Chapter 671: Chaos in the North
In the city of Anxi, the smoke of yesterday's fire is still spreading on the top of the city, and the fire is still burning unscrupulously in the camp of the coalition army outside the city.
However, the coalition forces rescued the remaining tents and the grain and grass that had not yet been burned, and the army walked a mile forward, counting the damage to the supplies.
A fire of the Tang army burned half of the grain and grass of the coalition army. Don't underestimate this one-half, half of the grain and grass of 100,000 people in the next month is a very terrifying number, enough to make a cadre of generals angry to the point that their lungs hurt.
The loss is too great! There are only three people on the other side!
Upon learning of this loss, the coalition generals roared, but were powerless to change anything. The crop has plummeted, and many of the plans that follow will have to be changed.
Without enough food and grass to support it, the war simply cannot last.
The grain and grass for about fifteen days also includes the grain and grass for the army to retreat, and it will take at least eleven or twelve days to return to the Western Regions from here, which means that these grains and grass are only enough to support them to return to their hometown. As for the offense....... No kidding, how can it be enough?
Moreover, as soon as the grain and grass were cut off, the morale of the army fluctuated greatly, and there were already several incidents of soldiers making trouble, and they clamored to withdraw their troops and go home, not wanting to make meaningless sacrifices, and even many generals began to waver.
"Sect Master, you said that the matter of grain and grass can be solved, dare to ask how you want to solve it? If there is no good way within three days, I think we will have to withdraw the army and go back, otherwise the supply of grain and grass will be insufficient, the army's morale will be unstable, and it will definitely be defeated. ”
Ying Hao sneered: "What's there to worry about the matter of grain and grass, grain and grass reserves, our Holy Mother Sect has a lot, the army continues to advance, and after taking Liangzhou, there will be 5,000 stones of grain and grass to send, enough for the army to eat for more than a month!" ”
"Is that true?" Some generals were moved, looking at Ying Hao's tone, it seemed that he could take out 5,000 stone of grain casually, which can be described as wealthy.
Ying Hao looked a little proud, and said: "Naturally, most of the grain and grass of your coalition army this time are provided by my Holy Mother Sect, so naturally you have made complete preparations, you don't have to worry about the follow-up grain and grass, we can still afford this grain and grass, now we only need to ensure that the plan remains unchanged, and capture Liangzhou within five days!" Otherwise everything is unknown. ”
"Capture Liangzhou......" Ju Li'an stepped forward and asked: "Dare to ask Sect Master Ying, why are you so persistent in capturing Liangzhou?" According to the situation of our confrontation with the Tang army, it is almost impossible for the coalition forces to break through the Tang Dynasty, and even if Liangzhou is captured, it can only gain a firm foothold for a short time, which will not help in major events, but will intensify the contradictions between us and the Tang Dynasty. ”
Many generals nodded their heads one after another, suffering several losses, they had long lost confidence in victory, and now they were only thinking about how to protect themselves.
Ying Hao felt angry when he saw the appearance of the group, and sneered: "Your vision is too short-sighted, right?" Those who do great things can't be afraid of your mental thoughts....... Oh, expect you to win the Tang Dynasty? It's just a dream! ”
"You!" The generals were furious, their eyes widened with anger, and they glared at Ying Hao.
Ying Hao smiled lightly and said, "Do you think that our Holy Mother Sect only has this means?" How can you win the Tang Dynasty, don't worry, we still have helpers, you just need to act according to almost anything! Then you will know how perfect our plan is! Hehehehehe........"
At noon, the Western Regions Coalition Army adjusted its state and went as far as Liangzhou according to the original plan. Liangzhou crisis!
At the same time, the 100,000-strong army led by Hou Junji and Niu Jinda finally got the battle report from the front. The Western Regions Coalition gave up the siege of Dunhuang and attacked Suzhou instead, the defenders of Suzhou were completely wiped out, the people were slaughtered, the blood flowed for ten miles, and Suzhou became a disaster.
