Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

Chapter 222 Li Ji's killer move, Su Dingfang is in danger
Su Dingfang looked at the map and talked to himself. Even though he couldn't tell where Li Ji's main force was, in his eyes, if Li Ji was just like this, there would be no surprises in this battle.

Su Dingfang gave enough respect to Li Ji. In his eyes, Li Ji would definitely not just use this strategy of confusing the enemy with a new one. It would definitely not be that simple.

But Su Dingfang thought for a long time and really couldn't think of what else Li Ji could do. Japan could be said to be on their home turf, and there were only a few places where Li Ji could take action. What else could he do?

"Do you want to gather all your forces and destroy my army in Iwami and Aki first?
It's not impossible to leave some troops to stop my army, but I still have the navy. You can't land in Anyi, but I can."

As soon as this idea came to his mind, Su Dingfang gave it up again. He didn't believe that Li Ji would not think of this.

But then, Su Dingfang had an even bigger headache. What exactly was Li Ji planning to do?
Su Dingfang, who had been thinking for a long time but still couldn't figure it out, was too lazy to think about it anymore.

"Come here! Send a message to Liu Rengui, and ask him to immediately verify whether there are other ships in the northern part of Japan. Even if they are not from the Tang Navy, as long as they are large ships in large numbers, if there are, reply immediately!"

"Order Yu Minghe to be in charge of the defense of Iwami and Aki and stop the enemy forces in the west of Ezo!
Send another order to Xue Wanche to lead his army and immediately attack Izumo!"

Now he didn't know what Li Ji's purpose was, but it didn't hinder him at all. He would force Li Ji to reveal his backup plan first.

Having made up his mind, Su Dingfang gave the order again.

"Come here! Tell the army to move forward immediately!"

Su Dingfang led the army to continue to accelerate forward, and after ten days of marching, they arrived at Izumo.

"Report! General, there are tens of thousands of enemy troops approaching us thirty miles ahead!"

Su Dingfang was suddenly shocked and full of fighting spirit.

"Haha, great! Order the entire army to meet the enemy!
Tell Xue Wanche on the left wing to attack the enemy as soon as possible! "

Su Dingfang did not retreat at all, nor did he make any attempts. He knew very well that they now had an absolute advantage in military equipment, and he was not afraid of a head-on battle. Now that he and Xue Wanche were in position, they were just in time to destroy Li Ji's army.

Su Dingfang's military order was issued, and the army gradually approached Li Ji in an offensive formation.

Xue Wanche, who was approaching from the flank, could not wait to organize a large army and launch an attack on Li Ji after receiving the military order.

Su Dingfang was in command at the center and did not charge into the battle formation. When the two armies met, a head-on collision occurred immediately.

Su Dingfang looked at the map heavily. Battle reports from the front kept coming to his ears. At this moment, Su Dingfang was very confused.

"Something is wrong, very wrong! Li Ji's ability is definitely not limited to this. Now that he is attacked from both sides, he still chooses to fight hard. Is it really because these are the main forces and Li Ji is not afraid?

But if that's the case, it will be impossible for him to defeat me."

Su Dingfang was very confused. Li Ji was so tough, but his troops on the battlefield kept shrinking. Although he was indeed defeated, Su Dingfang thought that shrinking the formation meant he was giving up the attack.

If Li Ji's army is the main force, then giving up the attack would be equivalent to chronic suicide. What's the point?
At this time, a soldier hurried into the tent.

"Report! General, the army has advanced five miles, and the enemy is shrinking! We have already found out about the enemy we encountered before, and most of them are Japanese!"

Su Dingfang's heart sank when he heard this. Should he shrink back? This was obviously even more wrong!
"Pass the order, the army must attack the enemy at all costs!"

"Day and night!"

"Order Liu Rengui to lead the navy to land on Izumo immediately and launch a strong attack!"

Su Dingfang didn't know what Li Ji was planning now, but he firmly believed that as long as he continued to fight, he would be able to force out Li Ji's true intentions.

Su Dingfang came to the front and looked at the battlefield. Although he was gaining the upper hand, he was not happy at all.

After two days of continuous fighting, under the fierce attacks of Su Dingfang and Xue Wanche day and night, Li Ji retreated another twenty miles and reorganized his defense line.

Inside Li Ji's tent, Li Ji was also filled with shock at this moment. On the table in front of Li Ji was a piece of armor, and Li Ji's eyes were gloomy.

"You mean to say that all the enemy soldiers are wearing this kind of armor?"

"Yes, General! I guarantee with my life that all the soldiers of the King of Qi will be equipped with such armor!"

Li Ji was in a bad mood. He was indeed shrinking his defense, which was something he had decided on before the battle. However, now he was forced to shrink. In a head-on battle, although his army was equally brave, the casualties were extremely heavy.

