Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 350 Li Fuguo's Scheme
Although Chang'an City is very large, it is impossible for the rebels to defend tightly everywhere, but the number of the Tang Fan coalition forces is also limited, and it is impossible to launch a simultaneous attack on every city wall.

In the case that the strategy has failed, if you want to capture Chang'an City, you can only continue to pay for the lives of soldiers.

Guangping Wang Liyu and Guo Ziyi had no choice but to order the stormy attack on Chang'an City day and night, and at the same time, they also reported the situation to Lingwu, asking Suzong Li Heng to find a way to recruit more soldiers to participate in the siege.

"Kill——" Shouting Shasha Zhentian, the walls of Chang'an City are still too high and too difficult to attack. Soldiers from the Tang Army fall down from the ladders every moment, and occasionally one or two soldiers from the Tang Army successfully climbed the walls. But basically, as soon as you get up, you will be stabbed into a hedgehog by the anti-army soldiers on the city wall.

"Xuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu of......" The anti-army soldiers on the city wall shot down a dense rain of arrows.

The Huihe cavalry under the city wall and the group of archers composed of Tubo soldiers also continued to shoot arrows at the rebel soldiers on the city wall.

Generally speaking, shooting arrows standing on the 24-meter-high city wall is naturally much more advantageous than shooting arrows under the city wall. The number of rebel soldiers shot by arrows is far less than that of Huihe cavalry and Tubo soldiers.

"Pfft! Pfft!" Another two Huihe cavalrymen were shot and fell off their horses.

In the rear, Prince Ye Hu, the commander of the Uighur cavalry, turned blue. This siege will not last for many days. Although their Uighur cavalry did not participate in the foot battle and climb the city wall, they agreed to Guo Ziyi as an archer to cover the Tang army who climbed the city wall. Soldiers, according to this situation, at least hundreds or even thousands of Huihe cavalry were killed or injured every day.

In the first battle to regain Chang'an, he lost more than 3000 Huihe cavalry because of Fang Guan's incompetent generation. He followed Guo Ziyi to recover the Hedong Road and lost nearly 4000. Before the troops approached the city of Chang'an, he helped Guo Ziyi fight the rebels After defeating the [-] cavalry of the rebels several times, they lost a total of more than [-] cavalry. The [-] Huihe cavalry that originally brought aid to the Tang Dynasty were only left in the early [-]s. The loss is already very large. , I can't help but regret that I agreed to Guo Ziyi too early, and now I have no good excuse to regret it.

Such a tragic siege battle not only caused the heartache of Huihe prince Ye Hu, but Guo Ziyi felt even more heartbroken.

You know, the main force attacking the city is Datang's own soldiers, and most of these Datang's own soldiers are rare elites who have been honed with him in the battle in Hedong, so they are attacking the city like this In just three days of siege, he lost more than 1 elite soldiers.

Lingwu.

"The rebels raised the city wall of Chang'an by [-]%?" Suzong Li Heng gritted his teeth with a livid face, which meant that the possibility of capturing Chang'an City was even lower.

"Now that we have reached the city of Chang'an, we must attack it, even if we use corpses to fill up the city wall!" Suzong Li Heng was furious in his heart. He just wanted to recover Chang'an City. He didn't care how many soldiers would die in battle. He had no way out. .

Immediately, Suzong Li Heng issued a decree to recruit large-scale recruits from Shuofang, Hanzhong, the recovered Guanzhong area, and even Jiannan Road to participate in the siege of Chang'an City.

Although recruits continued to join, Guo Ziyi was not happy at all.

In the past, elite sieges were always used to attack the city, and it was still possible for three people to consume one of the rebels. Now when new recruits are used to attack the city, six or seven people can consume one person of the rebels. Capture Chang'an City?

In that case, what's the point of capturing Chang'an City?
Guo Ziyi felt that it was not worth it, at least it was not worth it to exchange this city of Chang'an with such a strong attack, killing and injuring countless soldiers.It is inevitable to capture Chang'an City, but it is also possible to adopt a method of besieging and not attacking. The rebels have no reinforcements and cannot get any food and grass supplies. After a year and a half of siege, Chang'an City can always be captured without so many deaths. Soldier.

For this reason, Guo Ziyi wrote to Suzong Li Heng of Lingwu, hoping that he would agree with the strategy of encircling and not attacking, so as to reduce the casualties of soldiers.

It's a pity that Guo Ziyi didn't think it was worth exchanging the lives of more than a dozen or 20 soldiers for Chang'an City, but Suzong Li Heng thought it was worth it.

Few people can understand the urgency in Suzong Liheng's heart.

Apart from the fact that Chang'an City is the capital of the Tang Dynasty, where all the glory of the Tang Dynasty lies, it has been more than a year since it was captured by the rebels, and every day is a shame to the Tang Dynasty.

Another most important reason is that Suzong Li Heng has always had a knot in his heart. Although he used to be a prince, the throne was not passed on by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, nor was it a logical succession after Emperor Xuanzong died. Yes, some things are not right, this is his heart knot, he feels that only by recovering Chang'an City and the eastern capital Luoyang in his own hands, can his throne be truly recognized by no one, and he is a justifiable emperor .

Therefore, he is very eager to recover Chang'an City, the army has already killed Chang'an City, and he has to wait for a year or so?And whether it is half a year or a year, or even longer, who knows how much food and grass the rebels have stored in Chang'an City?

What if it takes longer, two years, or even three years?
If the city of Chang'an cannot be captured for a long time, what will be the face of Datang, what will be his face?So no matter how many soldiers died, Suzong Li Heng also wanted to recover Chang'an City one day sooner.

Faced with Suzong Li Heng's strict order, Guo Ziyi was not Ge Shuhan who could withstand Tang Xuanzong's urging for nearly half a month before leading the army out of Tongguan. Guo Ziyi could hear Suzong Li Heng's determination from the tone of the imperial decree.

Since Suzong Li Heng's wishes could not be changed, Guo Ziyi could only command the soldiers to storm Chang'an City with tears in his eyes, watching the soldiers' corpses keep falling down and piling up under the city wall. This was really taking human lives to fill up the city wall.

Soldiers were consumed under Chang'an City, and Suzong continued to recruit more soldiers in order to take down Chang'an City.

However, since the war, Shuofang’s young and strong people have basically been recruited. Although Guanzhong has regained most of it, it has been ravaged by the rebels for more than a year. The walls of Chang'an City were thick, and many people died during the period.

Hanzhong and Jiannan were ravaged by Yang Guozhong at the beginning, and the young and strong withered. After the Anlu Mountain rebellion, they were continuously recruited, and now there are not many remaining young and strong.

In short, Suzong Li Heng felt more and more lack of soldiers.

Where can we get more soldiers to fill the holes in Chang'an City and recover Chang'an City as soon as possible?

After all, it is impossible to really recruit all the young and strong people from Shuofang, Guanzhong, Hanzhong, Jiannan, etc. Who will be farming by then?Who will produce it?It will also cause a huge backlash from the people.

Suzong Li Heng frowned, Wuguan is still under the control of the rebels, otherwise the source of troops there could be drawn from Jiangling, Jianghuai and other places.

"Your Majesty! Didn't Li Fei, King of Beiping County, have an elite army? In less than ten days, he crossed thousands of miles of grassland from Andong to Mawei Station, and saved the life of the Empress Dowager. His face ordered him to lead the army to attack Chang'an—" The eunuch Li Fuguo suddenly thought of the strategy of killing Li Fei, and said to Suzong Li Heng with a sly smile.
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