Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

As the first cannonball fell and turned a bungalow into powder, countless more artillery fires came one after another outside the city.

bang bang bang~~~

Countless intertwined artillery fires directly transformed the area inside Shaanxi Temple and close to the city wall into a barrier.

Anyone who came close to the barrier, whether they were people or objects, would be blasted to pieces immediately.

Chu Xiang's artillery regiment directly built an isolation barrier in Shaanxi Guan, isolating the city wall of Shaanxi Guan.

"General, the opponent's artillery fire is too fierce. The supplies and reinforcements behind us cannot get close at all. As soon as they get close, they will die in the enemy's artillery fire."

"Whether we want to fight or retreat, please make your decision early, General."

A lieutenant with a bloody face shouted loudly at the deputy general of Shaanxi Guoguan.

Looking at the soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty who were like locusts in front of them, starting to set up ladders to attack the city, and then looking at the Shaanxi Guan Temple behind them that had turned into ruins and scorched earth, the deputy general staggered.

Then he grabbed the collar of a general beside him and roared:

"Have the people sent out to seek reinforcements been sent out?"

"It has been sent out and has left the city before the enemy's bombardment."

The general replied hurriedly.

When he heard that the people sent to ask for help had left, the deputy general breathed a sigh of relief, then pulled out the sword from his waist and roared:

"Pass my military order and tell me to defend the city wall at all costs. Anyone who dares to take even a step back will be killed without mercy!!!"

"In addition, tell the brothers that General Li Ji and His Majesty the Emperor are leading 10 troops and horses, and have arrived 10 miles outside the city. As long as we persist for half an hour, our reinforcements will arrive and we can wipe out these remnants of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. .”

Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, the eyes of all the soldiers around him lit up.

Originally they thought that Shaanxi Guoguan had become an isolated city.

According to the current fighting style of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, it is estimated that the city will fall before noon.

My heart was filled with despair and unwillingness.

But now that they heard that Li Ji was not dead, and that His Majesty the Emperor personally led the expedition and brought 10 reinforcements, they suddenly saw hope.

Several generals who had not known why they pretended to be defeated before now understood that all this was a plan by General Li Ji and His Majesty.

Does that mean that the current situation was something that His Majesty and the General had anticipated?

Does that mean that as long as they hold on to the city wall, they can turn defeat into victory and catch Northern Zhou off guard?

Thinking of this, the soldiers of Shaanxi Guoguan, who originally just wanted to have a backrest before dying, now started to kill the enemy as if they had been given blood.

At the same time, Li Shimin and Li Ji, who were waiting for Chu Mo's reply, suddenly received a message from Shaanxi Guoguan asking for help. They were both a little stunned, thinking that this was the result of their previous strategy and that the other party had done it deliberately.

But after they asked about the battle between the two sides and learned that the Shaanxi Guoguan defenders had fallen into Chu Xiang's poisonous scheme and burned tens of thousands of Shaanxi Guoguan's soldiers in one battle, they were both so angry that they almost vomited blood.

Immediately, Li Shimin no longer cared about arresting Chu Mo, and asked Li Ji to take the 15000 soldiers under his command to rush to Shaanxi Guoguan for support.

And he had people send emergency reports for help to Chang'an and the surrounding cities, mobilized all the forces that could be summoned, and rushed to Shaanxi and Guo for help.

After arranging all this, he deployed 1000 soldiers here to scare Chu Mo and prevent the other party from sneak attacks on his retreat.

And he continued to take the remaining 4000 soldiers to Shaanxi and Guoguan for support.

After all, according to the battle report, the number of troops involved in the Northern Zhou's massive invasion exceeded 10.

Although before, by grasping the information in advance, they surrounded and killed the opponent's 8000 cavalry and the 5000 soldiers arranged by Li Changlin, and then inexplicably killed the opponent's vanguard army of more than 15000 people.

But the remaining troops of the other side are at least 70000.

In Shaanxi Guan, although the original number of defenders was almost 120000, and there was not much loss in the first two battles, after the battle in the morning, it could be said that there was not even one left in ten.

Of the 120000 people today, it is estimated that less than 20000 are left.

With 20000 vs. 70000, and there is a gap in strength between the two sides, if there is no accident, Shaanxi Guanguan will basically be unable to hold on.

Once Shaanxi Guoguan fell and the Northern Zhou Dynasty launched a large-scale invasion, it would directly threaten Chang'an.

Even if Chang'an is defended, the opponent can go all the way south and capture the Shannan Road, thus cutting off the connection between Datang and the south and seizing the two Jiangnan Roads.

If the Northern Zhou Dynasty had captured the Shannan Road and then the two Jiangnan Roads, then Datang would have lost half of its territory.

Without Jiangnan, the granary and main source of income, the only way for the Tang Dynasty was to be destroyed.

Therefore, Li Shimin was willing to give up Chu Mo, his great enemy, but also defend Shaanxi Guoguan with all his strength.

Chu Mo, who didn't know that his status in Li Shimin's heart had declined, also received a report from the secret guards at this time. He learned about the battle situation in Shaanxi Guoguan and also found out about the evacuation of Li Shimin and others.

Originally, he wanted to take advantage of the battle between the two sides to poke Li Shimin's anus and let him taste the two worlds of ice and fire, but after thinking about it, he decided not to do it.

After all, it is already difficult enough for Li Er now. With the troops he currently has, whether he can withstand Chu Xiang's attack is a matter of two minds. It is better not to take advantage of others' danger at this time.

However, his whereabouts have been exposed, and this place is no longer a place to stay for a long time.

Chu Mo believed that no matter how the next battle turned out, no matter who would win, his life would definitely not be easy.

After thinking about it, he made up his mind and decided to break it into pieces and leave here in batches.

After all, the goal of a team of several thousand people was too big, and it was almost impossible to hide his whereabouts when both parties knew of his existence.

So, Chu Mo directly called Chu Ruowan and divided the team into 10 parts. He took a team of almost 300 people and asked the rest of the secret guards to take the remaining people back to Chang'an to look for Hong Fu Nu. They lurk in secret.

The other part is looking for opportunities to go to the Northern Zhou Dynasty to join them.

After everything was arranged clearly, we had to find a way to deal with the 1000 defenders left by Li Shimin at the foot of the mountain.

According to Chu Mo's current strength, dealing with these 1000 people is naturally not a problem.

But the trouble lies in how to quickly wipe out these 1000 defenders without letting them reveal the news.

After all, he was still in the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty and behind Li Shimin. If the other party was worried that he was coming to steal his retreat and wanted to kill him first, Chu Mo would be ready to cry.