Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

With the completion of the first batch of siege equipment, Li Shimin also began to make corresponding strategic adjustments.

First of all, they sent troops to constantly harass and test the weak defense areas of Luoyang City and test the power of fire cannons.

After all, no matter how detailed the description in the battle report is, it is not as realistic as seeing it with your own eyes.

Secondly, Li Shimin mobilized 20000 civilians from various places to fill the trenches dug by Chu Xin day and night, trying to control the trenches as close as possible to the enemy's range.

Finally, Li Shimin selected 2000 troops from Duan Zhixuan's cavalry and moved them day and night, pretending to be reinforcements coming from all over.

Don't you know that all his arrangements are just a farce in the eyes of Chu Xin, who has a telescope?

After a few days of rest, Li Shimin finally chose the day in February when the dragon raised his head and ordered the attack on Luoyang City.

As the first ray of sunlight shone on the earth, Li Shimin commanded the newly built catapult and siege crossbow to start the first wave of attack.

As the attack began, huge boulders burning with flames roared and were thrown towards the city wall of Luoyang City, constantly blasting holes in the city wall.

However, there were differences on Chu Xin's side.

After witnessing the power of fire cannons, Li Chengqian, who was full of confidence, began to win over the officials and gentry in the city during this period, hoping to seize control of Luoyang City.

In the face of the blessing of Li Chengqian's status as prince and the generous salary he promised to high-ranking officials, many people still changed their families and joined Li Chengqian.

Although Chu Xin's control over Luoyang City is unparalleled, she is used to being strong and has always believed in the strategy of using power to overwhelm others.

Therefore, on the surface, the officials and gentry were obedient to her, but secretly there was no resentment.

Now that Li Chengqian is taking the lead, everyone naturally chooses to follow a master who is easy to talk to, rather than seeing Chu Xin's cold and heartless face.

Just half an hour before Li Shimin launched the siege, Li Chengqian directly surrounded the Chu Mansion with a group of officials and gentry he recruited, as well as nearly a thousand miscellaneous servants in their mansion, in order to force Chu Xin to hand over his army. of control.

Chu Xin, who had always been extremely strong, could not bear this kind of humiliation. She immediately ordered Shadow and Shadow to kill all the offenders.

But what Chu Xin never expected was that she had a grandmaster on her side, and Li Chengqian didn't have any trump cards.

The reason why he dared to force Gong Chuxin directly was because the two masters Zhou Qing and Ma Ming sent by Li Shimin to protect him had been bribed by him and became his thugs.

In Li Chengqian's view, although the men under a nouveau riche like Chu Xin have some strength, their background is not enough, and they cannot compare with him in any case.

Although the two masters, Zhou Qing and Ma Ming, also felt that Chu Xin had a master beside him, their strong self-confidence of two against one made them unable to help but instigate Li Chengqian to take action directly.

So, amid all kinds of praise and the support of two masters, Li Chengqian was so confident that he didn't want to wait for a moment and launched the attack directly.

Although Chu Xin had already heard about what Li Chengqian was doing and had a way to deal with it, she never imagined that the other party would choose to launch an attack just before Li Shimin attacked the city.

She was caught off guard at first, but she quickly came to her senses.

He directly mobilized his shadow guards and started a massacre, hoping to kill the people brought by Li Chengqian quickly and achieve a quick victory.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Li Chengqian directly took action against the two masters, Zhou Qing and Ma Ming, in order to restore the disadvantage.

But the joining of Ma Ming and Zhou Qing also directly led to the joining of Shadow and Shadow.

Although Shadow and Shadow were stronger than Ma Ming and Zhou Qing, the battle between the four masters still affected a wide range of areas, and it would not end in a short time. Therefore, the two sides were in a stalemate for a while.

At the same time, Li Shimin outside the city also launched an attack.

However, when the burning boulders roared across the sky, a drizzle began to fall from the sky at the right time.

When Li Shimin saw the rain falling in the sky, he couldn't help sighing. Could it be that God couldn't bear the loss of life this time?Shedding tears for this?

Although he felt a little sentimental in his heart, as an emperor, he would not change his plan because of this.

With the launch of catapults and siege crossbows, three Tang armies outside Luoyang City launched an attack at the same time.

But at this time, the city of Luoyang was almost in a state of panic. How could Chu Xin find the energy to direct the battle to defend the city. Therefore, she simply issued a few orders to let the soldiers defending the city stand still and wait for reinforcements.

Regarding Chu Xin's orders, the officers guarding the city carried out them very thoroughly.

Since the Lord has said that we must stand firm and wait for help, we can't go out at all.

So, a group of fire soldiers held "fire sticks" and fought on the city wall, aiming at the enemies below the city, preparing to send them home when they got close.

As the catapult attack ceased, the first wave of Tang troops quickly crossed the trenches and arrived at the foot of Luoyang City. They set up ladders and began to attack the city.

When the commander of the Chu army in the city saw that it was almost done, he immediately ordered his soldiers to take aim and start designing freely.

Because Chu Xin also considered waterproofing when designing the firegun, so although there was a drizzle in the sky, it had little impact.

As the first wave of neat gunshots rang out, the Tang Army soldiers rushing in the first row fell directly into a pool of blood.

However, when the second wave of shooting came, something went wrong.

Although Chu Xin improved the waterproof technology of the fire gun, due to the drought in the Guanzhong area before, and since autumn, it has hardly rained.

Therefore, the school officers only taught some precautions during training, and the soldiers had no experience in dealing with this kind of weather.

Therefore, when the second round of firing was launched, many gunmen failed to fire.

But the misfire of the fire gun is more troublesome than filling it.

After a while of fussing, the soldiers emptied the gunpowder and lead bullets from the barrels and reloaded them, only to find that the fire marks on their bodies had been extinguished by the rain at some point.

Not only that, as the rain intensified and the pressure brought by the Tang army under the city slowly climbed up the city wall, gradually, these fire gun soldiers who had never been so close to the enemy began to feel fear.

And this kind of fear is contagious. Soon, the city wall was gradually shrouded in a shadow of fear.

And this fear became uncontrollable when the first Tang Army warrior to climb the city wall waved his sword and chopped off the head of a school captain.