Datang: Ten Years of Proton, Leading an Army of Millions to Return

Many people in Yi City are skinny, obviously due to long-term hunger. This also shows that there is not much food in the city.

Zhang Liao and his entourage had fought their way here from Liuzhong City, so they traveled light and did not carry much dry food.

Halfway through the journey, they met Li Kuan and others, and began to travel together.

There's horse meat everywhere right now, so let's use it to treat everyone to a delicious meal!
On the other side, Liang Bo sent Fan Hailiang to lead a few riders back along the original route to inform Liuzhong City of the situation here and to transfer another wave of supplies.

Also, inform the people who are left there to come to Yicheng when they have finished packing.
Everything is going on in an orderly manner and Li Qiu doesn't need to worry about anything!
That night, bonfires were lit in the city to celebrate this hard-won victory.
However, although they were happy, the soldiers did not take it lightly.

After all, even the city gate was smashed, and Yicheng was almost undefended. If the enemy attacked at night, they would probably suffer a serious defeat.

Chen Qianzhi had already arranged people to keep watch at night, and there were soldiers on duty in the watchtowers and on the city walls. Li Kuan, Zhang Liao and his party could have a good rest for a while.

A large pile of cleaned horse meat was placed together, and more than 13,000 people were celebrating together. The scene was quite spectacular.

The horse meat cut into large pieces was placed on the grill and soon began to sizzle with oil.…

It doesn’t require too much seasoning, just a sprinkle of coarse salt is enough to make you salivate!

A dozen or twenty people gathered together in front of the campfire, chatting casually and grilling meat, with smiles on their faces, but they were not too noisy.

The bright moon hangs high in the sky and the night is quiet.

The night in the desert was filled with a sense of complete silence, which made people feel inexplicably peaceful. Li Kuan's desire to kill also dissipated a lot.

After learning about the tragedy in Liuzhong City, all the soldiers and civilians in the city fell silent, especially Leng Chong and Gu Cheng.

"Old Qiao and the others... Well done! They didn't bring shame to our Han family."

Tears flowed in Governor Leng's cloudy eyes. He took a deep breath, stood up, poured the wine in the glass onto the ground, and said:

"Cheers to them!"

"respect…."

The others also stood up...
After doing all this and paying homage to the past, everyone continued to eat and drink.

So many people have died over the years, I’ve gotten used to it!

Li Kuan, Zhang Liao, Chen Qianzhi, Xue Yong as well as five or six generals from the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and the White Robe Army all sat together.

He is also the person who made the decisions for this army entering the Western Regions!
Sitting together were Leng Chong, Wei Liang, Guan Shurong and a dozen others. In the light of the bonfire, looking at that face that seemed a little too young, Governor Leng and the others felt even more emotional.

Who could have imagined that the famous Emperor of Yan would just eat barbecue and fall into deep thought.

After driving away the remaining Western Region troops and horses, and besieging Yicheng and Liuzhongcheng, there was only one Shule City left. However, to get there, one had to cross the Longke Mountains!
Now and then there is heavy snowfall. In this kind of snowy weather, if you enter the mountain, will you be able to come out alive?

It’s hard to say!

If Zhang Ying, Xue Yong and others followed their advice, since they had already rescued so many people, they could just leave Shule City as it was.

If we continue to go north, anything could happen!
Of course, this was all said in private.

At this moment, about twenty people were sitting together. Li Kuan also brought up the matter of Shule City. They still had to discuss carefully how to make a decision.

Leng Chong and the others were silent.

They all knew in their hearts that with Kunjie's temperament, he would definitely not let Shule City go. So much time had passed, and they were probably already...

completely annihilated!

Everyone has seen what happened to Liuzhongcheng!
"Your Majesty, how about... just forget it..."

Liang Bo spoke first.
.
"Ok?"

Li Kuan frowned.

He thought that Xue Yong and others would bring it up first, but he never expected that it would be Wei Liang.

The defender of Shule City, the Yueqi Captain Tan Qing, was a cousin of Liang Bo, and the two had a close relationship on a daily basis.

"April 10th is a great day! If we go to Shule City now, we will definitely waste too much time. It's not worth it for something that has no possibility at all."

