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Facts have proved that Changsun Shunde's worries were right. Li Yuan convened his ministers and heads of various families to discuss for a whole afternoon, but no consensus was reached. On the contrary, the rift within the Li Yuan Group deepened.
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In the Li Jiajun Ten Kill Village on the southeast side of Hedong and bordering Shanggu County under the Far East Army, when Li Shimin returned to his room after patrolling each battalion, the confident look on his face suddenly disappeared.
Changsun Wuji, who had just arrived from Chang'an City the day before yesterday, was sorting out documents. Seeing Li Shimin's heavy expression, he asked: "Second Young Master, are you still worried that the King of Tang will not be able to part with the east of the river and will not agree to capture the land of Sichuan and Shu?"
"Even if my father can give up the east of Hedong and agree to capture Sichuan and Sichuan, it's useless, because my father can't make the decision alone." Li Shimin sighed, sat down and took a sip of the wine handed over by Changsun Wuji, solemnly
He said: "If I am not mistaken, it is impossible for those in Chang'an City to reach a consensus. Even if they were forced to reach a consensus, it would be after Taiyuan City was captured by Wang Junlin, but by that time I am afraid it will be too late."
Changsun Wuji also looked ugly and said angrily: "Although I haven't received the exact information yet, I am sure that the Pei family and the Wang family have probably secretly contacted Wang Junlin."
Li Shimin nodded, shook his head and said: "I'm afraid that not only have I been in contact with him, but I have directly chosen to be loyal to Wang Junlin."
Changsun Wuji thought for a moment, nodded and said: "Yes, I haven't thought about it enough. The foundations of the Wang family and the Pei family are both in Hedong. Now anyone with a discerning eye knows that it is difficult for us to keep Hedong.
His behavior means he must have chosen to be loyal to Wang Junlin."
Li Shimin sighed and said: "So I never thought that my eldest brother could defend Taiyuan City."
Changsun Wuji said with a hint of sarcasm: "I'm afraid that the prince hasn't thought of this yet, and still wants to rely on the Wang family and the Pei family to defend Taiyuan City. It will be bad if his head is chopped off by these two families and sent directly to Wang Junlin.
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The light in Li Shimin's eyes flashed, and an extremely obscure meaning flashed across his face, but his face was full of worry, and he shouted: "Come here, please immediately arrange a messenger to send a message to my elder brother, and let him be careful about the Wang family and
Mr. Pei."
Changsun Wuji didn't dare to look into Li Shimin's eyes, fearing that he would see something he shouldn't see. Instead, he lowered his head and refilled Li Shimin's wine, and couldn't help but thought to himself: "It's obviously too late for the second young master to remind the prince now."
Yes, but the King of Tang must have thought of this, and he probably sent someone to remind the prince immediately."
Li Shimin solemnly arranged for the messenger, explained it personally, made strict demands, and repeatedly told the messenger that he must bring the message to the crown prince. He took a sip of the wine handed over by Changsun Wuji and said with emotion: "Sometimes
I really envy Wang Junlin. Everything is decided by his word. The civil and military officials and the army under his command all take him as the core and work together. Unlike us, who seem to be powerful, everyone has their own
Considering their own interests, especially for wealthy families, they cannot be said to be loyal at all. They will compromise with anyone who can benefit their family or threaten their family's survival."
Changsun Wuji smiled and said: "The second young master has the world in his heart. When he takes charge of the world in the future, he will have the opportunity to eliminate these powerful families and become a veritable Nine-Five-Year Master."
"Wuji can't talk nonsense." Li Shimin glanced at Changsun Wuji and did not refute his ambition, but he obviously didn't want to say more, so he gently dropped the topic and said seriously
Said: "It's too late to wait for my father and others in Chang'an to make a decision. Let's start preparations according to the plan! Within half a month, all the main forces will be withdrawn to Sichuan and Sichuan. I want to make a decision after my father and others.
At that time, he occupied the entire Sichuan and Shu."
Changsun Wuji solemnly said: "The second young master acted on his own initiative, for fear that the King of Tang would be displeased with the second young master afterwards."
Li Shimin looked decisive, shook his head and said: "There is nothing I can do if my father doesn't like me. I have to make decisive decisions when doing big things, and keep on..."
At this time, a rapid horn sound came from outside.
"Yuchi Jingde has brought people to attack Shisha Village again."
Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji looked solemn. With the help of the soldiers, after putting on their armor, they rushed out surrounded by a group of soldiers. Soon they arrived at the head of Shishazhai City.
The defenders at the top of the city have begun preparations to defend the city nervously and orderly, and there is no need for Li Shimin to take personal command at the moment.
But Li Shimin looked with the telescope for a while, and his face became even more ugly.
"Damn it, the ones attacking the city are our people who were defeated and captured in the last battle." Li Shimin gritted his teeth.
"Isn't Yuchi Jingde afraid that the prisoners will defect in battle?" Changsun Wuji looked incredulous.
Li Shimin also looked puzzled and said: "This is what I don't understand, but this is not the first time that bastard Yuchi Jingde used prisoners to attack the city, but not a single prisoner switched sides. Even I personally persuaded these
The prisoners were indifferent and worked very hard during the siege. I don’t know how Yuchi Jingde did it."
When Changsun Wuji heard this, he couldn't help but feel chilled. He said with a solemn expression: "There are many talented people around Wang Junlin, and some monsters have weird methods that are really unheard of."
