"By the way, you said earlier that your fifth brother was imprisoned in Daxing City Prison?"
Chu Zhen asked Li Shimin.
He just made a last-minute search on Li Shimin's fifth brother and found out that his name was Li Zhiyun. This kid was quite unlucky. When Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji fled back to Taiyuan, he was left behind.
After Li Yuan and his son launched an army, Li Zhiyun was captured and taken back to Daxing City, and was killed by Yin Shishi, the Minister of Punishment in Daxing City not long after.
Why was Li Zhiyun left behind?
Chu Zhen had reason to guess that Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji wanted to use him as a cover-up so that the two brothers could escape. Moreover, Li Zhiyun was a concubine, so he would die if he died.
"yes."
Li Shimin looked a little sad, as if he knew what Chu Zhen wanted to ask, and sighed: "When the elder brother and Yuanji fled back to Taiyuan, the fifth brother was left behind. I asked them both, and they said that the fifth brother could not ride a long distance because of his young age. Traveling, therefore staying.”
"Li Zhiyun was 14 years old when he was killed."
Chu Zhen said, looking at Li Shimin.
Sure enough, this young general who valued brotherhood suddenly frowned: "Killed? This year? During the siege of Daxing City?!"
At this moment, the fifth brother was being held hostage by the city's defenders. It was impossible for the Li family and his son to abandon Daxing City for one Li Zhiyun. Once they attacked the city, the fifth brother would definitely die.
Why did the elder brother and Yuanji leave the fifth brother behind...
Li Shimin clenched his right fist unwillingly.
"How are you going to capture Daxing City?"
Chu Zhen changed the topic.
The Chinese history books are very detailed, but the omitted parts are really frustrating.
For example, except for "Zuo Zhuan", no history book describes a war in detail.
The terrain during the war, the direction of the river, the exact number of our troops, what armor they wear, how to set up the array, where the reinforcements are ambushed, where the enemy troops are coming from, etc.
Zuo Zhuan also has some descriptions about the graphics of chariots. After Zuo Zhuan, there is no description at all. It is all about how many years and months the army was dispatched and how many people were killed. At most, it also describes how to divide the troops into thousands. The rest is gone.
"If you defend a big city, you will fight in the wild; if you defend a lonely city, you will sit back and wait for death!"
When it comes to military affairs, Li Shimin regained his confidence and said decisively.
"A good man who defends the city will fight in the wild!"
Zhu Yuanzhang, who had been silent until now, excitedly slapped his thigh, "This is a good sentence! In just one sentence, you can tell the fundamentals of defending the city!"
"?"
Li Qingzhao and Lin Daiyu, who knew nothing about men's affairs, looked at each other.
"What's the meaning?"
Chu Zhen asked with a smile, he didn't know how to fight either.
When he was watching the Three Kingdoms, he was very confused. Why did the generals who defended the city always like to go out to fight in the city? There was enough food and grass in the city, so there was no need to go out, but many generals were still lured out of the city and ended up making dumplings.
Li Shimin smiled slightly and was about to speak.
"etc."
Chu Zhen stopped him, pointed to the camera, and said: "This thing is called a camera. It can send your portraits to other people. They are also listening to our conversation. Now they want to admire the style of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty. You What do you mean?"
"Let Mr. Chu decide."
Li Shimin had nothing to say.
He roughly knows that this is the future, but there are many things here that he cannot understand. Mr. Chu is in charge of these magical objects, how can he be an ordinary person?
Chu Zhen nodded and glanced at the barrage. The audience was already excited and shouted to hurry up.
Chu Zhen quickly finished it, connected the drawing board and projector, and shouted to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Help me close the curtains... Miss Li, Miss Lin, help me close the curtains over there."
Zhu Yuanzhang: "..."
He was destined to be the emperor, and yet he was actually ordered to draw these curtains?
How to make this thing?
Li Qingzhao and Lin Daiyu stood up and went to pull the fabric hanging by the window, and they pulled it easily.
Soon, the room became dark.
Chu Zhen turned on the projector, and a white beam of light shot out from a square box. The light hit the wall, forming a gorgeous and colorful picture, which shocked the four ancient people in the room.
Li Shimin, in particular, was amazed and even more respectful to Mr. Chu.
He has also seen many practitioners in Taoist temples, but whether they are chanting Buddha or chanting sutras, they are far inferior to the miraculous phenomena displayed by Mr. Chu!
"This thing..."
Zhu Yuanzhang looked surprised and doubtful, and once doubted his own judgment.
Li Qingzhao looked at the projection screen and couldn't help but say: "Chu Langjun is really a god!"
Lin Daiyu pursed her soft lips and said nothing.
She didn't care much about this, she was just curious about why Uncle Chu did this.
"Are you ready?"
