Longxi city head.

Li Shimin commanded the soldiers to repel another attack from the Dangxiang people. When he came down from the city, Li Shimin took off his helmet, picked up the scoop of water and drank a scoop of boiling water.

He couldn't remember which round of offense this was.

Longxi City has a small wall and a small number of soldiers and few generals. Dangxiang people knew that there was Li Shimin, the King of Qin of the Tang Dynasty, in the city, and they were even more reluctant to give up. For several days, they had to attack many times every day.

"Your Highness, we don't have many arrows anymore." Changsun Wuji was wearing an iron suit and carrying a horizontal knife into the house, with a very bad look on his face.

"Without arrows, we will use stones and wood. When the stones and wood are used up, we will break the house and take the wood to get the stones. Collect the pots in the people's homes, put them to the top of the city, boil oil, water and feces, and in short, try our best to defend the city." Li Shimin leaned there, full of fatigue.

But at the beginning, he chose not to retreat and stick to Longxi City.

At this time, he had to persevere.

"How many brothers were injured or killed?"

"In the past round, more than 300 people have been killed in battle, and more than 100 people have been seriously injured. Slight injuries are not counted." Changsun Wuji sighed and said, "Tuyuhun's soldiers are numerous and take turns to fight, and they don't give them any chance at all. The Tang army can only rely on the evening to get some time.

"Fortunately, Zhang Wenyuan's medical regulations have been taken into account."

"It's a pity that Zhang Wenyuan is not here!"

Li Shimin was calm on the surface, but also anxious. At this time, he really hoped that Zhang Chao would support him, and needed his eight thousand supplementary soldiers. He needed his food, grass and equipment, and even his five thousand civilians. With these, he could hold on for a longer time.

"Our messenger should have arrived at Zhang Chao long ago, right?" Li Shimin asked, as if he was talking to himself.

Changsun Wuji did not return, and he still couldn't accept it. Zhang Chao was actually the secret room sent by the King of Qin to the East Palace. Moreover, he was not as full of expectations for Zhang Chao as the King of Qin. He admitted that Zhang Chao was indeed very clever when he went to the East Palace to do the room. But how could Zhang Chao say that he thought Zhang Chao was capable and very eager and wise, and knew a lot of all kinds of things.

But no one is perfect, and Zhang Chao cannot understand that he can join forces in war.

Even if Zhang Chao understands military tactics and battle formations, he has never led the troops at all. Even though he is born with a general, Zhang Chao does not have soldiers, but just a group of farmers.

A good wife can't cook without rice. Can Zhang San defeat the fierce Dangxiang Qiang with a group of farmers?

There is no reply yet. Changsun Wuji feels that either Zhang Chao has encountered the Qiang people being defeated and the food and grass being taken away halfway. Or he has discovered the Qiang people in time and retreated into a city on the way to stand for help.

Zhang Chao might be waiting for the King of Qin to save him at this time, so how could he save them?

Even if Zhang Chao really came with the 8,000 soldiers and 5,000 civilians, and food and equipment, how could he get close to tens of thousands of Tuyuhun and Dangxiang Qiang outside?

"I believe Zhang Wenyuan will definitely come and help me!"

Along the river castle.

Zhang Chao met Li Shimin's personal guard who had finally found Yanhebao all the way from Longxi City, Weizhou.

Zhang Chao was also speechless when he learned that Tuyuhun had captured Weizhou City and Li Shimin led his army to defend Longxi City and was besieged by Tuyuhun Army.

"Fu Qiang City has not yet been lost, but it is still holding on. However, from Weizhou to Qinzhou, Dangxiang Qiang is burning, killing and plundering everywhere, and many villages and small cities are lost."

"Your Highness urgently needs General Manager Zhang to lead the army to reinforce, and you need your food, grass and weapons to support you!"

"Send this brother down to have a meal and let him have a good rest." Zhang Chao asked someone to take the guard down.

In the temporary military conference hall of the general general manager, several bachelors and several generals were sitting there, and everyone was silent. They had received Li Shimin's military order and asked them to go to Longxi to meet and bring food, grass and weapons to reinforce.

