Chapter 1043 Youzhou Dispatches Troops
After the good things that happened in Taiyuan Mansion were discovered, the spies of Red Peony immediately sent the news back to Youzhou.
Li De decided that Li Shimin could not let the newly recruited soldiers take away, and the strength of Wagang City would be hindered by the future recovery.
Compared with Li Yuan in Chang'an, he cares more about Li Shimin in Wagang City, and he may be able to meet Li Shimin this time, if he can capture him directly, he can save a lot of things.
300,000 vanguard soldiers were dispatched, and half of Youzhou's defense force was directly transferred.
Urgently, the vanguard must hurry up and dare to arrive before the recruitment of Taiyuan Mansion, and the captains are all so energetic, and they are finally able to let them gallop on the battlefield.
Pei Qingxuan personally led the troops, and at present, the generals in Youzhou have the highest prestige for Pei Qingxuan, and Li De's subordinates are all very powerful, Xiong Kuohai, Cheng Zhijie, You Junda, Pei family brothers, etc.
This time, it was really going to use force to conquer, so the 300,000 soldiers and horses were all sent elites, and even the tiger guards were sent out.
"His Royal Highness the King of Qin, Youzhou soldiers and horses were found thirty miles away, and the number was at least more than 300,000."
"The vanguard chose to attack Taiyuan Mansion, it's not good, you can't sit still."
Li Shimin is very smart, Taiyuan Mansion can't hold it, he doesn't have many soldiers and horses here at all, and the 60,000 soldiers he just recruited have not yet taken shape, and he can't count on the battle at all.
"Mowgli, we must take people away, we can't wait for the vanguard to besiege the city and everything will be too late."
Li Shimin didn't need to explain much at all, the speed of the eldest grandson Wuji was faster than anyone else.
The vanguard sent them to stay is equivalent to an opportunity for the other party to besiege them, sooner or later Taiyuan Mansion will change hands, and they can't stop the other party if they defend it.
"Okay, I'll tell the soldiers and horses to evacuate immediately."
The eldest grandson Wuji moved very quickly, and he must not let the vanguard surround him, so they would definitely be defeated no matter what.
The garrison of Taiyuan Mansion was less than 30,000 people, and these were some people brought back by Li Jiancheng, and because of Li Yuan's summons, Li Jiancheng simply did not have time to take care of his men.
He believed in Li Yuan very much, but now these people have become the troops guarding Taiyuan Mansion, and Li Shimin had no intention of leaving with these people from the beginning.
Because he has the authority to take over Taiyuan Mansion, but he does not have the authority to dispatch these soldiers and horses.
When Li Shimin took people out of Taiyuan City, they thought they were going to resist the vanguards, who knew that they were all gone.
Leaving in a hurry with 60,000 people, the continuous rush has been urging.
After Pei Qingxuan led 300,000 soldiers and horses to Taiyuan Mansion, the people in the city knew that only 30,000 garrisons could be relied on.
Pei Qingxuan is very sure of this battle, and if he can't take the absolute advantage of the two cities, the 300,000 vanguard soldiers will all be disbanded.
"Send a message to the city."
Pei Qingxuan was not prepared to create an atmosphere of terror and slaughter, but kept a certain distance from the soldiers in the city, and the main diplomatic means was negotiation.
300,000 vanguards were to take over the city, and the garrisons of the city all gave up resistance and accepted control, and the people of the city stayed at home and did not travel without notice.
The castle keeper is in charge of preparing things to be handed over.
The content of the letter is very detailed, as long as the process is followed, the vanguard guarantees that no one will be harmed.
There was a dead silence in Taiyuan Mansion, and no one answered, this was no longer something they could decide, they could only wait for everyone's opinion.
30,000 against 300,000 had no chance of winning, and if they held the city, the result could be worse, and the letter to them made it clear that if they did not agree to hand over the city peacefully, they would be attacked by the vanguard.
They have no choice at all, and there are many reasons for their reluctance, such as the fact that there are already many people in the city who are concentrating their family property and want to escape from the city as soon as possible.
There are also people who just find a place to bury all the valuable things, and dig them up when they get through this war.
They all have their own tricks, especially the officials who manage Taiyuan Mansion, they often pay attention to the situation in Youzhou, and know that they will not have the current treatment after the vanguard takes over the city, so they all start to sort out the accounts at this time, and they are calculating how much they can take.
People are panicking, and they are all creating a tense atmosphere for themselves.
In one day, there was no extra time for those people, seeing that the vanguard did not besiege the city, after the gate of Taiyuan Mansion was opened, all the people lined up to leave the city.
Pei Qingxuan did not stop it, although the letter did not clearly state the problem of the people going to stay, but it was okay for someone to want to leave.
The twisted melon is not sweet, and the people who can leave now are all people with some power or wealth, and the main ones are people who have a close relationship with the Tang Kingdom.
It doesn't work well for these people to stay, so it's better to let them go.
As for the officials who fled in the circle, there is no way to stop this, Pei Qingxuan knows very well that it is okay to block it, but it still saves trouble, anyway, if the accounts are not matched, the officials who are left behind can be stabbed.
It was already written in the letter that if those officials were going to do this, then she could not be blamed for being ruthless.
"The day is up, and someone will block the gate for me and wait for them to open it."
The people in the city have a good idea, but Pei Qingxuan will not give them a chance to escape, if they want to leave, they can leave openly.
In the city, the streets of Taiyuan Mansion have been lined up in long rows, basically all of them are carriages, they spent a day packing up their things, waiting at the city gate early in the morning.
As soon as the city gate opened, they would leave, many of them were officials from Taiyuan Prefecture, and they didn't think about staying to negotiate, nothing was more important than their own lives.
It's just that when they waited for the time to open the city gate, the soldiers and horses defending the city had already seen that Taiyuan Mansion was surrounded, and the 300,000 cavalry made them shudder.
In this case, the soldiers defending the city were very afraid, and now opening the city gate is tantamount to giving their lives to the other party, and the city gate is said not to be opened for the sake of safety.
It's not something that the big picture can decide for the soldiers who defend the city.
"The gates have not yet been opened."
"Spread the word, open the city gate within a stick of incense, otherwise the vanguard will use force to attack the city, and all the previous promises will be canceled."
Commitments are only effective if they are based on active cooperation with a peaceful settlement, and if they are stubborn, they can only be hardened.
The soldiers who delivered the news still did not move after they came back, did they not know that the mood of the soldiers defending the city on the city wall was very heavy, and they were very anxious about what they should do after a stick of incense 300,000 soldiers and horses were going to attack the city.
"General, can you open the city gate?"
The soldiers were waiting for orders, but the city guards did not say anything, and when the officials found out that the city guards were among the people queuing up, everyone immediately knew that this city guard could not be counted on.