Soon, Li Shimin received a report that the east city gate had been recaptured by the enemy and had been closed...しw0.
Li Shimin sneered and didn't care too much.
Want to catch a turtle in an urn? Just dream...
The fact that the Longmen City defenders could not be defeated in one battle today was a bit beyond his expectation, and the rest did not matter.
This war was not intended to capture the beachhead of the Yellow River.
In fact, in Li Shimin's mind at this time, this battle was already over. He felt a little regretful that he could not achieve perfection, but this had nothing to do with the general situation and was nothing.
After two night battles, there was only one sentence that remained in his heart: "Bing Dai Frontier Army is indeed well-deserved. If we have to fight again later, we must be more careful."
He also had some regrets. At that time, Li Ding'an was just a small sergeant in the Heng'an Town Army. After spending many days together, he felt that although this man had some talents, he had no ambitions and was very determined to fight against the Turks.
, it can barely be used as a barrier in northern Shanxi.
He told his father the same thing after returning to Jinyang.
The story that followed was similar to what he thought at the beginning. This man fought with the Turks in the border areas, and actually prevented the Turks from going south to harass Bingzhou.
This also made it much smoother for the army to go south to attack Chang'an, and there was no need to make false promises with the Turks. Speaking of which, Li Ding'an was considered a meritorious service to the Li family.
It's a pity that both the father and the prince like to give priority to their relatives and value the family background of everyone, so they ignore such talents...
By the time this person has full wings and ambitions, it will be too late to say anything. Otherwise, maybe the Li family will be able to get another general.
After leading the troops to attack today, after two battles, Li Shimin's surprise and faintly rising fear cannot be explained to outsiders.
Li Shimin had never seen a tough man who was unwilling to surrender. However, such groups of soldiers and generals, under the unfavorable situation of the war, would rather die in battle than surrender. Ask yourself, he
Except for a few of his own troops, the army under Li Shimin's command is really not comparable to anything else.
And this can only mean one thing, that is, Li Ding'an has extraordinary talents in running the army. Generals who can make the army die, there is no doubt that they must be very terrible people.
This is what Li Shimin regretted. Li Ding'an was a rare general, but he became Li's sworn enemy from a frontier guard. Li Shimin knew what happened without having to ask carefully about the accidents in between.
Li's side did not know how to win over others, but was hostile to them. Over there, their military strength gradually grew stronger, and their ambitions grew accordingly.
If he hadn't been in the northwest for the past two years, how could he have allowed Li Yuanji to ruin the Li family business?
Of course, when his thoughts were racing at this time, he would not think too much anymore. The most taboo thing in a war is to be distracted.
Immediately, Li Shimin issued a military order, ordering Zhai Changsun and Murong Luohu to gather all the troops and stationed in the city. They first warmed themselves by the fire and took a short rest, and then... left the city.
In Li Shimin's view, this can only be a small battle. In addition to preparing for subsequent strategies, it also tests the enemy's strength and strength.
In fact, he and Li Po had the same idea, and next year was the most critical year.
He would never let Li Ding'an gain a foothold in Jin. It would be too dangerous. The reason for this winter raid was actually the returning Tang envoy. Dou Dan's description made him feel a little cold.
Because he heard that Li Ding'an wanted to make a truce. After a huge victory, he still wanted to make amends with others without fighting. The infinite ambition revealed in his composure could not be compared to that of Xue Ju and his ilk.
After thinking for many days, Li Shimin finally decided to use a risky attack to break the deadlock. He would never give the enemy a chance to recover and breathe.
Therefore, this battle is not about capturing some beachhead or city, defeating many enemy troops, or killing many enemies, but it is about serving the subsequent military strategy.
But war is like this, it will have all kinds of accidents, making you understand that war is not a game, you can do whatever you want. Today's war seems to be over in Li Shimin's opinion, but some people just don't agree.
Zhai Changsun led his army to retreat to the hinterland of the city, dismantling the barracks and preparing to warm up by the fire. Murong Luohu's tribe was also moving closer here.
Zhang Lun just asked people to explore and realized that the enemy was not stupid enough to confront him in the west of the city, so he wanted to wait for a while before talking.
How?
He immediately ordered people to go to the south and set fire to the houses to prevent the two enemy armies from joining together. Then he and Chen Li divided their forces into a unified force and chased Zhai Changsun's troops from the north and west to start harassing them.
This was a real harassment, and then they used the cover of the house to attack the cavalry with arrows and crossbows. In other words, from this moment on, Zhang Lun completely brought the rhythm of this battle into street fighting.
