Li Lu agreed with a smile and left in front of the city gate building.
Not long after, the soldiers' shouts rang out from the top of the city.
The content of the shouting was exactly what Li Shimin said just now.
In the process of shouting, the sound of crossbows outside the city obviously dropped sharply. Not long after, Li Lu rushed to the city gate building excitedly and reported, "Your Highness, they are in chaos!"
When Li Shimin heard this, he snorted disdainfully and said, "They are indeed a bunch of rabble, vulnerable to attack!"
Li Yuanji smiled and nodded to Li Lu as a response to Li Lu, and then said to Li Shimin: "Having said that, we still can't take it lightly until the end!"
Li Shimin glanced over here and did not say anything. Instead, he directly ordered Li Lu: "Send an order to all the soldiers on the city top and ask them to shoot all the arrows in their hands and the crossbows in the boxes at me."
, force the enemy to go to the north and south sides!"
"Here!"
Li Lu happily agreed and left again.
After Li Lu left, Li Shimin looked at Li Yuanji and said, "Should we go out and take a look?"
Li Yuanji thought for a moment, nodded in agreement with a smile, and then followed Li Shimin's footsteps out of the city gate building.
Outside the city gate tower, the soldiers had already begun to bend their bows and set arrows. The soldiers also loaded their crossbows with crossbows, and then they greeted Yang Zhengdao and his soldiers and horses for free.
Round after round of volleys of arrows and crossbows were fired, and the enemies standing at the front fell one after another outside the city.
If you look carefully through the crenel, you can still see some commotion in the enemy's ranks, as if someone is taking the opportunity to do something.
This is the effect of the 'bold words' that Li Shimin just asked Li Lu to release.
Two quarters of an hour later, the enemies outside the city retreated from the range of their crossbows in a very embarrassed manner.
When the enemies outside the city were retreating, Li Shimin had been observing their lineup. After they retreated beyond the range of the crossbows, he coldly snorted: "It seems that Yang Zhengdao's troops no longer have six thousand troops."
There should be only about 5,000 people who had just attacked the city, and when they retreated, there were already more than 4,000 left.
It seems that Xue Wanche killed at least 800 of their men in several sneak attacks. The number we shot due to their internal commotion just now was also around 800.
Yang Zhengdao has no way to attack the city next, because if his troops suffer another big battle loss, they are likely to fall apart, so he will definitely adopt a tricky method and attack the city from the hills on the north and south sides.
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Li Yuanji nodded and said: "However, with his wisdom, he should be able to guess that you have set up ambushes on the hills on the north and south sides, so he may not bet all his troops on the hills on the north and south sides."
After all, Li Shimin was well-known, and Yang Zhengdao knew that Li Shimin was here. If he didn't have any precautions, it would not be stupid, but brainless.
And Yang Zhengdao is obviously not a brainless person, so he will definitely be on guard.
But Li Shimin seemed to have counted Yang Zhengdao dead, and hummed: "I just guessed that he would not bet all his soldiers and horses on the hills on both sides of the north and south, so I asked Xue Wanche to lead your relatives.
The guards lie in ambush on the north and south sides."
Speaking of this, Li Shimin glanced at the mountainside on both sides of the north and south, and said without any emotion: "If we expect them to defeat Yang Zhengdao, it is better to expect these soldiers who are currently guarding the city!"
Li Yuanji was a little stunned when he heard this.
It is not difficult to tell from Li Shimin's words that Li Shimin did not look down upon the city guards ambushing on the hills on both sides of the north and south, and did not expect them to defeat Yang Zhengdao.
Li Shimin obviously felt that the strength of those city guards was not as good as the improvised common people in Aries City.
If the city guards heard this, they would cry to death, because although they are not a strong army of the Tang Dynasty, they are veterans with one or two years of military experience, and may not be able to carry it out.
The enemy's army is strong, but it can still fight back and forth against an equal number of enemies.
But they would not refute Li Shimin's words, because compared to them, the people in Aries City, to be precise, the people who came from the Tang Dynasty had more experience in serving as soldiers.
Among them, those with the most experience in serving in the army may have only two or three years. Among the people who came from the Tang Dynasty, those with two or three years of experience in serving as soldiers are just the beginning, and the highest number has reached ten years.
It is said that he participated in the Jinyang Rebellion that year, lost an arm during the battle against Nanliang, was forced to withdraw from the army, and worked as a gatekeeper for the Prince of Hejian at the Prince's Mansion.
When the Prince of Xiangyi County and Duke Cao Guo opened their family business in Baiyang City, they were sent here by the Prince of Hejian County to open up their family business for the Prince of Hejian County.
That is to say, he injured an arm and had no utilitarianism. Otherwise, the title of person in charge of the city defense would still be held by Li Lu, who was born in the Prince's Palace of Xiangyi County.
Therefore, the little experience of the city guards in the army was not enough in front of the people in the city.
Which one is strong and which one is weak can be clearly seen by looking at the experience of serving in the army.
