"What to do? What do you say now? One by one, you swore to me that as long as the defense line of the Great Wall was carefully arranged, the Western Regions Army could be blocked for more than a month. It's a good thing now, even if you count the time they have been there, it's only enough to last for half a month. Now the Western Regions Army has crossed the Great Wall defense line and has begun to march towards our Lingwu County. You all have to think of a way for me to retreat from the enemy. I'll stay here today to think about it, and if I think of it, I can't think of it. Then you will all go to the front line for me to fight. Liang Shidu lost his temper at the military ministers in front of him, and after throwing them a word, he waved his robe sleeves and turned to leave the court.

After seeing that Liang Shi was gone, the great gods who stayed in the court exchanged a few glances with each other, as if they were asking each other if there was any way to solve the Western Regions Army that had entered the territory of Liang at this moment. And when they looked at each other, the meaning in their eyes was strikingly consistent: What can be done? On the frontal battlefield, they couldn't beat the Western Regions Army. Defending the city walls can be attacked by the Western Regions army, and at this time, it seems that they are still very easy to attack. So they all sat down in their seats above the court very helplessly, quietly closing their eyes and pondering.

Because it was a gap in the city wall made by concentrated artillery, the method used by the Western Regions Army to capture the defense line of the Great Wall was still a mystery to the Liang Division's army. Since it is impossible to find out why the Western Regions Army was able to capture the strong Great Wall defense line in such a short period of time, then don't think of a way to strengthen the defense of Lingwu County. After all, even if you don't know how the Great Wall was captured by the Western Regions Army, if you think about the defensive strength of the Great Wall and the defensive strength of the Lingwu County Wall, you can roughly estimate how long Lingwu County can last if the Western Regions Army attacks.

It seems simple to say, as long as they strengthen the defense of Lingwu County, they can sit back and relax, but how can they strengthen the defense of Lingwu County? Or what aspect of Lingwu County's defense should be strengthened? No one knows that. At this time, it must be too late to strengthen the city wall, after all, after crossing the Great Wall, there is a flat river, if the Western Regions army marches in a hurry, it will be able to reach the county seat of Lingwu County within three days. Even if you travel all the way, you can get there in only ten days, so I'm afraid that Lingwu County won't be able to keep it anyway.

But how easy is it to persuade Liang Shidu to take the initiative to give up Lingwu County? So these military ministers all sat here frowning, pondering how to persuade Liang Shi to strategically abandon Lingwu County. At this moment, a frowning minister suddenly opened his eyes suddenly, and said to the ministers next to him: "Colleagues, I think that since we can't rely on our own strength to resist the attack of the Western Regions Army. Then it's better to beg the Eastern Turks, after all, isn't there a name for our majesty who is still a great Viga Khan? Relying on this name, no matter how unwilling the Eastern Turks are, they still have to send some troops to rescue us. ”

"But the problem now is that Lingwu County may not be able to hold on to the arrival of reinforcements from the Eastern Turks, and this still can't solve the dilemma we are facing now." After listening to the minister's words, the other minister shook his head in disapproval and said.

"It's okay, we just need to tell the soldiers defending the city in Lingwu County that reinforcements are already on the way, and let them hold out until the end. At the same time, he promised them a lot of glory and wealth, and military merit. As long as they can defend Lingwu County, they will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives. Under the heavy money, there will be brave men, and they will not worry that they will not be able to defend Lingwu County. In other words, even if they couldn't hold Lingwu County, they would be able to delay Lingwu County long enough. At that time, even if the invading Western Regions Army captures Lingwu County, it will no longer be us who will face them, but us and the Eastern Turks standing behind us. The entire Lingwu County was a decoy. We are going to use this bait to catch the three legions of the Western Regions Army this time. And then find a way to cooperate with the Turks to completely wipe out there. After beating Li Wenyuan this time, we can at least keep Lingwu County peaceful for five years. After listening to the rebuttal minister's words, the previous minister nodded and said.

"If that's the case, that's acceptable. And we can give His Majesty an explanation now. Come, let's discuss the details again, and then I'll report to Your Majesty. After hearing this, the minister, who had been silent, opened his eyes, clapped his hands, and said to the ministers around him.

Liang Shidu didn't hesitate after seeing the method proposed by his ministers, and nodded directly and passed. Immediately send his most trusted envoy to the Eastern Turks to meet with the Turkic Khan to discuss and jointly attack the Western Regions army.

After going through a lot of hardships, the envoys finally came to the Turkic court and met with the new Eastern Turkic Khan Tuoba Shishu. He explained in detail the purpose of his trip to Tuoba Shishu, and strongly persuaded Tuoba Shishu to send troops to attack Li Wenyuan in the Western Regions with Liang Shidu. And he was willing to give seven components of Li Wenyuan's territory and wealth in the Western Regions to the Eastern Turks who participated in the attack.

In fact, to be honest, Tuoba Shi Shu has been unconvinced since the last absent-minded battle with the Western Regions Army. I will never approve of that defeat. He put all the blame on the already dead Shibi Khan. And has been taking this opportunity to purge Shibi Khan's cronies on the steppe. In the end, they were replaced by their own cronies. Such an act would naturally provoke the resentment of the forces that had previously been loyal only to Shibi Khan, and the steppe was now in turmoil. Therefore, all of Tuoba Shishu's energy was still spent on pacifying the interior of the grassland. So he forcibly suppressed the thoughts in his heart, and after weighing the pros and cons repeatedly, he still politely rejected the proposal of the envoy sent by Liang Shidu in front of him.

After this envoy was politely rejected by Tuoba Shi Shu, he kept lobbying among the cronies next to Tuoba Shi Shushu. However, at this time, it was the period of the Great Purge on the grassland, so no one dared to mention this moment as a lobbyist to persuade Tuoba Shishu. As a result, they all turned a deaf ear to the envoy's proposals and lobbying, and pretended to be stupid.

The envoys ran into walls everywhere in the lobbying on the grassland, and in desperation, they could only choose to go home, and inform the news of the failure of their trip to the food as soon as possible, so that Liang Shidu could make corresponding preparations earlier, so as not to be really caught off guard by the Western Regions army, and it was inevitable that the country would not die under the false drama.

(End of chapter)