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Chapter 265 Cutting Through Chang'an City

"Wow!"

The long sound of horns spread to the top of Chang'an City, and the defenders on the city were awakened. Looking down from the high top of the city, they saw square formations holding torches coming from the dim horizon in the distance. Someone immediately picked up a stick Beat the gong and shout:

"Siege the city, Da Kun's army is attacking the city!"

The whole city woke up in an instant, countless soldiers hurriedly got up from the barracks and rushed up the city wall, a large number of messengers shuttled back and forth on the city wall to pass orders, the officers shouted loudly, and the sound of chaos rang out.

Fortunately, although Ye Chen attacked the city ahead of time, he didn't make any surprise attack, and there was no need for a surprise attack. The army slowly pressed towards the city wall and stopped about one kilometer away from the city wall.

He didn't choose to besiege the city. 12 troops seem like a lot, but it's unrealistic to encircle Chang'an. In fact, the defenders in Chang'an are not inferior to his troops. If the army is scattered in all directions, with Li Shimin's courage and courage, he will definitely dare to go out of the city to attack. , It is easy to defeat the army on one side and two sides.

"attack!"

Zhang Ling rode on the horse, waved his sword in his hand, and with the sound of a huge drum, countless soldiers rushed towards the city wall of Chang'an holding the siege ladder like a tide. On the city wall, more than a dozen siege vehicles rushed towards the city gate braving the rain of arrows and the stones thrown from the city.

As the ladder climbed up the city wall, Ye Chen, the middle soldier, stretched out his hand, and two pretty maids took off his dragon robe, revealing the strong muscles wrapped around a python, and the high and raised muscles were like undulating mountains. The face of the palace maid next to her was glowing.

With his upper body bare, he took the usual broadsword from the imperial guards, and slowly left the central army on an exceptionally tall black horse.

This war horse was brought with him when he took Shang Xiuxun back to Beijing. It was a horse king she caught from the Saibei prairie. It was black and shiny, muscular and full of strength. He saw it at first sight I fell in love with it and named it Black Star.This king of horses lived up to the title of king of horses, and he could easily ride him on the battlefield. There was no horse he could ride to finish a battle before.

The distance of one kilometer was reached in less than a minute. Black Star had already been psychic, and he dodged the arrows falling from the sky with super fast speed. A large pit nearly one meter deep and more than one meter in diameter was smashed out of the city wall.

It is easier to smash the wall than to smash the city gate.

He can be sure that Li Shimin has made various arrangements at the four city gates, which may not necessarily hurt him, but he is not interested in cooperating with the attempt, and directly pierces the city wall to make them feel depressed.

A city wall over ten meters thick would be difficult for even a great master to penetrate. For Ye Chen, it only took a little effort. In less than 10 minutes, a huge gap of four meters high and ten meters wide was created, and then he cut it down fiercely. After piercing through the last thin layer, Wang Meng, who had been waiting not far away, immediately waved his sword excitedly and roared:
"Soldiers, Your Majesty's mighty invincibility has broken through the city wall for us, what are we waiting for!"

"kill!!!"

Countless shouts of shouts gathered together and the fighting spirit soared to the sky, shaking the sky and the earth. Wang Xuan rushed to the gap opened by Ye Chen, followed by countless soldiers. The morale of the entire Dakun army rose sharply, while the morale of Li Tang's army on the city wall dropped sharply. .

Morale is a very miraculous thing, invisible but it does exist, and its effect on the battlefield is beyond imagination. It is obvious that the combat effectiveness of Li Tang's army and Dakun's army is not much different, but when the morale of the two sides is reversed, the actual battle results are different. great.

When Ye Chen dug out three huge holes in Chang'an City in one breath, the morale of the Chang'an City defenders plummeted to the extreme, and some soldiers began to flee.

Three holes more than ten meters wide were connected in a row, and a steady stream of troops entered the city. The fighting at the city gate had stopped, and the two sides launched a decisive battle at this gap.

In the center of Chang'an City, the grand palace of Youda is magnificent, and the majestic Hall of Supreme Harmony stands in the center of the palace. The guards in the palace usually look solemn and majestic, but today they are panic-stricken. Inside the closed Hall of Supreme Harmony, there is intense quarrel.

Li Yuan was on the throne of the emperor, and the left and right ministers below were Li Shimin and Li Yuanji respectively. In the past, Li Shimin and Li Jian were the heads of all the ministers, but Li Jiancheng was dead, so Li Yuanji replaced him.

It's just that he didn't look very happy at this time, and he was usually hostile to his second brother Li Shimin, but today, the two brothers no longer confronted each other like they used to, but frowned.

"Report!"

An orderly ran all the way to the hall, knelt down and shouted:

"The enemy army has destroyed three sections of the city wall more than ten feet wide. A large number of enemy troops have poured into the city. The morale of the soldiers is low, and it may be difficult to defend!"

The face of the messenger could not conceal the panic. Ye Chen's act of directly piercing through the city wall of Chang'an was a bit appalling in the eyes of ordinary people. This power like a god and demon is the most detrimental to morale. It's okay if he can find a way to kill him. , but Ye Chen's rampage all the way was unstoppable, and even the stones thrown by the trebuchet hit him head-on without incident. The morale of the Tang army would have been frightened. It just crashed.

He waved his hand to make the messengers retreat, and the hall was even more silent. None of the courtiers dared to speak. On the throne, Li Yuan turned his eyes around the courtiers, and finally fell on his second son, asking:
"Shimin, do you have a way to repel the enemy army?"

Li Shimin raised his head after a while, came out and said:

"Unless the false emperor can be led into the trap of the mechanism, no one can stop him!"

Li Yuan immediately said:

"There are traps in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Even if the Grand Master is trapped, it will be a dead end. You should find a way to lure him over and put him to death."

Li Shimin couldn't help but cupped his hands and said:
"Respect my father's order!"

Li Yuan waved his hand, signaling to retreat.

When all the courtiers retreated, Li Yuan still sat still. After a while, some courtiers came back, but the number was less than a third, including his two sons. Li Yuan said directly without beating around the bush:

"The enemy army is powerful, I am determined to move the capital to Chengdu in the middle of Sichuan, and leave immediately!"

The ministers who came back are all important ministers in the court. Of course, they know what it means to move the capital now, and some people are not reconciled. An old minister said:

"Your Majesty, Chang'an and even Guanzhong are important places for our Tang Dynasty. If we lose them, our national strength will be greatly damaged. Although Shuzhong is rich, it can only be settled in a corner, and it is difficult to counterattack Chang'an. If things go on like this, our Tang Dynasty will have no chance to compete in the world."

Of course Li Yuan knew about this, but he had no choice. Not to mention that Dakun's army had invaded Chang'an, he said that the Turkic allied forces would go south soon. At that time, facing the joint attack of Ye Chen and the Turkic allied forces, it would be wrong to stay in the Hetao and Guanzhong areas. There is no doubt that he will die. Compared with the two, he still chooses to go to Shuzhong. At least he can still live.

(End of this chapter)