Li Chengqian, who was on the city wall, watched Cui Wang walk out of the city gate. Not long after, he was 'caught' by a group of knights who came up, and his heart couldn't help but twitch. Over this period of time, his impression of Cui Wang
Not bad. Because Cui Wang is a person. Although he is as old-fashioned as Kong Yingda and others, he is not stubborn. He will say everything he wants to say, and then he is willing to obey orders in the end.
Li Chengqian liked this kind of person, and even thought in his heart that if there was a chance, it would be good to get him to serve in the East Palace.
Two miles away, Cui Wang looked back at Li Chengqian, with a smile on his lips. He had planted seeds for many years, and it was finally time to harvest.
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But he said that Li Siwen was in an especially good mood today because his hard days were finally coming to an end.
The eldest brother is worthy of being an eldest brother. He can do anything he can't think of or dare not think of. Li Siwen is very happy. He likes this kind of life shrinking under Li Mu's wings. There is no need to do anything he can't do.
To face it, just complete what Li Mu told you and wait for success.
Li Siwen once felt that he was not a mediocre person, and that a man should lift the three-foot green peak and make immortal contributions. However, as he grew older, he gradually realized that not everyone can lift the sword.
Yes, not everyone has the opportunity to make immortal contributions. The most important thing for people living in this world is to be 'useful'. When you can make immortal contributions to others, isn't it the same to provide some help?
Is it very good?
The war was finally over. In just two or three months, the eldest brother miraculously defeated the Turks and pacified Xue Yantuo... From now on, there will be no more threats to the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty. The imperial court should be able to build a protective palace...
...Li Siwen secretly thought that if the imperial court established the Western Region Protectorate, it would be best to move the Hejian County Prince away, so that Dingxiang City would be his again.
Li Siwen has special feelings for Dingxiang City. This is his home, this city, and his child. Li Siwen has made up his mind to stay in this city for the rest of his life and never go anywhere.
Already.
After the Western Region is pacified, Dingxiang's role as a 'gateway' will become more and more important. He has already made plans to expand the new city. Therefore, he walks around the city wall almost every day, thinking about the future new city.
, what should be built, where to build it, how to design it, etc.
The soldiers guarding the city were used to it and would not bother him.
Li Siwen wandered to the west city wall, and was about to go up to the top of the city when suddenly there was an arm in front of him. Li Siwen was shocked. He smiled silently, saw the arm in front of him clearly, and said, "I'm really impressed today."
You see, who dares to stop me in Dingxiang City?" He raised his head, looked at the owner of the arm, and cursed: "Who are you? Don't you recognize me?"
Although Li Siwen was extremely docile in front of Li Mu, deep down, he was still the dandy young master before. Dingxiang was the city he built with his own hands, and it was also the fiefdom given to him by Li Shimin. He was equivalent to the local emperor here, even Li Xiaogong
Here, I have to give him three points. How can I allow my dignity to be violated?
However, today he encountered a thorn in the side. He only heard this man say coldly: "His Royal Highness is at the top of the city, and there are many people waiting. You are not allowed to pass."
"Hey!" Li Siwen laughed angrily, pointed at the guard's nose and cursed: "Who gives you the courage to fight against others? What's wrong with the prince at the top of the city? Not to mention you are a guard, even the prince has to shout in front of me
"Brother Wen, get away from me!"
Canglang!
What greeted him was a cold sword.
"Back off and come back, don't blame me for being rude." The guard said seriously.
Does the guard know Li Siwen? Of course he does. If he didn't know him, he wouldn't stop him like this. He is Cui Wang's confidant. He stays here just to wait for Cui Wang's signal and then control Li Chengqian. If
Li Siwen and Li Chengqian were together, which added variables.
Therefore, he must not let Li Siwen and Li Chengqian meet.
But what he didn't expect was that Li Siwen also had a stubborn temper. He was Li Mu's brother. What happened to the prince? Didn't he become the emperor? Then don't show off in front of me! What's more, Li Siwen felt very strange.
When it comes to putting on airs, Li Chengqian never puts on airs. These days, when the two of them hang out together, Li Chengqian always calls him Brother Wen, and he never talks about his identity. Why is he suddenly putting on airs today?
Thinking of this, Li Siwen shouted, "Your Highness, what are you doing on the top of the city? I have something to do with you, and your bodyguard won't let me go up!"
Li Chengqian heard the sound and stuck his head out from the crenel, saying: "What's going on? Why don't you let me, Brother Wen, come up? Who, get out of the way and let me, Brother Wen, come up!"
