Chapter 615: Logistical Worries

Liaodong City is located dozens of miles north of Anshi City, south of Liangshui.

The guard Wang Er woke up in the morning and was stunned by the news brought back by the scouts, and even thought that reality was a continuation of last night's dream.

Of course, with a choice, his five-fingered mountain was imprinted on the scout's face.

Hurt? Very good, not a dream.

However, Anshi City has really been breached?

Wang Er doubted the scout's eyes and doubted his own ears.

Although the Tang army was so powerful that it cut off the connection between Anshi City and the outside world, and almost wiped out the scouts he sent out like prey, he thought it was a fantasy to convince him that the Tang army had conquered the dangerous Anshi City in just a few days.

In the minds of the people of the Bohai Kingdom, Anshi City is solid, not ordinary easy to defend and difficult to attack, when Tang Taizong invaded Liaodong like a bamboo, it was because of this Anshi City and failed. Today's Anshi City has more troops, even if his grandson is reincarnated, the military god can only look at it and sigh.

No matter how many times Wang Er asked, the scout's answer was still true. His luck was apparently better than the rest of his peers, and on the night of the full moon, he broke through the enemy's scout*** line and lurked in the grass. He couldn't really see how Anshi City was breached, the only thing that was certain was that Anshi City had changed its owner, and the scene of ten thousand horsemen holding torches pouring into Anshi City like a long dragon was still fresh in his memory.

Wang Er was suspicious, and then sent scouts to confirm that it was almost impossible, and there was only one person left among the hundreds of scouts in the entire Liaodong City, and the messenger who was aggrieved and covered his face in front of him was.

When the scales wavered, the urgent report of the city guard officer became the weight of his determination. Outside Liaodong City, the Tang Army scouts appeared, rampant and domineering!

"Someone, ask the king for help!"

Wang Er didn't dare to hesitate any longer, his life was important, he would rather believe it than believe it. If Tang Jun gains a foothold in Anshi City, his next target will undoubtedly be him.

Where is the main force of the Great Martial Arts Entanglement, which is also Li Huaitang's concern.

So far, all he has done is foreplay, a foreshadowing to eliminate the main force of the Great Martial Arts.

However, Li Huaitang was not in a hurry, and the capture of Anshi City made him have no worries, and he could even be said to be invincible. After entering the city, he first sent an order to Liaoxi City, asking Bian Lingcheng to transport grain, grass and bows and arrows, especially crossbow arrows and arrows. The strength of the army was slightly adjusted, and the 10,000 new army, divided in half, half of them guarded the city of Liaoxi, and half of them would be stationed in the city of Anshi with the heavy responsibility of holding 'jade'.

For Liaodong City in the north, Li Huaitang only sent scouts to show off his might, and the specific 'riot' harassment and intimidation were left to the crows and others to play freely, as long as they could hit their morale, maybe they could go to the next city without blood.

Li Huaitang originally wanted to go south to Port Arthur to inspect his sailors and logistical preparations, but his move would likely confirm the crime of secretly building up the sailors' forces in the future, so he forced to suppress the impulse in his heart. After all, Port Arthur, as the backup of Liaoxi City, has not yet reached the time to 'expose'.

When it comes to logistics and transportation in Youzhou, Li Huaitang wants to kill people, but the reality is even more unbearable than he expected. So far, he has only received a small amount of grain from the rear, and if he hadn't broken two cities in a row to harvest a large amount of grain, he was afraid that the army would have returned with all the food. Moreover, it is outrageous that he still doesn't know who is in charge of logistics.

When he heard that the second batch of supplies had arrived, Li Huaitang couldn't help but go out of the city to take a look at the escorts.

The general in charge of the escort was an acquaintance of Li Huaitang.

Lei Hu stood in front of Li Huaitang 'excitedly', after a farewell of more than two years, and the meeting was the time of conquest. However, Lei Hu's identity has changed from Ningyuan Iron Cavalry mercenary to Lieutenant Youguo Yi of the Tang Shuo Fang Army.

