Chapter One Thousand and Forty-Seven

"Okay, I know, Brother Xian, you are also a more orthodox reader, and you are also a person who is not very willing to speak up......"

"Brother, why do you bother to provoke the younger brother, the younger brother, I am the one who speaks well, but I can hear it so well...... It's too straightforward, it really makes the little brother feel a little uncomfortable. ”

"It's normal, but that's actually the case, but it's not a reiteration, the point is that we can't let Chihu fall so quickly." Duan Shaojun raised his eyebrows at Li Xuan with a smile and said.

"Why? Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, I have been at war with the Qihu for decades, and in the past few decades, the Qihu has repeatedly violated our borders and plundered my property, harming our border people. When Li Xuan heard this, his eyes immediately widened, and his face was full of disbelief.

"Compared with a plate of scattered Qihu and a united grassland, which one do you think will be more beneficial to my Datang?" Duan Shaojun looked at Li Xuan with a smile and asked.

"This ...... Brother, you still have something to say, it's better to speak directly, little brother, I don't have your brain. Duan Shaojun's words made Li Xuan understand, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that there were many things that were really unreasonable, and he couldn't figure it out.

"It's very simple, if you are Moli Khan, how do you want to solve this dilemma?" Duan Shaojun decided to teach Li Xuan inducingly, so as to improve the IQ level of this goddaughter's father.

Li Xuan narrowed his eyes and thought for a long time, then smashed his mouth. "What else can I do, it must be to return to the Qihu grassland as quickly as possible, if not, it will definitely be surrounded by the Tang army, and then go at that time, these 80,000 Qihu barbarians, I'm afraid that half of them can return to the grassland, it will be considered lucky."

"But if that's the case, your eldest niece has finally gathered the 100,000 elite divisions under her command, I'm afraid there will be a lot of losses, right? After all, the Qihu soldiers and horses at that time must have fought hard in order to be able to return to the grassland...... What's more, although the losses of those Tang elites led by your eldest niece are not too great, they have been fighting continuously for such a long time, and they are already exhausted and their horsepower is not enough. ”

"And these Qihu people are in a different place, but they have been living under the city of Yunzhou, although now they are a little demoralized because they can't take Yunzhou, but if they can return to the grassland......"

With Duan Shaojun's explanation, Li Xuan gradually understood what Duan Shaojun meant, indeed, Li Youwen, the eldest niece, was indeed very good, leading the army to fight in the east and west, and won consecutive battles. But the problem is that although they have won many big victories, the team is already exhausted, and it is not a day or two off to recover their breath.

Mo Li Khan has definitely not received news from Hassan so far, and Bertte under the enemy city has now been taken by Li Youwen. In this way, it is strange that Mo Li Khan is not vigilant, and with the combat effectiveness of the Qihu barbarians in the field, it is indeed not inferior to the Datang Iron Cavalry, and it can even be said that if the Datang Iron Cavalry and the Qihu Cavalry meet under the same equipment, whether it is riding skills or horse combat skills and tactics, it is indeed slightly inferior to the Qihu barbarians who grew up on horseback since childhood.

The Khithu people dispatched 170,000 soldiers and horses, and the soldiers and horses left behind on the grassland, directly belonging to the Khihu royal family, were only 50,000 or 60,000 horses at most, and the rest were all men and horses from other tribes. And if more than half of the 80,000 soldiers and horses of the Khihu people were killed or wounded, then the steppe would inevitably be in turmoil in an instant.

You must know that the open and secret battles between the Khithu tribes are continuous, not to mention that there are still powerful foreign races in the north that are not inferior to the Khu, and when the Khithu people are really in excessive decline, then the foreign races in the north will inevitably take advantage of the situation to go south, and at that time, the Khihu tribes, which have been almost crippled by Li Youwen, will inevitably obey the laws of the grassland and succumb to those powerful foreign races.

At that time, the emerging grassland kings, in order to stabilize their position and consume the original Qihu tribe, will inevitably invade the Tang border again and again after the rise.

In this way, it is not a good thing for the Tang Empire. Moreover, even if the army of Moli Khan is really killed, then the 100,000 army that Li Youwen has gathered with great difficulty will probably be broken.

