|||->-> "We're going to fall into the Khan of Chechen." Li Guorui, Yue Zhi and others all had gloomy faces, judging from the current results, the two long trenches showed the will and determination of the Donghu people.

If the Great Wei Forbidden Army wants to break the current situation, it will have to pay at least tens of thousands of dead and wounded.

Yesterday, the Donghu people took advantage of their sharp strength to attack, and at least 30,000 or 40,000 people died, although most of them were Han Nu and Yu Ding of various departments, but the soldiers of each of the five Donghu departments and 10,000 households also suffered a lot of casualties, at least more than 10,000 people died, and more than 20,000 people were wounded.

For an army of more than 200,000 people, 30,000 people were killed and wounded in a battle yesterday.

The morale of the Wei army is not strong, the spirit has been worn out a lot, and it is impossible to drive the people to fill the trenches, if you really want to break through the two trenches in front of you, the casualties are also about tens of thousands, Li Guorui and Yue Zhi are not confident that they can make the soldiers of the forbidden army sacrifice to such a point.

"It's already a stalemate." Yue Zhi took a long breath and said, "Fortunately, it's not a dead end. ”

It is true, Jinzhou is surrounded by a long trench, but Li Youde is not easy to follow, if he wants to capture Jinzhou, the Donghu people will not die twenty or thirty thousand people, don't dream of this at all. Tens of thousands of soldiers will die, Chechen Khan can't hold back, and Jinzhou will not be able to affect the overall situation if it is conquered, as long as Yushui City is successfully built, and Songta Zhubao and Ningyuan, Yuguan will be integrated, Jinzhou will be able to snatch it back sooner or later, and if the confrontation continues, the Donghu people will not be able to hold on.

Now in this situation, the Son of Heaven and the two governments will be disappointed if they want to know, the forbidden army is unable to attack again, and the Donghu people will not attack again.

"If Yushui City can be completed, the Son of Heaven and the two governments will also accept it." Yue Zhi said to Li Guorui: "This city is built, and there is the current defense, you can slowly withdraw your troops, and the Donghu people will also withdraw one after another." ”

"I'm afraid it's not that simple......"

There was the roar of cavalry running in the distance, Li Guorui's face showed a bitter look, Chechen Khan's layout was broad and profound, how could he trap Jinzhou and have no backhand?

Yue Zhi's body was shocked, and he also looked in the direction of Jinzhou's side.

In the middle of the two trenches, more than 30,000 palace tent troops galloped in the sunset, the silver armor on these cavalry shone in the light, showing a majestic breath like the sea, the archers on Jinzhou City have pulled the bed crossbow and attacked these Donghu cavalry around the city, these palace tent cavalry is indomitable, regardless of the threat on their sides, just keep beating their horses and galloping forward!

"I've gone to Tower Mountain." Many generals of the forbidden army, including Li Guorui, Zhang Bangwen and other civilian officials, all looked shaken, Tashan behind the main army, and Songshan Fort are the same as the cornerstone of the support of the army's grain road, although it is behind the main force of the Wei army, less than 20 miles apart, but the cavalry from the flank and back, the Wei army at this time to assemble and react and then rush over, at least it will take more than a day.

In the face of 30,000 palace tent cavalry, the Wei army must dispatch at least 20,000 cavalry and 30,000 elite infantry, including the infantry army, otherwise it will be defeated, and it will take time to assemble a large army, and it will also take time to advance to the battlefield.

"There's no need to rush." Li Guorui calmed down at this time, and said to the generals: "Tashan Fort is more than three zhang high, the circumference is less than three miles, there are more than 6,000 soldiers of the forbidden army stationed inside, and there are still pits, trenches, horse rejections, and arrow towers on the periphery. ”

"I'm afraid that the army's morale will be unstable." Zhang Bangwen let out a long sigh, and the melancholy on his face was quite obvious.

Yue Zhi glanced at Zhang Bangwen and said, "If the reward is sufficient, why is the army unstable?" Besides, with me leading the troops, I can't talk about the instability of the army! ”

Morale was originally sluggish, and the Wei army was mainly infantry, and the 30,000 palace tent soldiers of the Donghu soldiers were dispatched, and then the cavalry could be dispatched, and the Wei army left the original camp, and it was easy to be raided by the enemy cavalry during the maneuver, which would make the original advantage lost.

Yue Zhihui is the best choice to lead the troops, and he has already made up his mind not to be in a hurry or to give the enemy a chance to take advantage of. Even, according to Yue Zhi's idea, as long as the army retreats more than ten miles, keeps the grain route continuous and protects Yushui City, the two sides are involved in each other, and neither side can find any real opportunities.

