Back to the prosperous Tang Dynasty to be the emperor

Chapter 812
This battle is not easy to fight!
Looking at the army that was approaching Luoyang City at a slow pace, Li Xian couldn't help but feel a little depressed, not because of anything else, but because even though the distance was far away, Li Xian had already seen the strength of King Yue's army ——Li Xian leads troops all the year round, so he knows the difficulty of marching in the snow. Now, the marching rhythm of King Yue's army is very good. Marching at this speed can keep the queue neat and save energy. It is undoubtedly a training A skilled teacher, this is naturally not a good thing for Li Xian who wants to guard the lonely city. Of course, fear is fear, but Li Xian doesn't really care about it. In times of crisis, Li Xian didn't believe that he couldn't get over it.

"The whole army stops, line up!"

Compared with Li Xian's sternness on the top of the city, Li Zhen, who was riding a horse at the Central Army, had a look of complacency on his face. Looking at the tall and tall city wall of Luoyang City that was approaching, the eagerness in his eyes was hardly different. To cover it up, it's as if he has already entered the master. Of course, fantasies are nothing but fantasies, but Li Zhen is not so complacent. The order to line up under the city was issued.

"Ohh Ohh ohh……"

Li Zhen gave an order, and the messengers who followed him blew their horns with encouragement, and the army that was moving in a meandering manner stopped immediately, and quickly set up a secondary attack formation under the city, but seeing the banners waving, the murderous aura Soaring into the sky, it is extremely compelling!

"Father, my child begs to be the first to attack, and I implore the father for permission!"

The army had just formed their formation, Li Chong couldn't hold back any longer, and led a few of his personal guards to the central army on horseback, one of them got off the saddle, bowed in response to the situation, and called for the battle loudly.

"My son is not in a hurry. You can fight a battle. Since our army is seeking rebellion according to the late emperor's edict, we have to declare it to the world. This is the way of courtesy first and then soldiers."

Li Zhen also really wanted to take Luoyang with all her might, not only to avenge being hunted down like a dog a few days ago, but also to ascend the throne as soon as possible to seize the righteous name, but her mind did not get dizzy because of this, naturally Knowing that the siege battle is not a child's play, when one's own side has not prepared all the siege equipment, and blindly launches, nine times out of ten, it will hit a wall and return. If it hurts the morale of the army, it will be in big trouble, of course Well, Li Zhen was not in a hurry to attack the city because of another factor, that is, he already knew that Luoyang was already an isolated city, and even if Li Xian issued an order to the King of Qin, the armies of the states would not be able to gather within three or two months. In addition, he has received accurate information about the avalanche and closure of Xiaoshan Mountain, and it is difficult for the Hexi Army to rush to the city of Luoyang in a short time. Luoyang City!
"Father Wang Shengming!"

Although Li Chong wanted to defeat Li Xian wholeheartedly and had demonstrated his own ability, he also knew that this was not the best time to attack the city. The reason why he was in a hurry to call for a fight was just a gesture, not for the fight itself, but to discuss Li Zhenzhi was pleased, since the goal had been achieved at this moment, she would no longer be entangled in the war itself, but put on a face full of admiration, and praised it loudly.

"Well, come here, go, and tell the traitors in the city about the call for thieves!"

Li Zhen was obviously very satisfied with Li Chong's humility and courage to ask for a fight. She nodded in relief, then raised her voice and shouted loudly. A civil servant with a loud voice suddenly agreed, and led a few soldiers to fight. The horse rushed to the city.

"Listen, people in the city, the traitor Li Xian murdered his father and imprisoned his mother. He is an outrageous traitor. My lord came to seek the thief under the edict of the late emperor. I hope you and others will not follow the traitor. Come out early to avoid mistakes! If you resist , once my army is launched, you will be turned into powder, buried with the traitors, and will be stigmatized for thousands of years..."

The civil servant sent by Li Zhen had a very loud voice, his voice was extremely resonant, and his arrogant appearance was extremely hideous. Before he could finish speaking, the guards of the Eastern Palace on the top of the wall were already scolding.

"Get the bow!"

Li Xian has never been a friendly person. Hearing that the civil servant was full of nonsense, he was too lazy to listen any longer. He raised his hand and let out a cold voice. Li Xian, the personal guard who was waiting beside him The customary iron tire bow was handed over.

"Whoosh!"

Ever since he came back from Hexi, Li Xian has not been in battle for many years, but he has not let go of his martial arts, and the same is true of his archery skills, but seeing that Li Xian has pulled the eight-stone iron bow into a perfect circle with only one effort, Aiming at the official of Yue Wangfu who was 150 steps away from the city, he shot an arrow, but after hearing the sound of strings, the arrow with carved feathers pierced the sky like a flying bird, and pierced into the official of Yue Wangfu with a whistling sound. In his throat, the poor civil official didn't even have time to let out a miserable howl, and he fell off his horse. Even if he couldn't die anymore, the soldiers who followed him saw He was so frightened that he didn't even have time to clean up the corpses of the civil servants, he rode his horse in panic and fled back to the front.

"Your Majesty!"

"Long live!"

"Good shot, the thief is talking nonsense, he deserves to be killed!"

Seeing those soldiers in a panic, all the Donggong guards on the top of the city cheered in unison, pointing at the army below the city, laughing and scolding Wuji, and for a while, the momentum of the defenders on the top of the city suddenly rose.

