It Starts With A Mountain

Chapter 856

Liu Bei was silent for a moment, then said: "If we can all see this, the Rong clan may not be able to see it. Could it be that they have other arrangements?"

If someone else had an idea, Liu Bei might not have said that. The key person who said this is Zhang Sanye. He still knows a thing or two about the work style of the third master.

"Will the Rong people choose to attack the hinterland of the Central Plains instead of fighting Chang'an? The defense of other cities is not as strong as Chang'an." Shi Wengong approached and asked.

Liu Bei nodded: "It makes sense."

Then, everyone started to discuss this point. If the Rong tribe temporarily abandons Chang'an and chooses to occupy the hinterland of the empire, what will happen to the situation?

After all, the whole body is affected by a single trigger. The situation is complicated and complicated, and everyone can't see it now.

"The authorities are obsessed and the bystanders are clear. What the third brother said may not be unreasonable." Guan Yu said: "In any case, in this battle, the allied forces of the princes will undoubtedly lose."

I can't see the future direction of the situation, and this is the only thing that can be determined at present. Although the people did not have any favorable impression of the feudal alliance, but in such a situation, they did not want the alliance to be defeated so badly.

Everyone fell silent, and everyone frowned in thought. See if there is a way to help the coalition break through. After a long while, Guan Yu opened his mouth to break the silence and said, "Looking at the current situation, it is very difficult for the coalition to win. There is no article to do on the battlefield."

Everyone understands the meaning of Guan Yu's words. Since there is nothing to do about the situation here, if you want to break the situation, you can only take advantage of the situation.

Where to take advantage?

Guan Yuzhi pointed to the northwest, and slowly spit out two words: "Chang'an."

"Can Chang'an Li Letian send troops to support the coalition?" Liu Bei asked.

The battle has continued to this day, and Chang'an City is also starved of soldiers and food. Li Letian's determination to defend the city is firm, but he may not have the courage to take the initiative to fight against the Rong.

Guan Yu got up and stood up straight, looked at the sky in the distance, and said, "Go, let's go to Chang'an to see."

Five hundred men turned on their horses and marched northwest. The current situation is changing rapidly. Five hundred people are thrown into this chaos, but nothing can actually be changed.

It didn't take a day to come to Chang'an City. Right now, it is impossible to get close to Chang'an City, and there are Rong tribes in front of Chang'an City.

Although the troops were divided to besiege the allied forces of the princes, the Rong tribe still had a lot of troops at the foot of Chang'an.

Everyone can't get close to Chang'an City, so they can't inform Chang'an City of the current situation. Guan Yu's plan was useless.

In this place, everyone did not dare to be too presumptuous. There were Rong people around. If they leaked their whereabouts, they would definitely encounter Rong siege.

Guan Yu sighed helplessly: "Choose a place to camp, and wait and see how the situation develops here."

After all, he glanced in the direction of Chang'an. Although Chang'an City was besieged, the people in Chang'an were not ignorant of the situation outside. Whether he is willing to dispatch troops or not depends on Li Letian's choice.

Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, everyone evacuated the dangerous place and hid in the nearby mountains and forests.

The city of Chang'an has indeed suffered for a long time, and the soldiers and civilians in the city are like ants on a hot pot.

Sunset west of the mountains, stars hang over the four fields.

Li Letian climbed to the top of the city at this time, and seeing him appear, the people guarding the top of the city all stood up.

Chang'an City has endured round after round of formidable attacks by the Rong clan, and it has been able to sustain until now, but has not yet been breached by the Rong clan. Everyone knew in their hearts that without Li Letian's determination, he would never have been able to do this.

Now everyone is exhausted, but Li Letian is convinced. In the past, although Li Letian sat on the dragon chair, he was at the mercy of the powerful ministers, and everyone didn't take him seriously. Until now, the people in Chang'an City really regarded him as the emperor.

Li Letian supported one of the wounded and said, "Everyone rest well, and the safety of Chang'an City will be entrusted to you all."

The wounded soldier was grateful, wiped away his tears, and stammered, "Your Majesty..."

Li Letian patted his shoulder and carried Ma Chao to continue to patrol the city ahead.

The two stood on the top of the city, and when they climbed high and looked into the distance, they saw a continuous line of Rong camps.

Li Letian put his hands behind him and said slowly, "The Rong people haven't attacked the city for a long time."

"There are fourteen days." Ma Chao replied.

"In your opinion, how long can Chang'an City last?"

"With Your Majesty in charge, the army and the people will be able to defeat the Rong tribe with one heart." After so long, Ma Chao is no longer ignorant of the way of speaking in the officialdom.

Li Letian smiled wryly and waved his hand powerlessly: "Up to now, I haven't heard the truth from your mouth."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the day the city of Chang'an was broken, was when Ma Chao died, and Ma Meng swore to live and die together with the city of Chang'an."

Li Letian sighed: "If you don't think about winning, you should think about losing first. Have you ever thought about how to plan things in the future after Chang'an City is broken?"

Before Ma Mengqi could speak, Li Letian said to himself, "I'm going to die anyway. I escaped once last time, but I don't want to run away again this time. In any case, I want to leave some respect for the Li family."

"My minister and your majesty..."

Li Letian suddenly turned his head and interrupted Ma Chao's words: "I can die, but you can't. You are a rare hero in the world. You should have done something in this world to make the world remember your name. , when you encounter this situation, you have nowhere to use your skills. Promise me, after the city of Chang'an is destroyed, you will not die, save your life, and do something more."

Ma Chao's eyes were red, and he fell to the ground.

"The imperial decree at this time." Li Letian raised his face.

"The minister obeys the order."

Li Letian patted him on the shoulder. He took the throne and sat in the hall for some time, but if he really said that the ruler and his ministers were single-minded, it would be Ma Meng.

Most emperors are lonely, but because there is a Ma Mengqi, he is not too lonely. So, it is lucky.

"Okay, okay, that's just the worst arrangement. The situation is not at its worst yet." Li Letian said: "How is the coalition now?"

"The Rong tribe has been besieged from all sides, and the stalemate has been going on for seven or eight days." Ma Chao said: "Probably won't last for a few days?"

Although trapped in Chang'an, Li Letian is not ignorant of the situation outside. The Rong clan postponed their attack on Chang'an, so they spared no effort to attack the coalition camp.

Once the coalition camp was breached, Chang'an City was truly isolated and helpless.

"The 100,000 coalition army is scary to say it. But it has no strength to fight against the Rong clan. When the empire is in this situation, we are all sinners." Li Letian sighed: "What's going on in Liangzhou?"

"There is no news about Liangzhou so far, and there may be no news."

"Cheng Dalei really can't stand his temper. Stand by and watch the fisherman benefit. Who would have thought he would have such a deep scheming. I really underestimated Cheng Dalei." Li Letian shook his head: "As you see it, if we go out of the city, we will be with you. With the cooperation of the coalition forces, what will happen to the rear of the Rong clan?"