Man Tanghong

Li Lu agreed with a grin, and left in front of the city gate.

Not long after, the shouts of the soldiers sounded from the top of the city.

The content of the call is what Li Shimin said just now.

In the process of shouting, the sound of bows and crossbows outside the city dropped significantly, and it didn't take long for Li Lu to rush to the gate of the city to report, "Your Highness, they are in chaos!"

Hearing this, Li Shimin snorted disdainfully and said, "Sure enough, they are a group of mobs, vulnerable to a single blow!"

Li Yuanji nodded to Li Lu with a smile, as a response to Li Lu, and then said to Li Shimin: "Although this is the case, we still can't take it lightly until the end!"

Li Shimin glanced here, did not speak, but directly ordered Li Lu: "Send an order to all the soldiers on the top of the city, let them shoot the arrows in their hands and the crossbow guns in the box all at once. , Force the enemy to go to the north and south sides!"

"Here!"

Li Lu happily agreed, and left again.

After Li Lu left, Li Shimin looked at Li Yuanji and said, "Should we go out and have a look?"

Li Yuanji thought for a while, nodded with a smile, and then followed Li Shimin's footsteps out of the city gate.

Outside the gate of the city gate, the soldiers had already started to bend their bows and set arrows, and the soldiers installed crossbows on the bed, and then greeted Yang Zhengdao and his soldiers and horses free of charge.

Round after round of volleys of arrows and crossbows, the enemies standing at the forefront outside the city fell one by one.

If you look carefully through the crenel, you can still see some commotion in the enemy's ranks. It seems that someone is taking advantage of the opportunity to do something.

This is the effect of the "big words" that Li Shimin just asked Li Lu to release.

Two quarters of an hour later, the enemies outside the city retreated out of the crossbow's range in a panic.

When the enemies outside the city were retreating, Li Shimin had been observing their lineup. After they retreated beyond the range of the crossbow, he snorted coldly and said, "It seems that Yang Zhengdao's soldiers and horses are no longer six thousand." There should be only about 4000 people who just attacked the city, and there were more than [-] left when they retreated.

It seems that Xue Wanche killed at least 800 of them in several sneak attacks. Just now their internal turmoil plus our shooting and killing were also about [-].

Yang Zhengdao has no way to attack the city next, because his soldiers and horses will probably fall apart if there is another big battle loss, so he will definitely adopt a tricky method and attack the city from the hills on the north and south sides. . "

Li Yuanji nodded and said: "However, with his wisdom, he should be able to guess that you set up an ambush on the hills on the north and south sides, so he may not bet all his troops on the hills on the north and south sides."

After all, Li Shimin was well-known, and Yang Zhengdao knew that Li Shimin was here. If he didn't have any precautions, it would not be stupid, but brainless.

And Yang Zhengdao is obviously not a brainless person, so he must be on guard.

But Li Shimin hummed as if Yang Zhengdao was dead, "I just guessed that he wouldn't bet all his troops on the hills on the north and south sides, so I let Xue Wanche lead your relatives." Wei lay in ambush on the north and south sides."

Speaking of this, Li Shimin glanced at the hillsides on both sides of the north and south, and said without any emotion: "If you expect them to defeat Yang Zhengdao, it is better to count on these soldiers guarding the city now!"

Li Yuanji was a little stunned when he heard this.

It is not difficult to tell from Li Shimin's words that Li Shimin did not look down upon the city guards ambushing on the hills on both sides of the north and south, and did not expect them to defeat Yang Zhengdao.

Li Shimin obviously felt that the strength of those city guards was not as good as that of the improvised civilians in Baiyang City.

If the city guards heard this, they would have to cry to death, because although they are not considered a strong army of the Tang Dynasty, they are still old soldiers with one or two years of experience in the army, and they may not be able to bear it. The enemy's strong army can fight back and forth against the same number of enemies.

But they will not refute Li Shimin's words, because compared to them, the people in Baiyang City, to be precise, the people from the Tang Dynasty have more experience in military service.

Among them, those with the most experience in serving as soldiers may have only two or three years. Among the people who came from the Tang Dynasty, those with two or three years of experience in serving as soldiers are just the beginning, and the highest number has reached ten years.

It is said that he participated in the Jinyang uprising that year, lost an arm when fighting against Nanliang, was forced to withdraw from the army, and was guarding the gate of Hejian County King at the Hejian County King's Mansion.

When the Prince of Xiangyi County and Duke Cao Guo opened their family business in Baiyang City, they were sent here by the Prince of Hejian County to open up their family business for the Prince of Hejian County.

That is to say, he injured an arm, and he has no sense of utilitarianism. Otherwise, the title of the person in charge of the city defense would be the turn of Li Lu, who was born in the prince's mansion of Xiangyi County.

Therefore, the little experience of the city guards in the army is not enough for the common people in the city.

Which one is strong and which one is weak can be seen at a glance from the experience of serving in the army.

