Chapter 200: Besiege but Not Attack

Liaodong Dongfeng clouds rose again, from Liaozhou to Jinzhou for a time, wolf smoke everywhere, and the beacon smoke passed all the way.

Xue Rengui was guarding Jinzhou, this is because Emperor Li Zhonghua said that Jinzhou is more important than Liaozhou, and Jinzhou must not be lost.

Looking at the smoke coming from Liaozhou all the way, Xue Rengui's face was very unsightly.

The land communication between Liaodong and the imperial court has long been cut off, and it is obviously very difficult to ask the imperial court to send troops to rescue, and I am afraid that it will be too late in time.

Although His Majesty the Emperor Li Zhonghua once said that when necessary, Liaozhou can be withdrawn, and Jinzhou can be kept.

But this does not mean that the status of Liaozhou is not important.

On the contrary, the position of Liaozhou is very important, once Liaozhou is defended, Anshi City will also be lost, not to mention that there are more than ten or twenty cities such as Yanzhou near Liaozhou, which will not be able to be saved.

It doesn't matter if the city is lost, it's a big deal to grab it back later, but the people in Liaozhou and nearby will not be protected.

The people of the Tang Dynasty came out of the white mountains and black waters, but they were very ferocious, and the Han people of the Tang Dynasty would definitely be extremely miserable if they fell into their hands, they were a group of beasts without humanity, and they would eat people at any time.

Taizong Li Shimin, when he personally conquered Liaodong, why could he show great mercy to Goguryeo's troops, but only slaughtered and buried all the captured soldiers! The reason is here, because it is difficult for the people to surrender, and letting go is equivalent to letting the tiger return to the mountain, so he ordered all of them to be slaughtered and buried.

In the Liaozhou area, there are millions of people, and the Goguryeo people and Han people account for more than eighty percent.

At this time, population is wealth, and there are only a few people in the entire Tang Dynasty, but about 30 million, so this million people are really a lot.

If Liaozhou City is abandoned, these people will definitely not have time to disperse.

At this time, the general guarding Liaozhou was Cui Jinghao, the former city lord of Goguryeo Jianzhou City, who looked at the black and oppressive soldiers and horses under the city, and he also had a very headache.

The general who commanded the army this time was Da Zuorong, he was a very smart person, and he didn't just know how to fight, kill, and attack cities and plunder.

Since he entered Liaodong from the very beginning, he has been very strict in governing the army, and after the soldiers and horses captured the city in the past, he wantonly plundered, burned, killed, robbed, killed for fun, and killed people to eat meat, but learned the practices of the Tang Dynasty, collected the defeated army, appeased the people, and bought people's hearts.

I have to say that the great Zuorong of the Jin Ya is actually a hero, he led the Jin people from the white mountains and black waters, not only defeated the Khitans, Xi people, but even the strong Turkic people, also defeated in his hands.

Now seeing that the entire Liaodong will also be subjugated to the feet of their Tatar people, Da Zuorong is even more determined in his idea, he wants to lead his Tatar people to establish a strong, independent regime, a Tatar country that can compete with the Tang Dynasty.

He knew that besieging Liaozhou was tantamount to openly making enemies of Datang and starting a war with Datang.

But in order to make the life of the people of the Ya people better, such a situation will have to be faced sooner or later, and such a choice must be made.

The situation in Liaozhou City, Da Zuorong had already sent people to investigate clearly, if he took a strong attack, although he was also very sure that he could achieve the final victory.

However, this is a lose-lose solution, and he does not intend to go down such a path until the last step.

Da Zuorong is worthy of being a hero, and he hopes to personally persuade Cui Jinghao, the defender of Liaozhou City.

After listening to Da Zuorong's plan, the generals will oppose Da Zuorong's plan together.

"Son! Although there has long been a saying that the two countries are at war and do not kill the envoys, they are not afraid of 10,000, they are afraid of what happens! During the civil war of the Han people in the Central Plains, it was not uncommon to behead the enemy's envoys! The leader of the Ya tribe, the Great Beggar, persuaded worriedly.

"Father, although this situation is not uncommon, but now we have a great advantage, the army besieges Liaozhou City, if Cui Jinghao, the defender of Liaozhou City, is not a stupid person, he must not have the guts to kill the messenger we sent, and the son-in-law has no intention of disclosing the identity of the son-in-law, so there is nothing to worry about in terms of security, although the father can rest assured."

However, he also knew very well that although Cui Jinghao had surrendered from Goguryeo to the Tang Dynasty before, this did not mean that Cui Jinghao would make the same move and surrender to their Tatar tribe.

At least I won't take the initiative to surrender to them.

However, if he personally stated to him the relationship between the past and the harm, and finally persuaded him to surrender as the son of the leader of the Tatar clan, the Great Beggar Elephant, it would not be impossible for Cui Jinghao to return to the Tabar.

In the city of Liaozhou, the war is coming, and the atmosphere in the city is very depressing, although on the surface, there are 100,000 troops stationed in the city of Liaozhou, and there are hundreds of thousands of people, who can recruit 100,000 young men at any time.

However, because Liaozhou has long been scattered in Youshi, the materials in the city are not sufficient, and many materials have actually been transported to Jinzhou, including a lot of grain and grass.

Because of the mistake in intelligence analysis beforehand, I thought that there would be a lot of big battles to be fought between the army of the Tatar tribe and the Khitan, Xiren, Turkic and other tribes, and in a short period of time, there would be no winner.

Even if the Tatar people finally won the victory, they must have been injured by two defeats in the war with other tribes, which greatly damaged their vitality.

I didn't expect that the people would defeat so many tribes so quickly, and quickly integrate those tribes, not only did not lose both, but greatly damaged their vitality, but greatly improved their combat power.

"Commander Cui, why are these people besieging and not attacking? It's been three days. ”

Although the official reform of the Tang Dynasty has not yet been extended to Liaodong, the military reform has taken the lead, and now there is no history of assassination or Zhonglang General or anything, but the commander of the Liaodong Provincial Military Region.

In the entire eastern Liaodong region, Xue Rengui is the commander, and Cui Jinghao is one of several deputy commanders.

"There must be a purpose in besieging but not attacking, probably trying to force us down!"

"Commander Tang is right, it seems that there are masters in the Yan people! This time it's definitely not a good one! Cui Jinghao sighed, nodded and said approvingly.

"As long as we refuse to defend the city, they dare to attack the city, and we will blow them up."

"If the supplies are sufficient, it is not difficult to defend the city, but most of the materials have been transported, and now the materials in the city will allow us to maintain for three months at most, and after three months, the enemy will not have to attack, and we will have no way to live."

"Although three months is a bit less, as long as Commander Xue brings troops to rescue, the time is completely enough.

Besides, the enemy has so many soldiers and horses, and the consumption of men and horses is astonishing, and the consumption of a day is amazing, and they will definitely be able to hold out longer than we can do. ”

"If it was before the Tatar people did not defeat the various ethnic groups, the Tatar people would definitely not be able to last long in Liaozhou for a long time, but the current situation is different, and the tribes will definitely continue to provide sufficient food and grass to the Tatar army, so waiting for the Tatar soldiers and horses to retreat by themselves is basically impossible."

"Report to the commander, the enemy army outside the city has sent a messenger, asking to enter the city to meet the commander." A signal soldier came to Cui Jinghao.

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