Chapter 127: Tiger Talisman
In the Qiankun Palace, Li Zheng was already discussing with the ministers.
Just last night, Li Hao's army suddenly launched a surprise attack on Kowloon City.
Although the defenders of Kowloon City, Wang Zhi and Liu Jin, repelled the enemy army, they also suffered heavy losses, and they may have to face many sieges by Li Hao's army.
Although the people of Kowloon City enthusiastically joined the army, the population base was there, the number of recruits was limited, and they were not trained, so it was difficult to stop Li Hao's army.
All the ministers believed that at this juncture, the westward expedition must be abandoned, and the southward march should be abandoned.
The most powerful enemy of Great Wei will always be Li Hao.
Li Zheng is a little uncertain, after all, Western Chu is menacing, and if Yunzhou is broken again, Chang'an will be in danger.
Kowloon City is still far away from Chang'an, and there are many cities on the way, Li Hao wants to take them one by one, but he can't do it in a year and a half.
Moreover, at the same time as Li Hao sent troops, Beiyuan was also ready to move.
Today's Great Wei Jiangshan can be described as embattled.
Thinking back to the backlog of twists and turns in the Peony Palace, Li Zheng's intestines were repentant.
Even if you love Zhang Hate Butterfly again, you can't delay state affairs.
When Chang'an is breached, can he and Zhang Hatdie still have a good life?
When Wei Xiaobao walked into the hall quickly, Li Zheng got up suddenly, rushed over and asked, "Xiaobao, what should I do?" ”
Baiguan shook his head.
When Li Zheng was still the crown prince, he was by no means like this, but for some reason, now he is suffering from Wei Xiaobao's dependence.
Big things and small affairs, if Wei Xiaobao didn't have an idea, Li Zheng would have no master and get rid of a fool.
Wei Xiaobao said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, this day will come sooner or later." ”
The Great Wei is rich and rich, and it is coveted by its neighbors in all directions, and as long as there is an opportunity, they will choose to invade and plunder.
The total number of soldiers stationed in the frontier of the Great Wei exceeded one million, but because the border line of the Great Wei was too long, the number of troops required was far more than one million.
"Beiyuan is eyeing the tiger, Xichu is menacing, