Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 883 Blooming in Desperation

long silence.

Chai Shao let out a long sigh, but still spoke slowly.

On summer nights, the night breeze was blowing, and the tent was not so stuffy, but even if the curtain was opened at this time, Li Shimin still broke out in a cold sweat.

"It's all Luo Siye, this man is really a bold and reckless man, or an adventurous general."

After Chai Shao was captured in Dali City, he was brought into the army by Luo Siye, so he watched with his own eyes how Luo Siye rushed to Hetao.

Taking advantage of the darkness, Luo Siye led an army to surprise Li Deliang's Tiande army in the unfinished Zhongshou surrendered city.The Tiande Army had 1 troops, but they couldn't even stop Luo Siye's charge.

Li Deliang was defeated and captured, and more than a thousand Tiande troops died in battle, and the rest were either defeated or surrendered.

Then Luo Siye ignored the Dongshou surrendered army marching on the south bank of the river, but continued to attack Fengzhou City.

In the city of Fengzhou, Li Shuliang only had [-] soldiers stationed there, and dozens of miles to the northwest was the [-] troops in the West Surrendered City, which was under construction.Luo Siye came in a surprise attack, Li Shuliang learned in advance from the defeated soldiers that Luo Siye was coming, and while closing Fengzhou City, Li Shuliang sent troops to the west to be rescued by the surrendered army.

However, what Li Shuliang never expected was that when Luo Siye had just arrived at the city, Shi Yun Dingxing, the governor of Fengzhou in the city, suddenly turned his face. This capricious guy led his confidants to seize the south gate of Fengzhou and lead the Qin army into the city.Li Shuliang became the turtle in the urn, and when the Xishou surrendered army rushed over, he only encountered the Qin army lying in ambush halfway, and suffered a big defeat.

Luo Siye defeated the Tang army in a row, took advantage of the situation, and then captured Lingzhou.

It can be said that even Chai Shao, who followed the army all the way, was amazed by this dazzling operation, let alone the Tang army who is now extremely empty.

In just one month, Luo Siye moved from Yinshan to Baidao and fought thousands of miles away. First, he wiped out [-] Turkic troops in the city of Dali, and then pretended to be a Turkic army to ambush [-] troops of Chai Shao. Then attack Fengzhou to capture Li Shuliang, who was defeated in the west and surrendered to the city, and then took advantage of the situation to capture Lingzhou.

"Yun Dingxing, a capricious guy, if it weren't for him, Fengzhou would not have been captured, and Lingzhou would not have been captured. After taking Fengzhou back then, we shouldn't have kept this bastard, we should have chopped him down Otherwise, there wouldn’t be this guy as an internal response to destroy Fengzhou and Lingzhou.”

Chai Shao sighed.

Li Shimin was already speechless in shock.

"So, the land of Hetao is lost?"

"There are still Guo Zihe's Shengzhou and Dongshou surrendered city, which add up to about [-] soldiers and horses."

Li Shimin shook his head, "What's the use? The problem now is that Li Gui in Hexi has already attached to Qin Dynasty, and Luo Siye has killed Lingzhou. If Lingzhou goes south, it will be Xiaoguan of the Four Fortresses. This is the gateway to the northwest of Chang'an. If Xiaoguan falls, Luo Siye will be able to directly capture Yuanzhou, attack Jingzhou, and then go straight to Chang'an City along the Jing River Valley Road!"

It was simply the most vicious stab.

This is no longer a war in northern Xinjiang, but a threat from a confidant who has already reached the city of Chang'an.

"Li Gui leaves Jincheng County and goes east, then he can reach Huizhou, and then join forces with Luo Siye. Or, he can also send troops south to take Longyou directly."

No matter how Li Gui sent troops, the Li family would face life and death.

"Although Li Gui occupies the land of Hexi, his soldiers and horses are excellent. Luo Siye's soldiers and horses are already exhausted after fighting for thousands of miles. Although he occupies Lingzhou, he may not have the strength to go south. Besides, Xiaoguan is not so easy to break through. But it is one of the four fortresses in Guanzhong." Chai Shao comforted Li Shimin.

But Li Shimin just shook his head and sighed.

