Liu Bei was silent for a moment and said: "If we can all see this, the Rong clan may not be able to see through it. Could it be that they have other arrangements?"
If someone else had put forward the idea, Liu Bei might not have said that. The key person who said this was Mr. Zhang, and he still knew a thing or two about Mr. San's style of doing things.
"Maybe instead of attacking Chang'an, the Rong people will choose to attack the hinterland of the Central Plains. The defenses of other cities are not as strong as Chang'an." Shi Wengong came over and said.
Liu Bei nodded: "That makes sense."
Then, everyone started discussing this point. If the Rong tribe temporarily abandoned Chang'an and chose to invade the hinterland of the empire, how would the situation change?
After all, one move affects the whole body. The situation is so complicated that no one can see through it now.
"The authorities are blind to the beholder. What the third brother said may not be unreasonable." Guan Yu said: "No matter what, the coalition of princes will definitely lose in this battle."
We can't clearly see the direction of the future situation, and this is the only thing that can be determined at the moment. Although everyone does not have any good impressions of the coalition of princes, under such a situation, they do not want the coalition to lose so miserably.
Everyone fell silent, frowning and thinking, looking to see if there was any way to help the coalition break the situation. After a while, Guan Yu broke the silence and said: "Looking at the current situation, it is difficult for the coalition to win. There is no article left on the battlefield.
Do."
Everyone understands the meaning of Guan Yu's words. Since there is nothing to do about the situation here, if you want to break the situation, you can only take advantage of the situation.
Where to take advantage of this?
Guan Yu pointed his finger to the northwest and slowly uttered two words: "Chang'an."
"Will Chang'an Li Letian send troops to support the coalition forces?" Liu Bei asked.
The fighting has continued until now, and Chang'an City is also short of troops and food. Li Letian is determined to defend the city, but he may not have the courage to take the initiative to fight against the Rong people.
Guan Yu stood up straight, looked at the sky in the distance, and said, "Let's go to Chang'an to have a look."
Five hundred people got on their horses and marched northwest. The current situation was changing rapidly. If five hundred people were left in this chaos, nothing would actually change.
It didn't take more than a day to arrive at the foot of Chang'an City. But now it was impossible to get close to Chang'an City. The front of Chang'an City was surrounded by Rong tribes on all sides.
Although they deployed their forces to besiege the coalition of princes, the Rong tribe still had many troops at the foot of Chang'an.
Since everyone could not get close to Chang'an City, they could not inform Chang'an City of the current situation. Guan Yu's plans were in vain.
Here, everyone does not dare to be too presumptuous. There are Rong people all around. If the whereabouts are revealed, they will inevitably be besieged by the Rong people.
Guan Yu sighed helplessly: "Choose a place to camp and wait and see how the situation develops here."
After that, he glanced in the direction of Chang'an. Although Chang'an City was besieged, the people in Chang'an would not know anything about the situation outside. Whether he is willing to send out troops depends on Li Letian's decision.
Taking advantage of the darkness, everyone evacuated the dangerous area and hid in the nearby mountains and forests.
Chang'an City has indeed been suffering for a long time, and both the soldiers and civilians in the city are like ants on a hot pot.
The sun sets over the western mountains and the stars hang over the fields.
Li Letian climbed to the top of the city at this time. Seeing him appear, the common people guarding the top of the city all stood up.
Chang'an City has withstood one round of strong attacks by the Rong tribe, and it has been able to hold up until now, and has not been breached by the Rong tribe. Everyone knows in their hearts that without Li Letian's determination, this would never be possible.
Now everyone is exhausted, but they are convinced of Li Letian. In the past, although Li Letian sat on the throne, he was manipulated by powerful officials, and everyone did not take him seriously. Only now do the people in Chang'an City really
Treat him as the emperor.
Li Letian supported a wounded soldier and said, "Just have a good rest. I leave the safety of Chang'an City to you."
The wounded soldier burst into tears of gratitude, wiped away his tears, and stammered: "Your Majesty..."
Li Letian patted him on the shoulder, took Ma Chao with him, and continued to patrol the city ahead.
The two of them stood on top of the city, climbed high and looked into the distance, and saw a continuous line of Rong camp.
Li Letian put his hands behind his back and said slowly: "The Rong tribe has not attacked the city for a long time."
"There are fourteen days." Ma Chao replied.
"In your opinion, how long can Chang'an City hold on?"
"With His Majesty in charge, and the army and the people working together as one, we will definitely be able to defeat the Rong tribe." After such a long time, Ma Chao no longer knew anything about the way of speaking in official circles.
Li Letian smiled bitterly and waved his hands helplessly: "To this day, I can't hear a word of truth from you."
"Your Majesty, don't worry, the day Chang'an City is destroyed will be the day Ma Chao dies. Ma Meng swears to live and die with Chang'an City."
Li Letian sighed: "Before you think about victory, think about defeat first. Have you ever thought about what to do in the future after the city of Chang'an is destroyed?"
Before Ma Mengqi could speak, Li Letian said to himself: "I am going to die anyway. I escaped once last time, and I don't want to escape again this time. No matter what, I want to leave some dignity for the Li family."
"Your Majesty and I..."
Li Letian suddenly turned around and interrupted Ma Chao: "I can die, but you can't. You are a rare hero in the world. You should have done something in this world to let people in the world remember your name. But just after you were born
, when you encounter this situation, you have nowhere to use your skills. Promise me, after the city of Chang'an is destroyed, you will not die, but keep your life and do something else."
Ma Chao's eyes turned red and he bowed to the ground.
"This is the imperial decree." Li Letian made a serious face.
"I obey the decree."
Li Letian patted him on the shoulder. He had been on the throne for some time, but if it really came down to the fact that the king and his ministers were united, then Ma Meng was also in trouble.
Most emperors are lonely, but with Ma Mengqi, he is not too lonely. This is also a blessing.
"Okay, okay, that's just the worst arrangement. The situation hasn't reached its worst yet." Li Letian said: "How are the coalition forces doing now?"
"The Rong people are besieging them from all sides, and the stalemate has been going on for seven or eight days." Ma Chao said, "Maybe we won't be able to hold on for a few more days?"
Although he was trapped in Chang'an, Li Letian was not ignorant of the situation outside. The Rong tribe postponed their attack on Chang'an in order to free up their strength to attack the coalition camp.
Once the coalition camp was breached, Chang'an City would be truly isolated and helpless.
"One hundred thousand coalition troops are scary to say the least. But they don't have the power to fight against the Rong people. If the empire falls into this situation, we are all sinners." Li Letian sighed: "What's going on in Liangzhou?"
"There is no news about Liangzhou so far, so there may not be any news."
"Cheng Dalei is really patient. Standing by and watching, the fisherman will benefit. Who would have thought that he has such a deep scheming. I really underestimated Cheng Dalei." Li Letian shook his head: "According to you, if we go out of the city, what will happen to us?
What will happen if the coalition forces cooperate and attack the Rong’s rear?”