Chapter 1309 Grassland Crisis
Jingcheng Pass, Li Jing stood on the pass, looking at the moonlight in the distance, his face was calm, and he didn't know what he was thinking, the actions of the Jin people on the grassland gave Li Jing a blow to the head, although he had guessed that the Jin people would move, but after hearing that Yan Zongbi led the army to attack Goryeo, he did not take the Jin people to heart. Because attacking Goryeo was completely in line with the needs of the Jin people, seizing the grain and grass of Goryeo and accumulating strength was just enough to supplement the loss of the Jin people, and secondly, it also avoided the Tang Dynasty from sending troops from Goryeo to attack the back road of the Jin people.
But what I didn't expect was that all this Jin people did was just an illusion, Wanyan Zongbi used a trick to hide from the sky and cross the sea, personally led the army, took advantage of the opportunity of the heavy snow covering the grassland, and killed the grassland, within half a month, it was thousands of miles, and it would be killed under the city of Wuchuan when he saw it. This gave Datang a chance, if he really waited until he was killed under Wuchuan City, he didn't know what would happen! Even if Li Jing has great ability, I am afraid that he may not be able to resist the attack of the Jin people.
"Your Majesty, Grandpa Lin sent someone to send an emergency recital." Duchenne spun around from behind.
"What, what's the bad news, could it be that the Western Regions are reversed?" Li Jing smiled indifferently. Although there are enemies on all sides, but in fact, the Tang Dynasty is as stable as Mount Tai, no matter how chaotic, it is impossible to go back to the past, North China, the Central Plains, Bashu, Jianghuai and other places are in Li Jing's control, as long as the business is good, it will soon be able to unify the world, and all it consumes is time.
"Grandpa Lin checked that the countries in the Western Regions are different, the Uighurs used to buy grain and other things on a large scale last year, but the grain in the Central Plains is still lacking, where to sell it to other people, so the Uighurs did not buy much grain, but Grandpa Lin thinks that this is a signal, I am afraid that there will be changes in the Western Regions." Duchenne hurriedly said.
"Do you have any news from the Dark Guard? Are there any signs of a movement of troops in Uighurs and other countries? Li Jing glanced at the words on the note, frowned slightly, in the end, it was transmitted by a carrier pigeon, and a few words were simply written on it, and the specific situation may have to wait until the post station arrived, but at that time, the enemy may have moved.
"Not for the time being, the countries of the Western Regions have closed their business trips to the Central Plains, and any business trips from the Central Plains to the Western Regions have been slaughtered by the people of the Western Regions, and it is difficult for the dark guards to enter the countries of the Western Regions in a short time." Du Xing felt ashamed and said: "The minister used to arrange some manpower in the Western Regions, but if you want to break through the desert, I'm afraid it will be difficult. ”
Li Jing nodded, the secret guard is not omnipotent, and the same is true for carrier pigeons, the reason why the Western Regions is arrogant is because there is a vast desert between it and the Central Plains, whether it is to enter the army, or to transmit information, it is quite inconvenient. It is understandable that the dark guard has nothing to do for a while.
"Lin Chong's concern is that the Uighur army will cross the desert and attack the steppe, do you know what that means? This means that the Jin people have united with the countries of the Western Regions and are ready to join forces to attack the grassland, cutting off the source of our Tang cavalry. Li Jing looked at the note in his hand and said with some concern. What Lin Chong was worried about was also what he was worried about. Now that most of the soldiers and horses on the grassland have been in the hands of Brother Xiao Wei, there should not be many soldiers and horses in the Wuchuan area, and once the Uighur army attacks from the rear, Wuchuan will definitely not be the opponent of the Western Regions Alliance.
"There aren't many soldiers and horses left on the steppe." Duchenne also said with some concern.
"I didn't expect the decisive battle to start without my defense." Li Jing shook his head, this is also a matter of no way, the Tang Dynasty is in full swing, whether it is the Southern Song Dynasty, or the Jin people, or even the Uighurs, they don't want to have a strong neighbor by their side. So it is natural to join forces, but it also disrupts Li Jing's layout.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the overall situation in Jiangnan has been decided, whether it is the cultivation of the master or Wu Jue or even Han Shizhong, it is enough to eliminate the Southern Song Dynasty, but the situation on the grassland is critical, Wanyan Zongbi personally led hundreds of thousands of troops, and there may be Uighurs and other Western Regions coalition forces behind it, if we don't pay attention, I am afraid that the entire grassland will be lost, but if Your Majesty personally leads the army, the thieves are not Your Majesty's opponents." Duchenne reassured.
"When will Li Daniu and Hua Rong arrive?" Li Jing nodded and smelled.
"There should be two more days left." Duchenne did the math.
"Let Boyan lead 20,000 troops to set off immediately, rush to Wuchuan, defend Wuchuan first, and then do anything else." Li Jing looked into the distance and said, "When we are sure of the Uighur invasion, we will immediately order Lin Chong to attack the Uighurs and gather warriors of all ethnic groups in the Tangut homeland. ”
The crisis is not necessarily unsolvable, and at a critical time, there are opportunities in the crisis, if the Uighurs and other Western Regions coalition forces can be solved in one fell swoop, Lin Chong can easily eliminate the countries of the Western Regions.
"Yes." Du Xing hurriedly ordered Pegasus to tell Lin Chong.
Jiutai Beach, Brother Xiao Wei led the army to Jiutai Beach, and at this time, Wanyan Zongbi led an army of 220,000 people and was only 300 miles away from Brother Xiao Wei's 120,000 army. Sentinels on both sides have already begun to fight.
Brother Xiao Wei did not lead the army to continue to advance, but stationed in Jiutai Beach, and ordered people to build a fortress in Jiutai Beach, preparing to deal with Yan Zongbi's army, although the number of armies on both sides is too different, but Xiao Wei Brother did not give up resistance, after all, he is relatively close to the Wuchuan base camp, and it is very easy to turn over grain and grass, although the number of Jin people is above the Tang Dynasty, it is too far away from the base camp, and there are many militias composed of herdsmen along the way to block it. Jin people may not necessarily be Datang's opponents.
And when Wanyan Zongbi led the army to Jiutai Beach, Jiutai Beach had become a strong castle, and various defensive means appeared in Jiutai Beach, and Xiao Wei basically emptied Wuchuan's arsenal in half of it, just to resist the attack of the Jin people.
"Datang's reaction is still very fast, Brother Xiao Wei is a Khitan veteran, although he was suddenly attacked by us, he can still form a defense quickly, but unfortunately, the other party doesn't know our means yet, even if he resists us, what can he do? Isn't it the fate of being caught between two sides? Wanyan Zongbi rode a war horse and led the generals to look at the castle in front, but said indifferently.
"Even if it's a veteran, isn't it still defeated by the general?" The general Wanyan Dalu also complimented: "When we defeat Brother Xiao Wei, we will be able to unify the entire grassland, and the last general heard that the Tang Emperor is still in the south of the Yangtze River, and by the time we find out, we have already occupied the entire grassland." ”