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Chapter 529 Exploring Tongguan (Second update, please subscribe)

Luoyang City Tower, the defenders are standing by.

Facing the anti-king coalition forces, the entire Luoyang city seemed a little depressed.

Li Shimin didn't dare to take it lightly. Once the siege started, the huge city of Luoyang would become a huge meat grinding ground, causing countless casualties, which no one could predict.

The difference from Sishuiguan is that although Luoyang City is tall and stable, it has four walls and no geographical basis. The defensive area has also become four sides, which should not be underestimated.

Fortunately, Luo Cheng didn't attack the city with all his strength at this moment, but gathered a large number of troops in one place. Is this a tentative attack?
But soon, Li Shimin realized that he had guessed wrong.

The reason why Luo Cheng mobilized the army to a city wall was not for the purpose of testing, but because he wanted to destroy the city in one fell swoop!

Countless troops were ready to go, and Luo Cheng gave an order:
"Siege!"

The densely packed army rushed towards the Luoyang city tower like a tide.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The army shouted and killed, and they kept charging forward.

The ladder siege vehicle was already ready, and the moment it received the order, it rushed out immediately.

The ladder was erected on the city wall, and the soldiers used their flesh and blood to attack upwards to meet the sharp arrows and rolling logs and boulders, in order to win a lifetime of wealth and honor with their lives.

For ordinary soldiers, they are from ordinary backgrounds, they are not from aristocratic families, and they have no other skills. All they can rely on is their own life, and they can only fight with it.

The soldiers charged forward, and the defenders tried their best to defend. Now they are with Li Shimin, once the army is defeated, no one will benefit.

Seeing the enemy charging with all their strength, Li Shimin's face changed suddenly. Luo Cheng's determination was much stronger than he imagined.

He didn't spare any effort, the first wave of attack was so crazy, could it be that he was going to put all his focus on Luoyang City? If so, it wouldn't be a bad thing.

At the very least, Tongguan and Daxing City are protected from being invaded by the enemy.

Moreover, Luoyang's city defenses are strong and not so easy to break through.

Although it is a bit stressful to be hammered by Luo Cheng like this, but in general, it is still within the bearable range.

The battle was still going on, both the attacker and the defender suffered a lot of casualties, and it lasted until the evening, when Luo Cheng called for gold to withdraw his troops.

Under the city wall of Luoyang, corpses were left one after another, and the blood spattered on the city wall, which was hideous and terrifying.

With the end of the first wave of siege, Luo Cheng returned to the camp.

Because Luoyang's city defenses were really strong, Luo Cheng did not win.

At this time, Luo Cheng hadn't spoken yet, but the anti-kings from all walks of life had already begun to waver.

Although they don't value the lives of soldiers, these large armies are not picked up. If they continue to wear down like this, they will probably lose them all in the end. This is not what they want to see.

Therefore, when Luo Cheng convened various anti-king discussions, some people hesitated and said: "The leader is too reckless to attack Luoyang City like this, and the loss must be huge. Please think twice before acting."

Luo Cheng smiled when he heard the words, looked at the anti-king, but did not get angry because of it, and said: "King Zhishi doesn't need to worry, since the lord of the alliance has issued an order, he naturally has plans."

"At most half a month, the leader of the alliance will give you an answer. If there is still no result by then, the leader of the alliance will give you an explanation." Luo Cheng said solemnly.

What Luo Cheng said was sonorous and powerful, and the anti-kings heard it, and naturally they couldn't object.

Since Luo Cheng promised, it shouldn't be a big problem.The anti-kings were also surprised, what kind of preparation did Luo Cheng make to be able to reply to everyone so confidently.

After the anti-kings left, Luo Cheng looked at Xu Maogong who was left behind, smiled and said: "It has been more than ten days since Sishuiguan arrived in Luoyang, and the Xiaolong army should have arrived at Tongguan."

"If you wait for the opportunity, it will only take a few days. It will not take long before there will be good news. It depends on whether the Tongguan defenders can prevent the surprise attack of the Xiaolong army."

Luo Cheng was full of confidence, and Xu Maogong also smiled and said: "Most of Li Yuan's soldiers and horses don't know that the prince's Xiaolong army is strong. Such a surprise victory must have unexpected effects."

……

Coming out of Sishui Pass, two generals, Yao Ping and Lou Jicheng, led the Xiaolong army and went straight to Tongguan.

As the last line of defense of Daxing City, the importance of Tongguan is beyond doubt.

Therefore, the second general Yao Ping did not get too close to Tongguan, but temporarily stationed troops dozens of miles away from Tongguan, and sent scouts to investigate the news.

As Li Shimin said, after Li Jing made a point, Li Yuan directly dispatched heavy troops to garrison Tongguan to guard against enemy raids and break through Tongguan to attack Daxing City.

Now Tongguan is very well defended, with a large army of 15. Relying on the favorable location, it is enough to confront hundreds of thousands of enemy troops without breaking through. With Luoyang as the corner, it seems invincible.

It's just that they didn't expect that Luo Cheng didn't send a large army to attack, but sent Xiaolong army to attack Tongguan in a way they didn't expect.

"The enemy is firmly guarding Tongguan. If we want to break through, we can only follow the words of the prince and use our claws to climb and surprise. I am afraid that the enemy will never think that we will use such a method to attack!" Lou Jicheng said with a sneer.

Yao Ping was much calmer, nodded slightly and said: "Now the enemy doesn't know where our army is. As long as we wait in ambush well, breaking Tongguan is not a big problem."

"But before tackling the key, we must send people to investigate the situation, so as to avoid accidents and being discovered by the enemy. If Tongguan cannot be taken, we will not be able to explain to the prince." Yao Ping reminded.

For them, their honor and disgrace are no longer important, and the task assigned by Luo is the first.

As long as Tongguan can be breached, nothing else is a big problem.

Lou Jicheng nodded and said: "Don't worry, I will take someone to investigate tonight. If there are no other accidents, I will take the opportunity to make a surprise attack and not give the enemy a chance to breathe."

……

Tossed and turned into the night.

Lou Jicheng led the scouts quietly under Tongguan, carefully observing the surrounding situation.

The defenders on the tower were very vigilant and changed shifts according to the prescribed time.

On the closed wall, there are soldiers patrolling back and forth, and the guards are tight, and no one else can take advantage of it.

But this is not foolproof, at least under Lou Jicheng's careful observation, they have discovered the regularity of the defenders changing shifts.

As long as they can seize this gap, they can climb up the Guanlou and kill with daggers without leaving any traces.

After finding out this situation, Lou Jicheng didn't delay any longer, and hurriedly led his people back.

But what will come next is not just a few of them, but the entire Xiaolong army.

Everyone in the world knows that the Xiaolong army is powerful in field battles, but they don't know that the Xiaolong army is equally powerful in climbing and attacking at night, and it is even more difficult to guard against. This is the case with the Tongguan garrison.

Although their defense was tight, they never expected that the Xiaolong army would appear in such a way.

(End of this chapter)