Hearing the news, the honest as a cow into the capital screamed, threatening to chop off the heads of the soldiers of the coalition army in order to comfort the souls of the dead Tang people.
The generals led by him were even more excited, clamoring to be the vanguard and kill the barbarians of the Western Regions.
Hou Junji was quite calm, and after hearing the battle report, he didn't say much, but just ordered the troops to speed up the march to express his determination to resist the coalition forces.
Two days later, the battle report of Anxi came, and the Tang army shook again, losing two cities in a row, the Tang Dynasty rarely suffered such a big loss, and there was almost no after the Weishui Alliance!
This time, all the soldiers put away their contempt, the enemy could attack two cities in a row so quickly, it must be extraordinary, and it was worth their cautious response.
But prudence is cautious, the revenge that should be avenged still has to be avenged, the two cities, the army and civilians were slaughtered together with more than 100,000 people, how can you bear this breath?
The Tang army did not roar, did not ask for help with excitement, just rushed silently with red eyes, such a silent army is undoubtedly even more terrifying!
The 100,000 Tang army marched rapidly towards the Western Regions, and in the north of the Tang Dynasty, on the territory of Xue Yantuo, a large army of 150,000 was gathering, and like locusts crossing the border, it swept towards the border of the Tang Dynasty.
Yinan Khan received a secret report from the Church of Our Lady and learned that the Tang army had sent troops to the Western Regions to defend against the enemy, and at this moment, he led an army of 150,000 to the south, trying to emulate the Jieli Khan thirteen years ago and attack Chang'an all the way.
Moreover, he Yinan is not the Turki Khan of thirteen years ago, he will be confused by the suspicious soldiers placed by the Tang Army, he has the intelligence network of the Church of Our Lady, and he knows very well that this is the moment when the military defense in Guanzhong is weak, and if he does not attack Chang'an at this time, when will he wait?
If you can capture Li Shimin and enter the Central Plains........ Yi Nan felt wonderful when he thought about it, the corners of his mouth were raised high, and at the same time he whipped the horse fiercely, urging the horse to run faster under his crotch.
Since the Tang Dynasty destroyed the East. Suddenly. After the Turkic, the Xue Yantuo tribe in the northern grassland has become bigger, and recently this year has developed more than the east. Suddenly. Li Shimin was naturally very concerned about their movements, and there were people patrolling outside the gate to monitor the movements of the Xue Yantuo tribe.
When Xue Yantuo mobilized the army to the south, the Tang army outside the pass also quickly discovered the abnormality, seeing countless Xue Yantuo's troops rushing to the horse, the Tang army's face changed greatly, knowing that a shocking war was going to break out, and hurriedly reported to the border checkpoint city, so that it could prepare for defense, and sent people to expedite eight hundred miles to send the information to Chang'an.
Two days later, the Xue Yantuo tribe rushed to the border and confronted the Tang army for the first time. The Xue Yantuo tribe had the numerical advantage, and the Tang army was defeated, suffered a big loss, withdrew to the city, and used thunderbolts.
The Xue Yantuo tribe had never seen this kind of weapon, and suffered a big loss on the spot, being killed and injured countless times by the thunderbolt fire, the soldiers' morale was scattered, and the army retreated five miles, not daring to approach.
Thunderbolt fire is a sharp weapon that is naturally not only stored in the warehouse of Chang'an, but also distributed in the cities in the north, but because Li Shimin is jealous of this weapon, each city is equipped with a limited number, and he probably didn't expect Xue Yantuo to really violate the border on a large scale.
Therefore, when Xue Yantuo organized the second attack, because the thunderbolt fire was exhausted, the Tang army was defeated, and the border pass was lost, Xue Yantuo broke the gate of the Tang army in the north, drove straight in, and the iron cavalry stepped through Jingzhou and approached Chang'an.
The battle report entered Chang'an, and Datang was shaken! The world is shaking! No one can believe that the war in the Western Regions has not been settled, and the war in the north has broken out again, and this time, there are almost no soldiers to call on in Guanzhong!
(End of chapter)