Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 797

The Liang army's attack at the foot of the mountain was not fierce. The Liang army's attack was a little absent-minded, and even the defenders' defense was a little absent-minded. Both sides knew that the battle outside might directly determine their own fate.

Li Yuan, Li Shimin and others on the top of the mountain knew this better. The reinforcements from the direction of Jingzhao did not come, but the reinforcements from the direction of Longzhou came, but their strength was only a few hundred. If they were defeated by the Liang army within sight like yesterday, Can I still wait for reinforcements from Jingzhao?
However, something that made them extremely worried happened.

The Tang army began to move forward, and slowly accelerated towards the direction of Renshou Palace, while the Liang army retreated slowly, luring the enemy to go deep. At this moment, Liang Luoren was ecstatic. If this Tang army is also successfully defeated, it must be the Tiantai. The defenders of the mountain will be demoralized and unable to hold on any longer.

Last night, Liang Luoren personally led the night attack and fought for a long time. He could clearly feel that the defenders had reached their limit and were on the verge of collapse.

At the same time, Pei Shiju was also in ecstasy with Liang Luoren. It was said in the court that Li Huairen, the king of Handan, was a famous general in the world, and that was nothing more than that!

Li Yuan couldn't help but look at Li Shimin, implying... what should I do?
Although Li Shimin can be called the No.1 general in the world, although Li Shimin can also be among the best in the ranking of ancient famous generals, he is not a god... It is useless to bring Han Xin, Bai Qi, Wang Jian, and Wei Qing together.

But at this moment, the situation on the battlefield changed. Li Yuan and Li Shimin's brows relaxed slightly, but Pei Shiju's brows were tightly frowned.

Liang Luoren, who was ready to turn back at any time, was shocked to find that the hundreds of charging Tang Qi did not chase after him as he expected, but turned suddenly on the way and galloped away to the west.

After the first battle, Li Shan and Zhang Zhongjian had the same judgment. The general of Liang Jun was quite cunning. He first sent sweet bait, and then used the storm of Tiantai Mountain as a threat to lure himself to quickly rescue His Majesty... Just waiting to invite you into the urn, At that time, the ambushes will be everywhere, and there will be a great victory.

The difference is that Zhang Zhongjian's judgment comes from his analysis of the battlefield situation and his military vision.

And Li Shan's judgment came from his previous questioning of the fleeing soldiers of the Tang army... the Qizhou governor had suffered such a complete defeat before.

The main force of the retreating Liang army had difficulty forming a formation for a while, and could only watch helplessly as the Tang army headed westward and rounded a corner. Li Shan heaved a sigh of relief, as expected, there was an ambush.

Not far away, hundreds of Liang soldiers are ready to go... But at this moment, there is chaos.

At first, I thought I was going to punch Tang Jun's ass, but now I found that he was already prepared, and turned around and stabbed him fiercely.

Liang Jun's leading generals still tried to resist, but unfortunately the soldiers below were already in disarray. After two shots of arrows, Hou Hongtao and Wang Junhao took the lead and broke into the formation first.

Zhang Zhongjian waited and watched the battle, but did not participate in it. Instead, the entire army turned around and confronted the main force of the Liang army who had rushed over.

Liang Luoren's face was pale, and he swallowed, "Go and ask... who is the leader?"

After a while, the fleeing soldiers did not send any useful information. Liang Luoren set up a pergola to look out, and muttered to himself, "I'm not fooled..."

In Liang Luoren's view, there are only two possibilities if the reinforcements don't rush directly to Renshou Palace to rescue Li Yuan. The master will inevitably be questioned.

Then there is only the second possibility. This support army is only on the front line, and follow-up reinforcements are likely to continue.

This possibility is the greatest and most logical. In fact, after three days of attacking Renshou Palace, only a group of reinforcements arrived so far, which already surprised Liang Luoren.

Liang Luoren tentatively dispatched more than a thousand troops to attack, but the Tang army retreated slowly under the command of Zhang Zhongjian... until they retreated into the valley. smash.

Liang Luoren closed his eyes in pain. In fact, he could guess... Although the opponent's strength is small, they are very powerful, well equipped, and even have a rare crossbow. In addition, although the road on the west side is not narrow, it is not too bad. No matter how wide, the impact of heavy cavalry is almost irresistible.

Then, there was only the last option left, Liang Luoren gritted his teeth and turned his head to look at Tiantai Mountain.

At this moment on the top of Tiantai Mountain, Li Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "Last year, the great victory beyond the Great Wall was won, and the whole court was known as a famous general. Huairen returned to the court but admitted that he was not good at fighting. Now it seems..."

Yang Gongren on the side also smiled and said: "I heard from my Dalang that the King of Handan only understands a little."

Li Yuan laughed loudly, but pulled the wound, took a breath, and his voice seemed a little weird. He had heard some allusions mentioned by his daughter Pingyang a long time ago.

Standing not far away, Pei Shiju observed the battle situation with a cold face, thinking in his heart that even five or six hundred troops might not be able to break the siege... I just hope that Liang Jun will not be too stupid.

Li Shimin, who didn't say a word and just watched the battle, had an ugly expression on his face, and said softly: "Huairen has not entered the trap, so he led his troops to the west and confronted Liang's army. This is right."

Li Yuan was somewhat surprised by his second son's attitude, "As long as Huairen is undefeated, it will be difficult for the Liang army to attack with all its strength, and the pressure on the defenders will definitely be greatly reduced. Wait for other reinforcements to arrive..."

Li Shimin's face was gloomy, and he said quietly: "I'm afraid it won't be like this..."

At this moment, Liang Luoren at the foot of the mountain had already made up his mind. Since the reinforcements could not be defeated, there was only one last choice left.

"Today is in desperation." Liang Luoren stared at the dozen or so generals in front of him with dispirited faces, "Hundreds of elite Tang cavalry must be the vanguard of the army."

"When the Tang army comes to help, we will die without a place to die. Even if we kneel down and beg for mercy, we will not escape a blow."

After a slight commotion, Liang Luoren pointed to Tiantai Mountain, "The only chance of survival lies in Tiantai Mountain. As long as you can attack the mountain and capture the Tang Emperor, Qin King, or ministers alive, you can survive!"

Not long after, the commotion subsided, and everyone knew that Liang Luoren was telling the truth... The two armies attacked, and if they were captured in battle, they might not die. Many people, even Li Yuan, were injured by arrows. Even if they surrendered, they would not survive.

Only by catching important people can there be room for bargaining.

Li Yuan's face on the top of the mountain gradually became serious. The Liang army sent more than a thousand troops to guard the periphery to confront the reinforcements. The remaining one or two thousand Liang troops gathered at the foot of the mountain.

Sergeant Liang, who was in a desperate situation, raised their shields and giant trees and started a frenzied attack. They either died here or went home alive, and everyone knew how to choose.

(End of this chapter)