Chapter 284: Doubts
At the beginning of the thirteenth year of the Great Cause, after the Sui Emperor Yang Guang was besieged by Yanmen in the eleventh year of the Great Cause, the war in the northern part of the Jin Dynasty was rekindled.
More than 80,000 Turkic troops, starting from Dingxiang County, crossed the Great Wall in a mighty way, and then divided their troops into two routes, all the way to more than 30,000 people, and went east into Yunnei.
All the way, the main force of the army, went south along the Cangshui and went straight to the county seat of Mayi.
The natural disasters in Mayi County are obvious, and the war is coming, which can be said to be unfavorable for the passing year.
At this time, the Heng'an town army led by Li Po could no longer care whether the county town of Mayi, which had just been hit hard by the riot, could withstand the attack of the Turks.
Such a war is undoubtedly a severe test for the upper and lower levels of the clouds.
This is completely different from the eleventh year of the Great Cause, the Turkic army will definitely not expose its weakness to the Heng'an town army without any cover, and the road to Yunnei will not be as light as the last time.
In fact, this can be seen only from the number of soldiers and horses.
The tentacles of the Heng'an Zhen Army, that is, the scouts sent out, gradually shrank back, and the vast fields of Mayi County were full of Turkic rangers coming and going.
This time, the Turks did not have the same momentum as when the 11th and 30th Chinese New Year's Eve of the Great Cause flocked south, but for the northern counties of the Jin Land, the Turkic military might had not diminished in the slightest.
The golden wolf flag of the Turkic Khan once again fluttered high in the sky of Jindi, and the Turkic Shibi Khan launched his second southern expedition, but at this time, no one would think about whether he and Emperor Yang Guang of Sui would walk on the same path?
Of course, the Turks were so strong that they were the same as the eleventh year of the Great Cause's attack.
The rebel army in the northwest received an order from the Turkic Khan. began to attack the big cities and important cities of the Great Sui one after another, and the Liang division was in chaos. It is also trying to move south and attack the hinterland of Xijing in the Great Sui.
The fighting soon spread to the outskirts of Chang'an. Thieves swarmed, and chaos arose.
In the far northeast, the Khitans and the Tatars had completely escaped the control of the Great Sui, and most of them submitted to the Golden Wolf Banner, driven by the Eastern Khan, along the town of Huaiyuan, all the way to the northeastern border pass of the Great Sui, and launched the plundering war that they were best at.
Soon, the counties outside the Great Sui Saiwai. They have fallen, and in the north of Youzhou, there have been repeated enemy traces.
After that, the situation was obvious, Hebei Dou Jiande took the opportunity to go north, occupied most of the counties of Hebei, and together with the Turks, formed an encirclement of Youzhou Luo Yibu.
It can be said that in the spring of the thirteenth year of the Great Cause, from the northwest Han Desert. All the way to the eastern coast, the northern part of the Great Sui was full of beacon fires, and the vast northern land groaned in the flames of war, trembling under the swords, guns and horses' hooves.
Almost all counties. All the people struggled with blood and fire, without exception.
And Li Mi of Henan. Still besieging Luoyang, Jiangdu Tongshou Wang Shichong finally stepped onto the stage of history. In response to the aid of the Eastern Capital, he and Li Mi launched a desperate confrontation on the land of Henan.
The Great Sui at this time. It is no longer a country, the land of the Central Plains has never been so chaotic, from south to north, from east to west, everywhere there are soldiers and iron horses, the howls of the people, the earth-shaking sound of fighting, has become the strongest note in the thirteen years of the great cause.
The Central Plains Empire has not experienced wars, but such a scene, since ancient times, has never been, even if the princes of the Spring and Autumn Period competed for hegemony, and the late Han Dynasty when the great powers competed for power, it was inferior to three points at this time.
War, war, war everywhere, people are fighting and competing on the vast land of the Central Plains like crazy, the fields are barren in the war, and blood is flowing on the land.
One by one, heroes and heroes stood up on the white bones, they turned the originally fertile soil into a floating hell, just to engrave their own names in the historical inscriptions, but they didn't care at all, every stroke they wrote was so bright red and dazzling, and they were also entangled with countless unjust ghosts.
Undoubtedly, the war in Jindi was part of this climax.
That's right, since the collapse of the Great Sui, all the accumulated consequences suddenly erupted this year, allowing endless blood to obscure the sky of the Great Sui.
And at this moment, Li Po, who was leading more than 13,000 people, was actually similar to the others, he didn't think about it so much at all, and there was only a battle in front of him.
The terrain and location in the cloud allow the Hengan Town Army to always get some preferential treatment.
Before it became a military center in the north, there would be no army to besiege Yunnei City, just to open the road from Jindi to Hebei.
The Turks would not do this, but Dou Jiande and Luo Yi of Hebei were not able to do so, and they all had their own enemies now.
In February of the thirteenth year of the Great Cause, more than 30,000 Turkic troops entered Yunnei, and soon appeared all over the mountains and fields under the city of Yunnei.
