Datang: Only by resisting the decree can we become stronger

Seeing her like this, Li Qiu patted him and comforted him: "The old county king Jiren has his own appearance, don't worry, nothing will happen to him."

"Besides, the old county king is protected by five hundred elite soldiers. He has fought more battles in his life than we eat salt."

"With his vision and experience, he will definitely avoid those Turkic pursuers successfully."

At this time, Luo Kexin nodded, then raised his head to look at Li Qiu, "You said..."

"Tomorrow, will we die?"

Li Qiu shook his head with a smile, "As for you, as long as you don't push yourself too hard, be alert, and run away quickly when the situation is wrong, you should be fine."

"but me?"

"No matter what, you won't die!"

Seeing him like this, Luo Ke felt angry again, and a little funny, "Well, that's right, the scourge has lived for thousands of years!"

After finishing speaking, she let out a long breath of relief, and then under the endless darkness of the night, she turned her body to one side, and leaned her head on Li Qiu's lap affectionately.

Then, acting like a baby again, she took Li Qiu's hand and put it in her arms.

This time, after feeling the different warmth in Luo Ke's heart, Li Qiu almost went crazy...

His fragile heart was completely exposed to the violent wind and rain, and it became messy in an instant.

Originally, he thought about what he had been holding back for several days, and to release the pressure of the past few days.

He suppressed the inexplicable impulse and feeling towards Luo Kexin before, and put it behind him.

But now, this time, Luo Kexin's actions have intensified, causing him to fall into greater and deeper fear.

The next moment, almost instinctively, Li Qiu pulled back his hand and pushed Luo Kexin's head away from his body.

At the same time, Li Qiu's voice was almost trembling as he stammered and explained intermittently: "I..."

"I really can't..."

"A man is too close to me, I can't stand it..."

Seeing his tense and messy appearance at this time, listening to his intermittent and stammering words, Luo Kexin, who was originally extremely resentful, almost laughed out loud.

Then she ignored him, turned around, turned around, closed her eyes with her back to him, and fell asleep.

I still don't forget to slander him in my heart: What a stupid guy!

……

In the early morning of the next day, before the sky was bright, an emergency military situation woke up all the big figures in the court, including Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, the scouts have come to report that Jieli's army has already approached the Wei River Bridge."

Listening to Du Ruhui's words, Li Shimin frowned, "Is it the main force?"

Du Ruhui also frowned and nodded, "That's right, not only Jieli's main force started to attack Chang'an."

"Even the other two armies from Jingyang and Gaoling have already made moves and are heading towards the encirclement of Chang'an City."

"It seems that this battle cannot be dragged on today anyway."

At the same time, Fang Xuanling at the side also said, "Your Majesty, Li Jing's troops will arrive in Chang'an in three days at the earliest."

"Due to the occupation of Gaoling, the situation on Cheng Yaojin's side is still unknown."

"But the fastest, it will arrive tomorrow morning."

"Now, only Chai Shao's troops have rushed outside the city."

"But he has few soldiers, more than [-] people, so he can only put on a posture and guard the only remaining south gate of Chang'an City."

"Nowadays, how long our Chang'an city will be able to defend against the Turkic three-sided attack is unknown!"

Chapter 86 Youzhou?Could it be them?

Listening to Fang Xuanling's analysis of the current situation, Changsun Wuji beside him paced anxiously.

"Oh, Xuanling, Keming, I don't understand military strategy."

"But now we know we can't keep it, but we have to keep it. Isn't there any other way?"

Fang Xuanling paused for two seconds, then said after hesitating, "Now, there is only one dangerous move to take!"

"That is to use offense as defense."

Li Shimin frowned after hearing this, "Why do you use offense as defense?"

Du Ruhui, who was seriously ill, coughed several times in a row, and explained for Fang Xuanling: "Your Majesty, what Xuanling means is that if he attacks my city, I will attack his heart."

"Send the main force of Chang'an City to fight Jieli in Weishui."

"At the same time, use two partial armies to hold back the Tuli and Qibi Heli tribes in Jingyang and Gaoling."

"Their two groups of people marched very slowly, and they were not very enthusiastic about fighting with our army. They didn't seem to put in much effort."

"This Xieli is similar to Cao Cao in nature, he is resourceful and suspicious."

"He came with the momentum of thunder, and he never expected that we would take the initiative to attack him."

"Our army is going to counterattack. With Jieli's character, he will definitely feel hesitant."

"At that time, when he finds out what our army is, he may not immediately launch a fierce attack on Chang'an."

"In this way, we can buy time for our armies returning from all walks of life."

"Of course, this move is just like the empty city plan that Zhuge Kongming sang to Sima Yi back then."

"It's dangerous and dangerous."

"Once Xieli doesn't fall for it, the situation will be turbulent. Your Majesty, this city of Chang'an, and the entire Tang Dynasty, will be in danger!"

After hearing Du Ruhui's words, the Chengqing Hall fell into dead silence.

After a while, Li Shimin took a deep breath and stood up.

"Odd is correct, regular is odd!"

"Fang's conspiracy is resolved, good!"

"This bet always has a chance of winning."

"Otherwise, even this chance is gone."