The Tang Army's Right Guoyi Lieutenant was equivalent to the deputy general of the Thousand Cavalry of the Ningyuan Iron Cavalry. Seems to be quite 'mixed' well.

Lei Hu smiled bitterly and shook his head.

He was transferred to the Shuofang army under the command of King Xin'an on the recommendation of Li Huaitang, Li Yi was okay when he was in Shuofang, but the good times did not last long, with Li Yi entering the dynasty to serve as the secretary of the military department, Shuo Fangjie gradually became a sideline, no time to take care of it, he was excluded in the army, the post of the lieutenant of Youguo Yi is essentially the result of the promotion and secret descent, no soldiers, no power, only sundries.

"Therefore, my subordinates took the initiative to ask Ying to go to Youzhou to transport grain for the general!"

Lei Hu's eyes shone with a hint of expectation. When the imperial court ordered the transfer of troops from the Shuofang army to Youzhou to assist in transporting grain, it also brought him hope. You must know that the commander of the expedition to Liaodong is the backer he chose, the mighty and invincible Ningyuan general Li Huaitang. He was tired of diving and wanted to raise his head and make a contribution.

Li Huaitang can read his thoughts, and the difference in title speaks very well to his attitude, "General", that is the honorific title of Ning Yuan's iron cavalry soldiers to himself.

"Good brother, there's a chance."

Subtext: Brother, for the sake of Datang's tomorrow, work hard to lurk.

If the situation allows, Li Huaitang would like to incarnate a certain "party committee" with a bitter heart, and take the trouble to explain to him the truth that there is no distinction between light and darkness on the front and no distinction between high and low posts.

However, Li Huaitang is also hesitating, hovering between adventure and compromise. Rather than delaying its occurrence, it is better to take this opportunity to change the wheel of history when we have the ability to do so, so that this or that internal contradiction that gloozes Chinese civilization and kills and injures tens of millions of people will be transformed into external contradictions. If the war is inevitable, then let the foreigners bear it, so as to solve the contradiction of land and resources, get rid of the painful reincarnation of feudal dynasties, get rid of the backward mode of production, and break away from the blockade of the Central Plains civilization by the horseback people, so that there is no longer a lament of China after Yashan, and the orthodox Chinese civilization can continue.

Li Huaitang's thoughts drifted away until Lei Hu woke him up.

"Hehe, I'm distracted." Li Huaitang sneered, "Come, let me see what good guys you have shipped to me." ”

Thousands of stones of food, 10,000 crossbow arrows, weapons, armor, bedding and clothing.

"That's all?" Li Huaitang is incredible, and he feels like he has been sent to be called a 'flower'.

Lei Hu was embarrassed, "The grain was originally two thousand stones, and on the way, we, we ate half of it,"

Li Huaitang raised his eyes and saw that the team transporting materials totaled more than 1,000 people, and the food and drink on the road all depended on the grain and grass transported, among which mules and horses were large consumers, and if the distance was a little farther, I am afraid that they had not yet arrived and had been eaten by them.

The problem of road conditions is once again highlighted, if it is like the gravel road in Ningyuan, the efficiency is more than doubled.

Not counting the grain, why are there so few arrows? Also, among the weapons, there were more than a dozen extremely heavy ladders that he didn't urgently need.

In response to Li Huaitang's questioning, Lei Hu 'revealed' his 'aroused' indignation, and pointed the spearhead directly at Wang Hui, the person in charge of logistics, the Liaodong transit envoy and the 'attendant' of the household department.

"Wang Jue?"

The name is familiar, and the 'traitor' has a strong temperament.

Lei Hu said angrily: "The attacking equipment can be made from local materials, there is no need to do this at all, it is better to let me carry more food and arrows, but that Wang 'squire' Lang insisted that most of the food prepared was burned by the Khitans on the way to the last batch of transfers, and there is no surplus." ”

"What?!"

