Chapter 387
On November 12, Li Fei's entire army crossed the Yellow River and continued to move south.
Two days later, he passed by Lingwu, who was more than 200 miles away. Li Fei was too lazy to go to Lingwu to visit Suzong Li Heng first on the grounds that his military speed was high. Anyway, I believe that Suzong Li Heng would not welcome him, so he would be exhausted when he went there.
When Li Fei brought Andong's Iron Cavalry to cross the Yellow River in Jiuyuan, the news came to Lingwu, and Suzong Li Heng kept paying attention to Li Fei's movements.
When he learned that Li Fei had passed by Lingwu, he didn't come to pay a visit. Suzong Li Heng was very angry and cursed.
"Your Majesty, there are not many troops left by Lingwu, so it's better if Li Fei doesn't come." Li Fuguo was beside him, and one sentence directly extinguished the anger of Suzong Li Heng, making him tremble all over and stop saying a word.
"Your Majesty, Li Fei has crossed the Yellow River anyway, so he is like entering a jar. After recovering Chang'an City and the eastern capital Luoyang, he will be unable to escape!" Li Fuguo sneered and comforted Suzong Li Heng.
Unexpectedly, Li Fei really came. Although Li Fei brought a total of 60,000 Andong Iron Cavalry, when I first heard about it, it was quite stressful, but the Iron Cavalry might have strong combat power, but it has the disadvantage of not being good at siege. It can be imagined that after the recovery of Chang'an City and the eastern capital Luoyang, Suzong Li Heng issued an order to kill Li Fei in the Central Plains. All under Li Fei's command were iron cavalry, and the city passes along the way were closed. No matter how many Iron Cavalry Li Fei and Andong Iron Cavalry were, they would be rootless trees. How long could they last?
Suzong Li Heng nodded, his eyes narrowed slightly, full of chill.
Chang'an City.
Although the siege was not as intense as the first half month and was mainly consumed, two or three thousand soldiers were still killed in battle every day. To this day, Guo Ziyi and other Tangfan coalition forces have lost more than 90,000 soldiers under Chang'an City, but they still failed to capture Chang'an City.
Countless corpses, some soaked in the moat that had been broken, were rotten, and some were piled up at the foot of the city wall. The anti-army threw some hay and firewood from the city wall and lit some corpses piled up at the foot of the city wall. The thick smoke soared into the sky was mixed with a disgusting burnt smell.
Whether it was the anti-army soldiers or the Tang soldiers, when they looked at this scene, their faces turned pale and their legs trembled, especially the Tang soldiers, because most of the countless burning corpses were their former comrades, and no one knew whether they would end up like this in the future.
After such a long tug-of-war, the Tangfan coalition no longer had the high morale he had when he first came to Chang'an City. He was slow to attack Chang'an City, and thousands of people died in battle every day. No matter how high a army was, it was impossible to maintain morale.
Guo Ziyi looked expressionless, but in fact she felt bitter in her mouth.
Although the Tang Fan coalition still has nearly 170,000 people, which is 30,000 more than when they first arrived at Chang'an City, but when they first arrived at Chang'an City, all the soldiers were almost elite soldiers in a hundred battles. Now, except for nearly 50,000 Uighur cavalry, 20,000 Tubo soldiers, the remaining 100,000 Tang soldiers, only more than 20,000 elite soldiers in a hundred battles, and the rest are only more than 20,000 people who have just been recruited by the imperial court and have not even received any training. They are just used as consumption.
As a general, Guo Ziyi knew that he could not be soft-hearted, but these were all living lives. No matter how hard his heart was, he could not be indifferent.
King Li Yu of Guangping directly revealed the sorrow in his heart.
The Tubo people came to make a fuss. Because the siege lasted too long and the casualties were too heavy, the Tubo people did not even keep their promises as archers, and retreated to the side and almost stopped participating in the siege. King Guangping and Guo Ziyi had no choice but to deal with these Tubo people. They were not fools. They would not really think that the Tubo people came to help the Tang Dynasty wipe out the anti-army. The Tubo people retreated aside and refused to participate in the siege. They could not hold the knife on the neck of the Tubo people.
However, the Uighur cavalry brought by the Uighur prince Ye Hu was quite sincere. At least when the Tang army soldiers attacked the city, they still participated in serving as archers. However, it was also to attack the city with the Tang army as soon as possible and fulfill the promises that Suzong Li Heng had to the Uighurs. The children of the Uighurs allowed their Uighurs to "take the gold and silk" in the city!
Inside the city.
In fact, An Shouzhong and other anti-army army were not feeling well. At the time, there were nearly 40,000 soldiers who retreated to the city, but now there are only more than 10,000 left, which is more than half of them, and the morale of the army is unstable. Although it can be forced to recruit young and strong people in the city to participate in defending the city, young and strong people in the city cannot be in the same mind as the anti-army army. Even if they are forced to go up to the city wall, they will not be able to help the Tang army attack the city wall at any time.
"'Your Majesty' has been unable to open Tongguan again, how many days can we last?" An Shouzhong looked gloomy. Although he was confident that he would have to hold on for more than half a month and consume tens of thousands of Tang troops, if Tongguan had not been opened up by the 'Dayan' in half a month, and without reinforcements, he would not be able to hold on.
"No matter what, I still have to stick to it first, and count on one more day. Humph, with my An Shouzhong here, the Tang army will not want to retake Chang'an City!" An Shouzhong gritted his teeth.
"Dada--"
A fast horse suddenly came to the Tang army camp. It was a messenger sent by Li Heng and Li Fuguo, the Emperor Suzong of Lingwu.
He leaned over to Yu Chaoen's ear and spoke secretly to Yu Chaoen for a while. In addition to telling Yu Chaoen about the news that Li Fei and Andong's army had crossed the Yellow River and had arrived at Chang'an immediately, he also had some other plans.
Yu Chaoen was overjoyed, and a trace of light flashed in his eyes. He immediately came to Guangping King Li Yu and Guo Ziyi.
"Prince, we don't have to worry. Someone will take over us to consume the anti-army in the city." Yu Chaoen said with a smile.
"Oh? What's going on?" asked King Li Yu, Guangping.
"Peking Prince Li Fei led the elite troops of the Andong army to arrive at the city of Chang'an immediately. He will replace us and the anti-army in the city." Yu Chaoen said this, there was a scheming in his smile.
Yu Chaoen already knew about Suzong Li Heng's plan, and he also had resentment towards Li Fei. At Mawei Post, Li Fei threatened to kill Li Fuguo and him, so that he and Li Fuguo would be cowardly. If he had the chance to plot against Li Fei, he would be happy to cooperate.
"Your Majesty asked the Prince of Beiping Li Fei to lead his army from Anton to aid?" Guo Ziyi's expression was shocked. He didn't think too much, but he felt that with Li Fei's elite Anton army participating in the siege, he would definitely recover Chang'an City as soon as possible.
Although Guo Ziyi had never contacted Andong Army, he had heard of Li Fei and Andong Army's record. Guo Ziyi was admirable to Li Fei. In his impression, Andong Army was an absolute elite. At the same time, Guo Ziyi also wanted to see Li Fei, the prince of Peking who was famous all over the world at the age of 23.
"Boom---"
About an hour later, with the sound of horse hooves coming, the earth seemed to tremble, and an iron cavalry slowly entered everyone's vision.
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Chapter completed!