Chapter 860: The Battle of Dragon City (I)
"Yizhou is moving again!"
Jia Xu suddenly found Meng Tian.
"What's going on?"
Meng Tian hurriedly asked.
"According to the reports of people in Yizhou, Yizhou is gathering troops and horses, and the specific movement is not clear, but it is certain that their target must be with us."
Jia Xu replied, just like when Li Ru used Dong Zhuo's people to lay out in Sili and plot to avenge Dong Zhuo, Jia Xu used Yang Guang's people to lay out Yizhou in an attempt to avenge Yang Guang.
"According to Mr., where will the soldiers and horses in Yizhou come from?" Meng Tian asked.
"I don't know for the time being, but according to a certain person, Yizhou must be doing his best this time, and the power mobilized is definitely better than last time." Jia Xu replied.
"Now Chang'an has 160,000 troops, plus waiting for work and defending according to danger, the disadvantage in terms of strength is not so great, and this battle should not be as difficult as the last time." Meng Tian said solemnly.
"It's better to gather other people to discuss together, maybe others can see a thing or two." Jia Xu proposed.
"That makes sense!" Meng Tian nodded.
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Soon after, some important figures in Chang'an were gathered together, including Sima Yi, who was promoted by Meng Tian.
In the last battle, Sima Yi showed his intelligence to Meng Tian and others, and naturally got Meng Tian's attention, and then got the appreciation of Meng Tian and other people.
"There is a new trend in Yizhou, if nothing else, they will use troops against my Chang'an again, what do you think?" Meng Tian looked at everyone.
"The last general thinks that our army does not need to be afraid at all, and that it is enough to fight the enemy head-on." Yang Yansi was the first to speak.
"Our army is naturally not afraid of them, what we need is a strategy that can hold Chang'an, be able to kill and retreat the enemy army, and reduce casualties." Meng Tian shook his head and smiled.
"I don't know how the Yizhou army plans to act, which road it is going to take, how many soldiers and horses are there, and who is the general?" Huo Quzhi asked.
"It's because I don't know that I called you together to discuss it."
Meng Tian smiled bitterly and said that it was already a lot of hard work to get the news that Yizhou was about to move troops, and the specific situation was impossible to figure out at all now.
"It's clear that Yizhou has just started to act, and it's impossible to figure out the situation so far." Yang Yanzhao said.
"I think that the soldiers and horses mobilized in Yizhou this time will be more than 200,000, and they will adopt the strategy of attacking all the way and raiding all the way."
At this time, the young Sima Yi spoke, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he pointed directly to the key point of the Yizhou army's action.
Hearing this, everyone looked at Sima Yi, and Meng Tian couldn't help asking, "Why is Mr. Sima so sure?" ”
"Because they failed to attack Chang'an in four directions last time, and this time they will inevitably choose to concentrate their forces, at all costs, and strive to enter Chang'an with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai and annihilate our army." Sima Yi replied confidently.
"What do you think?"
After listening to Sima Yi's explanation, Meng Tian looked at the others again.
"What Mr. Sima said does have some truth." Yang Yanzhao said, and the others also nodded their heads one after another, agreeing with Sima Yi's opinion.
"Then Mr. Yisima, which way will the Yizhou army go?" Meng Tian asked again.
"It is difficult for our army to enter Yizhou, and it is the same when Yizhou comes out, to ensure the passage of about 200,000 troops, and to deploy it, according to the humble position, the main army of Yizhou will attack Chencang, and then along Weishui, kill to Wugong, and then kill all the way to Chang'an." Sima Yi replied.
"As for whether the Yizhou army will have a second way of people, and which way it will go, it is impossible to predict whether the lowly position will be." Sima Yi continued.
"It's enough for Mr. Sima to be able to say so much, at least we already have a rough guess and can prepare in advance."
Meng Tian said with a smile, Meng Tian was still very satisfied with Sima Yi's series of answers.
"Mr. Issi, should we ask for help?" Meng Tian asked.
"Yanjing naturally wants to be notified, but now Yanjing must have no extra soldiers and horses, and it seems that it is best to notify General Yue Fei." Sima Yi replied.
"That's good, then trouble Lord Ouyang to draft a document to inform Yanjing, and a certain person will write a letter to send someone to inform General Yue Fei." Meng Tian made a decision.
