Chapter 2469: The Great Victory of Haojing (1) The Civil Chaos in Chang''an


    Chapter 2466: The Great Victory of Haojing (1) The Civil Chaos in Chang''an


    Baling City.


    "The army has retreated, the Qin army has retreated."


    As the Qin army retreated like a tide, a cheer suddenly sounded from Baling City.


    After three days of high-intensity battle to defend the city, Baling City was no longer as neat as it was three days ago and became extremely broken, and the city was filled with wounded soldiers and corpses.


    Li Mu and Jiang Shang couldn''t help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw that the Qin army finally retreated.


    The Qin army''s siege troops on the third day were all the main forces of the Qin army. The offensive was too fierce. They didn''t know how they survived this day. They were not lucky enough, but they barely persevered.


    "General, you haven''t closed your eyes all day and night. This is the chicken soup I just cooked, so drink it while it''s hot."


    Li Mu looked at the chicken soup in front of him, but said, "Send it to General Yang Jian. He didn''t close his eyes for three days and three nights, nor did he eat, so he had to stop eating."


    "No."


    The battle between Yang Jian and Sun Lingming lasted only half a day and ended with Yang Jian''s voluntary abandonment.


    Because it was also a war of attrition before fighting, and his main purpose of this trip was to help Li Mu defend Baling City, not to defeat Sun Lingming.


    Yang Jian returns, and with Lei Zhenzi and Yang Ren, there are three war gods in Baling City, which are obviously not that easy to fight.


    Sure enough, even if Wu Qi and Sima Cuo were commanded by the first day, they ended in failure, and the comprehensive combat power of the surrendered army was still weaker.


    On the second day, Wu Qi asked the main force of the Qin army to attack the city with the surrendered army, and the total attack intensity was twice as strong as yesterday.


    Faced with such a strong offensive, Li Mu also exerted his ability to defend the city to the extreme, and finally defended the next day.


    On the third day, the main force of the Qin army attacked the city and attacked the east and west gates at the same time.


    Even Li Mu, whose commander was promoted to 105, could not command such a situation, and had to get rid of Jiang Shang to help him guard a sect, and then barely survived the third day.


    But what should I do next?


    Judging from the intensity of the siege on the third day, even if all the defenders in Baling City were wiped out, they would not last for ten days, let alone a month.


    As soon as he thought of this, Li Mu''s heart was filled with confusion and didn''t know where to go.


    Jiang Shang saw everything about Li Mu, and comforted him after seeing this scene: "General Li Mu, the Qin army suffered heavy casualties in three days. Wu Qi is a general who cherishes soldiers. The Qin army''s pension is so high. I think he should suspend the offensive, at least he will not continue to attack deadly."


    Siege battles are also divided into levels. The highest level is a deadly attack that does not care about casualties, in order to break the city in the shortest time.


    If the death attack is fierce, tens of thousands of people will be killed or injured in one day.


    This is the way of attacking Tokyo by the coalition of princes, because the attacks are all the Japanese surrendered troops, and no matter how many people die, they will not feel sorry for them.


    But if it were our own people, not many people would do this, because the cost was too high.


    The second-level siege method is siege. This siege method is a war of attrition. It does not care about the length of the siege. It mainly kills the enemy''s troops and kills the opponent bit by bit, so tens of thousands are naturally much smaller.


    Jiang Shang guessed right. Wu Qi was indeed preparing to suspend the offensive. After all, the strong attack without regard to casualties was too great. It was not worth losing tens of thousands of soldiers for a mere Baling City.


    When Li Mu heard this, he immediately showed joy and asked, "Really?"


    Jiang Shang pretended to counted, and put on a charlatan, saying, "The possibility is as high as 70%.


    If this were someone else, he would definitely slap him, but after getting along these days, Li Mu already thought Jiang Shang was a magician, so he took Jiang Shangdell''s trick.


    "It''s great. With the gentleman here, Baling has no worries."


    Li Mu left happily, mobilized the troops in the city and arranged tomorrow''s defense matters.


    Jiang Shang looked at Li Mu''s back, but his smile gradually became frozen and he said to himself: "Why do I feel restless?"


    Jiang Shang couldn''t figure out the reason after thinking about it. After all, with Li Mu and him, Baling did not show signs of breaking the city.


    Could it be that Wu Qi was preparing to attack the bottom until Baling City was broken?


    But if this is done, even if the Qin army was killed or injured too much, Wu Qi would have been more than good.


    With Wu Qi''s wisdom, it is impossible to do this.


    After thinking about it, Jiang Shang didn''t think of the reason, so he planned to use Shiling Shin-Heaven Astrology to try his luck and measure good or bad luck.