Wei Liang's face was full of complexity and he sighed.

The atmosphere is a bit heavy!
In this matter, his words undoubtedly carry considerable weight.

When they heard that Li Kuan had come here to take them back on the important day of Dayan's attack on Tang, Leng Chong, Lao Zhao and others were even more moved.

"Let's go back."

After a long while, Leng Chong also sighed, his eyes slightly red, and said with a wry smile: "This is their fate, you can't force it!"

"Yes!"

“Forget it…”

Guan Shurong, Gu Cheng and others also nodded, probably with the same meaning, and their expressions were quite solemn.

There is no choice but to make this decision!
"Is there a cellar where we can hide in Shule City?" Li Kuan asked.

"No. Shule was originally an abandoned city, and the terrain there is extremely dangerous. Tan Qing and others were originally stationed in Jinpu City, but later Lao Li contracted the defense line and transferred all the troops back."

"It was winter at that time, and some old and weak people could not cross the Longke Mountains, so they were temporarily settled in Shule City."

Leng Chong slowly said the price.

Liuzhong City has so many cellars, it took more than ten years of hard work to build them. As for Shule City...
Ha ha!

If Kunjie had no intention of attacking Shule City, there would be no need to rescue it.

Just send a team of scouts over there.

Once you're connected, there won't be much of a problem.

If you have that thought...

It is estimated that most of the soldiers and civilians stationed there are in danger and will end up in a similar way to Liuzhong City.

Do not!
It should be even more miserable!
After all, Shule City does not have any hiding facilities such as cellars, so the only option is to go deep into the Longke Mountains.

But don't forget, those who stayed in Shule City...

There are two to three thousand of them, all old, weak, women and children!

They are all ordinary people who chose to stay there because they couldn't get over the mountains. To put it bluntly...

These are all complete burdens!
As for the more than 2,000 soldiers defending the city, most of them were light cavalry, mobile and flexible, so that they could still escape some of them when the situation was most critical.

Li Kuan knew in his heart that judging from the way Wei Liang, Guan Shurong, and Leng Chong handled things, this group of Wuzu guards would fight to the death until the last man...

We will never abandon the ordinary people.

Analyzing these situations comprehensively: there is really no need to run to Shule City!
"You two lead a team and go to the enemy camp when it gets dark. See if you can get some intelligence. The best thing would be to capture a few informants." Li Kuan looked at Zhang Liao and Chen Qianzhi and said.

"it is good!

Of course they were happy to have work to do, they said with a smile.

"Be careful and don't force yourself! If the situation is not right, retreat immediately!" After thinking for a while, he gave another order.

More than 20,000 troops were just wiped out over there today, and the commander even vomited blood and fell into a coma. I guess the enemy camp is also in chaos tonight.

Let Zhang Liao and his men go to scout the camp, there won't be any accidents, and they might even find some useful information.

Running back like this before the situation in Shule City has been clarified would be more or less anticlimactic, and this was not the original intention of the group to come out.

Li Kuan was also speechless.

If I had known things would be so complicated, I would not have ordered the killing of all those guys. At least I would have left a few generals and tortured them thoroughly.

But now that things have come to this, there is nothing to worry about. After all, it won’t take much effort to catch a few more.

After discussing for so long without any results, we decided to put the matter aside for now and collect intelligence first.

In addition to Shule City, there are other important matters. After these twenty people have discussed these matters, Li Qiu will take them down one by one...
It’s already the hour of Hai!
It was getting late, but no one wanted to rest. Instead, they were all in high spirits, singing and dancing in front of the campfire, making it quite lively.

Although these were all Han people, they had all lived in the Western Regions for such a long time and had been more or less influenced by the barbarians.

For example, the temperament is more free and easy, and there will not be so many restrictions on women. At least they will hold hands, form a circle, and dance.…

They are all within an acceptable range!

If this kind of thing happened in China, especially in those traditional families with many rules, the woman would inevitably be punished.

After a while, the women began to invite some soldiers to join the carnival.

Chen Qingzhi and others looked at the team that was laughing and talking happily, with envy in their eyes, and then looked at Li Kuan with resentment.