"Xuanling, Keming, gather your troops and horses, prepare everything, and follow me to the Weishui River, and meet Na Jieli for a while!"

……

About three hours later, at noon, the gate on the west side of Chang'an City opened wide.

Accompanied by Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Hou Junji, Qin Qiong, Feng Deyi and others, Li Shimin personally led [-] soldiers and horses to face Jieli's army.

At this moment, Xieli's army had already crossed the Wei River, less than 30 miles away from Chang'an.

In the early days, when Chai Shao's army approached Jingyang, Feng Li led the Eight Thousand Yin Prince's old troops to deter the southeast corner of Chang'an and cut off the enemy troops coming from the direction of Gaoling.

While all this was happening, in the southern direction of Chang'an City, there was a 500-man army wearing the standard armor of Youzhou City, escorting a group of family members, men, women and children, and marching towards Chang'an City with great difficulty.

This team is exactly what Luo Ke was looking for and caring about, the team where the old county king Luo Sen is.

After the city was broken that day and the old county king was escorted out of the city, he went all the way south and came straight to Chang'an City.

The more he thought about this battle in Youzhou, the more something was wrong, so he wanted to arrive in Chang'an as soon as possible, so that he could warn His Majesty and everyone in the military department earlier.

But when they came to the vicinity of Chang'an City and encountered several Turkic scouts, the old county king's guess was completely confirmed.

Everything these Turkic troops do has only one purpose, that is Chang'an City and His Majesty!

This is also a drastic measure for the entire Datang.

Once Li Shimin and Chang'an City are gone, the entire Tang Dynasty will probably collapse.

"My lord, we traveled from Jingyang, then to Gaoling, and then to the south of the city."

"But there are Turkic scouts and small groups of scattered cavalry everywhere."

"Now Chang'an City is besieged, surrounded by Turkic armies on three sides."

"With our small number of people, we can't even count as a drop in the bucket."

"Why don't we stay out of the way for now and go to Shandong for refuge first?"

Hearing the words of his confidant, the old county king gave him a hard look.

"If Chang'an City and His Majesty are gone, no matter where we go, we will be bereaved dogs!"

"This city of Chang'an hasn't fought any Turks with real knives and guns for many years."

"No one knows how to defend the city when the Turkic army is attacking the city."

"No, no matter what, we have to find a way to go around and enter the city as soon as possible."

"Otherwise, it will be too late!"

They traveled along the way, similar to Li Qiu and Luo Kexin yesterday, they also encountered many Turkic scouts and small groups of scattered cavalry.

However, the old county king has fought all his life, and his experience is much more experienced than the two of them.

The information on horse detection and the analysis of local wars are also extremely accurate.

So they hardly had any fights, they just kept detours and avoided walking.

At this moment, they suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes of tens of thousands of troops marching out of the city.

Afterwards, looking far away, one could only see dense banners on the west side of Chang'an City, and a large army marching mightily towards the west.

"Could it be this?"

"Is this the defenders in Chang'an City taking the initiative to attack the enemy?"

After confirming his guess, the old county king was so anxious that his eyes widened and he stomped his feet non-stop.

"Oh, with the tens of thousands of people in Chang'an City, how can they face Jieli's world-famous iron cavalry? You must not go out of the city to meet the enemy!"

"If you don't go out, there is still Chang'an's city wall to defend, no matter how bad it is, it can delay for some time."

"But if we go out and the two armies confront each other, then there will be no way out!"

"Hurry up, don't go around, and don't care about those Turkic casual riders."

"Rush forward with all your strength, and be sure to stop our army!"

Next, under the order of the old county king who would not allow any doubts or resistance, their 500 troops and a team of family members rushed straight towards the westward army.

It is impossible not to attract the attention of the Turkic cavalry for such a blatant and fast advance like theirs.

Immediately, two or three groups of Turkic cavalry who were nearby came to intercept and kill them.

They have a mere 500 troops, not only to protect the family members in the central government, but also to face the enemy and face the Turks.

Soon fell into a very passive state.

Seeing the Chang'an army marching westward going further and further away, the old county king was very anxious, but he was helpless.

At this moment, at the east gate of Chang'an City, an army of 8000 people was ordered to go out of the city, preparing to guard the southeast of Chang'an City and intercept the enemy troops coming from the direction of Gaoling.

It was the former Ministry of Prince Yin led by Feng Li.

At this moment, a scout suddenly came to report that in the south of Chang'an City, there was a 600-man army dressed in Youzhou City, which was besieging and biting by several Turkic cavalry.

"Youzhou City?"

As soon as he heard this name, Feng Li immediately thought of Li Qiu, the soldiers of the Shenwu Army, the old county king and others.

Could it be that they fled here after the city of Youzhou was broken?

Immediately, he didn't dare to have any hesitation, and immediately ordered to bring 5000 troops and kill them here!

Chapter 87

But unexpectedly, at this moment, the Turkic forward troops from Gaoling had appeared on the east side of Chang'an City.

There was no other way, Feng Li had no choice but to turn back temporarily and lead the formation to meet the enemy.

At this moment, Li Qiu, Luo Kexin and others are rushing towards the outermost area from the southern edge of Chang'an City.

Before, like the old county king, they detoured to the south city and entered the city directly.