Changsheng opens treasure chests everywhere

Chapter 521 Bombardment
Li Cunxu died, and Li Siyuan took advantage of the situation to ascend the throne.Li Siyuan rejected Huo Yanwei, Kong Xun and other ministers' proposals on the grounds that his brother would end up with his brother, and continued to use Tang's country name and changed it to Yuan Tiancheng.

Li Siyuan was quite talented, and a series of measures after he succeeded to the throne not only consolidated the throne, but also made the agricultural economy develop and the people gradually became rich.

After two years in this way, the national power of the Tang Dynasty reached a new peak.At this time, all the places were subordinated, and only the state of Wu was still independent.Seeing that the time was ripe, Li Siyuan once again put the crusade against Wu on the agenda.

At the beginning of the third year of Tiancheng, Li Siyuan dispatched a large army, with Li Cunxiao as the vanguard, and at the same time ordered the kings from all over the country to coordinate and attack Wu!
If the Wu State is defeated, the Tang Dynasty will once again rule the world in name.Moreover, the Tang Dynasty was supported by Taoism, and the Wu Kingdom was backed by the New Sect. This battle also related to the fate of the two religions.

So when the war started, it immediately attracted the attention of all parties in the Three Realms.

"Why did Wu Jun withdraw again?"

In the Lingxiao Palace, the Jade Emperor and Taibai Jinxing used the round light technique to spy on the mortal war.After all, the survival of the Wu Kingdom directly affects the New Sect, and it is also related to this small conferment of gods.

The war has been going on for a month, but there has been no big movement.Tang Jun came menacingly, and Wu Jun tried his best to resist, but he just couldn't make real fire.

As the defender of the city, Wu Jun never stood firm, and often abandoned the city and retreated when it was almost done.Therefore, in just one month, Wu State had already lost three cities.

Seeing Wu Jun abandoning the city and retreating again, Taibai Jinxing was puzzled.In terms of strength, Wu Jun is fully capable of resisting again.

"You are well-rounded, but you know too little about the military."

The Jade Emperor smiled and explained.

"This time the Tang Dynasty used all the power of the whole country to attack Wu, but in fact, except for the main force of the Tang army, all the feudal states were jealous of each other and wanted to preserve their strength. So at this time, if the Wu State rushes these people and the war heats up, what will be faced The pressure must be greater!"

"That's how it is, Your Majesty."

Taibai Jinxing looked suddenly enlightened, and then flattered without leaving any traces, and then asked humbly for advice.

"But if this goes on like this, the Wu Kingdom's cities will be lost one after another, wouldn't it still be defeated in the end?"

"Hehe, it's not that simple."

The Jade Emperor smiled and said.

"Every time the Tang army captures a city, they have to divide their troops to garrison. Moreover, Wu State is different from other countries. The new religion has been in operation for more than a hundred years, and the people have long since returned. Even if the Tang army occupies the city, it will be difficult to win the hearts of the people for a while, and they have to be tired of dealing with the city. Spy of Wu State."

"Then Wu Guo has to fight back?"

"Old man, you are right this time."

The Jade Emperor smiled, his eyes darkened, and said.

"The state of Wu is currently procrastinating. Relying on its many years of operation to replenish its treasury, it has made it clear that it will fight a protracted war with the Tang Dynasty. This process is not only consuming the Tang Dynasty, but also the state of Wu's own power, in order to give the final blow!"

As the co-lord of the Three Realms, how can the Jade Emperor be the seemingly incompetent person.The next trend of the war is exactly as he said.

The state of Wu fought and retreated, and didn't care about the gains and losses of a city or a place.And every time he abandons the city, he calmly empties the granary and money bank.

In this way, what the Tang Dynasty got was like an empty city, without any supplies at all.Moreover, soldiers were stationed, and even food was given to the people in order to stabilize the people's hearts.

Under Li Siyuan's governance, although the Tang Dynasty had some savings, it was still not as good as Wu.After all, for more than a hundred years, the state of Wu has been developing with peace of mind, and there has been no war.

