Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 864

late at night.

A sudden knock on the door woke the emperor up.

"Your Majesty, the military situation in Dingxiang is urgent. Jieli successively broke through Dingxiang Tucheng and the two cities of Dali. Duke Luo Simo of Shun State was defeated and captured. Nearly [-] soldiers under his command were wiped out. Jieli also slaughtered [-] soldiers in the second city. The remaining women and children are common people."

The emperor hadn't completely woken up from sleep, but when he heard this, he couldn't help standing up suddenly.

"What about the inheritance?"

"General Siye is still stationed in Yinshan Baidao, and now he has been completely isolated outside the Great Wall."

Luo Cheng paced the ground barefoot, angry and shocked.

I thought that Simo and Siye had been guarding for more than a month, and it would be okay to stick to it a little longer. Who would have known that just as good news came from Hebei, Dingxiang fell again.

Xieli was really vicious. He killed [-] Dingxiang soldiers and slaughtered two cities.

"I swear to kill this prisoner!"

"Your Majesty, after Jieli slaughtered Dali, he took away the wife of Lord Shunguo, Yang Shi, and canonized her as Turkic Ketun. Then he led his troops to commit suicide at Huguan, crossed the Great Wall, and went to the clouds."

Luo Cheng sighed again and again.

"Liu Hongji is in danger!"

Originally, 10 people such as Liu Heizhen surrounded the cloud, and Liu Hongji's 8000 people guarded it.

But now that Jieli's nearly 20 troops are marching south, how can this Yunzhong City be defended.

Although the Qin army has recovered Shanggu, it has captured Zhaojun and Xiangguo counties.

However, in the north of Taiyuan and west of Taihang, there are four counties, Loufan, Yanmen, Mayi, and Zhuojun, which are in the hands of the rebels, and Yunzhong County is already under heavy siege.

"General Liu Hongji sent a pigeon letter, vowing to live and die with Yun, and never surrender until the last soldier dies."

Luo Cheng still has a good impression of Liu Hongji, he is a general under Siye's command.

The current situation is no longer the time to fight recklessly.

"Jun Xian, you should immediately find a way to contact Liu Hongji and Siye, let Liu Hongji break out of the Great Wall from Niupiguan, and join Siye, don't fight recklessly with the Turks and rebels, let them withdraw Huaihuang first, really It is not possible to withdraw into Xijing, if there is no supply, you can go back to Beijing by way of Xijing."

"Your Majesty, do you want to give up Saibei?"

"Of course I won't give up, but it's just a temporary strategic detour." At this time, Luo Cheng was absolutely unwilling to waste Siye and the others outside the Great Wall.

The emperor stayed up all night, sitting in front of the map and thinking hard all night.

dawn.

The emperor summoned the generals who accompanied him in Taiyuan.

"Presumably you should have heard the news that Duke Luo Simo of the Shun State defeated Dingxiang, and all 2 people under his command were wiped out. Jieli even smashed Tucheng and Dali City, and slaughtered more than [-] people in the two cities. He committed a heinous crime, and now he is full of arrogance. Arrogant, and has crossed the Great Wall to kill Hukou and rushed to the cloud."

"I have already ordered Liu Hongji to break out from Niupi Pass and go out of the fort to join Siye and retreat to Xijing to wait."

"Your Majesty, the veteran thinks that the Turks and the rebels are fighting sharply now, so it's better to avoid them temporarily. You can stick to Taiyuan and Shuntian, and defend according to the big city of Xiongguan, so as to defend and attack, and use Guancheng to defeat the enemy's attack."

It was veteran Wei Wensheng who spoke.

Now he is serving as Minister of the Ministry of War of Luo Cheng, and his speech is still very insightful, the Turkic army is 20, while Liu Wuzhou and Chai Shao have 20, not to mention the soldiers of Gao Tancheng and Dou Jiande.

