a large warehouse, and a water gate, an artificial trough channel leading to Fen. In the river, all the supplies are transported by ship.

Most of the materials piled up in Cangcheng were transferred from Jinyang Palace. At that time, Liu Wuzhou's 150,000 troops attacked Taiyuan, and Li Yuan urgently ordered Li Yuanji to transfer all the materials in Jinyang Palace into Taiyuan City.

At this time, Cangcheng was stationed by three thousand troops and was heavily guarded. On the way, Yang Yuanqing briefly introduced the situation of attacking Taiyuan City to Du Ruhui. The group walked into Cangcheng, and everyone's attention changed from attacking Taiyuan City to warehouse supplies.

At this time, Du Ruhui suddenly remembered something, took out a letter from the horse bag and handed it to Yang Yuanqing, and said apologetically: "I have forgotten it, this is the letter of family that Mrs. Pei asked me to bring to you."

Yang Yuanqing took it and looked at it. It was his wife's letter to him. He was not in a hurry to read it. He put it in his arms. Du Ruhui bowed and smiled and said, "I want to congratulate you."

Yang Yuanqing knew that he was referring to the fact that his second wife Chuchen gave birth to a son. He had known this for a long time. Shortly after his Eastern Expedition, Chuchen gave birth to a son, which was his third son. Not only that, not long ago, my concubine Lucha gave birth to a daughter, named Yang Xin. So far, he already had three sons and three daughters and had a big family.

"Let's take a look at the warehouse first. Do you know how many soldiers Li Yuan left us? He will definitely give you a surprise!"
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