Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

If it were in the past, even if he discovered Li Er’s intention now, he could only sigh in despair because he really couldn’t stop him.

But now it’s different. With a telegraph, he can easily send these messages, even to Wei Yunqi who is thousands of miles away.

Li Er wanted to escape northward from Chang'an toward the Western Turkestan, but that was farther than Wei Yunqi's journey toward the Western Turkestan.

Now that it has come to this, he must stop Li Er. If Li Er wants to escape, he has to get his consent. The troops he can mobilize are not limited to the ones he has in front of him.

Five days passed and Li Yuanji still did not launch an attack. He was giving Wei Yunqi time to mobilize his troops so that Wei Yunqi could block Li Er's retreat as soon as possible.

However, Li Er in Chang'an City was confused. He didn't know what Li Yuanji was doing. In the end, he could only come up with one reason, that is, Li Yuanji was waiting for logistical supplies to arrive.

Ten days passed like this, and Li Er had already sent Empress Changsun out of Chang'an, which made everyone in the city even more panicked.

However, Li Er tightly guarded the gate of Chang'an City. No news from inside Chang'an City could be transmitted out, and no one was able to leave Chang'an City.

On the same day, Li Yuanji summoned everyone.

Li Yuanji looked at the generals below and had only one sentence to say.

"At 5:00 AM tomorrow, we will begin the siege! The cannons will fire first, and the army will follow. Be prepared for street fighting!"

"The last general takes command!"

Until Li Yuanji gave the order to attack the city, everyone became extremely excited.

They all knew the reason why there was no siege on the city in the past few days. Everyone was very clear that Li Er was going to escape, and everyone was determined to capture Li Er alive and send him to Li Yuanji.

The time came to the second day. It was not yet the hour of Mao and the sky was still relatively dark, but Li Yuanji's army had already begun to move. The artillery gradually moved towards the designated positions, and all the rockets were in place. Xie Shufang and others all personally led the siege soldiers and prepared to lead the troops into the city themselves.

Li Er was also not blinded to the actions of Li Yuanji's army. After learning about it, Li Er also began to prepare his army. He knew very well that Li Yuanji's attack was about to begin.

When the time came to the moment before the hour of Mao, Li Yuanji also appeared in front, looking at the top of the Chang'an city wall.

Time passed slowly, and when the hour of Mao arrived, Li Yuanji was shocked.

"attack!"

The telegraph operator who had been prepared passed on the message immediately. As it was not yet completely light out in the sky, it might not be possible to see the army after it was deployed, so only giving orders by telegraph could be the fastest.

As the order was given, all the artillery pieces were in place at the artillery positions.

"fire!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the heavy artillery roared and fell towards the top of Chang'an City. The medium-sized artillery closer to the front also fired at the same time, aiming directly at the top of the city.

At the same time, the army began to fire a large number of rockets, also heading towards the city.

There were bursts of explosions on the top of the Chang'an city wall. Fortunately, Li Er knew that Li Yuanji would continue to provide artillery fire. There were not many people on the top of the city wall, and they were standing very sparsely. Although this artillery fire looked scary, the casualties caused were really limited.

Li Yuanji didn't care about these and continued to fire cannons to clear the way. After three rounds of bombardment, Li Yuanji gave orders again.

"Stop the rockets, the Shenwu Army attacks!"

Rockets have no accuracy at all, and Li Yuanji doesn't want his army to be accidentally injured.

Xie Shufang and others immediately led the army to launch a charge, and the artillery in the rear continued to bombard.

When the defenders on the city wall saw Li Yuanji's army charging, they had no choice but to grit their teeth and go to the top of the city wall. However, as soon as they came out, they were greeted by ruthless artillery fire, and many people were directly killed or injured.

The people behind didn't dare to show their heads for a while. These people were either those who were traumatized by the explosion or Li Er's new army.

The shadows created by the explosion were filled with fear in the heart, and at this moment there was only endless fear.

The new troops had never seen such a scene before and did not dare to come out.

Even the officers leading the army were terrified at this moment, but they could only overcome their fear and kept urging the soldiers to go out to defend the city, because Li Yuanji's army was already rushing over.

Under the strong pressure of the officers, the defenders gradually began to reach the top of the city. However, the fierce artillery fire devastated everyone's body and mind.

The survivors came to the top of the city wall and were about to fight back, but as soon as they showed their heads, they were hit by the rifles of the Shenwu Army.

At the same time, small artillery had been placed in the front, continuously and accurately attacking the defenders on the city walls.

Under the heavy artillery fire, the defenders, who had no intention of fighting to begin with, could no longer hold back.