The guard looked hesitant. According to his duties, he could not refuse the prince's request. However, if Li Siwen was allowed to pass, it would probably ruin Cui Wang's affairs. He glanced to the west, but there was still no signal. Li Siwen
Siwen felt more and more strange, and with a thought in his heart, he said, "I'm not going up yet!" With that, he retreated.
The guard saw Li Siwen being weird and knew that the matter might have been exposed. He grabbed his arm and said, "You'd better go up. Come, I'll take you to the top of the city!"
"Let me go!" Li Siwen was in pain, but he didn't understand what was going on. He bit the guard's arm. When he was in pain, he turned around and ran away. As he ran, he shouted: "Your Highness, this guard has
Weird, run away!"
"What?" Li Chengqian didn't hear it clearly, or maybe even though he heard it clearly, he didn't understand what it meant. At this moment, when he saw the guard below, he actually threw the sword in his hand and went straight to Li Siwen's back.
No matter how stupid Li Chengqian was, he knew something was wrong. He drew his sword, and just as he was about to make a move, several guards ran up and surrounded him. Everyone was surprised. Li Chengqian forced himself to calm down and said: "You guys
Who is he? Don’t you know who he is? He did such a heinous thing?"
"Your Highness, I'm sorry!" The guard drew his sword and stepped forward to bully him.
At this time, Li Siwen shouted again from under the city wall: "Prince, don't be afraid, my wife is here, hold on for a while, and my wife will save you!"
Li Siwen was talking about his wife Qin Huaiyu. As Qin Qiong's daughter, Qin Huaiyu was deeply loved by her father. Just now she heard Li Siwen's cry and rushed over. At the critical moment, she whipped out the whip in her hand and knocked the guard aside.
Throwing sword. One second later, and Li Siwen would have died.
Qin Huaiyu ran towards the city wall, while Li Siwen shouted for someone. Five guards on the city wall had already forced Li Chengqian into the corner.
Although Li Chengqian is diligent in practicing martial arts on weekdays, his level is not enough to cope with one guard. These five guards cooperate with each other and are quite organized. If they deal with him alone, they will naturally be defeated. If not,
The other party was determined to catch him alive, and Li Chengqian was probably dead now.
"Who are you? Are you Cui Wang's bodyguards? What does Cui Wang want to do? Does he want to kill the king?"
The guards did not answer and only came up to arrest people. Qin Huaiyu had already climbed to the top of the city, but was still thirty or forty meters away from Li Chengqian. At this distance, the guards must have caught Li Chengqian first.
"You bunch of rebellious ministers and traitors, do you want to arrest me?" Li Chengqian also understood the other party's intention at this time, took a sip, jumped up on the mat, and laughed loudly: "I am the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, how can I do anything for others?
Captured? Delusion!"
After Li Chengqian finished speaking, he jumped from the city wall dozens of meters away.
Li Siwen watched Li Chengqian jump down and was so frightened that he was stunned. He rushed over and tried to use himself as a cushion for Li Chengqian, but it was too late. Li Chengqian fell straight down and became silent instantly.
Qin Huaiyu was so angry that he whipped out the whip in his hand and hit the five guards. The prince's personal guards called by Li Siwen also arrived. Seeing that there was no way to survive, the five guards quickly pulled out their daggers and wiped their necks one by one. There was a gurgling blood.
It was leaking out loudly, and it was obvious that he could no longer survive.
Li Siwen rushed to Li Chengqian's side, his limbs stiffened. He stretched out his hand to test Li Chengqian's breath, and inserted both fingers into Li Chengqian's nostrils.
"You must not die. If you are going to die, I have to die too..." Li Siwen's voice was already crying, and there was a faint touch of breathing from his fingers. Li Siwen took a long breath, and tears could not be suppressed.
He came out: "Great, he's not dead..." Before he could be happy, he suddenly saw Li Chengqian's legs folded at a weird angle, and he immediately shouted: "Quick, call the doctor!"
At this moment, several firecrackers suddenly sounded in the sky. Then, the earth trembled, and Qin Huaiyu shouted on the city wall: "Husband, the enemy troops outside the city are coming to attack the city!"
"Everyone, the enemy is attacking the city, quickly... move all the gunpowder to the city wall quickly!" Li Siwen gave the order while asking someone to pick up Li Chengqian and send him back to the Governor's Mansion first to ask the doctor to diagnose and treat him. He then
After turning around and climbing onto the city wall, Li Siwen's heart almost jumped out when he saw the cavalry outside the city!
