Chapter 946 Burning Luoyang (Part 2)


    Chapter 944: Burning Luoyang (Part 2)


    Retreat from the city wall?


    As soon as Li Shimin said this, everyone present was in a panic.


    "General, no, once you withdraw from the city wall, even if all the city gates are closed, the north city will still not be able to defend it."


    "Yes, General, you can''t withdraw, otherwise your brothers'' blood will be in vain."


    “…”


    Everyone kept dissuading Li Shimin, of course, this was reasonable.


    The opened city gate was closed to prevent the alliance forces outside the city from continuing to transport troops into the city.


    If the defenders evacuated from the city wall, even if the city gate was closed, the coalition forces could still transport troops through the ladder.


    In this entire section of the city wall at the north gate, if there is no defender to stop it, the speed of transporting troops can be faster than that of the city gate.


    Therefore, the evacuation of the defenders of the city wall is actually equivalent to taking the initiative to give up the North Gate.


    The number of Liang army members is already at a disadvantage. If they lose the protection of the city wall, not to mention the North Gate, even the entire Luoyang will soon fall.


    Generally, if the city gate is opened during a battle to defend the city, the battle will basically end.


    But Liang Jun is different.


    The city gate was opened from the inside, and the Liang army did not throw away the north gate, but was still striving to defend Luoyang.


    But now, it is lost due to the city wall, so it is forced to give up Luoyang, which is naturally unacceptable to most Liang army!


    Li Shimin knew what everyone was thinking, so he sighed and explained, "Don''t worry, I am not going to give up on the North Gate, but the morale of the coalition is now high. The 20,000 defenders in the North City, plus the 30,000 reinforcements that came, and the 50,000 troops were unable to expel the coalition under the desperate battle.


    Therefore, it is better to avoid his sharpness for the time being, and after his morale is slightly rubbed, concentrate your efforts to regain the North Gate. ”


    The troops in the other three gates were easily mobilized, and the Liang army had only 50,000 new forces, of which more than 10,000 had been killed in battle. Of course, the casualties of the coalition were naturally greater.


    Now there are only less than 40,000 new forces left. If they continue to consume so endlessly, even if they take back the North Gate, they will still not be able to defend it!


    Therefore, it is not that Li Shimin dared not fight against Qin Hao, but that the Liang army really couldn''t fight, and the casualties of the coalition forces were borne by the princes, so Qin Hao naturally didn''t care.


    As he said that, Li Shimin said to Yang Jian again, "General Yang Jian, immediately bring people between the city wall and the residential area, clear out a isolation belt as soon as possible, and prepare a lot of tincture oil, sulfur and other substances.


    After all the troops on the city wall are withdrawn, a fire wall will be set up immediately to prevent the coalition from directly attacking the city.


    The sky will be dark for one or two hours. The night is not conducive to siege. Only after it lasts until dark can we have hope of regaining the North Gate. ”


    Yang Jian was stunned when he heard this. Obviously, he didn''t expect Li Shimin to borrow the situation. However, only this method can make up for the shortcomings in military strength.


    "No."


    Yang Jian clasped his fists and said in a deep voice, but then asked again: "But General, once the firewall is established, Yuan Ba ??will be separated from us. How should he come back?"


    Li Shimin turned his hand and said confidently: "Don''t care about this. Yuanba''s body is extremely strong, and it is difficult for ordinary swords to hurt him. In addition, he has reached the level of a master. If the internal energy is released from the outside to protect his body, it is impossible for a mere fire wall to hurt him."


    What Li Shimin said is also true. With Li Yuanba''s impersonal body, even if he does not release his internal force to protect his body, he will not be burned to death in a short time, and this time is enough for him to pass through the fire wall.


    And just because there is another spy coming to report it. "Reported... there was a major change in Ghost Street. Apart from the two Taoist schools, the disciples of the hundreds of schools, did not know what methods they used. They not only detoxified the poison, but also escaped imprisonment, and are no longer aware of their whereabouts."


    "What? Why is this happening?"


    Li Shimin said with a look of shock and anger, and his heart became increasingly uneasy.


    Li Shimin knew that there must be people from allied forces in the hundreds of schools, so he was wary of these disciples from the beginning. If he did nothing, he would definitely be extremely passive. So he simply captured them all in one place and turned passive into active!


    Li Shimin thought he had valued the disciples of the hundred schools, but he didn''t expect that they could escape silently under his nose. In this regard, Li Shimin could only sigh that the foundation of the hundred schools is really unfathomable.


    There is nothing wrong with the escaping of the disciples of the hundred schools of thought, but this means that the greater conspiracy in Luoyang will be revealed, otherwise why would they escape with guilt?


    Every time he thought of this, Li Shimin became more and more uneasy and finally decided to say, "General Yang Jian, there may be some changes in the city. I will return to the city to shock the little boy. I will leave it to you at the north gate."


    "Don''t worry, General, the last general will not lose the North City."


    Li Shimin nodded and then hurriedly brought the people back. On the way back, his uneasiness became stronger.


    Boom... The flames that soared into the sky ignited, dyeing the sky in the north city red.


    Li Shimin turned his head and knew that Yang Jian had set fire, but he was in deep thought when he looked at the fire, but he woke up suddenly after a few seconds.


    "fire?"


    Li Shimin widened his eyes, a bad guess appeared in his mind, and then shouted: "No, please send Li Xiuning quickly and send additional personnel to strictly monitor the grain warehouse to prevent the fire attack of military spies."


    "No."


    After the order was issued, Li Shimin was still worried and immediately prepared to go to the grain warehouse to take charge.


    Outside the city, Qin Hao looked at the fire in the city and couldn''t help but smile, "Li Shimin is really smart and tricky when he used this method to stop the enemy."


    "Report to the leader of the alliance, after the enemy on the city wall retreated, our army wanted to take advantage of the victory, but the Liang army lit a fire at the north gate, which was blocked by the fire, and our army could no longer attack in the short term."


    "Forget it, since that''s the case, the attack from the North Gate will be temporarily suspended."


    After saying that, Qin Hao couldn''t help looking up the city tower and whispered to himself: "Li Shimin, this little fire is taken over by the leader of your alliance. I wonder if you can take over the fire carefully prepared by this leader for you?"


    On the north gate tower, Li Cunxiao and Li Yuanba were still fighting, and the contrast of this firelight also made this battle more legendary.


    Seeing this, Qin Hao''s eyes were full of glory and said softly: "The party that won this battle will definitely occupy the world''s first ten years!"


    As soon as Qin Hao finished speaking, fires actually emerged in the inner city of Luoyang, where the Liang army''s grain warehouse was located.


    Food and grass are flammable things, and the fire will soon be difficult to deal with, and the momentum is even greater than the fire wall at the North Gate.


    "The grain warehouse is out of fire, please put out the fire!"


    "Water, come quickly!"


    On the roof of a building on the street separated from the grain warehouse, a group of black-clothed swordsmen were watching the guards in a mess of putting out the fire, but they could not stop the fire from spreading.


    (This chapter ends)