Luo Cheng's enthusiasm for the three of Ma Yijun was seen by everyone.

Li Shimin felt left out in the cold, there was a big battle during the day today, although Shibi deliberately used him to fish with all his strength, but he only had 2,000 men and horses borrowed by Yun Dingxing under his command, and there were no people in the city to help, so it was very hard to defend.

Luo Cheng didn't say a word of consolation, but was extremely affectionate to Li Jing and the others, and he was dissatisfied, so he had to sit there and pour tea.

However, Hei Ye looked calm, he and Luo Cheng were brothers, and they were very familiar, so they didn't need to be superficial.

"Come, eat vegetables, this time the Turks have entered the Koukou, and you have also worked hard." Luo Cheng said with a smile.

The atmosphere at the table was naturally better.

After waiting for the five flavors of the dish, everyone scolded the Turkic wolves a few times, and they all complained about their grievances.

Si Ye lamented that this time his left army was completely disabled.

"This time, His Majesty made a northern tour, leaving the right three armies stationed in the eastern capital Luoyang, and the remaining five armies with them. Our left army has always been the pioneer of the way, but as a result, the Turks came south, and our army opened the road in front, and His Majesty and others did not act in a hurry because there were a large number of officials and palace people in the army, and finally had to avoid Yanmen and be separated from us. ”

The 25,000-strong Xiaoguo Left Army can be said to be the most elite of the 150,000 Xiaoguo Army, with 2,000 heavy cavalry, 4,000 archers, 4,000 spear assault light cavalry, and 10,000 elite infantry, including 2,500 Modao. Another 5,000 baggage chariot soldiers!

Such an elite force, as a result, after the siege of Laoxian County was lifted, there were only thousands of capable soldiers left, and thousands of wounded soldiers could only be healed in the rear.

Completely crippled.

Even if the emperor re-recruits men and horses to replenish, it will be difficult for a while, this time not only did he lose eighty percent of the soldiers and horses, but especially the loss of many of Guanlong's generals and officers, which was the most hurtful. If the soldiers are gone, they can be recruited again, but these young officers from Jiangmen are not something that can be replenished casually.

Most of these young officers are concubines or relatives from Jiangmen, and they themselves have good conditions, and they practice martial arts when they are young, especially they can get the word of mouth from their fathers and brothers, so they are actually learning martial arts and military art and combat skills since childhood, and they can be called military elites.

The loss of one of these men is worse than the loss of ten soldiers and a hundred soldiers.

Moreover, the heir is also very pessimistic.

After this battle, not only only only a few thousand of the left army remained, but the other four armies, and only 30,000 of the 100,000 people remained, and if the disabled and seriously injured were removed, it was estimated that there were only about 20,000 people left.

After such a calculation, the five Xiaoguo armies that went north could only piece together a complete army in the end, plus the army that stayed in the eastern capital, and there were only two armies left in the sixth army.

How is it feasible for the imperial court to resume the formation of four Xiaoguo armies of 100,000 people?

Officers at all levels are a big problem, soldiers are also a problem, and equipment, money, and food are even more problematic.

After the siege of Yanmen, the prestige of the imperial court was greatly reduced, and the local rebellion was only afraid that it would be more powerful, and it was difficult for the imperial court to restore the 100,000 Xiaoguo army at one time.

"You are no longer a Xiaoguo general, you are Your Majesty's newly sealed Dingxiang Dao Festival Envoy, and your left army has now all been converted into Dingxiang Dao soldiers, and Your Majesty has given the army the name Xuanwu Army. In the future, you will be stationed in the north of the Great Wall, and you will send more troops and horses to defend the outside of the fortress. ”

Luo Cheng reminded Heiye.

This time he resisted the decree and went north, and the emperor awarded him the title of Dingxiang Dao Festival Envoy, which may not be because of the heir's resistance to the decree, which made the emperor dissatisfied and directly kicked him out of the Xiaoguo army.

Heiye smiled bitterly.

"Also, we are now the Dingxiang Dao Xuanwu Army, but our Xuanwu Army is a bit miserable now, with only a few thousand remnants, and we haven't even beaten down a territory."

The defense area of Dingxiang Road is roughly the area south of Yinshan Mountain where the Turkic Khan's Court is now.

South of Yinshan Mountain to the Great Wall, except for the two counties of Wuyuan and Yulin under the jurisdiction of the Monan Jiedu Envoy in the west, the vast land in the east is basically the territory of the heir.

And these places have been captured or controlled by Luo Cheng before.

When this battle is over, the heir can just go over.

However, the territory of the Xuanwu Army is indeed not large, although the area is wide, but the population is small, and the land outside the fortress is not very easy to defend, so Luo Cheng thinks that in fact, if the Mayi County outside the Yanmen Pass is included in the defense area of the Xuanwu Army, it is actually better, so that relying on the Great Wall outside, the advance can be attacked, and the retreat can be defended, which is more conducive to controlling the Yinshan defense line and the strategic defense depth is stronger.

"Shibi still holds 180,000 horsemen." Inheritance Road.

"Don't worry about it, he's already a dead wolf." Luo Cheng laughed.

Li Jing looked at Luo Cheng, "Today, Duke Chu only relied on a few loyal military flags to scare back the siege of Yunnei, which is really clever." ”

Siege the city for the bottom, attack the heart for the top.

"If a certain guess is correct, Chu Gong doesn't plan to attack Shibi immediately?"

"Haha, it is said that Senior Brother Yao was praised by Han Shuai for his military talent when he was a teenager, and it seems that he really deserves his reputation. That's right, Shibi is now trapped by us. There is the Tiger Killing Pass in the north, there are the three passes of Yunnei, Heng'an, and Cowhide in the east, and there is Wang Taishou stationed in the White Wolf Plug in the south, and there is General Yun Dingxing stationed in the Great Wall in the west, which can be described as a net on all sides. ”

Shibi was surrounded in this horse and couldn't go anywhere.

In that case, then why should he Luo Cheng rush to a decisive battle.

"We just have to drag him, it's getting colder and colder day by day, and it's about to enter October, and it will snow in the north at any time."

Li Jing gave a thumbs up, Luo Cheng's move was too ruthless.

At the beginning, he wanted to fight a decisive battle, but Luo Cheng didn't fight him.

Shi Bi wanted to go back to Monan, but the way was blocked again, and he forcibly tackled the attack, which was not the director of the Turks, and he had to face Luo Cheng's back attack when he tackled the problem.

If you don't attack, you are waiting for death.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and the Turks' military rations, horses, and grass are unsustainable, and they don't even have cold clothes, how can they hold on?

"So Chu Gong's current plan is to drag it out and let Shi Bi attack us? And then we don't fight a decisive cavalry battle with him on the plains, but defend and counterattack with the city, fortress, and mountain camps? ”

"Hahaha, the hero sees the same thing, it's true. It's Shibi Khan who is in a hurry, and it's not us, we are now completely in the initiative, so there is no need to fight him in a decisive battle on the plain, we can't fight like that, and we will lose if we win. Therefore, it is to consume him, consume him, consume him to death, and consume him until he can't sit still, so he can only use cavalry to attack our fortress and mountain camp, so that his cavalry will be useless. ”

Li Shimin sat in a corner, listening to Luo Cheng and Li Jing praising each other, only to feel sweating in his heart, this Luo Cheng used soldiers, and he was really ruthless and poisonous.

How to break this trick?

This is not just about biting off a piece of meat, it's about completely killing Shibi.

If you don't fight with Shibi head-on in the open area of the plains, how can Shibi have any chance of winning?