Strategically, of course, the Wei army had already lost

The opportunity to lead Li Guorui's raid was obtained, just like chess, the original killing move was resolved by the enemy, and now it is caught in an inextricable battle of redemption.

"It's good to keep Tashan for two days." Yue Zhi hugged his fist to Li Guorui and said: "There are still roads and camps along the way, withdraw the front camp one after another, rely on the old camp to build a camp defense, and protect the two ends of the grain road and Yushui City. ”

Yue Zhi's face was a little gloomy, the battle was like this, Li Youde and his subordinates were completely abandoned, and the good result was that they were trapped for a few months and then got out of the siege, and they were afraid that half of them would die. The bad outcome is that after a long confrontation, either all of them starve to death, or Jinzhou is conquered by starvation and all of them die in battle, or a few people survive, but become prisoners of the Donghu people.

In any case, the main forces of the Wei army were helpless and powerless.

"Everything please Tai Wei, as Tai Wei said, don't worry, Tashan is steep, and it will not be easy for the enemy to get it." Li Guorui's face was calm, but his demeanor was still quite good. This time the sharp spirit came, the fight is a hammer business, there is an accident, the opponent's response is quite good, this is an acceptable thing, if you encounter an accident and panic, you are not worthy of being the commander of this army.

More Donghu cavalry followed the palace cavalry, and there were still more than 100,000 Donghu soldiers in front of the long trench, eyeing the main force of the Wei army.

The weather was warmer on this day, but many soldiers of the Northern Expedition felt colder and colder.

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Xu Ziwei has been in Tashan for less than five days, and finally has a preliminary understanding of this small castle.

The castle is built on a hill, not far from the front of the fort is a tributary of the Yangmu River, behind it is a continuous mountain range, the mountains stretch endlessly, as well as the forts of Xingshan and Matsuyama.

An official road stretches for 200 miles, connecting Zhubao with Ningyuan City and Yuguan.

Tashan goes to Songshan for thirty miles, Ningyuan City for more than sixty miles, from Jinzhou for thirty miles, from Jiuyingzhou for sixty miles, from Yushui City less than thirty miles, the road is at the foot of the mountain peak, winding, want to bypass Tashan Fort is a thing that can be done for mountain hunters, but for a large army, ignoring the Tashan Fort entrenched on the side is also impossible.

If time and materials permit, the north fort and the south fort of Tashan will be gradually built to cover the entire passage.

Xu Ziwei didn't pay much attention to these defensive matters, less than three days after the two sons were brought to the palace, that is, after talking with Xu Ziwen on the riverside, the palace came again, Chen Changde stepped down from Lang Zhongling, and was concurrently served by Taiwei Deng Ming, Chen Changde transferred to the post of office door order, the same as Lang Zhongling, the period door order is also the command of the Xiangdu that is the level of the general in charge of the army, and the left order of the period gate is equivalent to the command level of the military capital, the intention of the Son of Heaven is quite obvious, the period gate order is responsible for the protection of the palace ban, and the Son of Heaven uses his own brother to take charge of the palace guard, The two governments could not say anything against it.

When Xu Ziwei just rushed to Beijing in two and a half days, the Son of Heaven never saw him, and directly ordered him to go to Yuguan with Chen Changde.

When Xu Ziwei arrived at Yuguan, he knew that Chen Changde, Li Jian, Li Enmao and others led the army out of Yuguan, and had been stationed in Ningyuan, and the main force of the Northern Expedition army came out and rushed to Yushui, Li Jian and others were responsible for leading the army to guard the Yuguan to Tashan line, Chen Changde was ordered to lead the forbidden army of ten armies, plus hundreds of Lang Wei, was ordered to garrison Ningyuan, and when Xu Ziwei arrived in Ningyuan, Chen Changde ordered him to lead three armies to garrison Tashan Fort.

The intention of the Son of Heaven is quite obvious, Xu Ziwei was also in the Northern Expeditionary Army before, and later broke away from the army, this time he raised his second son into the palace, Xu Ziwei of course had to continue to serve in the army, and gain some connections and prestige in the forbidden army and Lang Weizhong.

More than ten years later, Xu Ziwei went to the general of the army, and even served as a lieutenant, the commander of the Lang Lieutenant Order, Jin Wuwei, and the period gate order, holding the power of the palace ban in his hands, and then mastering a part of the forbidden army, defending the new monarch, and staying in Beijing as the emperor's father.

King Zhao did not stay in Beijing back then, because the situation of Great Wei when the Son of Heaven ascended the throne was completely different from today, and now the Son of Heaven can no longer trust foreign dynasties, so he can only continue to cultivate Xu Ziwei.

The weather showed obvious signs of warming, which also made Xu Ziwei feel a lot better.

