Chapter 139 The Eastern Capital's Offensive and Defensive Battle
Emperor Li Longji returned to the Hall of Eternity, took a shower, changed into a wide Taoist robe, and came to the imperial study with a refreshing spirit.
Seeing a little boy in white sitting there making tea, Li Longji couldn't help but be happy and sat down cross-legged on the futon in front of the coffee table.
"Sage, drink tea!" Gao Mang smiled and obediently distributed the brewed tea into the cup in front of the emperor.
Li Longji picked up the cup and sniffed it first, and then slowly put the tea soup into his mouth.
Well, it's good, the taste is elegant and the temperature is just right for the entrance. This guy has tried his best.
Li Longji put down his cup and glanced at Gao Mang, looked up and down, nodded and said, "Well, it's better to wear Taoist robe. Don't wear armor in the future, so as not to be humiliated."
What does it mean, I am not worthy of armor anymore?
If it weren't for protecting you, I wouldn't wear it.
Gao Mang found a high-end reason for himself, and suddenly felt that he could be angry, so he curled his lips unscrupulously.
Li Longji didn't mind either and asked with a smile: "Boy, I must have felt a lot of feelings about this trip to Longmen?"
Gao Mang opened his eyes that were clearly black and white, his smile on his face was restrained a little, and he nodded and said, "The Yin soldiers are fierce, and the giant summoned by the Manichae priest is even more fierce. Fortunately, the boy is lucky and lucky, otherwise he might not have come back."
It’s not just about being blessed and having a great life. Your Taoist method is so powerful, how could you not have the way to protect yourself?
Li Longji smiled and drank tea, but his mind calmed down a little.
After seeing Xue Jichang's Taoist Dharma, Li Longji was also very eye-opening. When the Tianshu Tower was demolished, Sima Chengzhen's approach to the altar was not so incredible.
As Sima Chengzhen's closed disciple, Gao Mang may also have mastered some powerful Taoism, and it is indeed very appropriate to keep him by his side.
Suddenly thinking about something, Li Longji looked at Gao Lishi standing solemnly on the side: "Lishi, where is Huifei?"
Gao Lishi hurriedly said, "Concubine Hui asked to be confined to the Yeting Palace, and she has never come out since yesterday."
The Yeting Palace where the harem is located is located on the west side of the palace city. It was originally a place for palace maids and concubines to be selected. Since the Tang Dynasty, it has gradually become a place where women are imprisoned. It is a place with extremely strong yin energy and very unlucky. Therefore, once the emperor's concubines make mistakes, they often would rather suffer more punishment than be imprisoned in the Yeting Palace.
Concubine Wu Hui's confinement in the Yeting Palace was commendable.
Of course, the emperor also knew very well that Concubine Hui was acting like this mainly because she didn't want to be too far from the Palace of Eternal Life, so as not to miss something.
"She found a good place to hide from the quietness," Li Longji sneered and asked again, "Where is Xianyi?"
"Princess Xianyi and Princess Shou are still in the Goddess Palace in Shenduyuan and have never been out."
Li Longji nodded slightly, pondered for a moment and said to Gao Mang: "Boy, I'll lend it to your two ladies."
Gao Mang was stunned for a moment, then nodded, got up and walked out.
After all, Princess Xianyi and Princess Shou are all daughters. If the capital is in chaos, they are taken hostage, even if they fall into the hands of thieves, they will have a bad reputation, so someone needs to protect them.
Gao Mang's men happened to have a suitable candidate, Li Shierniang and Zheng Sanniang.
Li Longji looked at Gao Mang's departure back, and his eyes showed admiration. Talking to smart people is easy to deal with, and it is easy to understand at a glance.
Immediately, he looked at Chen Xuanli and asked in a deep voice: "Has the palace ban been deployed?"
Chen Xuanli had no sense of existence when he didn't speak. He always stood there like a statue. He then took a step forward when he heard the emperor's question and said with his hands: "Report to the saint, everything is well planned."
At this moment, a slight vibration came from the ground, and a faint roar came into everyone's ears.
Li Longji stood up with a serious expression, and his cold eyes seemed to travel through numerous palaces and project onto the battlefield at the foot of Beimang Mountain.
As the darkness improved, more than 200 flame giants as high as 100 feet high were moving forward. They were like burning lighthouses, illuminating the 100,000 Yin soldiers surging like tides under their feet.
Unlike the tactics that last time that attacked the 40,000 Tang troops, this time, the 100,000 Yin soldiers were completely dispersed, and more than two hundred flame giants were also dispersed, like a surging sea tide, pushing forward towards Luoyang City, rumbled forward.
The city wall in the north of Luoyang City is built on the high ground, extending from Longguang Gate to Guangxi Gate, which is ten miles long and six meters high, just like an indestructible embankment, firmly protecting Luoyang City.
The city walls were brightly lit, and the Tang Dynasty defenders were moving back and forth like ants, and the sound of gongs and drums of dispatching soldiers were heard endlessly.
On the open flat ground of the city walls, more than a dozen huge catapults began to operate. There were hundreds of people in front of each stone car to operate. The winch was turned in an orderly manner, and the roulette and lever were used to fix the millstone-sized huge rocks on the launch network.
At countless huge gaps in the female walls, crossbows and heavy crossbows were also set up, aiming at the north area of the city in a dark and stern manner.
On the high slope several miles away from the city wall, the 40,000 Tang troops led by King Xin'an remained motionless, arranged in neat arrays, and accumulated strength in Shenmu.
If 100,000 Yin soldiers spread out like this, the width will reach ten miles, and there are not many choices left for King Xin'an.
So he planned to adopt the simplest and most brutal method, which was to identify the central army of the Yin soldiers, and to determine the position of the anti-traitor Wu Chengsi, and defeat the enemy's central army in one fell swoop.
Boom, boom, boom, boom!
Amid the sound of shocking footsteps, the tide-like ghost soldiers had already rushed through the bottom of the U-shaped area and faced the slow high slope. The speed of the tide surging slowed down.
When will we not attack at this time?
Sitting upright on the war horse, Li Yi, King Xin'an put down the steel protective surface of his helmet, pulled out the long sword from his waist, and raised it high above his head.
The next moment, the long sword suddenly waved down, and King Xin'an shouted angrily: "Strike!"
"Strike!"
"Strike!"
"Strike!"
The front army of 20,000 Tang troops formed eight huge square formations, and rumbled to start at this moment, pushing forward heavily and rapidly.
With the help of the downhill momentum, the kinetic energy accumulated by the eight square arrays began to explode at this moment, and the movement speed gradually accelerated, crushing forward unstoppable.
The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty had already started running, but they still maintained a complete formation, and the ghost soldiers in front were clearly visible.
Fifty meters, thirty meters, ten meters!
Rumble!
The eight Tang military formations were like eight overbearing chariots, ramming head-on into the rushing camp of ghost soldiers, raising the broken bones in the sky.
The Tang Dynasty formation just shook slightly, and continued to rumble forward, and with the help of the downhill impact, it became even more fierce.
The projectile chariots and giant crossbows in the army also fired at the same time, but they were aiming at more than a dozen flame giants.
Amid the sharp sound of wind breaking and continuous roar, two thousand Buddhist practitioners and more than one hundred awakened people flew up, completely ignoring the army of ghost soldiers and directly attacking the 100-foot flame giant.
Chapter completed!