But the road was 200 miles away. Although Fuqiang City had not yet been lost, there were rebellious Dangxiang Qiang everywhere, at least nearly 10,000.

Let Zhang Chao and the others take these 8,000 new recruits and 8,000 civilians to Longxi with food, grass and weapons. This is a death.

Zhang Chao was thinking, maybe he had been staying in Yanhebao, sitting and watching Li Shimin get rid of food and die in battle? Then he had become a person who changed history, not changing a little bit, but changing the history of the Tang Dynasty for three hundred years.

But if he sits alone and doesn't save him, will Li Shimin really be defeated and killed in battle? What if Li Shimin defends him, or he runs back like the defeat of Asamihara.

Then I will be really finished.

No matter what, Li Yuan will definitely not let him go. Even if Li Jiancheng will be very happy, the risk is too great.

Moreover, Zhang Chao has always chosen to help Li Shimin, which is not just that Li Shimin became emperor in history.

Also because after Li Shimin became emperor, he was indeed a good emperor. He could accept advice and work hard to govern, restore peace in the Central Plains, and even conquer Tuyuhun, defeat the Turkicide, etc. The rule of Zhenguan was not empty talk.

Although the Zhenguan rule was only a rule of the world, not a prosperous era, Zhenguan created the foundation for the Tang Dynasty's prosperity for three hundred years, and the Kaiyuan prosperous era was also the foundation laid by the Zhenguan rule. Even though the Tang Dynasty was only a strong year for a hundred years, it was inseparable from the Zhenguan rule.

If someone else becomes the emperor, will the Tang Dynasty still be the same?

Can Li Jiancheng become the Tiankang Khan? Can the Tang Dynasty still defeat the Turks?

Zhang Chao was unable to be sure. What he could be sure of was that Li Shimin achieved the Tang Dynasty after becoming the Second Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. The prosperous era of the Han and Tang Dynasties, later generations were extremely eager to talk about the Han and Tang Dynasties. It was the great martial arts of the two emperors, Han Wu and Tangzong.

Moreover, Li Shimin is a relatively polite person. Although he is also a brainless person, overall, Li Shimin is still good. He can even store the remnants of the prince-party, and he does not have the same trick as killing heroes. The ministers advised him and even pointed at Li Shimin's nose and spitted saliva. He would not do anything.

Only under such an emperor can life be better.

Zhang Chao didn't know what Li Jiancheng would be like to be an emperor. Maybe Li Jiancheng would be a king like Han Wenjing? Zhang Chao could not be sure, but Zhang Chao felt that Li Jiancheng's mind was definitely not as good as Li Shimin and his ability was also inferior.

One side is unknown, the other side is known.

Moreover, Zhang Chao had already chosen the side and stood up, and he would change the team halfway through, and he would probably not have a good ending.

After thinking about it, I still have to accept this order to save Li Shimin.

But there are still three thousand Dangxiang Qiang in front of you who have already come up!

Let’s deal with it first!

What is the most famous thing about Dangxiang Qiang? Of course, their riding and shooting skills are not as good as those of the Turks, but they are also very powerful. In history, the Dangxiang people in the early Tang Dynasty did not often rebel and subjugate. Later, they were whipped by Chai Shao, Li Jing, Cheng Yaojin, Li Shiji, Niu Jinda, etc., and finally cried and sang to conquer.

Then the Li Tang established many gui Mizhou, allowing these surrendered leaders of the Dangxiang tribe to be governors themselves, and even married princesses. After that, these people were honest for more than a hundred years. In the late Tang Dynasty, these Dangxiang people responded to the order to serve the king and fought against the rebellion for the Li Tang. They received many rewards, including territory.

During the Five Dynasties, these Dangxiang people became stronger and stronger. In the early Song Dynasty, they finally established their own Dabai Shangguo.

Xixia was established by the Tuoba tribe, one of the eight major tribes of Dangxiang Qiang.

However, at present, the Dangxiang people are still relatively scattered, and each tribe is in charge of their own affairs, does not unite, and even often has civil wars. It is precisely because of its looseness that they are conquered by the Long Tuyuhun crossing the river, and many tribes come to join in and follow the Central Plains regime.

