I just lost an older brother, and now I have to face the risk of the city being broken.

If the Turkic city pass is broken, do you think the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty will be so kind to let the Turkic soldiers and people go?

That's impossible.

Because the Turks themselves know in their hearts what kind of immoral things they have done to the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty will never be Turkic, and when they talk about Turks, they will never be able to do without the word dog thief.

Ashina Taishan was a little flustered, and Ashina's mood to cross the mountain was not much better.

If you want to blame, you can only blame the eighth prince of the Tang Dynasty, who was scheming, took away the grain of the three Turkic cities, and then led the troops to attack the Turks again, and he would not be merciful at all.

Ashina crossed the mountain and breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "So what we have to do now is to find food for the soldiers, so that they must guard the city for three days!" In three days, Lord Gilly Khan will lead reinforcements to support us! When the time comes, we can directly break through the city pass of the Tang Dynasty, take the Tang Dynasty Suzhou, and by the way, we are arresting the Eighth Prince of the Tang Dynasty, and we have threatened the Tang Emperor Li Shimin since then!"

"Yes, General, but where do we have food to buy now? The food of the people in the city has been deceived by the Datang people at a high price, and the Datang people are really smart and ruthless! ”

"Alas...... If you want to blame, you can only blame us for being negligent in defense, and if you want to blame, you can only blame the eighth prince of the Tang Dynasty, it's too smart! Hmph, but although his plan is high, as long as we hold on for three days, he will not have to run if he wants to! ”

"But now we have to find a way to get some food for the soldiers!"

"yes, we need to get some food for the soldiers! Otherwise, they don't have the strength to fight, and the city pass will definitely be broken! ”

Ashina Dushan and Ashina Taishan racked their brains and began to think about where to get food.

But the grain in the three border cities was bought up by the fallen master of the Tang Dynasty.

If you want to go to the next state to borrow food, it will take several days with the strength of the horse-drawn cart's feet, so this method will not work.

However, at this time, a straw hat soldier hurriedly walked into the military camp of Ashina Dushan and said, "General Dushan, good news, good news!" In our Turkic border city, suddenly another group of Datang people selling grain, why do you want to buy it? ”

"Oh? Really? Hearing this, Ashinadu's eyes suddenly lit up.

The straw hat soldier nodded excitedly and said, "Really, it's true!" They brought a lot of food, saying they couldn't finish it, and if we wanted it, we would have to buy it at a high price! ”

"So, how much can they pay for a pound?"

"Back to General Dushan, the price of the grain they sell is: three hangings and one catty!"

"What? Three hangs a pound? ”

After the straw hat soldier finished speaking, Ashina Dushan's eyes suddenly widened.

On weekdays, a penny of three catties of grain is now bought for three catties?

Raised the price of rice by almost ten times? Why don't they go and grab the money?

Ashina crossed the mountain, and suddenly his chest hurt.

"The mountain crossing is approaching, please don't be angry, I can see at a glance that this must be the conspiracy of the Eighth Prince of the Tang Dynasty! He took advantage of the high price to take away the grain and grass in our city and sold it to us at a higher price? Isn't that fooling us? General, please don't be fooled, don't buy their food! Ashina Taishan persuaded.

But Ashina crossed the mountain, shook his head heavily, and said, "I want to buy, I want to buy!" If you don't buy it, you'll lose three of our Turkic cities! We have to buy grain and grass, defend the city, and then wait for the reinforcements of Lord Jili Khan to come, so that we can counterattack the Tang Dynasty again! ”

"However, when we go to buy food later, Taishan, you go and lead three hundred elite soldiers to ambush at the pass, if there are no Tang soldiers guarding on the side, then we still need to spend money to buy it?" Hmph, just lead the troops and snatch it away! Besides, this is the food in our Turkic city! ”

"Haha, the general is wise, I'll do it!"

After that, Ashina Taishan went to organize soldiers and horses and went to buy grain.

Although the two of them are very smart, how can they be as smart as Li Chengfeng?

Li Chengfeng had long expected that the Turks would most likely send troops to grab grain, so Li Chengfeng had already sent 500 soldiers of the Xuanjia Army to guard the grain at the pass.

So if they want to take away the grain, it's impossible.

……

In the early morning of the next day, Li Chengfeng and Li Xiaogong once again led the army to practice the three southern cities of the Turks.

This time, Li Chengfeng and Li Xiaogong were ruthless, and it only took them half a day to directly break one of their cities, defeat the Turks, and return with victory.

Especially Li Chengfeng's Xuanjia Army, after putting on the armor, they are all like wolves and tigers, brave and invincible, directly in the flesh, rampage all the way, unmatched.

And the Turkic soldiers had long since they had no strength to fight because they did not have enough to eat.

So they were defeated, and even lost a city.

At this time, Ashina crossed the mountain and realized the importance of grain and grass.

However, what made Ashina Du Mountain strange was why the Tang Dynasty soldiers broke through a city, but did not lead troops to occupy it? Or go back the way you came?

It's not just Ashina who doesn't understand, but the general Li Xiaogong is also puzzled.

……

On the way back, Li Xiaogong frowned slightly, looked at Li Chengfeng, and said: "Eighth prince, why can we actually break through the three Turkic cities in one go, and wait for the Tang reinforcements to come and occupy the territory, why, why don't we take advantage of the victory to pursue it?" ”

"Oh? Not to be! ”

Li Chengfeng pretended to shake his head meaningfully, and said, "General Li Xiaogong, the three Turkic cities are simply impossible to occupy in the face of insufficient troops!" Moreover, if the reinforcements of the Turkic Khan are together, then we will be a turtle in an urn! So, there's no need to take those three cities! Those three cities are just a wasteland for us Datang! Therefore, let's continue to guard the border city of Suzhou! Attacking the Turks from these three cities is obviously an irrational choice! If you want to attack, you must also kill from Youzhou, lead a large army, rampage all the way, smash Huanglong, occupy the Turkic headquarters, and take the Turks in one fell swoop! ”

"And what about our Suzhou? It's just a place that is suitable for defense, not for offense, so there is no need for us to pick up sesame seeds and lose watermelons because of small losses! ”

"Picked up sesame seeds, lost watermelons?" Hearing this, Li Xiaogong's eyes lit up instantly, and he said: "Oh, I understand, hahaha, the eighth prince, the old minister understands, understands, understands!" Hahaha...... The eighth prince is not the first prodigy in the world! The thoughtful mind of the eighth prince is really beyond the reach of the old minister! Haha......"

Li Xiaogong laughed heartily.