Under the command of Li Shiji, the Tang Army made corresponding strategic and tactical changes in an orderly manner to prepare for the upcoming battle situation, so the entire military camp was running at high speed, which was hectic in the eyes of others; Compared with the busyness of the Tang army, the Tuyuhun army in the city seemed to be a little relaxed, and this relaxation spread from top to bottom, and the most relaxed was naturally Tuyuhun Fuyun Khan and the minister of Tianzhu King.

The Western Regions coalition army was defeated, 60,000 people only left a few thousand wolf bèi retreated, many tribes of Dangxiang Qiang united to gather 20,000 troops to sneak attack the Tang army's rear army camp, it has already been fought, the fight is in full swing, now 20,000 Tubo army and 10,000 Tuyuhun army are on the way back to help, plus the 20,000 Qiang army of the rear army, as long as there are a few days, there will be 80,000 of their own army here, and the Tang army is only 40,000, and there is an army that is not in the siege sequence, full of battles, the Tang army can be used to attack the army of no more than 30,000 people.

Although 50,000 people were defeated by the Tang army of 40,000 before, but now counting those brave and warlike Tubo people, as well as the Qiang people, a total of 80,000 troops, can not deal with the 30,000 Tang army?

They think so, but in order to cooperate with Su Dingfang's mobilization of troops and horses galloping thousands of miles to aid the Western Regions Coalition Army, Li Shiji has ordered Li Daozong to bring back 10,000 troops and 20,000 Turkic cavalry, and with the army in the base camp, an army of almost 60,000 people can be gathered. Early tomorrow morning, before the general attack of the army. The last general must lead the army back!

Li Shiji was very satisfied, and began to prepare the army, in the face of this kind of earth city, it is easy to break its shell, the trebuchet is prepared for them, and the bed crossbow is also prepared for this, under a round of bombardment, I don't believe that this earth city will not be broken, and the earth city will be broken, and a horse will be under the river. The combat effectiveness of the Turkic cavalry was considerable. Early tomorrow morning, Li Daozong will be able to lead the army to rush back, and when the time comes, he will launch a general attack, and the battle will be decided!

But now neither the Khan nor the King of the Pillars seem to be aware of the danger they are facing, and they think they can hold the city. Their sense of distress is clearly insufficient. Chi Yun looked worriedly at the Tang Army barracks that had been busy all night. Quite worried, he told Fu Yun Khan and King Tianzhu more than once about the Tang army's siege weapons, and their Tucheng was estimated to not be able to withstand even one round. Once the city was breached by the Tang army, the Tang army's strong field combat ability was not something they could resist.

But neither Fuyun Khan nor King Tianzhu seem to care very much about this situation, even if the city collapses, you can still rely on the army to fight, anyway, our ancestors are not people who live in the city, it's a big deal to continue to migrate, the key is that the Tang army is only 30,000 people, as long as we unite the Qiang and Tubo people to destroy the 30,000 Tang army, then we will win, the Tubo army can arrive in two more days, we just need to hold on for two more days.

They are very confident, according to their opinion, even if the city is broken, it is not a problem to hold on for two days, but Chi Yun suspects that if the city is broken, if the Qiang people are also defeated, then I am afraid that they will not be able to hold on for an hour, and they will flee with the wolf, and then they will have to fight an encounter with the Tang army, even if they add the Tubo army, it is estimated that the effect will not be very great, he knows the field combat ability of this army, it is too terrifying, can the Han people fight so well?

Chi Yun was worried, but the troops in the entire city didn't seem to care very much, and even the troops he brought back didn't care very much, and in the end, Chi Yun just shook his head, sighed, and ordered the army to closely monitor the movements of the Tang army and not to fight, and then left the city, planning to sleep, looking at this posture, the Tang army will attack the city tomorrow.

Li Shiji didn't sleep all night, he couldn't sleep, he was very worried about whether Su Dingfang could reach the location of the Western Regions Alliance Army and fight against the remaining 20,000 troops of Tubo and Tuyuhun, if they were here, 5,000 cavalry would be enough to kill the 20,000 troops of Tubo and Tuyuhun, but it was thousands of miles away, after Su Dingfang galloped thousands of miles to help, could the Tang army still defeat them? Li Shiji was not sure.

It is stipulated that there must be at least one flying pigeon to report the direction and route once a day, and it is not yet time, and there is a war on this side, Li Shiji can't spare too much energy to care about this matter, and he can only look at Su Dingfang's own, and Li Shiji himself is also in trouble, and he beat Li Daoyan hard, and now he can't get up in the camp, humming and chirping, and he doesn't know how much he hates Li Shiji in his heart.

If it is a simple general, even if it is a duke, Li Shiji is not afraid, but the key is that he is a royal family, and there is a large group of Li clans behind him, if the Li clan is not happy, Li Er Majesty may not be able to protect himself, this is the most troublesome, now Li Daoyan hates himself, and I don't know if anyone will help him say something good, such as Li Daozong and the like, after all, Li Daozong has made great contributions, he is also the Li clan, and he is still a serious prince.

Alas, this qiē is really not easy to say, he has offended Hou Junji by leading the army before, and now he has offended Li Daoyan, and this makes people feel depressed, but now he has made enemies, but maybe only in this way will the emperor feel at ease, and he will use himself with confidence, and even, according to his meaning, take Hou Junji down and help himself up.

