He has no generals under him, and he doesn't dare to fight with the other party, let alone fight in the field, he can only defend the city, but what makes people speechless is that the city tower is not strong, once the enemy has a large number of siege equipment, the situation is not good. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

But Luo Yi's warrant is here, and he doesn't dare to disobey it.

Besides, he is also hungry for that great credit.

"General Sun, the lord sent a letter saying that you should go back to Pingxing, are you staying? Or go back? With that, Wang Qing handed the letter in his hand to Sun Yu and said, "The lord has already sent another letter to General Luo, and I expect that Zhao Yong will also return to Pingxing." ”

The letter clearly stated that when I returned to Pingxing, I was training 30,000 soldiers who had just been formed!

Sun Yu was ecstatic in his heart, he was worried that he had no military power, no soldiers of his own, and now he had the opportunity to get 30,000 troops and train them, which would be a turning point in his career.

But looking at Wang Qing, Sun Yu was worried again: "If I leave, can you deal with Tuobayan?" ”

"You don't have to worry about this, although Tuoba Yan has 30,000 tigers and wolves, but I can't help it, I have my own clever plan."

Sun Yu was relieved and said, "Okay, since that's the case, then I'll go back to Pingxing." ”

Wang Qing's face was expressionless, he didn't know whether to be happy or worried, it was a mixed bag.

Xiqiang, two mountains and valleys.

In the king's tent, Luo Tong also received a letter from Luo Yi, summoning Zhao Yong back to Pingxing.

Luo Tong thought about it and called Zhao Yong.

"Zhao Yong, would you like to go back to Pingxing?"

After glancing at the letter, Zhao Yong frowned and said: "General, now there are forty or fifty thousand iron horsemen outside the canyon, how can I leave, I'm leaving, General..." ”

Luo Tong interrupted him and said, "Don't worry, Xiao Chenglong can't do anything to me yet, he can't attack this king's tent." ”

"If you want to go back, go back, train recruits for the lord, and don't let the lord down."

"But here..."

"You don't have to worry about it here."

Zhao Yong arched his hand and said: "Okay, since the general said so, then the general will obey the order." ”

"Well, go ahead."

That night, taking advantage of the darkness, Zhao Yong left the king's tent alone and headed towards Longxi...

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Suzaku Castle.

Li Heng led 70,000 troops to garrison here.

These days, Tang Junren did not move, neither advancing nor retreating.

But just yesterday, news came from the front that 200,000 troops came to Qinglong Pass to join Cheng Yanjin's army!

This is explosive news, where did Tang Jun get 200,000? After some investigation, Li Heng realized that of the 200,000 army, 150,000 were recruits recruited by Li Shimin from all over Chang'an, and 50,000 were summoned by Cheng Yanjin from nearby.

This force, plus the 140,000 troops that Cheng Yanjin now has in his hands, is 340,000!

When he heard this number, he was also startled, he only had a mere 70,000 in his hand, which was five times worse than Cheng Bitingjin's 340,000!

With such a disparity in troops, how to hold Xiliang?

He had asked Zhou Gandang for reinforcements many times, but he also knew that Xiliang would not be able to get reinforcements, and even if he recruited, he would not be able to gather them in a short time.

In short, he had to rely on these 70,000 people to resist Cheng Biting Jin's 340,000, and there was no danger to defend.

In the lobby, Li Heng called all the generals to discuss countermeasures.

Li Heng first said: "The Tang army is huge, there are 300,000 people, we must not be able to defeat it, we have to think of a way to contain the enemy." ”

"The Tang Dynasty is worthy of being a vast land, and with a casual summoning order, hundreds of thousands of troops can be gathered, which is not easy to deal with." It was General Cao Qin who spoke.

Sun Xiang said: "Yes, how big is their territory, how can we compare with Xiliang." ”

"Look at you one by one, what is this for? Discouraged before the fight started? ”

Li Heng said angrily: "There are not many soldiers but fine, and the generals are not brave but strategic, we don't have many soldiers, but why can we annihilate the enemy's 40,000 iron horsemen?" forced the Tang Army to withdraw from the White Tiger Pass? Although there are 340,000 enemy soldiers, more than half of them are new recruits, and they have never even been on the battlefield. ”

"You guys, you should really reflect on it, after being a general all your life, you can't even think of such a superficial truth?"

With that, Li Heng sat down.

Cao Qin and Sun Xiang looked at each other, and at the same time arched their hands and said, "Yes, I know my mistake." ”

"It's good to know what you're wrong."

Li Heng said: "We don't have many soldiers and horses, so we can't resist the enemy, as long as we find their weak points, we can kill them with one blow." Fighting a war is not a fight of troops, but a brain! ”

After saying this, Li Heng frowned and looked at the map.

After a while, Sun Xiang asked, "Your Excellency, that... What is the enemy's weakness? ”

"What is the most important thing about the so-called marching and fighting?"

"Soldiers, horses, grain and grass."

"That's it, their weakness may be grain and grass!"

Li Heng stood up and said with a smile: "Having soldiers and horses is nothing, if you can afford it, it is the real strength." ”

"The Jiangnan of the Tang Army has been conquered by us, they don't even have granaries, where can they afford to raise many soldiers? They also had to estimate the drought in the northern desert, and they had to raise garrisons in various places, and war broke out in the south of the Yangtze River.... ”

After a lot of crackling words, Li Heng finally said: "As long as we can hold out for two months, the enemy's grain and grass will definitely run out!" ”

"Two months, this..."

Li Heng pondered for a while, walked to the map, and said: "My 70,000 army, 10,000 should be left to garrison Vermilion Bird City, and the rest must be dispatched to fight against the Tang army." ”

"Cao Qin, Sun Xiang, these 60,000 people, we will each lead 20,000 troops, and after going to Baihu Pass, we will set up three large battalions, whether we can stop the Tang Army depends on your ability."

"I expect that the enemy will come in another month, and we only have a month to set up, so let's set off tomorrow."

"No." The two stood up and answered.

The two were not sure whether they could defeat the Tang army and whether they could hold the camp, but since Li Heng had arranged it like this, they did not dare to refuse.

Whether it can be delayed for a few months depends on the will of God...

Early the next morning, Li Heng, Cao Qin, and Sun Xiang set off with an army of 60,000 and handed over Vermilion Bird City to four or five captains to garrison.

The 60,000-strong army was all infantry, and after arriving to the west of Baihu Pass, they set up three camps in a wilderness and arranged guards.

This wilderness is on the road that the Tang army must pass through, and if the Tang army wants to pass, it must break these three camps, in other words, if Cheng Yanjin can't defeat Li Heng, then he can't take Xiliang.

The three large battalions are in the shape of a zigzag defense, containing each other, separated by five miles.

This kind of defense, if one of the battalions is attacked, the other two can be rescued, if you think about it carefully, it is still very safe and orderly.

It can also be seen from this that Li Heng is very talented in marching and fighting and arranging formations.

But in the face of hundreds of thousands of Tang troops, whether he can hold the position, Li Heng doesn't know, what he wants now is to do everything in his power to delay time, and the longer the time drags on, the more beneficial it will be for him.