People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1239 It’s the sun, the earth is shaking

In the dead of night, Li Xuan was in the back hall of the Gradandongguan General Palace.

Close your eyes gently and sleep soundly in bed.

Suddenly, a huge roar came from a distance, and then the whole earth trembled slightly.

Throughout Guancheng, countless people were awakened.

Li Xuan also opened her eyes in an instant and whispered to herself: "It's begun!"

……

Li Xuan was walking on the street dressed in black clothes and armor.

Li Zhu held a lantern at the side, and a dozen soldiers in black clothes and armor followed solemnly.

All the panicked soldiers woke up the moment they saw Li Xuan, and then backed away.

"Everyone, wearing armor and carrying swords, is ready to obey orders." Li Xuan's calm and resonant voice directly penetrated the entire Guancheng.

All the soldiers returned to their rooms and wore armor in an instant.

No matter what happens, with the knife in your hand, you can take the initiative to the greatest extent.

Walking into the central hall, the hall was already full of military generals.

Except for Qiu Zhenmu, the right guard Zhonglang general who was stationed in Mayong, and Youtunwei general Sun Renshi, who set out from Qamdo to Tubo, and Youtunwei Zhonglang general Nanju, the other generals and Zhonglang generals were all there.

Li Xuan looked directly at Xiao Siye and asked, "My lord, how are the various departments prepared now?"

Xiao Siye stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Report to the Commander-in-Chief, all the troops are ready, only the Fuyuan Crossbow and the small catapult are not ready yet."

Li Xuan nodded slightly and said: "Every unit will go back immediately and prepare for war. The right guard will rush forward, the left guard will follow, the right guard will be the main force, and the left guard will be the main force..."

"The general is here!" Shi Zhen stood up solemnly.

From the beginning of the war till now, only Zuo Xiaowei has not participated in the war.

If Li Xuan hadn't said that he would use them to attack Luo Zhi directly after breaking through Tanggula Mountain, I'm afraid these people would have been impatient.

"Be prepared. Once Ando is captured, Zuo Xiaowei will ignore everything and rush directly to Luosuo." Li Xuan leaned forward slightly and said with a cold look: "Remember, your mission is to kill Luosuo. After the city was burned and killed, we turned directly to Pabangka in the north of Luoche and brought back Her Royal Highness Princess Wencheng who lives there."

Princess Wencheng?

The generals all turned their heads and looked at Li Xuan in disbelief. They had almost forgotten that there was a princess in Tibet in the Tang Dynasty.

"This is an order personally issued by His Majesty to the King. At the end of this year, Her Royal Highness Princess Wencheng must celebrate the New Year in Chang'an." After Li Xuan finished speaking, all the generals immediately handed over their hands in solemnity: "The last general accepts the order."

Li Xuan looked at Shi Xian, who raised his hands and said seriously: "The general will definitely take the emperor's aunt back to Chang'an."

Shi Jian was the son of Duke Ashina Zhong of Xue State and the head of Dingxiang County.

The Lord of Dingxiang County was the stepdaughter of Emperor Taizong, and she actually treated her like a princess, otherwise she would not have married one of the most outstanding generals in the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, Shi Jian was nominally Princess Wencheng's nephew.

"Let's all get ready." Li Xuan waved his hand and said, "Langya County Duke, Wei Shaofu and Yang Yushi are staying here to pass on orders at any time."

"Here!" Everyone handed over, but only Xiao Siye, Wei Hongji and Yang Zhirou remained.

Li Xuan took a deep breath, looked at the three of them and said, "Let's go to the top of the city to take a look."

"Here!" Xiao Siye, Wei Hongji and Yang Zhirou immediately handed over their hands.

……

The cool night wind blew, and except for a burst of noise from the south, there was silence all around, as if nothing happened.

"Uncle Wei Shi, what happened with that commotion just now?" Li Xuan turned sideways and looked at Wei Hongji.

