Man Tanghong

Chapter 643
Now, Li Jing has been replaced by Li Shiji, the way of getting along seems to have not changed, nor has there been any change.

It's just that Li Shiji cut off people faster than Li Jing. In just three days, he chopped off three heavyweight heads. The head of the generals under his command.

Li Xiaogong had always heard people say that Li Shiji had the habit of sacrificing flags with his own people before the war, but he didn't believe it at first, until he saw the head of Captain Guo Yi who had followed Li Shiji, he believed it.

Not to mention, the effect is remarkable.

On the same day, the soldiers who went out to complete the blocking task assigned by Li Shiji beheaded a general and a lieutenant under Liang Shidu's command, beheaded 320 people and captured more than 600 people.

When Li Xiaogong skillfully wrote the memorabilia for the meritorious soldiers, stamped it with a seal, and sent it to Chang'an City.

Liu Hongji's memorabilia was also sent to Chang'an City.

Li Yuanji heaved a sigh of relief after reading the contents of the table, and frowned deeply.

Li Shentong, Li Gang, Pei Ju, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Qin Qiong and others all sat in the hall without showing any air, waiting solemnly for Li Yuanji to speak.

After reading the playlist, Li Yuanji rubbed the center of his brows, but didn't rush to speak.

Li Shentong, who couldn't wait any longer, spoke first, "What did Liu Hongji say in his memorial?"

Among the officials in the hall, only he, the uncle, dared to ask, and only he, the uncle, was qualified to ask.

Li Yuanji took a deep breath, put down the watch and said, "I guessed it was right, the Turks really came to Chang'an City?"

Although Li Shentong, Li Gang and the others were mentally prepared, their faces changed when they heard this.

Li Shentong hurriedly asked again: "What did Liu Hongji say in the report, how many soldiers and horses the Turkic people have come, who will lead the troops, and whether Liu Hongji can defend?"

Li Yuanji shook his head and said: "In Liu Hongji's report, he didn't mention how many soldiers and horses the Turks came, nor did he mention who led the soldiers, because the Turkic army hasn't appeared yet, only the scouts from the former army have been found. .

According to our scouts' investigation, it was the scouts in front of Xieli Golden Wolf's tent. "

The expressions of Li Shentong, Li Gang and others changed again.

The scouts in front of Xieli Golden Wolf's tent appeared, which meant that Xieli had also arrived.

Not everyone can mobilize the scouts in front of the Xieli Golden Wolf tent, nor can anyone drive them.

They are all Xieli's confidantes, and they are also part of Xieli's attendant army. Only Xieli can mobilize them.

So where they appear, Xieli must be there.

Wherever Xieli is, there must be a large army accompanying him.

This is almost a common problem of all khans on the grasslands. They will bring a large number of soldiers and horses with them wherever they go. One is to protect their own safety, the other is to prevent the tribes under their command from getting out of control, and the third is to strike at anytime and anywhere. Those tribes who are unwilling to attach, and looting everywhere.

Therefore, when fighting against the people on the grassland, if you want to know where their leaders, leaders, and khans are, you can know where a large number of their troops gather.

Things like Li Shimin who dared to hang around the enemy's eyes with hundreds of riders would never happen.

Nothing like white fish and dragon clothes will happen.

"So Jieli really came to Chang'an City?"

Li Shentong said in a heavy voice.

Li Yuanji nodded.

Li Shentong hurriedly said again: "How many soldiers and horses led by Jieli can you find out?"

Li Yuanji shook his head slowly, "No, but with Jieli's temperament, it should not be less than one hundred thousand."

This is also a common problem of all grassland khans, that is, no matter who they fight, no matter how they fight, they will use a large number of soldiers and horses.

This is not uncommon on the grasslands, but it is rare in the Central Plains.

This is because the lifestyles of grassland people and Central Plains people are different. Grassland people are mainly nomadic and feed on cattle and sheep. They can drive cattle and sheep to any place with rich water and grass, and they can also take cattle and sheep to any place they want. Places to go.

So as long as they brought cattle and sheep, they didn't have to worry about food and grass, and they didn't even need to use a lot of manpower and material resources to transport food and grass.

This also allows the prairie people to easily gather a large number of people to swarm up when they are fighting.

People in the Central Plains are different. People in the Central Plains make a living by farming and eat five grains. When they leave the fields, they can only rely on a lot of manpower and material resources to transport food for food.

Once there is a war, a large amount of food and grass must be prepared, and a large number of civilians must be transported to the designated place to fill the stomach and gather together to fight the enemy.

Therefore, when the grassland people fight, they consider whether there are enough numbers, whether they can bully the few with more, whether the soldiers are brave enough, and whether they can fight two with one. adequate.

Therefore, Xieli led [-] or even more soldiers to the south at every turn, and Datang had to use a lot of manpower and material resources to prevent them from sending troops to parry.

So Xieli came and went whenever he wanted, completely treating Datang as his own private land, and Datang had no way to take the initiative to attack without accumulating enough food and grass. When soldiers entered the grassland, they could only be forced to defend.

Historically, it took Li Shimin four and a half years to deal with all kinds of turmoil within the Tang Dynasty, and to accumulate enough food and grass for the Northern Expedition to the Turks.

Then he ordered Li Jing to lead the army to attack and succeeded in one fell swoop.

Closer to home, when Li Yuanji said that Jieli led no less than [-] troops, none of Li Shentong, Li Gang and the others refuted, but frowned deeply.