Now that Liu Wuzhou occupied Loufan Yanmen and Mayi, the important passes, almost all the north of Taiyuan had fallen. For Great Qin, the defense of the Great Wall was now in the hands of the enemy. If they attacked from Taiyuan, it would be disadvantageous for the Qin army.

And if we retreat to defend Taiyuan and Shuntian, we can rely on the two important towns of Taiyuan and Beijing to stick to it, and use the three passes of Daomaguan, Zijingguan and Junduguan as the front resistance.

Offensive and defensive changes, with the help of the power of pass and defense, change from offense to defense, and let others attack later.

No matter how powerful the Turkic cavalry corps is, there is no room for them to show their power in front of these dangerous passes.

It's just that this mature and prudent opinion has not been approved by the emperor.

"Jieli took my Dingxiang Road, and even slaughtered more than [-] people in my two cities, and beheaded [-] of my soldiers. This is a shame and shame that I have never had since the founding of the Great Qin Dynasty. Jieli rode on my head to shit Urinating, I still have to turn my head to avoid him? No, what qualifications does he have to provoke me? I don’t want to wait for a day, so I want to fight back now!"

The emperor directly proposed his own counterattack plan to the generals, which was the result of his hard thinking last night.

"Zhao Gui led an army of [-], with one army each from the Han and the Fan, and sent troops to Duguan to attack the two thieves Gao Tansheng and Gao Kaidao in Zhuojun County, and took back Zhuojun County and the land of Huaihuang."

"Feng Xiaoci led an army of 5 horses each from Han and Fan. One army came out of Zijing Pass from Shanggu, and the other army came out of Dauma Pass from Boling County. They invaded Lingqiu County, Yanmen, Hedong, and attacked the rebels of Liu Wuzhou."

"I personally led the 20 elite soldiers assembled in Taiyuan, and sent troops out of Taiyuan to attack Xinkou and enter Yanmen."

Wei Xuan and Wei Wensheng couldn't help persuading.

"Your Majesty, although our army occupies the three critical points in the inner pass, the roads are dangerous and difficult to cross the Taihang, and the logistics supply and transportation of food and grass are extremely difficult. The more soldiers and horses, the more difficult the logistics transfer. What's more, there is Dou Jiande in Hebei, so we have to guard against it. "

But the emperor has made up his mind.

"Dou Jiandezhen has handed him over to Wei Wang Cunxiao and Zhao Wang Shixin. Shandong and Liaoning will attack Hebei together, and he will be dragged in Hebei."

"Your Majesty, even if Xinkou is breached, Yanmen is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. At that time, Turkic Shibi Khan had 10 troops, but he could not break through Yanmen." Wei Wensheng continued to persuade.

"Old General Wei, if I just give up outside the pass, I'm afraid the counties outside the pass will be completely gone. Even if I regain it later, it will probably become a piece of wasteland. It will cost hundreds of thousands of lives, all of which are mine. people, I cannot ignore them."

Of course, as the emperor, Luo Cheng had another consideration.

If Xieli is allowed to occupy the land outside the customs, there will be a very bad impact, that is, it will greatly increase Xieli's prestige, making him famous this time when he makes a comeback.

Li Yuan, Dou Jiande, Liu Wuzhou, Gao Tansheng, Liang Shidu and the like will become even more entangled with the Turks.

In this way, Jieli can form a stable and powerful anti-Qin force by pulling these sons, starting from Guanzhong in the west and reaching the sea in the east. Even Luo Cheng cannot bear such a powerful force united.

Therefore, he must immediately raise his sword and cut off the alliance while it is still not stable.

In particular, Liu Wuzhou must be killed and Dingxiang Dao taken back, so that Li Yuan and Dou Jiande can be separated and defeated separately.

Jundu Pass has 36 Li Guangou, Daoma Pass has [-] Panling Ridges, and Zijing Pass is also surrounded by mountains and rivers.

This is true tactically, but strategically it will fall into infinite passivity.

You must attack in order to take the initiative strategically.

(End of this chapter)