Turbulent Times Chapter 1715: Wang Junlin’s wall-building tactics
Tang Kingdom, Kyoto Chang'an, Tai Chi Hall.
There was a dead silence in the hall, from Li Shimin up to Dugu Changsu and every other official looked extremely ugly.
Because following the news that Zhixuan was defeated by Xu Shiji in the field battle in the west section, and Tongguan in the east was lost, a hundred thousand elite soldiers defected to the enemy, and the two counties were lost, news of even more disastrous defeats came from the south just now.
First, Luoyang City and the two surrounding counties were lost, and the army suffered heavy losses. Then the news of the annihilation of the 100,000 troops under Shangluo City was just sent to the palace.
"The three-way army, in just two months, lost eight counties, lost more than 100,000 horses, and more than 100,000 horses defected to the enemy, hahaha..." Li Shimin said with a miserable face Here, he suddenly laughed wildly, "Could it be that Wang Junlin is really the Son of Destiny."
All the civil and military officials below lowered their heads and did not dare to make a sound. There were also many people whose expressions changed and their eyes flickered, but they already had other thoughts.
No way, people are profit-seeking, although Li Shimin has a strong personality and can always make people die for him, but most of them are generals and middle- and lower-level officials, important ministers who can go to the palace, especially those civil officials How could the old fox be really loyal to Li Shimin.
The current situation is very clear, no matter what the reason is, the Tang army is obviously not the opponent of the Da'an army, unless the Da'an army makes mistakes one after another, or someone on the Tang army can turn the tide.
Otherwise, it will only be a matter of time before the country of Tang falls.
It's just that Wang Junlin, the emperor of Da'an Kingdom, is the most miracle-creating person in the world. Over the years, the top ten legions from the Far East Army to Da'an Kingdom have already proved their invincible combat power through battles. .
In short, if Wang Junlin, or the army of Da'an Kingdom, were to make mistakes, it would be like hoping for gold from the sky—wishful thinking.
Under normal circumstances in the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Li Shimin was actually wise and capable of turning the tide. Unfortunately, with Shengmin, He Shenglin, and Wang Junlin, how could Li Shimin turn the tide.
But Dugu Changsu is different, because he has formed a death feud with Wang Junlin, but there is no room for maneuver. At this time, he can only bite the bullet and say: "Your Majesty, we still have a hundred thousand elite soldiers in Chang'an City. In addition to the army defending the enemy on three sides, there are still these 400,000 elite soldiers, and the Black Wind Pass has not been lost."
"Your Majesty, we still have a chance to come back!"
Hearing this, Li Shimin let out a long sigh, but he also calmed down. He scanned the audience, seeing the expressions on the faces of some people, but he already knew that some officials in the court could no longer be trusted, so he asked Dugu Changsu to wait A small number of confidants stayed behind, and waved away the others.
At this time, a servant came in to report, saying that the national teacher was asking to see him, Li Shimin's expression brightened, and he said, "Quickly let the national teacher come in."
The No. 1 puppet wearing an iron mask entered the Tai Chi Hall, and after taking his seat, Li Shimin said: "I just received the news that Wang Junlin has arrived in Luoyang in person, National Teacher, I wonder if you can assassinate Wang Junlin, when the time comes Anguo is bound to be in chaos, our Tang State can not only retreat from the enemy, but also take the opportunity to capture a large area of Da'an's territory."
No. 1 puppet pondered for a while, shook his head and said, "Wang Junlin has Nie Xiaoyu following him all the time, even I can't assassinate him."
Li Shimin looked disappointed, but he had expected the No. 1 puppet's answer. After all, No. 1 took the initiative to assassinate Wang Junlin as early as a few years ago, but he returned with injuries.
Li Shimin just asked the question out of luck, but after getting the affirmative answer from the No. 1 puppet, he completely gave up. Even with his state of mind, there was some despair on his face at this time.
No way, facing the army of Da'an Kingdom, facing Wang Junlin, Li Shimin felt too difficult...
In his opinion, if he wants to turn the tables and win, he must die unless Wang Junlin dies.
At this moment, Li Changfeng, the chief officer of the Tang State Intelligence Organization Dark Eagle Guard, strode in to report: "Your Majesty, there is news from Xiao Yu that he and Tiangou led 30,000 elite soldiers of the Huzhao Clan and have turned into soldiers." They are all in pieces, sneaking all the way from the south and gathering in the deep mountains of the Qinling Mountains, ready to attack the enemy at any time according to His Majesty's order."
Hearing this, Li Shimin cheered up. This is the only good news. Although the 30,000 elite soldiers are a little too small, they are an ambush that Wang Junlin didn't know about. If they are used well , maybe it will have a miraculous effect, and it is possible to become a lifeline for yourself.
