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August.

Xue's army went deep into the Central Plains, and the army besieged Ningzhou, causing turmoil in Guanzhong.Taking advantage of the momentum of defeating the Tang army, Xue Ju prepared to take advantage of the victory to pursue and directly attack Chang'an City.Li Shimin was appointed as the marshal in Dudu and led troops to fight against Xue Ju.

November.

It is still in the north of Changwu, in front of the Qianshuiyuan river beach.

Li Shimin adopted siege tactics, and the two sides had a stalemate for more than 60 days. Xue Ju's army was almost out of food, and the morale of the army was lax.

night.

"It's time to fight!"

Taking advantage of the darkness, Tang Jun defeated Xue Ju's army in one fell swoop.More than 1 elite soldiers and [-] men and women were captured.

Qi Qi's voice-over sounded.

"The Battle of Qianshuiyuan, the Tang Dynasty pacified Longxi, eliminated the worries of going west, and guaranteed the safety of Guanzhong."

620 AD.

That is, the third year of Wude, July.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and the heroes contended for hegemony. Tang Gaozu Li Yuan proclaimed Tang in Chang'an, Wang Shichong separatist Luoyang Shenzhen, and Dou Jiande proclaimed King Xia.In order to seize the Central Plains, Li Yuan adopted the policy of defeating each other first and then Xia.

one year later.

The Tang State was well prepared, and Li Shimin selected more than 1000 elite cavalry, all dressed in black and armor, divided into two parts, each led by his confidantes, as the assault troops for each battle.

Everything is ready, and the Tang Zhen battle begins.

Wude four years, Xin Chou day.

Outside the Qingcheng Palace, there is an unrepaired fortress, where the main force of the Tang army is stationed.

The night sky is vast, and the summer wind is blowing gently.

The soldiers had already been physically and mentally exhausted from the long-distance raid. At this time, they were leaning on each other and falling asleep, and the sound of snoring was endless.I don't know who shouted: "The enemy is coming, fight, fight!"

Wang Shichong led 2 horses and suddenly appeared from nowhere.

In a hurry, the Tang army faced our army.

All the generals of the Tang army panicked, not knowing what to do.

With a calm mind, Li Shimin climbed onto a high platform, observed the large troops of our army not far away, and couldn't help laughing.

"There is no need to worry. The enemy army is in a difficult situation. They have come out in full force. They are already at the end of their bows and crossbows. They are nothing to be afraid of. Send me an order, and they can send troops. If they defeat the enemy army in this battle, they will not dare to fight again in the future."

The flames ignited.

Li Shimin led the elite cavalry, took the lead, and only drove the enemy's center.

Unstoppable, killing dozens of people in a row.

Unexpectedly, Li Shimin separated from his subordinates and circled the enemy army alone.

"Your Majesty, I will help you!"

At this moment, there was a loud shout.

Qiu Xinggong single-handedly broke through the enemy army and led Li Shimin away from the heavy encirclement.

The enemy hurriedly chased after him, but Qiu Xinggong shot his arrows backwards, like a master archer, his arrows never missed.A sharp arrow rained down.

"Your Majesty, be careful!"

Hearing this, Li Shimin got off his horse.

The arrow rain shot into the horse's neck, and the horse fell to the ground after a long howl.

Seeing this, Qiu Xinggong didn't say much, and directly gave Li Shimin his steed, and he walked behind the horse. He was extremely brave all the way, and the enemy dared not go forward. The two of them escaped death and returned to the Tang army.

Behind Zheng Jun.

"Report, the Tang army is extremely brave, and our army suffered heavy casualties!"

Wang Shichong raised his big hand, slapped the table heavily, and shouted: "A desperate battle will surely defeat the Tang army and capture King Qin alive!"

As soon as the words fell, Wang Shichong drew his sword and came out.

After leaving the camp, he rushed into the melee between the two armies with a group of elite soldiers.

