After Chu Xiang and Li Changlin received the news of Li Ji's death, they immediately summoned their generals to formulate a plan to attack Shaanxi Guoguan.

In Chu Xiang's view, the previous sneak attack plan failed, causing him to lose 8000 cavalry in one fell swoop. If someone in the court took advantage of him, his position as the garrison envoy of Shaanzhou would definitely not be guaranteed.

And because the mistake I made this time will definitely make Her Majesty the Empress questioned by the ministers, so no matter what, I must make up for it.

Although this raid did not achieve the expected goal of capturing Shaanxi Guoguan, it even encountered an enemy ambush.

But fortunately, the backup plan left by Li Changlin actually killed Shaanxiguan guard Li Ji.

With Li Ji's death, Shaanxi and Guoguan must have unstable military morale. He must take advantage of such a God-given opportunity.

Since the sneak attack fails, then just switch to a strong attack.

Chu Xiang believed that without Li Ji, Shaanxi and Guoguan would now be in disarray. Both the cohesion and the coordination of the various armies would definitely be far worse than before.

If Datang wanted to re-send or appoint new guards, it would still take some time. As long as he seizes this time difference, it should not be difficult to capture Shaanxi Guoguan.

As for Li Changlin, now he can be said to be the only one left in the family.

The soldiers he brought this time had all been abandoned in Shaanxi Guoguan. He could only survive because he saw the opportunity was bad. He followed Chu Xiang and escaped with his life.

If he hadn't accidentally set up a backhand to kill Li Ji this time, Chu Xiang might have killed Ji Qi directly.

However, it was precisely because of the backhand he deployed that he killed Li Ji, causing chaos in Shaanxi and Guoguan, and had no intention of pursuing him. This invisibly achieved a great success, which enabled him to save his life.

In order to boost morale and set a role model, Chu Xiang not only did not blame Li Changlin for the failure of the sneak attack, but instead gave him the position of vanguard general and directly allocated 20000 troops to him. Let him feel at ease.

After some deliberation, Chu Xiang and several generals all believed that it would be better to attack the city sooner rather than later.

Now that Li Ji is dead, none of the generals in Shaanxi Guan are in charge. They must be busy fighting for power. If they take advantage of this moment to launch a night attack, they might have a chance to capture Shaanxi Guan.

Therefore, after the meeting, Li Changlin, the newly appointed vanguard officer, took the 20000 vanguard troops who had just taken the lead and began to assemble to prepare for the attack.

The movements of the Zhou army could not be hidden from the defenders of Shaanxi Pass.

At first, when they heard the news of the death of General Li Ji, all the soldiers in Shaanxi Guan looked horrified and at a loss.

But fortunately, it didn't take long before school officers at all levels received orders and began to come forward to calm the morale of the soldiers.

After finally calming down the negative emotions caused by the death of the general, the soldiers received news of a full-scale attack by the Zhou army.

As soon as the news came out, the soldiers became uneasy again.

Fortunately, this time, before the negative emotions of the soldiers could arise, several prestigious generals came forward directly to control the situation, calm the morale of the soldiers again, and arrange everything in an orderly manner.

Seeing that his generals were not in chaos, the soldiers under his command immediately felt at ease and began to actively cooperate with the dispatches of various places, quickly setting up defenses and waiting for the enemy's attack.

As soon as Zishi arrived, Li Changlin directly gave the order and began to have his soldiers launch an attack.

However, what surprised everyone was that Li Changlin's first order was to have his soldiers carry ladders and push siege engines to directly launch an attack.

Such a decent attack would have been no problem before the advent of firearms.

But now, firearms have been around for so many years, and the troops on the border are now basically equipped with firearms.

However, the thinking of Li Changlin, a native of Chang'an, has not kept up with the general trend and is still stuck in the cold weapon period.

Therefore, in his mind, attacking a city means setting up a ladder and then competing with the quality and courage of his soldiers. As long as he climbs to the top of the city, captures the city wall, opens the city gate, and lets the army behind him rush in, it is basically done. It's a victory.

However, he did not inform his generals of this ancient idea. When issuing the siege order, he just said lightly to his generals: The general has his own general, and the garrison just has to move forward.

As a result, the 20000 soldiers of the vanguard army thought that their vanguard officer had an idea.

And because the other party was new in office, I was worried that he would find someone to scare the monkeys, so I didn't dare to ask any more questions. I could only follow the other party's orders, watch the ladder, push the siege truck, and slowly advance forward.

Although it was dark night, the sound of the army's march still alerted the soldiers guarding the city.

They sent out scouts and found out that Dazhou had begun to attack and came with the intention of death.

As a result, the defenders at Shaanxi Guanguan immediately put their best efforts into pushing all their artillery onto the city wall, waiting for a wave of exchanges with the enemy.

But what no one expected was that with the arrival of the Great Zhou Pioneer Army, the expected artillery bombardment did not come.

What came instead were the Zhou vanguards with calm faces, firm eyes, and "fearless fear of death".

Under the care of torches, the Zhou army slowly advanced within the artillery fire coverage of the Shaanxi Guoguan defenders, but did not launch an attack.

This frightened the guards on the city wall, and they dared not take action.

Could the other party have some conspiracy?

At the same time, the vanguard troops who had been vaguely doubtful about Li Changlin's plan were greatly shocked when they saw that they were pushed within the coverage of the enemy's artillery fire, and the defenders on the city wall just watched without taking any action. Inspire.

He thought that his newly-appointed vanguard officer must have something extraordinary that prevented the enemy from attacking first.

Chu Xiang, who was in charge of the central army and had been paying attention to the changes in the battlefield, was also shocked when he heard the scout's report and learned that Li Changlin actually asked his soldiers to attack the city directly.

But seeing that the enemy had already arrived at the city gate, but the enemy didn't move at all, he felt a little relieved.

However, just as she let go of this, there was a sudden bang in the distance.

The huge sound of shelling broke the tranquility of the entire battlefield.

Then, dozens of cannons on the Shaanxi Temple began to roar violently like a flood that had opened its gates.

The Great Zhou Pioneer Army, which was still rejoicing and admiring before, suffered an unprecedented strong blow at this moment.

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