Standing on the high city wall, Li Po frowned and watched as the Turkic army built a camp under the city, which was almost the same as the last time, the camp was built in a mess, and there were not many rules.
At the same time, there are also rangers circling the walls surrounding Yunnei Castle.
These rangers still kept shouting, telling the defenders of the city to open the city and surrender, otherwise what would happen, without a little new tricks, it was simply a repeat of the last battle.
Of course, it's definitely different from the last time.
This is also where Li Po is puzzled, he believes that the generals of the Heng'an Town Army who have been in battle for a long time must have the same confusion as him.
Of these more than 30,000 enemies, many of them are ...... Sui people?
Yes, you can see it very clearly just on the flag, and it is true that all kinds of graphics are drawn in a mess, but the handwriting on it is still in Chinese, and the surnames of the Han family are painted on it, unless there is a problem with the eyes, it will not be clear to see.
Although the scouts had reported it before, they really saw it, which made Li Po still have a lot of doubts.
With 30,000 people cobbled together like this, they want to block the Heng'an Town Army? With them, they can also trap the Hengan Town army in Yunnei City and dare not go out?
The question of what kind of army is an elite division, what kind of army can be broken with a single blow, can no longer bother him.
The banners of the enemies under the city were chaotic, including Sui and Turks, and they held all kinds of weapons, procrastination when marching, and no order when camping.
And he doesn't see such a thing as morale in these enemies.
According to Li Po's idea, with the combat strength of the Heng'an Town Army now, at least 20,000 Turkic elite cavalry will be needed to fight with the Heng'an Town Army.
And 30,000 Turkic elite cavalry can ensure a complete defeat of the Heng'an Zhen Army in the field battle, of course, it is also his head that is pumped, so he will fight with 30,000 elite cavalry in the field like looking for death.
If it is a battle to defend the city, it is difficult to say, with the skills of the Turks, if you want to attack the city with all your might, you will need at least 100,000 people.
Of course, numbers don't tell the whole story in war.
But such an army of 30,000 ...... Is this the Turks underestimating the enemy again? Or do they not know too well what kind of combat effectiveness the Hengan Town Army has, and how many they have?
Li Po believes that it should be the latter......
In this way, the Turks seem to have sent their weakness up again? Will the story of the last war be repeated?
Li Po was a little moved, but after so many battles, he would never pin his victory on speculation.
Li Po touched the stubble on his chin, "Order, let all the scouts out, and then find out if there are any other enemy troops in the clouds." ”
There is no doubt about his military qualities, no matter what era he is, he is the most cunning type of soldier, and his way of thinking is different from that of many generals at this time.
He is always not afraid to guess the psychology of others with the greatest malice, and even more so when fighting.
After seeing the enemies under the city, he could almost smell the traps.
He would not overestimate his own strength, nor would he easily underestimate his enemies, and he was suspicious that in some corner there were some men and horses hiding, waiting for him to lead his army out of the city to fight.
Of course, it is very dangerous to send scouts at this time, but Li Po needs more information to support his guesses, and if possible, he even wants people to explore the Flying Fox Road along Heng Mountain.
At this time, he was like a cunning fox, looking at the delicious food in front of him, but he still had to look around, and he was careful not to go up and put his mouth down.
"Does the general mean that the Turks want to lure me out of the city?"
It was Li Bi who was standing beside him who spoke, and in front of everyone's eyes, she also put the title of Lord on her lips.
Li Po glanced at the generals who looked down and probed their brains, and hated to lead the troops out of the city immediately, and smiled with satisfaction, morale is available, although the Turks are strong, they can't scare the Heng'an Zhen army.
"It doesn't hurt to be cautious, let's wait for two days, and these are ...... If you still don't leave......"
Li Po held on to the rough battlements and patted them fiercely, "Let them be buried here." ”
"Order, everyone guards the four cities, no one can go out of the city without my general order, and besides, Wei Chixin."
"The end will be."
"Together with Wang Qing, you will inspect the four cities to prevent anyone from making trouble."
"Su Yan."
"The lower official is here."
"You go and gather the county officials, appease the people together, let them stay at home honestly, before the war is over, you must not walk on the streets if you have nothing to do, have a curfew at night, dare to travel at night, and take them all."
"Li Bi."
"The end will be."
"I'll leave Dongcheng and Nancheng to you, especially Nancheng, give me a tight look...... Listen well, no matter who wants to enter the city at this time, even if it is a large number of outcasts, if anyone is soft-hearted and dares to open the city gate without authorization, he will be killed immediately. ”
"Also, Wei Chi Gong, Bu Qun, Chen San, Wei Chi Kai, Zhang Xin, Sun Renzu, a few of you gather your troops and horses, and listen to my general orders and be ready to leave the city at any time."
(I thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to write it like this, and I had no choice but to use a leave note yesterday, and this time I notified it in the book review area, and I don't know how many people saw it, sorry, the chapter of war, I have to carefully figure out the strategy and tactics, although it is very rough, but it can't be without, and then it's a description of the atmosphere of war, and this is not a thing.) (To be continued.) )