"Apothecary, what do you think the chances of winning this battle are?”Li Shi Min's voice was trembling.
How could he not know the odds of winning this battle?
It was just that he was a little unwilling to believe it!
"Your Majesty, it's not enough... 30%!" Li Jing's voice was also trembling as he reported truthfully.
"Less than 30% means we have no chance of winning.”Li Shi Min sat down on his seat, his face full of frustration.
He had just ascended to the throne and did not expect to encounter such a calamity.
However, he was still an emperor.
He quickly regained his composure, and a determined light shone in his eyes.
"Apothecary, reorganize the troops! Gather all the available soldiers! I want to show them that these Turkic barbarians aren't enough to defeat me!”
His voice was filled with the majesty of an emperor, causing Li Jing's entire body to tremble.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
"This subordinate will go and prepare it now!"
Li Jing immediately left, reorganizing his soldiers and preparing to fight the Turks to the death.
To the Turkic cavalry, a distance of fifty li was only a day's work.
The next day.
Li Shimin and Li Jing decided to use a surprise attack to catch the Turks off guard.
He sent Yuchi Gong to lead 5,000 soldiers to ambush them on the road to Jingyang City.
When the Turkic vanguard passed by, Yuchi Gong immediately led his army out.
The Turkic vanguard was unable to react in time and was killed.
but...
These losses were but a drop in the ocean to the Turkic army of two hundred thousand.
This small victory did not stop the Turks from advancing.
At present, most of the troops were in Chang 'an.
Jingyang City was soon conquered.
Jie Li Khan led the army to the bank of Wei River and headed straight for Chang 'an City!
Two hundred thousand Turkic soldiers were lined up on the north bank of the Wei River. Flags fluttered for dozens of miles, and Chang 'an City was impenetrable.
The commoners were in danger, and every household shut their doors.
For a moment, everyone was panicking.
The civil and military officials gathered in Chang 'an City Tower.
Everyone's face revealed a solemn expression.
The army that was densely packed like locusts simply made one's scalp go numb!
Jie Li Khan led his men to Chang 'an City Tower and sent his men to challenge them.
"I am the Turkic Great General Ashina Wumei! Who dares to come and fight?"
Li Shimin chose to ignore the Turks 'challenge.
With such a huge disparity in strength, they could only defend.
If the Turks seized the opportunity to open the gates, the consequences would be unimaginable!
"Hahaha! Great Tang rats, are you all cowards? No one dared to come out to fight?”
"You guys are really as timid as mice, as cowardly and incompetent as women!”
"I think you should surrender as soon as possible! If you offer your food and women to our Great Han Dynasty, we might be merciful and spare your dog lives! Hahaha!"
Seeing that no one from the Great Tang had rushed out to fight, the Turkic general began to curse even more, his mouth full of vulgarities.
On the city tower, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Gong, and the other generals clenched their fists tightly, their faces red with anger.
He couldn't wait to leave the city and fight the Turks!
"Your Majesty, let me go! I, Old Hei, will definitely rip off his head for you!”The irascible Yuchi Gong waved his steel whip and pleaded for Li Shi Min's life.
She couldn't stand the insults of the Turks!
Before Li Shi Min could say anything, Li Jing stopped him,"General Yuchi, don't be reckless. The two hundred thousand Turkic soldiers are right below Chang 'an. Once the gate is opened, the consequences will be unimaginable!”
"Then what should we do? Could he just stand there and listen to them curse?!”Yuchi Gong said angrily.
"Sigh!" Li Jing let out a long sigh." There's nothing we can do about it. Right now, there's a huge disparity in strength between us and the enemy. If we go out, we'll be courting death. The only thing they could do now was to defend the city and wait for reinforcements!”
"If you can kill the enemy leader among the tens of thousands of troops now, perhaps we still have the strength to fight. But the question is, can you?"
When Li Jing said this, Yuchi Gong instantly fell silent.
Even though he was a top-notch general.
However, it was impossible for him to break through the 200,000-strong army and kill the Jie Li Khan!
Not to mention himself.
Not even all the valiant generals of the Great Tang could do this.
The difference in strength was too great!
Unless the Overlord resurrected!
Otherwise, there would be no hope at all!
The Turks were still cursing.
Humiliation!
Furious!
Fear!
All kinds of negative emotions filled everyone's hearts.
If this continued, the hearts of the people would collapse sooner or later!
Li Shi Min stood on the city tower and shouted,"I am the Tang Emperor Li Shi Min, let Jie Li Khan come out and answer!"”
"F * ck the Emperor of the Great Tang. Do you think you're worthy of our Great Han answering?”
"If you know what's good for you, quickly surrender. Otherwise, when my Turkic army breaks through the city, I'll definitely chop off your head!”
The Turkic general brandished his broadsword and made a beheading gesture at Li Shiming, his expression filled with contempt and arrogance!
"Presumptuous! How dare you be so rude to the Emperor of the Great Tang!”
"Damn Turkic barbarians! I'll kill you!"
"Your Majesty! Let me fight!"
"Your Majesty! I request to fight!"
"This subject requests to fight!"
......
When the Emperor was insulted, the ministers instantly exploded and began to berate the Turkic generals.
Especially the generals, they were so angry that their faces were red and their necks were thick. They all requested to fight.
Li Shi Min felt even more humiliated.
The dignified ruler of a country was actually insulted and scolded by a small general!
What a humiliation!
Fight!
He also wanted to fight!
He would rather die in battle than suffer such humiliation!
but...
He couldn't!
There were still millions of people behind him!
With the Turkic soldiers at the city gates, the entire Chang 'an City was in a state of panic.
Even the imperial palace was no exception.
All the eunuchs, palace maids, princes, princesses, and concubines in the harem had a look of worry on their faces.
Chang 'an City was in danger. Where would their fate go?!
Once Chang 'an fell, they would be the first to suffer.
That was because…
The enemy would not let go of the imperial palace!
Zhangsun Qiu was the only one who could remain calm in this tense and somber atmosphere.
He was still sleeping peacefully in the imperial garden, basking in the sun.
"Brother Qiu, do you think Imperial Father and the others will win?”Chang Le sat beside Zhangsun Qiu, a hint of worry on his face.
Zhangsun Qiu gently smoothed her brows and comforted her.""Don't worry! Your Imperial Father is a magnificent Emperor, and a mere Turkic barbarian is no match for him.”
He had transmigrated from the future, so he knew that Li Shi Min was safe this time.
This crisis would soon be over.
However, he did not know that because of his arrival, the butterfly's wings had already flapped.
History had already deviated!
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