Li Shimin pretended to take a few breaths, calmed down and said to Li Yuan: "Father, I deployed defenses late last night.

Suddenly a gust of breeze blew by, and I fell asleep.

In my dream, I met an old immortal with white beard and white eyebrows. He looked at me with an immortal smile and said to me: 'I am the Supreme Master of Tushita Palace in the Thirty-third Heaven.

Do you have any trouble for me, kid?

At that time, my son told Lao Jun that the anti-thief coalition forces were besieging Chang'an. Lao Jun said with a smile: "This is a small matter. You are my descendant. I should help you defend against the enemy, but I cannot interfere in mortal affairs."

Deep, I will give you three opportunities to ask for help.

When the time comes, I will send heavenly soldiers and generals to help you.

’ After saying that, he drifted away, and then I woke up.”

Li Shimin continued: "After I woke up, I was not sure whether this matter was true, so I did not report it to my father in advance and ask my father's forgiveness."

Li Yuan chuckled and patted Li Shimin on the shoulder and said, "Why is my son so guilty? It's not too late for me to be happy.

Now that the old king has appeared, the morale of the army will be more stable, and our army will definitely win this battle! After defeating the enemy, I will give you a good reward!"

After saying that, he glanced at Li Jiancheng very covertly.

This sight made Li Jiancheng tremble with fear, fearing that Li Yuan would give up his position as prince to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin, on the other hand, looked disgusted with tears of gratitude.

Opposite to the joyful scene in the city, the allied army camp was filled with grief and panic.

Not knowing what was going on, I saw a meteor falling from the sky, and then an explosion occurred on the left side of the camp. All people and animals within a mile were killed, leaving a large crater more than six feet wide.

There were more than 10,000 dead and countless injured.

The ignited fire burned for nearly a mile and caused heavy damage.

Dou Jiande and others came to investigate in full armor, and what they saw was this human tragedy, with countless soldiers lying on the ground whining and struggling.

But no one came forward to save him, and they all ran away in panic.

Dou Jiande killed dozens of soldiers before barely able to stabilize the crowd, and ordered Liu Heitai to conduct a thorough investigation but found nothing.

Everyone said that this was a natural disaster caused by an unprovoked attack on the Tang Dynasty. They should retreat immediately, otherwise there will be a big disaster in the future.

Dou Jiande also ordered his personal guards to patrol the camp and kill anyone who made monstrous remarks to deceive the public.

This allowed the coalition forces to stabilize.

The next day, Dou Jiande was still reorganizing the coalition forces and stabilizing their morale, and did not attack Chang'an.

And Chang'an City sent hundreds of fast horses to rush towards the camp.

They didn't see them attacking. When they were two hundred paces away, they dispersed and ran around the camp. As they ran, they shouted: "Last night, the King of Qin cast a spell. The old gentleman appeared and gave me a little punishment. You must retreat quickly, otherwise you will be punished."

God damned!"

Dou Jiande was so angry that his military morale, which he had spent all night trying to stabilize, became unstable again amidst the shouts of these killers.

I ordered people to intercept and kill these bastards quickly, but after shouting for a while, I went straight back to Chang'an, walking gracefully.

Dou Jiande had no choice but to attack the city today, so he had no choice but to continue to stabilize people's hearts.

But people in feudal society were extremely superstitious, and many of the hundreds of thousands of people would be frightened.

That night, Dou Jiande received a report from his subordinates that many soldiers escaped from the camp privately.

Dou Jiande was so worried that he decided to attack the city on the third day. If the delay continued, the coalition forces would be completely dispersed.

On the morning of the third day, Dou Jiande ordered the soldiers to have a good meal and prepare to attack the city.

The first one to reach the top of the city will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins! The soldiers then became inspired.

Carrying ladders and pushing battering rams, they rushed towards Chang'an City with the horn of attack.

Li Shimin also knew that today would be a fierce battle, so he arranged his defense early. He stood at the top of the city wearing "Dragon Soul" and commanded calmly, with his exclusive weapon "Pojun" beside him, calm and majestic.

The top of the city was filled with Eight Ox Crossbows improved by Wen Yi. Wen Yi originally thought that Eight Ox Crossbows existed in the Tang Dynasty, but it turned out that Li Shimin didn't know what the Eight Ox Crossbows were.

After going back and checking the information carefully, I found out that the Eight Ox Crossbow was a great killing weapon that only appeared in the Song Dynasty.

The current mainstream siege weapon is the trebuchet, and data records that the trebuchet of the Tang Dynasty was extremely heavy, required a lot of manpower, and had a short range of only 150 steps, while the heavy trebuchet only had a range of 50 steps.

Without saying a word, he gave the design drawings of the improved Eight Ox Crossbow to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin worked hard all night and finally built more than fifty eight-oxen crossbows that could be made by two people.

Twenty were placed at Mingde Gate, and fifteen were placed at the other two gates.

There were quite a lot of arrows that were rushed to work, mostly made of white wax rods and hardwood. Once they were sharpened, they were finished. There were more than 30,000 arrows.

