Zhenguan Crown Prince Li Chengqian

Chapter 73 The Battle of Minzhou (7)

The north wind was like a knife, and the cold air was obstructed. Li Chengqian and the others survived another day.

Li Chengqian stood at the top of the Tiemen Pass, with one hip on his hips and one hand stroking the cold bricks, looking up at the direction of Minzhou and muttering: "Aren't you there yet?"

A group of soldiers ran past, carrying the chopped wood after the demolition of the house.Black smoke billowed from the top of the city, and the soldiers set up many marching pots and stoves, boiling ice cubes as hard as iron mountains in the pots.

"Your Highness, this is the last batch of firewood. Now all the houses in the pass that can be demolished have been demolished." Cheng Chumo stepped forward and said.

"Yes, I got it." Li Chengqian replied, and after days of fighting, Li Chengqian's handsome face was covered with blood and mud, making it look like a burnt pot helmet.

After a gust of wind, black smoke and sparks flew in the air at the critical moment, and the broken battle flags also made hunting sounds.

"It's the eighth day, it's coming to an end." Li Chengqian took a deep breath and exhaled heavily, with a relieved smile showing on the corner of his mouth.

He said to himself, "Father, the sons and ministers are incompetent, and I guess they can only guard until today. The iron gate has been closed for a long time, and now there are only five hundred soldiers left, most of them are wounded.

The arrow clusters, beating wood and thunder stones have long been used up, and now the only way to defend the city is to demolish houses, boil ice, and pour boiling water on the enemy, but it won't last long.

Tuyuhun's tens of thousands of troops attacked the city more than eight times a day in turn, day and night... Once the house was demolished, the ministers had no choice but to fight the switch and die for the country! "

"Your Highness! The Tuyuhun people are attacking!"

"Bah! These animals can't rest for a while, so I don't even have time to piss!"

Li Chengqian's heart skipped a beat, and when he raised his eyes, he saw a large number of soldiers and horses rushing towards him like a black torrent.

"All generals obey orders!"

Li Chengqian shouted and drew his sword out of its sheath—"Get ready to meet the enemy!"

Day after day of uninterrupted defense of the city, the generals and soldiers of the Tang army are now used to fighting at any time.Knowing that today is not going to make it through, they all tacitly made up their minds to die and prepared to make a final fight.

Even if you can't kill the enemy, you can die for the country with your comrades who depend on life and death. You are not lonely on the road to Huangquan, right!

The enemy army rolled in and covered the sky and covered the earth, more troops than any previous siege battle.Apparently, they also expected that the iron gate was exhausted and only needed one blow to break it.

Facing the turbulent enemy army, the generals and soldiers of the Tang army at the head of the city were quite calm. Everyone stood still with solemn expressions.

Li Chengqian saw the fortitude and determination written on the faces of the soldiers.

"Your Highness, let's fight the city!" Someone suddenly shouted.

"Please Your Highness, let's fight in Kaesong!" Qin Huaiyu, Cheng Chumo and other soldiers bowed on one knee and shouted in unison.

Li Chengqian wiped away the ashes on his face, which made his face even more ferocious.

Pointing his sword at the sky, he shouted in a hoarse voice: "Today, I, Li Chengqian, and my five hundred brothers, splashed blood on the iron gate, sacrificed ourselves to the Tang Dynasty, and killed the enemy to serve the country!"

"Martyrdom to the Tang Dynasty, killing the enemy to serve the country", more than 500 people's mournful and tragic roar resounded through the sky.

"Switch, meet the enemy—"

With a loud roar from Li Chengqian, Heng Lian stepped forward with several soldiers, lifted the thick latch, and pulled open the huge iron door with difficulty.

"quack……"

The iron gate Guandong Gate, which the Tuyuhun people could not break open for a long time, slowly opened amidst a dull sound and falling dust.

At the same time, the Tang army also opened the west gate leading to Taozhou. In an instant, this dangerous pass that caused countless deaths and injuries to Tuyuhun people became a thoroughfare, and the cold wind passed through the two city gates.

Tuyuhun, who was attacking the city, was stunned for a while and stepped back. Are these Tang troops going to surrender?

No, if they were going to surrender, they would have surrendered a long time ago. Didn't they say that their coach is the prince of Datang?Could it be that the prince couldn't stand it anymore.

Li Chengqian stood under the city gate, holding his spear horizontally and shouting sharply: "Brothers, let's fight to the death!"

"Fight to the death - kill!"

Five hundred remnants rushed out together with Li Chengqian, plunged into the enemy group...

Under the banner of King Tuyuhun in the army formation in the distance, King Zun and his deputy Genie saw this scene with their own eyes. After looking at each other, they both let out a sigh of relief and laughed loudly.

"It's down! Haha, it's finally down!"

"Pass down the order to capture this little prince alive. I want to use him to make Qin Shubao retreat from the army."

"It is said that Tang Emperor Li Shimin loves this eldest son very much. The eldest son can tie him before the horse and beat him to Chang'an."

"Haha, you are right, once the iron gate is broken, the road between Taomin and Minzhou will be smooth! The two of us finally made a great contribution!

When the little prince is captured alive, he will coerce him into counterattacking Minzhou, and I will peel that Qin Shubao alive! "

"Yeah, it's really not easy, I finally got it down, so I've always wondered why the food and grass didn't arrive this time?
It turned out that the problem was here. Fortunately, we broke through in time, and later we were able to turn around and enter the interior of Minzhou to snatch food and grass.Otherwise, we will also run out of food! "

At the gate of the iron gate, the broken battle flags of the Tang army were cut down one by one, and replaced with the flags of the Tuyuhun people.

The inability to attack for a long time made the Tuyuhun people from Taozhou smolder too much hatred in their hearts. At this time, seeing the marching cauldrons boiling water at the top of the city, the soldiers of Tuyuhun were even more angry.

They pulled the burning logs out of the stove and threw them one by one on the watchtower closed by the iron gate. It didn't take long for the iron gate to be closed and smoke billowed into the air.

At this moment, a large number of cavalry suddenly appeared on the east side of Tiemen Pass, leading a handsome flag with the word "Qin" written on it!

Qin Shubao jumped on his horse and galloped forward with his gun held out. When he saw the smoke and flames covering the iron gate from a distance, he was even more shocked and angry. He pointed his gun and shouted loudly—"The whole army assaults!"

"Kill ah-"

[-] cavalry came like thunder rolling through the sky!

Above the Tiementou city, the sharp-eyed Tuyuhun soldiers saw the troops led by Qin Shubao from a distance, and immediately exclaimed loudly, someone hurriedly blew the horn to call the police, and went down to the city gate to close the gate.

Li Chengqian, who was fighting in the formation, suddenly saw the warning horn blowing from the top of Tiemenguan, and faintly heard deafening horseshoes and shouts of killing from the east of Tiemenguan. He was pleasantly surprised: "Could it be that the teacher has arrived?"

And Zun Wang, who thought he was sure of winning, was also taken aback and said: "Why did you suddenly sound the horn to warn, is Qin Shubao chasing you?"

"It really is! Look - the flag is waving above the Tiemenguan city, it must be Qin Shubao who has come after him."

King Zun immediately ordered: "Blow the horn immediately - the whole army assaults! Destroy the remnants of Li Chengqian as soon as possible, and face the reinforcements of the Tang Dynasty!"

(End of this chapter)