When he first arrived at Tower Hill, he had not slept well for two nights, and the howl of wild beasts outside the castle frightened him, and even the sound of frightened birds in the middle of the night could wake him up.

This small town is not only dangerous, but also very modest. The castle had just been repaired, and the walls of many of the houses were made of rammed earth and straw bunches, and the smell of mud in the houses was quite uncomfortable. Xu Ziwei felt that the bedding was damp and could wring out the water, although he brought more than ten servants and guards, and there were people serving him every day, no matter how good the servants were, they couldn't make the weather warm and clear.

Xu Ziwei is going crazy when he stays in Tashan, there is no doubt that it is difficult and dangerous here, but for the sake of the future of his two sons, he definitely cannot escape from the Northern Expedition army like he did before.

As a heavy general, guarding a fort, as long as he wins this battle, Xu Ziwei will definitely be rewarded for his military merits.

In the great expedition of hundreds of thousands of people, some people contributed a lot, but they may not receive any decent rewards. Some people are completely mixed qualifications, but they can easily get heavy rewards, and Xu Ziwei is undoubtedly the latter.

In the tower hill fort, there are mountains of grain, and there are also large granaries along the forts, and at least one million stone of grain is stored along the forts and grain storage.

In addition to the grain, there are nearly one million yuan, which is the reward given by the imperial court before the main army starts the war, and the troops along the Yuguan have received the reward, after the reward is sent to Tashan Fort, Xu Ziwei is afraid, and does not dare to lead the troops to send the money to the camp more than 20 miles away, but he plans to send someone to inform Li Guorui and ask the envoy to send someone to move the copper money.

Every time he went out of the city, he was full of rumors and soldiers.

Near Yuguan, Xu Ziwei felt scared and frightened. The ferocious and brutal image of the Donghu people has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and most of them are cavalry, coming and going like the wind, suddenly appearing, so that people can't run away, and they keep chasing and slashing until the Wei army is killed.

As the eldest son of the prince, Xu Ziwei also received a fairly complete education, and the more he learned about the battle examples of the Donghu army, the more afraid he became.

In front of the Tashan and Songshan mountains are green, there are many trees that remain green even in the depths of winter, and there is a lot of snow left between the top of the mountain and the mountainside, which is quite dazzling, people have no way to identify those mountain roads, whether there is any danger hidden in the peaks, Xu Ziwei is such a timid commander, usually does not dare to go out of the fort for half a step, and even sends troops out of the fort is trembling, lest he be taken advantage of by the enemy.

Although many subordinates told him that there were defensive facilities such as sentry towers and arrow towers on the periphery, the army often had Tang horse sentinel horses, and the logistics of the people and the army were constantly coming and going, and it was not as dangerous as Xu Ziwei imagined, but every time Xu Zixian climbed high and looked into the distance, he could only see that the vast land was empty and uninhabited, those valleys, hills, dense forests, roads, plains, endless grass and shrubs, and it seemed that there were terrifying Donghu iron horses hidden everywhere.

For this reason, the reward of the army was not sent away at the first time, but Xu Ziwei, as the chief officer, did not take responsibility, he had already informed the commander of the army and the transfer envoy, as the commander of the fort, but he did not take the initiative to take responsibility.

"Do you think Chen Changde, Li Jian, and Li Enmao are going to be better?" Xu Ziwei stood on top of the fort wall and sneered at his henchmen: "Li Guorui asked Li Jian and Li Enmao to lead the troops to protect the back road, what is the back road?" The grain road is more than 20 miles away from Tashan, this section of the road is the most empty and dangerous, and the envoy can't line up the big camp all the way, so he asked Li Jianhou to gather a large army, and the northern captives didn't care about it, just to ensure the safety of the back road. It is enough to leave a few thousand soldiers and horses in Yuguan, at most more than 10,000 forbidden troops, enough to ensure the safety of the gate, Ningyuan left a few thousand people, and the remaining nearly 100,000 troops, along the Song, Tazhubao and the front, digging trenches and erecting fences, and responding to the Donghu attack at any time, this is called ensuring the safety of the back road grain road, these few, two captains, one in Yuguan, one in Ningyuan, can't wait to hide in Pingzhou, Li Enmao is better, run to Ningyuan, but put the main force of the army in Ningyuan, there is a need for thirty or forty thousand people to garrison? There are mountains and valleys on both sides, and if you want to rush over, you have to attack Ningyuan, and 10,000 people in Ningyuan City can resist an army of 100,000, and you have to have sufficient siege equipment. But they put me in the front, saying that it was for me to make meritorious service, and I ...... it."

Xu Ziwei's face was distorted, and he was very dissatisfied in his heart.