Chapter 672 The Tang army attacked the city!
In Chang'an City, Liang Hongyu led the soldiers of the Women's Camp to the city to defend.
When Han Fei, Shang Yang, Guo Shoujing and other ministers heard that the Tang army was coming, they hurriedly organized the strong men from Chang'an City to participate in the defense of the city and went all out.
Li Shimin was quick in his army and conquered Shangdang County and Hedong County. He led the cavalry to attack Guanzhong and divided the troops to attack Tongguan, and invaded like fire, which shocked Guanzhong.
Wu Qi, Wei Wuji, and Zhu Hai fled back to Chang'an with thousands of remaining soldiers.
Wu Qi chose to abandon Yubi City in order to return to Chang'an City and organize troops to defend the city.
Currently, guarding Chang'an City is the Women's Camp led by Liang Hongyu, and the Imperial City Division of Chang'an City, with about 200,000 soldiers.
Originally, Gao Guiying's 150,000 Dashun Army and Xie Ai's 200,000 Liangzhou Army were also forces to defend Guanzhong, but these two legions were restrained by the Tuoba Xianbei tribe in Yunzhong and had no time to rescue Chang'an City.
The reason why Tuoba Gui and Tuoba Tao's Xianbei tribe attacked Gao Guiying's territory not long ago was because Li Shimin secretly instructed him.
In order to conquer Chang'an, Li Shimin mobilized almost all the forces.
The governor of Shangzhou heard that Chang'an was in danger, so he sent 5,000 vine armored soldiers to help Chang'an.
If only Liang Hongyu and others led their troops to defend the city, they might not be able to stop the Tang army for a long time. Wu Qi came back with thousands of Wei Wu soldiers, but could be able to defend it for a longer time.
There are currently 210,000 soldiers in Chang'an City, as well as 150,000 rural brave men recruited by Han Fei and Shang Yang's ministers in Chang'an, totaling 360,000 to defend Chang'an City.
"Li Shimin's Tang army is here!"
"Close the city gates tightly and hang a battle-free sign!"
Liang Hongyu frowned slightly, and saw wolf smoke rising outside the outskirts of Chang'an City, so he ordered the city guards to hang a battle-free sign and couldn't stand it.
Li Shimin's cavalry was quite terrible. He fought in the field, and with the troops of Chang'an City, he was definitely not Li Shimin's opponent.
Nearly half of the defenders in Chang'an are just first-class rural braves. When they go out of the city, they will basically be crushed. At that time, they will only lead to the loss of Chang'an City faster.
150,000 township warriors will even be defeated by 1,000 Xuanjia Army. It is not a problem to fight one of the top-level township warriors with one against one hundred.
It is wise to persevere and wait for the main force of Zhang Hua's eastward expedition to come back.
Liang Hongyu knew this.
Moreover, with ministers such as Wu Qi, Han Fei, Shang Yang, Fan Sui, etc., Liang Hongyu could not impulsively order the women's camp to fight.
"Tang Taizong Li Shimin is really a terrible enemy, and this should be the most dangerous time."
Liang Hongyu has followed Zhang Hua for many years, and this is the first time she has experienced such a dangerous moment.
If Chang'an City was captured by Li Shimin's Tang army and Zhang Hua's forces were divided into two, it would be very likely that they would decline.
"We must guard Chang'an."
Liang Hongyu bit her lip, she could not sit idly by and watch Li Shimin's Tang army break through Chang'an, causing Zhang Hua to lose his foundation.
"Mom, hug."
A little girl with pink and jade was held in her arms by Liu Rushi, and reached out to her mother Liang Hongyu, who was deploying troops to guard the city.
Not only Liu Rushi, Princess Ningping, Princess Yongmu, and Xie Daoyun also followed, looking a little anxious.
The Tang army's troops reached the foot of Chang'an City, and hundreds of thousands of people in Chang'an City were in panic, and Zhang Hua's harem was no exception.
