It Starts With A Mountain

Chapter 814

Chang'an is already a dangerous city.

After the Rong army captured the four cities of Hanoi, Hexi, Dongshan, and Chencang, they pushed forward, and more than 100,000 troops pressed in front of Chang'an City.

The court mobilized all parties, and people from Pingye, Qingqiu, and Guangling poured into Chang'an City, and now the total strength of Chang'an City has reached 80,000. And the commander-in-chief of these 80,000 horses is not the other one, it is Li Letian, the emperor of the Dawu Dynasty.

Li Letian had high hopes for Ma Mengqi, Chen Meng, Luo Yi, and Luo Cheng at first, but none of the four failed his expectations. After all, they are too young, and over time, they may grow into the pillars of the country. But now none of the four of them have the ability to command large-scale battles.

After all, no one else can be trusted, and the only one who can rely on is yourself.

Li Letian knows his own abilities, and he is not the lord of destiny who uses the army like a god. But whether he is ready or not, he must go to war. As the ruler of a country, he cannot step back, he can only go up.

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When the Rong army came to Chang'an City, they did not hesitate to attack the city overnight. However, the city has high walls and thick walls, and within three days, the city gates were not breached, but their own side suffered heavy casualties.

Armistice for three days, the siege continued after three days. This time, more than 100,000 people were driven to build high-rise buildings outside the city. Archers shoot arrows in Chang'an city from high buildings. Catapults, siege vehicles, bed crossbows and other siege equipment were dispatched from the four cities of Hanoi, Hexi, Dong Son and Tran Cang.

Li Letian took off his dragon robe, changed into a military uniform, and personally commanded the battle on the city wall. The morale battle of the imperial army, round after round, overcame the siege of the Rong tribe.

The two sides were at a stalemate for more than a month, and Chang'an City was not breached.

In this battle, the city defense army in Chang'an City was about 80,000. The total strength of the Rong tribe was 200,000 this time, leaving some people to guard the four cities of Hanoi.

However, the number of participants in this battle was not limited to 180,000. After the Rong people captured the four cities of Hanoi, they drove the people in the cities to work as coolies, and the number was hundreds of thousands.

The whole people of Chang'an City are soldiers, and the young and middle-aged people need to go to the city gate to carry the large stone and wood.

In a city of Chang'an, over one million people from both sides participated in the war. And this part of the people is also the most easily sacrificed type of people on the battlefield.

Inside and outside the city, corpses were scattered everywhere, blood flowed into rivers, and there were countless casualties. Chang'an City hears ghosts every night, and every family is crying.

A month later, the Rong tribe evacuated from Chang'an City within a hundred miles. Of course, this does not mean that the war is over, but that winter is coming.

The Rong tribe retreated to the four cities of Hanoi, rested their troops, and raised—mainly snatch food and grass, in preparation for another battle in the spring of the coming year. Li Letian in Chang'an City can breathe a sigh of relief at this time, but at the same time he also understands that the cruelty of the war has only just begun.

At this time, Bai Yuanfei arrived at Chang'an City.

Of course, he couldn't enter Chang'an City. Today's Chang'an City is strictly guarded. Unless there is a seal, no one is allowed to leave the city and enter the city without permission.

Bai Yuanfei led the thin horse around the city of Chang'an, and saw many refugees fleeing. In this war, the residents of Chang'an City had a difficult life, and it was impossible to say that tomorrow the city gate would be breached, and their wives and daughters would be spoiled by the barbarians of the Rong tribe. But you must know that there are still many people who are not qualified to enter the city. They often live together outside the city, selling some side dishes and doing some hard work in the city.

Now that the troops are under the city, Li Letian certainly doesn't care about them, and they are also the first to face the iron hoofs of the Rong tribe.

Looking at Chang'an City before sunset, Bai Yuanfei sighed softly. The city is towering, but it is also weathered. Now someone is stepping up repairs, but they cannot hide the decay that it reveals. If you can't stop the red sun from sinking in the west.

Bai Yuanfei got on his horse and rode his horse to the north.

After a few more days, I came to Dongshan City.

Because of the cold weather in winter, the two armies had a truce. Wang Jia of the Rong tribe Wang Ye Yuanhuo stayed in Dongshan City.

There is always only the worst, not the worst. I have to say that this time the Rong people were extremely restrained in their actions. After the four cities in Hanoi were conquered, they did not slaughter the cities in one go, but only slaughtered one or two to reward the three armies.

But the so-called restraint is just that. Although there was no complete massacre of the city, the soldiers scrambled for some property, ruined a few women they encountered, or used some people's heads to practice archery, etc. It was not a big deal.

As long as things don't go too far and cause uncontrollable chaos, the current Ye Yuanhuo has no idea of ​​rectifying military discipline.

At night, Bai Yuanfei came to Dongshan City. He looked up at the city in front of him, patted the head of the thin horse who sat down, and sighed.

"Old man, wait for me to come back, if you can't wait for me, run for your own life."

Saying that, he jumped up, his body like a bat in the night, gently climbing on the city wall.

The hands and feet are like sharp claws, sticking firmly to the city wall, using both hands and feet, they come to the city wall in a short time.

Unlike imagined, Dongshan City's defense is not as tight as imagined. Looking at it from Bai Yuanfei's point of view, there are numerous defensive vacancies. If a large army is to attack by surprise, the city can be breached without much effort.

Seeing that there were no patrollers nearby, he took out a booklet from his arms and drew the defense map of Dongshan Castle on it with a carbon stick.

Even the entire empire did not know much about the Rong tribe. People often denounce him as a savage who drinks blood, and is both afraid and disgusted. But under the influence of Cheng Dalei, the people who came out of Toad Village would not underestimate any enemy. Bai Yuanfei has gone deep into the enemy camp this time. If he can know the characteristics of the Rong's defense, it will be a great achievement after returning to the Toad Village.

Hastily made a few strokes on the booklet, and more things are remembered in my head. Bai Yuanfei turned over and jumped down the tower, sneaking into Dongshan City.

As it approached the location of the City Lord's Mansion, more and more people were patrolling the streets. Bai Yuanfei didn't dare to be careless, and acted cautiously, sometimes he had to detour a long way.

There may be fire in the middle of the city, and the raging flames seem to burn the sky. Bai Yuanfei had already seen it once and did not dare to watch it again. He knew that it was the Rong tribe that was burning the corpses. The original residents of the city were squeezed to death by the Rong tribe.

Although Bai Yuanfei was a bandit, he felt horrified at the moment. He was not a good person in the beginning, and he also did evil things, but before the great evil of the war, what he did originally was insignificant.

First fear, then anger. Then, a shocking thought popped up in Bai Yuanfei's mind: If he could kill Ye Yuanhuo, he would be able to let out a sigh of anger in his heart, and secondly, would he be able to end the war early?

Of course, I understand the boldness of this idea in my heart. When Cheng Dalei could assassinate the king of the Rong clan, it was a quick and light sword, but Bai Yuanfei did not have the ability of Cheng Dalei.

But once this idea came up, it couldn't be stopped.