After looking at the strong shield soldiers, Wang Shichong gritted his teeth and, accompanied by his nephew Wang Renze, climbed up the tall stone steps to the tall city wall of Luoyang City.
Because Tang soldiers had a bad reputation, there were many guards on the city wall at this time! Shan Xiongxin basically sent all his soldiers to the city wall!
Now, these people are crowded together one by one, looking nervously at the Tang camp opposite. They don't even know that their emperor has arrived here.
Originally, he was an insider who escorted Wang Shichong to the city wall.
Wang Renze should raise his arms and shout loudly at this time.
So that everyone can know that their king is fighting alongside them!
After all, this is of great benefit to the morale of the military and to the establishment of Wang Shichong's prestige!
However, when Wang Renze saw Wang Shichong hunched over and hiding behind the shield, he showed no imperial majesty at all.
The words that had reached his lips were swallowed again.
He just looked at Wang Shichong coldly, looking at him like a frightened yellow sheep, looking out from the gaps in several shields.
As I said before, the city wall of Luoyang is extremely tall!
Therefore, the troop transportation channel located at the top of the city is extremely wide, and even running two four-wheeled carriages side by side is probably not a problem.
Wang Shichong climbed up to the top of the wall, surrounded by four shield bearers, walked through the wide troop transportation road, and finally came to the outer female wall, and began to climb the city wall to look out.
At this time, both the offensive and defensive sides of the battlefield had ceased their activities, so what Wang Shichong saw were only scattered stones, broken trebuchets, and a few burning smoke.
This sudden siege has lasted for almost an hour since dawn.
But in terms of intensity, it can only be said to be average, or even mild.
At least until now, both sides are greeting each other with trebuchets and bed crossbows. Except for some particularly unlucky ones, there were no casualties at all.
Tang Ju
It has now retreated to an open space a mile away.
From this distance, not only could the defenders at the top of Luoyang City be seen, but they were also just outside the maximum range of the trebuchet, so that they would not be smashed in the head with a trebuchet in the middle of a rest.
"Luo, Cheng, Qin, Li!"
Lying on the top of the city, looking at the several big flags flying in the distance among the Tang people, Wang Shichong was almost crazy and wanted to bite off all his white teeth!
For him, Li Shimin came to attack him, and he had nothing to say!
After all, the two sides are unrelenting enemies, and there is no way to fight them too hard!
But Cheng Yaojin, Luo Shixin, and Qin Shubao.
They turned out to be all his subordinates!
At the beginning, even if I didn't treat these people like guests, I would at least treat them with courtesy!
Now, these white-eyed wolves turned around and bit him, how could he not make his eyes split open? !
"Are you...the emperor...the emperor?"
Just when Wang Shichong wanted to eat his flesh alive, someone on the city wall finally recognized his emperor!
In shock, he quickly knelt down and shouted long live!
Wang Shichong was brought back to his mind by the sound of "Long live", and most of his blazing anger immediately dissipated! He is not stupid either. He knows that getting angry is of no use. Now he can only make other plans by guarding the city first!
With a slight cough, Wang Shichong stretched out his hand to straighten his scattered hair, and his expression returned to that of a king of a country.
Standing upright with his back to the parapet, Wang Shichong supported the soldiers who were already kneeling with both hands, and said with emotion: "Come on, please get up quickly! I just saw you fighting bravely, and I was already very happy in my heart. What a relief! It’s okay not to practice these common etiquette at this time!
As long as you guys move forward bravely, this is the greatest respect for me! Likewise, I will definitely be by your side, cheering you on! When we win this battle, I will definitely be richly rewarded! "
Speak and inspire! This is probably what every emperor would do.
Even though Wang Shichong was afraid that the Tang soldiers behind him would attack again, he still finished these words in the most sincere voice.
"Long live!"
"Long live!"
As soon as Wang Shichong finished speaking, a cry of "long live the mountain" immediately sounded on the top of the city of Luoyang!
The commotion was so loud that it spread far to the opposite Tang camp.
Under a banner with the character "Li", the stout Cheng Yaojin looked at the distant city of Luoyang in confusion while picking his ears.
"Huh? What's going on there? What is the ghost calling?"
Gouzi was beside the flag, carefully wiping his precious big yellow crossbow. When he heard Cheng Yaojin's question, he also listened attentively.
Coincidentally, while Gouzi was listening, a gust of wind blew over from Luoyang City, and he heard the word "Long Live" very clearly!
"Shouting "Long live"? Shouldn't that old turtle Wang Shichong come out?" Gouzi smacked his lips and said uncertainly.
"You said Wang Shichong is at the top of the city? Why don't you quickly show me where he is?!"
When Cheng Yaojin heard Gouzi's words, he was stunned for a moment. When he came to his senses, he immediately screamed and hurriedly took out a cloth bag from his chest, and then took out a monocular telescope from the cloth bag and put it on his eyes!
"Eh? Why can't you see anything? Bah! Why did you knock it down!"
Through his precious "clairvoyance", Cheng Yaojin kept looking forward, but the more he looked, the farther away Luoyang City felt! When he strangely took down the telescope and looked at it, he realized that he had just been so excited that he had held the telescope upside down.
After hurriedly turning the telescope, Cheng Yaojin immediately looked towards the top of Luoyang City again!
In the round field of view of the telescope, the city head, which could only be seen vaguely at first, has become very clear.
However, although the top of the city became clearer, the people guarding the city were still blurry. They could only barely distinguish individuals. As for their appearance, they could not be distinguished at all.
There is nothing that can be done about this. After all, Xiao Han's simple hand-made telescope is still quite different from the military high-definition telescopes of later generations.
"Damn, such a long city wall, so many people! Where can Wang Shichong be? If I know his location, old Cheng An will hit him with the new trebuchet Xiao Han made! See if I can get a head start! "
Cheng Yaojin opened his eyes wider than a bull's eye until his eyes became sore, and then he put down the telescope in vain.
His idea is good, but unfortunately, this opportunity only comes once.
Unable to figure out Wang Shichong's location, he would rather not expose the trebuchets with added materials.
Rubbing his eyes, Cheng Yaojin looked eastward again. It was as calm as ever and there was nothing strange at all.
"Hey, I wonder what's going on with King Qin? Have Luokou Cang been captured? Isn't it difficult for me, Old Cheng, to pretend to attack here?!"