Xiao Yu said worriedly: "With the strength of Liu Hongji's troops, I'm afraid it will be difficult to parry. Should we find a way to mobilize some soldiers from other places to rush to help Liu Hongji?"

Li Yuanji nodded.

There must be rush to help, but the soldiers and horses of the twelve guards have their own uses now, and half of the soldiers and horses of King Qin's Eight Commander Mansions were also taken away by Chai Shao, and now only the soldiers and horses from all over Guanzhong can be used. , as well as the remaining soldiers and horses of the eight commanding military mansions of King Qin.

As for the government soldiers in various places in Guanzhong, in fact, some of them are ostentatious and useless.

Because Guanzhong has all the elite soldiers and strong generals of the Tang Dynasty sitting in the town, the government soldiers can't play any role at all, and each guard often draws elite soldiers and strong generals from the government soldiers from various places in Guanzhong to fill their respective vacancies, so the governor's mansions in various places in Guanzhong are left. All of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, and they don't have much combat effectiveness at all.

Instead of expecting them to rush to help Liu Hongji and resist the Turks, it is better to expect them to escort food and grass, or build bridges and repair roads.

As for the remaining soldiers and horses of King Qin's Eight Commander Mansions, although their combat effectiveness is decisive, they are not easy to use.

Because among the remaining soldiers and horses of the Eight Commandments of the King of Qin, there are many die-hard elements who do not want to be appeased. If they are asked to go to Xiaoguan to help Liu Hongji, they are likely to seize the opportunity to seize Xiaoguan and then coerce Liu Hongji. Liu Hongji opened Xiaoguan, let the Turks in, and then waited for an opportunity to rescue Li Shimin.

They don't care about the life and death of the people in Guanzhong.

They only care about whether Li Shimin can come out, whether he can continue to lead them to become bigger and stronger, and create greater glories.

Therefore, mobilizing soldiers and horses to help Liu Hongji is easier said than done.

Because no suitable soldiers and horses could be found in Guanzhong.

"How about taking a soldier?"

Li Yuanji asked Ji Qunxian.

Qunxian, you look at me and I look at you, but you can't name a suitable soldier.

"Why don't you transfer the soldiers and horses from Shuzhong to Beijing?"

Cai Yungong waited for a long time but did not wait for anyone to speak, so he started throwing bricks to attract jade.

Qin Qiong frowned and said: "You don't know the difficulty of the road to Shu. By the time the soldiers and horses from the middle of Shu arrive here, the Turkic people may have already approached the city."

Cai Yungong hurriedly asked: "Since the soldiers and horses in Sichuan are not suitable, which one do you think is suitable?"

Qin Qiong frowned and said nothing.

Yu Zhining, who was specially invited to participate in this important meeting, hesitated for a moment and said: "You can send troops from Liangzhou to Xiaoguan to help!"

Liangzhou was established by the abolition of Hanchuan County at the beginning of Wude. Under its rule, there are Nanzheng, Chenggu, Baozhong, Xixian, and Baiyun counties, which respectively occupy a part of Hanzhong and a part of Sichuan and Shu in later generations, at the junction of Guanzhong and Sichuan.

If the soldiers and horses from Liangzhou rushed to Xiaoguan to help, they could barely catch up with the ensuing battle.

When Cai Yungong heard this, he quickly turned his attention to Yu Zhining, "According to what you said, the soldiers and horses from the three states of Yang, Xing, and Ji can also be transferred to Xiaoguan?"

The three states are located in northern Sichuan, and they are neighbors with Liangzhou. They can also undertake the military tasks that Liangzhou's soldiers can undertake.

Yu Zhining hesitated again, then nodded.

Anyway, Xiao Guan was short of soldiers and horses, and it was also a transfer to transfer one, and it was also a transfer to transfer four.

It is also a great help for Liu Hongji to transfer all of them to Xiaoguan.

"Just relying on the soldiers and horses of the four states of Liangzhou, it still can't solve the crisis in Xiaoguan."

Cai Yungong couldn't help sighing.

Although the soldiers in the four prefectures of Liangzhou were stronger than those in Guanzhong, they were still far inferior to the elite soldiers of the Twelve Guards and King Qin's Army Mansion.

Asking them to help Liu Hongji can only help Liu Hongji relieve some pressure, but cannot keep the Turks out of Xiaoguan.

Yu Zhining frowned and looked at Cai Yungong and said: "It is already very good to mobilize soldiers and horses to Xiaoguan to help Ren Guogong, as for completely keeping the Turks out of the pass, we need to think about it in the long run.

Besides, His Highness has already made a lot of arrangements in the customs, and I believe that the preparations for the Turkic people to enter the customs have been made.

What we can do is to try our best to use some available soldiers and horses to stop the Turkic people from going south, and it is best to drag the Turkic people to death on the way south.

In this way, Chang'an City will be safe. "

Cai Yungong sighed: "But if this happens, the people in Guanzhong will suffer..."

Yu Zhining frowned and wanted to speak, but Xue Shou took the lead and said, "It's enough to make the walls clear!"

Cai Yungong nodded in agreement and said: "This is also a way..."

Speaking of this, Cai Yungong looked at Li Yuanji and said: "However, I think it's better to try our best to keep the Turks out of Xiaoguan. The autumn harvest will be soon. If the Turks are allowed in, all the places in Guanzhong will be destroyed." I am afraid that the food we have is about to be ruined by the Turks."

(End of this chapter)