If this is the Xuanjia Army that is fully equipped and at its peak, doing so is almost the same as committing suicide, because street fighting will only scatter the troops. Facing elite cavalry like the Xuanjia Army, the effect is actually minimal.
But at this time, the officers and soldiers of the Xuanjia Army had exhausted too much energy. The soldiers were so cold in the cold wind that they had lost much heat, and the horses they were sitting on were foaming at the mouth.
The physical strength of the men and horses has almost reached its limit.
This is just like the battle between the Heng'an town army cavalry and the Turks in the snow. Cold weather is the biggest enemy.
Zhai Changsun's men finally began to feel pain. Arrows kept falling from the sky above them, shouts of killing followed them, and chases and snipers were happening all around them.
The sound of fighting gradually became more intense. In the narrow barracks in Longmen City, blood was constantly flowing, like a flesh and blood mill, constantly consuming the troops of Zhai Changsun's tribe.
Not to mention stopping to light the fire to keep warm, groups of cavalry were sent out, but they all disappeared among the barracks. The bravery and proficiency of the Xuanjia Army, on such a day, were completely offset by the houses in Longmen City.
A lot of fires gradually started burning in the south, and the smoke was spreading over Longmen City.
The soldiers who were still resisting in the city gathered here one after another, including the remaining cavalry and the captured horses. They stared in twos and threes with red eyes and scars all over their bodies. They used their precise archery and skillful
He immediately moved around and bit the enemy like a wolf, with no regard for his own safety, life or death.
Too many people had died that night, and the Bingdai Army had only experienced such tragic casualties once since it was formed. The blood of their comrades had stimulated these guys to lose their minds, and some even tried to attack as if they were seeking death.
A large group of cavalry.
Such actions, in addition to seeking death, are also constantly boosting the morale of the friendly troops. Every time a crazy person falls, the cry of killing will become much louder.
The Jin soldiers under Zhang Lun seemed to have experienced a transformation in such a war...
In the wooden houses, spears continued to thrust out, knocking the passing knights to the ground with their spurs. Arrows danced wildly in the sky, shooting each of the knights off their horses, but they had no idea where the attack came from. They could be seen everywhere.
Bingdai soldiers huddled in the corner of the house, and when the cavalry passed by, they jumped up and cut off the cavalry from their mounts.
Soon, the infantry turned their familiar Longmen City into a place full of deadly dangers.
After they entered the state a little, the elite military troops that came out of the northwest wind and sand completely fell into their prey.
The chaotic street fighting caused a sharp increase in the casualties of Zhai Changsun's troops. The exhausted Tang Army cavalry was not at a loss in the face of such a sudden reversal of the battle. It was just that under the influence of the increasingly fierce flames of revenge, Zhai Changsun, who was leading the army,
Gradually lost control of the army.
The cavalry ignored the general's orders and began to enter the narrow place in groups, hoping to find those despicable guys and kill them one by one. Instead, they put themselves and the army in an increasingly dangerous situation.
Zhai Changsun was also exhausted. He was a general from the northwest and had not been in charge of the Xuanjia Army for a long time. His prestige was not enough to convince the public, and his shortcomings were being exposed.
Seeing that there were fewer and fewer people left around him, Zhai Changsun could only stop paying attention to the attacks from both sides of the road and quickly left eastward.
When he and Li Shimin reunited, there were only more than 300 cavalry left, and they were too weak to bear the fight, and finally found their shadows on them.
Some people have fallen on their horses, just like fleeing soldiers, and some can no longer hold the handle of the steel knife at all. The quiver has been empty. Their strong arms can't feel the pain, but they can't lift it up.
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They lost a lot of body temperature but could not get any rest. Some of them were thrown off their horses while they were walking.
How miserable this one is, it can only be said to be no different from a defeat. Their courage and will finally disappeared in the defeat of the war and the freezing weather.
Li Shimin was finally shocked when he saw their embarrassment. At this moment, he suddenly realized that the so-called catching a turtle in a jar was not impossible.
In fact, Zhai Changsun also made a very fatal mistake in this battle. He should not have entangled with Zhang Lun. He was slightly eager to make meritorious deeds. He did not lead his army east to join Li Shimin at the first time, but instead
Imagine defeating Zhang Lun's troops on the street just like Chen Li was defeated.
But Zhang Lun was not Chen Li. No one was waiting for him to rescue him, and he would not confront the cavalry in a wide area.
As a result, Zhai Changsun suffered a big loss.
Of course, Li Shimin would not pursue these details at this time. He only knew that the situation had become a bit critical.
