Chapter 572: The decisive battle is a thought
The battle of the trapped beast is the end of the fish and the net is broken, if there is hope, who will make such an unwise choice? Although Sun Xiaozhe is a gambler, he will not blindly seek death, and Li Siye's appearance is like a piece of fat meat spraying incense and oil next to the mouth of a dying man. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
However, this piece of fat is visible, and it is not so easy to eat, Li Siye was beaten and fled in all directions, but the most urgently needed grain was not available, so this battle was not harvested. If there is no gain, does not it mean that all hope has been lost?
In the middle of the night, the men and horses sent out to search returned to the barracks one after another, and all they brought back were nothing. Sun Xiaozhe finally began to lose his breath, and he personally led people to the mountains twenty miles away to look around, vowing to find out the grain hidden by Li Siye before he gave up.
"When did Li Siye become so cunning?
Sun Xiaozhe has always been convinced that Li Siye must bring enough food, otherwise he would not be able to gather more than 100,000 people.
In the second half of the night, the army sent people several times to urge him to go back, saying that there was an abnormal movement in the defenders of Chang'an, and 100,000 people were in a hurry.
For the defenders in Chang'an City, Sun Xiaozhe still has confidence, although these people have good combat effectiveness, but the real combat effectiveness is those ten thousand people, and it is absolutely impossible to threaten their military camp.
However, the wave after wave of urging him to return to the camp, Sun Xiaozhe couldn't help but underestimate, thinking that any change could happen and he couldn't take it lightly.
So, Sun Xiaozhe returned to the military camp outside Chang'an with his entourage without finding anything and empty-handed.
When there were still three or four miles away from the barracks, Sun Xiaozhe saw a large piece of fire lighting up half of the sky from a distance, and he couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, could it be that Qin Jin attacked with fire?
"Marshal, marshal, there is a fire in the forage yard in the army!"
Finally, when he was about two miles away from the camp, he met a ranger who reported the military situation.
Hearing that the forage was burned in a fire, Sun Xiaozhe almost lost his breath.
If there is no food, the soldiers still have food to eat, but there is no forage, what should the war horses eat?
"Did the army organize firefighting, and who set the fire?"
"They are all trying their best to put out the fire, as for who set the fire, some people say that it was the sparks that made rice that splashed on the grass, and some people say that it was the Tang Dynasty that sent people to sneak into the camp and burn it, burn it......"
"Fart, there are three layers inside and outside the camp, which one can get in? The bastard who is in charge of the forage will slaughter him for Ben Shuai now!"
Sun Xiaozhe hated it very much, this was obviously the negligence of his own army, and he had to blame the Tang Dynasty soldiers, in the final analysis, he still didn't want to take responsibility and find a scapegoat.
Tang Jun is naturally a ready-made scapegoat, how can Yan Jun's military law be implemented in Chang'an City?
Sun Xiaozhe sneered again and again, and an irrepressible killing intent had risen in his heart.
After approaching the forage field of the barracks, I saw a raging fire, and I couldn't save it.
"The handsome spare, the handsome spare......"
On the side, Sun Xiaozhe's entourage had already tied up the military officials who were in charge of guarding the forage, and realized that at that time, several people were struggling to the death, crying and begging for mercy.
Sun Xiaozhe stared at them in disgust and asked coldly:
"Say, what's the fire? To be honest, maybe you can still leave a life!"
"Dashuai, the spy was secretly sent in, with or without intention, it really doesn't interfere with our relationship...... Ah......h
Before one of the military officials finished speaking, the blade of the horizontal knife had already penetrated his chest, and Sun Xiaozhe pulled out the horizontal knife with his wrist, and then brought out a wave of blood.
The rest looked at each other, and even the crying stopped.
Sun Xiaozhe glanced at it again coldly, and asked again:
"Say, what's the fire?"
"Dashuai spare his life, spare his life, fire, the fire started suddenly, when he found out, it was already in flames!"
"Can the fire still ignite on its own?"
Sun Xiaozhe's heart was cold, and he knew that there was no point in pursuing responsibility now, even if he killed everyone, could the burned forage still be restored? Looking at the stable that exuded uneasiness in the distance, his heart was sad, war horses, war horses, you are also going to become the meat of the stomach.
When food was at its most tight in the army, Sun Xiaozhe had no idea of fighting horses, and would rather starve people to death than kill a horse. And now, the loss of forage is at least half, and correspondingly, at least half of the war horses have to starve to death.
The fire burned for half the night and was finally extinguished when it was getting light.
Looking at the pile of grass that was burned to black ash, Sun Xiaozhe wanted to cry without tears, and the joy of winning the first battle yesterday was now gone.
"Dashuai, are you still attacking today?"
Zhang Tongru's voice sounded in his ears, and Sun Xiaozhe waved his hand tiredly.
"Attack, how not to attack?"
Once the heart of the trapped beast is lured by hope, and this hope is a dream bubble, it is difficult to regain this desperate thought of breaking the net! Therefore, Sun Xiaozhe's voice was full of frustration.
"Slow down, send someone, and continue to search for the grain and grass that Li Siye has hidden!