    After nightfall, Jiang Shang looked at the brightly lit Qin army camp in the distance, and then looked up at the starry sky.


    The imperial star belonging to Ying Hao suddenly shines, while the Wang star belonging to Li Shimin becomes increasingly dim and even becomes in a state of falling.


    Jiang Shang was shocked when he saw this: "How could this happen? It was fine a few days ago. Although Wang Xing was dim, he did not have the potential to fall. Why did it suddenly become so dim?"


    Judging from the content displayed by the astrological signs, Li Shimin is probably going to die.


    As for the reason, Jiang Shang didn''t know, but he knew that Li Shimin was the grandson of Taiqing Master, and Li Yuanba was under his command.


    Even if Li Shimin is defeated by the Qin army and cannot defend the Guanzhong area, he shouldn’t have fallen?


    "What exactly is it?"


    After Jiang Shang thought hard, he finally thought of a **** reason and said to himself with some uncertainty: "Is it because Baling has defended and the two previous small victories that Li Shimin felt that the Qin army outside Chang''an City could not be defeated, so he wanted to leave the city to eliminate the 30,000 Qin army outside Chang''an City?"


    The reason why he is uncertain is that in Jiang Shang''s opinion, a smart person like Li Shimin cannot do such stupid things, but if you think about it carefully, he has done quite a few stupid things, and it will be much more reasonable if you look at it like this.


    "No, it''s impossible. Did Li Shimin really want to go out of the city to fight the Qin army? Didn''t he know that among the 30,000 Qin troops outside the city, 15,000 were cavalry?"


    As soon as this thought appeared, Jiang Shang''s forehead suddenly felt cold sweat.


    If Li Shimin wins out of the city, it would be fine, but once he loses, he and Li Mu will struggle with Baling and finally get a little advantage, but they will all be gone at once, and the situation in Guanzhong will have no room for any turn.


    When did Jiang Shang think that Li Shimin is also a wise leader, but at this time he only thinks that he is a teammate of pigs. What are you doing when you leave the city? Isn''t it good to stay in Chang''an honestly and defend it until Chang''an City is broken and flee back to Hanzhong?


    Why did you go out of the city to fight the Qin army with a desperate battle?


    Although Jiang Shang didn''t know if Li Shimin would do this, if he really did this, it would be very likely that everyone''s efforts would be vain. Therefore, he had to find a way to let Li Shimin kill this terrible idea.


    Jiang Shang hurriedly went to find Li Mu, because only Li Mu could contact Li Shimin, and then wrote a letter in front of him, which naturally advised Li Shimin not to leave the city.


    "General Li Mu must hand over this letter to Duke Tang as soon as possible."


    Seeing Jiang Shang so anxious, Li Mu couldn''t help but ask, "Is there something going on?"


    "It''s too late to explain, you can send it first, and then I will explain to you."


    "good."


    After Li Mu released the pigeon, Jiang Shang said his guess, but Li Mu looked undeniable. He obviously didn''t believe that Li Shimin would make such a decision, but instead felt that Jiang Shang was too fussy.


    What can Jiang Shang say about this? I can only say that he is also trying to prevent it.


    What Jiang Shang and Li Mu didn''t know was that the pigeon they released flew out of Baling City not far from them, and was shot down by the Legend of the Condor Heroes organized by Wu Qi.


    Although there are not many people in the The Legend of the Condor Heroes, only a dozen, but they are all archers. If they are placed on the grassland, they are the Legend of the Condor Heroes.


    They can even shoot eagles, but can they still fail to shoot pigeons? Even in the dark.


    The next day, the Qin army continued to start the siege, and as Jiang Shang expected, the offensive became much weaker.


    Obviously, Wu Qi felt sorry for the casualties and was reluctant to continue to attack, so he slowed down the attack.


    Seeing this, Li Mu focused all his thoughts on guarding the city, but Jiang Shang was a little absent-minded because it had been so long and there was still no reply from Chang''an, which was obviously abnormal.


    Jiang Shang hurriedly found Li Mu and said, "The pigeon released yesterday must have been intercepted by the Qin army, otherwise it would be impossible that he had not replied until now."


    "What should I do?" Li Mu asked.


    "After night, all the pigeons were released at the same time, so that the news might be transmitted back to Chang''an."


    Li Mu was obviously a little reluctant to hear this. After all, if he let all the pigeons go out just because of your guess, then he would not have any way to connect with the outside world.


    Jiang Shang saw Li Mu''s reluctance and persuaded Li Mu after some persuasion.