After a slight hesitation, Wei Hongji said uncertainly: "It seems to be the aftermath of the earthquake."

"Earthquake?" Xiao Siye couldn't help but said, "The power of the earthquake shouldn't be that small, right?"

"So it's the aftermath." Wei Hongji thought for a while and said: "According to records, there are two types of earthquakes. One is horizontal propagation, which affects a wide range, but is not very powerful. The other is vertical propagation, which does not affect a wide range. , but extremely powerful.”

"So, there is an earthquake somewhere in the south, so Tubo, let's wait..." Li Xuan's eyes narrowed slightly.

"If it is really Tubo, then God will destroy it." Yang Zhirou couldn't help but follow.

Li Xuan nodded slowly and said softly: "Tubo has done many evil things and is disgusted by God, so God sent down punishment to destroy Tubo..."

Li Xuan looked at Xiao Siye and said: "My lord, if it is really a natural disaster, please contact the Staff Department of the Ministry of War and let them have a hard time in Tubo. It is best to be able to reconcile with the "Commentary to Tubo" from a few months ago To connect... Tubo lost its virtue and Heaven wanted to destroy it. God wanted to use the hands of Tang Dynasty to destroy Tubo."

"Here!" Xiao Siye suppressed the excitement in his heart and immediately handed over his hand.

He could see that Li Xuan was almost naturally good at this kind of deceitful tactics.

Any words or deeds can bring huge trouble to Tubo.

"These are all trails. The key is to figure out what happened. I have a feeling that Tubo is really in big trouble this time." Li Xuan's eyes flashed with excitement, and the eyes of others also followed suit. Get moving.

If they could really break through Tanggula Mountain like this, then their previous worries would be gone.

Many people are not confident about the current several checkpoints and whether the water accumulated in the dam on the mountain can wash away the last Anduo Pass.

In fact, what they are really worried about is Qinling.

Knowing that Li Xuan wanted to release the water, Qin Ling did nothing because it was unreasonable.

Could he have done everything and just wait for Li Xuan to pass the test and see who will win at the right time?

But if something happens that is not under Lun Qinling's control, then it is definitely a good thing for them.

"Here we come." Li Xuan looked up into the distance, and saw a fast horse galloping from the front.

... Zhang Huan quickly rushed up to the city wall and came all the way. Even on horseback, he couldn't help but be out of breath.

Arriving in front of Li Xuan, Zhang Huan directly cupped his hands and said: "Commander, two quarters of an hour ago, there was a loud noise from Anduo Pass. General Qiu Zhonglang sent people to investigate and found that a certain section of the Tubo city wall collapsed due to an earthquake. Already..."

"The city wall collapsed?" Li Xuan's face was full of surprise.

Xiao Siye immediately raised his hand and said: "Please give the commander-in-chief an order to tackle the problem immediately."

Li Xuan raised her hand slightly, and Xiao Siye immediately stepped aside.

"Send the order." Li Xuan spoke, and everyone became awe-struck: "From now on, according to the predetermined plan, water will be released from the mountain. Every quarter of an hour, a city gate will open, one by one, all the way down to Mayong, and finally all the torrents will pour out. , impact Andor.”

"Follow the order." Xiao Siye, Wei Hongji and Yang Zhirou handed over their hands at the same time.

"The ministries will attack in sequence according to the plan. Tonight, I will capture the Anduo Pass and open the door to Tubo for Your Majesty." Li Xuan clenched her fists immediately.

"Here!" Everyone turned around and left to deliver the order. Only Yang Zhirou remained beside Li Xuan.

As soon as the cold wind blew, Yang Zhirou broke into a cold sweat inexplicably.

He didn't know what he thought of, but he couldn't help but feel a chill rising from his back.

Yang Zhirou walked to Li Xuan's side, cupped her hands, and whispered: "Commander, I am not used to Zhirou, but this matter, could it be a trap for Lun Qinling?"