So this battle dragged on for more than a year, the area of ​​Wu State shrank by nearly half, and the treasury of the Tang Dynasty was almost empty.Hundreds of thousands of soldiers eat horse chews, and the daily cost is extremely staggering.

"Money, money, money!"

Li Siyuan could clearly see Wu Guo's strategy, but there was nothing he could do about it.

But if he just gave up on defeating Wu, Li Siyuan would not be reconciled, after all, as long as he persisted, the world could be reunified in his hands!
Balancing left and right, coupled with Taoism's persuasion, Li Siyuan continued to attack Wu, determined to put it down in one fell swoop!As for military expenses, we can only find ways to raise them.On the one hand, Li Siyuan collected taxes from all over the country, and on the other hand, he asked the various feudal states to share the taxes.

In this way, the problem of food and grass was temporarily solved, but the burden on the people increased, and complaints abounded for a while.And the kings of the various feudal towns are also dissatisfied one by one.

A series of problems have been breeding unconsciously.

But in any case, the battle continued, and the Tang Dynasty persisted for another year.The state of Wu was still retreating step by step, and in the end there were only a few important towns and strong cities left.

By this time, the war had come to an end.

At this moment, two voices appeared in the court.One is to encircle but not fight, and slowly fight Wu Guo to consume it.At this time, there were only a few cities in the state of Wu, and even if the food and grass in the cities were abundant, they would be exhausted.The other voice was full of energy and took down the country of Wu in one fell swoop!
"Your Majesty, there are many dreams in the long night."

Li Siyuan was a little hesitant, but at this time Guangchengzi spoke up, saying that if he continued to attack Wu, Taoism would fully support him.

"In that case... fight!"

With the support of Taoism, Li Siyuan felt more confident.And most importantly, as he gets older, his body is not as good as before.Li Siyuan could clearly feel that he might not have a good few years to live.

In order to accomplish the great cause of unifying the world, Li Siyuan finally made this risky decision.

"really……"

In Jinling, the capital of the state of Wu, Xu Xuan, Chunniang and others gathered here, and they couldn't help sighing when they learned that the Tang Dynasty had launched a general attack.

Wu Guo has repeatedly delayed the war, on the one hand to compete with Tang Chao for consumption, and on the other hand to wait for Mi Xiaoxia to come back.It is really hard to say when Mi Xiaoxia will return, but at this time Tang Chao has not given them time.

"Hit it! That thing is ready, just let Tang Jun try it out!"

Chunniang snorted softly, and there was a hint of sternness in her eyes.

Next, hundreds of thousands of Tang troops attacked and besieged the few remaining cities in Wu.Among them, the Flying Tiger Army led by Li Cunxiao was the vanguard and went straight to Jinling.

Jinling City is high and wide, and has always been known to be difficult to attack.The Flying Tiger Army is good at charging, but if they attack the city, they have to replace those cannon fodder.To put it bluntly, Li Cunxiao led the army here just to suppress the formation.

"The gates are open!"

But what people never expected was that when the Tang army came under the pressure, the gates of Jinling opened wide, and the Wu army rushed out, forming an army of ten thousand people under the city wall.

"Could it be fraudulent?"

It was supposed to hold out, but at this time only 1 people were sent, which looked like bait no matter how you looked at it.

"Flying Tiger Army! Come with me!"

But after thinking about it, what about the bait? Is there still an ambush in this lonely city?Li Cunxu hadn't seen his opponent for decades, so he didn't care about Wu Jun at this time, and led his army to charge forward with a loud shout.

The Flying Tiger Army is good at charging, with a total of [-] cavalry.At this time Li Cunxu took the lead, and the five thousand riders rushed up like a torrent.

"It's almost there, fire!"

On the city wall, the general guarding the city shouted loudly when he saw Tang Jun entering the range.

boom!boom!boom……

Immediately afterwards, there was a roar on the city wall, and the black lacquered shells fell into the Flying Tiger Army, exploded suddenly, and several riders around were directly overturned!
(End of this chapter)