From the beginning of the war until now, Li Siwen has never faced the enemy directly. Looking at the overwhelming enemies coming in front of him, Li Siwen forced himself to calm down. He knew that this time he had no one to rely on, and Dingxiang City must be defended, otherwise
, if Dingxiang is lost, one hundred thousand cavalry will go directly south, Chang'an is in danger!
I don't want to be a hero, but since you are forcing me, there is nothing you can do!
Li Siwen took a deep breath and shouted loudly: "Calm down, everyone! Don't panic, madam!" Li Siwen looked at Qin Huaiyu and said, "Madam, you lead a team of people to clear out the spies and all suspicious people in the city first.
, as long as you resist, you will be killed without mercy!"
Qin Huaiyu was stunned. She had never seen Li Siwen so decisive and decisive. Is this the same husband who allowed himself to be bullied and cried at every turn?
Subconsciously, Qin Huaiyu followed Li Siwen's arrangement and took people to clean up the remnants in the city, while Li Siwen stood on the top of the city, staring at the enemy troops coming like water below, as if he had returned to the place where he had just met Li Mu.
At that time, the dilapidated Dingxiang City faced thousands of remnants of Turks, and the situation it faced was even more critical than it is now.
At that time, Dingxiang City had no soldiers, no food, and no city walls. But in the end, they still won. And thanks to the secret passage, the people in the entire city kept their names.
Now there are more than 10,000 people in Dingxiang City. They have the equipment to defend the city and gunpowder. Li Siwen believes that he can hold on. As long as he persists for two days, no, one day, he believes that Li Mu can come back!
"Spread all the pigeons for me!" Li Siwen ordered: "Pull up all the gunpowder and take out all the wealth. It's too late! It's too late!"
Li Siwen got angry, picked up the loudspeaker, and shouted to the other side: "Cui Wang, you have to die! I have sent a letter back to the court. You, the Boling Cui family, are waiting to destroy the nine tribes!"
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"Hahaha!" Cui Wang's laughter came from the formation. He stood at the wind outlet, and his voice could be heard without the need for a loudspeaker: "I originally thought of an internal and external cooperation, but I didn't expect that you saw through the mistake.
.But it doesn’t matter, Li Siwen, you only have ten thousand people? How can you resist my hundred thousand army? Wait until I break Dingxiang and send my army south, then we will see who among the nine tribes will be wiped out!"
"Li Siwen, aren't you just relying on the power of gunpowder? Go and see if your gunpowder magazine is soaked in water. Can it still be ignited?"
"What!" Li Siwen's face changed drastically. At this moment, a school captain came to report: "The city lord is not in good condition. When Madam was just cleaning up the work, she found that the gunpowder had been soaked in water..."
"Gan!" Li Siwen cursed. Without gunpowder, how can we fight this battle?
"Fight!" Li Siwen forced himself to calm down and tried to remember what Li Mu did the last time he was in Shoudingxiang.
The opponent is a cavalry and has no siege equipment. It will definitely be too late to improvise, so what needs to be guarded against are grappling hooks, ladders, or giant trees that hit the door.
"Demolish the residential buildings!" Li Siwen ordered: "Demolish the ones next to the city gate first. After demolishing them, block the door directly and seal the door for me! For the extra ones, mobilize the people and move them to the city head! They will come later
Attack the city and smash the Zhaotian Linggai!"
"Set up a big pot, and all the oil in the city has been heated for me to keep in reserve. When it can't hold it anymore, I'll pour it on you!"
"Everyone in the city who can forge iron must rush to make iron caltrops immediately. They must be all over the west city wall before noon!" Li Siwen's eyes widened, and his eyes were about to burst: "Tell the people in the city that Dingxiang has reached the point of life and death. All those who can can
Anyone who moves, move for me! Don’t begrudge anything, as long as you survive this, I will pay double compensation to them!"
"Big brother received my message from the flying pigeon and will rush back to save us. We only need to hold on for two days... no, just hold on for one day. If we hold on for one day, the army will come back. If we can survive, we will definitely survive.
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"Yes!" the captain shouted and went down to deliver the order.
Li Siwen looked at the enemy troops getting closer and closer, grabbed a pair of armor and put it on his body. He added goggles on his chest and back, and also put a helmet on his head, arming himself to the teeth.
He is not afraid of death, he cannot die. If he dies, Dingxiang City will really be over!