Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

When Li Daozong and An Xinggui rushed to the capital of Gaochang slowly, the people of Gaochang were in mourning at this moment. His own king led the Turkic reinforcements to attack Yiwu City. As a result, Gaochang was besieged not long after leaving?

The point is, [-] Great Tang elite troops!

Everyone in Ju Zhisheng is paralyzed. As Ju Wentai's eldest son, Ju Wentai is not in the expedition, so Ju Zhisheng is naturally in charge of supervising the country. The problem is that the problem before him is an unprecedented problem.

What about Gaochang?Surrender?It is impossible to surrender. What if they are all killed by the people of Tang Dynasty?As the prince of Gaochang and the ministers of Gaochang, they all know what Ju Wentai has done to Datang these years.

It’s okay to provoke the Tang Dynasty repeatedly, and I also contacted Xue Yantuo’s Zhenzhu Khan, and provoked the relationship between the other party and the Tang Dynasty, saying, "If you are a Khan, you will be equal to the emperor. Why should you bow your knees to the Tang Dynasty? Worship? (Volume [-] of "Zi Zhi Tong Jian")"

Zhenzhu Khan didn't want to get burned, so he hurriedly condemned his envoy to show his loyalty to Li Shimin and expressed his willingness to send troops to attack Gaochang.It's just that Datang is facing a great situation of reform, so Li Shimin naturally appeases Zhenzhu Khan.

Therefore, any fool knows how deep the conflict between Ju Wentai and Datang is. Isn't surrender at this time courting death?

The only thing that reassures them now is that although Ju Wentai is stupid, he is not stupid. From his backing against Western Turks to his backing against Yipidulu, he is provoking Datang while constantly building the capital of Gaochang. What he is afraid of is Datang sent troops, and then he had the opportunity to defend the city.

In Ju Wentai's imagination, the Tang army traveled thousands of miles across the vast Gobi, and they must not have much food when they arrived here. They could hold on to the city for more than ten or twenty days. The support of the Turkic army.

So in recent years, the Gaochang capital city has indeed been built with deep ditches and strong walls. It is naturally impossible for Ju Zhisheng, who is stationed in the Gaochang capital city, to surrender directly, but how to send the news if he does not surrender is also a problem.

The Datang army came too fast. They obviously crossed the border city of Gaochang directly, and then went straight to the capital of Gaochang. After all, Gaochang is only so big, and there is no strategic buffer as big as Datang, so the cities around Gaochang should still be there. There are some defenders who can support.

The problem is... As far as the Tang troops outside, even if the reinforcements from the surrounding cities came, Ju Zhisheng doubted whether they would dare to attack. He knew very well that Gao Chang could only call it an elite army of five thousand!Even the ones that were slightly worse were counted at a total of [-], and when his father left, he took them all away!

Although there may be two or three thousand defenders in the remaining cities, these... can only be said to be embarrassing and useful!They don't have complete weapons, let alone armor. The leather armor on their bodies is only available in some troops, and most of the auxiliary guards don't even have leather armor.

Of course, they can also play a role in defending the city. After all, there is a natural defense of the city wall.

What Ju Zhisheng didn't expect was that the Tang army didn't attack, but just besieged the city.For a capital city with a population of only 5 to [-] people, [-] troops are enough to surround the entire city, and it is impossible to let anyone go.

Ju Zhisheng is now expecting that the Turkic people in Khan Futu City (later Jimsar County, Xinjiang) will get the news, and then go to ask the army of Yipidulu to come to support them.

Otherwise, the situation in Gaochang can only wait for Datang to run out of food and grass and retreat by himself.

Li Daozong and the others have actually entered the territory of Gaochang. Not long after they left Yiwu City, they actually belonged to Gaochang’s territory. Liugu (later Hami City) is the border of Gaochang, but most of them are some people from Gaochang. When the Tang army passed by, these people saw the Gaochang and Turkic people among the captives.

They didn't dare to run, and they didn't dare to react, they just silently hoped that Datang would not take his anger out on them.To their surprise, the Datang army did not harass them at all, they just passed by the official road near them. What surprised them even more was that the passing Datang army bought some meat from them.

That's right, it's meat, and it's for money.

In fact, it is impossible for the Tang army to be short of food, and there is no shortage of meat supplements. Although there are not many, the reason why Zhou Shaoshan bought these things is to give these Gaochang people along the way an attitude and tell them that the Tang army will not bully any people. , and will not harass any common people.

Not only to buy things for money, but also to give more money.

Along the way, Li Daozong and the others did just that.

The total population of Gaochang is not small in the Western Regions (the above description is wrong, not the total population of Gaochang is 4, but the population of the capital of Gaochang is more than [-]. After all, some descriptions in the old and new Tang books need to be read before and after.) Gaochang’s domestic total There are four counties, including the capital Gaochang City, and the other three counties are: Jiaohe, Tiandi, and Nanping (the ancient city of Hourangbu, commonly known as Rambo).

There are a total of four counties, fourteen county towns, and four frontier fortress cities, making a total of 22 cities.However, even the capital of Gaochang has a population of just over 4, and the population of other counties is even smaller, that is, just over [-], and the counties are even fewer. These counties are of no value at all.

There is nothing wrong with those low city walls, or you can call them earthen walls. They cannot be called city walls. The height is only a little over three meters, and some powerful soldiers can even climb up directly.

The total population of Gaochang is about 40 people. The population is not small, but there are not many soldiers. The elite soldiers were buried in Yiwu by Ju Wentai. Soldiers who can only defend the city don't have to think too much about their quality.

This is defending the city. If it was in the wild, Ju Zhisheng probably would have surrendered directly.

The remaining [-] elite Tang troops, with a few thousand captives and [-] logistics and transportation troops, just swaggered across some border cities of Gaochang and several counties and rushed directly to the vicinity of Gaochang City.

The cities they passed by naturally saw Datang's army, what else could they do but keep silent?Even the generals guarding the city didn't dare to send troops out to take a look even if they saw the Tang army going to the capital, they just pretended to be dead and pretended not to see it.

And when they saw Datang's long carriage team, everyone knew that Gaochang... was over.

The food transported by these thousands of carriages is enough for the Datang army to feed for more than a month, not to mention, do you know if there is any follow-up to the Datang?And this season, Datang's horses are not short of food, so what support does Gaochang rely on?

In one month, no matter how bad the Tang soldiers are, the siege is over.