New Wagang

Chapter 885
The Taiyuan soldiers and horses finally won the battle outside Huizhou City, but it was definitely a tragic victory. Datang and Daxin lost almost the same amount of troops. In the end, Wang Junkuo was forced to return to Fengxiang. He didn't enter, but Li Shimin didn't dare to continue attacking Huizhou, and Yuanzhou didn't dare to touch it either.

There is no way, the 15 soldiers and horses came, and now almost one-third has been lost, and the confrontation has been going on for almost two months, and the food and morale of the army are almost exhausted.

What's more, even if you barely continue to attack Huizhou City, without Wang Junkuo's involvement from the side, you can attack wholeheartedly. All kinds of defensive equipment on the top of the city are also intact.

Coupled with the fact that Hao Yuan, who is good at planning, and Xie Yingdeng, a great archer general of the Daxin Kingdom, Li Shimin really didn't have the guts to take risks. Lu went to attack his own food road, after all, he still had almost a hundred thousand soldiers and horses, so he was in a dilemma at that time.

After weighing his interests, Li Shimin had no choice but to withdraw his troops. Fortunately, he retreated after defeating Wang Junkuo. This was more or less a cover-up.

However, this news was like a defeat to Li Yuan.

After Li Yuan was dragged into a stalemate by Lai Huer, the momentum of the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty became weaker day by day, and continued to weaken. Everyone in the siege battle knew the saying: once again, again and again, and exhausted three times.

When the Taiyuan Mansion raised the flag before, the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty were extremely powerful and unstoppable. Before the capture of Fenzhou and Puzhou, it was as if they were destroyed. Even the local people welcomed the Tang army very much. The arrival made Li Yuan and the entire army of the Tang Dynasty excited. At that moment, almost no one doubted that Chang'an City could not be breached.

However, Li Yuan miscalculated one point, that is, the loyalty of the people in Chang'an City to the Great Sui Dynasty. Perhaps the people in other parts of the world hated the emperor very much, and they were eager to change the dynasty. However, compared to the capital city Chang'an, the disaster and pain they suffered Those are not as many and as deep as the outsiders.

On the contrary, the people in Chang'an City even have a sense of superiority over other people in their bones. Now you, the Li family of Taiyuan soldiers and horses, are going to lead troops in. Although you are talking about helping the new king to succeed, everyone knows Sima Zhao's heart Ah, so, in fact, not so many people responded, even though Li Yuan had a good reputation in Chang'an City back then.

But this time you came back to seize the throne. It’s different from when you were an upright official. Therefore, Li Yuan’s Tang army encountered common resistance from General Lai Huer and the people of Chang’an City. The battle between the two sides was extremely tragic. If the battle of Zhoucheng is cruel, the battle of Chang'an City may be several times worse!
In the big tent of the Tang Army.

After Li Yuan sat on the handsome table, he was wearing a general's robe and a golden crow crown on his head. His sword was placed obliquely on the handsome table, and he was angrily looking at the letter in his hand.

All the generals and counselors in the big tent were silent. At this moment, they didn't know the details of the battle in Huizhou City, and they didn't know that the second son Li Shimin, whom they had high hopes for, had already started to withdraw from Lingzhou. Back to Taiyuan Mansion again!

Li Zhongwen and Li Xiaogong couldn't help but glanced at each other, both of them looked worried. These two top men in the Tang Dynasty, both literary and military, were attracting everyone's attention no matter what they said or did.

Li Jiancheng has also been paying attention to the expression of the old man Li Yuan, and his brows are also very worried. Li Jiancheng urgently needs an identity now, that is the prince, but now Li Yuan is playing the banner of abolishing the current foolish emperor and establishing a new one. He still wants to help Great Sui Dynasty.

Of course, Li Jiancheng naturally knew that this was just a cover, and things would come slowly after entering Chang'an City, but now Tang soldiers have been blocked outside Chang'an City for nearly two months, Li Jiancheng really I was very worried that I would not be able to enter Chang'an City. In that case, I would not be able to have the status of the prince, would I?

After the Shuai case, Li Yuan finally put down the letter in his hand. Immediately, everyone stretched their necks to stare, but Li Yuan glanced at everyone and seemed to speak, but before he spoke, he sighed. Everyone in the tent immediately felt that it was not good to lose their composure.

Sure enough, Li Yuan told the news that Li Shimin had withdrawn from Huizhou and Lingzhou and was returning to Taiyuan Mansion, which caused a commotion in the big tent.

Li Yuan glanced at the generals in the big tent, and finally landed on Li Xiaogong, his eyes were quite expectant, but he was surprised to see that Li Xiaogong deliberately didn't raise his head as if he had sensed his own gaze, as if he was thinking alone .

Li Yuan sighed secretly, his gaze fell on Li Zhongwen again, and he was about to ask a question, but Li Jiancheng came out of the line first, and said: "General, since the day when the Tang army was divided into two groups, it has been calculated that if one side does not The possibility of this being possible is that the current situation is only the expected situation. Therefore, we don’t need to worry about it. The general thinks that the second brother’s withdrawal of troops back to Taiyuan Mansion can become a strong backing for us along the way. , at least in terms of food and grass, we can get the greatest guarantee, and our army should strengthen our offensive forces to break through Chang'an City in one go!"

"Young master is right!"

"Young Master is brave and fearless!"

"Yes, break through Chang'an City in one go!"

"Breaking Chang'an City!"

Immediately after Li Jiancheng's words fell, many generals shouted and echoed, and the atmosphere of shouting was very exciting instantly. There were people who flattered and those who really wanted to fight. The depression in Li Yuan's heart was also slightly relieved. Obviously, In Li Yuan's heart, if he gave up attacking Chang'an City and withdrew like this, he seemed unwilling.

But Li Yuan didn't speak, because Li Zhongwen and Li Xiaogong, the two people he valued the most, haven't expressed their opinions yet.

"General Li Xiaogong." Because there are many generals surnamed Li in the Tang army, Li Yuan had no choice but to point out Li Xiaogong directly. If you don't speak, then I'll just point out your name to see if you can avoid it!
Li Xiaogong really doesn't want to talk much, the current situation is too complicated and extremely two-sided.

On the one hand, just as Li Jiancheng said, it is not necessarily a bad thing for Li Shimin to withdraw his troops back to Taiyuan. In the battle to support Chang'an City, there is no need to worry about problems in the rear. This adds a stable weight to the possibility of attacking Chang'an City for a long time.

(End of this chapter)