Man Tanghong

After Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin left, Li Yuanji led a group of civil and military soldiers to the city wall.

On the city wall, Liu Hongji was commanding the army to fight fiercely with the Turkic people. Since the city wall was built on the top of the hill, the Turkic people had no way to attack Guancheng with the help of military vehicles such as buildings that could only be deployed on flat ground. It can attack the city with the help of ladders and other relatively primitive weapons that can be deployed on the top of the mountain.

So I saw pairs of Turkic people, carrying round shields and ladders, charging again and again.

The Turkic people are definitely first-class warriors on horseback, but when they landed on flat ground, their combat effectiveness began to plummet. In addition, the Tang army took advantage of the terrain and was condescending. Various weapons such as crossbows easily repelled the Turks' charges time and time again.

However, despite this, the Tang army still suffered a lot of damage. Under the majestic arrow rain and stone bomb attacks of the Turkic people, from time to time, soldiers of the Tang Dynasty fell to the ground with a howl.

Although Xiao Guannei had enough troops and could soon make up for the vacancy that just appeared, Liu Hongji was still frowning.

"Be careful, Your Highness!"

Li Yuanji strolled on the top of the city, rushing towards Liu Hongji, and condolences to the wounded soldiers with concern. From time to time, there were arrows flying over. Cai Yungong, Chen Shuda and others surrounded him while reminding them, but if there were arrows or stone bullets, When approaching, they will stand in the front without hesitation.

Li Yuanji knew very well that except for Cai Yungong and others among them, the reason why most of the remaining people stood in front of them desperately was not to guard his safety, but the safety of those in power in the Tang Dynasty.

For them, the safety of those in power in the Tang Dynasty is directly related to the stability of the Tang Dynasty.

For them, the safety of those in power in the Tang Dynasty is far higher than that of His Royal Highness King Qi of the Tang Dynasty.

If he is just a king of Qi, not the ruler of Tang Dynasty.

Chen Shuda and others will not stand in front of him no matter what.

However, whether Cai Yungong and others, or Chen Shuda and others, they were all very lucky. Although they encountered many arrows and stone bullets along the way, none of them fell on them.

They rushed to Liu Hongji's side without any risk.

Liu Hongji bent his bow and set his arrows. After firing three arrows in a row and killing three enemies, he gave up and retreated from the crenel on the city wall, and rushed to Li Yuanji to salute.

"Your Majesty Liu Hongji sees Your Highness..."

Liu Hongji bent down slightly, frowned, and said with a heavy face.

Li Yuanji nodded, looked at Liu Hongji's frowned brows, and said puzzledly: "I see that although the Turkic offensive is swift and fierce, they are far from reaching the level of breaking through Xiaoguan, why do you still attack?" Are you frowning?"

Liu Hongji straightened up quickly, and while asking Li Yuanji to go to the city gate for a detailed discussion, he said in a deep voice: "Your Highness only knows one thing, but the Turks really do not pose any threat to Xiao Guan, but the Turks From the Ministry of Liang Shidu, the Ministry should not be underestimated.

They are all composed of Han people. They may not be as good at fighting on horseback as the Turks, but they are more than a star and a half better than the Turks in siege.

Right now, only some Turkic servants and slaves are besieging the city. The real elite has not yet come out, and the Liangshi capital has not yet moved.

Once they started to attack the city, it would not be so easy for Nachen and his subordinates to deal with it. "

Li Yuanji entered the city gate building under the guidance of Liu Hongji, and nodded thoughtfully after listening to Liu Hongji's words.

He had seen the soldiers and horses of the Turkic elite and Liang Shidu attack the city, and he knew how strong the soldiers and horses of the Turkic elite and Liang Shidu were, and he also knew how sharp they were when they attacked the city.

So he knew that Liu Hongji was not lying to him, but telling the truth.

"But even so, you shouldn't be frowning. None of the elite Turkic people and the Liang division moved, nor did our elite soldiers stationed by the Jingshui River in the Tang Dynasty.

If it really moves, our Great Tang has enough troops to deal with it, and our Great Tang still has an absolute advantage in terrain. "

Li Yuanji really wanted to say "I have the advantage", but considering that the person who said this was not only beaten terribly, but also fled the mainland and went to the island to split, so he didn't dare to say it .

Although there is such a thing as metaphysics if you believe it, if you don’t believe it, you don’t have it.

But in a pinch, it doesn't hurt to have faith.

In case there really are some gods, ghosts, immortals, or monsters, wouldn't it be better for you to believe in them?
Even if there are no gods, ghosts, immortals, or monsters, you can still get some psychological comfort if you believe in them.

"If there is only Xiaoguan as the battlefield now, I wouldn't be too worried, but the Turkic people outside the pass have already divided their troops, and they are still divided into four groups.

According to Chen's guess, they probably took a detour to Lingzhou, or went to Yanqing and Yinsui.

No matter how well the minister guards here, if there are mistakes elsewhere, my Tang Dynasty will still be defeated. "

With a sad face, Liu Hongji said with a long sigh.

Li Yuanji looked at Liu Hongji thoughtfully, Cai Yungong, Chen Shuda and others also looked at Liu Hongji thoughtfully.

