Will Ming

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Chapter 460 Attacking Chang'an ([-])

The Sui army and common people in Chang'an City were waiting for reinforcements from Dongdu to arrive.I don't know where the news came from. When Li Yuan besieged the city for a whole month, it was said that Yue Wang Yang Yu sent an army of [-] to rescue Chang'an.Although Chang'an City was besieged, Li Yuan left a gate unblocked, so no one knew whether the news was brought back by a messenger who broke out from the siege and went east to ask for help.

But regardless of whether the news was true or false, the soldiers and civilians in the city were in a state of excitement.

People from the imperial court did not come out to refute the rumors, so the news swept through Chang'an City like a wind, blowing all over the streets and alleys, and everyone in the city soon heard about it.The jubilant people couldn't help running to the street to cheer and celebrate, and some wealthy households distributed their food storage to the poor to express their joy at this time.

Because of the digging of Li Yuanzu's grave, the people in Chang'an City were terrified.What they are most worried about is that Chang'an will not be able to defend. If Li Yuan's rebels enter the city, the unlucky ones will be the common people. implicated?

The king cannot surrender, but the minister can surrender.

Besides, those members of the aristocratic family have never bet all their wealth and life on Tai Sui.Perhaps among Li Yuan's rebel army outside the city, there were some descendants of Li Yuan's family who were sent by senior officials in the city to assist Li Yuan.

As for the authenticity of this rumor, the imperial court will definitely not send someone to stand up and say it is false.Although no one in the imperial court knew whether the news was true or false, there is no doubt that even the fake imperial court would not say it was false.If you want to keep Chang'an, the morale of the army and the people is particularly important.The spread of such news undoubtedly gave the soldiers and civilians all over the city a shot of stimulants.

The general Wei Xiaojie who was in charge of guarding the Golden Light Gate hadn't gone down the city wall for a whole month. Every morning before dawn, he began to patrol the city wall, checking the equipment and arrows guarding the city, and checking whether the soldiers on duty were slack or lazy. .After holding on for a month, Wei Xiaojie felt that he was getting closer and closer to victory.

Li Yuan has an army of 20 outside the city, and the daily consumption of food and grass is an astonishing figure.It's been a month, how long can Li Yuan last?

As he was walking, he wondered when Li Yuan would start the attack. Seeing the carts that had been gradually installed on the city wall in the past few days, he stopped and took a closer look in front of one of the carts. The corners of his mouth couldn't help Evoked a smile.These things were prepared to deal with the building cars of Li Yuan's rebels.The throwing car is not big, and it can only throw thirty or twenty kilograms of things about a hundred steps, but it is enough.

There was a lot of rapeseed oil packed in skins beside each cart, and the archers defending the city also specially prepared a quiver full of feathered arrows wrapped in oilcloth.As long as the building carts of Li Yuan's rebels push up, they will be burned and collapsed before reaching the city.

Wei Xiaojie looked up again and looked very far away, there were already many tall buildings and cars standing there.He frowned, knowing that it would not be long before Li Yuan would launch a strong attack. Once the number of building vehicles reached a certain scale, Li Yuan would impatiently give the order to attack.

But it doesn't matter, it's just asking for death.

Wei Xiaojie looked at the tall cars in the distance, and couldn't help thinking proudly that Li Yuan's rebels tried their best to push those giants up, but they were burned to ashes before they could be used. The rebels on the tall cars The archer fell down and was buried in the sea of ​​flames screaming, and Li Yuan, who was pale, gradually became hopeless and helpless.These pictures appeared in Wei Xiaojie's mind, and the more he thought about it, the more proud he became.

When he reached the crenel, he stood there looking out of the city.

"Da Sui is protected by heaven!"

Wei Xiaojie murmured: "If that wasn't the case, how could Li Yaoshi appear in Chang'an City at this most critical time? In the dark, everything was preordained. From this we can see that the Great Sui Dynasty is far from collapsing. , there is still help..."

When he was muttering to himself, he didn't notice that Li Jing had already walked not far behind him.

"Come to inspect so early?"

Li Jing asked with a light smile.

Wei Xiaojie was taken aback, turned around and saw that it was Li Jing who quickly saluted and said, "Since Li Yuan's rebel army arrived outside the city, I have never gone down the city wall."

"General Wei is loyal!"

Li Jing praised sincerely.

"I just don't want the word "sinner" to be added before my name when it is mentioned by later generations."

Wei Xiaojie sighed and said: "If the capital of the Sui Dynasty is lost in my hands, I'm afraid the people's saliva will drown me!"

Li Jing shook his head and said, "How come, Li Yuan is the sinner."

He patted the crenel and said seriously: "Whoever destroys this mighty city is the sinner."

Wei Xiao nodded and was about to speak when his expression froze suddenly.He raised his finger and pointed to Li Yuan's camp outside the city, and asked with some uncertainty, "So... Li Yuan is going to attack?"

