The Turks attacked the city for three consecutive days, and the defenders were repelled by the defenders of Chang'an City. The morale of the defenders was very high, and all of this was based on Chen Fei organizing the people to come to support the front line and constantly using various methods to inspire morale. As a soldier in later generations, Chen Fei also read a lot of books on political work during his training, so he had some insights on motivating morale. Chen Fei called all the singers in Chang'an City and some of the singing and dancing troupes in Taichang Temple, and then performed singing and dancing to the soldiers, especially military songs. Chen Fei's song "For Who" became the favorite song of the soldiers, because this song promoted the soldiers fighting to defend the people, and this song was a vernacular song, a song that these soldiers with relatively low cultures could understand. So they also liked it very much, after all, there were too few songs they could understand.

As for the leaders of these singing and dancing troupes, Chen Fei asked Princess Wanchun to take responsibility, and Princess Wanchun became the favorite singer of the soldiers. All of this greatly improved Princess Wanchun's image in the hearts of the soldiers, and also improved the image of the Li Tang royal family in the army, so Li Shimin was also a little surprised. However, as a Turkic person, it was not that good.

"Damn it, the Tang army in Chang'an is very tenacious. It seems that we can't break through!" Jie Li cursed.

Of course, Jie Li knew the current situation. He wanted to blackmail the Tang Dynasty, force the Tang Dynasty's relatives to pay compensation and pay tribute, because Jie Li had actually conjectured that Li Shimin didn't want to take risks. Jie Li was still familiar with the habits of the people in the Central Plains, so Jie Li easily conjectured that Li Shimin would not think about taking risks. After all, Li Shimin seemed to be an emperor, and he probably didn't want to take risks even in the event of risk. However, Jie Li did not expect that Chen Fei would actually be a runaway in Chang'an City, Li Shimin was not a human inside and outside, and could only be forced to fight against the Turks.

Jie Li was helpless now. On the one hand, this expedition to the Tang Dynasty was about to return without success, which could be said to have greatly damaged his face. However, if he continued to fight like this, it would be a war of attrition, and Jie Li might not be able to afford it. The Turkic cavalry was not good at siegeing cities, so they could no longer conquer Chang'an. The morale of the Chang'an defenders was high and they were not afraid of the Turkic people. Now the Turks could no longer conquer it. It can be said that Chang'an was a useless rib, and it would be a pity to abandon it if you eat it.

"Send the orders to the soldiers, prepare to withdraw their troops and return to the grassland!" Jie Li said.

"Khan, did you leave like this? We may lose a lot this time!" Zhishisili said.

Jie Li shook his head and said, "We can't win this time. After all, this place is not our grassland, but a place for the Tang Dynasty. If you stay here for a long time, who knows what the result will be?"

Jie Li's concerns make sense. If the Turks cannot fight quickly in this situation, they may be done once the Tang army sieges. Although a lot of local troops have been removed, less than one-third of the Tang army is the Tang army, and two-thirds of the army are still in the local area. If Chang'an City is not safe, local officials may stand by. If Chang'an City is solid, then many local officials will probably take the opportunity to obtain a reward for saving the emperor.

Jie Li also found out that several prefectures near Chang'an had already begun to form civil volunteer troops and were preparing to come to Chang'an to "rescue the lord". As for the farther prefectures, they also began to form civilian troops, and then wanted to come to rescue the lord and obtain the merit of rescue. In ancient times, the merit was nothing more than rescue the lord, so since Chang'an was as solid as a gold medal, who would not want to pick up a merit of rescue the lord for free! So they were all keen to come to rescue the lord. Although this army was not an elite, hundreds of thousands of ordinary soldiers were crowded by then, and with the 200,000 troops in the city, they might really be destroyed.

Jie Li was not a fool. Of course he knew that the role of cavalry was to fight, rather than staying in place to attack the city. If we were to talk about infantry warfare, then the Turks were not as good as the Han people. Once hundreds of thousands of civil volunteers surrounded them, these 200,000 of them were at risk of being destroyed in the Han area.

As the Khan of the Turks, Jie Li knew that once the 200,000 army was destroyed, there would be no hope for the Turks. Even if the Han people lost more, the Han people would not be able to replenish them for more than one generation. However, the Turks would take hundreds of years, which is the gap. So since Jie Li discovered that Chang'an had become a useless rib, he would not continue to fight. Taking huge risks could not bring corresponding benefits. This was obviously not a good business. Jie Li had already planned to retreat, and the danger was the Turkic army.

"The Turks have retreated!" shouted the lookout soldiers on the Chang'an city tower.

"The Turks have retreated, we are safe!" "Chang'an has been saved!" "Long live the emperor!" "Long live the emperor, Chang'an has been saved!"

The people in the city were in a state of excitement because they were also involved in the battle to defend Chang'an. Although they were only responsible for some logistics work, this made them feel honored, so they all cheered.

Li Shimin heard the news in the palace and breathed a sigh of relief. Now he has finally passed the most difficult moment in the Tang Dynasty.

"Turkish people, if I don't let you destroy your country, I'm not Li Shimin!" Li Shimin thought with his fists tightly.

Although the Turks retreated this time, the Tang Dynasty was the ultimate loss, because the Tang Dynasty was the invaded side. As a hero, how could Li Shimin tolerate himself being insulted like this? The enemy's troops were at the capital city, which was a great insult and a great shame to a country. So although the Turks retreated, Li Shimin still felt very shameful. So Li Shimin had already swore that he must destroy the Turks so that he could wash away such shame. History was also changed by Chen Fei, because the Tang Dynasty did not exchange wealth for peace, but instead repelled the Turks' attack.

"Crown Prince, congratulations to the prince for congratulating him. My Tang Dynasty defeated the invasion of the Turks, which is the first blessing for the founding of the Tang Dynasty! I asked the prince to give him a banquet for all officials to comfort the meritorious officials!" Someone said.

"Okay, the Lone King will give you a banquet immediately. All officials above the ninth rank in Chang'an will come to attend!" Li Shimin said.
Chapter completed!