What Liu Hongji said coincides with what Li Shimin said.

That means that the Turkic people may have detoured to Lingzhou, Yanqing and Yinsui.

After all, both Li Shimin and Liu Hongji are veterans on the battlefield, and they are also commander-in-chiefs who can lead troops in battle alone. There is a [-]% chance that the judgment they make together will happen.

"Why do you think the Turks went to Yanqing and Yinsui? What do you think the Turks went to Yanqing and Yinsui for?"

Li Yuanji didn't tell the whole story and Li Shimin also made the same guess. Li Shimin didn't finish what he said, and if he wanted to find a chance to get out of trouble, he could only find the answer from Liu Hongji.

If Liu Hongji was told that Li Shimin also made the same guess, then Liu Hongji would most likely not say anything.

After all, Liu Hongji has a deeper friendship with Li Shimin than his friendship with him, and Liu Hongji is more inclined to let Li Shimin be the ruler of Datang.

When he can help Li Shimin, Liu Hongji is very likely to help.

So I have to guard against it.

After staying in the center of power for a long time and getting used to intrigues, Li Yuanji has clearly realized what it means to have the heart to harm others and to be defensive.

Perhaps due to various reasons, Liu Hongji has given up supporting Li Shimin, and has forgotten his friendship with Li Shimin, so he will not help Li Shimin anymore.

But if they help, if there is a bad hand at a critical time, then it will be me and Datang who will be unlucky at that time.

Liu Hongji didn't know what Li Yuanji was thinking, nor did he know that just now, Li Shimin made the same guess as him. Facing Li Yuanji's question, Liu Hongji pondered for a long time before he opened his mouth and said: "Turkic Jieli and Turkic Li Khan led a total of 23 soldiers and horses to the south this time. Counting the soldiers and horses from Shizhou to Weize Pass, the number may have exceeded 30.

Although Tuli was brave, but lacked in wisdom, he was not to be feared.

But Xieli is different. Xieli is not only brave, but also wise.

He will definitely not pile up all the soldiers and horses in one place, he will definitely use his superiority in military strength to invade our Datang from multiple places.

Right now Xiaoguan has ministers, guarded by tens of thousands of elite soldiers from our Great Tang, and it will be difficult for Jieli to break through the pass in a short time, so he will definitely start from the weak point on the border of my Great Tang, and open the door of my Great Tang from other places.

The west of Lingzhou and the two passes of Yanqing are the places where our Tang troops are weakest and the best places to attack.

As for Yinsui, although there are enough troops, but it is close to Lanshi, Jieli can use the soldiers and horses in Lanshi to attack the five passes of Yinsui, and he can also use Yinsui's soldiers and horses to attack Lanshi.

They are outside Guancheng, they can gallop on horseback, and they are not burdened by luggage, so they can go back and forth between Yinsui and Lanshi flexibly.

We are different, once the army is sent to Yinsui, there will be emptiness in Lanshi, once the army is left behind Lanshi, if the Turkic army attacking Lanshi joins the Turkic army attacking Yinsui, they will attack Yinsui together Yinsui is also in danger. "

Li Yuanji suddenly realized that it turned out that Jieli had made this calculation.

I have to admit, this is indeed a good idea.

The baggage will always be the blemish of the soldiers and horses of the Central Plains, and it is precisely because of this that they will never be able to compare with the grassland people in terms of mobility.

If Datang didn't send a large number of scouts to spy on the military situation, and prepared to deal with it in advance, it would be impossible to deal with the Turkic running back and forth.

Datang could set up an ambush on the only way for the Turkic people, but no one knows how many people the Turkic people will send to the other side to help.

You sent 3000 people to set up an ambush, and as a result, [-] to [-] Turks came, or even more.

How do you fight?
You send tens of thousands of people, or even more people, to set up an ambush. With the sensitivity and mobility of the Turkic scouts, they will find your traces at the first time and send your traces back to the army.

If the Turkic people take the opportunity to encircle Yinsui and Lanshi from both sides, if you fail to set up an ambush, you will be flanked by others, and your entire army may be wiped out.

Therefore, setting up an ambush on a battlefield with hundreds of thousands of people or even more people is not an easy task. It not only tests the intelligence ability, but also tests the concealment ability of the soldiers, and also tests the mind and strategy of the commander.

If there are fewer people sent, it will not be effective. If there are too many people sent, it will be easy to expose their whereabouts.

How to get the intermediate value, how to effectively set up an ambush, and how to hide your whereabouts all need to be considered. If you are not careful, you will lose everything.

So you can't set up an ambush easily, or even set up an ambush.

But if there is no ambush, how to deal with the invasion of the Turks, you can't let go of Yanqing and Yinsui, and let the Turks gallop on their horses, right?

This was probably the real reason why Liu Hongji was frowning.

After listening to Liu Hongji's words, Cai Yungong, Chen Shuda and others suddenly realized, and they all frowned.

"Do you have a way to deal with it?"

While thinking about countermeasures, Li Yuanji stared at Liu Hongji and asked.

Liu Hongji sighed, and shook his head sadly.

If he has a way, he doesn't have to frown.