Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1349 Digging a Pit
Mobei.

Clay convened a council of the chiefs of the various ministries.

"The Son of Heaven enshrines Zen on Mount Tai, all scholars and horses follow, and the border must be empty."

All the leaders of the Tiele tribe were silent.To start a war with the Great Qin of the Central Plains, no one has the bottom line.But Nishi repeatedly incited and preached, saying that the emperor deliberately supported the Huihe rebellion, and if they did not fight back, Xue Yantuo's country would die soon.

The most frightening thing is Yi Nan, who is obviously the grandson of their Xue Yantuo Dahan Yi Shibo, the new Dahan appointed, but this guy has been in the Central Plains for several years, but he is nostalgic for the prosperity of the Central Plains and the princess of Luo Shi and refuses to return to the country, what is even more hateful Yes, now they are still helping the emperor to lead the army to attack.

"We can no longer just sit and wait for death. We should take advantage of this opportunity to gather troops to go south and cross the desert. Before Yinan can gather his troops, we should raid and destroy him."

After several days of discussions, Ni Yu finally succeeded in getting the leaders to approve the proposal to send troops.

So he ordered his son to divide up Tongluo, Pugu and other tribes with 20 soldiers and horses, cross Monan, go to Tunbaidaochuan, and raid Yinan.

Regarding this battle, what Nishu and the generals said was that when the emperor enshrined Mount Tai, he took the initiative to attack and severely defeated the Yi men who betrayed the tribe and the guards on the Qin border, making them unable to gather and go deep into Mobei to link up with Huihe to conquer Xue Yantuo. It is an active defense, not an attack on the Qin people.

This battle is to promote peace by fighting, let the emperor see their strength, and force the emperor to stop oppressing Xue Yantuo, so this time 20 troops were assembled to go south. Its strong.

As for the direction of the attack, it is aimed directly at the Hetao area of ​​Shuofang. The plan is to break into the Hetao, defeat the Qin army, grab it and return to Mobei. It does not intend to touch Dingxiang, where the two Turkic Khans have broken their halberds and sank into the sand. Mayi area.

The new wind is cold.

Under the Baidao River in the Yin Mountain of Saibei.

One of the nine towns in the north of Daqin Saibei, Wuchuan Town.

This place was originally one of the six towns in the Northern Wei Dynasty, but it was abandoned later. After the Qin Dynasty settled the north, Wuchuan Border Town was re-established, and nine towns were added on the basis of the original six towns.

The envoy of Mobei Road, the commander of Zuo Dudu, and Lu Keyong, the Duke of Yudu County, were listening to the report of the scouts.

"Based on the information from the Jinyiwei, the Imperial City Division, the Staff Division of the Ministry of War, and the Military Intelligence Division of the Privy Council, it seems that Niyu has indeed sent troops south."

Wei Chigong, deputy commander of the Northern Expedition this time, was not panicked.

What about 20?

"The sage has long seen the arrogance of the mud, and ordered the Northern Expeditionary Army not to go north for the time being, but to stay on the nine sides, waiting for work, and let us burn and shave the autumn grass, so that our food will be exhausted every day, and there will be nothing in the wild."

Although the emperor was far behind, he had a better grasp of the overall situation of the battle than they did at the front.

It can even be said that the original southern crime was completely the result of the imperial court's deliberate guidance. This is simply the emperor's deliberate digging and setting up a trap for them to drill.

Ever since the emperor asked Ni Shu to be a little khan and went back to raise gifts, the emperor had already been digging pits. For more than a year, various intelligence personnel went in and out of the desert, and countless information continued to gather and go south.

Although there are not many soldiers on the border, they are actually preparing for war.

"Whoever crosses the desert in the mud, the soldiers and horses will be exhausted. Those who use soldiers will advance quickly when they see the advantages, and go if they are not. Now that the captives are rushing to the south, if I don't fight with them quickly, they will surely lose. You and others should not fight, but wait for them. Come back, you can strike!"

