After Coleman came to Liangzhou with about 20 men to report the news, he lived in Askar Mansion.

As the hero who bought Liangzhou a day of preparation time, he naturally received very high courtesy.

Don't underestimate the time of this day, if there is no such day, so many businesses in Beishi, so many people living in tents around Liangzhou, all have no chance to move to the city.

Although a lot of supplies have been lost outside, at least most of the people have been saved.

As long as there are people, Liangzhou will soon be able to regain its former prosperity.

"Aska, let me also go and help defend the city, although there are only about twenty of us, but we can be regarded as doing our part."

Now that Coleman has made his choice, he will naturally not go both ways.

Now the strength of Liangzhou City is relatively weak, but there are 100,000 troops besieging outside the city.

In Coleman's view, Liangzhou at this time was already at the most critical moment.

This is also the most important time for him to show his loyalty.

There are a lot of icing on the cake, but very little charcoal in the snow.

As long as the bigwigs in Liangzhou feel the sincerity of Coleman's servant tribe, he may not be able to become the next Askar.

You must know that at the beginning, Aska also relied on Mountbatten's support to change from a herdsman to the second Hu person in Liangzhou City.

But there are no Hu people who want to make a living in Liangzhou who don't want to have a relationship with Aska.

Every year he doesn't have to do anything, but he can live a very comfortable life by receiving gifts and filial piety.

This living example has strengthened the confidence in the hearts of many Hu people who have taken refuge.

"Coleman, your deeds, Shangguan Assassin History and Ma Changshi are already known. You can rest assured, although the situation seems to be very critical now, Liangzhou City is still impregnable and cannot be lost. Yesterday, the tentative attack of the Xue Yantuo people failed, and today they suffered heavy losses under the blow of the fire oil bomb.

As long as they are ruthless again, it is estimated that they will have to consider retreating. If General Niu hadn't been afraid of suppressing them all at once and scaring them away, it is estimated that he would have used the killer weapon a long time ago. ”

Aska is now very trusted by Ma Zhou, and many things in Liangzhou City are not hidden from him.

Of course, Askar is right about this trust.

His son Da Fei alone led the slave hunting team to attack various tribes everywhere, which doomed them to survive only by relying on the Tang Dynasty in this life.

"But I heard that the number of defenders in Liangzhou City is very small, can it survive in the face of the siege of 100,000 troops?"

"Poof!"

Askar smiled.

Although he was occasionally a little worried in his heart, he was not so worried when he personally felt the attack of the Xue Yantuo people on the city wall yesterday.

Don't look at the Xue Yantuo people's attack is very fierce, but there are not many dead and wounded on the city wall.

On the contrary, they themselves are dying in pieces.

Whenever the oil bomb is thrown down, the smell of barbecue is disgusting.

This scene not only made the people on the city wall feel a little uncomfortable, but also made many of Xue Yantuo's tribal leaders tremble.

Siege, they're really not good at it.

If it was on flat ground, even if the number of Tang troops was several times higher, they would not frown.

Now under the obstruction of the city wall, countless warriors have not even been injured by the enemy's hair, and they have inexplicably ascended to heaven.

They had never encountered this situation before.

"Coleman, I suggest you go to the city wall tomorrow to see how our Datang warriors defend the city, you have been on the grassland for too long, and you don't know that this world has changed. But congratulations, you've made the right choice.

Not to mention the history of Shangguan Assassination and Ma Changshi, even His Royal Highness the King of Chu must have remembered your name. As long as you do a good job for Datang, my today is your tomorrow. ”

Askar is still quite satisfied with Coleman, a servant who has only been in his place for half a year.

At the beginning, in order to promote Erguotou on the grassland, partners like Coleman collected more than a dozen.

Now the most eye-catching performance is Coleman of this originally inconspicuous-looking small tribe of servants.

Not only did he sell the sales of Erguotou to all the servant bone tribes, but now he also informed Datang of the news of Xue Yantuo's invasion in advance.

This petition is more effective than anything else.

Askar estimated that when this war passed, Ma Zhou might take Coleman, a servant who had defected to Datang, as a typical example and support him vigorously, so that the people around him could see that it was the right choice to follow Datang.

"Okay, there is a lot of war on the city wall, but I can't do anything here, I can go to the city wall, even if I stand there and watch, my heart is steady."