Li Er's elite troops had been wiped out in Xiangzhou, and those who were left now had no will to fight at all. The new troops were even trembling with fear.

It's okay in close combat. As long as you get red-eyed and the adrenaline surges, you won't be able to win even if the opponent has the advantage.

But now, they had no chance for close combat at all. From the time Li Yuanji started the attack until now, they had not even seen the enemy, and they had suffered countless casualties. They could finally look up, but as soon as they looked, they were gone.

There is no safe place in the entire city.

The defenders fled, and even though the officers tried their best to stop them and killed many people, they still could not stop the rout. Some officers were even torn to pieces by the defenders who just wanted to escape.

Xie Shufang led a part of the Shenwu Army and arrived at the city first. After blasting open the city gate, he did not rush in immediately, but instead began to bombard the inside again with small cannons and rockets.

He then led his troops into the city. However, even so, Xie Shufang was still bombarded by artillery fire from the city defenders. This was a rare treatment for them who were attacking the city.

Fortunately, it takes time to reload the artillery, so Xie Shufang immediately pulled over the medium-sized artillery and began to counterattack. At the same time, he contacted the heavy artillery in the rear and started shelling directly.

After entering the city, street fighting broke out again. However, this time it was not as brutal as Xie Shufang and others had imagined. The defenders in the city only put up a symbolic resistance and then fled.

It was the collapse of the city and the bombardment of artillery that these people were unwilling to face.

The most important thing is that Li Er and his men are all planning to escape. They don’t want to stay and fight to the death. If they die, they will lose everything.

To put it bluntly, the fight between Li Yuanji and Li Er was an internal struggle within the Tang Dynasty. No one was willing to fight to the death unless they were close confidants of the two.

Inside the palace, Li Er was outside the main hall, listening to the explosion without any expression.

After a long time, Li Junxian hurriedly came to Li Er, looking a little flustered.

"Your Majesty, Chang'an City has been breached! Our army is in retreat, and now we see Li Yuanji's army is charging towards the palace. Your Majesty, please leave quickly!"

"Can't they hold on? They couldn't even hold on for two hours and the city was breached."

Li Er had a complicated expression. He knew that he would not be able to hold on even if he struggled, but it was hard for him to accept that everything happened so quickly.

Chang'an City is not a small city. It has high walls and is absolutely a strong city. However, it was captured in less than two hours. He had invested so many troops in it.

Li Er slowly looked at Li Junxian.

"Is everything ready?"

"Your Majesty, everything is ready!"

"Let's go!" Li Er looked at these palaces with fascination again. Finally, he left. Only after he left the palace did Li Er stop and turn around to look inside the palace.

At this moment, Xie Shufang and others were heading towards the palace at full speed, and everyone was trying their best to get on with the journey.

When they arrived at the palace, they encountered almost no stubborn resistance. However, after entering, suddenly, shells fell straight towards them.

"Dodge!"

Xie Shufang and others were all shocked. They had not expected that Li Er would be so cruel as to concentrate the artillery here. Not only did they suffer a lot of losses, but the palaces were also affected.

Several people quickly ordered the medium artillery entering the city to start firing back, and at the same time called on the heavy artillery outside to fire.

Artillerymen with medium-sized artillery kept arriving and began to set up the artillery. The heavy artillery outside had to move forward, otherwise they would not be able to reach the target.

However, during this period of time, the artillery deployed by Li Er fired again. This time, it was Xie Shufang and others who came to experience the feeling of being bombarded.

When Xie Shufang and others saw that their artillery was not in place, they rushed over with their large army and small artillery to deal with the remaining defenders themselves.

When Xie Shufang and his companions had almost destroyed the artillery deployed by Li Er and the artillery was ready in place, Xie Shufang and his companions had to cancel the shelling with curses.

Xie Shufang and others did not hesitate at all and continued to chase in the direction Li Er fled. However, Li Er had already left, so it was impossible for Xie Shufang and others to catch up easily.

Xie Shufang was helpless and had to stop chasing. Su Dingfang, Liu Rengui and others who were chasing behind him looked at Xie Shufang with confusion.

"Shufang, why are you stopping? Keep chasing! The king has already given the order, so you can just go ahead and chase them."

Xie Shufang looked at them and shook his head.

"You guys chase them, I have to go back to protect the king. There must be someone by the king's side!"

Although Xie Shufang wanted to capture Li Er alive, he was more aware of the importance of Li Yuanji's safety. Although Li Yuanji had Yang Jianhe by his side, he was still worried. Moreover, they had not cleared almost everyone in the city, as they were all chasing Li Er.

