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

Li Yuanji came to the map and looked at it, feeling extremely happy.

Li Er came to Jinzhou, and this time he really wanted to prepare a surprise for Li Er.

He originally thought that Li Er would not show up, but would instead send a general, such as Li Ji, to lead the army while he would stay in the rear.

After all, the current situation is extremely unfavorable to him. If he is not in Chang'an and is not in charge of the rear, people's hearts will be unstable.

As a result, Li Er came anyway, and he set out from Chang'an with an army of 500,000 and personally led an army of 300,000 to stop him.

No, it’s not about stopping him. Li Er has personally led his army here, he must be here to defeat him.

If the weapons and equipment of both sides were exactly the same, Li Yuanji would definitely treat Li Er's personal arrival with caution. However, considering the current gap, let alone the fact that Li Er only brought 300,000 troops, even if Li Er did not divide his troops to other places but brought 500,000 troops to him, he would not change his color at all.

Not to mention that Li Er only brought 300,000 troops. In his eyes, they were all here to deliver him up anyway.

After looking for a while, Li Yuanji looked up at Su Dingfang.

"Dingfang, how do you think we should give Li Er a surprise?"

Upon hearing this, Su Dingfang also looked at the map closely, frowning and thinking.

If you want to give Li Er a surprise, you can't follow the usual methods. In Su Dingfang's eyes, Li Yuanji's surprise must be to shock Li Er, the kind of shock that makes Li Er feel desperate.

Su Dingfang thought for a while before looking at Li Yuanji.

"My king, how about we gather all our troops together and defeat Li Er's 300,000 troops head-on to give him a surprise?"

Su Dingfang was also a little unsure, mainly because he was not sure about the surprise that Li Yuanji mentioned.

Li Yuanji smiled when he heard this.

“Dingfang, you are half right. We really need to concentrate our forces and give Li Erlai a shock he will never forget.

You can imagine the various types of artillery, rockets, and rifles that our army is currently equipped with.

Did you see this?

Xiangzhou, there is a sweat in Xiangzhou. In terms of terrain, it is favorable to Li Er. If we attack Xiangzhou, Li Er will definitely lead a large army here to fight with us.

And now Li Er's navy has been almost completely wiped out by Liu Rengui. If we send a few warships here, and at the same time let Wei Ting, Xie Shufang, Feng Li, Feng Ang, and the Marines and other troops gather here, then we will have more than 500 cannons of various types.

There are more than 500 artillery pieces of various types, plus rockets and naval guns. The army is almost equipped with rifles. When the attack comes, how long do you think Li Er's 300,000 troops can hold out?

Although Li Er has firearms now, they are too old compared to today. This time, I want to open his eyes to what real firearms are and let him see the difference! "

Li Yuanji sneered. There were more than 500 artillery pieces. With this formation, once the shelling started, the ground would be covered with shells.

Under the premise that trench and barbed wire tactics have not yet been developed, he really doesn't know how Li Er's army can stop him.

At that time, cannons will be set up from all directions to bombard Li Er, letting Li Er feel the fear brought by the shells. Li Yuanji found it exciting just thinking about it.

Li Yuanji then looked at Yang Jianhe.

"Go and tell Wei Ting and Li Xiang to lead the army to turn north immediately, attack Guizhou, and then march to Xiangzhou."

"Order Xie Shufang's troops to gather and attack Ezhou and march towards Xiangzhou."

"Order Feng Li's troops and the Marines led by Liu Rengui to immediately enter Xuzhou, then to Shenzhou, and finally to Xiangzhou."

"Order Feng Ang's troops to immediately march south along the coast after entering Youzhou, following the route of Feng Li and Liu Rengui's troops. Move at full speed, and after passing Xuzhou, change course to Tangzhou and head to Xiangzhou."

"Send a message to Liu Rengui to send a fleet to Yangzhou, and then sail from Yangzhou along the waterway to Xiangzhou."

"Order Xi Junmai and Xue Wanche's troops to change their route and head east, from the former Dongnu Kingdom and other places, enter Songzhou and head towards Lizhou."

Yang Jianhe kept recording Li Yuanji's military orders. Now that he had a telegraph, the advantage was that he could get timely information on where the various armies were and what the situation was, so that he could quickly adjust the entire layout.

Originally, he was planning to expand his forces and have all the armies gather in Chang'an. Now that Li Er is here, why go to Chang'an?
Deal with Li Er first, and then go directly to Chang'an.

As for other places?

