Chapter 450: King Qin arrives, and the war escalates

The four-way battle came to an end, but Goguryeo didn't know if it was crazy, so he sent people to drive ships and fire cannons everywhere.

Coastal areas, such as Hebei Province, Henan Province, Lingnan Province, Jiangnan Province, and Huainan Province, totaling more than 20 cities in five provinces and 16 prefectures, have suffered losses to varying degrees.

Li Chengqian was worried, while Fang Xuanling and other old ministers in Beijing showed great joy on their faces.

"His Royal Highness the Prince! He was panicked! ”

It's not an exaggeration to say that the dog jumped over the wall in a hurry!

Want to delay the reinforcements of the Tang Dynasty, so that it is convenient for you to quickly eat Li Jing's 100,000 strong army?

It's easier said than done, the main reason why Datang fights every time and has a scarcity of troops is the garrison army of various provincial and state capitals.

Without the dispersion of these garrison forces, it would be impossible for Datang to easily attract a million troops now.

Now that Li Fangchen is ten years old, twelve years have passed since he came to this world!

In the past 15 years, the registered population of the entire Datang has exceeded 10 million.

Even if you look at a family of three, there must be at least 30 million people (most of the new population).

Unilaterally crush all the surrounding countries in terms of population. Even if they are combined, there may not be more Datang people.

"Order the guards of the provinces, ensure the safety of the people, and drive Goguryeo out of the country!"

"Yes!"

"Qin Wangjun, where are you now?"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Qiqi, in yesterday's letter, His Royal Highness the King of Qin's army has passed through Xiangzhou, and in five days, it will be able to reach Xuzhou."

From Maozhou, turn to eight states and twenty cities to get to Xuzhou.

Li Fangchen's whole army marched in a hurry for 14 days before he could reach Xiangzhou, which was far away from Li Jing.

And it was during this period of time that Li Jing's pressure doubled.

Yuangai Suwen is full of firepower, the artillery is not extinguished, and the war is not stopped.

Attacked Xuzhou frantically, intending to break through the encirclement of the Tang army and go north to support Yingzhou.

Li Jing spent countless efforts and various tactics of war floating in his heart, trying to find a proper way to help him block the Goguryeo army of Yuangai Suwen.

After half a year of fighting, the 150,000 troops who came out of Chang'an at the beginning of the period lost their troops and lost their generals, and now there are less than 30,000 people left.

On the side of Yuangai Suwen, 200,000 people, 100,000 were lost, and 100,000 people had the strength to fight.

Fortunately, reinforcements from Jiangnan Province and Huainan Province arrived first, and 50,000 people returned blood to Li Jing in time.

Otherwise, if the fight continues, the whole army will inevitably be wiped out.

His subordinates reported that in seven days at most, the king of Qin led reinforcements to Xuzhou.

Li Jing's sense of urgency in his heart relaxed slightly, but he didn't dare to be sloppy in the slightest.

Goguryeo's offensive is very fierce, and I am afraid that it will not be able to attack for a long time, and there will be a big move soon.

The next big war made him worried.

If this battle can be won, it will not be a problem for Goguryeo to withdraw its troops; If defeated, the enemy army will drive straight in, and His Majesty's army in Hebei Province will be in danger.

Taking advantage of these few days, Yuangai Suwen is also transferring troops and sending warships back to China to pick up new soldiers into the Tang Dynasty.

Eighty thousand people were re-selected, although they were all farmers and the like, and their combat strength was not much.

But the good thing is that with a little training, it can come in handy.

80,000 against 180,000, two days later, a shocking battle started in Xuzhou City.

The devastated city of Xuzhou was completely flattened by artillery fire, and the people in the city were fortunately transferred to Chenzhou and Luzhou and other places long ago.

The Tang army faced a suicidal charge of twice as many enemies, and after a long battle, it was defeated!

Li Jing had no power to resist at all, even if he borrowed artillery at first, he forcibly pressed the 180,000 troops under Yuangai Suwen.

The battle was so fierce that no one could have predicted it.

In this battle, Goguryeo lost 70,000 people, and the Tang army left less than 20,000 people.

At this point, Li Jing no longer had the power to blockade, but Yuan Gai Suwen had no joy.

Now that Xuzhou is no longer in the way, he changed his mind and bypassed Dengzhou along the river to land in Pingzhou.

And Li Fangchen, who had just arrived, also received the news that Yuan Gai Suwen drove a boat to Pingzhou.