At this moment, Li Siye's grain and grass have become his last hope.
Zhang Tongru wanted to speak and stopped, hesitated several times, and finally sighed and turned to leave.
Sleepy!
Sun Xiaozhe returned to his military tent, and sleepiness hit him like a tide, and he couldn't hold back anymore and fell asleep.
At the same time that Sun Xiaozhe was snoring loudly, Qin Jin and Guo Ziyi were both looking at the map intently, and they didn't even blink their eyes.
In fact, the map in front of them was just a few simple lines, with a few strokes drawing mountains and rivers, and the key cities were located. Qin Jin didn't care whether the distances between the marked cities were reliable or not, and only kept comparing them in a few places.
This was a map of northern Guanzhong, and as time passed, Qin Jin's face became more and more serious.
"The Hui Department must have been fighting hard a long time ago, and at this time it has already arrived in Yanzhou, and I am afraid that it will be under Chang'an City in three or five days. ”
Guo Ziyi has been in Shuofang for many years, pointing to the place marked as Baichi, and slowly moving north.
"Baichi is a Gobi Desert for hundreds of miles to the north, and if you want to reach Wuyuan, you must not get around this place, and it is already a god speed to reach the border of Gyeongju in three or five days!"
Qin Jin shook his head, the information displayed on this map was too limited, if it weren't for Guo Ziyi's familiarity with the mountains and rivers in Shuofang and other places, I am afraid it would be difficult to make such an accurate judgment.
I only heard Guo Ziyi say again:
"The speed of the Hui Ministry's dispatch of troops is indeed beyond the expectations of the last general, it must have been prepared for a long time, and the imperial court borrowed troops to play into its arms!"
"That's all we have to accept is this reality. ”
Guo Ziyi groaned for a while, and then said slowly:
"In the opinion of the last general, if the Hui Ministry comes at this time, it can still make the final blow to Sun Xiaozhe, and it can also save a lot of strength in the imperial court!"
In fact, Qin Jin has long analyzed the disadvantages of borrowing troops from Hui Hui, which is nothing more than two points, one is long-term concern and the other is near-term worry.
Now even Guo Ziyi feels that the Hui Ministry is now here, which may not be a good thing for the imperial court, and it is conceivable that other officials and even the Son of Heaven may do this idea.
Then, the set analyzed by Qin Jin will definitely have no market.
Now, except for a few people such as Li Mi, they dare not publicly mention the matter of borrowing troops from Hui Hui, largely because of the prestige of Qin Jin.
After thinking about it for a while, Qin Jin also felt that it was impossible to keep the Hui people out of the audience with his own strength alone.
"Don't mention Hui Hui, just say that Li Siye!
"The first batch has arrived, and Li Siye is now regathering in the area of Ganquan Mountain and Shimen Mountain north of Gyeonggi, waiting for further orders from the doctor!"
"Tell him to cultivate there, don't act rashly, and wait for orders!"
"Also, last night a fire in the rebel camp burned half of the forage, it is a golden opportunity for us, the rebels have no cavalry, it is equivalent to cutting off one of their arms, and the certainty of winning the decisive battle is one step further!"
Qin Jin seemed to have known about this for a long time, nodded indifferently with an expression, and suddenly said:
"Tell Li Siye that the old and weak are hiding in Ganquan Mountain, and only swept Liquan, Jingyang, and Liyang with elites, and first cut off Sun Xiaozhe's passage to the north!"
Hearing this, Guo Ziyi's spirit was shocked, and the Imperial Doctor began to think about cutting off the enemy's rear road now, presumably the decisive battle will be closer and closer, and the day when the siege will be lifted is also approaching.
The reason why Qin and Jin wanted to block the main road in the northern part of Gyeonggi was that they did not want Sun Xiaozhe to escape to the desert through Shuofang, and then return to Hebei through the desert.
Sun Xiaozhe's soldiers are all elite who have experienced a hundred battles, and if they are reorganized, they can just deal with the rebels in Luoyang, Kwantung, and they can be regarded as giving these people who have made a lot of evil achievements a chance to turn over a new leaf.
Up to now, there have been more than 10,000 Yan troops who have defected intermittently, all of whom have been placed in the urn city by Qin Jin. In the plan, Qin Jin had to recruit at least 50,000 people, so blocking the way was a crucial part.
To the south of Guanzhong is the undulating Zhongnan Mountain, and if Sun Xiaozhe fled there, it would be no different from walking into a dead end. To the east, Tongguan has long been in Pei Jing's hands, and there is no way to escape here. As for the west, from Longyou to Hexi, along the way the snow-capped mountains and grasslands are constantly next door, without abundant logistical supplies, it is impossible to go far!
After calculation, there is only one way to the north, which is the most likely way for Sun Xiaozhe to escape.
"The last general is worried that Li Siye's people are lonely and can't stop the rebels who are trapped in the beast fight!"
Qin Jin said:
"Sun Xiaozhe's determination to die has faded, and his soldiers are even more panicked, especially when he burned half of his forage last night, what can he do to escape without a war horse?"
Guo Ziyi asked in a low voice:
"Can the doctor set a date for the decisive counterattack?"