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

Chapter 847 Extreme pressure leads to internal strife (I wish all book friends a happy Mid-Autumn Festival and a happy reunion with the moon)

"Bang bang bang!"

The south bank of the Tiebujia River was busy. Soldiers of the Tang Dynasty quickly dug trenches just a stone's throw from the wall of Fuqi City.

These right-guard soldiers seemed to be extremely skilled in doing these things. Soon, a shallow ditch had been dug.

One side is close to the Tiebojia River, but there is a gap of one meter. It is not dug directly, but only one step away.

Li Xuan was wearing red clothes and golden armor, with his hand on the hilt of the Eight-sided Han Sword, and he was riding a horse standing on the side of the ditch.

Behind him, a group of Qianniu Guards also dressed in red and golden armor were extremely conspicuous.

In the army camp farther back, there was a black flag next to a blue dragon flag.

The black flag is embroidered with a big Chinese character "李".

Li Xuan's identity, no matter how stupid the Tuyuhun people are, can figure it out.

Countless Tuyuhun soldiers stood on the wall of the West City, looking at Li Xuan below with complicated expressions.

Some people even tried to draw the bow string, but no one dared to actually release the arrow.

Their eyes fell on the Tang soldiers below, but they couldn't help but have doubts on their faces.
Shouldn't the Tang army train immediately and prepare to attack the city? Why did they dig their own trenches? Wouldn't this be beneficial to them in defending the city?
The Tuyuhun people on the city wall looked confused. What was going on?

Su Hegui, who had just arrived at the city, saw this scene, his face turned pale, and his fists clenched tightly in an instant.

His eyes fell on Li Xuan, and the two people looked at each other from a distance.

One person is extremely dignified, even with a hint of fear, while the other person is terrifyingly indifferent.

……

Su Hegui looked back to his side and asked in a low voice, "How many days will the food in the city be enough now?"

"Reporting to the Protector, the food rations for the people in the city are enough for three days. If we live frugally, there are still ten days left." Gui Runuo, the guard of Fuqi City, looked at his father-in-law seriously, with a hint of caution in his eyes.

After Guirunuo finished speaking, the other nobles on the city wall couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief. There were still ten days left, so they still had room to spare.

At this time, Su Hegui said: "Inform the whole city that in three days, all the major families in the city will open their warehouses to help the people. There must be no mistake."

"Protector, why is this?" A middle-aged Tubo noble stood up, his face full of reluctance and confusion.

His name is Ren Enci, and he is the third largest family in the city after the Su family and the Gui family.

Su Hegui's eyes passed over Ren Enci's face, then fell on more people, and asked coldly: "Do you think so too?"

An old man in his sixties came out with a bitter look on his face. He bowed to Su Hegui and said, "Mr. Su, it's not that we think so, but the grain reserves in each family's homes are also running low. The Tubo people have left." At that time, all the cattle, sheep, grain and grass in the city were plundered.

Everyone managed to hide some of it. If we use it all now, it won't be long before every family has no food. "

"Brother Chi, do you think we can survive until the day when our family runs out of food?" Su Hegui suddenly sighed and couldn't help but shake his head.

"Please ask Su Gong to clear up your doubts?" Chi Hongzang straightened up and looked at Su Hegui with a puzzled face.

Su Hegui pointed to the ditch under the city and said softly: "What do you think the King of Nanchang below is doing now?"

"They dug trenches, don't they want us to leave?" Gui Ruhe suddenly said, his expression turned extremely scary at some point.

Su Hegui nodded seriously and said: "You all still remember Xue Rengui back then. When the Tang Dynasty occupied Fuqi City, because there was a shortage of food in the city, the Tang Dynasty mobilized a large amount of food and grass for the city. As a result, Xue Rengui's department was later short of food and grass. In the end, we had to attack Wuhai, but at this time, Tubo came to find us again, and finally... Now, the Tang Dynasty has troops approaching the city, and they know that there is a shortage of food in my city, and now, he is forcing me to wait for the food to run out. "

Having said this, Su Hegui took a deep breath and said: "I know you still have food left in your home, but don't forget that the most common people in the city now have very little food in their homes, and the families of tens of thousands of soldiers inside and outside the city But they are all in the city. Once they know that there is insufficient food at home, and you can’t help them..."

Everyone on the city head looked at all the soldiers on the city wall for a moment, and they were relieved after confirming that all the soldiers were private soldiers of each family.

But then, their faces became serious. If they were just rebels, it would be nothing, but don't forget, there is the King of Nanchang under the city.

"Open a warehouse to stock up on food. Even if it's just one meal a day, even if it's so thin that there's only water left, as long as we can survive, then we have a glimmer of hope." Su Hegui took a deep breath and subconsciously looked to the south. Towards the south towards Wuhai.

"Captain, should we rush in now? They are so close, so we can take the opportunity to rush in." A hint of cruelty flashed across Gui Runuo's face.

"If it were someone else, I might agree with your approach, but look." Su Hegui pointed at the forefront of the ditch under the city, ten meters away. Within a stone's throw, many people's eyesight was no longer sharp, but this Excluding Su and Gui, he said with worry: "Everything there is full of caltrops."

"As long as it's cleared up, it'll be fine." Ren Enci couldn't help but add.

Su Hegui pointed to the Tang Army camp in the rear and said softly: "Who are we going to sacrifice? I don't think that the King of Nanchang, who can see through Daxiang's water attack strategy, would not have thought that we might go out of the city to sneak attack. It is even possible. , he is fully prepared now.”

Everyone turned their heads and looked at Li Xuan below the city.