"Sisters don't worry, I and Tang Sai'er will definitely defend Chang'an City."
After all, Liang Hongyu is a female general and is responsible for supervising the battle with Tang Sai'er, the saint of the White Lotus Sect. Even if the Tang army was at the city, Liang Hongyu was not afraid and prepared for the battle.
The white lotus saint Tang Sai'er was wearing a sword around her waist, and she was patrolling the White Lotus Sect's guardians.
Tang Sai'er even temporarily transferred the first-level village heroes to believers of the White Lotus Sect, giving them the talent of faith fanaticism.
The township hero can only throw rolling stones, rolling wood, and tincture oil when defending the city, and has almost no combat power. The fanatical White Lotus believers can still exchange their lives with the Tang army soldiers at critical moments, and at least they can kill and injure the enemy.
"I want to write a book and ask my brother to lead his troops to support him."
Princess Ningping Liu Boji's elder brother is Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu. He has a million troops and is lying in Hebei, so he has the confidence to say this.
Liang Hongyu shook her head: "If your brother brings troops to Guanzhong, it will undoubtedly drive away the tiger and swallow the wolf. Chang'an City may still be lost. We should rely on ourselves to defend Chang'an City. If there is a failure, all sisters can go to Wuguan, go to the Central Plains, and meet with your husband."
Liang Hongyu did not think that the sibling relationship between Liu Boji and Liu Xiu was enough to allow Liu Xiu to lead troops to support Chang'an City without hesitation.
Even if Liu Xiu sent troops to support Guanzhong, he would have been with the same purpose as Li Shimin and stayed in Guanzhong and refused to leave.
Liu Xiu once had equally divided Li Shimin in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, and Liu Xiu's Eastern Han Army was not a simple role.
"Li Taibai, Jing Ke, the Jinyiwei, has met all the princesses and is ordered to assist in defending the city."
Gun Gun
Li Bai and Jing Ke brought a team of Jinyiwei to meet Liang Hongyu.
Li Bai and Jing Ke were incorporated by Zhang Hua and joined the Jinyiwei. After being a member of the Jinyiwei, they received the salary of the Jinyiwei. They were usually quite free and unruly, but if they were summoned, they would be returned.
There is no free lunch in the world. Usually, the salary of Jinyiwei is not a white-collar worker. He has received Zhang Hua's kindness. When Chang'an City is in crisis, Li Bai and Jing Ke's military power exceeds 95. Although they do not have the ability to lead troops to fight, they can block two powerful generals when fighting alone.
Zhang Hua led a large number of powerful generals to the east, and Chang'an City lacked strong generals. Li Bai and Jing Ke's role at this time was no less than that of a team of ten thousand people.
Liang Hongyu said, "I'm sorry, you two are defending the city."
"General Deng Ai, Pingxi, is leading his troops and rushing back to Guanzhong urgently!"
When Chang'an City was in crisis, Liang Hongyu learned that General Deng Ai, who was guarding Tianshui, quickly returned to Chang'an City with a group of troops.
When Deng Ai was still a cowherd, he was discovered by Zhang Hua and became General Pingxi at a young age, so Deng Ai has always been loyal to Zhang Hua.
Deng Ai heard that Li Shimin's cavalry was directed to Chang'an City, so he led his troops to help without saying a word.
"Let Gao Xianzhi continue to lead troops to guard Tianshui without having to support Chang'an City, otherwise once Liu Bang's troops go out to Qishan, Liangzhou will not be owned by us."
"Order Feng Yi's army stationed in Chen Cang to draw 50,000 people from the 150,000 soldiers to support Chang'an City, and the remaining 100,000 people to continue to guard Chen Cang and guard against Liu Bang."
Liang Hongyu dispatched troops in succession.