It was precisely because of this that Li Shimin looked down on the city guards.

Because, there are only three soldiers in the city, one of which is Yong Wangwei, which is not in the sequence of the Tang Dynasty war, and the other is composed of ordinary people who defend the city, and is not in the sequence of the Tang Dynasty war.

The only one in the war order of the Tang Dynasty was the City Guards, but they were the weakest.

It doesn't matter if the regular army is inferior to the prince's guard, or even the impromptu team. Li Shimin doesn't despise them? Who do they despise?
"So your real backer is Xue Wanche?"

Li Yuanji stared at Li Shimin and asked.

Li Shimin glanced sideways at Li Yuanji, and said in a neutral tone, "No, we are my real backers!"

Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment, then asked questioningly: "You mean, Yang Zhengdao is likely to have a backup?"

If Yang Zhengdao has no backup, then why does he need a prince, a direct prince to act as a backup?

Li Shimin nodded, looked deeply outside the city and said, "Yes, we have a back-up plan, and Yang Zhengdao most likely also has a back-up plan, so we have to guard against it!"

Li Yuanji heard a bit of firmness from Li Shimin's words, and couldn't help but said again: "How did you know that Yang Zhengdao is likely to have a backhand?"

When Li Shimin said this, he seemed to use an uncertain word, but his attitude was different from the beginning.

At the beginning, he looked at Yang Zhengdao like a piece of shit, and he didn't pay attention to everything Yang Zhengdao did, but now, he looked at Yang Zhengdao with deeper eyes.

This means that he seems to be talking about a hypothesis, but in fact the hypothesis he said is likely to happen.

When Li Shimin heard this, he withdrew his gaze and looked at Li Yuanji: "Don't you think Yang Zhengdao's quelling of the riots under his command was a little too smooth?"

Li Yuanji was stunned, and carefully recalled what happened in Yang Zhengdao's army just now.

As Li Shimin said, Yang Zhengdao quelled the riots under his command a little too smoothly.

You know, under the temptation of Datang's "heavy money", it is difficult for those people under Yang Zhengdao's command to resist this temptation, and many of them will be tempted.

Once he gets ready to turn his back on the battlefield and think about Yang Zhengdao's head, there will definitely be a lot of commotion.

But although there was a riot in Yang Zhengdao's army just now, the scale of the riot was not large, and it was quickly quelled by Yang Zhengdao.

What does this mean?
It shows that Yang Zhengdao is very likely to hide a backhand that the scouts of Yong Wang Weizhong did not find out. I don't dare to fight against the enemy.

"You mean, Yang Zhengdao may have led more than 6000 soldiers when he came to Baiyang City this time, and some of them were hidden by him and hidden from our eyes and ears?"

Li Yuanji frowned slightly.

If this is the case, then the troops in Baiyang City may not be enough, and the subsequent battle may not be as easy and comfortable as it is now.

Li Shimin didn't answer this question, but asked instead: "Do you think it is possible that Ashnabil also came? It's just that he is hiding in a dark place, and we haven't found him?"

Li Yuanji's face changed suddenly.

If that's the case, it's a lot of fun.

Yang Zhengdao, who is a counselor, has [-] soldiers and horses when he makes a move, and Ashinabille, who is the master, how many will he have when he makes a move?

I'm afraid there are tens of thousands!
With the current strength in Baiyang City, another [-] troops can still handle it, but if another [-] troops come, then they can only hold on, waiting for reinforcements to arrive, or the city will be destroyed.

"Ashnabil has the courage?"

Li Yuanji asked in a deep voice.

It's not that Li Yuanji looked down on Ashinabile, but that Ashinabile was not well-known in the past, and he had no achievements in history. His father, who has a long history, might not dare to do this kind of beheading in the enemy's rear. Not to mention him.

This kind of thing is not something that can be done with a hot head, courage and courage, and you have to weigh the gains and losses.

And what he gained from doing this in person obviously outweighed the losses.

After all, if he comes in person, he is in danger of being flanked by the Tang Dynasty at any time and being buried in Aries City. Once he dies, Suni loses its troops and loses its leader again. When the time comes, facing the attack of the Tang Dynasty, it will only be defeated. One-sided crushing.

If he didn't come in person, he would send a trustworthy or capable confidant. The confidant was surrounded by Datang on both sides and buried in Baiyang City. He only lost a confidant, some soldiers and horses, and it would not affect Su The overall situation of Nishibu.

And no matter whether he came in person or sent his confidants to complete the beheading operation, the things he could get were the same, neither increased nor decreased.

So there is absolutely no need for him to come in person at the risk of his own death and national annihilation.

The words that the son of a thousand gold can't sit in the hall are not only applicable to Datang, but also applicable to other forces.

"He doesn't have the courage, but Yang Zhengdao does. Yang Zhengdao doesn't care if Suni Shibu will perish in this adventure!"