400,000 Turkic elites?

Coming fiercely, with the heart of victory.

The Tang Dynasty temporarily gathered troops from all directions, with a total of only 300,000, and did not have the slightest advantage in military strength.

Zhang Shaoming led the army to control several cities, and when resisting the Turkic invasion, the defenders naturally suffered casualties.

In terms of numbers, the Tang army has no advantage at all.

Zhao Xuanhu was frightened, afraid, afraid that the Tang Army's Northern Expedition would be defeated.

Yang Yue arranged Adenuolan, He Qinxin, turned around and chuckled, and said loudly: "This soldier is not many but fine, General Zhao, you are familiar with military books, you should know that those who do not plan the overall situation are not enough to seek a domain; Those who do not seek the eternal world are not enough to seek the truth of the moment, leading the army to fight, we should start from the overall situation and take a long-term view.

The Tang Dynasty eliminated the Turks, and the power of a war could remove the threat of the Turks.

This is a protracted war, at first, the two sides fought for combat strength and morale, and after several rounds of confrontation, in the end they still fought for national strength and food and grass.

Otherwise, why did the Tang Dynasty spend time sending elite troops to destroy the Tibetans instead of the Turks?"

Those who do not seek the overall situation are not enough to seek a domain; Those who do not seek eternity are not enough to seek a moment.

Zhao Xuanhu repeatedly recalled Yang Yue's words, nodded for a long time, and said ashamedly: "Your Majesty, the last general is stupid!"

Speaking of which, he was too anxious.

only cared about the immediate safety, and did not start from the overall situation, let alone the strength of the Tang Dynasty and the Turks.

At this moment, hearing Yang Yue's words, he suddenly opened his mouth.

Yang Yuelang smiled and ordered: "Time is not waiting, let's go quickly!"

Dusk, northern side.

Hanoi Road, the first line of Hedong Road, several cities are full of smoke, and the war is spreading.

Several cities fell, and the Turks broke into the cities, plundered and slaughtered the people.

The west was surrendered to the city, the middle was surrendered to the city, the east was surrendered to the city, the three cities fell, and the people escaped by luck and moved to the south.

The rest, with the exception of the young woman, who was sent to the Turkic camp for the amusement of the Turkic army, were brutally killed in the city.

There are very few survivors!

In this battle, the beacon fire was ignited, and the northern part of the Tang Dynasty had lost more than 100,000 people.

Tens of thousands of homes have been turned into broken walls, fertile land has been trampled on, and homeless people have been reduced to homelessness.

Fortunately, Fengzhou, Shengzhou, several cities in the clouds, even though they were attacked by the Turks one after another, in the desperate and bitter battle of the defenders in the city, although they were on the verge of storm, the city was barely controlled in the hands of the Tang army, and the people in the city were safe and sound.

However, King Zuo Xian, King Zuo Gu Li, and Yan Xingjun led the army, and it was inevitable to win several cities in the north of Guannei Road and Hedong Road.

They needed food, gold and silver in the city, and led the army to launch a thunderous attack, but without breaking through a few cities, several people became angry, gathered superior forces, and continued to attack the city.

Toyosu Castle.

Zhang Shaoming stood at the head of the city, the blood on his armor had coagulated, and the blade was tired.

His cold eyes looked at the ruined city, the corpse-ridden streets, and his eyes were full of desolation.

Since yesterday, the Turkic elite cavalry suddenly moved south, and within a day and night, six rounds of fierce attacks were launched in a row, and it seemed that the city of Fengzhou was bound to win.

"General, go back and rest!"

The lieutenant general next to him, with a bandage on his left arm and a knife in his right arm, licked his chapped lips and said to Zhang Shaoming.

Since yesterday, Zhang Shaoming has not slept and insisted on being at the forefront and led the army to the Turkic elite cavalry besieging the city.

At this moment, it was not easy to defeat the Turks, and it was rare to have time, and he hoped that Zhang Shaoming would return to the palace to rest.

Hearing this, Zhang Shaoming said: "The Turks retreated, and soon sent troops to attack the city, they adopted wheel tactics, the army can rest, we don't have enough troops, how can we rest, let's talk about it, how many defenders are left in the city at present, how many arrows are there?"

In this battle, he was ready to die in Fengzhou and never retreated.

People are in the city, people are dead, and the city is broken!

When the adjutant general heard this, he sent the water bag to Zhang Shaoming, and said with a lost face: "General, after we resisted the Turkic offensive for six rounds, the brothers suffered heavy casualties, and there are only 3,000 people left, half of whom are wounded.

There are plenty of bows and arrows in the city, but unfortunately the number of various firearms is decreasing, and I am afraid that it will not last long.

If the Turks launch two more offensives, the firearms are depleted, and no reinforcements come, the last general fears that his brothers will not be able to hold the city."

In Toyoshu, there were only 10,000 defenders.

Every time the Turkic cavalry attacked, the defenders suffered many casualties.

Everyone fought day and night, but no reinforcements came, and the defenders were high, and they couldn't change the danger of breaking the city.

"Three thousand?"

Zhang Shaoming murmured softly, the casualties were so large, in just one day, 7,000 people were killed in the battle.

When he thought about it for a while, he said sharply: "Order the defenders to transport all the firearms in the city to the city wall, if the Turkic cavalry attacks the city again, give the general a hard beating, don't pity all kinds of firearms, longbows and arrows, when you really can't hold the city, before the defenders die in battle, be sure to send someone to burn the granary, money, and not a grain of millet in the city."

"Yes!"

The adjutant general clasped his fists and nodded, vaguely guessing what Zhang Shaoming meant.

After several fierce battles, the defenders in the city were sharply reduced, and he did not dare to imagine whether he would be able to hold the city with his army if the Turks attacked again.

What's more, the people who fled from the eastern city, from the mouth of the remnant soldiers, he roughly learned that several cities in the east had fallen.

At present, only Shengzhou, Yunzhong is barely controlled by the Tang army.

I don't know where the army sent by the court will arrive, and whether it will be able to come before the destruction of the city of Toyosu.

If the reinforcements did not arrive for a long time, the Guannai Province, the northern line of Hedong Province, almost all of them fell, and he, as the general manager of the Hedong Road march, was not only punished by the court, but also possibly killed the defenders in the city.

If you don't take advantage of the Turks to enter the city, they will destroy all the grain, gold and silver in the city, and the Turks will be cheapened for nothing.

Better die standing than live kneeling!

Zhang Shaoming was about to say something, when the messenger hurriedly ran over, bowed and saluted: "General Zhang, the remnants of Shengzhou who escaped report that Shengzhou City has fallen, and King Zuogu Li led his army to attack the city, indulge his elite soldiers, burn and loot in the city, and it is estimated that the city will still be slaughtered in the end."

"What, even Shengzhou is broken!" Zhang Shaoming exclaimed!

"The defenders in the city fought three waves of attacks by the Turks, consuming arrows, thunder, and spears in the city, and finally ran out of ammunition and food, and 8,000 defenders and officials in the city were basically killed." Courier debrief.

Hearing this, Zhang Shaoming wiped his face and said bitterly: "The brothers who defend the city are all good, and they have not embarrassed the Tang Dynasty.

At this moment, Zhang Shaoming was a little resentful of Yang Yue, if it weren't for Yang Yue to mobilize Zhang Xuanheng to go to Tubo, how could he lead the army to Fengzhou, he didn't divide the troops, 50,000 elites guarded a few cities in the north of Hedong Road, there would be no problem at all.

It's a pity that it's too late to say anything now.

(End of chapter)