Tibet

Zhao Wang Li Xi couldn't put on any airs in front of Li Ye's strong aura. He read out his father's decree and sent thousands of pigs, sheep and wine to the camp as a reward for the three armies. He hurriedly said goodbye and left.

Li Xi whispered to Guo Ziyi: "I don't know much about the army, so I'll leave it to the old general."

Speaking of which, Li Xi is still the nominal marshal of the world's troops. He should be present when discussing military affairs, but Li Xi is afraid of Li Ye from the bottom of his heart. What if he takes him as a hostage?

Guo Ziyi looked at the timid second prince and sighed secretly in her heart, what if the prince was still here!

He nodded, "That's fine. It's not safe outside the city. His Highness needs to go back early. The ministers will discuss the military situation before going back."

Guo Ziyi's knowledge of life is shown here. It is clear that the other party is afraid of Li Ye and dare not enter the military camp, but he still finds a way for the other party to step up.

Guo Ziyi immediately ordered a thousand guards to escort King Zhao back to Chang'an. Li Ye had been watching with cold eyes. He did not hold back and watched coldly as King Zhao Li Xi left in embarrassment.

Guo Ziyi smiled bitterly and said: "There are many Pugu Huai'en outposts outside Chang'an City. Leave as soon as it's dawn. It will be troublesome when it gets dark."

Li Ye smiled and waved his hand, "Old General, please!"

"Your Highness, please!"

Guo Ziyi followed Li Ye into the military camp. Li Ye was very polite to Guo Ziyi and invited him to the main tent.

"I heard that the old general made Pugu Huai'en's men defect after some persuasion. This shows the old general's prestige in the Shuofang Army and also proves that my recommendation is correct!"

Only then did Guo Ziyi know that it was His Highness King Qi who recommended him. He quickly bowed and saluted: "General, thank you for your recommendation!"

At this time, a soldier came forward and whispered a few words to Li Ye. Li Ye nodded and smiled at Guo Ziyi: "Old general, please sit down for a moment. I will be back soon!"

Guo Ziyi smiled and nodded, "Your Highness, please do as you like!"

Li Ye arranged for the soldiers to serve tea, and then he came to the big tent next door. A sergeant knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See you, Your Highness!"

This sergeant was an intelligence scout of the Helong Army Intelligence Agency in Chang'an. His public identity was that of a bodyguard. He spent a little money to arrange it and followed Zhao Wang Li Xi out of the city. Otherwise, they would not have the chance to go out of the city to deliver the message.

The sergeant took out a piece of intelligence from his arms and presented it to Li Ye. Li Ye opened it and read it. His intelligence spies found that there was an ambush of Pugu Huaien in the city. There were about a thousand people, and they were basically gathered in Andefang. Inside Changyifang.

"Your Highness, the information is still the same as last night. Today there has been a change. Starting from noon, the men in black from Changyifang have gathered in Andefang. The information has not been updated in time, so I can only report verbally."

Li Ye nodded, and the ambushes in the city began to gather, which meant that Pugu Huaien was going to take action tonight.

Andefang is close to Qixiamen and is one of the famous slums in Chang'an. It is a mixed bag of fish and dragons and has a very large population. A thousand people are mixed in and it is not easy to be discovered.

Only then did Li Ye understand the significance of Pugu Huaien's demonstration outside Dongcheng in the morning. It was not unnecessary. It can be seen that Pugu Huaien was also a veteran general with considerable strategy.

Li Ye returned to the main tent and said to Guo Ziyi with a smile: "I kept you waiting, old general. Let's take a look at the sand table."

The two came to the sand table. Guo Ziyi found that Li Ye's sand table was very exquisitely made, with a bridge and a mountain col. He suddenly found a place that surprised him.

"Your Highness, this broken bridge"

Guo Ziyi's eyes widened. He had set fire to the wooden bridge on the Wei River the night before yesterday, and only half of it was left on the sand table.

Li Ye nodded, "Only the sand tables in Guanzhong and Longyou can be updated in time, but not other places. We still need to send scouts to investigate in advance."

Guo Ziyi was simply astonished. It was the first time he had seen such attention to intelligence. No wonder the Helong Army could survive a hundred battles.

