Tang riddles

On the eighth day of September, at noon, in the east of Chang'an City, Qin Wangjun's camp.

Li Jinyue stood on the high wooden watchtower, looking up into the distance, hoping to cross the five-foot-high city wall of Chang'an City and see the situation inside the city.Beside her stood Shen Sui.

The sky is blue, the air is clear, and you can see far away at a glance.It's a pity that if you want to see the city from here, you are still a little bit reluctant.However, the situation in the city is still continuously being sent to the outside. Qianyumen is now the exclusive scout of King Qin's army. With the help of Bird, there is always a channel to get news.

The place where Shen Sui and others are currently located is actually very close to the Baqiao headquarters, but Shen Sui couldn't find time to go back and have a look these two days.The decisive battle is imminent, success or failure depends on one action, and no mistakes can be tolerated.After successfully encircling the city of Chang'an, the siege of the city became a huge problem.

When Chang'an City was built in the early Sui Dynasty, it learned from the lessons of Chang'an City in the Han Dynasty and made great efforts in defense and siege.Whether it is the height, thickness, and solidity of the city wall, or the width of the moat outside the city, it has reached the highest record in history.Therefore, once the entire Chang'an City falls into a state of combat readiness and defense, this huge city with a circumference of [-] miles will stretch the siege front extremely long. It will be even more difficult to break through this city.

Right now, the emperor and all civil and military officials are imprisoned in Chang'an City. Yin Yuyue has an advantage over public opinion. The people in Chang'an City don't know the cause and effect, only know that the emperor is surrounded by the so-called "rebels". would be more disadvantageous.Fortunately, the food in the city is limited, and they can't afford time when they run out of food and grass.However, the absolute main force surrounding Chang'an City, the Longxi Army led by Lanling Xiao, also traveled a long distance, carrying limited food and grass. Once the food and grass ran out, they had to withdraw their troops to replenish supplies.

Shen Sui made a rough calculation, and the time they can give them to besiege the city is no more than one month, and they must be resolved quickly.Therefore, for specific siege matters, it is necessary to convene a meeting of all the generals who besiege the city, study carefully and then make deployments.

Li Jinyue withdrew her gaze from looking at Chang'an City, smiled wryly at Shen Sui and said:

"I really didn't expect that one day, I would attack my hometown where I grew up."

Shen Sui did not speak, but patted her on the shoulder.

"Alas..." Li Jinyue sighed, "It's really hard to do anything."

"After all, since the establishment of the early Sui Dynasty, this city has not experienced the baptism of war. The generals who attacked Chang'an City can be counted on one hand." Shen Sui said, "However, there is always a way, and you don't have to Too anxious."

"What? You have a solution?" Li Jinyue raised her eyebrows.

However, Shen Sui pointed to Yang Yuhuan who was waving to them under the watchtower, and a general with a wretched face beside Yang Yuhuan, and said:

"Ask them first."

Li Jinyue showed an uncontrollable smile on her face, hurriedly ran down the watchtower, and ran towards Yang Yuhuan with big strides.Yang Yuhuan rushed into her arms like a baby swallow, and the armor on the two of them collided heavily, making a clanging sound.

"Yuhuan, are you going to scare me to death? Why are you so courageous?" Li Jinyue hugged her tightly, joyful and excited, pity and blame, and lingering fear.

"I just know that I want to help you." Yang Yuhuan's voice was faintly tinged with tears, and the grievances and grievances he had suffered during this period of hard work, couldn't help but burst out when he saw Li Jinyue.

Seeing the young couple reunited after a long absence, Shen Sui stood aside with a faint smile, bowed to the wretched general from a distance, and said:

"Liu Duwei, I have long admired you."

"This is Xuedao Mingjuan Shen Bozhao, I have long admired his name." Facing Shen Sui, Liu Su was much more polite, and said with his hands clasped.

Hearing Shen Sui greeting Liu Su, Li Jinyue, as the chief general, couldn't just leave him alone like this.So he quickly cleared up his mood, raised his hand to caress Yang Yuhuan's face, wiped away her tears, comforted her a few words, and then stepped forward to see Liu Su.

Seeing that she was more considerate than Shen Sui, Liu Su knelt down on one knee and saluted as a soldier. Li Jinyue accepted his gift, helped him up, and said with a smile:

"Liu Duwei's presence this time will definitely be like a tiger with wings added to Jinyue's wings. When he extended a helping hand in times of crisis, Liu Duwei is truly generous, and Jinyue appreciates it."