As long as Li Er is solved, will there still be problems elsewhere?
By then it won't be a problem at all, as most places in the world can be conquered by simply issuing an order.

Without the telegraph, he would not be able to make such large-scale decision changes today.

After Yang Jianhe left, Li Yuanji immediately looked at Su Dingfang.

"The army will rest for another ten days, then move camp and march towards Xiangzhou.

Slow down a bit and wait for Li Er to lead the army to Xiangzhou. This time in Xiangzhou, we will have a comprehensive decisive battle!"

Originally, Li Yuanji thought that the place of the decisive battle would be in Chang'an, but now it seems that it is no longer the place.

The elite armies of both sides and all their main forces will gather in Xiangzhou, and then it will depend on which side will stand last.

As Li Yuanji's military order was conveyed, the various armies began to change their original combat deployment and began to march towards Xiangzhou from all directions.

As for Li Er’s army blocking the way?

The reinforcements dispatched to various places had not arrived yet, and the original army was unable to stop the advance of Li Yuanji's troops and had to retreat again and again.

After Li Er led his army to Jinzhou, he did not move forward, but kept observing the movements of Li Yuanji's army.

"Your Majesty, Li Yuanji's intentions are now somewhat obvious. Almost all of his troops are gathering in Xiangzhou. Xiangzhou is an important town. If we don't care, Li Yuanji can directly come to the outside of Chang'an Pass, and there will be no point for our army to be in Jinzhou."

Li Er listened to Du Ruhui's words and looked at the marching directions of Li Yuanji's armies marked on the map with a frown. The east and west sides seemed to be far away, but the ultimate goal was really just as Du Ruhui said, they were all marching towards Xiangzhou.

"It seems that the 200,000 troops I sent out before were unable to stop Li Yuanji's army. Now Li Yuanji intends to have a decisive battle in Xiangzhou, and I will satisfy him.

Gather the armies from all over the country. Since we are going to fight a decisive battle, let's fight and directly decide who will rule the world!"

Li Er also thought very clearly. The 200,000 troops he sent out had proved that if he divided his troops like Li Yuanji did, he would have no chance of winning. Li Yuanji's advantage in firearms was too great. Now, even if he wanted to gather superior forces to destroy Li Yuanji's army first, he couldn't do it. As long as he didn't destroy Li Yuanji's army first, as long as his army appeared in other places, Li Yuanji could lead his army to attack Chang'an directly.

This was the consequence of Li Yuanji's continuous advancement, which made the entire battle situation too bad for him. If Li Yuanji had not come to this position, but was in Hengzhou area, he could have done this.

The current space is not enough to support him to fight like this, because no matter which army Li Yuanji leads, it will take some effort to defeat it even if he concentrates his superior forces.

This period of time is enough for Li Yuanji to do a lot of things.

In fact, when the war reached this stage, even though he had not had direct contact with Li Yuanji, in Li Er's heart, this battle was already very difficult for him.

The combat power displayed by Li Yuanji's army was too powerful. Although he looked calm when he talked about the 200,000 troops, he was not at ease at all in his heart.

That was an army of 200,000. Not only could they not counterattack Li Yuanji's troops, but they couldn't even defend themselves, just like before. They were beaten back step by step.

Li Er knew very well that even if he assembled all his troops to fight a decisive battle with Li Yuanji, his chances of winning would still be very low, but Li Er still wanted to give it a try.

If dividing the troops doesn't work, then combine them. Only by giving it a try can we know whether it works or not.

If he was allowed to be slowly eaten away by Li Yuanji like this, without being able to organize any counterattack, Li Er would feel extremely aggrieved. Even if he couldn't win either, he had to try. He didn't want to sit and wait for death, and he didn't want to be looked down upon.

Li Er had fought in many battles over the years and had never felt so aggrieved. He believed that he was as good as anyone in fighting, especially when facing Li Yuanji, he did not want to show any weakness.

Du Ruhui, Li Ji and others below did not say anything when they heard this. Now that news of the loss had been coming from various places one after another, they were almost numb to hearing it. The advancement speed of Li Yuanji's armies was really too fast.

Especially people like Du Ruhui and Li Ji, they have already realized that the pressure in Chang'an today is probably very great.

Originally, Li Er was trying hard to stop the spread of the news, but given the current situation, he couldn't stop it at all. It was spreading everywhere, so how could he stop it?
Several months have passed since the war began, and they have not won a single victory, not even a small victory. They have been losing all the way.