Upon hearing this, Su Dingfang and the others looked at Xie Shufang with great admiration. After hearing this, they also wanted to do the same as Xie Shufang, but they thought that since Xie Shufang stayed, it seemed a bit redundant for them to stay, so they might as well go after Li Er.

"I admire Uncle Fang's loyalty! Please protect the king. We will chase Li Er and bring him alive to the king!"

Several people came out one after another and chased in the direction where Li Er fled.

In Chang'an city, there were still two people who did not pursue, they were Xi Junmai and Feng Ang. Both of them were clearing out the remaining soldiers in the city and cleaning up the palace.

Li Yuanji had already entered the city at this moment, riding his horse slowly towards the palace. When he saw Xie Shufang coming to his side, he immediately smiled.

"Why don't you go after Li Er? If you capture him, it will be a great achievement."

"Your Majesty, I followed you when you left Chang'an, and now I want to follow you back.

The city has not been completely cleared yet. How can a stray dog ​​like Li Er compare with the king? It is enough for them to chase him. "

Li Er looked at Xie Shufang and laughed. This was Xie Shufang.

"Okay, you followed me to Lingnan, and now you're back, let's go together."

Li Yuanji continued to move forward, and did not go to the palace first, but came to his former Prince Qi's Mansion.

Seeing his Prince Qi's Mansion being occupied, Li Yuanji didn't have any thoughts. It was impossible for Li Er to continue to keep this palace for him.

In fact, Li Yuanji had no feelings towards the Prince of Qi's Palace. He just wanted to take a look first for some unknown reason.

"Let's go into the palace."

Li Yuanji stopped looking and walked into the palace. As soon as he entered the palace, Xi Junmai and Feng Ang came to Li Yuanji.

“Your Majesty, the palace has been cleared. The concubines of Li Er’s harem are all gathered in one place, and the surviving eunuchs and palace maids are gathered in two places.

Besides, the Emperor has been asking to see the King."

Li Yuanji chuckled. Li Yuan wanted to see him?

Do you really want to see him?

"Take me to see the Emperor first."

Li Yuanji didn't have anything particularly interesting to see about this palace. It hadn't changed much and was already there in his memory.

Moreover, it has been bombarded a lot by Li Er's cannons, so this palace is really nothing to see.

Li Yuanji slowly came to the palace inside, and when he entered the palace, he saw an old man with disheveled hair sitting on the ground.

And this person was Li Yuan.

Li Yuanji walked forward slowly. At this time, Li Yuan also discovered Li Yuanji and came to Li Yuanji with a happy look on his face.

"Sanhu, you finally"

Li Yuan did not come to Li Yuanji, but was stopped by Xie Shufang just one step away.

When they saw Xie Shufang stopping Li Yuan, Xi Junmai and Feng Ang came to both sides of Li Yuanji at the same time.

Li Yuan looked at the scene in front of him with a look of disbelief, and then glared at Xie Shufang angrily.

"How dare you! I am the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and Sanhu is my King of Qi. As a general of the King of Qi, how dare you offend me like this? What crime should you be punished for?"

Xie Shufang ignored Li Yuan's roar, and Li Yuanji did not say anything either, just looked at Li Yuan.

Seeing this, Li Yuan no longer looked at Xie Shufang, but looked at Li Yuanji, his face full of joy.

"San Hu, I have been waiting for you for who knows how long. It was my fault in the beginning. I shouldn't have let you go to Lingnan. I should have seen through Lao Er a long time ago. It's all my fault.

Now that you are back, Sanhu, don't worry, I will definitely pass the throne of the Tang Dynasty to you!"

Li Yuanji looked at Li Yuan quietly, without any emotion, and even felt like laughing.

He and Li Yuan had no feelings for each other in the first place, especially since Li Yuan and Li Er had teamed up to deal with him once. Now he is still thinking about that position. He really cannot understand the situation at all and is obsessed with that position.

"Father, I haven't seen you for many years. You have grown old again."

When Li Yuan heard Li Yuanji's address, a smile appeared on his face even more.

"Yes, Sanhu, I am already old, and I can't hold this position for many more years. I will pass it on to you in the future."

"Haha, haha, since you know you are old, why do you value that position so much?"

Li Yuanji really couldn't hold it anymore. How obsessed was Li Yuan with the position of emperor? Why did this man think that he would give up the position of emperor now that he had fought back to Chang'an?
Li Yuan in front of him looked alive, but Li Yuanji knew very well that he was dead. (End of this chapter)