Because of him, no woman dares to come over!

One was because he was shy; the other was because he heard that Li Kuan was the Emperor of Great Yan, so of course he didn't dare to come over. The last reason was...

Li Kuan had a stern face the whole time, looking cold and thoughtful, as if he didn't want anyone to come near him. It would be strange if those little girls dared to come over!

"Uncle Leng, how about taking me around this city?"

Li Kuan couldn't help but say.

"Haha, Your Majesty, it's an honor!"

Leng Chong certainly would not refuse this request and stood up with a smile.

Old men like Liang Bo and Gu Cheng also stood up and took Li Kuan with them to walk around the city.

By the time this group of people left, Zhang Ying, Xue Yong and other animals could no longer wait and looked eagerly to the other side, hoping to play together.

But after waiting for a long time, there was only cold wind blowing, and no one still wanted to come over. These seven or eight people seemed to have been forgotten.…

Those rows of crowded people are still extremely lively!
"Let me tell you... my general is really fierce! See? The darker one, when I think about the training, what a guy..."

A man from the white robe army said.

"Yes! Our general is almost the same!" someone from the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry interrupted.

"Hmph! My general can eat two buckets of rice in one meal!" someone from the White Robe Army retorted.

"My general can do that, too!"

There were also people among the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry who responded.
"My general is strong enough to lift a tripod!"

"My general can shoot arrows with ease!
The two groups seemed to be at odds with each other, but they were happily sitting around the bonfire.
They were still arguing endlessly!
"My general doesn't like women!"

"So does my general!"

In the end, this debate ended in this way!

Those women also knew that Zhang Ying and his people had special hobbies and bad tempers, so of course they didn't dare to run over foolishly.

Fortunately, they were far away and the noise was loud, so Xue Yong and the others didn't hear the argument, otherwise...

Ha ha!

I'm afraid we'll have to gather those little bastards together tonight and train overnight!

Those who are drought-stricken will die of drought, and those who are flood-stricken will die of flood.
These guys were unlucky as they were sold out by their own subordinates. They could only eat barbecue, drink and chat.

With Leng Chong and others acting as guides, Li Kuan was able to learn many secrets of Yicheng. It must be said that Li Yuanzhong had been operating here for nearly a year...

But a war fortress was really built!
He has begun to consider whether to give up this border town.

At this moment, I have to admit it.

Li Kuan fell into a state of deep thought, wondering what to do with this city.

This situation rarely happens to him because he has many counselors who will think of everything for him.

But tonight there is no one around me, so I can only think by myself.

Li Kuan frowned and fell into deep thought.

From the overall layout, Yicheng is located in a small corner in the southwest. Its strategic location is not very conspicuous and can almost be regarded as dispensable.

But if we take the territory of the Central Plains into consideration...
He was quite surprised to find that Dayan could use Yicheng as a springboard and then slowly plot the entire Western Region.

Advance to attack, retreat to defend!

If the two sides become hostile, the army will go straight west through Yanmen, sweep all the way across, connect the two pieces of land into one, and then station a camp in Yicheng.

In this way, the food transportation route can be guaranteed and there is no need to worry about logistical supplies!

"Before the troops move, the food and fodder must go first!"

In these days, as long as war involves grain transportation, it is no trivial matter, and in many cases the grain transport officers are appointed by the emperor himself?
As long as there are no worries, the army can give it a go and go all out to deal with the countries in the Western Regions!
Judging from the route of attack, they would cross a large desert in the southwest direction and then destroy the Yulang Kingdom. By then, at least a dozen countries would be exposed to the knife of the Tang Dynasty.

If we go north and cross the Longke Mountains, and then occupy Jinpu, Bole City, etc., we can build a defense line with the Altai Mountains as the main focus.

Right under the Altai Mountains is the Junggar Basin, where there are 20 to 30 countries.…

The first to be hit and will definitely suffer the most are Qiuci, Wusun and other countries.

No wonder these guys were jumping around like that; they must have sensed a hint of danger, and on the other hand, they were coveting Yizhou's magical weapons.

(End of this chapter)