The emperor's strategic plan is to deliberately show the enemy weakness first, not to rush to fight with them, and burn all the grass outside the nine sides, and then the army, herdsmen and people will retreat into the fortresses and castles on the nine sides, fortify the walls and clear the fields, and treat them They came all the way, but they could not plunder along the way, and they had no grass to feed their horses, so they could only attack fortresses, and a nomadic army like Xue Yantuo was unprepared, and it was impossible to storm a strong castle. They can't advance or retreat, and they will inevitably have to retreat in the end. At that time, they can attack.

Qin generals such as Yu Chigong are very confident about the defense line in the northern part of the country.

In the past, there were nine towns in the north of Yinshan and Yanshan. This was the first line of defense, and it was also the key for the imperial court to control the grassland south of the desert and north of Yinshan. Only with these fortresses in front of the army could it support the defense The control of this area can allow the imperial court's actual control line to reach the southern edge of the desert, preventing the grassland tribes in the northern part of the desert from gaining a foothold in the southern part of the desert.

Immediately behind the Nine Towns is the second line of defense established by the imperial court, located behind the mountain.In the Hetao area in the west, the three surrendered cities are the core, while in the Dingxiang section, there are cities such as Dingxiang and Dali, and there are fortresses such as Zhangjiakou in the east.

In the Daibei section, which is the key point, there are the outer Great Wall defense lines such as Yunzhong and Mayi, and the inner Great Wall defense lines such as Yanmen and Loufang behind it.

It can be said that the Great Qin's defense line in the northern border is well-defined and layered. The Great Wall is no longer the front line of defense. Shuofang Road in the west, the traditional Great Wall defense line, is actually thousands of miles behind the defense line.

Over the years, the imperial court has immigrated to the frontier, and under the strategy of pioneering and farming, the formerly deserted northern frontier is now full of farms, pastures, villages and castles.

The northern border is no longer wild, and there are many villages and castles with a large population, which means that there will be more government soldiers stationed, and the defense will naturally be more complete.

"As long as these 20 people are eaten, Xue Yantuo's department will be over."

Rocky sat there, a little lost in thought.

At this moment, his mind was a little complicated.

He is now called Luo Keyong, the righteous son of the Great Qin Emperor, newly appointed as the envoy of Mobei Road, the commander of Zuo Dudu, and the Duke of Yudu County.

But he is still Xue Yantuo's sweaty barbarian.

"Can you confirm that the main attack direction of Niyi is Hetao?"

"Basically, it is confirmed that the defenses in the direction of Daibei are more complete. Although Baidao is the main road through Yinshan Mountain, the defense here is stricter. Wuchuan, Huaishuo, and Fuming Towns are juxtaposed in the north of Yinshan Mountain. Behind the mountain, there are Dingxiang Dali and so on. , not to mention that there is an outer defense line of the Great Wall, Shahukou, Niupiguan, and Yunzhongcheng, where hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops were buried several times."

The Hetao area is relatively less fortified, especially behind the Hetao is a large desert Gobi, which makes it out of touch with Guanzhong, and it is impossible for reinforcements and logistics to keep up so quickly.

"But our three surrendered cities behind the mountain are not vegetarians either."

The three major surrendered cities are actually three defensive networks. Each surrendered city is not an isolated city, but controls dozens of military fortresses and hundreds of beacon fortresses to form a large defensive network.

"Ni Yu obviously doesn't know about this!" Yuchi said with a smile. "I guess he thought the Hetao area was still the same as it was in the Sui Dynasty."

Rock groaned.

"Since Niyi is going straight to Hetao, there is no need for us to all stay on Wuchuan's side."

He decided that Yu Chigong would stay in Wuchuan, and he led the assembled two armies to personally guard Woyejun Town in the north of Hetao Mountain.

"Jinglue, it's better for me to learn the mud!" Yuchi said.

Luo Keyong shook his head, "Niyu is my uncle, I will do it! Don't worry, I will be able to defeat Niyu. I was born in Xue Yantuo, and I know Xue Yantuo better, including their tactics."

(End of this chapter)