Chapter 742: Great Pressure
Li Xiuning was very depressed, and originally hid in the captive team, intending to hide, but his leg injury attacked, he was isolated and singled out, and he was taken to the prisoner's wounded barracks.
In order to injure her, the military doctor here, seeing that the wounded was in a mess, felt that it would infect the wound, and asked the two assistants to take off her clothes.
The military doctor felt strange and reported the situation to the captain, and Captain Dahua took it to heart, sent someone to pull her hair back, wiped the mud off her face, and found a prisoner to identify her identity, and recognized it on the spot, this is the princess of the Tang Dynasty.
The captain Zhang Shihong was overjoyed, the princess of the Tang Dynasty was discovered by him, this is a great achievement, and immediately reported to the last captain, the captain told Xue Wancheng, Xue Wanqian took the captain to the outside of the imperial camp, and asked the inner guards to go in and pass the word.
Luo Zhaoyun changed his armor, and when he heard the news, he smiled slightly, Datang currently only has Princess Pingyang in the army, with Li Xiuning in hand, Datang throws a mouse taboo, and he has more initiative, but it is a pity that he did not kill Li Xuanba, after all, it is a hazard.
"Captain Xuan come in!"
"Whoa!" The guards turned around and went out to pass the word, and Xue Wanqian took Zhang Shihong to meet the saint.
"See Your Majesty!"
Luo Zhaoyun waved his hand, excused himself from being polite, and asked about Li Xiuning's situation.
Zhang Shihong replied truthfully, reported the discovery of the military doctor, and told the story of his own interrogation.
"Is the leg injury serious?"
Zhang Shihong replied: "According to the military doctor, it didn't shoot through the bones, but only penetrated into the leg muscles, fortunately, this princess of Pingyang usually practices martial arts and has internal strength, so when the arrow is shot, it is unloaded by the muscles and internal strength, otherwise, one leg is penetrated, and it will be lame in the future." ”
Luo Zhaoyun nodded and said, "In this way, General Xue, you go back and make arrangements, put a tent in Pingyang alone, and I will send a few female guards to take care of her, and no one is allowed to interfere with her without my warrant, understand?" ”
"The minister understands!"
This princess Pingyang has a special identity, and for Datang, she has a great exchange value, and she must ensure her safety, so that some soldiers in the army do not know their identity, covet women, and make some unsightly things, but it will be a bad plan. Of course, even if it were not for his orders, the discipline of the Dahua army would not have happened. deliberately told her, but she didn't want people to get close, so as not to give her information in detail.
Luo Zhaoyun did not bring ordinary palace maids with him, and the eight maids around him were all female swordsmen trained by Qingyingwei, and three people were sent to take care of and guardian Pingyang in case of escape.
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After Qishan City was conquered, it was cleaned up for two days, the corpses of the two armies were cremated, the Dahua martyrs erected a tomb and a monument on a hillside, and the corpses of the Tang army were thrown directly into the mass grave, and there was a gap in treatment, which made the Dahua soldiers excited in their hearts, and felt that they should kill the enemy bravely and serve the country.
And those who surrendered to the army, after seeing so much treatment and benefits for Dahua sergeants, also hoped to fight for Dahua and turn into a formal army as soon as possible.
Qishan City is located between the two routes, although it is not a necessary way, but it has a counterbalance effect on the two routes, and can be used as a cantonment point to support the military horses of the two routes and reserve some strategic materials.
Luo Zhaoyun discussed the next military strategy with Guo Xiaoke, Du Ruhui, Chu Suiliang, Hou Junji and others, and also revealed the news that Liang Shidu and Shibi Khan were going to send troops.
"What, Li Yuan wants to unite with Liang Shidu, and also lead the Turkic army into the Guanlong region to fight against my Dahua?" Everyone was a little surprised.
"Liang Shi are all in Shuofang, Honghua, Yan'an, support the army and self-respect, there has been no big war in the past two years, hoarding a lot of war horses, grain and grass, ordnance, looking for soldiers and horses to buy, development and growth, only afraid of no less than 100,000 soldiers and horses. The Turks are all soldiers, and it is very easy to send tens of thousands of iron cavalry, plus Li Tang's military horses, the tripartite combination, the number of troops that can be dispatched is at least 200,000, and they are all the main forces. ”
Guo Xiaoke worried: "At present, there are nearly 200,000 horses on the front line of our army, but the troops are divided into three routes, General Qu Tutong leads 30,000, General Chen Qi leads 20,000, General Lai Hu'er leads 30,000, and the Qishan garrison has 50,000 vanguard troops, 50,000 Chinese troops, plus nearly 20,000 prisoners, barely making up the number of 200,000, but the number of participants is uneven, and the cumulative number of recruits and surrenders within half a year accounts for half, affecting the overall strength. ”
Luo Zhaoyun said with a grim expression: "The Turks are wolf ambitions, supporting Liang Shidu, Liu Wuzhou, Guo Zihe, Xue Ju, etc., so that they can grow stronger and divide the Central Plains, so that they can't dominate and become a situation where the princes compete for hegemony, they will bow down to him, from the emperor back then, to the current emperor, this time into the Central Plains, it is not clear how many soldiers and horses will come, but 50,000 cavalry is a conservative estimate, once 100,000 iron cavalry comes, plus Liang Shidu and Li Yuan's pouring out, 300,000 soldiers and horses, then I Dahua, It is the strength of the whole country, which can barely be coped, and the defense is more than enough, but the retreat of the enemy is insufficient, which is not yet known. ”
After hearing this, everyone's faces changed, if the Turks sent 100,000 troops, they were all iron and green, and they were put into the Central Plains, and if they conspired with the tiger, in case the Turks did not leave, they could directly sweep the northwest and Guanzhong, and when the time came, it would be easy to ask God to send God.
"Li Yuan and Liang Shi both do this, which is tantamount to abandoning the safety of the Central Plains!" Chu Suiliang said indignantly.
Luo Zhaoyun sneered: "Hmph, their own safety can't be saved, naturally they don't care about the safety of the Central Plains, the current situation, only the Turks send troops, and they can still protect them, otherwise, relying on Li Tang and Liang Shidu alone, can they stop our army?" ”
Hou Junji sighed: "Then this time, we have to be ready for a comprehensive battle, not defeated, otherwise, these counties of Longyou are easy to be taken away by the tripartite coalition army, be ready to fight with them, the Turks have no food and grass, after coming in, we need supplies from Li Tang and Liang Shidu, after a long time, with the nature of the Turks, there will be trouble, and when the time comes, we may have an opportunity." ”
Luo Zhaoyun said proudly: "There is a certain truth in what General Hou said, this time, Dahua should attach great importance to it, the intelligence is currently only an outline, and there are many uncertain factors, which may determine the life and death of our Dahua, once generated, it will inevitably leap into the dragon gate and master the entire Guanzhong!" ”
All the generals and strategists nodded one after another, and their hearts were a little up-and-down, unable to guess the direction of the future occupation.
Luo Zhaoyun is also a little worried, the current trend of history has deviated, there are not many directions he can learn from, although there are Li Yuan and Liang Shi in history who have each declared themselves to the early Turkic period, but there is no alliance of the three armies, this time he will face greater pressure!