This is the case according to common sense, but is it time to infer according to common sense?
According to common sense, how could he, Luo Siye, fight for thousands of miles with a single army and win the land of Hetao?According to common sense, Chai Shao's [-] army cannot be defeated, Li Shuliang's Fengzhou cannot be lost, and Lingzhou is even less likely to be lost.

Now that Chai Shao's [-] Northern Expeditionary Army is gone, and the entire Hetao has been lost, the situation in Guanzhong is already very critical. First of all, there is a serious shortage of troops. The entire Guanzhong is estimated to be around [-] soldiers.

Another one is that the soldiers are not good and the generals are not fierce, and there is a lack of generals who can take the lead.

"Why did Li Gui join Luo Cheng? Could it be that he didn't understand that after Luo Cheng captured Guanzhong, he would be thrown across the river and the bridge would be demolished?" Li Shimin wondered.

"Li Gui doesn't have much ability at all. Seeing that the world is about to be settled and Luo Cheng is the strongest, he just wants to go to the emperor's name and join him."

Li Shimin and Chai Shao sat there, sighing.

"How could you have made such a low-level mistake in the first place, and you were defeated so badly in Dali City." Li Shimin couldn't help but blame Chai Shao.

"I didn't expect it either. Who would have thought that Luo Siye would go around behind Xieli and occupy the city of Dali." Chai Shao was helpless.

"Yeah, who would have expected it, and I didn't expect that I would lose so badly in Huo Yi." Li Shimin smiled wryly.

a long time.

Li Shimin asked, "Where are Shuliang and Deliang?"

"In another camp."

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late June.

The main force of the Qin army was still besieging Yanmen City.

On the ninth day of the lunar new year, more than half of the [-] defenders at Niupi Pass in Yunzhong County had been lost. Everyone was wounded, but no one surrendered.The Turkic army sent by Jieli launched rounds of fierce attacks, and the city gate was finally breached.

The guards in the city fought to the death, and when the gates were broken, they fought in the streets.When the weapon is broken, hit it with your fist.

They fought to the last man, until the whole army was gone.

After the war, the Turkic generals were shocked to find that it took them more than a month to finally win Niupi Pass, but in order to capture this pass guarded by thousands of people, they lost more than [-] people and spent countless arrows.

The angry Turkic general ordered to burn Niupi Pass, and at the same time collect all the corpses of the defenders, and build a Jingguan under the pass with soil and corpses.

On June [-]th, Heng'an Army Town fell.

The [-] defenders who guarded the town were wiped out.

On the [-]th, the city of Yunzhong County was also in danger. There were [-] defenders in the city, but only less than [-] could stand at this time, and the soldiers and civilians in the city also suffered thousands of casualties.

In order to guard this city, the army and the people are dedicated to guarding it to the death.

sixteenth.

The Turkic army attacked again, and the east and west cities were broken through many times, but they were finally driven down by Liu Hongji and Yu Chiliang.

When the sky was about to end, an army appeared in the northeast of Yunzhong County.

Under the afterglow of the setting sun, the flag was coated with a layer of golden light.

In that light, the big Qin character on the red flag is so conspicuous.

The [-] Xiqi Qingqi vanguard led by Deng Hao finally arrived in Yunzhong County after traveling through the Great Wall Mountain Road for [-] miles.

The formation of eight thousand light cavalry approached slowly, and the banner with the character of Qin was flying high.

The Turks blew the horn to withdraw their troops and retreated slowly.

A Turkic cavalry came to the reinforcements, and finally stopped the reinforcements at the foot of Hezhen Mountain, [-] miles northeast of Yunzhong City.

Liu Hongji stood on the ruined Yunzhong city wall, looked at the fluttering red flag, and patted Yu Chiliang on the shoulder, "Old man, look quickly, the reinforcements have arrived, the reinforcements have arrived."

Yu Chiliang was lying on the city wall, trying to stand up, but his whole body was weak. He was covered with scars, old wounds were not healed, and new wounds were added. This battle has already lost strength.

"Really, reinforcements have arrived?"

"Can you see who brought the reinforcements?"

"They came from Hezhen Mountain. It seems to be Xi Qi's vassal army under the banner. It should be our purple-faced king Zhao Gui who has arrived."

Yu Chiliang couldn't help laughing, "Damn it, I thought I was going to confess here this time. I didn't expect our fate to be hard, and Lord Yan would not accept it, hahaha!"

(End of this chapter)