Liu Su was a little embarrassed. He didn't intend to come, and if Yang Yuhuan hadn't persuaded him, he wouldn't have appeared here.Right now Li Jinyue is praising him so much, he really deserves it.

A group of people greeted each other and went to the big tent for discussion.When they arrived at the big tent, they saw that a dozen generals had already gathered outside the tent, all of them were waiting for Li Jinyue's return.

When the first general saw Li Jinyue, he immediately stepped forward, cupped his hands and said:

"See Your Excellency Princess Jin."

"Fourth brother, I'm looking forward to you!" Li Jinyue stepped forward and enthusiastically took the other's hand, but the other party couldn't make it.

This general is Xiao Sigong and Xiao Huanzhi, the third-generation grandson of the head of the Lanling Xiao family who led the [-] Longxi army to rush long distances to save the king's army from the fire and water.Xingsi is the closest cousin of Xiao Balang and Xiao Sinan, who is currently the head of the Xiao family in Lanling.Back then, as the lieutenant of his eighth younger brother, he fought with Li Jinyue on the battlefield, and they had been friends for more than ten years.In the battle where Xiao Sinan died in battle, Xiao Sigong and Xiao Sinan were together. In order to cover the breakout of King Bin, Xiao Sinan asked him to take King Bin away first, and cut off the rear by himself.As a result, the farewell on the battlefield became a forever farewell.He has always blamed himself for not protecting Lao Ba well, which has caused lifelong regret and guilt. He once swore to God that whenever Li Jinyue needed him, he would come to the ends of the world.

The Longxi army has a total of [-] troops, and this time they almost came out in full force. The northwest barrier was empty, and there was no guarantee that Tubo and the Western Regions would not take advantage of it.

Shen Sui watched coldly from the sidelines, and could clearly see the relationship between Xiao Silang and Li Jinyue.That is the friendship of comrades who kill the enemy and die.It's no wonder that this Xiao Silang was able to ignore everything, Li Jinyue sent the soldier talisman, and immediately killed him.

Among the dozens of generals behind him, Shen Sui found Cong Yun's figure.This kid's face was tanned, and he was showing his white teeth to Shen Sui, smiling happily.

Shen Sui laughed and shook his head, this kid is asking her for credit.But he did make a great contribution this time, which is really a reward.

"Fourth brother, what's the situation in Hexi now? Will there be no problem if you bring an army of [-]?" Li Jinyue asked hastily.

Hearing this, Xiao Sigong sighed and said:

"It was not easy for us to come this time. After the old patriarch passed away, the second generation Sun Xiaosong and Xiao Kai were supposed to be in charge of the Xiao family, but one of them is not at home, the other is dead, and the second generation has no one. Patriarch The position fell on the third-generation grandson. I am the fourth, and it is not my turn at all, so I have been taking out soldiers. I thought it was logical that the eldest brother should succeed the family. But I did not expect that the third child Xiao Siwen in the family I got it under control. The third child turned out to be such a ruthless person, who poisoned the elder brother and the second brother, and was smashed by Balang's orphan, Keqin, and even attempted to kill Keqin. Four years ago, after Mr. Shen and others left Hexi, he Thanks to Mrs. Zhao's timely response, he brought Keqin to find me, and escaped. Since then, the family has been under his control. The little brother you sent was also clever, and didn't go directly to Mrs. Xiao Instead of looking for someone, I went to the barracks to find me and gave me the soldier talisman, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to mobilize the army."

"How about Xiao Siwen now?"

"Beheaded by me, I sacrificed the military flag." When Xiao Sigong said this, his tone was calm, but the evil spirit inevitably appeared on his face.

Li Jinyue bent her lips and asked again:

"What about Mrs. Zhao and Keqin? They're doing well recently."

"Ms. Zhao was settled back in the mansion by me. It's not a serious problem. As for Keqin, hehe..." He suddenly smiled, and shouted to the group of generals beside him:

"Keqin, why are you hiding behind? Why don't you come out and meet the princess soon?"

As soon as the words were finished, a half-grown young man came out from the crowd, knelt down in front of Li Jinyue, kowtowed his head three times neatly, and called out:

"Keqin pays his respects to the princess mother."

"Get up!" Li Jinyue hurriedly helped him, but he raised his hand to signal to wait, then turned around, kowtowed three more times to Shen Sui, and said:

"Junior Xiao Keqin, pay homage to Mr. Shen, Mr. Shen's life-saving grace, Keqin can't repay him."

Shen Sui and Li Jinyue reached out to help him up.She looked him up and down, and couldn't help sighing, the ten-year-old boy who was dying back then was really unrecognizable now, he was so much taller, and his body was also several times stronger, he already looked like an adult.Xiao Jiaerlang grew up in the military camp, and 14-year-old Xiao Keqin also began to march and fight with his fourth uncle.

