Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

After a series of analyses, Li Shimin, his think tank and generals quickly came to a conclusion.

That is, if you want to destroy the Chu army, you must use long-range to deal with long-range, and you must also take advantage of your own strength to far exceed the opponent's and the convenience of movement to severely damage the opponent.

In response, Li Shimin ordered the quartermaster to sort out all the crossbows and catapults brought this time.

In addition, he also ordered Duan Zhixuan to lead 10000 light cavalry outside Luoyang City to block the surrounding roads to prevent the Chu army from breaking out overnight.

Li Shimin, who originally wanted to make a quick victory, take down Luoyang City with thunderous force, and capture his son, now lost his previous contempt, became cautious, and was ready for a protracted war.

At the same time, news of Li Xiaogong's defeat was immediately sent back to Chang'an City.

When Changsun Wuji received the news, he went to the palace overnight to meet Queen Changsun, and the two talked by candlelight for two full hours.

Afterwards, Changsun Wuji left the palace with a happy face and returned to his mansion.

After Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui received the battle report, they immediately found Li Jing, and the three of them talked all night long.

The next day, the Ministry of War prepared to send a large number of craftsmen and transport a batch of military equipment to Luoyang City.

But before the team set off, they were stopped by Changsun Wuji, who came after receiving the news.

Changsun Wuji's reason is very simple, that is: dispatching many craftsmen without His Majesty's orders will undoubtedly increase the pressure on the logistics at the front.

As for the supplies and equipment transported, it was just a fuss. The front line only sent back battle reports, but did not indicate that it needed assistance from Chang'an City. What they did was just unnecessary.

Just when the three were in a stalemate, Li Tai, who was ordered to supervise the country, suddenly appeared and stopped the quarrel between the three.

"The three adults are all concerned about the country and the people, and they all want to share my father's worries, but you have never thought about my father's intentions."

"Since he didn't ask us to send reinforcements in the battle report, then the situation ahead must be far less difficult than we thought."

"Li Xiaogong's death was purely caused by his command error. Since my father did not explain more and did not ask us to take any action, I think he already had a plan. You don't need to make a fuss about it. Let's wait and see what happens. , just believe in my father."

After hearing what Li Tai said, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui had nothing to say. They could only return the materials to the warehouse angrily and dismiss the craftsmen on the spot.

When Changsun Wuji saw Li Tai standing on his side to speak for him, he immediately praised him happily, and then took Li Tai into the palace again to meet Queen Changsun.

After Chu Mo learned the news of Li Xiaogong's death in battle, he immediately believed his previous guess. Without waiting any longer, he directly ordered to move away from Chang'an.

However, what Chu Mo didn't expect was that Cui Yingying, who had always been submissive to him before, suddenly regretted it before leaving.

"Chu Mo, I also want to go to Lingnan with you, but you also know that Yingying is not alone now. There is the entire Cui family behind me."

"If I leave at this time, how do you want me to explain to the elders of my family? How can I live up to the people who have high hopes for me? How can I live up to my father?"

"So, Chu Mo, I can't leave Chang'an with you because of my own selfish desires. If you contact me, then leave some more wealth for me to protect myself."

After hearing Cui Yingying's words, Chu Mo instantly understood that this woman was following him only for profit.

With a sigh, Chu Mo did not continue to exhort, but temporarily placed most of the shops and properties in Chang'an City under the other party's name.

She also stated that if the Tang Dynasty loses this battle and Chu Xin seizes Chang'an, she will always have a place to live in Lingnan, and then she will be able to be a good daughter who takes care of her husband and raises her children.

But if Chu Xin is defeated this time and Li Shimin succeeds in suppressing the rebellion, then the day he returns to Chang'an will be the time when the property in his name will be given to the other party unconditionally.

It can be said that the two of them made a huge gamble.

Chu Mo couldn't let go of this woman, and Cui Yingying coveted Chu Mo's large family fortune.

It's just that the two have different choices and different stances.

After bidding farewell to Cui Yingying, Chu Mo left Chang'an directly with Master Hanshan, Brother Huiming and Huise, Chu Ruowan and a group of secret guards.

As for the previous Wan Shitong, after Chu Mo asked all the information in his mind, he was made into a human pig and sent to Luoyang City.

At the same time, Li Shimin took the remaining more than 8 troops and horses, traveled day and night, and soon arrived at Luoyang City.

As soon as he arrived outside Luoyang City, Li Shimin discovered that the originally peaceful outside of Luoyang City had changed drastically.

Not only were there countless trenches winding outside the city, but several simple bunkers were also built behind each trench.

Looking at the fortifications built by the other party and linking them with the battle reports that came before, Li Shimin quickly understood that the purpose of the other party was to minimize the power of the cavalry in his hands and increase the Chu army's "fire sticks" to the greatest extent. "The advantages.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin did not panic at all, and directly recalled Duan Zhixuan, and then ordered Gao Shilian, Liu Hongji, and Zhang Liang to lead 2 troops each to set up camp at the three gates of Luoyang City, southeast, north, and south, build fortifications, and connect the three gates. They all gathered around.

Finally, Duan Zhixuan was asked to ambush around Xicheng, not only to prevent the Chu army from breaking out, but also to cut off their supplies.

After the order was issued, Li Shimin ordered the logistics craftsmen to set up their formations, and in front of the Chu army, they began to build trebuchets and set up siege crossbows.

The purpose is to make the Chu army in the city feel threatened, and then take the risk to go out of the city to fight with themselves.

As for the wood needed for siege equipment, when Li Shimin found no suitable wood within a 20-mile radius, he almost vomited blood.

In the end, they had no choice but to send troops to collect wood further away.

But what Li Shimin didn't know was that Chu Xin had already started hoarding supplies at the early stage of his ambition, and Luoyang City, which he regarded as his base camp, had even hoarded enough food supplies for the soldiers and civilians in the city to last for three years.

If we talk about fighting a protracted war, Chu Xin can directly consume Li Shimin eating chaffy vegetables.

As for the siege of Luoyang City, the soldiers and civilians in the city were a little panicked at first. Then they saw that the Tang army had no intention of attacking. They immediately knew that the other party was coveting the Chu army's firearms and did not dare to act rashly.

As time passed, the first batch of siege equipment ordered by Li Shimin was successfully completed.