Chapter 370: Defeating the Strong with the Weak

The Turkic attack was aimed at the hinterland of the Central Plains.

The hinterland of the Central Plains is about divided into two forces, the Wagang Army and the Li Valve.

Li Valve is in the west, and the Wagang Army is in the east.

Wang Shichong Luoyang is in the middle, and his power is relatively small.

So the Turkic offensive direction, there are only two - Li Valve or Wagang.

The Wagang Army and the Xiaoguo Army went to war, and they were defeated and lost, and Li Mi took the remnants and kept going north to find fighters again, like a lone wolf.

Most of Li Valve's army was pressed in Luoyang, with heavy casualties, and he had not achieved any results, and in fact, the situation was not so good.

Therefore, it is possible for the Turks to attack Li and Wagang.

But there is one point, the territory of Wagang is too far from the outside of the fortress, and if the Turks want to attack the dilapidated Wagang, they need to pass through the territory of many small princes.

Li Valve is different, the Turks have their own military route, which can go straight to the land of Guanzhong.

No one really knows what Shibi Khan thinks, whether he wants to attack the Li Lord, the Wagang army, or both.

I don't know whether Shibi Khan wanted to plunder on a large scale in Kyushu, or whether he wanted to learn from the ancestors of the Hu people of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties and enter the Central Plains.

But!

Shibi Khan came towards Li Valve's military path.

Li Valve was also not sure if the Turks really still loved him, his godson, and instead of plundering their territory, they plundered the territory of Wagang.

So Li Valve didn't dare to gamble.

Gathering the armies of Taiyuan and Guanzhong, Li Valve gathered 80,000 soldiers, led by Li Shimin, the king of Qin, to resist the Turks.

In addition, Li Valve's attack on Luoyang, there are still seventy or eighty thousand elites left, and they may arrive at any time to support them in the back.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that no matter what the final result is, Li Valve will inevitably bleed heavily.

In fact, Li Yuan has no choice, if he is not fed up, who wants to go against the Turks at such a time.

However, once Li Valve is willing to hold on to the big city and let the Turks unleash it, then Li Valve may no longer have the possibility of annexing the world.

The common people in the world, after all, are not two fools, and there are not a few smart people among them, and the north is a place where many gate valve families are concentrated.

Even if the world is forcibly annexed by force, it is only a short-lived dynasty.

After all, the core foundation that supports Li Valve lies in the Guanlong Group, and the people of the Guanlong Group are not limited to a city in Chang'an, but a wide range of branches in Guanzhong.

When the Turks plundered, they didn't care what the Guanlong Group was.

And Li Valve's for the Turks, of course, is not without the strength of a war.

First of all, Li Valve's army is generally formed by the Guanlong group, it can almost be said that the Guanlong group should now be regarded as the most effective group in the whole world, after all, this group has been the main player in the dynasty battle since the Wei and Jin dynasties, competing for hegemony in the world, the folk customs are quite simple, no worse than the Turkic wolf horse, and the Turks do not have discipline.

The Turks have not been established for too long, and they are not like the Xiongnu in the middle and late Han Dynasty, who can play tactics to the fullest, and the Turks generally do not know any art of war, they are all hard-working, and Li Shimin is just a very powerful commander.

In the end, Li Shimin is the side defending the city, and the Turks are the attacking side, although the Turkic cavalry is the majority, and the mobility is terrible, but the cavalry is not a good choice for the siege, and the Turks can't even make siege equipment.

Therefore, whether Li Shimin can stop the Turkic invasion or not, you still have to fight to know!

……

After Li Jing received Mo Fei's order, he didn't say a word, and immediately gathered his army, 100,000 elite soldiers, and went north.

After the Xiaoguo army had already occupied the territory of the Wagang army, and took advantage of Wang Shichong, they quickly arrived at the position and made all preparations to resist the Turks.

It's just that Li Jing was still at war with the Turks at that time, and in order not to overstimulate Li Valve, Li Jing's army did not resist the battle line.

Li Jing was not dissatisfied with Mo Fei's disuse, and as soon as he used him, he threw such a big piece of hard bone to the Turks.

The first half of his body is staggering, his career is difficult, and he has no one to support him, and he is worthy of the glory of his ancestors.

So Li Jing doesn't want to prove himself all the time and glorify his ancestors.

