"If you can raid out, the old man still needs to sit here?" Li Jing glared at Cheng Chumo and sighed: "If the old man is not bad, Shuofang City should be lost, but I don't know if Lao Niu and they retreated to Lingwu County or ......"

Li Jing's voice was a little depressed, on the one hand, in his heart, he hoped that Niu Jinda would be able to defend Shuofang, this is because of the duty of a soldier, as long as Shuofang is still in Datang for a day, then there is hope on his side. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Strictly speaking, it was to defend the northwest barrier while also holding back the Tiemuhe, thus buying time for the retreat of the army.

Of course, this is just a fantasy, and everyone knows that it is simply impossible.

50,000 to 5,000, although the defense occupies the geographical advantage, but after all, the gap in numbers is too big, not to mention a group of auxiliary soldiers, not to mention Niu Jinda, even if he Li Jing personally defends the city, there is no chance of winning at all.

If Niu Jinda really defends to the death, then there will be only one result, that is, the entire Shuofang army and civilians will be wiped out, and there is no possibility of survival at all!

But....

But if you retreat to Lingwu..... Thinking of this, the corners of Li Jing's mouth couldn't help but feel bitter.

However, according to his years of understanding of Niu Jinda, Li Jing felt that it was the most likely to be defended, and according to the information he had so far, Niu Jinda was very likely to have died in battle.

"Boss, do you mean that Shuo Fang may have been lost?" Cheng Chumo suddenly turned red and looked at Li Jing.

You know, his brother is in Shuofang, if Shuofang City is captured by the Tiemu Army, then Zhang Yi....

"Hey, I'm afraid that's the case!" Li Jing slapped his palm on the desk violently, and the whole person seemed to have lost his spirit, sat down gloomily, slowly closed his eyes, and said: "If the old man is not bad, once Shuofang is captured by the Tiemu Division, then it is very likely that the Iron and Wood Division will leave a man and horse to defend the city, and the main army will march towards our location, and the calculation time should be almost up."

And during this time, the Tractor Mine Department was constantly harassing, but they were not in a hurry to attack, the purpose was to drag us firmly in the Black Wind Mouth, once Temuhe arrived, that was the time when they really struck hard! ”

"In that case, why did the chief steward stand still?" Cheng Chumo was a little anxious, and said: "The last general asks for life, give me 5,000 men and horses, and drag the mine for the main force!" As for Shuo Fang...."

Cheng Chumo couldn't say any more, although he hoped that Zhang Yi would still be alive, but in fact he also knew that 50,000 Turkic elites would definitely be able to win against a small Shuo Fang.

As for when it will be won, it is really only a matter of time.

However, as long as Shuofang City was not breached, then there was hope, and he asked Li Jing for orders to drag down the Tractor Department with 5,000 soldiers, in fact, the main reason was to hope that Li Jing could get out of this way, as long as he could rush to Shuofang before Tiemuhe broke through Shuofang City, first, he could solve the danger of Shuofang, and second, the situation of the two armies would be invisible.

Of course, I'm afraid he can only be buried elsewhere.

"No! Now is not the time! Although Li Jing's face was ugly, he still vetoed Cheng Chumo's idea.

In fact, he also knew that although Shuofang was short of manpower, if Niu Jinda had a certain degree of control, coupled with the soldiers and civilians in Shuofang City, he might not be able to defend until now.

After all, ants are still greedy for life, and it may not be impossible for the people of the entire Shuofang City to unite to protect the city under the choice of life and death. According to Cheng Chumo's idea, the strong man broke his wrist and dragged the minefield with 5,000 elites, and he led the remaining main force directly to Shuofang, so it was not a solution.

But he was thinking about something else.

If Tiemuhe can't attack for a long time and adopts the attitude of besieging the city, then even if he gets rid of the towing department, it is very likely that he will be hit head-on by the iron-wood department who is waiting for work, and at that time, it will form a front and rear attack again, but Cheng Chumo's five thousand people will be wasted in vain.

In his opinion, even if Niu Jinda died in battle and lost Shuofang, it was not an unacceptable thing.

After all, there is Lingwu County behind Shuofang City, and there are countless cities behind Lingwu County, even if those cities are attacked by Tiemuhe, as long as his 50,000 horses are not lost, there is still hope.

Datang is too poor, in the year just after the locust plague, Li Jing knows very well that Li Er has no way to form a 50,000-strong army again, and there is no possibility of reinforcements coming from the nearby state capitals.

After all, it takes time for Temuhe to hurry, and there is a full four days between Heifengkou and Shuofang City, and if you march in a hurry during this process, even if Temuhe arrives quickly, you need to rest, and that time is the best time.

At that time, Li Jing can turn around directly with lightning speed, after the front is broken, and the main force will attack Shuo Fang directly, as long as Cheng Chumo can entangle Tuo Lei and Tie Mu He for a day, then he can retake Shuo Fang, and at that time with more than 40,000 Tang troops to defend the city, even if there are 100,000 troops in Tuo Lei and Tie Mu He, he is not afraid.

"It's not the time, when is the time?" Cheng Chumo gritted his teeth and said indignantly: "Chief, we only have less than seven days' food, the more we drag it out to the end, the more dangerous it will be for our army, and it will be too late when Tiemuhe arrives!" ”

I have to say that Li Jing is such a pure soldier, he never thought about the consequences if Shuo Fang really lost Niu Jinda and Zhang Yi died in battle. Although Niu Jinda is only a marquis now, Niu Jinda is definitely much more reliable than him Li Jing in Li Er, not to mention that Niu Jinda originally belonged to Zuo Wuwei, and Cheng Yanjin is an old partner, and the relationship with many generals in Wagangzhai back then is also very good. And although Zhang Yi is only an earl, Zhang Yi's importance is also crucial, and in the eyes of many well-intentioned people, Zhang Yi is still pregnant with "Taiping Technique", once the two die in battle, then even if he Li Jing finally guards Shuofang, there will be no good fruit to eat after returning to Chang'an.

Therefore, no matter how Cheng Chumo pleaded, Li Jing was hard-hearted and unmoved, and had a difficult stalemate with Tuolei.

One day!

Two days!

....

Until the night of the third day, the temperature on the grassland had dropped violently, the cold wind was howling, and the snowflakes finally slowly fell from the sky, and at the same time, Li Jing also got the news he wanted the most, and the Tiemu Hebu was less than fifty miles away from the black wind mouth.

After getting this news, Cheng Chumo shouted to the sky, he knew very well what this news represented.

Shuofang has been breached, Niu Jinda and Zhang Yi, and even the sergeants of the entire Shuofang City have been wiped out, and they are gradually surrounded!