Man Tanghong

Chapter 659 The Outrageous Battle ([-])

Where did Jieli and Tuli go?

No one asked this question, because everyone had already guessed where Xieli and Tuli had gone.

"They went to Gyeongju?!"

Li Shimin said coldly what everyone had guessed.

After Chen Shuda bowed his hands to Li Shimin, he looked at Li Yuanji and asked, "How does Your Highness plan to deal with it?"

Li Yuanji said frankly: "I have already ordered Ren Guogong to send a team of elite riders to investigate the matter. After the investigation is true, we will discuss countermeasures together."

Chen Shuda opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say a word, but silently cupped his hands, and sat back on the spot with a sad expression on his face.

The others were more or less sad.

But no one spoke, and everyone was waiting for news from Liu Hongji's investigation.

About an hour later, Liu Hongji hurried to the city gate building, and he was startled when he opened his mouth, "Your Highness, all the people sent by the minister have returned, and they have already visited the Turkic camp outside the pass. Except for some servants and slaves, no other Turks were found.

According to the tongue caught by the people under my command, Xieli and Tuli had left two days ago.

Last night, the rest of the Turkic soldiers also left one after another, leaving only the troops from Teleo Sheshe and Liang Shidu to guard the camp.

Just when the minister sent people out to investigate, Ao Sheshe also left with the last Turkic soldiers and horses, and Liang Shidu also left.

Today, in the Turkic camp outside the city, there are only a few abandoned servants and slaves left. "

When Chen Shuda's face changed in shock, he murmured: "No wonder the Turks have been silent and have not attacked the city for the past two days. I thought the Turks had changed their nature."

The faces of the others were also not good-looking.

So many Turkic soldiers and horses left under everyone's noses, and they left quietly. They didn't even get the news until two days after they left. Their faces were pretty.

More importantly, the Turkic soldiers and horses left quietly, not with great fanfare, which shows that the Turkic people did not retreat, but went elsewhere.

The war elsewhere may heat up linearly.

"Ren Guogong, what are the scouts under your command doing? Why did you find out such important news only now?"

After muttering to himself, Chen Shuda stared at Liu Hongji and asked.

Liu Hongji was ashamed and speechless.

As the highest military officer in Xiaoguan, he not only has the responsibility of guarding the land, but also the responsibility of investigating the enemy's situation.

Both Xieli and Tuli had left for two days, and only his subordinates found out the news, and the people under him had indeed neglected their duties.

As a prime minister, Chen Shuda still couldn't bear to embarrass some small people, so he could only attack him.

"You must give me an account of this matter."

Li Yuanji said to Liu Hongji coldly, and began to discuss the military situation with others, "Now there is no time to worry about this, we have to discuss a feasible solution as soon as possible."

Cai Yungong hesitated and said, "Did Jieli and Tuli go to Qingzhou, and what is the situation in Qingzhou? We don't know anything. I really don't know where to start."

Jieli and Tuli have been away for two days.

The time difference between two days is enough for a lot to happen.

So how to negotiate, how to negotiate, is indeed a problem.

As soon as Cai Yungong said this, many people nodded solemnly in agreement.

Li Shimin said abruptly, "In this situation, where else can we start? Naturally, start with the worst outcome."

Li Yuanji thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement, "Yes, two days is enough for Xieli and Tuli to arrive in Gyeongju, and we don't know what the battle situation in Gyeongju is like now.

By the time Qingzhou sent people over, it was already a day later.

So we can only negotiate based on the worst result. "

Chen Shuda said solemnly, "The worst outcome is that Jieli and Tuli break through Qingzhou, occupy all parts of Qingzhou, and march towards Chang'an City..."

"No, no, as long as Xieli is not stupid, he will never do this."

Without waiting for Chen Shuda to finish speaking, Li Shimin decisively rejected Chen Shuda's words.

Chen Shuda looked at Li Shimin puzzled.

Li Shimin continued to say coldly: "If Jieli only took Qingzhou, he would never enter Chang'an City. Because he only opened a gap. If my Tang Dynasty encircled me from both sides, he would not enter Chang'an City." will be trapped in Guanzhong.

He would never put himself in such a dangerous situation.

So I speculate that after he wins Gyeongju, he will still go to a certain Suizhou, or Lanshi and other places.

Now that Li Yi has turned his back, there was a lot of commotion in Mozhou, Hebei Road, which attracted the attention of Li Xiaogong, Li Shiji, Su Dingfang, Chai Shao and others.

If he came out from behind at this time and dealt a painful blow to Li Xiaogong and others, he would definitely be able to open another gap in Lanshi.

Only when there are two or more gaps, can Xieli go south with confidence. "

Cai Yungong couldn't help but said: "Then how should we deal with it?"

Li Shimin closed his mouth slowly, stopped talking, and just looked at Li Yuanji quietly.

He said that if he helps Li Yuanji make suggestions, he will be raised by a concubine.

So he only analyzes and does not make suggestions.

If Li Yuanji needed his help in making suggestions, he would have to take back everything he said before and apologize to him.

Li Yuanji felt Li Shimin's gaze, and also felt what Li Shimin's gaze was about to say, but he ignored Li Shimin.