Tongguan City, the east gate, and Luoyang, the strongest city in the world, which can block foreign enemies, have been breached by the Da'an army, and the black wind in the west
Guancheng was bypassed by an army led by Xu Shiji.
It can be said that, except for Chang'an City, the most unspeakable places in Tang State have been swallowed by Da'an State, and even swallowed and digested into the stomach.
If there is no accident, there is really not much suspense about the next battle.
And Li Shimin is worthy of being the son of destiny, with extremely firm will, even in this situation, he is still trying his best to find a chance to come back.
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October 15th, at Heifengguan, the west gate of Tang Dynasty, was cut off by Xu Shiji, and Shangguanhu led an army to besiege, and two and a half months later, it became an isolated city. Sneaking close to the grain and grass warehouse, a fire ignited the grain and grass. The defenders failed to rescue and put out the fire, and most of the grain and grass were burned, and the remaining grain and grass were not enough for the army to feed for half a month.
Shangguan Hu sent envoys to persuade him to surrender, but the guard was Li Shimin's confidant and direct descendant, and he refused to surrender.
But in the end, there was a mutiny in the city of Heifengguan. Take it easy.
When the news of Heifengguan mutiny and surrender reached Chang'an, Li Shimin became anxious and vomited another mouthful of blood.
On November 1st, Qin Qiong ordered Pei Yuanqing to lead 100,000 troops to besiege Shangluo County, where Chai Shao was defending. Open the door and surrender.
At the same time, Xu Shiji conquered Xianyang City, the defender Duan Zhixuan died in battle, and the forward of the army was less than a hundred miles away from Chang'an City.
In the south, the South Army led by Li Jing went smoothly, because Changsun Wuji had buried the main elite soldiers outside Shangluo City, and there were no big cities and passes from Shangluo City to Chang'an City, so Li Jing directly led his troops to Beijing. However, Changsun Wuji fled quickly, and finally fled directly into Chang'an City, where he pleaded guilty to Li Shimin.
On November 15th, Li Shimin ordered Chai Shao to abandon Shangluo City and lead 150,000 elite troops to retreat to Chang'an City.
On November 17th, apart from some troops who had to stay behind to defend the conquered city, Da'an Kingdom's 200,000 troops successfully joined forces outside Chang'an City.
The four prefectures and cities in the north of Tang State in northern Shaanxi did not wait for the Da'an army to attack, the generals and county guards directly declared their surrender and pledged their allegiance to Wang Junlin.
So far, except for Chang'an City, Tang Kingdom has become the territory of Da'an Kingdom.
Chang'an City is one of the most famous cities in the world. It is the city with the most capitals of a country in all dynasties, and it is also a strong city that is extremely difficult to conquer from the outside in history.
Even in history, Chang'an City has never been conquered from outside the city. Every time it fell, it was because of internal problems.
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However, these days, the Da'an Kingdom's three-way army was able to attack outside Chang'an City so quickly, and it was also related to Li Shimin's shrinking many capable soldiers from various cities near Chang'an City to Chang'an City.
Today, there are as many as 300,000 defenders in Chang'an City, and a lot of preparations have been made for the defense of the city in the past two months. A year's worth of food for the army.
It's just that it will come sooner or later, no matter how long it takes a year. Given the current situation, if Xiao Yu, who was placed high hopes by Li Shimin and the No. , How much to consume.
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On the second day after the army surrounded Chang'an City, the weather around Jingzhao Mansion was fine and cloudless.
After staying in Luoyang City for a few days, Wang Junlin came to the army barracks of Da'an Kingdom outside Chang'an City.
Whether it is the last respect for Li Shimin, the son of destiny, or some final arrangements, or Wang Junlin's static and thoughtful thinking, it is a bit boring to review memorials all day long, Wang Junlin decides to march in person.
The horns are long and the golden drums are sounding. Outside the gate of the camp, the senior generals of the Da'an Kingdom headed by Li Jing, Qin Qiong, Xu Shiji, Yuchi Jingde, Luo Shixin, etc. put on brand-new official uniforms or armors, and stood upright. Waiting for the royal driver to come.
"Your Majesty, I will see you!" Qin Qiong, Li Jing and others pushed the golden mountain and the jade pillar to the ground, followed behind them, and the black army officers knelt down on the ground.
The army is responsible for besieging Chang'an City. Wang Junlin sent someone early to give the army an order to tell them what to do. Some officers of each legion came before
You can just come to meet the driver, and it is strictly ordered to meet the driver at the gate of Daying, not to go too far.
