Chapter 69: A dilemma

After doing a lot of things, I don't know how to finish it, and then I treat my choices with an attitude of resignation. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Tie Xinyuan has all the inferior nature of men in later generations, and after making a choice, he is now about to face the consequences, and he is at a loss.

Compared with Tie Xinyuan's dazed and irresponsible, Huo Xian was different, whether it was in Hami City or Huyang City, he showed extremely powerful killing methods.

It is very simple to clean up those derelict officers in Huyang City, and to clean up those businessmen with evil intentions in Hami City.

Huo Xian was extremely busy this winter, and people in their sixties always had to rotate between Huyang City and Hami City within a month.

If it weren't for Tie Xinyuan coming back to take over the affairs of Tianshan City, he would have been even busier.

The original gray hair has changed to all-white, and between the actions and sitting and lying, the majesty of the prime minister is also deepening day by day.

Power is actually visible, and when it is applied to whomever it is, he can show the characteristics of power.

Many times we say that the people or the people are the root of rights, but in fact this is not true.

The people or the people and the power come together, and it is not the people or the people who maintain the power, but the army, the prisons, these institutions of violence.

A strong army will naturally promote the promotion of power, when the army of Hami is surrounded on three sides, the most vicious enemy is killed, and in the case of still being besieged by the enemy, it is difficult to fight with the strong enemy, which is very helpful to the sense of identity of the Hami people, and also makes the prestige of the Hami government rise to a new height.

Whether it is a war in the desert or a war in the north of the Tianshan Mountains, it is a very distant thing in the eyes of the Hami people.

As for the battle in Dashicheng, it made the Hami people feel that the enemy was useless waste, as long as the Hami army was dispatched, no matter how much they came, they would be killed.

Public opinion and public sentiment are biased in favor of Hami.

Since the Khitans did not have the ability to kill Hami, domestic commerce slowly flourished.

In addition to the Western Xia and Khitan trade in the two directions, which are still in a state of stopping, trade with the countries of the Western Regions has begun to come and go.

Due to the invasion of the Khitans, the trade in the autumn was hurt, and the countries and tribes of the Western Regions, which lacked food and clothing, did not miss this last opportunity to replenish the granary and warm clothing.

After the Qarakhanid's envoy Deis was beaten by Tie Xinyuan, he became worried and soon returned home.

What happened in Big Rock, Deis must personally report to Aisha to know, she is a person who has seen big scenes, some dead people can't scare her, she has seen too many, too many bones, and there are not a few corpses made by herself.

She is not afraid, it does not mean that those tribes are not afraid, the scene in Big Rock City is like a nightmare in their heads, and they will not forget it until they die.

The situation in the country is very good, the people of Maodong live a very leisurely life, all the construction sites have stopped in the cold weather, and the city in the area of Balikun has also stopped, and no one can stay outside for more than half an hour in the blowing of the white-haired wind.

As a result, all the roads in the area of Balikun were blocked, and there was no need for the people to come out and wander, and they could better control this place after the blockade.

No matter how warm you are, fresh vegetables will become terrible when you reach the desert, and even the leaves of green vegetables that are about to rot are delicious in the eyes of the soldiers.

Huo Xian looked down at the map on the table, and measured the situation of the two armies with his hand.

Ah Da wanted to speak, but Ah Er was chewing a green cucumber in his mouth, which made his throat very uncomfortable.

"So, Xiao Xiaomu saw that he couldn't break our fortress, so he stretched the battle line infinitely?"

Ah Er finally finished eating the cucumber, and there was nothing to block the throat, Ah Da hurriedly said: "There are many of them, it is feasible to do this, but it also leaves us a good opportunity, during the day they attack, and at night, it is our turn to launch a counterattack with the help of familiar terrain."

There are mutual injuries, in general, our army has the advantage, if the minister of state does not always want to use Xiao Xiaomu as our whetstone, the last general has the confidence to divide Xiao Xiaomu's army into two sections. ”

Huo Xian said with a smile: "Rotate to stick to the desert, this is the national policy formulated by the king, since we have made up our minds to drag Xiao Xiaomu to death in the desert, it doesn't matter how long the war lasts." ”

Ah Da laughed and said: "Fighting in the desert, the power of gunpowder shells and fierce fire oil has been almost halved, and the real reliance is still on crossbows and swords and guns. ”

"Don't think about it, two thousand pounds of artillery, what do you use to move in the desert? The king did not intend to equip any army with artillery, but to set up a special unit called the artillery battalion to serve as an auxiliary force for all the armies. ”

I heard that the artillery was out of play, Ah Da didn't want to grind his teeth with Huo Xian, out of habit, the Hami military always felt awkward to stay with the Hami civilian officials, no one admitted this fact, but it was real.