"Okay! You have the demeanor of a father." Li Jinyue couldn't help but feel very pleased seeing Xiao Langjun's tall and straight figure like a poplar, and his resolute face.

If Hachiro really has a successor, it's time for him to rest in peace.

After the pleasantries, it's time to enter the account for discussion.In the big tent, Zhou Jin, Zhang Qian, Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi and others had been waiting for a long time, and everything was ready. In recent days, Li Jinyue spent a lot of effort to create a sand table for Chang'an City.The terrain near Chang'an City is marked in detail.Right now, densely packed small flags were planted around the city of Chang'an. These flags represented the troops currently besieging the city.Li Jinyue's 8000 people, together with Liu Su's 3000 people and Xiao Sigong's 1 people, made a total of 1000 people.Excluding logistics, there are probably less than 3 people left to besiege the city.It is impossible for a mere 3 people to encircle the long front that stretches for seventy miles. All that can be done is to block the fifteen gates around Chang'an City to prevent the enemies in the city from escaping.

Li Jinyue made the deployment of troops first. Right now, the west and north of the city are the positions that need to be guarded most, because if the enemy finds an opportunity to escape from Chang'an City, they are most likely to run to the southwest or northwest, and the southwest is directly connected to Bashu. If the enemy is allowed to retreat into the Bashu area, then the road to Shu will be difficult, and it will be very difficult to catch them again.

The deployment of troops was not a big problem at all. Xiao Sigong insisted on defending the northwest. They already had another 7 troops as their backing.

To the southwest, Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi jointly led [-] troops to defend to the death.

The focus of the siege was on the east and northeast, especially near the Xuanwu Gate.Since Daming Palace is outside Chang'an City, Xuanwu Gate is the most vulnerable place, and it will be the key point for everyone to drive straight into the imperial city.Of course, the enemy is also very aware of this point. Nearly [-]% of the enemy's troops have accumulated in Xuanwu Gate. Oil tanks, rolling stones and trees can be seen above the city head, and archers are even more serious.It is conceivable that once the siege is launched, the scene will be quite tragic.

"If we launch a strong attack from the front, of course we can attract a large number of troops in the city, but we can't afford to spend it here. We can count [-] troops at full strength, and we can't waste any of them. If we really fight hard, I'm afraid our chances of winning will be greatly reduced." Zhou Zhou Jin frowned.

"What General Zhou said is very true. Our army strength is not 20 to 3. It is really capable of fighting a fierce attack, but there are only [-] people. I am afraid we can only outsmart it." Liu Su also said, although he looked at it from the outside He is inconspicuous, but he is also a man with strategy in his heart, and his military literacy is not low.

"Then according to Liu Duwei's words, is there any way to outwit him?" Li Jinyue asked.

Liu Su shook his head: "The general is dull, and I haven't thought of a good solution for the time being, but if someone in the city cooperates with us inside and outside, our attack on the city will be much easier."

At this moment, Shen Sui suddenly said:

"Let me go, I have a way to enter the city."

"Bo Zhao?" Li Jinyue looked at her in surprise, not only her, everyone's eyes fell on her.

Shen Sui bent her lips and smiled: "Shrimps have their own ways, of course my Qianyu Sect has its own way." While speaking, she put her finger on the Longshou Canal above the sand table, and said with a smile:

"See, Longshou Canal has a waterway that leads directly to Xingningfang in the city. Our people have gone down to check this sluice. I know there is a way to go."

What Li Jinyue wanted to say was stopped by Shen Sui's eyes.

"Success or failure depends on one move, everyone, wait for my signal. At the latest in the early morning of the next day, I will send out arrows from the turret in the northeast corner of Chang'an City. If there is no arrow after that time, please follow the princess's plan. .” She stood up straight and cupped her hands.

"Bo Zhao, how many people do you want?"

"100 people are enough, but if there are too many people, you will be at a loss. I will choose people." Shen Sui said.

Li Jinyue stood upright opposite Shen Sui, raised her hands flat, cupped her hands forward, and saluted solemnly, and the generals followed her to salute Shen Sui.

Shen Sui said with a smile: "Everyone, wait for my good news."

After all, he turned around and left the tent.

The author has something to say: Tang Puzzle is coming to an end, and I hope to see everyone commenting or smashing mines. This long episode is the final climax of this book. Let's give this little book some motivation and passion.

In war, of course, the special forces go first, overcome difficulties, and win at the least cost. (laugh)