Without Li Erfeng, he wouldn't be able to eat hairy pigs?

"Then let Qingzhou and other places south of Qingzhou begin to relocate the people, fortify the walls and clear the land. At the same time, dispatch a troop from here and Suizhou to Qingzhou.

If you can catch up and rescue Gyeongju, you will rush to help Gyeongju, and if you can't catch up, you will take back Gyeongju. "

Li Yuanji spoke slowly.

Everyone in the city gate building began to think about Li Yuanji's intentions in doing so.

Li Shimin's expression changed, he snorted, and sat there without speaking.

After thinking for a while, Liu Hongji said, "Your Highness is doing this to force Jieli to leave behind a troop to defend Gyeongju, and also to make Jieli be afraid to go deep alone?"

Li Yuanji nodded.

That's what he thought.

If Gyeongju falls, then before Xieli opens a new gap, attack Gyeongju and take back Gyeongju, and Xieli will definitely leave a large number of soldiers to defend Gyeongju.

Otherwise, even if Xieli opens a new gap, there is still only one gap, and there is no way to go south with confidence.

If Xieli didn't leave a large number of soldiers and horses to defend Gyeongju, then when Datang regained Gyeongju and he didn't open a new gap, he would be a turtle in the urn.

Therefore, Xieli will definitely leave a large number of soldiers and horses to defend Gyeongju.

If the war in Gyeongju is unfavorable and the Turks who stay behind are in danger of being defeated, Xieli has to give up the idea of ​​opening a new gap and lead the army to defend Gyeongju.

Otherwise, he will still be the turtle in the urn.

So before a new gap was opened, once Gyeongju was attacked, Jieli would not dare to go deep alone.

"So, the destruction of Qingzhou is not a bad thing for me, Tang Dynasty?"

Chen Shuda said in disbelief.

When Qingzhou was attacked and Xieli did not dare to go deep alone, Xieli was tied to Qingzhou.

At that time, there are only two choices that Xieli can make.

One is to face-to-face with Datang in Gyeongju, and the other is to grab a vote in Gyeongju and several states near Gyeongju.

But no matter which one it is, it is more beneficial to Datang than the previous battle situation.

After all, what Tang Dynasty faced before was to resist the Turkic people on all fronts. The front line was quite long, and there were wars everywhere. No one knew when the war would end or win.

But once the decisive battle started, or after the Turks finished robbing and ran away to clean up the mess, it meant that the war was coming to an end.

Regarding the fact that Datang will win in the decisive battle, no one in the city gate would doubt it.

Because for everyone in the city gate, Datang can only win the decisive battle in Gyeongju, but cannot lose. Once they lose, Datang will not only be poisoned, but they will also suffer bad luck.

So they will try their best to let Datang win this war.

They also believed that Datang could win the war.

As long as he can win this war and repel the Turkic people, Datang will be free to deal with Li Yi and the Tuyuhun people.

Without the restraint of the Turkic people, Datang could kill Li Yi and the Tuyuhun people even with a pile of soldiers.

As long as Li Yi and the Tuyuhun people are dealt with, only Liang Shidu and the Turkic people will be left to face after the Tang Dynasty.

As long as he recuperates for a few years and accumulates some family assets, he will be able to move his troops northward and sweep Liang Shidu and the Turks.

Therefore, Xieli's victory over Gyeongju was not a bad thing for Datang, but revitalized the crisis that Datang was currently facing.

What Datang has to do is to win the battle when Jieli decides to fight Datang head-on!
"Whether it is good or bad, none of us can say for sure, after all, none of us know what is going on in Gyeongju, nor what Xieli will do.

The only thing we can do is to prepare for the fierce battle with Xieli in Gyeongju. "

Li Yuanji said in a deep voice.

If Xieli finally chooses to fight Datang head-on in Gyeongju, the battlefield will expand to the entire Gyeongju, and even several states around Gyeongju will be involved.

More importantly, this fierce battle will no longer be like Xiaoguan, where thousands or even tens of thousands of people fight each other, but tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of people fight fiercely.

The size of the battlefield and the number of people participating in the battle will reach the highest since the founding of the Tang Dynasty.

In the future, it may be difficult for Datang to have such a big war.

After all, among the neighbors around Datang, only the Turkic people had such a strong strength that they could send out 30, [-] or more troops to fight against Datang head-on.

For other countries such as Tubo, Tuyuhun, Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla, Linyi, etc., not to mention 30 million soldiers and horses, even 30 million young and strong, they have to make a good effort.

Of course, Tubo has this strength. After all, Tubo has a vast territory and a large population.

But Tubo is now a state of disunity, and each tribe is governed by itself. Songtsan Gampo, the hero in Tubo history, is still an eight-year-old doll. Songtsan Gampo’s father, Nangri Songtsan, unified the Shannan area and became a common place for all tribes. The recognized leader in name is still far from the real leader.

Tubo still has a large area of ​​territory that needs to be unified, so there is still no 30 million soldiers and horses to fight against Datang, and there is no time to scrape together 30 million people to wander around the borders of Datang.

(End of this chapter)