"Wang Fangming!"

Although it is not a big deal to shoot and kill a civil servant who shouted, it may be a blow to the arrogance of the Yue King's army, but it is not bad. Of course, Li Xian did not intend to give up just like that. After casually throwing the iron tire bow to the guards around him, He drank in a calm voice.

"Wei Chen is here!"

Wang Fangming was waiting by his side. Hearing Li Xian called his name, he didn't dare to neglect him, so he hurriedly bowed and answered.

"Declaration!"

Li Xian didn't turn his head, but gave a calm order.

"promise!"

Wang Fangming respectfully responded, strode to the plate of the city, leaned out, seeing that there was nothing left in the hundreds of thousands of troops below the city, reached out his hand and took out a yellow silk masked imperial edict from his wide sleeve, spread it out Come on, with enough energy, he proclaimed loudly: "The Holy Son of Heaven has an imperial edict saying: Li Zhen, the traitor, as an important minister of the country, does not want to serve the late emperor Long's kindness, but joins with treacherous and sycophants, ravages the court first, and rebels against the country. In the future, the crime should be punished, and it is also a heinous crime for you to commit evil. Today, the emperor has the virtue of being good at life, and you are allowed to rehabilitate anyway, and those who take Li Zhen's head will be pardoned for their original sins and rewarded with thousands of dollars. , seal ten thousand households as lords, whoever is attached to the princes will be rewarded..."

"Yan Wanshan, bring your men up, and shoot that bastard to death!"

Li Zhen came here this time, full of ambition, but first, Li Xian shot and killed the messenger who sent the message, as if he had been slapped in the face, and now he heard Wang Fangming declaring himself clearly After selling it for a while, the anger in his heart arose, thinking that the army was strong, and he didn't want to be overwhelmed by Li Xian for nothing, so he roared and gave the order.

"promise!"

Yan Wanshan was originally a tycoon in the rivers and lakes, but later he voted for Li Zhen, and he has been in charge of doing some shady activities by his side. There are many brave people under him who dare to die. As soon as Li Zhen gave the order, she hastily responded, and led five hundred cavalry to rush out of the formation like a thunderbolt, galloping towards the city like a shooting star.

court death!

In the siege battle, the morale is the first thing. This point, Li Xian knows better than anyone else. Whether it was to shoot and kill the official of the Yue Palace earlier, or let Wang Fangming declare the decree, there is only one fundamental purpose, and that is to anger Li Zhen. The result is nothing more than making them attack the city without sufficient preparations to damage their morale. Even if they did not, it would be good to kill one of their soldiers first. When he was about to come, Li Xian was happy instead of angry. He sneered, raised his hand, and ordered loudly: "Prepare the bow and crossbow!"

"Raise the bow!"

Yan Wanshan had been in the capital for many years, and he had seen Li Xian's formidable power, so he didn't dare to be careless, and he made up his mind not to fight Li Xianjiu while galloping. After preparing for a round of riding and shooting, he went He immediately retreated, and because of this, when he was still three hundred steps away from the city, he gave the order with a roar.

"Fire arrows!"

"shoot!"

The galloping cavalry team quickly rushed to a distance of less than eighty steps from the city. Li Xian above the city and Yan Wanshan below the city gave the order to shoot almost at the same time. In an instant, a black cloud formed by two steel arrows They flew up almost at the same time, staggered past, and roared towards their respective targets.

The shooting range of the Datang standard riding bow is shorter than that of the walking bow, and the effective shooting range is only about 45 steps. However, all Yan Wanshan troops use special strong bows, and the shooting range is a full 30 steps. With the help of the horse's speed, the effective range was extended to [-] paces. Speaking of which, he was already an elite division among the elites of the Tang Dynasty. Prepared, a huge shield covered with rawhide suddenly stood up, and an indestructible shield wall appeared at the top of the city. Even though the arrow rain kept ringing, it was hard to hurt the defenders at all. On the other hand, Yan Wanshan It's a disaster for all the troops - the range of the serial crossbows in the hands of the Eastern Palace guards is already higher than that of ordinary crossbows. Shooting on flat ground has an effective range of sixty steps. Now they are condescending, and the effective range is as far as eight Ten steps away, as soon as such a powerful rain of arrows fell, the unobstructed Yan Wanshan's troops raised the cavalry round shield in time, but how much area can a small round shield cover? Being able to stop the looting of steel arrows all over the sky, nearly [-] people howled and fell off their horses in an instant.

"withdraw!"

Seeing that the situation was not good, how could Yan Wanshan dare to be beaten on the spot again, he let out a roar, and led his troops to flee back to the main formation in a desperate manner, which immediately caused ridicule from the guards at the top of the city for a long time .

"The last general is incompetent, please punish him."

Not to mention that the attack was fruitless, and part of the soldiers and horses were broken, Yan Wanshan couldn't help feeling a little ashamed.

"General Yan doesn't have to be like this, he's being careless. Send an order to retreat a mile and set up camp!"

Under the unfavorable assault, Li Zhen calmed down instead. She knew that she had been hit by Li Xian's aggressive strategy and that her own morale had been damaged for no reason. The soldiers retreated and set up a camp three miles away from the city...

(End of this chapter)