Li Xuan, dressed in red clothes and golden armor, was still standing on the same spot on horseback, but her cold eyes were fixed on the people at the top of the city.

Everyone's hearts suddenly sank. Although they were trapped in Fuqi City, communication with the outside world was not completely cut off.

The previous fierce battle between the Tang army and the Tubo people at the Kebo River on the north bank of the Shazhuyu River finally evolved into a full-scale war between the Tang Dynasty and the Tubo people in a very short period of time.

Li Xuan's role in this process is very important.

Seeing through Lun Qinling's strategy was just one of them. What really made Li Xuan nervous was that he defeated thousands of cavalry with thousands.At this moment, a group of right-guard cavalry suddenly rushed from behind. They handed Li Xuan a few words and then turned and left.

At this time, Su Hegui turned to look at Gui Runuo and asked directly: "How is the war in the west and north now?"

"Murong Nuohebo's offensive in the north was crazy. Our people had a hard time blocking it. The road to Qingxi in the west had been completely cut off. However, the cavalry under the command of King Nanchang did not cross the Buha River immediately. They were just looking for a place to cross the river on the south bank, and they didn't seem to be in a hurry." Gui Runuo frowned.

"It's not that they are not in a hurry to cross the river, but they have no intention of crossing the river at all. They want to force us to use more troops to the north, and at the same time consume our and Murong Nuohebo's troops, killing people with borrowed swords, which is what the Tang Dynasty has always done The most convenient." A sneer appeared on Su Hegui's face.

"Murong Nuohebo must not come back." Chi Hongzang's voice was extremely firm, and there was a hint of oppression in his eyes when he looked at Su Hegui.

"Don't worry, he won't come back." Su Hegui nodded seriously, but felt slightly relieved in his heart.

Nowadays, many families in Fuqi City not only stabbed the Murong family in the back, but they are still able to enjoy prosperity and wealth today because they absorbed enough flesh and blood from the Murong family.

Even every family has the blood debt of the Murong family.

Once Murong Nuohebo is allowed to return to Fuqi City, every one of their families will inevitably be bloodbathed.

"Deploy troops. Since the King of Nanchang has no intention of attacking the city for the time being, we can move these troops to the north. This will also reduce the food pressure in the city." Chi Hongzang's voice had a hint of sinisterness, just like before. .

"Okay!" Su Hegui nodded seriously and finally agreed.

……

Thousands of war horses came out from the north gate of Fuqi City, then crossed the bridge and quickly headed towards Qinghai and Hubei.

Even under the darkness of night, it was difficult to deceive Li Xuan's eyes with such a loud movement.

Standing in front of the camp, Li Xuan looked at the city full of fire with a terrifyingly calm gaze.

Don't worry yet, it's far from the time to be anxious.

As long as the moment of urgency comes, all kinds of messy things will appear.

Three days later, it was quiet at night.

"Whoosh whoosh!" A burst of rockets suddenly rose on the west bank of the ditch. In an instant, two figures appeared clearly under the firelight.

The fire went out, and the world fell into calm again.

But everyone knows that there is no peace, and someone in Fuqi City has left the city.

"Use rockets to drive people back." Li Xuan's cold voice sounded from the west bank, and then the rocket suddenly rose and hit the feet of the two figures again.

Then more rockets were fired at the two of them, who were so frightened that they hurriedly retreated.

It wasn't until they retreated to the top of the city again that the two men said to the general on the top of the city: "Master, the Tang people don't want to talk at all."

Guirunuo walked out of the darkness, waved his hand and said, "This is the secret order from the Protector. Today's matter must not be mentioned to anyone."

"Yes!" The two men immediately looked solemn, and then backed away.

When there was no one on the top of the city, a figure walked out from behind Ren Runuo. He was dressed in black but looked old, and it turned out to be Chi Hongzang.

Chi Hongzang looked at Li Xuan below and said softly: "We were almost deceived by that old bastard Su Hegui. The Tang Dynasty only wanted his head, but he wanted to wrap up all of us. It was too cruel. "

In today's situation, there is less and less food in the city, and there is not even much food left in the hands of the people. Even yesterday, there were several riots in the city.

Today, more people are directly attacking the Chi family and Gui family manors, and the chaos in the entire city has become more and more obvious.

But now, the road to Qingxi from the west has been completely blocked, and Murong Nuohebo from the north is a person that no one wants to see.

Nowadays, their major families have only one way, and that is to surrender to the Tang Dynasty.

However, everyone can surrender to the Tang Dynasty, except Su Hegui, because the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty personally asked for Su Hegui's head.

This matter was kept very secret, but eventually someone found out.

"The meaning of the King of Nanchang has been very clear." Gui Runuo raised his head and looked at Chi Hongzang, with a hint of unbearableness in his eyes, but in an instant he was extremely cruel. He looked back at the entire Fuqi City, and then said softly: "I If my father-in-law knew that one of his heads could bring the lives of the people in the city, he would not refuse."

Chi Hongzang suddenly became extremely silent.

……

Amidst the sound of rumblings, Chi Hongzang sat in the carriage and returned to his home village. Suddenly, a crossbow arrow penetrated from the window and was directly nailed to the inside of the carriage.

"Master!" an urgent voice sounded from outside.

"Nothing." Chi Hongzang waved his hand, then picked up the note stuck on the crossbow arrow, took a look, and his expression suddenly changed.

The note hung down, and it was clearly written on it: Use the lives of Su He and the noble family in exchange for the lives of your family.

Writing: Nanchang Wang Li Xuan.

(End of this chapter)