Chapter 25: The city is broken in confusion
Ju Xian'er forced a smile, and her hands in her sleeves were tightly clenched because she was nervous: "Brother Wang was kidding, my mother didn't leave me any relics."
"Holy Fire Order!" Ju Zhisheng was too lazy to act anymore. He had already ascended Gaochang's throne of power without suppressing himself: "Please hand it over well, so as not to suffer."
"Brother Wang, I really don't understand what you are talking about!" Ju Xian'er had heard the plans of the Ju family and son, and knew that she had no way out, so she could only grit her teeth and refuse to admit it.
"Hmph!" Ju Zhisheng looked at her coldly and waved his hand. A group of old nannies rushed up, grabbed Ju Xian'er with all their might and dragged him to the side hall next door.
No matter how Ju Xian'er cried, Ju Zhisheng was indifferent. After a long time, Ju Xian'er's crying turned into a small life. Ju Zhisheng came to the gate of the side hall and asked, "Have you noticed it?"
"Return to the king, nothing was discovered."
Ju Zhisheng looked at a eunuch behind him again, and the eunuch also said, "Your Majesty, I searched the princess' residence several times, but there was nothing."
A trace of disappointment flashed through Ju Zhisheng's eyes, and then he became even more cruel and said coldly: "The father's will beg you to the Turkic prince Ashinakun. If you are in a hurry, please clean up and I will send a thousand cavalry to escort you. In the face of crisis in the family and country, as Princess Gaochang, you should understand what you should do."
Ju Xian'er said nothing, and her eyes looked at Ju Zhisheng full of hatred.
Ju Zhisheng chuckled, he didn't care at all. Without the Holy Fire Order, Ju Xian'er was just an ordinary beautiful woman. Although she was tempting, she was not as good as the king.
The old nanny pushed Ju Xian'er and took her down to dress up. Ju Zhisheng returned to the spirit and looked at his father's coffin, silent for a moment.
He murmured, "Father, please bless me!"
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This is a battle to sway the country!
Gaochang raised 50,000 available soldiers, of which 20,000 cavalrymen had already joined Ashinakun one step ahead. Then 30,000 infantrymen set off later. Ju Xian'er's car was sandwiched between two groups of men.
Then the Gaochang city gate was closed, Ju Zhisheng stood at the top of the city and watched the army leave. Somehow, he felt a little panicked.
An inexplicable premonition told him that things might not go so smoothly. But he couldn't think of the problem, and suddenly a terrible thought appeared in his mind: If Ashinakun surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, Gaochang would be in danger!
But immediately, he denied this idea again.
How is that possible?
Not to mention that Asunakun was a Turkic person, he would not be able to surrender just by saying that he suffered humiliation at the hands of the prince of the Tang Dynasty.
He is a prairie eagle!
"I hope Ashinakun can successfully capture Dingxiang City."
Ju Zhisheng sighed.
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Dingxiang City.
As a border city, there are not many ordinary people in Dingxiang City, less than 10,000 people, and most of them are the families of border soldiers.
At noon, the horse was exploring the horse and Gaochang came all over the country. The people in Dingxiang City were panic and the people whispered.
One hour later, Li Mu ordered the four gates to be closed, and all the people of Dingxiang packed up fine and soft things, abandoned the Xicheng, and gathered under the East City Wall. All the soldiers and civilians demolished the houses in Xicheng together, and set up "stuttering horses" and "horse-refusing piles" in each street, leaving only a way to live for passage.
The people were unaware of this and were unwilling to give up their houses and shops, but the prince's strict orders had no room for their consideration and had to be implemented.
The efficiency is still very fast, because no technology is needed. When you push it to a wall, there are still a few big stones on the street, so the horses can't run.
The lieutenants turned into foremen and asked the soldiers to remove all the wood in the house, scatter evenly on the ground, fill the bottom with hay, and pour tinder oil. Just one spark is a continuous fire.
"A little more wolf manure and cow manure will be thrown on the wood. Will the fire burn out loud?"
Li Mu led the two generals of Hemha to patrol the streets and gave the latest instructions.
"Your Highness, I have something unknown." Da Cangming's desire for knowledge is still very strong: "The Gaochang army is coming, we should defend the city, why should we demolish the city? In this way, even if the enemy is repelled, the city will be destroyed."
"Good question." Li Mu patted Da Cangming's shoulder and asked, "Ajun, let me ask you, is it the tall city of Gaochang or the tall city of Dingxiang?"
This was a big clue, and immediately replied: "It must be that Gaochang Royal City is tall, after all, it is a royal city."
"If they can get their royal city and destroy this city - will this deal be done?"
"It's done!" Cheng Chumo interrupted, Fang Yiai glared at him, what's the point of showing off? Can you still be as smart as me?
"I think it's done too!" Fang Yiai smiled and went to shout his subordinates to find wolf manure.
Li Mu looked at the sky and the sun was about to set in another hour.
"The show will start soon!" Li Mu winked at Cheng Chumo, who understood and fled into the soil.
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At dusk, 10,000 cavalry of the Tang vanguard Army finally arrived in Dingxiang. After killing several Turkic scouts, they entered the city from the east gate in great battle.
Then, Ashinakun, who received the news, was furious. Despite the opposition of General Gaochang, he ordered the three armies to make rice and prepare torches to attack the city after sunset!
The war drum shook the sky, and the prince of the Tang Dynasty led five thousand cavalry to fight. The two armies fought each other and had a victory or defeat. The gold roared at the head of Dingxiang City, and Li Mu led the army back.
The Tang army lost its spirit first and further strengthened the idea of Ashinakun's attack on the night. Seeing this, the generals of Gaochang did not object anymore. Finally, the west was drifting, and Ashinakun beat the drums himself, and the three armies had already had a full meal. It was the time when morale was booming.
"Soldiers!"
Ashinakun's energy sinks into his dantian and whispers: "Capture the city of Dingxiang, Xu Er and others plunder the city! There are all kinds of gold and silver beauties! Those who dare to have timid battles will definitely kill them!"
The heavy horn sounded, and the people neighed and the horses rolled forward.
But soon, the Gaochang generals realized that the Turkic cavalry did not step forward. They consciously lag behind and soon landed at the end of the brigade.
A Gaochang general wanted to argue, but was shot and killed by Ashinakun without any mercy. This made them realize in an instant that this was done by the Turks on purpose.
When I thought about it, it was actually not surprising. This battle was fought between Gaochang and the Tang Dynasty, and Ashinakun could not destroy his cavalry for the sake of outsiders.
The arrow was on the string and had to be fired. There was no time for them to think about, and the city wall of Dingxiang was already close.
"kill!!"
The two armies fought together, and what surprised Gaochang people was that the Tang people's strength seemed not as strong as they imagined. As soon as they confronted each other and had not yet met a few times, the Tang army began to retreat. It felt like the two of them were fighting, and one side was exhausted, and with a trembling wrist, they were defeated step by step.
The people of Gaochang were excited, especially the generals who were holding their anger, who kept urging them to pursue them. If the Turks were not used, they would take down Dingxiang City, and see how proud they were.
At this moment, someone shouted: "The city gate is broken, rush!"
As if he was injected with chicken blood, the Gaochang cavalry rushed into Dingxiang City like crazy.
Chapter completed!