The news has now spread everywhere, and Chang'an is even more plagued by rumors. If they don't make a big splash here quickly, there will be chaos inside Chang'an.

At present, surrender groups have appeared in many places. Some of them were originally Li Jiancheng's men, some saw no hope, and some were against Li Er's rule. As Li Yuanji's momentum continued to grow, more and more people surrendered.

They could also understand why Li Er did this. Following this trend, they would probably be in a difficult situation in the end. In this case, they might as well give it a try.

Even if they had to enter Xiangzhou, the place of the decisive battle planned by Li Yuanji, they had no other choice but to go.

Otherwise, would they lead these 300,000 troops back to Chang'an?

If we really do this, it means we have really given up all hope and placed all our hopes on being able to defend Chang'an, but is that possible?

The whole world is gone, how can they defend Chang'an? They still have the ability to fight once, but once they return to Chang'an, they will completely lose the ability to give it one last try.

No one expected that the situation would change so quickly. When they were in Chang'an, they could not have imagined the current result. Not only could they not imagine it, they did not dare to imagine it.

As Li Er's military orders were conveyed, Li Er's army continued to gather towards Xiangzhou. Li Er personally led the army to Xiangzhou, preparing for a decisive battle with Li Yuanji.

Outside Xiangzhou, in Li Yuanji’s main camp, inside the tent.

"Your Majesty, the news just came that Li Er has led a large army to Xiangzhou, and according to the various armies, Li Er's armies in various places are gathering in Xiangzhou."

"Haha, great! Very good!"

Upon hearing this, Li Yuanji was overjoyed and looked extremely happy.

He liked Li Er's current state. No matter what step he reached, no matter how bad the situation was for him, he was unwilling to give up easily. Instead, he would try one last time and carve out a broad road.

Li Yuanji was not afraid of Li Er coming to fight, he was just afraid that Li Er would run away. He wanted to take over the world, and he wanted to let Li Er see clearly. Now that he, Li Yuanji, was so powerful, he wanted to defeat Li Er from the heart and make Li Er unable to resist.

"Where are the armies now? How long will it take for them to arrive? Contact them immediately!"

Yang Jianhe hurried down and returned after a while.

"Your Majesty, the last ones to arrive are Feng Ang's troops, as well as Wei Ting, Li Xiang's troops, Xi Junmai, and Xue Wanche's troops.

Because the journey is long, Feng Ang has just arrived in Tangzhou and it will take him about a month to get there.

Due to road conditions, Wei Ting and Li Xiang's troops were unable to speed up their march. They are still half a month away from Guizhou and are expected to reach Xiangzhou in about a month.

The troops of Xi Junmai and Xue Wanche also had problems with the roads and the long distance to travel, but fortunately they advanced faster and have now passed Lizhou, but it will still take about January 10th.

The rest of the parts will be completed in about half a month."

Li Yuanji listened quietly and finally spoke.

"Send a message to all the troops, tell them to speed up and gather at full speed towards Xiangzhou!"

"Ding Fang, pass the order down. Don't attack during this period. The peace of the war must be maintained. We can't scare Li Er away before the army arrives!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The corners of Li Yuanji's mouth curled up, the time for what he wanted to do was getting closer and closer.

While both sides were constantly mobilizing troops, although there were no large-scale battles, small-scale battles were continuing, especially the battles between scouts, which were bloodier than battlefields. Both sides wanted to grasp the other's dynamics, and scouts have become the main battlefield today.

Time passed slowly, and after a month and a half, all of Li Yuanji's troops were gathered together.

Li Yuanji's front was filled with Xie Shufang's troops, to the east was the army of Feng Li and Liu Rengui, to the northeast was the army of Feng Ang, to the west was the army of Xi Junmai and Xue Wanche, and to the southwest was the army of Wei Ting and Li Xiang.

After the army was assembled, Li Yuanji began to make final preparations.

"Order to all units! Take out all firearms, move the shells in the warehouse to the artillery positions, and take out all rockets.

All the Shenwu troops formed a three-stage shooting array to prevent Li Er's cavalry from stepping on the formation. Mortars and other light artillery were responsible for covering Li Er's cavalry!

All preparations must be completed within three days. Three days later, that is, at noon on the fourth day, all artillery units from all departments will bombard Li Er’s position fiercely!

The warships in position should fire at the same time, bombard him for a day first!"

For this artillery feast, Li Yuanji prepared a lot of artillery shells, just for this moment. (End of this chapter)