Chapter 177: Siege
Chachai was put back, driving his patrol boat, Yanglin even sent Scorpion and Xie Feiyu to escort him, his task was very simple, to tell King Yingji what happened at sea, and to tell King Yingji that if he did not surrender the city within three days, the scene at sea would be repeated in Yingji City, and it would be even more cruel, because Chachai knew that the eleven-year-old Governor of the Tang Dynasty Navy was furious. Such a powerful army as the Tang Dynasty Navy Army, only their own infighting can cause them losses, the six damaged warships were towed back to the assembly area not far from Yingji Harbor for repairs, Dou Yuming and a group of more than 300 people from Dou Jiazhai are now charged, if Li Er is in command of this army, their heads have now landed.
Internal strife has always been the reason why the Han family is not strong, as long as the Han people work together, there is no foreign race that can cause trouble to the Han people, this is the case in all dynasties, party struggle, class struggle, and imperial power struggle always drag the Han people back when foreign invades, although the current Tang Dynasty is invading others, but there is also this situation.
Du Ruhui dragged his sick body to the court, the former general of Qianniuwei, and now the general of the Imperial Forest Army, Qin Qiong, also supported the sick body to go to the court, these two are in charge of the power of the Tang Dynasty's troops, and the other is the highest general in Chang'an, in charge of the power of Chang'an's troops, the most strange thing is that both of them are sick people, and they are not afraid of death at all. A pair of Kang Longgong on Qin Qiong's waist directly sealed all the ministers who wanted to help Li Chengqian speak, not afraid of death, not afraid of the future emperor's revenge, this is Wei Zheng like the ancient mirror can not do it for the time being, therefore, Li Chengqian has to be sent, not send, the follow-up materials of the southern Xinjiang battlefield were finally shipped on the third day of the first month of the fourth year of Zhenguan.
"I'm angry. "Li Chengqian smashed things in his Chengqian Palace for a morning, and he didn't know until today that he couldn't even adjust the Han generals in the Taiji Palace, so he let Qin Qiong wave a pair of big gongs and shut up all the ministers who were ready to support him, this pair of Kang Longgong was given to him by Li Er, although he couldn't beat the unconscious king, but it was still okay to beat the ministers, the eight officials and the two prime ministers didn't speak, and the Manchu Dynasty had no civil and military status that could confront Qin Qiong. So Qin Qiong fought hard to get a sè, and Li Chengqian could only pinch his nose and admit it no matter how unhappy he was.
"Military power, Lone wants military power, Qin Qiong, you old thing, it's better not to die too fast, if you die too quickly, Lone will have nothing challenging to do." The resentment in Li Chengqian's eyes caused by anger can directly kill a person, and from today onwards, he has completely lost his scruples and awe in his heart.
Completely different from the scene in Li Chengqian's palace were the Qin Mansion and the Du Mansion, both of which were busy at this time, except for placing their sons and nephews in the team that transported supplies south. He also dismissed all the servants and maids in the family, and the current Li Chengqian is not terrible, because he is not the emperor yet, but he will not be able to say it in the future. When Du Ruhui and Qin Qiong decided to carry out this almost military action, they did not intend to let their descendants continue to stay in Chang'an, these people arrived at Li Er, and Li Er would naturally arrange it. All they have to do now is to eat enough and take care of themselves, at least until the southern crusade is completely over. They can't die.
When the fleet went out of Chang'an, many civil and military officials came to see each other, and even the eldest grandson queen also went out of the palace for a trip, Li Chengqian's situation she wrote to Li Er, but Li Er's reply to her said that she listened to it, let it, looking at only one old wife to help each other, Du Ruhui and Qin Qiong, who stood alone by the dock to send off their children and nephews, the eldest grandson's eyebrows and eyes couldn't help but be sour, these old ministers who had worked hard for the Tang Dynasty all their lives were still fearless in the chaos, but in today's prosperous times, they are more worried about life, Li Shimin is his husband, Li Chengqian is his son, and the situation they have today is caused by the Li family, and the eldest grandson who feels guilty can't do anything for them, so he can only send someone to send some new melons and fruits sent by Li Er from Lingnan to the mansions of the two old ministers.
The battle in Wuzhou City is over, the siege and annihilation battle of three days and three nights has taken away almost all the young and strong lives of the Liu family, this war can be solved in three hours, smart as Feng Zhidai, naturally will not immediately launch thunder means because of the success of surrounding Liu Miao's main force, Yang Lin once mentioned to him when chatting with him Zhuge Liang's seven capture of Meng Shu's battle example, this famous war in history was interpreted by later generations as a battle of the heart, Yang Lin put forward a different conclusion, he thought that Zhuge Liang's intention was to let Meng get back, Let him gather more Nanban tribes to fight with him, after all, it is very difficult for him to go deep into the Nanban to clear those armed forces, why not let them contact those barbarians hiding in the mountains and send them to the door! So there was Feng Zhidai, who understood this, and the three-day battle of encirclement and reinforcement.
