Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 93
At dawn, the Turkic military camp was still smoking, but the fire had all been extinguished.

Jieli Khan was sitting in the large tent in the army, his expression was solemn, and he looked particularly terrifying.

The leaders of a group of Turkic tribes stood aside, very angry.

"His grandma, Tang Jun bullies people too much. When Lingzhou City is captured, I will use their heads to hold wine."

"I'm going to tear them into pieces."

"Your Majesty Khan, attack the city."

"Yes, let's attack the city..."

The leaders of the Turkic tribes called for battle one after another, and Jieli Khan suddenly sighed softly. Originally, he wanted to wait and see what happened, and wait for Liang and the soldiers of the Later Sui Dynasty to kill Li Shimin before raising troops.

In this case, no matter whether he wins or loses, it will not have any impact on Luzhou's situation.

But now Tang Jun risked his life to burn their food and grass. Anger or not was the second priority. If the food and grass were burned, they might not be able to stay in Lingzhou for long.

When there is no more food and grass, they have to go back without the Tang army attacking.

This is so embarrassing.

If they take advantage of the food and grass they have left, they may be able to capture Lingzhou City. As long as they capture Lingzhou City, everything before can be made up for.

"Assemble troops and attack the city."

The Turks decided to attack the city.

And when the Turks and Li Jiancheng were attacking each other, Li Shimin was being attacked by Liang and the Sui Dynasty on Luzhou's side. In addition to the [-] soldiers in front, there were also [-] soldiers from Liang behind. city.

The situation of Tang Jun in Luzhou City is not optimistic.

In the evening of this day, after repelling the attack of the Liang and Sui coalition forces who did not know how many times, the towers of Luzhou were already full of corpses.

The smell of blood pervaded the air, and the flies were flying around, making people sick.

Li Shimin stood on the tower, looking at the retreating enemies, his eyes became more and more deep.

"How many more bows and arrows?"

"Returning to the prince, there are only a thousand bows and arrows left."

"What about the other defense equipment?"

"It's not much, and it can barely last for two days."

They are not short of food and grass, but they don't have the tools to defend the city. It may not be an easy task to defend Luzhou City.

Changsun Wuji was also in military uniform at this time, he glanced at Li Shimin, and said, "My lord, let's break out."

They still had [-] soldiers and horses left. In Changsun Wuji's opinion, with these [-] soldiers and horses, it would not be difficult to protect Li Shimin from Luzhou City safely.

And just after Changsun Wuji said this, Cheng Yaojin and others also stood up immediately.

"My lord, let's break through. Even if I risk my life, Old Cheng, I will protect my lord."

"Yes, my lord, let's break through."

They took Luzhou City in the first place, and now they don't lose anything if they throw it to Liang Guo. Anyway, they have successfully attracted the enemy back, and they have already completed the task.

Instead of sticking to the city and guarding this dead end, why not break out and find a way out?
A group of civil servants and military generals clamored to break through, Li Shimin's eyes were slightly fixed, but he was a little entangled and unwilling.

This Luzhou City was brought down by him. If he can defend Luzhou City, he will be a great achievement after returning to Chang'an City. His prestige will increase, and he will have greater confidence in competing for the throne.

But if he abandoned Luzhou City, he would indeed be able to break out, but in this case, the credit would be lost, and breaking through would be tantamount to losing the battle.

How can a prince who has lost a battle be recognized by all the officials and praised by the people after returning to Chang'an City?

The defense or loss of Luzhou City is not only related to his life, but also related to his prestige in the future, and whether he has any hope of competing for the throne.

This is a very difficult choice, any choice may affect his future development.

Li Shimin frowned, looking at the civil servants and military generals who were trying to persuade them to break through, and suddenly asked a question: "Is there no news from Yunzhou?"

Everyone was taken aback, they didn't expect Li Shimin to ask this question at this time.

One official sighed.

"Your Majesty, Luzhou City is surrounded by groups, and the news can't come in at all. Besides, Yang Zhengdao of the Later Sui Dynasty did not lead his troops back to help. Presumably Yunzhou City is still in the hands of the Later Sui Dynasty. Qin Tian has never fought. Is that able to capture Yunzhou City?"

"Yes, my lord, don't place your hopes on Qin Tian, ​​let's break through as soon as possible."

"That's right, my lord, let's break through the siege, if you keep the green hills there, you won't be afraid of running out of firewood."

Everyone no longer had any hope for Qin Tian, ​​but Li Shimin was unwilling. He decided to take a gamble, bet on his future Ninth Five-Year Honor, and bet on his trust in Qin Tian.

"This king still thinks that Qin Tian can come here."

"My lord..." Changsun Wuji drew his voice for a long time, Li Shimin still believed in Qin Tian at this moment, he was simply joking with his own life.

Isn't it just a defeat, what's the matter, as long as life is still alive, everything has a chance.

But Li Shimin waved his hand: "This king has made up his mind, and he must defend Luzhou City. I have ordered that this king will cheat the camp tonight."

Everyone saw that Li Shimin was so stubborn, and felt very unhappy, but at this moment, Cheng Yaojin suddenly shouted: "The last general takes orders, the prince trusts the Qin family boy, and the last general also trusts him. The last general believes that he will be able to take the Rescuers are coming."

Among these people, he, Cheng Yaojin, had the best relationship with Qin Tian. If even he didn't believe in Qin Tian, ​​who else could he expect to believe in Qin Tian?
At this time, the morale of the army was in chaos, so he had to use Qin Tian to stabilize the morale of the army.

Although this seems a bit illusory, it is like a star in the night sky. Although it is small, it also has light. Where there is light, there is hope.

Cheng Yaojin's words made the generals stop talking.

"Since the prince wants to cheat the camp, the last general is willing to take this job." Chai Shao stood up from the army. As Li Shimin's brother-in-law, if he doesn't support Li Shimin at this time, who will support him?

Chai Shao stood up, Changsun Wuji smiled wryly, but he also stood up: "Your Majesty will stick to this place with the prince, and will never retreat."

"I will follow the prince to defend this place and never retreat."

"…………"

All the generals shouted in unison, Li Shimin's heart was shocked, and he said: "Okay, okay, everyone has this kind of heart, so I swear here, if I can repel the enemy, I will never forget this kindness."

If Li Shimin wants to win people's hearts and make them fight to the death for him, he can only make promises to them. Although he didn't say anything about wealth and honor, never forgetting each other, or saying that the world will treat people favorably, etc., but they are very It is clear that if one day Li Shimin really becomes the emperor, today's incident will be enough for them to become a marquis and a prime minister.

"Swear to die to follow the prince..."

"Swear to die to follow the prince..."

"Okay, Prince Chai, tonight you lead five hundred soldiers and horses to cheat the camp."

(End of this chapter)