On the battlefield, it is the Turkic enemy that can highlight his Li Jing's ability.

"I heard that Li Valve is ready to withdraw his troops?" Mo Fei asked, and at this moment he was also sitting in Li Jing's tent.

The Turks are making such a big fuss, it is not appropriate for him not to come.

After all, he is also a Han Chinese, and in the hinterland of the Central Plains at this moment, although there are many Hu people and mixed races, they are mostly Han people after all.

After the Five Hu Chaohua, the Han people were trampled to the point of not being able to do anything, but after the world stabilized, the Han people relied on their tenacious vitality and grew like weeds again.

So he still didn't want to see the Northland withered after it had been ravaged by the Turks.

"There are probably three or five days left." Li Jing shook his head and sighed: "Li Shimin is indeed a powerful commander, but the gap between the strengths and weaknesses of the two sides is too big. Moreover, Li Yuan is not a person who regards death as his home, and will not allow Li Shimin to pay all his old capital to the Turks. ”

Due to the huge battle damage caused by Li Shimin and the Turks, Li Yuan couldn't bear it, and was ready to lie down and let the Turks step on him.

It was enough for him to concentrate on guarding the important checkpoints in the pass and not letting the Turks go.

As for the rest of the world, he didn't care.

"You can't expect too many Li valves." Zhu Yuyan said: "They can resist the Turks to this extent, and they are already relatively disciplined. Although, in fact, the Turks were the ...... they brought in"

Li Valu's army to the north to resist the Turks was about 150,000, and nearly half of it was lost, which was an extremely heavy loss.

"I didn't have much hope for them." Mo Fei snorted lightly, if it weren't for Li Valve's actions following the movements of the Xiaoguo Army, making a few fools of chaos, and choosing to borrow troops from the Turks to attack Luoyang, how could he provoke such a thing as the Turks going south?

If it would take a few more months for the Turks to react to the movements in the Central Plains, then it is estimated that the new army led by Kou Zhong should have arrived at the Turks' doorstep.

"Okay, Li Valve is soft, then Jing'er, you can go!" Mo Fei said: "It was also Li Valve who blocked the Turks these days, Luo Yan's reorganization of the Xiaoguo army was completed, and Kou Zhong also sent about 20,000 new-style troops, plus 20,000 troops from the Song family in the mountain city of Lingnan, to the north, and quickly rushed here, at least halfway at this time." ”

"That's great!" Li Jing said: "With the help of the Xiaoguo army and the new army, we can't help but try to cut off half of the men and horses brought by Shibi in the Central Plains, so that the Turks will have no threat to China within ten years." ”

……

"Boom!"

The sound of horses' hooves sounded like thunder.

From the top of the city, you can clearly see the black and oppressive Turkic cavalry, like a dark cloud, overwhelmed, and even the earth began to shake, stone bullets jumped, giving people extremely strong psychological pressure.

After a fierce battle by Li Valve, the Turkic side also suffered a lot of losses, about 30,000 or 40,000 horses.

Roughly speaking, there are still about 1670,000 men and horses on the Turkic side.

In terms of exaggerating the soldiers, this time the Turks did not exaggerate, but said a little.

Li Jing still commanded 100,000 soldiers he had personally trained.

Shen Luoyan and Kou Zhong's support is still two or three days away.

However, a 100,000-level war with a large corps is not a victory or defeat in a day or two, and it will take at least half a month, and it will take three or four months, which is not unusual.

It seems that Li Jing is much weaker than the Turks, but the factors that determine the combat effectiveness of the army are by no means only the difference in numbers, but also weapons, training, morale, terrain, supplies, and so on, each of which has a great impact on the outcome of the war. These elements are still difficult to calculate digitally. What's more, the strategic decisions of generals can completely affect the final victory or defeat.

Therefore, Li Jing's 100,000 against the 160,000 Turks could not defeat the strong with the weak.

Of course, in a strict sense, there is no real victory over the strong in this world, only the strong defeat the weak, and only the strong will always be strong.

Defeating the strong with the weak ignores the factors that really determine victory or defeat, and is deceived by those superficial strengths and weaknesses, or is limited by one's own weak cognitive ability.