Li Ji himself could not bear it. The planned evacuation was ten miles, but he directly retreated twenty-five miles. It would take more than ten days to evacuate these twenty-five miles, but now it has only been three days and he can no longer bear it.

The armor in front of him was the key to Li Ji's gloomy face. He really didn't expect that the armor of Li Yuanji's army was so advanced. He chopped it with his sword, but the armor was not damaged. Instead, his sword was torn open after being chopped twice.

I changed five swords before I could finally break the armor, and that was just breaking the armor.

It takes a strong soldier to stab the same place ten times with a spear to break the armor.

How could Li Ji not have a gloomy face? The armor was completely unequal. Soldiers who wanted to kill Li Yuanji could only find the gaps in the armor to hurt the enemy. As a result, the casualty ratio of the two armies had been very different since the war began.

Li Ji just had a gloomy expression, but he was not without a way to deal with it. This armor was heavier than what they were wearing, which meant that it would consume more physical strength.

"Order the left wing to move toward Hoki immediately. If the enemy forces surround us, move to the right immediately.

The right wing troops were completely the opposite, all of them ran for their lives!"

"Someone! Tell Cheng Zhijie and Zhang Gongjin to speed up! Achieve the strategy as soon as possible!"

A sneer appeared on Li Ji's face. Since his physical strength was being consumed quickly, he didn't mind helping Su Dingfang consume more of it.

On a hill, Zhang Gongjin was leading an army of 10,000 soldiers.

"How long will it take to reach Yamato?"

As soon as Zhang Gongjin finished speaking, Soga Hyuga beside him immediately opened the map and looked at it for a while.

"General Zhang, look, now that we are here, we can reach the outside of Yamato in another half a month."

Zhang Gongjin looked at the map, then looked at the sky, and frowned.

"Order, all troops to speed up and march another 20 miles to rest!"

In this battle, Li Ji not only divided his troops into two routes, but divided them into three routes, and landed in three places.

On the sea, Liu Rengui received the military order from Su Dingfang, frowned, and looked up all the previous information and checked it again.

However, in the end, nothing was found.

"Only a few large new merchant ships passed by, and they were all inspected and loaded with cargo, nothing else."

This letter clearly stated that there were three times when merchant ships from the Tang Dynasty, Baekje, and Silla passed by, but each ship was inspected and Liu Rengui did not find anything unusual.

After thinking for a while, Liu Rengui stopped thinking about it and immediately wrote back to Su Dingfang. At the same time, he led the navy to launch a strong attack on Chikuzen and Izumo. However, when Liu Rengui mobilized the navy to prepare for the strong attack, another piece of news came.

"General, the enemy navy has begun to gather and is loitering on the periphery. They are not attacking, but are just sending out small boats to keep watch and monitor our movements."

Liu Rengui sneered when he heard this.

“They are just some reptiles that dare not attack and can only watch from afar.

Don't pay any attention to them. Send out guards. If they dare to come, destroy their navy first!
The rest of you, start landing and attacking immediately!"

Liu Rengui personally supervised the battle at the front and immediately launched a strong attack on Izumo to land on the beach.

As for the Tang Dynasty navy behind him, Liu Rengui didn't care at all. He was certain that the Tang Dynasty navy would not dare to attack. And that was indeed the case. The Tang Dynasty navy just watched from afar and had no intention of moving forward.

Inside Su Dingfang's tent, his frown deepened at this moment.

"Good of you, Li Ji, for coming up with this idea. But what's the use of it? It will only delay our destruction.

After fighting for so long, your main force should have landed in Chikuzen. You underestimated me by using this trick to confuse the enemy."

Just then, a soldier hurried into the tent.

"Report! General, urgent news came from Yizi. The enemy general Cheng Yaojin's troops entered Yizi. The 20,000 troops of Mori were defeated. Mori was even killed by Cheng Yaojin. Only more than 2,000 Japanese soldiers from both armies escaped to Awa. The enemy general Cheng Yaojin led tens of thousands of troops and the surrendered Japanese troops and are marching towards Awa!"

Su Dingfang was so angry that he slapped the desk in front of him.

"Assholes! Useless! They had an army of 20,000, of which 5,000 were equipped with armor. Although they were not as good as the new weapons, they were still not worse than Cheng Zhijie's. Yet they were defeated. Even 20,000 pigs would not be defeated so quickly!

He was also beheaded by Cheng Zhijie. Well done! What's the point of keeping such a person? "

Su Dingfang was really angry. The Molis had 20,000 troops, not including the defense troops on the ground. If all were added up, there should be about 25,000 people, of which 5,000 were equipped with the new weapons sent by Li Yuanji.

Even so, he was defeated so quickly by Cheng Yaojin. Su Dingfang really didn't know what to say.

