Chapter One Thousand and Fifty-Five

"Don't forget, the Khithu, after all, we are not all the way, the lord has been fighting against the Khithu people in the Toto Sea for so many years, although the two sides have won and lost each other, but, at that time, we still have the court behind, and there are friendly troops on the left and right, so we resisted. Now, the lord holds high the banner of righteousness, intending to clear the monarch's side and return Tang Jingning. ”

"And the Tang Dynasty civil and military, but deceived by traitors, against the lord sword soldiers, now, more than 200,000 troops trapped our army here. At this time, if we don't join forces with the Khu, do you still want to wait for the Khithu people to ride lightly to take my back road, and even more so that the lord and the tail cannot be taken care of? ”

Zheng Sleeve's words made many of the disgruntled generals shut up, indeed, if they do not unite with the Khithu people, then the other party will inevitably take this opportunity to use force to seize the three counties of Hetao, and the soldiers and horses left alone are not enough to stop the onslaught of the Khithu people, and at that time, their nest will not only still fall into the hands of the Khithu people, but the reserve troops they used to stay in the three counties of Hetao will also be lost.

In that case, he was really fucking surrounded by enemies, and now, although the three counties of Hetao were lost, at least the reserve troops were withdrawn intact, not to mention that they had received a large amount of support and supplies from the Khu, at least they didn't need to worry about the enemy behind them.

Zheng Sleeve's words, although not enough to calm everyone's mood, at least let these generals at least not doubt that there was a problem with the previous strategy.

"I know that everyone is very unhappy with the dishonesty of the Qihu barbarians now, but don't forget that the difficulties mentioned by the other party are indeed the truth. His Highness Tukun is now trapped in the Golden Horde, and Almu has fulfilled his previous agreement, although half of the supplies have been given, but the problem is that His Highness Tukun has not returned to the Toto Sea, and in such a situation, what we need to do now is not to take out the anger of the Khihus......"

"Continue to put pressure on Almu and fight for the materials agreed upon, the most important thing for us is to try to make a breakthrough in the encirclement, otherwise, we will inevitably be trapped here." The final conclusion of the military advisor Zheng Sleeve made all the generals present can only keep their mouths shut.

Cao Hu'er stroked the short beard under his chin and sighed deeply, indeed, there was no problem with the strategy of the military advisor Zheng Sleeve, and Cao Hu'er also deeply agreed. But the problem is that the strength of those guards and forbidden armies is far beyond their imagination.

Before, Cao Hu'er confidently believed that with the elite combat effectiveness of his border army, coupled with the emperor's trump card in his hand, he made a situation of coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, but now, except for the rebellion of Lanzhou Jiedu, the rest of the Tang Dynasty is too quiet, and there is no sign of smoke at all.

So that the court can continue to trap their own army with superior forces, although the guards did not dare to attack easily because the Son of Heaven was in their hands, but they adopted a posture of stubborn defense, with an attitude of trapping themselves in the area of Xu County, which made Cao Hu'er very headache.

Although he has sent troops to launch many attacks, he has not been effective, and so far, he has only occupied seven new counties, and it is difficult to advance an inch. And now rumors have begun to spread in the army, saying that the new monarch of the Tang Empire has been elected, and it is Her Royal Highness Princess Zhaoyang who was almost killed by Cao Hu'er on the bank of the Yuma River before.

Although at the beginning, it was completely treated as a joke by Cao Hu'er and Cao Jun. But after the problem, Li Youwen led the elite of the Tang Dynasty to break the Qihu, capture the Qihu prince Hassan, and even wiped out the other party's 40,000 army After the news came, more people began to change from disapproval at the beginning to half-belief.

And just a few days ago, news came that Li Youwen broke the East Route army of Qihu and defeated Boltie, and almost all of his 50,000 Qihu elites were wiped out. The aftermath of this news has not yet dissipated, and over there, news came again, that is, today, I heard that Mo Li Khan, the Qihu Khan who launched the Yunzhou Raid War, finally swore an oath to kill the white horse with Li Youwen, the new empress of the Tang Dynasty, under the city of Yunzhou, not to invade each other, and to open border trade.