Unlike Liu's 30,000 young men who all fell into Wuzhou City, Cheng Chumo's 5,000 vanguard army was besieged by An's army in front of Yishanzhai, An's of course there was no strategy to encircle and send reinforcements, they gathered the strength of the whole clan that only trapped Cheng Chumo's milk tiger, the gunpowder in the hands of the Tang army was too fearful for the Miao people, no matter how fierce the people were, there was no one who was not afraid of death, and those killing weapons that could shake the ground and shake the mountains made the Miao people very awe-inspiring.
In fact, Cheng Chumo felt that something was wrong since he arrived at Yishanzhai, in the south of the deep forest and dense forest, there was actually a bare mountain range here, at first he thought that the Miao people destroyed the trees in this area by themselves in order to prevent him from cutting wood zuò siege equipment, and later he found out that this place is actually because there is no water to grow a single grass, those sharp mountain peaks and stones do not know what the composition is, even the sweat of the soldiers drips to the ground, it will be instantly sucked dry by the earth, if it is a yang forest here, I will definitely sigh that this is an excellent quarry, with such a stone as a water-absorbing floor, spread in the square in front of the heavenly and earthly building, is an excellent anti-fouling and anti-slip material, but it is such a small mountain, so that Cheng Chumo, who usually drinks water like a cow, even a drop of sweat feels luxurious.
"General, the Miao army has surrounded all the mountain passes, in order to resist their attack, our gunpowder shells are almost exhausted, if we start hand-to-hand combat, our five thousand people are not the opponent of tens of thousands of Miao natives." A battalion school licked his dry lips and reported to Cheng Mumo. It's a damn weird place, it's hot as summer in the first month, and there's not even a shady place, and it dries up as soon as it hits the ground, even though it's been a long time since they've enjoyed peeing.
"Hand-to-hand combat breakthrough is definitely not possible, we can only stick to the village and wait for the rescue of the Chinese army, but His Majesty's army has to build roads and bridges along the way, and the action is slow, we still need to hold on for a while longer, if King Wu can use his new weapons to help us open a gap and let us withdraw first, this damn place is the decisive battle field set by An Miao for our army, I don't know what means they have prepared to deal with us!" Cheng Chu silently looked at the bare stone walls and mountains on all sides, and said helplessly, his soldiers didn't dare to approach those mountains now, because there were people on the mountain, ready to throw stones down at any time, and the foot of the mountain was an extremely dangerous place.
"What does the general mean is that we have to organize a good hand to break through, find a way to send the news to the Chinese army, and ask King Wu to help break through?" The battalion colonel pinched the sword in his hand as if he wanted to ask for war, he would rather die in battle than die of thirst, and many soldiers had already begun to drink urine to survive, such a day was not human.
"That's not necessary, I have a Cloud Piercing Arrow in my hand to ask for help, but the best effect is to use it at night, the scouts of the Chinese army will immediately report the news to His Majesty when they see the Cloud Piercing Arrow, and His Majesty will know our current situation." Cheng Chumo patted a bamboo tube inserted in his waist.
"Cloud Piercing Arrows? What is it? The camp school asked, so he didn't know.
"Piercing the clouds and arrows all the time, thousands of troops and horses come to see each other, this thing is like the fireworks set off in Chang'an City during the Lantern Festival, but it flies higher, and the sound and sparks that explode also have different shapes, in the shape of a long arrow, which means asking for help, in the night sky, they can let dozens of miles of ground be seen." Cheng Chumo didn't plan to ask for help at first after being trapped, he was young and competitive, and he planned to find an opportunity to stand out by himself, but after several experiments to no avail, he could only follow his father's explanation before sending troops.
At night, Cheng Chumo successfully stimulated the cloud-piercing arrow, and the scout quickly transmitted the information to Li Er, in fact, Cheng Chumo had not sent a military report for two days, he was already suspicious, and then gathered the generals to take a look at the sand table, and Cheng Chumo's situation was speculated by him nine times out of ten.
"The road of the main army has not yet been repaired, the Shenwei cannon can not be driven in, if we want to rescue, we can only attack, and this mountain is extremely high, our army has no heavy armor and protective gear, the loss will definitely be very large, the number of Miao soldiers is not less than ours, we suffer a lot from fighting with them, but our time is running out, the vanguard army marches with only two days of drinking water at most, and now they have been trapped for three days, if we don't rescue them within two days, My kid will definitely lead the army to break through when the soldiers still have their last breath, these mountain passes have horns and cliffs to strangle, break through from the inside, people only need to push stones on the cliff and smash them, they can be wiped out in the mountain pass, here, it is really a dead place, how to choose, please make a decision as soon as possible. ”
No matter what the vanguard army is born and killed, it is their duty to move forward, so it is not their fault that they fall into a dead place, people will die if they are cut off for three days, Cheng Yanjin analyzed with Li Er, the meaning is still obvious, Li Er must find a way to save it, as for how to save it, it depends on how Li Er thinks it is the most cost-effective.
"Spread the message that King Wu came to see me." Li Er stared at the sand table for a long time, and finally spoke. (To be continued......)