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Li Jing followed Wei Xiaojie's instructions to look over, and saw a sudden chaos in the distance where the buildings in Li Yuan's camp were located. Li Jing's first reaction was that Li Yuan was about to attack, but now it was almost evening, and the sun had already set To the west, isn't it too late to attack at this time?

The building car moved slowly, and it could not be pushed from Li Yuan's camp to Chang'an City within an hour or two.

"Could it be that Li Yuan plans to attack at night?"

Wei Xiaojie said something uncertain.

"Let the soldiers prepare, all the archers will go to the city wall!"

Li Jing ordered decisively.

Wei Xiaojie didn't care whether Li Jing's order exceeded his authority, and immediately turned around and gave the order.His personal soldiers immediately turned around and ran to deliver the order. After a while, the humming horns on the city wall sounded.

"If Li Yuan really intends to attack at night, he is courting death!"

Li Jing said in a cold voice: "Today I will be at Jinguangmen. General Wei doesn't need to pay attention to me. Just command as usual. As for the soldiers who operate and drop the chariots, leave them to me. If the locomotives approach, I will immediately order the vegetable oil Throw it over, and the archers will be commanded by General Wei!"

"it is good!"

Wei Xiaojie agreed loudly, then turned and walked towards the gate tower.He just walked a few steps, then suddenly stopped, raised his finger and pointed out of the city, and said with a trembling voice with incredible emphasis: "So... what's going on?"

Li Jing also noticed the changes in Li Yuan's camp, and his eyes widened instantly.

"Someone raided Li Yuan's camp!"

Li Jing looked at the camp in the distance and immediately made a judgment.

"It's Dongdu's reinforcements!"

Wei Xiaojie added a sentence following Li Jing's train of thought.

Only then did he see chaos in Li Yuan's camp, and not long after, flames appeared in Li Yuan's camp.It didn't take long for the fire to rise very high.The neighing and neighing of people in the camp could be heard from a distance, and there seemed to be a faint cry of killing, as if someone had led troops into Li Yuan's camp and was fighting fiercely with the Li family's army.This accident happened so suddenly that both Wei Xiaojie and Li Jing were a little dazed, they both glanced at each other, and they both saw disbelief in each other's eyes.

"Could it really be the reinforcements from Dongdu?"

Li Jing hesitated for a moment and said, "Will there be fraud?"

"The small half of the camp is on fire!"

Wei Xiaojie pointed to the distance and shouted excitedly: "How could Li Yuan make such a big capital!"

Li Jing nodded and said: "That can't be impulsive, just wait and see what happens!"

"Um"

Wei Xiaojie hummed and said: "Should we let the soldiers gather? If it is really the reinforcements from the Eastern Capital, we can go out of the city to meet them at that time. We should cooperate from inside to outside. Maybe today we can defeat Thief Li!"

"it is good!"

Li Jing said loudly: "General Wei go to gather troops, I will stand firm on the city wall."

"Do you want to send someone to report to His Royal Highness Daiwang?"

After running a few steps, Wei Xiaojie stopped and asked again.

Li Jingdao: "The incident happened suddenly. I sent my own soldiers to report to Dai Wang. The general can go and rectify the troops himself, and we must be careful not to be deceived by the thief Li! I am watching on the city wall. If there is no signal from me, General Wei must not Open the door and go out!"

"I saved it!"

Wei Xiaojie responded, and hurriedly went to the city to rectify the troops.

Li Jing looked at the increasingly hot fire in Li Yuan's camp opposite, and his frown became deeper and deeper.His face became more and more serious, and his hands in his sleeves were clenched tightly.

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Wei Xiaojie quickly assembled about [-] troops. To be on the safe side, he still sent someone to the palace to report to His Royal Highness Dai Wang, telling Dai Wang that reinforcements from Dongdu might have arrived.Then he personally waited inside the Golden Light Gate with his troops, only waiting for Li Jing on the city wall to give a signal.This kind of waiting is the most tormenting process. It was only half an hour, but Wei Xiaojie felt that he had waited as long as ten years.

He couldn't wait any longer, so he got off his horse and ran up the city wall to see for himself.

When he reached the city wall, he saw Li Jing staring nervously at the outside of the city.

"General Li, how is the situation?"

Wei Xiaojie asked.

"Someone is coming!"

Li Jing pointed to the outside and said.

Wei Xiaojie looked outside carefully, and saw a pair of men and horses coming out of Li Yuan's camp, and he could already see the fierce red Sui battle flag waving in the wind in the army formation. The rebels came after them.

"It looks like the number of people will not exceed [-]!"

Li Jing frowned and said, "If there were troops sent by Dongdu, how could there be so few?"

"Could it be Qu Tutong?"

Wei Xiaojie guessed.

"Qu Tutong is not so fast! He was killed by Li Yuan