    This time, Li Mu released hundreds of pigeons carrying the same letter at the same time. Naturally, the Qin army''s The Legend of the Condor Heroes could not have shot all of them. Jiang Shang''s message was finally taken to Luoyang by the pigeon, but unfortunately it was too late.


    When Jiang Shang''s letter was sent to Chang''an, Li Shimin had already led his army out of the city and fought a decisive battle with Wang Jian. He had never seen Jiang Shang''s letter at all.


    The next evening, more than 200 carrier pigeons flew from Chang''an to Baling City. After being shot down by 90%, more than 20 still flew into the city.


    Li Mu ordered people to collect the pigeons and take off all the bamboo tubes tied up, and the contents inside were all the same, that is, Li Shimin returned from defeat in Chang''an.


    "how so?"


    After reading it, Li Mu felt dizzy and couldn''t believe that Li Shimin had actually left the city, and even the 60,000 army could not defeat Wang Jian''s 30,000 army.


    Jiang Shang''s face was also extremely ugly, but he still suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and read all the contents on the letter, hoping to get more information from it.


    Jiang Shang guessed from the beginning that if Li Shimin went out of the city to fight, the chance of losing was as high as 70%, but if he fought 60,000 to 30,000, even if he was defeated, he would not lose so badly, right?


    Li Shimin''s subordinate Tang army had a total of 60,000, including two elite battalions, Xuanjia Army and Feixiong Army, with twice the strength of the Qin army.


    As for the generals, Li Shimin has a group of powerful generals such as Li Yuanba, Ma Shanwei, and Gao Siji, and has also received support from many Taoist disciples such as Ji Fa, Nangong Shi, Xiao Sheng, and Cao Bao.


    In addition, Shen Gongbao, who was also a tradition of the Shangqing sects of Yuqing, went to Guanzhong to help Tang with his help after receiving the letter from the Taoist sect.


    In addition to coming here himself, Shen Gongbao also fooled Lu Yue, who was walking with him and preparing to take office in the State of Song.


    Shen Gongbao told Lu Yue that he should not go to Song State to take office, but to help Li Tang with him. After all, helping Li Tang is equivalent to helping Song State.


    Although Lu Yue is a man with strong strength, his mind is really not very good. He believed him after a few words from Shen Gongbao. He brought five apprentices and two junior brothers to Guanzhong to help Tang with Shen Gongbao.


    In other words, Li Shimin''s lineup this time was not only the powerful generals of Li Tang, but also the elite disciples of the Three Pure Ones of the Taoist Sect, and the talent lineup was extremely luxurious.


    Whether it is the number of troops or the lineup of generals, Li Shimin is above Wang Jian. Logically speaking, even if he can''t win, he shouldn''t be defeated.


    But the fact is that Li Shimin not only lost, but also suffered the most miserable defeat in his life, without even a trace of suspense.


    Why did Li Shimin, who has an army of 60,000 and many powerful generals, lose so badly this time?


    The reasons are a bit complicated, but there are only two major factors inside and outside.


    The external factor is that just when Li Shimin and Wang Jian fought a decisive battle, the civil strife in Chang''an broke out as Li Shimin expected.


    But one thing is beyond Li Shimin''s expectations, that is, the traitor exposed by this civil strife was not a long-planned rebellion, but a abandoned son deliberately exposed by Li Si.


    Li Si knew very well that Li Shimin had a backup plan in Chang''an, and there was more than one. If he raised an army after Li Shimin left the city, he would be very likely to fall into the trap.


    Li Shimin determined that there were people from the Qin army in Chang''an City, so he did not hesitate to leave Chang''an for this and lead the snake out of the cave. If Li Si did nothing and continued to lurk, Li Shimin would not give up.


    After weighing the pros and cons, Li Si decided to lead the trouble eastward, so he planned a rebellion, deliberately exposing all the people in the aristocratic family that fell to the Qin Dynasty, but in fact these people were his abandoned sons, and the purpose was to make Li Tang turn the finger to all the aristocratic families in Chang''an City.


    Under the operation of Li Si, the twenty-one major tribes in Chang''an City launched a rebellion at the same time after receiving the signal. The number of people rebelled was not too many, but the momentum was extremely large, which made everyone in Chang''an City know about it.


    Some families saw the rebellion in the city and the momentum was so great that Li Shimin could not come back for the time being, thinking that Li Tang was about to end, so in order to protect the family, they also joined the rebels.


    But the head of the family who launched the rebellion and the generals of these families did not expect that the people who encouraged them to initiate the rebellion not only did not cooperate with them to rebel, but instead lived in the same city to suppress them.


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