At this time, Murong Luohu finally arrived here with smoke and fire. At this time, one-third of the Xuanjia Army's casualties had been lost. Looking at the tired soldiers, Li Shimin made a decisive decision, led his troops eastward and set fire to the barracks along the way.
In addition to keeping everyone warm, the enemy soldiers hiding between the houses will not be able to move forward in time.
When Zhang Lun reported that there was a fire in front of him, he laughed contemptuously, and then ordered someone to send a message to Chen Li, asking him to light the house in the north.
Well, he is planning to sell the pot and sell the iron. Even if Longmen City is burned to ashes, he still has to keep these enemies in Longmen City.
With fires on three sides, the Tang army could only go to the east city. Once they delayed in the east city for a while, by the time he and Chen Li arrived with their troops, it would be the end of these cavalry.
Just after the twelfth hour on this day, the flames in Longmen City were already rising into the sky. The wind helped the fire, causing the fire to spread quickly. The smoke rose and filled the air, confusing the smoke in Longmen City. The word "war" is considered here.
It’s worthy of its name.
Zhang Lun had already joined Chen Li and ran to the north city. He led his troops to climb the city wall and ran along the wall to the east of the city.
At the foot of Dongcheng City, Li Shimin stared at his eyes, which were gradually reddened by the smoke, and was urging the troops to move away the debris in the city gate corridor.
At the same time, they were also enduring arrow attacks from the city head, and were also struggling to capture the city wall.
Wu Tong, who guarded the east city gate, was Zhang Lun's brother-in-law. Zhang Lun's wife died early, and this wife-brother was raised as his son. He was a standard frontier man.
Rude and brave, he was also loyal to Zhang Lun. Zhang Lun asked him to guard the east city gate, so what Wu Tong wanted was that he would not let anyone step out of Longmen City until he died.
In fact, the last battle at the East City Gate was the most brutal battle in the Battle of Longmen City.
The cavalrymen of the Tang army dismounted one after another, and under the leadership of the generals, they climbed onto the road and stormed the city wall. Wu Tong's troops, who had no time to set up any obstacles, could only rely on shields and spears to fight the enemy in hand-to-hand combat.
The Tang army quickly climbed up the low wall of Longmen City. Wu Tong led his hedgehogs to gather above the city gate, guarding the archers in the middle, and occupied the place with 500 men. Almost every step forward by the Tang army, both sides were attacked.
Countless bodies will fall.
The sound of swords and spears piercing flesh could even be heard densely in the noisy sounds of continuous fighting, and the blood soon formed into ice along the city wall.
However, Wu Tong's troops, who had more physical strength, under the leadership of Wu Tong, pushed the Tang army back from time to time.
The city wall became a slaughterhouse, and in front of the city gate corridor, the corpses of Tang soldiers were lying on the ground. Arrows continued to fall on the heads of Tang soldiers, shooting Tang soldiers to the ground one by one. The round shields of the cavalry were not at all
They may be connected together like an infantry, but more like a target exposed in front of the enemy archers who are close at hand.
The Tang army entered Longmen City with ease, but when they wanted to leave the city, they suffered the most tragic casualties. This was like a malicious joke played by the war on the Tang army.
Every soldier screamed and fell down, which made Li Shimin's heart throb with pain, but he had to strictly order his soldiers, who were already extremely weak, to open the city gate corridor as soon as possible, otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous.
In fact, even Li Shimin himself found it difficult to believe how the war could reach such a stage, as if it had completely changed after dawn...
However, Zhang Lun was still a step late. When he and Chen Li came around from the north of the city wall, half of the Tang army had already leaned out of the city. As cavalry, they were very fast when escaping.
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The rain of arrows on the city wall suddenly became denser and swept across the back of the Tang army. Countless knights screamed and fell off their horses, and countless war horses fell to the ground with screams.
On the way out of the city, the bodies of Tang soldiers and horses were lying down.
The Tang army came quietly and left with great fanfare. The chaotic sound of horse hooves gradually faded away, and the embarrassed back of the Tang army disappeared in the distance. The battle of Longmen City finally came to an end amidst the fireworks...
(The monthly ticket was originally intended to be divided into two chapters, but in the end Ah Cao decided to end it in one chapter. Everyone in the province also commented on the number of words in Ah Cao Shui. In fact, the focus of the description of this battle is to lay some groundwork for the future. Moreover, isn’t Li Shimin included in it?
It’s worth describing in detail. By the way, there’s only one chapter tonight. It’s Saturday. Ah Cao wants to relax for a while. Haha, I’ll forgive you.)
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This chapter has been completed!