The main senior leaders of Da'an Kingdom who came with Wang Junlin included Du Ruhui, the Prime Minister of the Left, Shen Guoer, the Commander of the Security Mansion, and Cheng Yaojin, the Commander of the Tianwei Army.
At this time, Du Ruhui, Shen Guoer, Cheng Yaojin and others who followed Wang Junlin hurriedly got off their horses and hid aside. The lynx slowly approached the crowd.
Wang Junlin glanced over the crowd, and finally stopped on Li Jing, Qin Qiong, and Xu Shiji, with a gentle and satisfied look on his face, he said: "My dear friends, the battle against the Tang Dynasty is very heartwarming."
Although it was already known that these three men were the three most powerful in commanding troops and fighting in the Sui and Tang Dynasties because of the cheating, Wang Junlin did not expect that each of these three men would lead an army to attack the Tang State, which would last three months. In a short period of time, the Tang Kingdom was almost wiped out, leaving only the lonely city of Chang'an lingering on its last legs.
How can Wang Junlin be dissatisfied with such a result and such efficiency.
It can be said that in Wang Junlin's eyes, these three are magical weapons like nuclear weapons. An ordinary country can have any of these three.
Although they had known for a long time that they played well in the battle against the Tang Kingdom, Li Jing, Qin Qiong, Xu Shiji and others were completely relieved after hearing His Majesty's praise, and they were all extremely happy.
"Everyone, you have worked hard, get up!" Wang Junlin said with a smile.
"Thank you, Your Majesty Ron." Everyone shouted in unison, then quickly got up and stood up straight.
"Your Majesty, the ministers have prepared the imperial tent, please move your majesty." Li Jing was the commander-in-chief of the attacking Tang army this time, and he was also the highest ranking general among the generals. He came to Wang Junlin's side and bowed to lead the way.
A group of people came to the imperial tent, and everyone else went down to take their positions. Inside the imperial tent, only Li Jing, Qin Qiong, Xu Shiji, Yuchi Jingde, Pei Yuanqing, Luo Shixin, Lu Han, and Shangguanhu remained. And Du Ruhui, Shen Guoer and Cheng Yaojin who followed Wang Junlin.
Without waiting for Wang Junlin to speak, Li Jing left the class, cupped his fists and said loudly: "Your Majesty, within a month at most, I will lead an army to capture Chang'an City and completely destroy the Tang Kingdom for Your Majesty."
Xu Shiji, Luo Shixin, Pei Yuanqing and other generals of the legion rushed out to ask for orders, and said in unison: "I am willing to lead my troops to lead the battle, please Your Majesty."
Wang Junlin smiled and waved: "Get up! I know that Chang'an City will be captured by you sooner or later. However, I came here in person. After the destruction of the Tang Dynasty, there are some arrangements for Li Shimin's follow-up."
Everyone looked at each other, except for Shen Guoer and Du Ruhui, all of them had doubts on their faces, but Xie En got up and stood aside.
Wang Junlin said: "I have brought a large number of craftsmen, I think you all have seen it..."
Everyone trembled slightly, and quickly pricked up their ears to listen solemnly.
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What happened outside Chang'an City was beyond the expectations of the defenders inside the city and the Da'an army outside the city.
Wang Junlin did not order the siege, but instead ordered people to start building a wall outside Chang'an City.
The red bricks and cement from Da'an Kingdom are used.
However, instead of going to Fanyang County to haul red bricks and cement, Wang Junlin directly transferred a large number of craftsmen from the red brick and cement workshops in Fanyang County, and built two large-scale workshops outside Chang'an City.
The people who repaired the wall are of course the captured Tang army or surrendered army these days. These people add up to nearly 300,000 people. It is impossible to support so many troops after the Da'an Kingdom dominates the world. These people can't be killed , It is impossible to release it immediately, but it is not enough to eat and drink for nothing all day, just build a wall for a meal.
Wang Junlin's purpose is very simple. He doesn't want his soldiers to attack the city of Chang'an, which is seven or eight feet high and cannot be destroyed by solid explosives, and has 300,000 defenders. What's more, the defenders in the city also have a large number of gunpowder weapons.
The most important thing is that Li Shimin, Changsun Wuji, and Chai Shao are in the city. With the mind and means of these three people, it is absolutely impossible to give Da'an a chance to break the city from the inside.
In short, Wang Junlin knew very well that although Li Jing and the others had spoken beautifully and were full of fighting spirit, everyone knew that if they wanted to capture Chang'an City, at least 50,000 to 60,000 people would be impossible.
Wang Junlin obviously didn't want his soldiers to die so much, he would rather trap the defenders in Chang'an City to death.