It is precisely because of this that Li Shimin looks down on the city guards.
Because, when the city is full, there are only three soldiers and horses, one of which is King Yong's guard, which is not included in the war order of the Tang Dynasty, and the other one is the city defenders composed of ordinary people, who is also not included in the order of war of the Tang Dynasty.
The only one in the Tang Dynasty's war sequence was the City Guards, but they were the weakest.
It doesn’t matter that the regular army can’t compare to the Prince’s Guards, even the improvised team can’t compare to them. Who does Li Shimin despise if he doesn’t despise them?
"So your real back-up man is Xue Wanche?"
Li Yuanji stared at Li Shimin and asked.
Li Shimin glanced sideways at Li Yuanji and said in a serious tone: "No, my real back-up force is us!"
Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment and asked: "You mean, Yang Zhengdao is likely to have a back-up plan?"
If Yang Zhengdao has no backup, then why does he need a prince or a legitimate prince to act as a backup?
Li Shimin nodded, looked deeply outside the city and said: "Yes, we have a back-up plan, and Yang Zhengdao most likely has a back-up plan, so we have to guard against it!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Li Yuanji heard a bit of determination from Li Shimin's words, and couldn't help but said: "How did you figure out that Yang Zhengdao might also have a back-up plan?
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When Li Shimin said this, he seemed to use an uncertain word, but his attitude was different from the beginning.
At the beginning, he looked at Yang Zhengdao like a piece of shit and looked down upon everything Yang Zhengdao did. But now, he looked at Yang Zhengdao with a deeper look.
This means that he seems to be talking about a hypothesis, but in fact the hypothesis he is talking about is very likely to happen.
When Li Shimin heard this, he withdrew his gaze, looked at Li Yuanji and said, "Don't you think Yang Zhengdao's pacification of the riots under his command was a little too smooth?"
Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment, and carefully recalled everything that had happened in Yang Zhengdao's army just now.
As Li Shimin said, Yang Zhengdao quelled the riots under his command a little too smoothly.
You must know that under the temptation of "heavy money" in the Tang Dynasty, it is difficult for those under Yang Zhengdao to resist this temptation, and many of them will be tempted.
Once he switches sides in the face of battle and has Yang Zhengdao's head on his mind, there will definitely be a big fuss.
But although there was a riot in Yang Zhengdao's army just now, the scale of the riot was not large, and it was quickly put down by Yang Zhengdao.
What does this mean?
This shows that Yang Zhengdao is very likely to have a back-up plan that the scouts in King Yong's guard have not detected. It is this back-up plan that is frightening his soldiers and horses, making them tempted even if they are faced with "heavy money"
I don't dare to defect in front of the battle.
"You mean that when Yang Zhengdao came to Aries City this time, he may have led more than 6,000 troops, and some of them were hidden by him and hidden from our eyes and ears?"
Li Yuanji frowned slightly and said.
If this is the case, then the troops in Aries City may not be enough, and the subsequent war may not be as easy as it is now.
Li Shimin did not answer this question, but asked instead: "Do you think it is possible that Ashinabil is also here? It's just that he is hiding in the dark, and we have not found any trace of him?"
Li Yuanji's expression suddenly changed.
If so, it would be great fun.
Yang Zhengdao, the strategist, had 6,000 soldiers and horses in one move. How many did Ashinabil, the lord, have in one move?
Probably tens of thousands!
With the current strength of the troops in Aries City, they can still cope with another 6,000, but if the next 60,000 come, they will have to hold on and wait for reinforcements to arrive, or the city will be breached.
"Does Ashnabil have such courage?"
Li Yuanji asked in a deep voice.
It's not that Li Yuanji looked down on Ashinabil, but that Ashinabil was not well-known before and had little achievements in history. Even his father, who was famous in history, would not dare to go deep behind enemy lines to behead people.
Let alone him.
This kind of thing is not something you can do just once you have the courage and courage. You still have to weigh the gains and losses.
And the gains from doing this himself clearly outweighed the losses.
After all, if he comes in person, he is in danger of being flanked by the Tang Dynasty at any time and being buried in Aries City. Once he dies, Suni loses his troops and loses his leader again. When the time comes, he will be attacked by the Tang Dynasty.
One-sided crushing.
Instead of coming in person, he sent a confidant whom he trusted or who was capable. The confidant was double-sided by the Tang Dynasty and was buried in Aries City. He only lost a confidant and some soldiers, which would not affect Su.
The overall situation of the Nisi tribe.
And whether he comes in person or sends his confidants, and finally completes the beheading operation, what he can get is the same, neither more nor less.
Therefore, there is absolutely no need for him to risk his own life and the destruction of his country by coming here in person.
The saying that the son of a rich man cannot sit down in court does not only apply to the Tang Dynasty, but also applies to other forces.
"He doesn't have the courage, but Yang Zhengdao does. Yang Zhengdao doesn't care whether Suni's lost troops will perish in this adventure!"
