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After Li Siwen arrived in Dingxiang, he lit up all his troops and rushed to Gaochang without saying a word.

How many soldiers and horses are there in Dingxiang? This starts with Li Shimin setting up Dingxiang Zhechong Prefecture and let Li Siwen be the lieutenant of the Zhechong Prefecture. The military system of the Tang Dynasty, Zhechong Prefecture was the basic unit of the government military system, divided into three levels: upper, middle and lower levels, 1,200 people in the upper and lower levels, 1,200 people in the upper and lower levels, and 800 people in the lower levels. The so-called evaluation of upper and middle and lower levels is based on the size of the territory, the population, the raising of military wages, etc. If calculated according to the rules, Dingxiang cannot even have the qualifications of a lower level government. However, Dingxiang Zhechong Prefecture had 1,500 troops, even more than the number of people in the upper level government.

A censor reported that it was rejected by Li Shimin. There are three reasons for the rejection. Although Dingxiang should be the Xiafu according to the rules, it is the northwestern border and has a "risk of infringement of the border", so there is a lot of people. Secondly, Dingxiang's military pay is not allocated by the court. In other words, even if it raises more soldiers, the court will not spend money. Why don't you take advantage of it? The third point is because of Li Mu. Li Shimin directly said that Li Mu is a kid who protects his son very much. Li Siwen is his brother, so I have to give some face. If you are unwilling to forgive him and make him angry, I will not care about anything.

Not long after the "dung splash" incident occurred, everyone in danger of the censors, fearing that their home would become a cesspool. Moreover, this matter was not a big deal after all, and it was left alone.

In order to save Li Mu, Li Siwen took away 1,500 people. Although he was anxious, he had been tempered in Dingxiang for a year and was no longer a young boy who knew nothing. As the lieutenant of Zhechong, he had the responsibility to protect the land and the people. If all the soldiers were taken away, he would definitely not be able to bear the problem in Xiangcheng. Moreover, there were many fish and dragons in the city, and there were many merchants. If there was no force and chaos, what would happen to the people of the country?

Therefore, Li Siwen left behind 500 people, which was the minimum limit.

When he was about to set off, he sent three messengers, who rushed to Chang'an to report the news, went all the way to the desert to find the horse bandit Usman, and asked him to lead people straight to Gaochang's helper, and the other way to Zhangjiazhai. Although Zhangjiaji has been whitewashed, it is the foundation of the horse bandit after all, and it can still be gathered with 500 or 700 people.

There were thousands of people in Usman, five hundred people were sent out in Zhangjia Village, and Su Lie's troops, nearly eight hundred people were sent out, barely gathering more than three thousand people.

But it is impossible to rely on these three thousand people to capture Gaochang. After all, it is the capital of a country. If only three thousand can be captured, Gaochang would not have been able to establish himself in the Western Regions for so many years. Last time, Usman killed so many Gaochang royal families, but he did not break through Gaochang City, but his men and horses suddenly attacked the city. Before Gaochang's guards reacted, they had already escaped and achieved such great results. If it were like now, it would be impossible to attack the city in a formation.

There is no luck in the siege battle. It is a real confrontation, and the winning or losing depends on the word strength. Conspiracy and tricks cannot be said to be useless for siege, but the effect it produces is reduced sharply. Unless the guardian is a fool, you can just do it step by step and you can persist until you run out of ammunition and food.

On Li Siwen's side, the troops, weapons, armor, siege equipment, logistics supplies and so on were not enough. If he wanted to break through Gaochang City, it would be impossible unless he could get a few Italian cannons.

"Bastard!" Li Siwen sat in the tent, knocked on his head, and cursed, "I am indeed an ignorant bastard. Why can't I think of a solution? This one doesn't work, that one doesn't work. Now my elder brother doesn't know his life or death. I'm really useless, I'm really useless!"

Li Siwen cursed and cried. He was a young master and had never experienced any ups and downs. Although his father was Li Ji, Li Ji never thought of letting him join the army, so he never taught him anything. When Li Mu guarded the city, the idea was all caused by Li Mu. He just followed him, chopped down a few enemies and was knocked out.

By the time he built Dingxiang again, there were no enemies around him, which meant that he had never fought a war at all. Although the troops were at the city, they had no choice but to do anything. No matter how they curse, Gaochang was like a turtle, closing the city tightly, and not even having a reply. Can Li Siwen have no choice but to do it?

"Don't knock your head, it doesn't hurt? Besides, it's useless to knock it. I can't save my elder brother!" The person who spoke was his wife Qin Yu. As Qin Qiong's daughter, Qin Yu and Li Siwen's growth environment were completely different. Qin Qiong never stipulated what Qin Yu could do or what not to do. Qin Yu liked Wen, so he asked his master. If he liked martial arts, he taught himself. Therefore, Qin Yu still knew a little bit about the way of using military force.

But the situation in front of her is a situation that is unsolvable. If Gaochang doesn't go to fight, the more than 3,000 of them are helpless, and Qin Yu has no choice. Seeing Li Siwen hit her, she certainly felt distressed, but she couldn't help, and she felt very bitter.

Someone who was more anxious than them, Zhang Tianai also came, and her father Zhang Xun also came. Since I learned the news, Zhang Tianai had been sleepless for several nights, his eyes were covered with blood. In the first two days, he still had the strength to curse people, saying that he would cut him off, so that he would die sooner or later on the woman. He would not scold him these days, and he was depressed. He just hoped to see Li Mu earlier, even if he was caught, he would be alive.

Zhang Xun didn't say anything, and seemed very silent. If others didn't talk to him, he wouldn't usually speak.

Another person who didn't speak much was Usman. He received the news and soon came with his men, but he didn't participate in any decision-making, as if he was just a weapon, waiting for anyone to say what he would do.

Under Qin Yu's arrest, Li Siwen finally stopped self-harm and sighed, "It's a pity that the big guy went to Zhenla. If he were there, alas..."

"So what can he do?" Zhang Tianai sobbed, "Don't you know? The youngest person is, even if he has the strength, he can't open the city gate."

"That's better than me!" Li Siwen cried again, saying, "I can't carry my hands on my shoulders and can't resist them. Mo Dao can't even move. I'm just a waste-" He said and said again. At this moment, Su Dingfang broke in, Li Siwen stopped crying and hoped to say, "General Su, have you come up with a solution?"

Su Dingfang shook his head and said, "I can't do anything, but there is news!" He raised the pigeon in his hand and untied a small bamboo tube from the pigeon's legs. "Chang'an has replied to me!"
Chapter completed!