Chapter 727: The Calm Before the Great War
"What? Why not, I can't ask for it. Li Jing laughed.
"That old black I want to be the general of the iron bull transport, in terms of driving the iron bull, no one in the Tang Dynasty can compare to me." Wei Chigong patted his chest and said.
Well, this is really no one to compete with him, even Bai Fan admires it, at the beginning, Chang'an County had 10,000 acres of immortal grain breeding farmland, which simply trained Wei Chigong into a famous mountain bike god in autumn.
At this moment, the chamberlain Lao Gao walked briskly to the council hall and whispered beside Li Er for a while.
Everyone was puzzled, could it be that something happened again?
Li Er opened his mouth to explain: "Something happened to Murwei, not long ago, the household department went to Youzhou to receive the newly purchased 3,000 cattle, but did not receive it, and now the reason has been investigated.
There was a coup d'Γ©tat in Murwei, Goguryeo intervened, the big leader of Murwei was killed, and now it is the second leader of Murwei who has taken refuge in Goguryeo. β
This...... It seems that this is an eventful season, and in this case, I am afraid that the enemy will increase the reinforcements by at least 50,000.
And in the future, Murowei will not provide ploughing cattle, and the cultivation of the people of Datang will also be affected to a certain extent, after all, although they have bought cattle for six or seven years, there are still many people in Datang who do not have ploughing cattle at home.
In a calm winter, whether it is the Tang Dynasty, which is tight inside and loose outside, or the Siyi who is fierce and strong, this winter is all quiet, and there seems to be no wind and grass, which is very abnormal.
Even in the past, when the two countries did not get along, there were often small frictions on the border, even if the two countries were friendly, at least the border mixed places were often chaotic, but this year, only this year, it was surprisingly calm.
Li Er looked at the information in his hand and smiled slightly, a winter's heavy snow blocked any movement of the enemy, this is God bless Datang, otherwise, the enemy found that Datang was transporting grain in the snow, I am afraid that he would not let go of this opportunity so easily.
And Yuan Gai Suwen on the other side also looked at the secret letter in his hand and sneered, Jianbi Qingye? It seems that Datang's intelligence work is very in place, do you know that we are going to take action? So what? With an army of 500,000 and a vast grassland, can you defend against it?
The grassland grain transportation was carried out secretly this time, due to the help of Bai Fan's tractor team, and after a heavy snowfall, the tractor directly pulled the large sled, and it was easy to complete the grain transportation in concealment, so the enemy just explored the strong wall and clear the wilderness, and did not know that there were countless grains and grasses in the grassland city.
This time is also lucky, it is to transport grain in winter, in the past, the consumption of the army grain and grass, just the consumption of the labor transport team, the consumption of the last big soldiers, so there is the sentence that the soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass first.
But with the tractor, it is different, this thing burns oil, does not consume food, and can pull more, directly leaving countless laborers to consume food, which is equivalent to transporting the daily rations of these soldiers to the north as military rations.
Bai Fan deliberately used a sleigh to transport grain in winter, which is more convenient, if it is a dirt road to transport grain in summer, the road of Datang, even if it is Qin Zhidao, it is estimated that the tractor will have to work hard.
After the beginning of spring, the ground has not yet been civilized, Li Er has already begun to point out the general expedition, after all, only Li Ji is in charge of the overall situation in the grassland, and the three cities are defensive and protracted this time, and they must be guarded by generals.
"Shubao, Daozong, you two take 100,000 elites to the north, help Mao Gong defend the city, remember, no matter what happens, don't go out of the city to meet the enemy, hold on until after spring ploughing, the three cities are still there, Mao Gong, the three of you have a great achievement, if something goes wrong, then ......
In short, the fortune of the Tang Dynasty is tied to the three of you, and it must be done in full. β
"Wan Sheng!" The two of them shouted, received the military talisman arrows, and left Chang'an with a group of deputy generals.
Seeing that the emperor ordered Qin Qiong and Li Daozong, the two generals Wei Chi Jingde and Cheng Yanjin were not satisfied, we can't lose to Qin Qiong in terms of bravery, and besides, Second Brother Qin's body is full of dark wounds, why don't you use us and let him fight with injuries?