In Su Dingfang's eyes, he only needed to stay in the city and defend it. Cheng Yaojin would take them out one by one, which would take several months. As a result, they were all gone in just half a month.

Su Dingfang knew that the Japanese army's combat effectiveness was very weak, and he did not expect that Mori could defeat the Tang army that entered Yizi, but he did not expect it to be so outrageous.

Su Dingfang stopped thinking about it. Now that things had come to this, he had to send people to block Cheng Yaojin's army, otherwise they would really be able to reach Yamato directly.

Just then, another soldier rushed in.

"General, General Yu Minghe has urgent news!"

Su Dingfang's eyes condensed, Yu Minghe? He immediately found Shi Jian on the map and opened the military newspaper.

After reading it, he frowned. The military report stated that tens of thousands of Tang troops had entered Nagato, but had not yet launched an attack on Iwami. Yu Minghe even found out that there were many Japanese mixed in the Tang army, so Yu Minghe wrote a letter asking for a fight.

Su Dingfang pondered for a moment, and immediately ordered: "Send a message to Yu Minghe, attack Nagato directly, and if it goes well, then attack Chikuzen!"

Su Dingfang then looked at the map.

"Is your ultimate move Cheng Yaojin? If so, it's not enough!"

"Someone! Tell Wei Ting to send 5,000 troops into Awaji to guard against the enemy!"

To go from Awa to Yamato, Awaji is the only way, and the section in the middle is the sea route. Cheng Yaojin must mobilize ships to cross the narrow sea and enter Awaji, but Su Dingfang is sure that he can't pass this section of the road.

After making the arrangements, Su Dingfang led 3,000 troops to continue attacking where Li Ji was. The rest of the troops were sent out to follow Li Ji's army in circles. Xue Wanche also sent out 5,000 people. The two of them led a total of 8,000 people to attack Li Ji directly.

Seven days had passed since the chase, and Su Dingfang and Xue Wanche had already joined forces.

"This Li Ji is really good at running. He has been running for seven days. Doesn't this guy feel tired?"

Xue Wanche was speechless. A big battle turned into a game of hide-and-seek. Li Ji ran around and they chased him, which made Xue Wanche very angry.

Su Dingfang smiled when he heard this.

"Just let him run. The space he can run to is getting smaller and smaller. The surrounding armies have already begun to clear out the people sent by Li Ji. At most, we can let him run for another month. Where can he run to?
As long as we hold on to him tightly, he won't be able to escape!"

Su Dingfang spoke with full confidence, but all of this was for Xue Wanche and the army to see. Deep down in his heart, he became more and more worried.

In his opinion, Li Ji's ability should not be limited to this, but the facts that happened now told him that this was just the limit, and Su Dingfang found it hard to believe it for a while.

At this time, a sergeant came running over.

"General, General Liu Rengui has sent an urgent report that the Izumo beachhead has been captured and the Marines are landing!"

Su Dingfang was immediately delighted when he heard this.

"Alright! Liu Rengui has landed. Li Ji won't be able to escape this time!"

After saying that, he immediately looked at Xue Wanche.

"Xue Wanche, you must lead 3,000 troops immediately to block Li Ji's escape to Hoki. Make sure he is stopped in Izumo!"

However, just as Su Dingfang finished speaking, urgent news came again.

"Report! The enemy troops have begun to break out in the direction of Hoki. All the enemy troops have gathered in Hoki. Our army did not catch up in time and Li Ji escaped to Hoki!"

When Li Ji heard this, he became anxious and immediately started to surround Li Ji with Xue Wanche.

"Wan Che, get the army moving. We must stop Li Ji!"

Su Dingfang and Li Ji immediately started a chase. After five days, Su Dingfang finally caught Li Ji.

However, before Su Dingfang could be happy, a piece of news came that shocked him completely.

"Urgent report! General, tens of thousands of Tang troops suddenly appeared in Yamato!"

Su Dingfang stared at the soldier with eyes wide open, his eyes full of disbelief. Li Ji's large army was actually approaching Yamato?

It was not until this moment that Su Ding finally understood that Chikuzen and Izumo, whether Li Ji or Cheng Yaojin, were not the main force. The real main force was actually here!
However, when he thought of something, Su Dingfang broke out in a cold sweat on his back.

That is, there are only 5,000 people in Yamato now. Once Yamato is in danger, this Tang army will join forces with Cheng Yaojin, and Li Ji here will hold his army tightly. At that time, he will face a desperate situation and will be besieged by the armies of Li Ji and Cheng Yaojin!
As for Zhang Gongjin, Su Dingfang didn't need to think about it at this moment. The army approaching Yamato must be led by Zhang Gongjin, and Zhang Gongjin was not in Nagato!
At this moment, Su Dingfang really admired Li Ji's use of troops. He had reached Yamato without anyone noticing.

(End of this chapter)