But these Dangxiang people are not obedient to the people. Just like now, most of the Dangxiang people who are attached to them have rebelled and followed Tuyuhun again.

Standing on the top of the city, Zhang Chao felt that these Dangxiang Qiang people were actually nothing. They were not even considered military, but just tribal herders, without training or organization, and fighting was the same as tribal hunting.

If there was a well-trained and fully equipped Tang Dynasty mansion soldier, Zhang Chao felt that he could expose these tribal warriors. Unfortunately, Zhang Chao did not have such mansion soldiers.

He watched those people come up and could only let the soldiers guarding the city raise their wooden shields high.

Most of these wooden shields are made temporarily, and a small amount is transported. Anyway, Zhang Chao can't control those, so he will take care of himself first.

On the top of the city, handfuls of crossbows were ready.

Li Shimin and Zhang Chao's one hundred cavalry acted as archers at this time. The more than a hundred officers sent were also brought to him by Zhang Chao as archers. Everyone who had a little shooting talent was chosen as crossbowmen by Zhang Chao.

Even a group of Fuyuan crossbows that require several people to open crossbows were set up.

These were originally weapons that were to be transported to Li Shimin, but now Zhang Chao has used them first.

Dangxiang Qiang also had bows and arrows, but their bows were far inferior to those of the Tang Dynasty, not to mention the Tang crossbow with a range of one or two hundred steps.

"Punish it when you get closer, don't waste arrows."

Zhang Chao also held a crossbow in his hand. Although it was a bit dangerous for the main general to stand on the top of the city, in order to inspire the morale of these recruits, Zhang Chao had to grit his teeth and stand in front.

Fortunately, the city wall is quite high, and Dangxiang Qiang's horses cannot fly up. There are trenches in front and women's walls to guard. In addition, the shield and leather armor and silk jacket on their bodies, Zhang Chao would not be in danger unless he was in a bad mood.

A Dangxiang Qiang cavalry rushed to the city on horseback and shouted at it.

"I actually have to persuade me to surrender. These donkey grass are so shameless!"

Zhang Chao recruited Cui Yi, "Are you sure to kill this bitch?"

The Feixiong Camp was aiming, "It is estimated that it is a hundred steps away, so this man is very careful. He usually cannot shoot him by bows and arrows, but we have crossbows. Do we want to shoot him? He is the messenger."

"What a messenger, the rebels are worthy of being called the messenger, kill him." Zhang Chao said.

He hopes to use this to infuriate the Qiang people and let them take a strong attack, so that they can consume these Qiang soldiers well.

"Look at me." Cui Yi replied with a smile.

Cui Yi is not a qualified commanding officer, but he is an excellent guard. He has good martial arts skills and is skilled in archery and horses. He can not only drive strong bows, but also hard crossbows.

Cui Yi stepped on the Fuyuan Crossbow, which was only two people could drive.

Aim, shoot.

The iron-feathered crossbow arrow left the string with a scream. This is a special armor-breaking arrow, and the arrow is cone-shaped.

The arrow sounded, and the Knight Dangxiang had just heard the sound, but before he could react, the arrow had already hit his head. The iron crossbow arrow shot directly through the man's head.

Zhang Chao put away his telescope.

He gave Cui Yi a thumbs up, "Drunk with one arrow, the shooting technique is good. But I will only give you nine points, and the remaining one is a bit regretful because you didn't hit his eye."

Cui Shanfu, Ma Zhou and others were all staring at Zhang Chao's telescope.

"Sanlang, what is this?"

Zhang Chao replied with a smile, "This thing is called Hawkeye, also called Qianlijing, and is one of the treasures passed down to me by my master, Master Sanzang."

"Hawk's Eye, Miles Miles Miles, can you really see thousands of miles away?"

"Of course it's not that exaggerated, but you can see the facial features of a person a mile away. If you can see the mole on the person's face clearly, you can see the mole on the person's face clearly at a hundred steps."

The telescope in Zhang Chao's hand is just a ten-fold telescope, which is equivalent to pulling the target ten times closer. Looking at a target of one thousand meters is equivalent to seeing a result of a hundred meters with the naked eye.

To put it bluntly, the telescope is actually to bring the target closer, not to extend it.
To be continued...