Li Er smiled slightly, and naturally looked at these with a full eye, "You two don't want to be unconvinced, this time you are stubbornly waiting for help, don't you know your temperament?" If the army is handed over to you, I am afraid that as soon as the enemy comes, you will be the first to lead your troops out to fight a decisive battle, and this will be a bad thing.
Don't worry, this battle is when my Tang Dynasty kills the Quartet, if it is fought well, it will be as simple as picking fruits to destroy the country in the autumn.
So I have arranged a good position for you, the Great Wall defense line, one is Yunzhou, and the other is Youzhou, you may defend it? β
"This, Your Majesty, what is there to defend the Great Wall?
The enemy is besieging the city to attack Maogong, no one comes to the Great Wall, you let us guard the Great Wall, it is better for us to go back to retire. Cheng Yanjin complained, this is hob meat, and he dares to joke like this all the time.
"Hehe, don't regret if you don't want to, if you are an enemy general and can't open the city, won't you choose to let go of the rear and go straight to Chang'an?"
yes, definitely going around the back.
After Li Er's reminder, the two slapped their thighs and bowed down to the order, "The last general will defend the Great Wall to the death, and don't want the enemy to go south one by one." β
"It's not necessary to defend the city, there are sharp weapons to defend the city and thunder, I just need to be more leisurely when you kill the enemy, just remember the city defense, don't just kill the enemy, let those wandering bandits, you know, even if it is just an enemy, after coming in, it will harm the people, this is your responsibility." Li Er admonished again.
"We will keep in mind and dare not slack off."
"Youzhou Chai Shao will send people to cooperate, and Yunzhou Niu Jinda will also help, and guard until the pharmacist reinforced, and you will be credited with your great achievements."
At the same time, King Zuo Xian in the northwest asked Mo Helu puzzled: "Great Khan, since this time we are sending a large army from the east and west, why do we only send 100,000?" And is it to join forces and return to the eastern steppe?
Wouldn't it be good for us to attack Datang Gaochang directly, and then go all the way east to fight Longxi in Datang? In this way, Datang will have no time to fight on two fronts, it's not good, it can unite all countries, and it can destroy Datang in one battle. β
Mo Helu shook his head and smiled: "What you said is good, it is in line with the true meaning of the art of war, it can be seen that you are a military genius."
However, you only know military affairs but do not understand political affairs, and this is not a battle between my Western Turkic family, but an alliance of various countries.
If you attack Gaochang, the defenders there will be thunder in their hands, how many dead and wounded will they need to take in? Deep into the Tang Dynasty Longxi, the labor expedition, our Western Turks have been dragged down without waiting for victory, you know, more than a year, our food has become more and more scarce. β
King Zuo Xian was silent, it was simple for himself to think, the Western Turks are indeed in a predicament now, after the 36 countries of the Western Regions were annexed, except for some gains such as jewelry and money, the rest are burdens, there was a shortage of food in the country, and now they have to bear to feed those people, Datang does not export grain, so now the lack of grain and grass is a big problem, and it is not durable to fight.
"The other, since it is with the Hui Hui army, we will each send 100,000, and even if we face the thunder in the grassland, there will be a knife blocker, and our sons can no longer be sacrificed." Mo He pondered.
Well, this reason Zuo Xianwang can't argue, after all, it's a matter of bloodshed and sacrifice, as a general, who doesn't want to keep his soldiers?
Different from the Western Turkic ideas, it is the Khitan, the Yan Ya, and the Three Kingdoms of Murwei, which is really a small tribal country with barbarian customs, and even takes pride in the bloody sacrifice of the charge, in order to boost morale, blindly propaganda rushes to the front to have meat to eat, such a rule, but Yuangai Suwen is overjoyed, and is worried that there is no meat target to resist the thunder.
I have to say that this is really a rabble, the alliance of countries, before the war started, they are already each with their own ghosts, such an army, it will also account for the number of individuals, if it can win, unless God helps give a chance to be lucky.
Today's second chapter, thank you for your support.
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