All the defeating of the strong with the weak is a partial bullying of the weak with the strong. Whether or not they can analyze the various advantages and disadvantages of both sides, and finally find the decisive factor "key parts", and then fight under the rules that are beneficial to themselves, create local advantages one by one, thereby affecting the entire battle situation, is one of the most important qualities of a famous general.

It just so happens that Li Jing is the most outstanding general of this era.

Even Li Shimin is more than one step behind Li Jing!

The war began.

Mo Fei and Zhu Yuyan didn't know much about the art of war, so they could only stand on Chengtou Mountain and watch Li Jing's performance.

Suddenly, Bai Qing'er hurriedly went up to the city, reached Mo Fei and Zhu Yuyan, and said, "Sir, master, it's not good." ”

"What's wrong again?" Murphy asked helplessly.

"Shibi's younger brother Jieli, and Shibi's son Tuli, each took another 100,000 iron horsemen south." Bai Qing'er said in a slightly eager voice.

Obviously, she also knew what a big deal this was, and it would greatly affect the changes in Kyushu.

"What?" Murphy cried out in surprise.

Zhu Yuyan frowned and asked, "Has this news been verified?" ”

"Master, this news has been verified, it is absolutely true!" Bai Qing'er nodded fiercely: "The Turks have sent a total of more than 400,000 troops this time, and they have almost suppressed the Turks' strength, such a big thing can't be hidden from others at all, it is easy to verify." ”

"Damn, that old thing!" Mo Fei's face was also a little gloomy, and the 400,000 Turkic iron horsemen ......

No matter how talented Li Jing is, no matter how powerful he is, no one would think that Li Jing can block 400,000 Turkic iron horsemen with 100,000 elite soldiers.

"Send a message to Shen Luoyan and immediately mobilize the Xiaoguo army to the north without delay!"

Mo Fei immediately gave Bai Qing'er an order.

"Do it now!"

"Yes!" Bai Qing'er took the order and left.

After all, Kou Zhong's young marshal army is too far away to be counted on for the time being, and only the Xiaoguo army now commanded by Shen Luoyan can reach the war in time.

"Why did the Turks make such a big show so suddenly?" Zhu Yuyan was a little puzzled, and said: "Looking at it, Shibi has already put all the Turkic chips on the gambling table, isn't he afraid of losing?" You must know that once all these 400,000 horses are lost in the Central Plains, the bones of the Turks will be broken, and they can only be reduced to steppe peoples who do not enter the stream. ”

"Who knows?" Mo Fei's eyes narrowed slightly, looking at the more than 100,000 Turkic iron horsemen outside the city, and said, "Maybe he thinks he can win!" ”

Hehe, I'm here, you want to win?

Inexistent!

It only exists in what posture to lose, that's it!

"Later, you will go and issue an order to Kou Zhong, let him stay in the south by himself, but let Song Que lead an army of 100,000 to the north, and there must be at least 20,000 new troops among the 100,000 army." Murphy said again.

"You're going to drain Kou Zhong!" Zhu Yuyan was stunned: "Aren't you afraid of the southern rebellion he just won?" ”

"You underestimate Kou Zhong too much, he is not a child, but a commander who can stand side by side with Li Jing, Li Shimin, and Song Que, believe me, he can still survive this little thing!" Mo Fei said: "Moreover, even if the southern forces are attached to and rebel, it is the local forces themselves, and they will not harm their own families too much, but the invading Turks are different, they burn, kill and loot everything!" ”

"If all the 400,000 Turks can be kept here, then it will be worth it even if they go to clean up the south when the time comes."

Anyway, Mo Fei implements a concept, and his fists are unanimous to the outside world.

There can be internal strife, but in the face of foreign invasion, of course, it is necessary to stop the internal strife and fight the foreign race out first.

"Okay, I made a note of it." Zhu Yuyan's voice changed and said, "But I only have one question now. ”

"What?"

"The 400,000 cavalry of the Eastern Turks touched and launched the battle of the country, and it is impossible for Wuzun Bi Xuan not to know." Zhu Yuyan said: "So where is Wuzun Bi Xuan at the moment?" ”

As soon as Zhu Yuyan's words fell, Mo Fei and her probably knew that Wuzun Bi Xuan was there!

I only heard a sharp roar, and a blinding hot light lit up, so bright that people couldn't open their eyes at all.