The Great Grandson of the Tang Dynasty: The beginning of the slaughter of General Tiance's mans

Chapter 132 Please invite Su Dingfang!
"Your Highness..."

After Feng Li and the others returned to the military formation, they knelt down in front of Li Chengdao with shame on their faces.

It is extremely embarrassing to take the initiative to ask for a fight but come back in vain.

"It's okay, get up."

Li Chengdao just smiled and had no intention of blaming them for this. After a few words of comfort, he turned his attention to the battlefield.

This siege has been going on for more than two hours, but the progress on their side is very slow.

The resistance of the defenders of Chang'an City was unusually tenacious, and Li Shimin's ability to command troops was by no means comparable to ordinary people. He defended the three city walls watertight. Even if Yue Fei, Li Jing, and Luo Yi commanded the attack separately, it was difficult to achieve anything. inch forward.

How could the King of Qin, who laid the foundation of the Tang Dynasty, be a person who gained fame in vain?

Moreover, this war was a last-ditch battle for Chang'an City, so the soldiers fought tooth and nail with all their strength. In terms of morale, their side was the loser.

Across the distant battlefield, the eyes of Li Chengdao and Li Shimin seemed to collide in the air, and the friction produced sparks one after another.

"Mingjin, withdraw troops."

Li Chengdao withdrew his gaze, turned his horse around and walked towards the military formation without looking back.

Today's siege was considered a failure. He had underestimated the tenacity of Li Shimin and his soldiers.

It's just that you know you will lose, so what are you holding on to?

Along with a sharp sound of gold ringing spread across the entire battlefield, the army stopped attacking the city. Li Jing and the other three were not surprised, and ordered the withdrawal of their troops, and they were stationed ten miles away from Chang'an City.

Capturing Chang'an was not a day's work. No one would underestimate Li Shimin. Today's first day of attacking the city was just to test the opponent's strength. Everyone was ready for a protracted war.

On the city wall, Li Shimin couldn't help but wipe the fine sweat on his forehead after seeing Li Chengdao withdrawing his troops.

Changsun Shunde, who was standing behind him and was responsible for protecting his safety, noticed that the clothes on his back were wet with sweat and even his body was shaking a little.

Li Shimin had just recovered from a serious illness. He commanded the defenders on the battlefield to conduct offensive and defensive battles with the three commanders Li Jing, Luo Yi, and Yue Fei at the same time, which was a great drain on his mental and physical strength.

Li Shimin calmly shook his head at Changsun Shunde, then forced a smile and shouted: "We are victorious!!"

As Li Shimin finished speaking, warm cheers from the soldiers suddenly erupted from the city wall.

Li Shimin still has prestige in the military, which can be seen from this.

After encouraging the soldiers, Li Shimin returned to Tiance Mansion under the escort of Changsun Shunde, where Changsun Wuji and others were already waiting.

They were relieved when they saw Li Shimin back.

"Your Highness, you are already weak and you are on the battlefield. This..."

Changsun Wuji handed over the prepared decoction, and then couldn't help but remind him.

Li Shimin's expression did not change, and he said: "This is only the first day, I am still persisting."

He took a sip of the medicine. The bitterness of the medicine made him frown, but he finally felt better.

Fang Xuanling continued: "Your Highness, some officials in the city seem to have made some small moves in recent days and want to try to contact the enemy forces outside."

"Kill them all! In an emergency, I will not tolerate these villains who shake the morale of the army!"

Li Shimin threw the cup in his hand on the ground and broke it into pieces. He said with a livid face and burning anger in his eyes.Everyone was shocked and bowed their heads.

……

Following Li Shimin's words, at least dozens of officials in the city were arrested and then killed mercilessly.

Suddenly, all the officials in Chang'an City were in danger, and their hostility and resistance to Li Shimin deepened.

The rain is coming and the wind is all over the building.

……

Yizhou.

Li Shimin secretly sent out scouts from the city, and rode alone to Yizhou City within four days, and met the Yizhou Shou and Zhenxi Generalissimo Su Dingfang.

"Please ask the marshal to send troops to rescue King Qin!"

After seeing Su Dingfang, the scout bowed directly and kowtowed deeply to Su Dingfang.

Looking at the scout in front of him, Su Dingfang opened the letter Li Shimin wrote to him and read it, his brows furrowing more and more tightly.

"Has Taisun already attacked Chang'an...asked me to send troops to help?"

Li Chengdao raised troops from Youzhou, and he had heard about the battles along the way, but he didn't expect that Li Shimin would actually seek help from him, and the crisis in Chang'an City would reach this point.

"I will lead troops to guard the border and guard against Tibet in the west. If I lead troops to leave Yizhou, who will guard against Tibet? This cannot be done."

Su Dingfang shook his head and said.

The scout heard this and said urgently: "Has the Marshal forgotten the life-saving grace King Qin gave you back then? If the city of Chang'an is breached this time, Taisun will definitely not spare His Highness's life!"

"Can the marshal have the heart to watch King Qin die? If the marshal says yes, I will leave now!"

It has to be said that the words of this Li Shimin's confidant hit the softest part of Su Dingfang's heart.

For a hero like him, it is useless to threaten or even force him with his life. A gentleman can only bully him.

Seeing that Su Dingfang was moved, the scout continued: "The marshal only needs to send troops to rescue His Highness from Chang'an City, and then lead the troops back to Yizhou immediately. The round trip only takes more than ten days, so why should the marshal be so worried?"

"Marshal, please make a quick decision. If you are a step too late, your Highness may encounter something unexpected!"

Su Dingfang was completely shaken by these words.

After hesitating for a long time, Su Dingfang finally sighed in his heart, nodded and said: "I understand, the commander will lead his troops to rescue Chang'an tomorrow!"

Li Shimin was kind to him, but after all, he couldn't bear to watch Li Shimin die.

After hearing that Su Dingfang agreed, the scout was greatly surprised and said directly: "Thank you, Marshal!"

Su Dingfang ignored him, stood up, looked at the generals in the tent, and ordered in a deep voice: "Order your troops and set off for Chang'an tomorrow!"

"promise!"

(End of this chapter)