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- No matter how careful and detailed the plan is, there will be times when things go wrong. This time, Li Shimin deeply understood the truth of this sentence.
Regarding the raid on Jiangling, Li Shimin thought that he had made careful arrangements and sufficient preparations, but he still did not expect that the battle he was determined to win would be beaten to a pulp.
The initial plan went well. Li Shimin captured the west gate and led the main force of the Tang army into the city.
But the plan soon went awry. Xiao Xian's successful breakout gave him a blow.
Li Shimin did not expect that Xiao Xian would not even fight, but directly chose to break out, which made many of his arrangements come to nothing.
The king of a country can run faster than a rabbit, so why don't you give me some shame?
??During the limited contacts between Li Shimin and Xiao Mian, Li Shimin felt that Xiao Mian was a man of average ability, scheming and unstoppable. If it were not for the right time, he would be a fifth-rank official, not to mention the emperor.
Such people are simply unable to cope with chaos.
Therefore, Li Shimin placed the main battlefield in the city, focusing on seizing the city. The focus of the attack was on the city gates, county offices, arsenals, granaries and other important places in the city.
Although Shuang Shiluo and his troops were arranged in advance to block the attack in the east, it was just a partial division and was not expected to play any role.
He thought that Xiao Mian would tremble with fear in the palace.
When he learned that Xiao Mian had broken out, he immediately ordered Li Daozong to lead the elite cavalry to pursue him, but it was already a step too late as Xiao Mian had already boarded the ship. Although Li Daozong beat Liang Jun in the rear, it was of no avail and Xiao Xian was allowed to escape.
The second thing Li Shimin didn¡¯t expect was Liang Jun¡¯s decisiveness. They decisively abandoned the outer city and retreated to the inner city. They retreated cleanly and without any delay.
Li Shimin¡¯s original plan was to completely surround Jiangling and then attack the inner city.
He thought he was going to experience a street fight in the outer city, but unexpectedly the other party didn't bother with them at all. By the time Li Shimin discovered the problem, a considerable number of people had already retreated into the inner city of Jiangling.
Li Shimin sent people to call for surrender. Not only did these people refuse to surrender, but they even killed the envoys to show their determination.
Li Shimin had no choice but to order people to attack the city.
But at this time, Li Shimin didn't take it seriously, and even Xiao Xian fled. This group of Liang troops was leaderless, and they only had some courage, but they were bound to be disordered and collapsed in one attack.
But when he attacked the city, Li Shimin discovered that Liang Jun in the city was not chaotic at all, but in order. Moreover, because Xiao Mian had always distrusted the generals who led the troops, he built Zuozang and Right Zang in the inner city and placed more food, ordnance and weapons, so there was no shortage of equipment for the defenders.
" Moreover, Liang Jun in the city seemed to have gone crazy. Seeing that there was not enough rolling wood, he even demolished the palace.
The Tang army attacked for the first time and was beaten to a disgrace.
It was only then that Li Shimin learned the identity of the generals guarding the city from among the prisoners.
Li Shimin didn't know much about Xiao Liu, an uncle of the Xiao Xian clan who rarely appeared on Jiangling's political stage, and he didn't pay attention to it before. But seeing his well-organized and shrewd and decisive arrangements, Li Shimin had to sigh that he was looking down on him. All the people in the world.
At this time, Li Shimin did not dare to despise the opponent anymore, and began to attack the inner city of Jiangling step by step.
Jiangling City has a large population, and people¡¯s houses are built to the edge of the inner city. Li Shimin ordered all these houses to be demolished to create a fighting space.
At the same time, he ordered people to build siege equipment outside the city and made full preparations for a long-term siege.
Early on the second day, the battle in the inner city of Jiangling officially began.
Li Shimin, Li Daozong, Hou Junji, and Xu Shao's son Xu Zhiren attacked four gates separately. Armies from all four sides attacked at the same time, attacking the inner city day and night.
This time .com Zhang Si. For Li Shimin, this battle can also be regarded as military training. Li Tang has many new soldiers who have never experienced bloody battles, so it is appropriate to use Liang Jun as a whetstone.
And Xiao Liu in the city also has plans to train troops. He doesn't know if he will defend for a month or two. All he can rely on is this group of fourth-rate troops who have hardly fought a few battles, not even third-rate troops.
Li Tang's army attacked desperately as soon as they came up.
24378 Such as fire chief, team leader, etc., but they are all veterans.
These people commanded small groups of troops in an orderly manner, and kept approaching the city wall according to the formation.
Soon all kinds of siege equipment were set up at the top of the city, and the Tang army started toattack.
By comparison, Liang Jun was in a state of chaos. They had never fought a defensive battle. Facing the locust-like Tang Army, they had no idea what to do.
Although Xiao Liu was capable and courageous, he was not very good at military strategy.
Fortunately, there is Wang Renshou in the army, who is still able to lead the army. In order to defend the inner city, Wang Renshou patrolled the city day and night. He personally led a reserve team to support wherever there was danger. In one day, he repulsed the Tang army five times and protected the inner city of Jiangling.
Wang Renshou was originally the magistrate of Jingling County in the Sui Dynasty. He fought against banditry in northern Jingbei. Later, Xiao Mian rebelled and all counties in Jingxiang surrendered. He had no way to go, so he surrendered to Xiao Mian.
Wang Renshou was not taken seriously after he was promoted to Liang Liang. He was given the post of Minister of the Ministry of Industry and had no real power, but this did not mean that he was not capable. Wang Renshou was born in the Forbidden Army. He participated in two Renshou Northern Expeditions to pacify the Han Dynasty Rebellion, and also participated in the Ping Jiangnan Rebellion. He was extremely experienced.
When Xiao Liu realized that his commanding ability was a big problem, he immediately thought of Wang Renshou.
Wang Renshou was unwilling to surrender to the Tang Dynasty. He was born in the Wang family of Wei County, and had followed Huang Mingyuan many times to quell troubles, so his heart was naturally inclined toward Huang Mingyuan.
So the two hit it off, one was in charge of combat, the other was in charge of logistics, and they jointly defended the Tang army.
Faced with the Tang army¡¯s attacks from all directions, Wang Renshou built catapults in the inner city. Due to the lack of firewood, Xiao Liu directly ordered the main beams of the palace to be dismantled for military use. Even the masonry on the palace walls was removed and used for throwing stones.
"Shura Martial God"
After the catapult was built, Wang Renshou arranged it in the blind corner of the city wall, and then fired it continuously toward the outside.
The Tang army outside had no idea that a deadly weapon like a catapult would appear in the inner city, so they were unprepared. Several manholes and rams were all destroyed, and the Tang army also suffered heavy casualties.
Seeing that the forceful attack was not going to work, Li Shimin personally persuaded him to surrender, but Xiao Liu directly sent people to respond with bows and arrows.
The Tang army sent captured Xiao clan members under the city to persuade them to surrender, but Xiao Liu still showed no mercy. Xiao Liu even personally shot people to death on the top of the city to show his determination.
Li Shimin was shocked by Xiao Liu's determination.
Xiao Liu also personally formed a team to supervise the battle. He would not show any mercy to those who were ineffective in fighting, even the Xiao clan, and would kill them all. As for those who surrendered, almost no one survived.
Control the big one and control the owl. Everyone was completely frightened by Xiao Liu's determination and cruelty, and the entire inner city began to become stable and orderly under Xiao Liu's will.
And the Tang army's siege also began to enter a tug-of-war stage
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