Knowing the news, Cao Hu'er was still skeptical, after all, just a woman, although Cao Hu'er also admitted that this woman is indeed very powerful, but these rumors are too exaggerated, right?

However, the military advisor Zheng Sleeve is different, although the military advisor Zheng Sleeve also thought that Zhao Linfu was too stupid, and in order to kill Li Youwen, he actually forgot that the most important thing he should do was to usurp the throne. But now, judging from these news, the military advisor Zheng Sleeve faintly realizes that perhaps in Zhao Linfu's eyes, or in Zhao Linfu's subconscious, Li Youwen, the princess who is extremely supported by the military and praised by the people, has far greater ability and energy than the stupid son of the Son of Heaven.

It's just that Zhao Linfu's methods seem too rough, or rather, the miracle of Duan Shaojun's damn guy appeared, allowing Li Youwen to get out of life, which is the most unsuccessful part of Zhao Linfu's plan.

However, it is useless to say anything now, the biggest problem is that Li Youwen is indeed very likely to become the possibility of Her Majesty the Empress of the Tang Dynasty, and the important thing is that the source of these rumors was not spontaneously formed in the Cao army's camp, but spread from those areas controlled by the Zhuwei Forbidden Army.

If these news were just intended to disturb Cao Jun's military morale, why did they bother to come up with so many lies? Directly said that His Royal Highness Prince XX ascended the throne, and His Royal Highness Prince XX personally suppressed the invasion of Qihu, isn't it over? Why bother to put all the credit on Li Youwen, a woman.

What's more, during this period of time, except for the rebellion in Lanzhou, the vast territory of the Tang Empire has not had the domino effect that should have occurred, but except for the rebellion in Lanzhou, there has never been a situation where a local official has established himself as king.

What does this mean? It can only show that in the vast territory of the Tang Empire, those officials realized that the rule of the Tang Dynasty could not be shaken. There is also a powerful force that makes them dare not act rashly.

Zheng Sleeve thought about it, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that these rumors were likely to be the fact that those guards and forbidden troops had specially put them in, and the reason why this was so was naturally to further attack Cao Jun's military morale.

And even if Zheng Sleeve realized this problem, he could only grit his teeth and pretend to be a confused man, and he had to work hard to make Cao Jun's soldiers believe that these rumors were false.

“…… Military advisor, now, although we have these three counties, but we are also completely trapped here, it can be described as a dilemma......" After the generals retreated, Cao Hu'er and Zheng Sleeve sat down opposite the case, took a big sip of the wine on the table, wiped the wine stains on the beard, and sighed lightly.

With no one else there, Cao Hu'er revealed his heart that Cao Hu'er trusted this military advisor more than those generals under him.

"Lord, those who can achieve great things must be able to endure things that ordinary people can't endure. Nowadays, although our army is indeed trapped in these three counties, it is not impossible, at least our army has always been able to take the initiative, and can fight wherever it wants, and now there is no need to worry about the future, although the territory of the army is not large, but it is easier to deploy troops. And the Zhuwei Forbidden Army could only be forced to take a defensive position and did not dare to attack. The military advisor Zheng Sleeve picked up the wine glass, took a sip, and then comforted Cao Hu'er with a smile.

"That's true, but now we've been here for a few months, if we can't open the situation for a long time, if we ...... If Datang really sets up a new monarch, what should we do? Cao Hu'er took a deep breath, stroked the short beard under his chin, and asked the military advisor Zheng Sleeve.

"This ...... This is really not a problem, even if the Tang Dynasty has set up a new monarch, can it be said that the new monarch dares to order the old emperor's sword soldiers? If the new emperor dares to do this, then he is disobedient and unfilial, can such a son of heaven stay in the position for a long time? ”

Hearing this, Cao Hu'er thought, ouch, it makes sense, it's true. "But then again, if it's really Li Zhaoyang's woman who became the empress of the Tang Dynasty......"

"The lord doesn't have to worry, even if she becomes Her Majesty the Empress of the Tang Dynasty, so what, can she ignore the former Son of Heaven? You must know that Datang has always advocated the concept of benevolence and filial piety. The military advisor Zheng Sleeve shook his head and smiled disapprovingly.