The battle was extremely fierce.

It lasted from midnight until noon the next day.

After the army broke up several times, they regrouped again.Neither of the two parties retreated first, and both were fighting to the death.

"Report, our army has suffered heavy casualties, and it is almost overwhelmed. If we continue to fight, I am afraid that all of them will be buried here."

In the past, when Wang Shichong heard this, he would draw his sword and kill someone immediately, punishing a crime of disturbing the morale of the army.

Now, he is covered in blood, and there is no clean place.

There was a wound on the back that hurt the bone marrow. The blood soaked the robe. Under the sun, it dried and wet, wet and dry, and the whole person was close to collapse.

"withdraw!"

Wang Shichong gave a loud shout.

Our army retreated, and before leaving, Duan Zhixuan, a general of the Tang Dynasty, was taken away.

Duan Zhihong fought bravely and fought with more than ten soldiers of our country.When the pursuers of the Later Tang Kingdom arrived, the soldiers of the Zhen Kingdom fled.

Wang Shichong led the remnants to flee into Luoyang City, and Li Shimin set up camp outside the city, using siege tactics.

No matter how big a city is, if there is no supplies, it will be a problem for the whole city to eat, drink and scatter every day. After ten days and half a month of siege, the enemy will be defeated without a fight.

However, our army was extremely stubborn, and the Tang army attacked the city day and night. After more than ten days, there was no improvement.

Under the war of attrition, the soldiers of the Tang army were exhausted.

Manager Liu Hongji and others came to Li Shimin's account and said: "My lord, Luoyang has been under attack for a long time. There are very few successful examples of siege campaigns in history. I am afraid that our army will recuperate and go out to fight. Our soldiers are exhausted. It will be a big loss."

"Your Majesty, please issue an order, and the class teacher will return to the court, so we can make a long-term plan."

Li Shimin was very angry. The current situation is not harmful to Tang Jun.

All the states east of Luoyang have already surrendered, only Luoyang is an isolated city, its momentum will not last long, success is imminent, how can we give up and go home?

"We came here in a big way to break through Luoyang. Now you are at the foot of the city, but you ordered me to go back. This has become a joke through the ages."

Then his face turned cold, and he shouted: "Pass me the order!"
"If Luoyang is not destroyed, I will never return to the army. Anyone who dares to return to the court in place of the teacher, no matter what his status is, will be beheaded in one round to show the public!"

When everyone heard this, they were so frightened that they didn't dare to take a breath.

Li Yuan, who was far away in Chang'an, also advised Li Shimin to come back quickly after hearing about it.

"The army is outside, and orders are not accepted."

Li Shimin issued a military order: Luoyang will surely be breached, the father does not need to worry about it, and he can rest assured to wait for news from his son and minister.

Inside Luoyang City, it was like hell on earth.

Lack of food, lack of water, lack of fresh vegetables, in short, the necessities of life are all lacking.After the common people ate up the grass roots, they took some mud, washed it, mixed it with rice crumbs, and made it into cakes.After eating, they all got sick, their bodies were swollen, their digestion was not smooth, and some people even burst their stomachs and died alive.

It's hard to describe the feeling of being very hungry, but the stomach is so full.

The people are like this, and the officials are also living a very miserable life.

Even the high-ranking ministers can't even get enough to eat at this time, and officials below Shang Shulang have to work in the fields by themselves, otherwise they will starve to death.

At the same time, Dou Jiande received the news.

After dispatching the general Meng Haigong of his own country, Xu Yuanlang led a large number of troops and rushed west to help Luoyang.

Xia's army went all the way like a broken bamboo, successively captured Guanzhou, Xingyang, and Yangzhai, using both water and land, going up against the Yellow River, and reached the east of Dagao in just over ten days.Wang Shichong's younger brother led the remnants to join Dou Jiande, a total of 10,000+ people, known to the outside world as 30 elite soldiers.