Chapter 871

Chang'an City is already stormy and unfamiliar. Li Letian is also exhausted and difficult to support.

The Rong clan did not hesitate to attack the city, testing the bottom line of Chang'an City, and at the same time, it was also testing Li Letian's body.

Patrol the city, defend the city, give instructions and folds, and deal with the big and small things that happen in the city...... The siege of the Rong tribe has stopped, but for Li Letian, since the beginning of this battlefield, there has never been a truce, all the time.

Li Letian is not always an iron body, he is so angry day and night, and his body is getting worse and worse.

He quietly summoned the imperial doctor to take a look, and the situation was naturally not optimistic, and it was not the first time that he had coughed up blood. His family knows his own affairs, but the current Chang'an City can't afford any accidents, and Li Letian is keeping this matter a secret.

The little eunuch behind him also had an unbearable look on his face, he took a step forward gently, poured the hot tea, and said in a low voice:

"Your Majesty, take care of your health. ”

Li Letian nodded, and waved his hand again: "Call the guards in." ”

"Yes. ”

The little eunuch didn't know what was going on, so he walked out of the door and called two guards into the hall.

Li Letian didn't look up, but casually pointed at the little eunuch and said, "Pull it down and cut it." ”

The little eunuch's eyes widened in astonishment, and he fell to his knees with a puff, calling for His Majesty's mercy.

From beginning to end, Li Lotian didn't look up, still thinking about the retribution. The guards dragged the little eunuch out of the main hall, and his voice could still be heard from a distance, and it was only later that the voice gradually disappeared, and everything fell silent.

Li Lotian took a sip of hot tea before letting out a soft sigh.

There are countless eunuchs like this in the palace, and before long, there will be another person serving Li Letian. Serving tea and pouring water, attentive and quiet, he will always be there in time when he is needed. But when he is not needed, he is as if he does not exist.

By the second day, the Rong people launched a new round of siege.

Li Letian was neatly dressed and personally ascended to the city gate to command the battle. The game between the siege and defense of the two sides has been more than a day, and the fighting styles between each other are already well understood.

It is nothing more than the siege party dispatching trebuchets, siege vehicles, wooden ladders, and rope walls, and the defending side uses rolling wood and boulders, bows and arrows, and fire oil.

Until now, the lives of each other's dead and wounded have almost been able to pile up a city.

Therefore, Li Letian went into battle, mostly to improve morale, and when he was fighting, everyone was already doing their own duties, and there was no need for Li Letian to order too much.

The first battle was fiercer than the first, and the Rong people climbed to the top of the city several times, although they were pressed down, but they also caused many casualties.

In the past, this was a rare occurrence, and Chang'an City had obviously reached a time when it could no longer hold on.

After continuous fierce battles, Li Letian was also running out of gas, and the physical strength and fighting will of the soldiers defending the city were declining. Add to that all sorts of diseases, disabilities, and all sorts of factors combined, and it's enough to destroy everything.

Luo Yi and Luo Cheng assisted Li Letian, both of them have good skills, especially Luo Cheng, who is even more youthful and eager to fight face-to-face with the Rong people. But in a head-to-head confrontation, the Rong people have the title of the first in the field. So he had to be trapped in this city, and his skills were restricted and he couldn't use them.

"Your Majesty, come and see. Luo Yi said suddenly.

Li Letian looked in the direction of his finger and saw the Rong clan pushing out two towers from a distance.

The whole tower is made of wood, about 30 zhang high, much higher than the city wall of Chang'an City. There is a platform on top of it, which can hold thirty people to shoot arrows on it. The base of the tower is a huge wooden wheel, which is pushed close to the city walls by countless people.

Li Letian was taken aback, using this method to attack the city, the Rong clan had not used it before. But no tower of this height has ever been erected. If they were allowed to get close to the city walls and clear an area, the Rong soldiers would be able to swagger through the city.

When the Rong people will be able to break the city, no one knows. Maybe a year from now, maybe it's today.

Li Letian raised his spirit and said, "Luo Cheng, you must destroy the tower, and don't let them get close to the city wall." ”

"Yes. ”

Luo Cheng agreed, and showed the strength to fight to the death. At present, the only thing that can be molested into the tower is the bed crossbow on the city wall, which must be destroyed with the bed crossbow before it can get close to the wall.

The momentum of the Rong tribe's siege of the city is even stronger, in order to stop Luo Cheng's action. Luo Cheng hung on his body, commanded hoarsely, and destroyed a tower at any cost.

However, the second tower was close to the city wall, and the Rong archers on it fired arrows at the same time, and the Rong trebuchets attacked in the same direction. In a certain area, the emperor's casualties were not counted, and even Luo Cheng was hit by an arrow in the shoulder.

If they take advantage of the situation, Chang'an City will undoubtedly be broken. Li Letian was anxious at the moment, and his mouth was full of cheers.

Suddenly, I saw a crossbow arrow rushing out of the city, piercing directly into the platform at the top of the tower, instantly bringing down a large number of people.

"Good. Li Letian snorted: "Who did it?"

"Your Majesty, it's General Lu Junyi. ”

"Lu Junyi?" Li Letian was a little familiar with this name, but also a little unfamiliar.

Lu Junyi personally commanded the bed crossbow to fire, and hit three arrows in a row, clearing the archers on the platform.

The Rong tribe did not have the protection of towers, and the momentum of the siege gradually retreated. The siege lasted until dusk, when the Rong Mingjin retreated.

The soldiers at the head of the city breathed a sigh of relief, and some of the exhausted fell to the ground, exhausted, but also a little relieved.

Everyone finally survived another day.

But in the eyes of some discerning people, the mood is definitely not as happy as after the war. Today, the Rong clan dispatched two towers, which has brought great pressure to the city defense of Chang'an City. If another day they attack the city, what if they send out ten crosses, a hundred?

The Rong people are not short of manpower, and there is no shortage of trees near Chang'an, and now they occupy the absolute initiative. Chang'an City, on the other hand, is in a passive state, and there are not many paths to choose.

Clear-eyed people can understand: the Rong people have mastered the method of breaking the city, and the remaining days of Chang'an City are numbered.

After the war, Li Letian came to Lu Junyi's side. Lu Junyi was bandaging his wounds, and he knelt down with a pop: "Subordinate Lu Junyi, see Your Majesty." ”

"General Lu, please get up, hurry up. Li Letian personally picked up Lu Junyi: "Today, thanks to Lu Junyi's unchaotic battle, we can destroy the offensive of the Rong clan." Under whom did General Lu work before?"

Lu Junyi got up and said, "My subordinates came from Liangzhou with the Marquis of Baili. ”

Li Letian sighed, is Liangzhou so talented, Lu Junyi is just a trip from Liangzhou, and he is already so good.

"The Marquis of Baili is also a loyal minister of the empire, but it is a pity that he was poisoned by gangsters. Li Letian said to Lu Junyi: "But I buried the hero, and the people came, and General Lu was sealed and captured, and the jade belt was rewarded." ”