Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 865
Qin Qiong and Yu Chigong lined up almost at the same time, shouting to the emperor, please be the forward.

Compared with the stability of the old general Wei Wensheng, these two generals in their early thirties are in their prime of life. They don't think about the dangers of war, and they don't think about the 40 army. The problem of logistics and food for the road attack.

They think very simply.

If the emperor said to fight, then beat his mother.

The Turkic people are so poor and vicious, not to mention destroying cities and seizing land, and massacring cities and killing people, this is absolutely unacceptable.

The king humiliates his ministers to death!

Jieli Khan dared to bully the Emperor of Qin, how could they, the generals of Qin, sit idly by.

"Okay, the loyalty of the two generals is commendable, so I will appoint General Qin as the General of Rebellion, General Yuchi as General of Pinglu, and each of the two generals will lead an army to be my vanguard!"

Once the emperor's decree is made, there will be no change.

A proclamation official flew out of Taiyuan with the decree, and went to the four directions to proclaim the decree.

Fortunately, the 40 troops attacked, but not all of them started from Taiyuan, but from Taiyuan, Boling, Shanggu, and Beijing. Taiyuan and Fanyang were originally important cities in the north, and they were not too affected during the Sui Dynasty. There were many wars. After Qin established the country, he also used these two places as the centers of Hebei and Hedong, so he also accumulated a lot of money, food, military equipment and other materials. With these two as logistics supply bases, it is not impossible to send troops without food. .

However, to supply an army of 40, the number of civilians recruited must be as many as multiples. Basically, most of the young and strong will be recruited in places such as Hebei, Hedong and Henan this time.

Such a scale of war is definitely not sustainable. The advice of Wei Wensheng and other experienced veterans to the emperor is three months at most.

If the victory cannot be won within three months, or the scale of the battle is reduced, the Qin army will have no food, and the entire Hebei East and even the Central Plains will collapse.

This is not an exaggeration, but a fact.

"Three months is enough!"

Luo Cheng could not survive three months, how could Jieli survive three months, how could Liu Wuzhou survive three months, and how could Chai Shao survive three months.

This war is not only very dangerous for Luo Cheng, but also for the enemy forces. If they can't defeat Luo Cheng and conquer the Great Wall, then they will have no food to live in this remote Saibei, and they will also collapse .

It depends on who can win first, even if it is a stalemate confrontation, both sides will end the same.

On behalf of the North.

Cloud City.

Under the night, a few flying pigeons entered the city.

On the pigeon tower in the center of the city, Li Keshi, the prefect of Yunzhong County, Danyang County, immediately grabbed a handful of pigeon food and sprinkled it in. After the pigeons were full, he grabbed the pigeons and took off the letter box on their feet.

"One hundred pigeons have been released one after another, including those from Shuntian Pigeon Station, Taiyuan Pigeon Station, and Hengshan Pigeon Station. Now, finally, pigeons from our Yunnei Pigeon Station have come back."

Flying pigeons is a very miraculous technique that requires skilled pigeon trainers to train birds and improve pigeon breeds. These flying pigeons are specialized pigeons. At first, they were only used by nobles to show off. Later, they were arranged by Luo Cheng The dark guard researched and improved, and finally formed a carrier pigeon that could deliver secret messages.

Using the nature of pigeons returning home, the method of transmitting information is actually very simple.

For example, the distance between Yunnei and Fan Yang is [-] miles, at this distance homing pigeons can travel directly without intermediate relay.When Yunnei sent a letter to Fan Yang, the pigeon had to be transported from Fanyang Pigeon Station to Yunnei City for temporary foster care. When it was time to deliver the letter, the letter was placed on the pigeon's leg, fed, and then released.

The pigeons will naturally fly back to his pigeonhole in Fanyang, this is the nature of the pigeons, no matter how far they are, they will usually fly back.

Of course, in order to ensure information security, Dove Letters uses encrypted secret letters. At the same time, only important information is used for Dove Letters, and several pigeons are used to send out a piece of information multiple times to avoid being hunted and killed by natural enemies such as eagles, or intercepted by people.

It is very troublesome to take a carrier pigeon from Fanyang to Datong [-] miles away, but when it is put back, the pigeon can reach it in only one day, but it is extremely fast.

"Mr. Danyang, how are you?"

Liu Hongji heard that there was a flying pigeon coming back, so he came over immediately.

Li Keshi is Li Jing's younger brother, he is a master at playing birds, the pigeon station in Datong has more pigeons than other stations.

"I have given the pigeon letter to the staff for translation."

The staff officer holds a translation of the pigeon letter, which is specially designed for the delivery of the pigeon letter, and will be replaced at intervals.He handed the translated pigeon letter to Liu Hongji.

"Another letter asking us to break out and evacuate?"

After Liu Hongji finished reading, he just shook his head.

"General, Jieli has already crossed the Hu Pass and will be there soon. If we want to withdraw, this is our best chance." Master Li reminded Liu Hongji.Liu Hong was basically a general of Dingxiang, and he was sent to Mayi to take over as the envoy of the Dingwu army. As a result, the Dingwu army rebelled, and he was defeated back to Yunnei with only some troops.

He was a guest general, but Li Keshi was the prefect of Yunzhong County, but Li Keshi did not fight for power with Liu Hongji, he was in charge of defending the city and defending against the enemy in front of Liu Hongji.

Even if it is a war or a withdrawal, he will ask Liu Hongji first.

Liu Hongji smiled and said, "Your Majesty ordered me to wait until we break out of the fort and go north, and let us give up Yunzhong County. However, news came from Shuntian Mansion that the emperor had issued an order for the fourth army to attack, and 20 soldiers in the army Divide into four routes to go north, since the emperor has come, let's get rid of him!"

"So what if Jieli is here? He thinks that if he destroys Dingxiang and Dali City, he can also destroy my Cloud City?"

During the last battle against the Turks, Yunzhong City was extremely strong.After that, Yunzhong City has been in the hands of Qin Jun for several years, so it has naturally been further strengthened.

"I have only [-] soldiers in Yunzhong City, but there are [-] in Heng'an Town, and [-] in Niupi Pass. The gates are connected to each other and form horns with each other. The soldiers' morale is high and their fighting spirit is high. Why can't they stick to the battle?"

"Besides, there are more than [-] people in Yunzhong City, and there are more than [-] young and strong people. These people can definitely assist in the defense. We can definitely hold on until His Majesty's reinforcements arrive!"

The prefect Li Keshi listened and did not refute.

He just smiled and said, if General Liu has such determination and ambition, then naturally I, a civil servant, will fully support him.I am the prefect of Yunzhong, I have the responsibility to guard the land, and I should stick to the city.

So, although this was the eighth retreat order they had received, in the end Liu Hongji and Li Keshi still decided to stick to it.

almost simultaneously.

In Baidao of Yinshan Mountain hundreds of miles away to the north, Luo Siye also received an edict from the emperor.

The emperor ordered him not to fight head-on with the Turkic people, saying that since Dingxiang and Dali City were defeated, he should simply detour to Mobei and return to Beijing by way of Xijing.

"Siye dare not obey the edict. The blood of the [-] Dingxiang soldiers has not yet been dried, and the blood of the more than [-] Dingxiang people has not yet been dried. I, Siye, dare not just leave like this. Siye resists the edict!"

Luo Siye gritted his teeth and burned the edict.

(End of this chapter)