Traveling through the divine eagle: the first sword of Quanzhen

Chapter 690 Victory in the Northwest Campaign
But the efforts of the Mongolian allied forces were futile. Guo Jing and Wang Ping, the two former high-ranking Mongolian and Han people, were well aware of the combat habits of the Mongolian army.It can even be said that no one knows the Mongolian army better than them.

As the former Mongolian upper-class military nobles, except for the Supreme Emperor Li Qinglong, whose application to lead troops into battle was rejected by the Imperial Study Room, the Cabinet of the Prime Minister’s Mansion, and the three divisions of the Taiwei’s Mansion, Wang Ping, Guo Jing, and some Han surrendered generals were all rejected. up.

Because this group of people is too familiar with the Mongolian army, after the arrival of the Mongolian army, they lost half of the battle before they started.

Wang Ping immediately chose to fortify the wall to clear the field and stick to his stronghold.Avoid contact with the Mongolian army as much as possible.Instead, they rely on the fortifications of the city walls that are beneficial to themselves.Having lost the supply of materials, the morale of the current Mongolian army has been devastated.

The same is true for Guo Jing, Guo Jing only surrounded the Mongolian army but did not attack.

The Mongolian cavalry is best at roundabout outflanking and fast maneuvering field battles, but Guo Jing just doesn't go head-to-head with them, but relies on repelling horses, shield carts, artillery and other tools to nibble forward step by step.

Although the Mongolian army besieged Chang'an City very violently, their attacks were all in vain.

As the future capital of the Tang Dynasty, the defensive attributes of Chang'an City can be said to be raised to the highest level by Zhuge Qingyun.

The construction expenditure of Chang'an City Wall is higher than the reconstruction of Daming Palace.The Daming Palace had been suspended for a long time due to financial shortages, but the defense of Chang'an City did not stop.

At present, the walls of Chang'an City are so high that the Mongols' ladders cannot reach them at all.

Although besieged by more than 20 troops, there were only more than 1 defenders in the city, but these 20 people never hurt Chang'an City at all, basically they died as many as they came.

Right now, the Northwest is going through a big war, and Li Qingwei is not in the mood to care about those small things in the rivers and lakes.

He was worried about the Northwest War, just like Yongzheng was worried about Nian Gengyao.

Now that all of Datang's military strength has been transferred by them, he is not afraid that they will rebel, but that they will lose.

After all, this time is the real "battle for the founding of the country" in Datang.If this battle is won, it will definitely set back the spirit of the Mongols.

And if the Mongols' attempt can be thwarted under the city of Chang'an, there will be no major battles in the west of Chang'an, or even Yumen Pass.

And he can completely include the old land of Western Xia and the Hexi Corridor into his own territory, laying the foundation for the future recovery of the Western Regions Protectorate.

Second, rumors are spreading everywhere that Datang needs a victory in a foreign war to demonstrate its "orthodoxy" and "destiny".

Fortunately, Datang's army is not strong enough, and the pressure on material turnover is not very great.

Moreover, Tangmen, the big "shareholder" of Datang, also provided Datang with a large amount of "war loans", and basically did not pay Tangmen for the current military supplies.

As the newlyweds' "wives", Lu Wushuang, Cheng Ying, and Wan Yanping all surrounded Li Qingwei to serve her.

As for Li Yuhan, he was sent out by Duan Siying and returned to Xingqing Mansion to cooperate with Yang Yong to lead the old Xixia Ministry to organize an attack on Mongolia.

Although there are countless beauties around her, Zhao Ke is the only one who can really help with state affairs.

Yang Chan is now defending the Mongols on the northern and eastern fronts, and is not in the palace, otherwise, she can provide some staff.

In the past few days, as usual, Zhao Ke approved the daily official documents, while Li Qingwei kept using chess pieces to restore the war in the northwest based on the Tang newspaper.

Finally, the bell in the imperial city rang. Hearing the sound of bells and drums, Li Qingwei put down the chess pieces in his hand, feeling relieved all of a sudden.

"It's over! It's finally over!" Li Qing let out a sigh of relief and sat down on the ground.

Zhao Ke looked at him and said, "You don't have to do this, didn't you have a confident mind before?"

Li Qingwei stood up and said: "It is true that I am confident, but I am not sure. This battle is related to my Tang's national destiny. If we lose this battle, then we will attack in groups. We simply cannot afford to lose."

Hearing the sound of the bell, Zhao Ke put down the pen in her hand, and she said, "It seems that we have won."

Li Qing counted the bells in detail. There were eight rings in total, and then there was a pause. Each group had eight rings.

This is the bell to return to court to offer victory.

Li Qingwei returned to the dragon chair and sat down, and the latest pond report came up after a while.

Li Qingwei couldn't wait to look at the battle damage of his own side and the local area in the pond newspaper.

In this battle, the casualties of the Tang army were quite large, with tens of thousands of casualties.

However, the results of the battle were also very remarkable, and 20 Mongolian troops who invaded were wiped out.And 13 were captured.

Moreover, this was the result of Guo Jing mobilizing "the benevolence of women". If Wang Ping's strategy had been changed, there would not be so many prisoners left.

In addition, the Tang army also seized countless military assets such as military horses, weapons, and armor.However, these supplies are all deployed by the prime minister's mansion himself, so there is no need for him, the emperor, to care about them.

Along with the Tang newspaper, there was also an "incrimination letter" from Guo Jing, which was naturally because he had touched the "benevolence of women" and caused Tang Jun to suffer heavy casualties.

Although tens of thousands of elites were killed or injured, Li Qingwei felt a little distressed, but it didn't matter.After all, the results are quite rich.

He gave Guo Jing a reply letter, in which he did not mention his crimes, but praised Guo Jing's benevolence.However, it also strictly stated the cruelty of war, and hoped that he would not make this mistake again next time.

However, Datang's army was not transferred back, but stationed on the spot.

This time, Chang'an City is no longer the focus of defense, and now the focus of defense has shifted to Xingqing Mansion and other places, these old lands of Xixia.

Today's Chang'an City is guarded by several cities in Wuwei Tianshui. Although I dare not say that everything will be all right, it is considered safe.

Waiting for this to ferment now.

Soon this incident completely became a sensational news within the Mongolian court. Guiyou and others denounced Kublai Khan for not going west to help, and Kublai Khan also denounced the Mongolian nobles of other factions for their arrogance. big.

Not to mention the loss of 20 troops in World War I, the Hexi Corridor was also lost.If it hadn't been for the mediation of Empress Dowager Naima, these people might have started fighting at the meeting of the Golden Family.

But fortunately, after the Tang army captured the Hexi Corridor and controlled the homeland of Xixia, they did not take the next step.There was no further hostile move.

This reassures the Mongols.Maybe they can "talk" to these Han people.

After all, 20 troops were lost in World War I, but these are not the point. The point is that there are still more than 1 troops, the absolute elite of the Mongolian army.

Those warriors who fought all the way from the east to the Danube were lost in this battle at once, and the absolute elite of the Mongols was more than 20.

Counting Kublai Khan's loss in an ambush before.There are only 10,000+ elite left in the Mongolian Empire today.

The two battles were directly eaten by Li Qingwei by [-] to [-]%.If it comes a few more times, the Mongolian Empire will collapse in an instant.

Because the Mongols did not have many garrisons in some other areas.If there is no "invincible" Mongolian iron cavalry, the Mongolian Empire will immediately follow in the footsteps of the Jinren.

(End of this chapter)