"So be quick." Li Xuan nodded slightly, raised his head to look at the cold night sky, and then whispered: "No matter what Qin Ling's plan is, the torrent will wash away half of it first, and then the army will rush in quickly. , kill the other half."

Li Xuan leaned forward and said with cold eyes: "If Lun Qinling has evacuated the entire city gate now, leaving only an empty city and a trap, then I will admit it."

"This is the best opportunity." Yang Zhirou finally handed over his hand and bowed: "I am gambling with the prince."

"Let's go back, it's time to set off." Li Xuan turned around and walked towards the bottom of the city wall.

Yang Zhirou quickly followed, with incomparable determination in her eyes.

He didn't see that high in the sky behind him, a goshawk was already flying high and circling, and then flew quickly towards the Ando level in the distance.

Li Xuan, how can you be the kind of person who does things you are not sure about?

……

The goshawk flew high, far above the Andor level.

On the northeast side of the entire city gate, a section of the city wall that was 100 meters long collapsed inexplicably.

Inadvertently, dense ditches deep inside the city gate were revealed.

These ditches are connected and lead directly to the south of the city.

Although the current situation is difficult, Lun Qinling is still well prepared to deal with Li Xuan's flood impact, but he did not expect that everything would happen so suddenly and so quickly...

A huge roar suddenly sounded, almost lifting the entire Anduo City Gate, and the entire city gate was in chaos for a while.

By the time Lun Qinling arrived at the scene of the incident, the 100-meter-long section of the city wall had completely collapsed.

The dense cracks spread to the farther side of the city wall, as if a larger part of the city wall would collapse immediately with just a slight push.

Among the broken bricks and tiles, there were corpses.

The mud and blood were mixed together and looked particularly conspicuous.

Lun Qinling's eyes were directly stung. He turned around and looked to the side, suppressing his anger, and asked in a low voice: "What exactly happened?"

Some of the soldiers around had expressions of sadness, some had fear in their eyes, and some had expressions of confusion and confusion, not knowing what was happening.

No one answered the question about Qinling.

The loud roar and violent vibration shocked everyone.

Lun Qinling turned around suddenly and stared outside the city wall. The wooden stake that was originally inserted outside the city wall had already flown to nowhere at this moment.

The entire array of wooden piles outside the city wall revealed a huge gap at this moment.

No, it's not just the wooden pile formation, the entire city wall has huge gaps exposed.

At this moment, the entire city's defense system was torn apart by an inexplicable force.

Lun Qinling suddenly raised his head and looked at Gradandong Pass in the distance. He could imagine that Li Xuan would never let go of this opportunity.

Once they figure out what's going on, they might come and kill them right away.

Gazing over the towering Geladandong Snow Mountain, Lun Qinling looked stunned and directly ordered: "Send the order, call two thousand people over immediately, use wooden piles and stones to quickly repair the city wall, and the others will wait and finish the work." Prepare for war.”

"Yes!" The soldiers around him clapped their chests and agreed in an instant, and then they rushed in all directions.

The officers and soldiers around the gap also "awoke" at this moment. Suddenly they seemed to think of something terrible, and they quickly got busy.

Lun Qinling did not stay where he was, but turned around. At the same time, he whispered to the guards around him: "Open the gate of the south city immediately, mobilize five thousand people to leave the city, two thousand people to guard the gate, and the other three thousand people to do their best." Be prepared to leave the city at any time!”

At this moment, Lun Qinling was ready to abandon this level.

The look on his face was terrifyingly determined.

"Also, the 20,000 cavalry outside the city immediately moved toward the east and west sides, avoiding the front of the city wall. After the torrent passed, they returned to kill the Tang people who came out." A trace of ruthlessness flashed in Lun Qinling's eyes.

Today's battle is not over yet. He still has 20,000 cavalry outside the city. Counting those in the city, there are a total of 30,000.

He can still give it a try.

Even without this damn "earthquake", the King of Nanchang wouldn't have even thought of taking this place unless he paid a huge price.

Damn "The Earth Moves."

(End of this chapter)