Chapter Seventy-One: How to Get Out
"No, most of our troops are infantry, the terrain around Lunan is not flat, if we withdraw our troops, Li Mi's Wei army will not let us go so easily!"
Qin Qiong rejected Luo Cheng's suggestion, "We don't have enough ships, otherwise it would be a good choice to take the sea route!" ”
Zhang Xutuo has a naval army under his command, which is left over from the Sui army when it was used to attack Liaodong before, most of the naval warships were taken to Jiangdu by Laihu'er, and a small part was collected by Zhang Xutuo, and when Qin Qiong led his troops to rescue Gongsun Shangzhe who was trapped in Yancheng from the sea, he dispatched this army. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Qin Qiong's navy only has a hundred ships, and can only transport more than 10,000 people at a time, while they have more than 30,000 people, and the gap in ships is still very large, although he has already recruited shipwrights to go to the sea to build warships, but this is obviously not built so quickly, and now the Wei army in the west and the Xia army in the north are eyeing them, Qin Qiong is worried about whether he can hold on until the time when the warship is successfully built.
Qin Qiong's worries are not superfluous, Dou Jiande has already made great efforts at this time, ready to attack Shandong, Shandong originally had a Zhang Xutuo in charge, he didn't dare to make a move easily, but Zhang Xutuo died in the hands of Li Mi, so he had nothing to worry about, but Dou Jiande was a little unclear about the attitude of the Wei army.
It stands to reason that Zhang Xutuo was killed by Li Mi's design, so Shandong should also send troops to seize it immediately after he killed Zhang Xutuo, but because he returned to the two granaries of Luocang and Luokoucang, he did not send troops, but prepared to advance westward, which was tantamount to missing a great opportunity.
After Dou Jiande annexed Luo Yi's troops, he used the batch of grain and grass in Zhuo County to recruit troops and horses, and the number of his troops has expanded to 300,000, which is even larger than Li Mi's Wei army, but his family knows his own affairs, and his 300,000 people are like dough, and the people who can fight tough battles are estimated to be his original old foundations, and the number is less than 100,000.
At this time, after the withdrawal of the Sui army in the north, the north of the Yangtze River has been quickly occupied by several major forces, and he Dou Jiande is not the strongest one in this, and the position he is in is not the best one.
Therefore, he urgently needs to expand his territory, he doesn't dare to go to the territory of the Khitans in the north, and to the east is Goguryeo, which Emperor Yang of Sui sent a million troops that failed to defeat him, and this is not someone he can afford to provoke, to the west, the troops of Li Yuanji of the Tang army have controlled most of the area east of the river, and even the Turks in the north have tacitly accepted their occupation here.
Dou Jiande looked at the map, and it seemed that only this Shandong over there could let him make a move.
Dou Jiande raised 150,000 troops, at the end of the eighth year of the Great Cause, advanced to Shandong, Li Yuanji's troops in Hedong were not many, and he was only a half-grown child, so Dou Jiande was not afraid of him, so he did not set up a defensive line in his west, but he was very worried about Li Mi's Wei army, so while attacking Shandong, he gathered a large number of troops on the side of the Yellow River to prevent Li Mi from taking the opportunity to enter his lair.
The news of Dou Jiande's dispatch of troops soon spread throughout Shandong, not to mention ordinary people, even the Sui army itself felt frightened and uneasy, the people were worried that the Xia army would affect themselves after coming, after all, Dou Jiande was born in rebellion, and the soldiers under his hands had no military discipline, and attacks on the people and disturbed the people often happened, if they continued to stay in Shandong, their safety would not be guaranteed, and once the war broke out, then they would definitely be implicated, so after getting the news that Dou Jiande was going to send troops, Almost all the people in Shandong thought of running for the first time.
Many people choose to run south, and every time there is a war between the Central Plains and the north in the past dynasties, the people will choose to flee from the difficulty, and this time they are no exception.
However, because Shandong is close to the sea, there are many people who choose to flee to the sea by boat, there is a big island to the east of them, there are no people on the island, and there is no need to worry about the outbreak of war, so many people choose to flee to this island.
Qin Qiong was very worried after receiving the news, Dou Jiande sent 150,000 troops to attack, he only had more than 30,000 people in his hands, and only more than 10,000 troops in these 30,000 troops really had combat effectiveness, most of the other armies were recruits, and there was no combat effectiveness.
"Ah Cheng, Shixin, I called you here today to discuss how to fight this battle, do you have any good ideas?"
Luo Shixin scratched his head, he has always been not good at giving advice, let him lead the troops to fight it, as long as he has a force, he can dare to meet anyone, although Ran was not included in the Langya list, but he was confident that his martial arts would not lose to those on the list.
Qin Qiong looked at Luo Shixin like this, and looked at him like this, estimating that he didn't have any ideas, so he passed him and looked at Luo Cheng, wanting to know if Luo Cheng had any ideas.
"Cousin, the enemy army is strong, we are not opponents, it is better like this, cousin, you want to retreat south with the army and the people, I will take 10,000 people here to resist Dou Jiande, and when you are far away, I will take a boat from the sea and go south by sea, so it's okay!"
Qin Qiong thought for a while, if Luo Cheng's idea was put in normal times, maybe he would still consider it, but at the moment, this is not suitable, Dou Jiande has 150,000 people, Luo Cheng's 10,000 army is no matter how it can't be resisted, and if the other party learns that their main army is going south, they will definitely bypass Luo Cheng's resistance and pursue southward, Dou Jiande has a Yanshan army of more than 30,000 people in his hands, this is a cavalry, and it is the most important army in Dou Jiande's hands, even if these 30,000 people only come with 5,000 people, The cavalry of 5,000 people was chasing behind, and he Qin Qiong still couldn't run away, not to mention that they had to pass through Du Fuwei's territory in the Jianghuai area, although Du Fuwei was heavily damaged in the battle of Siping Mountain, but Qin Qiong's 20,000 horses passed under his nose, and he would definitely not sit idly by.
"No, Dou Jiande is menacing, once you are dragged down, it will be difficult to get out, and Xia Jun will not watch you slip away and leave it alone, it is too dangerous to let you here!"
What Qin Qiong said was not unreasonable, Luo Cheng himself knew the risks involved, so as soon as Qin Qiong said it, he was silent.
"General Qin, some people outside say they want to see you!" (To be continued.) )