Chapter 016 Invasion of the Western Courtyard
The courtyard wall was densely filled with human heads, and the enemy also set up a high platform behind the courtyard wall to shoot arrows outside. The arrows were as rained, and the soldiers and eunuchs who were attacking the gate fell to the ground one after another. Li Yuanji's eyes were covered in blood due to the fire, and he threw his spear to the ground fiercely. His sinister face was full of anger, and the soldiers and eunuchs who ordered the attack to retreat.
"Food dinner, fight again after dinner!" Looking at the palace maid who came from the Yeting Palace, Li Yuanji had no choice but to order.
"It is better to join forces to join forces and urge them to fight!" Feng Li suggested: "The battle situation is stalemate, and we will definitely lose!" Although we are guarding Taicang and have sufficient food, grass, and money, the most important thing is that the prince is dead and cannot mobilize the troops in the city. With the emperor in hand, a military may be called by him at any time.
Li Yuanji sent an order to transfer all the soldiers on the city wall to come over, recruit the eunuchs who dared to fight as vanguards, and ordered the eunuchs of the Yeting Palace and the Taicang servants to prepare siege equipment such as hooks, ladders, collisions and other objects. In fact, there were also large catapults and large collisions prepared for the North City Wall in Taicang. The thing was too huge and was prepared for the long-term defense of the city. It was necessary to assemble and use it. It would be possible to do without a half-day attacker.
"The weather is hot, and the number of enemies is over 3,000, which is more than twice as high as us. There are commanders like Qin King Li Shimin. Time delay is not good for me. It is better to attack with fire, burn both jade and stones, and force them to fight!" Geshu Jitong is a Turkic species. The Turks had the absolute advantage in the early Tang Dynasty and were condescending to the Tang Dynasty. He had no awe of the Tang Dynasty royal family. In addition, he had a long battle formation and put forward his own opinions.
"There are many Bin Concubines in the palace, and many confidential matters in the country are collected in the Great Palace. How can they be destroyed by their own private interests?" Although Li Yuanji wanted Li Shimin's life, he felt responsible for the Tang Dynasty established by his family. It was beautiful and magnificent Tai Chi Palace could be destroyed in his own hands. This is a symbol of the Tang Dynasty!
Li Yuanji thought that he was indeed not as good as Li Shimin. If it were Li Shimin, he might have made a decision long ago, but he was afraid that it would set fire and he would think it was small!
Geshu Jitong disagreed. He had nothing to do after death. Confidentiality? Concubine Bin, it was my bird's business, but these soldiers and generals only listened to Li Yuanji, Feng Li and others. After all, he was a foreigner and had a shallow foundation.
Kedazhi said: "Taicang has a lot of grain and strong men have many tragic servants. It is better to drive it to use a bag of grain as a ladder and build it under the wall, making attacks on the wall like a road. A family is willing to lead three hundred Youzhou iron cavalry to rush in!" Kedazhi was very dissatisfied with the attack of the siege battle. The palace was vast. Although there were many palaces, the squares were larger. Horses in these squares were stronger than those in the siege battle. If you abandon horses, you would be shorter than those in the siege battle. However, rushing in by horses is not the best way. You must know that the courtyard wall is not short, and if the war horses jumped so high, they will be damaged.
Among the Changlin Army that had not yet dispersed, there were 300 elite armored cavalry selected by Luo Yi of Youzhou when he surrendered to the prince. These armored cavalry have been fighting on the frontier all year round, and are truly not inferior to Li Shimin's Xuanjia Jingcavalry. Most of the Changlin Army are locals, and many of them have dispersed, and the ones left are not systematic. Only these 300 people are still the closest and united combat power.
Today's offense and defense are too urgent, the equipment is not repaired, and the personnel are not in place. If the grain bag is used as a ladder, the courtyard wall is only two people high, so you can pile it under the wall and rush in directly. It is more violent than using a hook ladder. However, there are many enemies and the bows and arrows are like rain. Those who carry the bag will definitely suffer heavy casualties.
The eunuch palace maid, how many such people are needed? Li Yuanji grew up in the family of Dukehou, and this little life is nothing to him. He nodded immediately and ordered his subordinates to do it! At this time, he was happy. Fortunately, he controlled the Yeting Palace and the Eunuch province. There were many eunuch palace maids there. Although the armored men were not as good as Li Shimin, he had all the manpower and could be used as consumption.
