The Summoning of the Troubled Times at the End of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 278

As the Li family used their lofty prestige in Taiyuan to recruit troops.

In an instant, the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, and the supporters are armed with [-] troops.

For a while, as Tang Wang Li Yuan announced that he was about to raise troops against the Sui Dynasty, the strategic decision to go south to capture Guanlong was unanimously agreed by the ministers.

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Afterwards, Li Yuan personally swore an oath outside the city of Taiyuan to set off.

All of a sudden, the morale of the tens of thousands of troops was extremely high, and they marched southward to the Guanlong area!

It is only said that Li Yuan personally led the main force to pass through Hedong, so as to attack it.

Because of Gao Qi's arrival, Li Shimin has already been the governor of Xihe County.

Therefore, compared with history, Xihe County has already become the territory of the Li family.

Therefore, after consideration, Li Yuan ordered his eldest son Li Jiancheng and his second son Li Shimin to go to Xihe County.

Lead the soldiers of Xihe to march towards Huoyi to break through Huoyi, and then approach Chang'an in many ways.

After going south for several days, the main force led by Li Yuan can be said to have won consecutive battles all the way.

Almost swept across the east of the river, and soon occupied most of the territory of the east of the river.

But at this moment, an urgent military situation came from the direction of Huo Yi.

That is, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin's troops encountered resistance from the strong general Song Laosheng in Huoyi due to insufficient troops.

For a while, due to insufficient troops, they failed to attack Huoyijian City repeatedly.

Li Yuan, who was informed of the urgent military situation, couldn't help immediately calling all the ministers under his command to discuss together.

In the end, after deliberation, Li Yuan re-planned the route.

Divide the army into three groups and attack together!

First of all, Li Yuan made his eldest son Li Jian the Duke of Longxi, launched a full-scale attack on Song Laosheng's army from the east of the city, and then joined the army in the south of the city.

Secondly, Li Yuan made his second son Li Shimin Duke of Dunhuang, launched a full-scale attack on Song Laosheng's army from the south of the city, and then joined the army in the east of the city.

In the end, Li Yuan personally served as the general, leading [-] troops from the south of the city, rushing directly to Song Laosheng's army and attacking Song Laosheng's army from behind.

The three armies finally worked together to defeat Song Laosheng's army, and Huo Yi was conquered.

After conquering Huoyi, Li Yuan still ordered his troops to divide into three groups and march towards Fenshui, Jiangjun, and Longmen, and rendezvous at Hedong after victory.

Li Yuan's army marched towards Zichaoyi, with the goal of capturing Chang'an, Li Jiancheng's department entered Fengcang, and Li Shimin's army detoured to Chang'an via Gaoling.

After going south for nearly a month, Li's army finally fully occupied the entire territory of Hedong.

Subsequently, Li Jiancheng led Pei Ji, Liu Wenjing and other ministers to attack Tongguan, an important town.

And Tang Wang Li Yuan also led the main force to slowly march towards the front of Hedong, and the soldiers pointed directly at Chang'an.

Li Shimin also led the troops to flank Chang'an.

Relying on his outstanding ability to command troops, Li Shimin quickly wiped out the peripheral resistance forces of the Sui army.

Then he led his army to join forces with Li Yuan's main force to besiege Chang'an.

For a time, due to the loss of troops and generals of the Sui army within one month, the territory was lost.

As a result, Wei Wensheng, the guard in the city, and Lu Zhi, who was born randomly, had to stick to the city with all their strength.

Immediately, only the reinforcements from outside Tongguan came to support Chang'an.

Li Jiancheng used the strategy of Liu Wenjing and Pei Ji to lead the army to wipe out the reinforcements.

For a while, the safety of Tongguan was lifted, and Li Jiancheng led the army to Chang'an.

Suddenly, Li's army became more powerful and completely surrounded Chang'an City.

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In Chang'an City, several people were standing on the tower, slowly watching the Li family's army densely packed below.

After a long time, a middle-aged military general couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and said, "Pharmacist, it's hard to listen to what you said at the beginning!"

"At that time, you were absolutely sure that Li Yuan's family would rebel and stand on their own feet, but the general and Lu Shuai didn't care about it."

"But now, I never thought that Li Yuan's family would be so powerful that they suppressed our army into the city!"

After finishing speaking, the middle-aged general shook his head and sighed endlessly, with a regretful expression.

This middle-aged military general is Wei Wensheng, the guard of Chang'an, and the veteran beside him is Lu Zhi, a great scholar at the end of Han Dynasty who was born randomly.

As for the young man Wei Wensheng called "pharmacist", it was Li Jing, the invincible military god in the late Sui and early Tang Dynasties in history.

It's just that Li Jing also revealed to him the truth about Li Yuan's family's rebellion just like in history.

It's just that no one paid attention to it when it happened, which led to Li Yuan's development and expansion.

Hearing this, Lu Zhi on the side smiled wryly: "Hehe!"

"Li Yuan is already a king and a minister, who would have thought that he would be so ambitious and want to steal the throne?"

For a while, several people smiled wryly on the tower and shook their heads and sighed.

After all, now that Li's army is in full swing and attacking, the Sui army is gone.

Even if Li Jing is using his troops like a god now, it will not help!
Because, Li's army has already taken the overall advantage, and the overall situation is settled!

Except for the Sui army sticking to Chang'an City, lingering on their last legs.

There is no hope of turning defeat into victory!
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After the siege, it was only said that Li Yuan did not attack immediately.

Instead, he followed the plan of his second son Li Shimin and ordered people to copy thousands of letters persuading him to surrender.

Shoot into the city with a bow and arrow, causing chaos.

But there is no doubt that Lu Zhi and Wei Wensheng sternly refused to surrender to Li Yuan.

However, how could Li Shimin's scheme, as the Khan of Heaven, be so simple?
It is only said that thousands of letters persuading surrender have been copied, which have enumerated all kinds of angry incidents that have troubled Sui since Yang Guang proclaimed himself emperor.

All of a sudden, the people in the city picked up letters urging them to surrender and moved closer to the literate people.

Immediately, the people who only said they could read and write sent out letters to persuade them to surrender.

In an instant, the people in the city suddenly became uneasy.

After all, almost all of Yang Guang's crimes enumerated by Li Shimin exist.

Therefore, it is normal to provoke the anger and uneasiness of the people in the city!
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"Report, General Wei!"

"The Li family's army will shoot letters of persuasion into the city one after another."

"The content of the letter has listed all kinds of crimes committed by His Majesty, and now the people have begun to stir up agitation!"

For a moment, the guards in the city walked up to the tower in an instant, and bowed their hands to report to Wei Wensheng.

Hearing this, Li Jing on the side reacted instantly and shouted: "Not good!"

"This is Li's army's heart attack strategy. It is to use the letter of persuasion to disrupt the city and make our army spontaneously stir up internal chaos."

"Then Li's army took advantage of the situation to attack the city, and then broke into Chang'an City without any effort!"

"I have to say, this person in Li's army should not be underestimated!"

For a while, even Li Jing praised the person who made this plan.

Hearing Li Jing's words, Wei Wensheng immediately felt the seriousness.

Arrange for Lu Zhi to continue to stand on the front line of the city tower, and then personally lead the army to settle the people in the city.

After a long time of hard work, Wei Wensheng managed to calm the hearts of many people.

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For a time, the Chang'an war was about to start!
(End of this chapter)