Coleman was reassured when he saw that Askar had agreed to go to the walls on his own.

Whether it was to learn about the battle or to actually help defend the city, Coleman wanted to be able to get to the walls.

……

On the cement road from Chang'an City to Liangzhou, a large army is running fast.

The horseshoe struck the concrete pavement with a crisp sound.

This momentum of galloping horses made the faces of passers-by show a shocked look, and then a sense of pride arose.

"Deputy Chief, isn't it too risky to let a few hundred people from the hot air balloon camp go first?"

Xi Junmai followed Xue Rengui and rushed to the front of the team.

When setting off from Chang'an, Xue Rengui asked Zhu Fufu to take the hot air balloon battalion first, not to follow behind the large army.

The team floated in the air, and although it didn't seem to be as fast as the cavalry, it was not limited by the road and walked directly in the nearest straight line.

In addition, if you rise higher, the wind will be stronger, and basically the cavalry is still halfway, and they have almost reached the sky above Liangzhou City.

The reason why Xue Rengui let Zhu Fufu go first was not because he thought that they would be able to repel the Xue Yantuo people like they had done at the beginning, but because to avoid Liangzhou City being breached in the past few days.

Although he also has confidence in the defenders of Liangzhou, it would be funny if he hadn't arrived yet, and the city would be broken.

And if the hot air balloon battalion arrives first, it can at least bring some impact to Xue Yantuo, and he will not dare to charge intensively.

Otherwise, it's the best target for fuel bombs and explosives packs on hot air balloons.

"Don't worry, I have asked Zhu Fufu to act at the opportunity. As long as there is no danger in the city, then they can not make a move first, and when the time comes, they will use it to pursue the rout of the Xue Yantuo people when they attack inside and outside. ”

The ammunition carried by the hot air balloon battalion is relatively limited, and Xue Rengui naturally hopes that a good knife will be used on the blade.

"What the prince means, I hope that this time I will solve the Xue Yantuo people once and for all. No matter how far that man escapes, we will destroy him. ”

Xi Junmai showed a fierce look on his face, obviously thinking of something.

"The prince's grassland strategy has been implemented for so many years, and after many adjustments, it is still being improved. As long as the Xue Yantuo people are exterminated, it will be impossible for a large tribe to appear on the grassland for a while.

This gives the prince more room to play in his grassland strategy. In addition, now that the cement road from Liangzhou to Shuozhou has begun to be built, the cement road from Shuozhou to Baidao and Youzhou is also being built, and even the cement road from Liangzhou to Suzhou is about to be repaired, and the frontier of Datang can be advanced at least 1,000 miles to the north. ”

When the Eastern Turks were first destroyed, the Tang Dynasty joined forces with the Xue Yantuo people.

In a sense, this war only solved a former adversary, but did not solve the threat of the steppe.

Because Xue Yantuo, as the victorious country, is the biggest beneficiary of this war.

This time was different, Datang attacked Xue Yantuo completely by himself.

Even if some tribes such as the Uighurs, Uighurs, and Khitans were likely to be co-opted, no one did the work.

Datang's current strength no longer needs these tribes to take advantage of the opportunity to help.

On the contrary, it is more in the interests of Datang to clean up all the tribes on the way.

Concrete roads are being built everywhere, and the biggest limitation of this work is the lack of manpower.

Because whether it is gravel, sand, or widening the road, as long as there are people, it can be solved.

As for cement, since it is being built in various places, it is actually not a particularly scarce material.

"Indeed, the prince also said that after this war, the control area of Longyou Road will be expanded, and Hedong Road will also become larger, and at the same time, Mobei Road will be established to bring the prairie into the actual rule of the Tang Dynasty.

And the prince is also ready to let half of the monks in all the temples in Guanzhong move to Mobei Road, and the imperial court will come forward to build temples, and all the Hu tribes must believe in Buddhism, otherwise they will be moved to Lingnan Road. And all the tribes in it must live in fixed pastures, and are not allowed to move at will without the approval of the local county government. ”

Although Xi Junmai didn't quite understand the significance of Li Kuan's combination boxing, he felt Li Kuan's determination to solve the grassland problem.

As Li Kuan's bodyguard, he knew very well that Li Kuan had never been interested in the temple, and now he was willing to vigorously promote it in the future, so naturally it was not Buddha nature.