Li Huaitang was quite shocked, he had never heard of the looting and burning of grain, and no one reported it to him.

"The Admiral doesn't know?" The degree of surprise of Lei Hu was inferior to that of Li Huaitang. It is no exaggeration to say that food is equal to the morale of the army and affects the situation of the war. The transportation was not effective, and he deliberately concealed it from the front army, from this point of view, Wang Heng was enough to cut off his head several times.

No wonder logistical supplies are long overdue! Li Huaitang was furious, but fortunately he won the battle and harvested enough food to last for a period of time, otherwise, he would have lost his previous efforts at least and returned with defeat at worst. He really wanted to take military discipline seriously and kill the 'chickens' to make an example of the monkeys, but the problem was that Wang Heng was not controlled by him and was only responsible to Bian Lingcheng.

Then, Lei Hu told the truth.

It turned out that the last group of convoys was attacked by a group of Khitan cavalry halfway through the Western Liaoning Corridor, and most of the grain was burned.

The appearance of the Khitans in the Liaoxi Corridor was a bad omen, and Li Huaitang immediately thought of Yingzhou. Yingzhou guards the throat of the Horqin steppe leading to the western Liaoning corridor, and it is almost impossible for cavalry of more than 100 people to pass under the city quietly. The fact that the Khitans were able to successfully set up an ambush in the western Liaoning corridor is very telling.

Lei Hu said: "It is said to be the fierce general An Lushan." His subordinates also wondered why he neither stopped the enemy nor reported his traces. ”

It's An Lushan again!

Fate is strange, some people are born to be mortal enemies and never die.

Li Huaitang fell into deep thought, and only said after a moment: "I am more worried about the safety of Liaoxi City. ”

"The general doesn't have to worry, after this incident, Zhang Changshi added guards to the transport team, and it will be difficult for the Khitans to repeat the sneak attack. Moreover, the Youzhou army is recruiting troops, and it will soon be able to strengthen the defense of Liaoxi City. ”

"I hope so." Li Huaitang smiled faintly, and his mind flew to Port Arthur, and this backup logistics supply point is likely to come in handy.

"Oh, that's right," Lei Hu thought of something, and said, "When my subordinates passed through Liaoxi City, the chief Bian asked me to bring some prisoners back. ”

Captive?

Li Huaitang shook his head and said no.

It's not that there is none, but that those who can't be allowed to leak the news of Port Arthur. Most of the more than 3,000 defenders captured in Anshi City were sent to Port Arthur to work as coolies.

"Kill them all!" Li Huaitang's expression was indifferent, "When you return, send the heads of the enemy chieftain Zhang Wenxiu and Quan Jiannan to the chief manager, which is enough for him to ask for credit." ”

Lei Hu was just asked to say it casually, and he didn't have any intention of taking prisoners at all, but he felt incredible about how Li Huaitang conquered the steep Anshi City.

In his eyes, Anshi City was like a tall image, and it was unimaginable to take this castle, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, without going through a hard battle, and paying a heavy price. Obviously, under the city, there are no traces of 'fierce' battles, corpses, blood, stones, sasswood, these elements that represent 'fierce' battles are nowhere to be found.

"How did the Admiral conquer this fortress? Night Raid? ”

Thunder Tiger had the honor of participating in the surprise attack on Shattered Leaf City, and was deeply impressed by that night attack. However, how can Broken Leaf City compare to Anshi City? The foundation of the construction - a natural boulder is two people high, the city wall is four feet, and the difficulty of sneaking up to the top of the city is a headache to think about.

Regarding this question, Li Huaitang still smiled and did not answer.

Li Zhongxin, who was beside him, replied for him: "It's very simple, the general let us fly up, and the horse will be successful." ”

Fly?!

The listener was in a fog and couldn't believe it.

Yes, fly! Again, the answer is firm and unquestionable. Please keep in mind the URL, if you like "War Owl in Tang" written by the wolf under the moon