Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

"Commander, the gate of Shaanxiguan City has been broken, and there is no effective resistance in the city."

"It is estimated that our people will be able to kill all the living creatures in the city before it gets dark."

A general of the Living Dead Legion knelt in front of Chu Xiang and reported the current battle situation.

After hearing this, Chu Xiang just nodded indifferently.

Then he looked at Shaanxi Guanguan, who was already burning with thick smoke, and said:

"After today, there will be no more Shaanxi Guanyi City in the world."

After hearing Chu Xiang's order, the general's eyes were full of madness:

"I will obey the Commander-in-Chief's orders."

After saying that, he quickly led a group of people and rushed towards Shaanxi Guoguan.

Soon, a raging fire broke out in Shaanxi Temple.

From all directions, there were all kinds of screams and mournful cries.

Li Ji, with less than 20000 remaining soldiers under his command, abandoned Shaanxi Guoguan at the first opportunity, went straight out of the city gate, and pursued Li Shimin and others in the direction they evacuated.

Although he was worried that Chu Xiang behind him would send troops to continue the pursuit.

But at this time, he could no longer care about much.

What he has to do now is to inform Li Shimin about the fall of Shaanxi Guoguan as soon as possible and let him know the seriousness of the situation.

You must know that the fall of Shaanxi Guoguan means that the northern gate of the Tang Dynasty is wide open. The iron hoof of the Great Zhou Dynasty can invade the Tang Dynasty at any time. Gyeonggi Road will no longer be defended, and Chang'an will be surrounded.

At this time, the Tang Dynasty had no other choice but to mobilize the whole country to defend the westward advance of the Zhou Dynasty and find a way to recapture Shaanxi and Guoguan.

Soon, Li Ji saw Li Shimin who looked depressed.

The moment the monarch and his ministers met, neither party spoke.

The first time Li Shimin saw Li Ji, he knew that the city must have been destroyed when he looked at the mess he was in, the defeated soldiers who were following him, and the thick smoke rising into the sky in Shaanxi Guan.

However, what he didn't expect was that the tens of thousands of troops in Shaanxi Guan could not stop Da Zhou for half a day. Less than two hours had passed and they had already fallen. How could he not be surprised?

Fortunately, Li Shimin never thought that Li Ji took the initiative to abandon the city and flee.

If the other party wanted to do this, he would have already taken action, and would even leave with him. He would never follow him to this point.

The first time Li Ji saw Li Shimin, he felt that he was ashamed of the emperor's trust in him. He actually left Shaanxi Guoguan so easily, which made him even embarrassed to face Li Shimin in front of him.

"Your Majesty, the guilty minister deserves to die. I have failed to live up to His Majesty's high hopes, so I beg Your Majesty to die."

Li Ji jumped off his horse and knelt directly in front of Li Shimin.

"Why did Mao Gong say this? This battle cannot be decided by human power, so why should you blame yourself?"

Li Shimin hurriedly stepped forward, supported Li Ji, and comforted him in a calm voice.

"Your Majesty, I am incompetent and should not..."

Before he finished speaking, he was directly interrupted by Li Shimin:

"Maogong, how will this battle go? We know in our hearts that I will not blame you. Now tell me, is Chu Xiang ready to continue marching westward?"

After hearing Li Shimin's words, Li Ji shook his head and said:

"No, after Chu Xiang captured Shaanxi Guan, he did not rush to pursue it, but sealed the four gates."

Hearing that the four doors were closed, Li Shimin fell silent for a moment.

He knew that the other party probably had only one purpose for doing this, and that was to massacre the city.

That group of demons took pleasure in devouring human flesh. Now that they have captured Shaanxi Guoguan, you don't need to think about what will happen to the remaining soldiers in the city and the people in the city.

Taking a deep breath, Li Shimin looked at Li Ji and slowly said:

"Maogong, how do you think I should respond now?"

Upon hearing Li Shimin's inquiry, Li Ji did not hide anything and directly spoke out what was in his heart:

"Your Majesty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty is now powerful. If we rely solely on Chang'an's troops, it may be difficult to resist. The current plan is to send troops from various prefectures to Beijing for reinforcements."

"Haha, dispatch soldiers from various prefectures to come to help..."

Li Shimin sighed deeply.

Others don't know, so how could he, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, not know.

The gap between himself and Dazhou now is not a gap in numbers at all, but a gap in weapons and equipment.

There are indeed many provincial armies in various places, but what they possess are basically cold weapons.

If you want to use cold weapons to fight the Northern Zhou Dynasty's firearms, it is better to let them kill themselves on the spot to avoid a lot of trouble.

"Maogong, it's not that I don't want soldiers from all over the country to come to Beijing to help, but you also know that all the soldiers holding firearms have been lost in Shaanxi Guan in this battle."

"Even if we call again, those who come will not have many firearms. How can we resist Chu Xiang?"

Hearing this, Li Ji was stunned.

He knew exactly how many firearms the reinforcements brought this time.

"Your Majesty, is there any misunderstanding in this? Uncle Bao brought only 5000 fire gun soldiers this time. According to the casting power of our Datang, it shouldn't be just this much, right..."

Li Ji didn't say the next words, but how could Li Shimin not hear it? The other party was reminding him.

"You said that only 5000 gun soldiers came this time? But I clearly remember that 20000 new troops and 50000 auxiliary soldiers came this time. Those new troops should have firearms in their hands. You Could it be that I remembered it wrong?"

"Your Majesty, I handled this matter single-handedly. In the end, Shu Bao personally handed over these 5000 people to me. I will definitely not remember it wrong."

Li Ji retorted again.

Hearing Li Ji's words, Li Shimin was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

No wonder, he said, with nearly 70000 reinforcements coming this time, how could it be possible that Shaanxi Guoguan had already fallen in less than two days.

Li Shimin finally figured out the fishy nature of this.

"Is Changsun Wuji here? Where are the generals at all levels who are reinforcing the army?"

Li Shimin looked around, suppressed the anger in his heart and roared.

"Your Majesty, Lord Changsun has been sent to various places to raise food, grass and gunpowder."

The waiter beside him hurriedly reminded in a low voice.

"What about the other generals? Are you going to tell me that they all died in Shaanxi Temple?"

Hearing the chamberlain's answer, Li Shimin, who was already angry, finally couldn't help but roar.

Hearing Li Shimin's roar, the chamberlain hurriedly bent down and saluted:

"Your Majesty, I will ask someone to bring them here."

Soon, several generals who were also in a mess and covered in blood were brought over.

"Are you the generals of this reinforcement?"

Seeing the visitor, Li Shimin asked directly.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

When everyone saw Li Shimin, they were all trembling with fear. They didn't know why His Majesty the Emperor summoned them. Could it be that he wanted to put all the responsibility for this battle on them.