The news came out quickly, and Li Shimin, who was in Yingzhou, had his right eyelid jumping wildly.

"Quickly order people to guard Pingzhou, and you must not let Yuangai Suwen go ashore easily!"

Coming ashore from Pingzhou is equivalent to Li Shimin having to face the left and right attacks of Yuan Nan and Yuan Gai Suwen.

The warships of the Tang Army were really no match for the Goguryeos.

All the way, you can invade Qingzhou, Cangzhou and other places in the Tang Dynasty, and you can return to the sea when you retreat, and Yuangai Suwen can't wait to take this opportunity to swallow the entire Datang River North Road.

Li Fangchen led his troops to Xuzhou, met with Li Jing, and couldn't help but feel distressed when he saw Li Jing, the Duke of Weiguo, full of gorgeous hair.

"Don't worry, Duke Wei, just go back to Beijing with peace of mind, and leave the rest to this king!"

Li Jing lowered his head and said with a wry smile: "The minister is old, he has more than enough heart but not enough strength, and he can't keep Xuzhou, he really deserves death!" ”

"Don't be presumptuous, if Wei Guogong is worried that his father will blame him, then resign from his official position as soon as possible, return to the academy to teach, and have this king defend your father on your behalf. This battle is not a crime of war, manpower is unstoppable, and it is not easy for Wei Guogong to hold on for half a year. ”

"Your Highness Xie is tolerant, the old minister doesn't want to return to Beijing, please stay with His Highness and be a staff member!"

"No, if the Duke of Wei wants to stay, the king is naturally happy, but the position of the staff is inevitably a little demeaning to the status of the Duke of the State, so it is better to be appointed as the deputy marshal of the army?"

"Xie Dashuai!"

"Excuse me, this commander ordered your soldiers to repair quickly, and within seven days, our army will rush to Cangzhou!"

"Cangzhou? Why didn't Dashuai go directly to Pingzhou? ”

Li Fangchen sighed and said: "Pingzhou is heavily guarded, and my father will never allow Yuangai Suwen to go ashore easily, Cangzhou is the second battlefield!" ”

"Lao Chen understands, let's arrange it!"

Regrouped the troops and horses, and the army in Li Fangchen's hands was expanded to 60,000, while Yuangai Suwen still had 110,000 troops in his hands.

All this is full of variables, and the outcome is unknown.

Before that, there was a piece of good news that came back to Chang'an.

The army led by His Majesty personally won a great victory and killed 50,000 enemies!

The confrontation between Yuan Nan and Li Shimin has never stopped, and he has suffered a big loss before, and Li Shimin has divided his troops into three ways to surround him.

He also attacked the camp for two days and nights, which made Yuan Nan tired of coping, and the war broke out.

After the first battle, the Goguryeo soldiers completely withdrew from the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and the 250,000 troops who had been showing off their might before were now only 150,000 left.

And in the hands of Li Shimin, there are still 140,000 Tang troops.

Li Shimin had the intention to continue the pursuit, but after many days of fighting in the army, he was already tired and in urgent need of repair.

It was only three days after Shunhe that the news of Yuangai Suwen's attack on Pingzhou came out.

With the help of the ship, the artillery could be attacked from a distance of 1,000 meters, and the Tang army suffered a great loss in the fight.

Although the Tang army had artillery on the shore to return fire, it was really difficult to control the landing point of the shells when the ship was traveling and at sea.

Faced with the current situation, Li Shimin had no choice but to give up the pursuit of Yuan's army and retreat to Pingzhou.

Desperate, it seems that Goguryeo will not win this battle.

In the next twenty years, there will be no more fighting!

Li Shimin is facing a dilemma, Pingzhou must be defended, and the army of Yuan Nanshan will continue to fight.

But the division of the soldiers into two ways may lead to the loss of strength too high, so that he has no certainty of victory, which is really a headache.

For a few days, Yuangai Suwen also sensed the problem.

Judging from the current situation, he can only fire artillery from the sea from afar, and the damage that can really be inflicted on the Tang army is only a handful.

In a few days, 100 warships were lost, and they couldn't get close to Pingzhou at all.

After reformulating the tactics of war, Yuangai Su Wenliu left 500 warships and continued to pretend to attack Pingzhou.

He led 1,300 warships to Cangzhou, intending to go ashore first and then attack Pingzhou!

And after they just blasted open the gate of Cangzhou and all the troops went ashore.........