But the problem is that if the strength of the army that has been united around Li Youwen with great difficulty is greatly damaged just for the sake of one Qihu, where will Li Youwen find soldiers and horses to deal with Cao Hu'er, who is still jumping up and down in the area of Xu County.

Not to mention that Li Youwen wants to become Her Majesty the Empress of the Tang Dynasty, and she must have strong and sufficient strength around her to be able to shock those with ulterior motives.

“…… Therefore, Brother Wei thinks that the best outcome is for us to coerce Namoli Khan to sign an alliance with us and let them go back to the grassland. Even if they were able to return to the steppe, the loss of nearly 100,000 elite divisions would have hurt them a lot, and they would be more willing than us to maintain peace with each other, in exchange for time for the Qihu to recover......"

With Duan Shaojun's methodical analysis there, Li Xuan finally came back to his senses and gave Duan Shaojun a thumbs up with a happy face. "High, it's really high, brother, you are really far-sighted, little brother, I don't have the same vision as you, I can only see what is in front of me, where can I think so far. But then again, why didn't you make it clear to your little brother before? ”

Duan Shaojun spread out his hands, with a helpless expression: "This is also something that can't be helped, because I didn't know that your eldest niece is so powerful, and her record will be so sharp, before, I considered such a strategy, but it was not complete at that time, after all, no one expected that Qihu's 170,000 army would be left with only 80,000 horses in less than half a month." ”

"That's right, don't talk about you, brother, even if it's the younger brother and I, I really can't imagine that my eldest niece is so capable, and the soldiers and horses that can be used are only 80,000, but now I have taken the 90,000 army of Qihu, this is all a field battle......" Li Xuan also looked fascinated, but more of it was palpitating. Even if it is a battle to defend the city, my little brother I feel terrified when I look at it, but Zhaoyang dares to ride a horse and cross the sword, rushing to kill in a million army, it is really ......"

"That's why she is so loved by those Tang Dynasty soldiers, and you, it's better to count the copper plates while guarding your daughter-in-law with peace of mind." Duan Shaojun glanced sideways at His Royal Highness the King of Jin, who was not the slightest bit motivated, from the very beginning of his contact with this product, he felt that this guy had no ambition at all, if it seems, well, let alone ambition, he doesn't even have ambition.

"Childe, the Qihu people are about to climb the city wall again......" At this moment, Qi Da rushed in to report. Duan Shaojun stood up helplessly. "Okay, Brother Xian, hurry up and go home and take the children, Brother Tai, I still have to go to the city to supervise the war."

"Brother Tai, I really worked hard for you, and my little brother will definitely be rewarded in the future." Li Xuan stood up with a dry smile and said.

"If it weren't for the sake of your mother-in-law's need to recuperate because of surgery, my brother wouldn't have let you enjoy it so much. However, in two days, you will have to give me a top, how can you let my brother have time to rest, right? Duan Shaojun yawned helplessly, and asked someone to bring the armor to put on.

"Hey, brother, why didn't you wear that bright light heavy armor today, but you actually changed it to paper armor." And after seeing the paper armor brought in by Qi Da and the others, Li Xuan asked in surprise.

"Nonsense, I've been standing against those iron guys for two days, and now both legs are still trembling, and if I don't change them, I'm afraid I won't even be able to take a step in my legs...... Not...... Not to mention, this thing is much better than iron armor and leather armor, it is lightweight, and its defensive power is not inferior to that of Mingguang armor, but it looks a little ugly. After putting on a body of paper armor, Duan Dagongzi moved his waist, well, compared to the set of Mingguang heavy armor that weighed as much as sixty or seventy catties, this set of paper armor with a total weight of no more than twenty catties was simply outrageously light.

The important thing is that the defense is quite amazing, as long as you don't lie in the fire and let the flames burn, there is really no way to destroy it easily, at that time, the service life of this thing can only be maintained for less than five years, more than five years, then it will not work.

After saying goodbye to that Li Xuan, Duan Dagongzi once again rushed to the city wall of Yunzhou City, and the sound of fighting, which had long been familiar, once again came into his ears, and the routine siege movement every day began again.