Within a hundred steps, there must be loyalty and trust. When the emperor was distressed, many eunuchs gritted their teeth and stood up without mobilization. They were rootless people, and the palace was their home. Li Shimin dared to kill the lord in the palace, which was an enemy of all eunuchs. The eunuchs and ministers cooperated with each other and kept organizing people to send them over.
Sumeru, after the meal, amid the shouts and scolding, Li Yuanji's men took action again.
Nearly a thousand soldiers bent their bows and arrows, and kept shooting at the city walls. Hundreds of soldiers each held long spears and swords, constantly driving some timid eunuchs who were afraid of troubles to rush up. The timid man who couldn't take any steps was on his head, chopped off his head, inserted it on the rod, and stood in the square to prevent the timids.
Eunuchs like ants, each carrying half a bag of corn on their backs, and from time to time someone was caught on the ground, the injured groaned and ignored the alive.
The name Liu Fenghua and the nickname Xiaohua are the members of these eunuchs. They are only over fifteen years old and are still a teenager. Due to the chaos in the world, he was poor and lonely and helpless since childhood. Although he was often bullied by the elderly, he was enslaved and did a lot of miscellaneous work, but he was dressed warmly and fed well. Compared to the fate of starving to death at any time, he could die of starvation and freezing to death at any time. He saw that more than one of his friends had starved to death with his own eyes.
He was still young and did not understand the harm of castration. He only knew that a happy life was hard-earned. He was often educated. The emperor was his master and the root and guarantee of his life. He heard that the emperor was killed by the King of Qin and was so rebellious that he was so cruel that he was itchy. Although the young man had no roots, he was still passionate. At the first time, he signed up to join the suicide squad.
As he ran, countless arrows shot by his side and above his head, and some of them were inserted into his feet. The friends beside him kept falling to the ground. Xiaohua would not be scared by this. He screamed and vented his fear, rushed forward without looking back, and he didn't care. He only had the courtyard wall in front of him. He rushed to the place, threw down the rice bag, and turned around and ran away. Although the arrows swished, there was no damage at all.
Shanggong of the Provincial Shanggong Bureau of the Provincial Shanggong Bureau was an old man with a name named Tian Jiuzheng. He happened to be remembering his merits at the place where Xiaohua came back. Tian Jiuzheng patted Xiaohua's shoulder: "Good, I didn't embarrass our eunuchs. Come back the first time! Keep cheering and get rid of rebellion!" He handed him a scoop of water. Xiaohua drank the scoop of water while gasping for breath, took the scoop of water handed over by Tian Jiuzheng, and put it on his waist, took half a bag of rice and carried it on his shoulder, and bowed half a side and rushed forward with big strode.
Li Yuanji used the method of ants attacking the city. These eunuchs only need to complete three calculations today to make a break first without going to fight. The palace maids were injured in order to retreat.
The protection on both sides of the Ganlu Gate is the most stringent. This is the main guard of the Qin King, and the losses are the most serious. Those who can approach the wall are all phoenix-sized horns, and there are only eunuchs who can escape back. Facing the two sides, the protection is not so tight. Crop bags are piled up, and blood and corpses are everywhere in the square. It seems that the west side is already as high as it is.
Li Yuanji waved his spear and shouted: "Crush!" The red flag beside him rolled up and waved the signal with force.
More than a thousand soldiers suddenly turned their bows and arrows, all shooting towards the west courtyard wall, two and three rounds, and the guards defending the wall kept turning over and falling down, and many arrows were shot into Baifu Hall, Qianqiu Hall, and Chengqing Hall, and a lot of grass suddenly grew in the square, and more than a hundred people were shot to the ground.
The three hundred spirit cavalry who had already gathered and retreated three hundred steps away, their bodies were low, their left arm shield was raised in front of their heads, and their right hand held the reins and squeezed the knife to "kill! Kill!" rushed out with a loud shout.
The wind blew away the thunder, as fast as a cone arrow, and the distance of three hundred steps was fleeting. The three hundred cavalry rushed into the west courtyard under the panic gaze of the guards, and only more than ten cavalry fell down. Several were shot down by enemy arrows, and some were broken in the gap in the rice bag.
Li Yuanji was excited and ordered again that the red flag was rolling around. Hundreds of soldiers leaning against the west side abandoned their bows, pulled out their horizontal swords, and joined the middle. After following the cavalry, they rushed to the rice bag and jumped into the hospital. The other soldiers slowly moved closer to Li Yuanji, and the overall team moved closer to the west.
Ma Sanbao, Kedazhi, Geshu Jitong, and Wu Shiyi also rushed into it.
Chapter completed!