Chapter 100: Before the War
After using these Turkic prisoners of war to pay tribute to the people who had died, Li Wenyuan led his troops back to the front line in Guazhou and personally commanded the Guazhou Raid. came back before Li Wenyuan, that is, he exterminated the Turkic cavalry, and killed prisoners and sacrificed unjust souls.
Li Liang naturally knew what Li Wenyuan had done, and he was also shocked in his heart, but he was not shocked that Li Wenyuan killed the prisoners and sacrificed to the sky. What really shocked him was that Li Wenyuan really exterminated the Turkic cavalry, he knew the Turkic cavalry, as the cavalry in the Turkic royal court's guards, the combat effectiveness was beyond doubt, and it was a bit unexpected that Li Wenyuan was strangled so easily at this time.
However, later I got news that the Turkic cavalry was in the canyon terrain of Yinwa Gorge and was blocked by Li Wenyuan on both sides, so it was forced to fight trapped beasts in the canyon. In the end, Li Wenyuan killed the main general with a spear and a wolf flag, which led to the rout of this Turkic army, and finally went out to fight except for the dead, and all the others were captured by Li Wenyuan.
"These arrogant Turkic barbarians, don't they know anything about the art of war? Or do they really think that their cavalry is invincible? Yes? Camp in the canyon and come up with what they think! But the matter had already happened, and in desperation, Li Liang could only let out a breath and curse a few words, and then began to deal with Li Wenyuan's possible attack next.
Now all my own measures have become ineffective at this time. After losing the cavalry, which can harass the rear with high mobility, Li Liang can only take all the troops to fight a battle to defend Guazhou. As long as Guazhou is kept, then his own future convenience is safe. Once Guazhou is breached, it will then face the risk of the fall of Dunhuang. Once Dunhuang falls, then its own Yiwu County and the end of the county, Shanshan County will be divided into two parts, and it will be difficult to support each other. What's more, he has listened to the strategy of the military advisor and dropped all the soldiers and horses of these four counties to the front line of Guazhou, which means that his hinterland is extremely empty at this time.
However, although Li Liang lost 10,000 Turkic cavalry, he still had 40,000 elite infantry in his hands to defend against Li Wenyuan's attack on Guazhou. Although Li Wenyuan still had an army of more than 20,000 people confronting him on the front line, more than 15,000 of them were cavalry, and only the remaining less than 10,000 infantry could really be used to attack the city. Thinking of this, Li Liang felt a little relieved, and he was ready to go to the city head of Guazhou to inspect the city defense. At this time, there was a news that made him feel like five thunderbolts: his logistics and transportation line had been cut off.
It was none other than the detachment led by Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin who was stationed in today's mountain pass. After receiving Li Wenyuan's order, Qin Qiong has been looking for an opportunity to cut off Li Liang's logistics and transportation line. At this time, after the last reinforcements from Jimo County passed through Dunhuang County and went to Guazhou, Qin Qiong got this golden opportunity. According to the information provided by the military lord, there were only 3,000 rebels in Dunhuang County at this time, while Subei County, north of Jinshankou, had less than 1,000 rebels, and most of these people were old, weak, sick and disabled. So Qin Qiong immediately made a decision and ordered Cheng Yanjin to lead an infantry division under him to feint to attack the county town of Subei.
After hearing that the county seat of Subei was under siege, the rebels left behind in Dunhuang County also sent 2,000 reinforcements from Dunhuang County after finding out that there was only an army of 3,000 men attacking the county seat. When the reinforcements were moving south along the Dang River, they were ambushed by a cavalry division led by Qin Qiong himself. In this battle, countless enemies were annihilated, and the remnants of the surviving rebels retreated to Dunhuang County in a panic. After learning that the reinforcements were hopeless, Subei County also chose to surrender.
After Subei County was captured, the Second Army led by Qin Qiong was even more like a fish in water. Li Liang's remaining soldiers in Dunhuang County were simply not enough to threaten this army of more than 10,000 men, and on the contrary, the military rations and supplies transported to the front were often intercepted by the Second Army. There is not one out of ten materials that really arrived at the front line in Guazhou, but fortunately, Li Liang had previously gathered a lot of military rations in Guazhou to support Yumen County, so although the logistics line was cut off at this time, it was not yet in a situation of insufficient food.
Li Liang made up his mind to use the 40,000 troops in his hands to first repel the army of Li Wenyuan, the frontal enemy, and then command the army to pounce on the army behind him that cut off the logistics line. The fact that the logistics line was cut off was given a gag order by Li Liang, and even the generals in his army who had the closest relationship with him did not know. When some quartermasters asked Li Rail, Li Rail only said that he had entrusted these military rations and materials to a special person, and in order to prevent Li Wenyuan from sabotage, they were all hidden in a safe place and kept them well, and only then did he perfunctory the past.
At this time, Li Liang's most urgent thing was to wait for Li Wenyuan to come to attack the city, and he placed a large number of city defense tools at the head of the city. I believe that Li Wenyuan will definitely be able to taste the most painful results under the city of Guazhou.
Li Wenyuan's side was in a slightly better mood, and asked Zhang Juntai, who was left behind, "Juntai, are all the things you prepared when I leave?" ”
Zhang Juntai nodded and said, "Chief, everything you asked me to prepare is ready." And they are all filled with gunpowder in these coffins according to your instructions, but I wonder what the chief is going to do with this kind of thing? ”
After hearing this, Li Wenyuan smiled slightly, and whispered in Zhang Juntai's ear: "When you attack the city tomorrow, you order the troops besieging the city to do this, and so on. This Guazhou is within reach. ”
Zhang Juntai frowned slightly after listening to Li Wenyuan's thoughts, and said, "Is this method feasible?" ”
"Absolutely, Juntai, do you remember what happened at the test range that day?" Li Wenyuan said to Zhang Juntai.
Zhang Juntai's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he remembered what happened in the test launch site that day, so he nodded and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely arrange this matter." Tomorrow, I will personally lead the attack. ”
Li Wenyuan nodded and said, "Okay, since Juntai you took the initiative to ask for battle, then I can't help but give you face." Guazhou City must be captured tomorrow, if you can't capture it, I'll ask you. ”
"Sir, you don't have to take me for your bucks. Guazhou City is taken, and I will come back to see you to ask for credit. If you can't take Guazhou City, then you can wait to find me in the pile of dead people under the city. I don't dare to say anything else about the soldiers I trained myself, but there will never be a soldier who will leave the battle alive without completing the mission. ”
"Well said, this sounds uplifting, but if you can live one more or try to live as many as possible, our soldiers are very precious."
"You have to order, you can rest assured, tomorrow take a good look at my performance, and I will show you a good hand."
(End of chapter)