I am Li Shen and Li Shimin, the free kings of the Tang Dynasty

The person who spoke was Cao Hu, the one who created Li Shen's imagination.

After hearing this, Li Tai and Li Zhi immediately looked at Li Zhiming in confusion.

"Your Majesty, I have sent people to investigate. It is possible that they have been hiding in the Tubo trade market.

But it is possible that he sneaked through the gap between the market and the city wall." Li Zhiming explained immediately.

"It is also possible that there were spies in our army who gave them an easy way out."

Li Tai continued with a gloomy face.

After hearing this, Li Zhiming remained silent, which was considered as his agreement.

At present, there are only two possibilities: either they lived in the Tubo trade area in advance, or there was a rebellion in the army.

The Tubo Trade Zone was heavily guarded, and it was impossible to sneak through the gaps, unless one pretended not to see anything.

Li Zhiming just didn't want to say it.

"Send someone to find out the truth as soon as possible. How much supplies do we have left? Are they enough to defend the city?" Li Tai asked.

"There are still quite a lot of supplies, all in the military camp in the north of the city."

"Then hurry up and transport it. It will be dawn in a few hours, and then the Tibetan army will definitely launch an attack.

Don't delay in defending the city." Li Tai ordered.

“These ministers have already sent people to transport them, and they will not delay the defense of the city.

I have also ordered additional personnel to be deployed in the trade zone to prevent such incidents from happening again.

When the Grand Protector returns, I will write a letter to apologize and ask for punishment."

Hearing what Li Zhiming said, Li Tai waved his hand.

"It's not your fault. We didn't expect that there would be problems with the people from the Western Regions. We don't have many people guarding the city, and we don't have the energy to guard so many places."

This is not the time to punish the criminal. Everything still depends on Li Zhiming.

After such a commotion, everyone lost their temper and the generals discussed together how to defend the city after daybreak.

Li Zhi and Li Tai went up the city wall and walked around, then came back and found a place to take a nap.

Time passed quickly. As soon as it was daybreak, Li Zhiming began to order the entire army to make fire and cook.

Li Tai and Li Zhi also woke up with sleepy eyes, and after a simple wash, they followed Li Zhiming to the city wall to investigate the situation.

Standing on the arrow tower, you can see smoke rising from the enemy camp a few miles away, and it seems that they are also preparing to cook.

"Today's battle will be extremely difficult, and I am not sure I can hold on. The two princes are worth millions of gold.

In my opinion, we should evacuate this place. I will send guards to escort you out of the north gate. When the enemy army attacks the city, we will bypass the enemy and escort the two princes to reunite with Your Majesty."

Li Zhiming looked at the enemy camp in the distance without looking back.

The King of Wei and the King of Jin are your Majesty's legitimate sons. If anything goes wrong, I will be blamed. Whether he dies or is captured, he will not have a good ending.

Li Tai and Li Zhi looked at each other, and then Li Zhi said:

"General Li, what are you talking about? Right now, we are leaderless. If the two of us flee from the battlefield, the army will lose its morale.

Although we have never fought in battle, we will sacrifice our lives if it is a critical moment.

We will kill as many as we can, General Li. We are also good at martial arts."

"Yes, we two are princes, we should follow your majesty's example and fight for the Tang Dynasty. How can we escape without fighting?

Wouldn't that bring shame to the royal family?" Li Tai also echoed.

"Alas, I am just worried about the safety of the two princes." Hearing the two say this, Li Zhiming sighed.

He remembered the instructions King Ji gave him before he left, that if the two men did anything wrong, they should be killed immediately.

At that time, he was still wondering whether Prince Ji suspected that these two princes might be colluding with the enemy. As a member of the royal family, he had of course heard of the feud between Prince Ji and the Kings of Wei and Jin.

The cruelty of court struggles lies in the fact that they can disregard the interests of the country and use any means to achieve their goals.

So he followed the two of them and kept an eye on them all the time.

But after hearing the two people's answers just now, he wondered if King Ji was judging others by his own mean standards.

After all, these two men are also princes. How could they do such a treasonous thing just because of personal grudges?

Maybe Prince Ji is just overly suspicious.

Time passed quickly, and both sides had eaten and drunk their fill. The enemy troops in the west began to gather their troops, and the defenders in the east reported to the opposite side and began preparing to attack the city.

Everyone is ready.

Looking at the opponent's lineup, Li Zhiming knew that a fierce battle was about to begin.

The enemy army immediately deployed half of its troops and all siege equipment, and tens of thousands of troops rushed towards the city together.

"kill!"

The shouts of killing shook the sky, and the Tibetan army was in high spirits.

"Fire arrows!"

The commanders of the Tang army in various places gave an order and thousands of arrows were fired from the city walls.

The war officially began.

Just like yesterday's battle scene, both sides were fighting for their lives, and the Tibetan army's offensive was fierce.

They rushed to the city wall desperately, and the Tang army tried their best to stop them.

At the gate of Wengcheng, the Tibetan army's battering rams had already arrived below, and dozens of Tibetan soldiers began to ram the gate while shouting slogans.

"Boom."

"Boom."

Every impact made a loud muffled sound.

"Pour vegetable oil at the city gate to prevent them from breaking down the gate." Li Zhiming stood on a high place and directed the battle.

"Report to the deputy governor, the enemy archers are attacking too fiercely, and the soldiers on top of the city gate are under so much pressure that they can't even raise their heads.

If you stand up you will be shot."

"Use large shields, three people working together, and stop them from crashing into the door at all costs."

"Report~~Deputy Protector General, the enemy has attacked the city wall from the front of the city wall."

"Immediately send five men to reinforce and drive the enemy back."

"Report~~~ More than half of the Fourth Horse-Faced Guards were killed or wounded, and reinforcements are needed."

"Deputy Protector General, I am willing to go."

"Go ahead, and make sure you hold on."

"Follow the order."

After more than half an hour of continuous fierce attacks, dangerous situations occurred in many places. Every time Li Zhiming received a report, he would calmly give orders.

Li Tai and Li Zhi could only watch from the sidelines at this time.

They have no right to interrupt such a large-scale war scene.

Li Zhiming had a stern look on his face, observing every place, but he didn't see any sad expression.

The archers on the opposite side have been replaced once. High-intensity archery requires rest. The other side has a large number of people, so they can take turns to fight.

The enemy troops attacking the city were also replaced in waves. They wanted to use a rotation war to wear down their own side.

He had clearly felt that the frequency of arrow shooting from the city wall had begun to decrease.

Almost an hour of high-intensity fighting was a test of the soldiers' physical fitness.

Fortunately, Prince Ji came and gave them inhumane training, otherwise they would have collapsed long ago.

But even so, this hour of fighting would make the soldiers tired.

"Report~~~~~Deputy Protector General, the eastern city wall is about to be broken, and a large number of enemy troops have already climbed onto the city wall.

Request reinforcements! "

At this time, a messenger came running over to report.

"It happened!"