Chu Zhen said in a deliberately disguised way: "Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty appeared for the first time and besieged Daxing City!"
The camera turned and focused on Li Shimin, who was wearing black gold armor.
The young general appeared on Chu Zhen’s live broadcast room for the first time.
Instantly caused a "666"!
"Wow, you look like my Erfeng! He's so handsome~ What's the anchor's name? I'll follow him!"
"The anchor is awesome. I've spent a lot of money on this armor. It's much more gorgeous than the ones worn by the sidekicks in the film and television city during live broadcasts!"
"Tsk tsk, it's still full body armor. The actor who plays Li Shimin is not easy at all. He has a very strong aura!"
"No one noticed that there is Emperor Hongwu sitting on the sofa in the corner? Hahaha, the anchor is not professional, please let him stand up and play opposite Li Shimin!"
"What about the two beauties? Who are Miss Li and Miss Lin?"
"The anchor asked Li Shimin to speak two lines! Wasn't he very good at speaking just now?"
The rapid barrage gave Chu Zhen the illusion that he was popular. But when he actually looked at the live broadcast room, the popularity was only over 10,000.
"start!"
Chu Zhen clapped his hands in a startled manner, then picked up the stylus and drew a circle in the center of the drawing board, with the word "Daxing City" written in the circle.
Then draw two lines in the north of the city, add a few splashes of water, and write Weishui.
To the south is the Qinling Mountains.
"Where is Jingyang?" Chu Zhen asked.
"Probably here. Xinfeng is here, Chang'an is here, Tongguan is here, and the trends of Shuishui, Jishui, and Jingshui are like this..."
Li Shimin saw Chu Zhen's thoughts at a glance, pointed his sword at the projector, and instructed Chu Zhen to draw the map one by one.
Moreover, what he said was far more detailed than what Chu Zhen asked.
What mountains are there near Daxing City, how wide are the canyons, where are the streams, where are the villages, whether the mountain roads are passable, how tall are the weeds by the river, whether ambushes can be laid, etc.
There were so many that Chu Zhen simply gave up and only painted a little bit.
Li Shimin smiled slightly, took the initiative to pick up the previous topic, and said: "The so-called defense of a big city must be fought in the field. It means that once the big city is besieged, the defenders in the city must find the right time to leave the city to counterattack. Why? This depends on how we attack the city. Speaking of."
Li Shimin pointed at Jingyang with the hilt of his sword, "After I occupy this place, I will leave two thousand soldiers and horses to guard it. As a retreat, my brother Jiancheng is now guarding Tongguan..."
That's twenty minutes.
All the essentials of siege in ancient times were explained!
Where to encircle, how to encircle, where to station the soldiers, how to trap the people and horses in the city, cut off the reinforcements, and how to dig fortifications to prevent the soldiers and horses in the city from rushing out.
The nearest garrison cannot be too far away from the city gate, otherwise it will not be able to counterattack the people rushing out of the city in time, and it cannot be too close to prevent them from being dispersed in a rush.
In addition, the construction of siege equipment must be started immediately, and they must be rolled out as soon as they are completed to shock the defenders in the city.
There are also digging and cutting off rivers so that people in the city cannot get water. Of course, this is ineffective in Daxing City because there are too many rivers nearby.
After listening, everyone in the live broadcast room was dumbfounded.
It seems a bit professional!
When he was narrating just now, Li Shimin pointed at the map with the hilt of his sword, with a strong momentum, as if he was pointing at the front of his army. Thousands of soldiers fought bravely to kill the enemy, frightening the enemy into fleeing.
A long while.
"What are the siege equipment?"
Chu Zhen asked with a smile again.
Li Shimin immediately started talking again. He didn't know how to make them, but he was very familiar with what they looked like.
After finishing the lecture, he added how to patrol at night to guard against reinforcements in the city and possible arrival.
After hearing this, there was nothing else on the barrage except "6"!
"When I watched a fucking TV show, I thought that in ancient times, sieges were about being surrounded by people. I didn't expect that sieges were about guarding nearby passes and trapping the people in the city to death!"
"No wonder Li Shimin said that to defend a big city, you must fight in the wild. Under such a siege, the morale of the defenders in the city can only decline day by day. If you don't fight, you will die."
"There are still many civilians in the big city. Once they are trapped for a month, rumors will spread and morale will drop even faster."
"After listening to this, I just want to say that Li Shimin's siege was really cruel!"
"Where did the anchor find the actors? They are too professional."
Chu Zhen glanced at the curtain, raised his head and was about to speak, when he heard Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly stood up, looked at the young man in armor with burning eyes, and shouted:
"What a great Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin! This siege was really exciting!"
He was completely convinced that the young man under eighteen in front of him was Li Shimin!
Except for Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty and himself, no one else could have such a sophisticated method of leading an army in battle!