Although Chang'an City was in a hurry, it was not easy for Liang Hongyu to transfer all the troops to guard against Liu Bang's troops before the last moment. Otherwise, Liu Bang would send troops and echo Li Shimin, and the situation in Guanzhong would only be even more critical.
When the defenders of Chang'an City were in a hurry to mobilize, Li Shimin's Tang army had already set up camp under Chang'an City, cutting down the surrounding wood, demolishing houses, collecting materials, and preparing to attack Chang'an City.
It will take time for Zhang Hua's main force to return to Guanzhong, and Li Shimin can start to attack the city for some time.
"Finally one day, I will return to Guanzhong. It's really nostalgic. Zhang Hua defeated my descendant Li Longji and conquered Chang'an, which is now a cycle of cause and effect."
Li Shimin finally met Chang'an City.
"Using a powerful general, using thunder and thunder to break through the Zhuque Gate, and seize the city in one fell swoop. Then send troops to block Tongguan, Wuguan, and it will no longer be owned by Zhang Hua in Guanzhong, and Your Majesty's great affairs can be accomplished!"
As a military officer, Fang Xuanling had extremely high intelligence and suggested that Li Shimin win Chang'an in one fell swoop with the number of powerful generals.
Li Shimin brought a large number of powerful generals, and there were more than 20 generals with more than 90 military forces, including Flying Tiger General Li Cunxiao, Silver Hammer General Pei Xingyan, Black-faced Door God Yuchi Jingde, White Horse and Silver Spear Gao Siji, etc.
Such a lineup is enough to make the legions of any dynasty tremble.
Even if the five tiger generals join forces to compete for force, they are not the opponents of the five powerful generals, Li Cunxiao, Pei Xingyan, Yuchi Jingde, Gao Siji and Xia Luqi.
Li Shimin and Zhang Hua used similar ideas, concentrating the power of some powerful generals, focusing on one point, and breaking the surface with a point.
If Li Shimin gathers fierce generals to attack Zhuque Gate, then Zhuque Gate will be in danger and Chang'an will be in danger.
"The last general is willing to lead the eighteen cavalry and the Flying Tiger Army to conquer Chang'an for His Majesty and win the first merit!"
Flying Tiger General Li Cunxiao volunteered to use the tenth-level 18 cavalry and the high-level troop Flying Tiger Army to break through Chang'an in one fell swoop and make unparalleled achievements.
Li Cunxiao knew that Li Shimin did not kill many meritorious officials. If he had won such great achievements for Li Shimin, Li Cunxiao might even be crowned king!
Pei Xingyan said dissatisfiedly: "What's the difficulty of giving the last general 5,000 elite soldiers, and the last general siege breaks through the Zhuque Gate!"
Yuchi Jingde also competed for merit: "The last general led a thousand Xuanjia Army to break Chang'an!"
Gao Siji was also arrogant: "The last general was called the 'white horse and silver spear', and it was the first shot in Youzhou. He was willing to lead the Yan army and make the first contribution to climb!"
"The last general asks to fight and conquers Chang'an without any effort!"
"Let the end of the future!"
"Hmph, you are just Err. In terms of fighting bravery, I, Xue Wanche, are not inferior to me. Let me do it!"
Xue Wanche, Xue Wanjun and other powerful generals of the Tang army, as well as Xia Luqi, Shi Jingsi, Zhou Dewei and other military generals of the Tang Dynasty competed for merit and were eager to make contributions in front of Li Shimin, so they recommended themselves and had a high desire to fight.
"You all go into battle."
Li Shimin's eyes were sharp and his momentum dispersed, as if he was dominating the world.
Li Shimin wanted to directly break through Chang'an City with thunder!
"Abide by the order!"
A group of Tang army generals were ready to build siege equipment and directly rushed their troops to attack Chang'an City.
"The Tang army has captured the city!"
The defenders of Chang'an City were panicked, but they still had to bite the bullet and continue to resist Li Shimin's main force of the Tang army under Wu Qi's command!
Chapter completed!