Huo Xian was not surprised by the coldness of the military, and he did not have the idea of mingling with these generals, he came to the army to reward the army, and by the way, to learn about the battle situation ahead, so as to pass the first-hand information back to Qingxiang City.

Ah Da is strong and can go to the outside of the bunker to wander around at will, he feels old, and he will never give a handful of old bones to the north wind to ravage.

Out of the bunker, the brutal side of the desert is exposed.

Broken flags stand on the tall sand dunes, and under each flag there is a fortress.

Shui'er used a lot of wooden planks to build fortresses in the desert, and now it gives great protection to the Hami army.

The desert in the summer is extremely hot during the day, and it becomes cold at night, which has a lot to do with the sun's rays.

The warmth of the sand is very poor, and in the cold winter, the entire desert has almost become a forbidden area for life.

Without these forts built with planks and piled with sand, the Hami army would now be as miserable as the Khitans on the other side.

There is no fuel in the desert, and the Hami people can use coal stoves to heat and boil water and cook, but the Khitan people do not have such convenience.

A large number of soldiers could only be sent to block the palace of the king of Pu to collect a large amount of firewood for the soldiers to keep warm.

Xiao Xiaomu only now regretted killing Yelu Shengtang, if there was an official in Yelu Shengtang, he would be much easier.

The expected rout has not come for a long time, which makes Xiao Xiaomu anxious, if this continues, his army will be frozen to death in this desert without the Hami people to kill.

"Why hasn't there been any news of the Tangut people yet?"

Xiao Xiaomu already knew that it was the first time he had asked this question.

The generals in the army lowered their heads in unison, and they also wanted to know.

This invasion of Hami was a strategy formulated by the Liao Emperor, and in order to allow the Tanguts to send troops, the Liao Emperor even gave up the occupation of the richest Hami City and assigned it to the Tanguts.

and transferred all the Khitan troops stationed in Montenegro to watch the Western Xia into the palace of the Great King of Zhupu, in exchange for the Western Xia people agreeing to join forces.

Unexpectedly, in the face of an empty Hami country, the Tangut people still couldn't reach Huyang City for a long time, and launched an attack on the Hami people from behind.

"Without the Tangut people, can we just sit here and move forward?" The only person who can arrogantly question a king of the Northern Courtyard like this is Xiao Lilu, who is only waiting for Langjun.

He is a close confidant sent by the Liao Emperor to supervise the army, and he can be called the eyes and ears of the Liao Emperor in the army.

Xiao Xiaomu frowned and glanced at this stupid fellow clan, and said lightly: "The old man has long heard that only Hou Langjun is skilled in bowing and horses, and he shot six swans and took four Dongzhu in the winter hunt, and he is a hero."

Why don't you attack tomorrow, and you can only wait for Langjun to lead the people of the headquarters? ”

Although Xiao Lilu was arrogant, he knew that fighting in the desert was completely different from fighting in the grassland, and the mounted archery he was proud of could not show his power in the desert.

In the soft desert, the war horse could not run at all, and it was no different from sending a cavalryman to dismount and fight the Hami who were hiding in the fortress.

"The subordinates are cavalry ......"

Xiao Xiaomu turned his head to look at his subordinates in the military tent, since Xiao Weilu bowed his head, there was no need to threaten him anymore, and sighed: "More than half of the foot soldiers have been lost, who here is not a cavalry?"

Come on, Elder Musin is invited to come to the military tent. ”

Musin coughed so badly that every winter, his lung disease would flare up, and he would cough to death every day, so that the guards feared that he would die violently.

Alam didn't understand the meaning of the elders' stay in the desert, and he didn't even understand the meaning of the Khitans staying in the desert.

In winter, staying in the desert is definitely looking for death, there is no water, no food, no fuel, even with an army of 200,000, there is still not much chance of victory against the well-prepared Hami people.

Hearing that Xiao Xiaomu's guards had come to invite Mu Xin to the big tent, Alam stood up, and he wanted to help the elder refuse the invitation.

After Mu Xin coughed violently for a while, he gasped for breath and said to the guard: "Please tell the marshal, it's time to leave the desert, I'm afraid the Xixia people won't be able to come to Huyang City." Then he continued to cough violently.

Seeing that Mu Xin was really hard, the guards turned around and left, telling Xiao Xiaomu what Mu Xin had said.

"I think so too...... I just couldn't make up my mind. Xiao Xiaomu muttered to himself, and then said to Xiao Yulu: "If we retreat now, how are you going to report to Your Majesty?" ”

Xiao Qilu said expressionlessly: "Xiaguan is His Majesty's eagle dog, so he will naturally report it truthfully and will not hide anything." ”

Xiao Xiaomu also said expressionlessly: "Prepare, I will give you 10,000 foot soldiers at dawn tomorrow, and prepare to attack the Hami army." ”