Datang Library

Chapter 727 They Are Here
In the fourth year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty destroyed the Eastern Turks and took over the entire territory of the Eastern Turks. From then on, the northernmost part of the Tang Dynasty was no longer the Great Wall of Yunzhou, but the vast prairie.

Emperor Li Er left the famous general Li Ji to guard the northern prairie.

It is different from the previous rules. In the past, after the Central Plains countries laid down other territories, they always set up the Protectorate, which only governed the local military and government. It is different from the management of the domestic states. For example, the strong Han destroyed the Huns, and the Western Regions were set However, after the decline of the powerful Han, the Duhu Mansion existed in name only, and was finally rebelled and independent by the small country.

During the heyday of the Tang Dynasty in history, it swept across all directions, and at the same time established six Protectorate Houses including Anxi, Anbei, Annan, Andong, Beiting, and Shanyu, just to govern the surrounding small foreign countries.

But the Tang Dynasty in this life is different. Now that it has a perfect governance method, it will naturally not use the Duhufu, and directly plan it as its own state road site.

According to the geographical location of the Eastern Turks, Li Ji spent two years building three majestic cities on the northern prairie, the North City in the north, the Xiping City in the west, the Dongping City in the east, The cities are distributed in the center of the northern grassland in the shape of an equilateral triangle, also to strengthen the rule of the grassland.

At the same time, the city building plan was planned by a group of architects in the Tang Dynasty. The size of the three cities is no less than that of Chang'an City, and it is not a problem to accommodate millions of soldiers and civilians.

The reason why the northern grasslands are nomadic is that the herdsmen must live on the grass, and humans and animals need water to survive. Therefore, it is the living habit of the northern grasslands to keep grazing in areas with abundant water and grass.

Therefore, except for the royal court in the grassland, basically no city was built on the grassland. Even the royal court of the East Turkic Jieli was nothing more than a large number of tents, and there was no earth for the city.

Now that Datang wants to build a city, the first thing that needs to be solved is the water source problem. Fortunately, the grassland ecology in this era is very good, there is no desertification at all, and there is no shortage of water at all. Before building a city in the Tang Dynasty, choose a suitable place to artificially Wells are drilled, and in many places, the water source is ten meters below, and the deepest place can produce water at a depth of 30 meters.

Once the water source problem is solved, building cities and gathering people is no longer a problem. For the construction of these three northern cities, half of the big merchants in Datang have been circulating various materials to the north for the past two years. This is how today's Three strong cities.

Four months ago, I received an order from the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty that the grassland people enter the city for cat winter. They are all shrunk to the three main cities. Anyone who does not comply will be regarded as a traitor to the Tang Dynasty and will be expelled from then on.

People in the prairie have lived with the prairie for generations. Many people are not used to living in the city at all, but this does not affect their yearning and envy for the life of the people in Datang City. Now the imperial court encourages them to live in the city and take all the living resources. Where can I find good things?So the relocation went smoothly.

Time flies, and as soon as the new year is over, spring will begin immediately. On the fifth day of spring plowing in the north of Datang, a dense army appeared fifty miles outside the northern city. Li Ji stood at the top of the city and watched with a clairvoyance telescope, smiling slightly: Here they come.

The first troops to arrive were the 20 troops from the Western Turks and Huihe. After all, these two countries are the closest and both are elite riders.

The northern grassland countries have never fought in the early spring, because historically the grasslands sent troops to the south to plunder, and the best time to plunder was after the autumn harvest of the Central Plains people in the south. At this time, the people of the Central Plains had money and food in their hands On the contrary, if it is spring, then the winter has just passed, and the family is basically consumed, and there is nothing good to loot.

Of course, it was also because the vegetation had just sprouted in spring and winter had just passed, so the grass was not lush and the horses were not fat. It was actually very disadvantageous to choose early spring to fight.

However, after the alliance discussion ended, the best time to attack had been missed, because it was impossible to fight in winter, and the only choice was the spring plowing time of the Tang Dynasty.

With 50 alliance troops in hand, both the Northwest and Northeast participants are full of confidence.

After the Western Turks and others led the team to arrive, they just camped five miles away, and did not come up to attack and talk. After waiting for seven or eight days, the Northeast Army led by Goguryeo will arrive. After all, at this time, the Northeast is still ice and snow. civilized.

50 troops gathered, Yuan Gai Suwen was elected as the leader of the alliance, and Mohe Duo of the Western Turkic was elected as the deputy leader of the alliance.

Under the northern city, Yuan Gai Suwen went up to talk to Li Ji: "Who is the guard? My alliance army of 50 came to break through the city and attack Tang. If you don't want to be slaughtered, I advise you to open the city and beg for surrender."

Li Ji, dressed in military uniform, came out with his personal guards and stood at the top of the city laughing loudly: "50 troops? How ridiculous? Just 50 remnants want to destroy my Datang City? How ignorant are the barbarians?

This general is Li Ji, the general of the Tang Dynasty. If you barbarians invade without reason, it is the way to die. I advise you to put down your weapons and pray for the forgiveness of the Tang Dynasty. If not, when I arrive, you will be 50 None of the ten thousand remnants will be left behind. "

Well, the two parties are more ruthless than the other, and they speak harshly directly.

Yuan Gai Su Wen saw that it was Li Ji, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty. He was so powerful that he would personally guard a city in the Tang Dynasty?
Seeing that it was Li Ji, Yuan Gai Suwen knew that it was impossible to persuade him to surrender, only a hard attack.

Pull the horse back to the camp, and start to arrange the siege. As for the siege, only Goguryeo is good at it.

"The city in front of us is called Beibei City. It was built by the Tang Dynasty in the past two years. Its scale is no less than the Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty. Although it is extremely strong, it also has its shortcomings.

That is, there are few people in the city, and the troops needed for defense are insufficient. We will besiege the city. I don’t think the city’s defense will exceed [-] soldiers, and the city’s maximum army will not exceed [-]. "

Yuan Gai Suwen opened his mouth and decided on a siege strategy. Everyone was ignorant, they only knew that they would break the city in three days, and they didn't understand the rest, so they didn't need to be too clear, it was just fighting anyway.

"There is no moat in the northern city, so we can fight directly with siege vehicles and ladders. This first battle is the first battle to boost morale. Warriors are required to step forward. Shiwei and Mohe have a combined army of 12, leaving [-] to choose One hundred thousand elites will attack the city tomorrow, and the rest of the army will be divided into four groups and stationed around the northern city to prevent the enemy from breaking through the city and escaping."

"promise!"

The Shiwei and Mohe clans were overjoyed, they chose us for the first battle, obviously because they valued our ability, they must fight hard and strive for success in the first battle.

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