"Ouyang Xiu is duty-bound." Ouyang Xiu replied.
"Since there is already a guess, then we have to prepare first, please ask the generals to let the army gather on the front line of Weishui, and also trouble your lords to collect the people to transport grain, grass, and ordnance to the front line of Weishui."
"No!"
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Dragon City,
At this time, Dragon City was already in a precarious situation, thirty miles outside Dragon City, there was a army of hundreds of thousands of tigers and wolves, and there were signs of attacking Dragon City at any time.
That's right, this army is Liu Wei's Eastern Expeditionary Army, as Guo Jia and Zhang Liang expected, there was no interception by the Tang Army along the way, and the Tang Army gathered together, so it only took half a month for the Han Army to kill near Longcheng unimpeded.
In the big tent of the Chinese army, Liu Wei and the main generals of the Han army gathered together.
"Your Majesty, please give an order, the ministers can take Dragon City for Your Majesty at any time and capture Li Shimin." Li Jing said in a deep voice.
"The ministers are willing to take Dragon City for Your Majesty and capture Li Shimin." The generals said in unison.
"Wait, wait!"
Liu Wei shook his head,
"Is Your Majesty waiting for news that Zilong still has the Mongolian army?"
At this time, Guo Jia suddenly walked into the big tent.
"See Your Majesty!"
After Guo Jia entered the big tent, he immediately saluted Liu Wei.
"Let's get flat!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"Tell me, is there any news coming back?" Liu Wei asked directly, and as soon as Guo Jia opened his mouth, Liu Wei knew that there was news about Mongolia and Zhao Yun coming back.
"Prince Tuolei and Zilong led the Mongolian iron cavalry, Baima Yicong defeated the Tang army, defeated the Tang army of 60,000 soldiers and horses, destroyed Li Shimin's Xuanjia iron cavalry, Modao army, Zilong even killed Huyanzan, Huyanqing, and Huyanzhuo."
After Guo Jia finished answering, he looked at Liu Bian, but found that Liu Bian's face had not changed at all, and he didn't seem surprised at all.
"Do you think I'm surprised?" Liu Wei asked with interest.
"Yes, indeed!" Guo Jia smiled awkwardly.
"The Mongolian iron cavalry and the white horse are righteous, if they can't defeat those rabble, then Tuolei, Zhao Yun, and Jin Wushu are not worthy of leading the troops." Liu retorted.
"Your Majesty is right, with the power of the Mongolian Iron Cavalry and the White Horse Righteous Servant, coupled with the martial bravery of General Zilong, it is a matter of course to defeat the Tang Army, even Zhang Fang is not surprised at all."
At this time, Zhang Liang followed and stabbed Guo Jia, undoubtedly Zhang Liang's words gave Guo Jia a critical blow, and Guo Jia's face became even more ugly at this time.
"You know what I want to know, and if that's all you have, I won't spare you." Liu Wei stared at Guo Jia and sneered.
Guo Jia couldn't help but shudder, and hurriedly spoke,
"Your Majesty, Zilong and the Mongolian army are only about a hundred miles away from Dragon City, and they will be able to kill tomorrow if nothing else."
"Okay, okay, it's finally here!"
Liu Wei suddenly laughed,
"Now that they're almost there, let's end this crusade as soon as possible."
"Your Majesty, please!"
Li Jing immediately spoke.
Liu Wei said with a smile, "This battle is naturally under your command, and the siege will start in two days, what do you think?" ”
"The minister will live up to His Majesty's trust."
Li Jing replied categorically, Liu Wei did intend to let Li Jing take the position, and Liu Wei handed over the army to Li Jing to command, but in fact, the commander was still Liu Wei, whether it was Li Jing or others, this battle was the credit of picking up in vain.
In terms of strength, the Tang army is indeed superior to the Han army, but in terms of elite, strength, and morale, there is a world of difference.
"Report!"
It was a voice from outside the tent.
"Come in!"
Liu Wei frowned slightly.
"Your Majesty, there is a messenger from Li Shimin of the Tang Kingdom."
"Li Shimin's messenger?"
Liu Wei frowned, a little surprised, a little puzzled.
"Bring him in!"
"No!"
Not long after, the guards brought a middle-aged man into the big tent, and Yuwen Cheng couldn't help but move even though he was staring at the middle-aged man in front of him.
"See His Majesty the Great Han!"
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