"How does Your Highness plan to fight?" Guo Ziyi asked.

Li Ye said slowly: "I estimate that Pugu Huaien will attack the city tonight. If he cannot attack, he will retreat. I will be responsible for the pursuit. I hope the old general can hold on to Chang'an and not be defeated by his counter-attack."

"How can he attack the city without siege weapons?" Guo Ziyi asked in a deep voice.

Li Ye said calmly: "Since there are no siege weapons, why did Pugu Huaien come to Chang'an? If I guessed correctly, he has already laid nails in the city. He only needs to cooperate inside and outside at night, and he can seize Chang'an City."

Guo Ziyi nodded slowly, "Your Highness is right, so which city gate does Your Highness think he will attack?"

Li Ye pretended to think for a while and said: "He demonstrated outside Chunming Gate in the morning. He actually deliberately created an illusion to make the defenders think that he would attack from the east. He would also create an illusion outside the East City in the evening, but he We will definitely start somewhere else, I guess it’s Nancheng!”

"Why not Xicheng or Beicheng?" Guo Ziyi asked in confusion.

"The west city is too far away. It will take at least an hour for the army to go around it. By the time they get there, there will be nothing left. The gates of the north city are all barbicans, which is too difficult. Besides, they are basically palaces. How can his men get into the palace? So in the south city It’s the most realistic.”

Speaking of this, Li Ye pointed at one of the city gates in the south with a wooden pole, "I think this is the most likely place. What do you think, General Guo?"

At two o'clock in the morning, Guo Ziyi stood in front of Qixia Gate, looking at the streets and alleys in the city with complicated emotions. Li Ye's strong aura left a deep impression on him today. The last time he had contact with Li Ye, he was still a fifteen-year-old. The scout team was engaged in quelling the Absi rebellion. Unexpectedly, in less than ten years, he had become a prince, and he was still the strongest prince.

Before, Guo Ziyi thought that Li Ye had developed so rapidly because of the support of the Dugu family and the Guanlong nobles. But today he realized that he had been completely wrong. The bridge he burned down the day before yesterday was actually on his sand table. It is reflected. Based on this alone, no one in the world can do it, including myself.

He could clearly feel every move of Pugu Huai'en without even leaving the camp. He could even judge in advance how and where he would attack the city, which shocked Guo Ziyi's heart.

He suddenly thought of what his eldest son had said to him, that Li Ye was qualified to inherit the throne.

There are many clans that are qualified to inherit the unification. The descendants of the emperors of the Tang Dynasty are all qualified. But qualifications alone are useless. They also need ability. Qualifications and abilities are not enough. Li Zhen was qualified and capable, but in the end he failed. What's more important is destiny.

Destiny is very mysterious, and Guo Ziyi can't explain it clearly, but after he met Li Ye today, he seemed to see the aura of Emperor Taizong, the kind of aura that looks down on the world and wants no one else. Maybe this is the destiny.

"General Yang, did Pugu Huaien say that there is an internal response in the city?"

General Yang was the commander-in-chief of the Shuofang Army, Yang Qi. He came to defect to Guo Ziyi in the afternoon with more than 20 generals. After Hunyang and Li Guozhen led their troops to defect, Pugu Huai'en was frightened and immediately replaced all Guo Ziyi's former subordinates, but He did not dare to kill anyone, knowing that it would trigger a mutiny, but instead sent more than twenty people out of the military camp as a gift.

Yang Qi shook his head, "Pugu Huai'en is an old fox. He won't tell anyone this kind of thing. But his son said something, 'It is not necessary to use siege weapons to capture a city.' I couldn't understand it." The meaning of this sentence.”

Guo Ziyi nodded. It seemed that there was indeed an internal response in the city.

At this moment, a soldier rushed to report, "To report to the old general, a large number of men in black were found gathering in Ande Square."

Ande Square is the neighborhood next to Qixia Gate. You can climb directly to the city with a ladder from the square. Li Ye's judgment is absolutely correct. It is indeed Qixia Gate. At this moment, Guo Ziyi is convinced by Li Ye.

"Pass my order, the army will ambush at the top of the city, wait for the enemy troops to come to the city, and then attack, annihilate them all, leaving no one behind!"