Looking at the few strong shield soldiers, Wang Shichong gritted his teeth and, accompanied by his nephew Wang Renze, climbed up the tall stone steps of Luoyang City.
Because Tang soldiers had a bad reputation, there were many guards on the city wall at this time! Shan Xiongxin basically sent all the soldiers to the city wall!
Now, these people are crowded together one by one, looking nervously at the Tang camp opposite, and they don't even know that their emperor has arrived here.
Originally, he was an insider who escorted Wang Shichong to the city wall.
Wang Renze should raise his arms and shout loudly at this time.
So that everyone can know that their king is fighting alongside them!
After all, this is of great benefit to the morale of the military and to the establishment of Wang Shichong's prestige!
However, when Wang Renze saw Wang Shichong hunched over and hiding behind the shield, he showed no imperial majesty at all.
The words that had reached his lips were swallowed again.
He just looked at Wang Shichong coldly, looking at him like a frightened yellow sheep, looking out from the gaps in several shields.
As I said before, the city wall of Luoyang is extremely tall!
Therefore, the troop transportation channel located at the top of the city is extremely wide, and even running two four-wheeled carriages side by side is probably not a problem.
Wang Shichong climbed up to the top of the wall, and, surrounded by four shield bearers, walked through the wide troop transportation path, and finally came to the outer female wall, and began to climb the city wall to look out.
At this time, both the offensive and defensive sides of the battlefield had ceased their activities, so what Wang Shichong saw were only scattered stones, broken trebuchets, and a few burning smoke.
This sudden siege has lasted for almost an hour since dawn.
However, in terms of intensity, it can only be said to be average, or even mild.
At least until now, both sides were using trebuchets and crossbows to greet them. Except for some particularly unlucky ones, there were no casualties at all.
Tang Jun has now retreated to an open space about a mile away.
At this distance, not only could the defenders at the top of Luoyang City be seen, but they were also just outside the maximum range of the trebuchet, so that they would not be hit in the head with a trebuchet in the middle of a rest.
"Luo, Cheng, Qin, Li!"
Lying on the top of the city, looking at the several big flags flying in the distance among the Tang people, Wang Shichong was almost going crazy and wanted to bite off all his white teeth!
For him, Li Shimin came to attack him, and he had nothing to say!
After all, both sides are unrelenting enemies, no matter how hard they fight!
But Cheng Yaojin, Luo Shixin, and Qin Shubao.
They turned out to be all his subordinates!
At the beginning, even if I didn't treat these people like guests, I would at least treat them with courtesy!
Now, these white-eyed wolves actually came back to bite him. How could he not have his eyes split open?!
"Are you...the emperor...the emperor?"
Just when Wang Shichong wanted to eat his flesh alive, someone on the city wall finally recognized his emperor!
In shock, he quickly knelt down and shouted long live!
Wang Shichong was brought back to his mind by the sound of "Long live", and most of his blazing anger immediately dissipated! He is not stupid, he knows that getting angry is of no use, and now he can only plan for other things by guarding the city first!
With a slight cough, Wang Shichong stretched out his hand to tidy up his scattered hair, and his expression returned to that of a king of a country.
Standing upright with his back to the parapet, Wang Shichong raised a hand to the soldiers who had already knelt down, and said with emotion: "Come on, please get up quickly! I just saw you fighting bravely, and I was already very happy in my heart.
What a relief! It’s okay not to practice these common etiquette at this time!
As long as you guys move forward bravely, you have the greatest respect for me! Likewise, I will definitely be by your side, cheering you on! When we win this battle, I will definitely be rewarded heavily!"
Speak and inspire people! This is probably what every emperor will do.
Even though Wang Shichong was afraid that the Tang soldiers behind him would attack again, he still finished these words in the most sincere voice.
"Long live!"
"Long live!"
As soon as Wang Shichong finished speaking, on the top of the city of Luoyang, a cry of "long live the mountain" immediately sounded!
The commotion was so loud that it spread far to the opposite Tang camp.
Under a banner with the Chinese character "Li", the stout Cheng Yaojin plucked his ears and looked doubtfully at the head of Luoyang City in the distance.
"Huh? What's going on there? What is the ghost calling?"
The dog was beside the flag, carefully wiping his precious big yellow crossbow. When he heard Cheng Yaojin's question, he also listened attentively.
Coincidentally, while Gouzi was listening, a gust of wind blew over from Luoyang City, and he heard the word "Long Live" very clearly!
"Shouting "Long live"? Shouldn't that old turtle Wang Shichong come out?" Gouzi smacked his lips and said uncertainly.
"You said Wang Shichong is at the top of the city? Why don't you quickly show me where he is?!"
When Cheng Yaojin heard Gouzi's words, he was stunned for a moment. When he came to his senses, he immediately screamed and hurriedly took out a cloth bag from his chest, and then took out a monocular telescope from the cloth bag and put it on his eyes!
"Eh? Why can't you see anything? Bah! Why did you knock it down!"
Through his treasured "clairvoyance", Cheng Yaojin kept looking forward, but the more he looked, the farther away Luoyang City felt! When he strangely took down the telescope and took a look, he realized that it was the celestial body he had just seen.
I was so excited that I even held the telescope upside down.
He hurriedly turned the telescope over, and Cheng Yaojin immediately looked towards the top of Luoyang City again!
In the round field of view of the telescope, the city head, which could only be seen vaguely at first, has become very clear.
However, although the top of the city became clearer, the people guarding the city were still blurry, and they could only barely be distinguished as individuals. As for their appearance, they could not be distinguished at all.
There is nothing that can be done about it. After all, Xiao Han's simple hand-made telescope is still quite different from the military high-definition telescopes of later generations.
"Damn, such a long city wall, so many people! Where is Wang Shichong? If I know his location, I will hit him with the new trebuchet Xiao Han made! Let's see if we can get a head start!
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Cheng Yaojin opened his eyes wider than a bull's eye until his eyes became sore, and then he put down the telescope in vain.
His idea is good, but unfortunately, this opportunity only comes once.
Unable to figure out Wang Shichong's location, he preferred not to expose the trebuchets with added materials.
Rubbing his eyes, Cheng Yaojin looked to the east again. It was as calm as ever and there was nothing strange at all.
"Hey, I wonder what's going on with King Qin? Have Luokou Cang been captured? Isn't it difficult for me, Old Cheng, to pretend to attack here?!"