While thinking about how to solve the hidden dangers of the grassland, Li Kuan thought of the way the Braided Dynasty would treat the Mongolian tribes in later generations.

The Mongol tribes that once crisscrossed Europe and Asia were completely in decline during the Braided Dynasty.

Not only does the population continue to decline, but the combat effectiveness is even weaker.

There is a pigtail dynasty policy that has had a great impact.

Build a temple to win 100,000 soldiers!

In Mongolia, where there were only two or three million people at that time, hundreds of thousands of people became monks, and it is conceivable that the birth rate would drop to what level.

Li Kuan is ready to do the same and implement this policy in Mobei Province in the future.

This kind of bloodless conspiracy, even if some people understand it, there is no trick.

At the same time, the effect of "sheep eating people" will continue to be amplified, so that herdsmen of various tribes can live a stable life by grazing cattle and sheep on the enclosed pasture.

In the long run, how many people are willing to beg for a living on the knife edge?

Coupled with the cement road and the key state capital, the army can be mobilized at any time, and the possibility of a major rebellion in Mobei Province is greatly reduced.

Unless one day Datang itself is in turmoil.

"The prince is eloquent and strategic, and he hopes to completely solve the threat of the grassland tribes to the Central Plains Dynasty, but there is a long way to go. The grassland is still too big, starting from Liaodong and going all the way to the Western Regions, the Central Plains Dynasty has not really ruled them for thousands of years. It's not so easy to make them look like Kannaichi.

However, it is precisely because it is not easy that the talents in my generation have to work harder, and this time, completely eliminating Xue Yantuo's army is the key link. Then consider the extermination of Goguryeo and the Western Turks, and look around, no country can threaten our Tang Dynasty anymore. The prince is still young, and in time, his vision will finally be realized. ”

Xue Rengui was very glad that he met Li Kuan at the beginning, and his life was on a fast track.

Judging from the age of the current generals of the Tang Dynasty, he is expected to become the core figure of the Tang Dynasty military in more than ten years and become a military god like Li Jing.

……

Outside the city of Liangzhou.

Yi Nan's face is no longer as relaxed as it was at the beginning.

The army of 100,000 is now more than 10,000.

Don't look at it, it seems that it has only lost more than 10,000, and there are more than 80,000, it still seems to be very powerful.

However, you must know that if the average team is fighting in the field, the battle damage is more than 20%, and it will generally not be able to fight.

Some of the military discipline is a little worse, and some people may think about running away after losing 10%.

Of course, the Hu people's team basically has no logistics personnel, and the tolerance for battle losses will be higher.

But it's hard to exceed 30%.

If the battle continues like this, it will not take a few more days, and the battle damage may reach three percent.

Yi Nan had already seen timidity in the faces of some tribal leaders.

Liangzhou City is even more difficult to bite than I imagined.

"Father Khan, although the battle is more tragic today, the defenders on the city wall have suffered a lot of losses; On several occasions our warriors have managed to climb the walls, and victory is at hand. I think tomorrow I can divide the troops into three ways, attack from the three city walls at the same time, and take Liangzhou City in one fell swoop. ”

Bazhuo was the main instigator of this dispatch, and naturally he did not want to see the retreat of the army.

In that case, his prestige within Xue Yantuo will definitely plummet, and it is difficult to say whether he can inherit the throne or not.

On the grassland, whether it is the inheritance of the eldest son or the inheritance of the sister-in-law, it is not very recognized.

On the contrary, the situation of brother to brother is more acceptable to them.

"Yesterday evening, the scouts reported that a batch of hot air balloons landed in Liangzhou City. Although it is not very clear because of the sky, the meaning behind this matter is different. If we still can't capture Liangzhou City tomorrow, we will have to consider the matter of withdrawing our troops. ”

Although it is a bit ugly to retreat now, considering that there are a lot of materials looted this time, it cannot be regarded as a futile.

So Yi Nan saw that Liangzhou was so difficult to gnaw, and his heart was not so firm.

"Three days! Father Khan, if Liangzhou is not captured in three days, then we will withdraw our troops! ”

Bazhuo tried to buy himself two more days.

In his opinion, if you come for another three days, you can consume the defenders of Liangzhou.