The workshop is still working hard to ensure there are enough arrows.

When the allied forces advanced within 500 steps of the city, Li Shimin ordered the Eight Bull Crossbows to be fired.

There was a sound of bows, and sixty two-meter-long giant arrows flew out, knocking down all the coalition soldiers like skewers of candied haws.

The soldier operating the Eight Ox Crossbow didn't even look at the results. He quickly used the winch to pull the bowstring, loaded three arrows, and continued firing.

The allied shield troops were unable to defend themselves against the firing of the Eight Bull Crossbows, and they managed to reach the city gates only after suffering 2,000 casualties. The trebuchets and battering rams were all scrapped.

The coalition soldiers braved arrows and set up ladders to attack upward.

Wooden stones were rolled on the city, golden soup arrows were thrown down desperately, Chang'an City was like a giant man-eating beast, constantly devouring human lives.

Wenyi watched the two sides fighting numbly, but could do nothing.

He could not stop the madness of the ancients, which also made him more determined to let Li Shimin unify the country as soon as possible.

Only in this way can this war-torn nation be able to recuperate and live a healthy life.

Thinking of this, he didn't care about exposing the secret. He put on Xiaomi No. 1, picked up Fang Tian's painted halberd, and jumped down from the top of the city. He rushed through the crowd and went straight to the vanguard general Wang Fubao. His idea was simple: capture the thief first and capture the king first.

, killing the commanding general, the coalition forces will inevitably be in chaos.

Wang Fubao saw clearly that the guy who called himself Lu Fengxian actually jumped off the wall more than three feet high and was still coming towards him. He was so frightened that his three souls came out of his body and he quickly sent an order to surround Wenyi.

Literary Yi Ran is not afraid, no matter how many swords hit him, he just swings his halberd wide open and close, and the distance of fifty steps is reached in an instant. Wang Fubao cannot retreat, and anyone who escapes will be killed! He does not dare to violate this iron law, and his heart skips a beat.

, leading his bodyguards to kill Wenyi.

As soon as the two met, Wen Yishou raised his halberd and chopped Wang Fubao into two pieces, then turned around and went towards the other general to kill him.

After fighting for a long time, Wenyi's body was covered in blood, and there were still many broken internal organs hanging on it.

Finally, the six generals who led the main attack were killed.

The enemy army lost its leader and its morale plummeted. Dou Jiande had no choice but to withdraw his troops and fight again in the afternoon.

When Wenyi returned to the city, he was so tired that he was out of breath and it was difficult to walk.

Wen Yi and Wen Er were waiting at the city gate.

Seeing that the enemy troops had retreated, he hurriedly stepped forward to support Wenyi.

Returning to Li Shimin's tent, he took off his armor and lay on the ground to recover.

Li Shimin came over to visit and then went to deploy defenses again.

This attack and defense lasted for half a month, and the coalition forces still failed to reach Chang'an City at the cost of 40,000 lives, and more than 30,000 people were injured.

The Tang army also suffered a loss of 10,000 people and more than 20,000 wounded.

Dou Jiande was extremely anxious. He could not capture Chang'an City for a long time. His soldiers began to feel war-weary. If they could not capture Chang'an City in half a month, they would have to retreat. After all, the coalition forces could not compare with the regular army and could not really think about one thing and work hard.

Use one place.

Li Shimin's side is not having a good time either. There are only less than 90,000 available troops in the city, and some aristocratic families are starting to make moves.

He has already caught more than a dozen spies who want to contact the enemy. If he is tortured for a few more days, I believe there will be more people who cheat and cheat.

We can't clean them up now, some small families will be destroyed if they are destroyed, and those families with five surnames and seven hopes cannot be dealt with simply.

Their children held many important positions in the Tang Dynasty, and it was no problem to open a few city gates if they were forced to do so.

It is not yet time to use the method of going to the altar again. People's hearts are numb now and it is of little use. It can only be used when the enemy army is almost on the verge of collapse.

Li Shimin summoned the generals for discussion.

Fang Xuanling said: "Your Highness, now that the war is at its peak, the deterrent power of our Tiance Mansion is not enough to deter those villains with evil intentions. Only asking Your Majesty to personally supervise the formation will surely stabilize people's hearts and deter those villains.

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Li Shimin nodded and said: "Yes, although I can fight, I am just a prince, and only my father can stabilize the current situation.

I, the king, will ask my father for help."

After saying that, he took Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji into the palace to meet the saint.

Li Yuan was also an emperor who came out of the fight. After hearing Li Shimin's explanation, he immediately said: "Don't worry, my son, I will deliver the decree tomorrow, and I will go on a personal expedition! You don't have to worry about those restless people, I will give them a warning."

Although I am old, the knife in my hand is still sharp, I want to see which one wants to try it!"

Li Shimin and others bowed and retreated. As soon as they left the palace, they spread the news that His Majesty would wear armor and go into battle.

The effect is remarkable, the morale of the soldiers is greatly boosted, and everyone's fighting spirit is high.
To be continued...