Chapter 220: Stalemate

Li Jing of Shuozhou City had 30,000 soldiers, and Li Shiji of Yunzhou City had 38,000 soldiers. The two are horns for each other, looking at Dingxiang City and Turkic Tent from afar.

From the middle of June, the weather is getting hotter, and the air is filled with impulsive and impetuous anger due to the lack of moisture. When I usually train, when I move a little, I sweat like pulp and soak my linen clothes.

In this increasingly impetuous anger, there were often small-scale brawls between the soldiers. For this situation, the leading generals do not know what to do, if they are left alone, the consequences will be serious, and it is very likely to cause large-scale turmoil; If it is forcibly suppressed, it is easy to cause the soldiers to be centrifuged, and the good relationship between the soldiers and generals that has been established with great difficulty will disappear. Therefore, all the generals had no choice but to ask to see Li Jing together, hoping that Li Jing could handle this matter.

Li Jing, who was listening to Zhang Yunwen talk about artillery siege tactics, pointed at Zhang Yunwen after hearing the generals' request: "This is General Zuo Wuwei, who is the commander of the court, Zhang Yunwen, the Bo of Taigu County, you must also know!" Yunwen had a lot of experience in this kind of incident during his time at the Military Academy, so the old man had full authority to appoint Yunwen to deal with this matter! ”

Zhang Yunwen has not been promoted since he was demoted to the general of the right guard, until the first month of the third year of Zhenguan, the court changed greatly, and the old minister of Wude withdrew from the center, and Zhang Yunwen was appointed as the general of the left Wuwei from the third grade. As for the title, there is no war merit, so there is no knighthood to be awarded.

People who know Zhang Yunwen's details have always been polite to him, and those generals who have been stationed abroad all the year round couldn't help but be surprised when they heard Zhang Yunwen's official title, and they couldn't imagine that this young young man turned out to be a general from Sanpin. Thinking that they are only middle-aged generals, some generals suddenly sighed that their life experiences are different!

Zhang Yunwen looked at General Li Jing and Li who threw the errand on him, and his heart was full of helplessness. After these days of getting along, Zhang Yunwen already knows the character of the nearly sixty-year-old man in front of him. Although Li Jing is proficient in the art of war and has a strong strategic outlook, he has a casual attitude in handling some small matters, and often assigns his subordinates to do it.

Zhang Yunwen is very appreciative of this approach, but appreciation is appreciation, but if it is his turn, he is very unhappy.

He cleared his throat and said to the generals: "You are all battlefield generals, and I won't talk about anything else." Everyone knows that the weather has been hot and dry recently, and the training has been hard, and the soldiers are full of anger, so fights and the like often happen. This kind of matter should not be blocked, so instead of pressurizing and suppressing this brawl, it is better to simply hold a martial arts competition and let those angry soldiers go to the ring to fight a good fight! In addition, a martial arts competition can be held in the whole army, and the strongest and weakest regiments are selected every month with the regiment as a unit, and the regiment that has won the title of strongest for three consecutive months can be called the strongest regiment in Shuozhou. In this way, the sense of collective honor of the soldiers can be enhanced, and competition can also be formed and the efficiency of training can be improved. What do you think? ”

The generals nodded when they heard this, and discussed with each other, and it seemed that they agreed with Zhang Yunwen's opinion.

Zhang Yunwen was slightly happy in his heart, thought for a moment and said: "In the past, Qin and Chu competed, Wang Qian's army recuperated, and the soldiers threw stones and jumped long distances every day for fun. Our army can also follow the example of the Qin army in those years, throw stones and jump long, and carry out a series of entertainment activities in the army, such as holding a juju competition. ”

As soon as Zhang Yunwen's suggestion came out, even Li Jing couldn't help but bow slightly.

After the generals discussed for a while, they all got up and said to Li Jing: "Please give the order of the general!" ”

Li Jing stroked his beard and stood up: "Okay!" From now on, the whole army will hold a martial arts competition every month with the regiment as the unit, and those who can be the first in three consecutive months can get the title of the first regiment in Shuozhou, and at the same time can get 200 yuan. Take one day out every half month to hold a Keju contest for the entertainment of the soldiers! ”

The generals bowed down and said in unison: "No! ”

As a result, in the barracks a few days later, there were soldiers training desperately everywhere. And after the training, there is also a regiment that is training on the school field with its soldiers. For a time, the number of brawls in the barracks was greatly reduced. And what the soldiers are looking forward to the most is the semi-monthly Keju competition, which is a time of real relaxation.

In view of the problem that the soldiers of various prefectures were not familiar with each other and did not cooperate closely, Li Jing also held several exercises for the cooperation of the soldiers and soldiers to enhance their sense of cooperation. And Zhang Yunwen lost no time in taking out some of the training methods to enhance coordination and cooperation in later generations, such as two-person three-legged forward, two-person sprint, arbitrary team tug-of-war and other games, which are not only full of fun, but also can invisibly enhance the feelings of the soldiers.

On the side of Shuozhou City, the horses were fierce and actively preparing for battle, but in Dingxiang City in the northwest of Shuozhou, there was panic.

Since Li Shimin issued the edict to crusade against the Turks, Jieli was immediately shocked and angry, but he had no choice but to reorganize his army for war.

According to the thick earthen walls of Dingxiang City, Jieli ordered his confidant Kang Sumi to lead 10,000 Turkic soldiers and horses to reinforce Dingxiang City. Coupled with the 10,000 soldiers and horses originally stationed in Dingxiang City, and the 10,000 soldiers and horses on the Evil Yang Ridge, it was enough to support the soldiers who came to the tooth tent to reinforce Dingxiang City.

For the Turks, this Dingxiang city was equivalent to half a fixed tooth tent. In Dingxiang City, a group of imperial relatives of the Sui Dynasty were assisting the Turks inside, and even the princess Yicheng of Sui Yicheng, the former Kehedun of Jieli, often stayed in Dingxiang City.

Standing on the earthen wall of Dingxiang City and looking to the southeast, I saw the undulating mountains and mountains, covering the view. However, no one knows if these rolling mountains can stop the iron cavalry of the Tang Dynasty.

There are many houses built by digging earth in Dingxiang City, and there are also yurt houses built on open land. After the protest density reinforcements arrived in Dingxiang City, the atmosphere here was obviously tense. Teams of scout rangers were scattered and moved over a large area, and the fortifications of Dingxiang City began to be strengthened with the help of the Han Chinese.

The walls were raised, the moat was dug deep, the trees outside the city were cut down, and all that remained was to wait for the Tang army to attack.

These Han people who helped defend the city were the Sui Dynasty soldiers brought from the Central Plains when Princess Yicheng married the Turkic Khan.

The first thing I do when I wake up every day is to see if the outpost on the opposite hill is still there. Counting the days like this, the entire Dingxiang City was in a highly tense pre-war atmosphere.

This lasted for more than two months.

Such a situation is exactly what Li Jing wants. On his side, he fought hard and recuperated to fight the Turks, while the Turkic side has been on high alert, spending a lot of energy, and morale is slowly declining.

The confrontation between the two armies is like a master's move, and it is important not to be impetuous, staring at each other with dead eyes, as long as the other side shows a flaw, that side can launch a thunderous offensive.

At this time, the Tang army was like a tiger poised for strength, lazily staring at the Turkic wolf, a highly nervous and vigilant wolf. It is believed that as long as the wolf shows a flaw, Li Jing, who is good at grasping the fighter, will lead the army to kill the wolf as soon as possible and tear the wolf to pieces.