Hearing what Changsun Wuji said, Li Shimin thought of the weirdo who called himself No. 1. He thought that this weirdo had great supernatural powers. He once showed strange abilities in front of him that shook his mind. However, he failed to assassinate Wang Junlin. It can be seen that Wang Junlin failed.
King Lin at least has an expert who can match up to the weirdo who calls himself Number One.
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Outside the city walls on the west and south sides of Taiyuan City, military flags covered the sky and the sun, and the camps stretched for several miles. It was already the fourth day that Wang Junlin led the people of the Whirlwind Battalion to arrive in Taiyuan.
Capturing Taiyuan City is the core of Wang Junlin's attack on the entire Hedong chess game. As long as Taiyuan City is captured, the blow to Li Yuan's group will be unparalleled, and the confidence of holding on to other counties will be reduced to a minimum.
Because, Taiyuan City not only has thick and strong walls, but also has all kinds of defense equipment in the city. Even outside the city, two trenches that are as deep as one foot wide have been dug. Including the moat, there are three lines of defense in total.
line, and even the Taiyuan garrison carried out peripheral defense in the trenches.
This is the experience Li Shentong gained with more than 30,000 casualties when he attacked Wang Junlin's camp held by more than 10,000 people last month. When Li Shentong withdrew to Shuozhou City, he sent an order to Taiyuan,
Following the example of the Far Eastern Army camp at that time, these two trenches were dug around Taiyuan City.
Four days ago, Wang Junlin led his army to the outside of Taiyuan City. When he saw these trenches, he no longer wanted to lead his troops to attack this big city in the traditional way.
Not to mention anything else, just filling in the two trenches and moat would cause countless casualties.
Therefore, no matter how worried the Li Yuan group was about Taiyuan City, in fact, after Wang Junlin surrounded the west and south sides of Taiyuan City, he never attacked Taiyuan City, and the two sides seemed very harmonious.
However, in the opinion of Li Jiancheng and other Li family generals in Taiyuan City, the reason why the Far Eastern Army has not launched an attack on Taiyuan City is because the Far Eastern Army arrived in a hurry and did not prepare siege equipment and weapons.
For this reason, Li Jiancheng also told the generals that this was an opportunity given to them by God to prepare them better. Therefore, during the past four days, Li Jiancheng led the army very seriously and diligently in various preparations to defend the city. It was really
Very attentive.
Li Jiancheng was worried, but in the end he saw this as his opportunity.
All along, in the Li Yuan Group, Li Jiancheng, as the eldest son of the Tang Dynasty, had a prince-like status, but his prestige in the army and among generals was obviously not as good as that of his second brother Li Shimin, and he could also feel the ambition of his second brother Li Shimin, so
Li Jiancheng has always been a little worried.
Therefore, he believed that the death of his uncle Li Shentong gave him a great opportunity. As long as he could hold Taiyuan City and wait for reinforcements to arrive, he could greatly enhance his prestige in the Li family army and make up for his shortcomings.
In this regard, Li Jiancheng was full of confidence, because the Wang family and the Pei family had already expressed their full support for him to defend Taiyuan City, and they would definitely spare no effort in providing people, money and food.
Li Jiancheng did some calculations and found that with the support of these two families and the defense preparations made by his uncle Li Shentong outside Taiyuan City, he could defend it for three months no matter what!
However, what Li Jiancheng didn't know was that the two families were indeed sparing no effort, but they were sparing no effort to seize the city from Taiyuan City.
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Although the city was not attacked, in order to make Li Jiancheng believe that the Far Eastern Army had been thinking of ways to attack the city and was preparing to attack the city from the outside, so as not to doubt the Pei family and the Wang family, Wang Junlin ordered his men to carry out the attack calmly.
Preparation of the city.
Groups of soldiers and horses from the Tornado Battalion galloped outside the city, provoking the defenders of Taiyuan City.
Farther away, people from the engineering and army camp drove the prisoners captured in the Fenhe River battle a few days ago, and carts brought long and straight giant trees, which were brought from the mountains and forests more than ten miles away.
Giant cedar trees. The people from the engineer camp there found a dense cedar forest and collected thousands of giant trees that were five or six feet high.
Next, under the witness of the Li Jiajun at the head of Taiyuan City, craftsmen in the engineer camp used these long and straight giant trees to start making various siege weapons.
For example, the ladders, which are several feet wide, hook into the city, and the army can rush to the top of the city in groups.
On the top of the city, Li Jiancheng, the prince of the Tang Dynasty, was riding a horse on the wide south wall, using a telescope to check the Sui army's preparations for siege. His face was full of confidence.
However, apart from him, the staff behind him, Taiyuan officials and generals all had a trace of unconcealable fear, and the soldiers were even more worried.
Behind Li Jiancheng stood the staff and officials who had been assisting him, as well as Li Shentong's confidant general Xiahou Duan, the left-behind governor of Taiyuan Shi Doudan, Sima Liu Dewei, Yu Wenxin who joined the army in recording affairs, Liu Zhenghui, the young minister of Weiwei Temple, and the prefect of Taiyuan County.
Wang Xu, and dozens of generals.
When the battle reached this level, everyone knew that the Li Army was no match for the Far East Army. Otherwise, they would not have had less than 50,000 people blocking the city gates, leaving more than 80,000 of them afraid to take even a step forward.
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Therefore, facing the Far Eastern Army's upcoming offensive, everyone's hearts are filled with fear and various thoughts of surviving.