Li Shiji did not think that there was any benefit to serving as the chief of staff, which was similar to the position of Tai Lieutenant, which was a fictitious position from the beginning, because its duty was to command the national army, the highest military commander in the country, which conflicted with the power of the emperor, so since Qin Shi Huang, this position has no real power, but today's position of chief of staff is similar to Tai Lieutenant in terms of status, but it is a world of difference in power.

Because the chief of staff has the power to command the army and dispatch troops and horses, and has a tiger talisman in his hand, which is completely different from the fictitious title of Tai Lieutenant, the chief of staff is the second commander of the army, directly under the command of Li Erma, and is the pivot between Li Ermaxi and the decision-making level of the army. However, it is also necessary to set up corresponding positions to assist, such as Li Jing, the priest of the Military University, and Hou Junji, the chief of staff, who both have actual power.

Even in many things, the emperor lost his arbitrary and arbitrary power, and without the consent of the chief of staff and the university, some of Li Erma's orders could not be implemented, and it was very important that Li Erma's order was given to the military university and the general staff headquarters to act cheaply, and a part of the power was delegated, and only in military affairs did not let go, and grasped the most important tiger talisman that belonged to him. Orders to dispatch troops are given at any time.

But the same. These two positions are also sensitive, but the positions of the military university are safer because, unlike the officials, the military university has its own independent title of position. It's called a faculty. Faculty members of military universities do not participate in government affairs. But he is directly in charge of the future of the Tang Army, so Li Jing has a special status and power, and anyone who encounters it must be afraid of three points.

But the General Staff Headquarters is different. The chief of staff headquarters is an official, and he also bears the responsibility of severing the connection between civilian officials and military generals, which makes such an important position quite sensitive, any slightest wind and grass will cause violent shocks, Li Shiji is more and more envious of Li Jing, his position is basically a tumbler, and after eight years, when he retires from this position, he will be a real tumbler, the Tang Dynasty military leader, no one can threaten his life, and the emperor will not dare.

The sacrificial wine of the military university has only a ten-year term, but this ten-year term of office will bring a lifetime of stability, and the officers trained within ten years will become the main force in the army after ten years. Even if it's a military university sacrificial service, it's safe.

It would be great if he could also be a sacrificial wine, but looking at the current situation, eight years later, it is really possible that he will hold this position, of course, if he is still alive at that time, or rather, Li Jing died early, but Suning's kid's medical skills are strange, if you want to save Li Jing's life, I'm afraid it's not too difficult, Qin Qiong is now living a leisurely life in Sanyuan County, and I went back to see it once, but Li Shiji was envious.

Alas...... This official, it's really hard to do......

Time passed little by little, the time for the general offensive of the Tang army was slowly approaching, Li Shiji looked at the time, soon, Li Daozong's cavalry troops were about to arrive, when the siege group went first, smashed the earth city, and the cavalry troops pressed it again, dared to resist all the killing, did not resist the prisoners on the spot, and then transported to the rear, from the beginning of the army, the local army in Lanzhou received the order of Li Erma, followed the army to accept the prisoners, and then settled down, waiting for orders, Thousands of troops and twenty or thirty thousand civilians captured along the way have been sent away.

Capture this city, I think I can catch more people, in that case, the task is almost completed, and also, exterminate the Tubo army, the army of the bold country, and those ignorant Dangxiang Qiang people, you did it first, no wonder I, on the way back, I will solve the Dangxiang Qiang, so as not to trouble! As for that Tuoba Chici, well, Datang needs a spokesperson in the local area, just him!

An hour and a half before the general attack was launched, Qi Bi He Li came back to report that he had eliminated 20,000 Qiang soldiers, beheaded 8,000, and captured the rest. An hour before the general attack, Li Daozong led the army to join the general offensive camp, reported the results to Li Shiji, wiped out more than 10,000 Tuyuhun cavalry, captured more than 20,000 horses, and countless military equipment, all of which had been transported to Lanzhou, so now there are less than 30,000 or almost more than 25,000 cavalry, more than 5,000 Han soldiers, and 20,000 Turkic soldiers.

Li Shiji nodded with satisfaction, gave him a credit, and ordered the troops to seize the time to rest and eat, fill their stomachs, nourish their spirits, and after an hour, launch a general attack.

The generals were all ready, waiting for the moment of the general attack.

An hour flew by, Li Shiji sorted out his clothes, put on his helmet, went out of the tent, and his soldiers brought the war horse for him, he nodded, turned over on his horse, and rode to the front of the army.

Tens of thousands of troops, lined up can occupy an area of dozens of miles, the huge siege equipment is in the forefront, that is their range of range, smash the city, the cavalry in the back row will be the first to charge, the last row of infantry followed, protect the siege troops at the same time, strengthen the results of the cavalry army, capture prisoners such things are mainly responsible for the infantry army, the cavalry is responsible for the rapid assault, disrupt the enemy's army formation, and let the infantry army expand the results.

Several fierce generals have been prepared, the weapons are in their hands, and they have put on the grimace mask to deter the enemy, leaving only two eyes, and the cavalry troops are all the same, more than 10,000 Han cavalry have put on grimace masks, looking like a demon army, the Turkic cavalry looked frightened, thinking that at the beginning, it was such a grimace cavalry that beat them to cry and cry their mother, and now they see it again, even if they are collaborators, they are a little timid.

Li Shiji nodded with satisfaction, came to his own position, looked ahead, and at the same time glanced at the slowly rising sun, smiled slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Begin." (To be continued......)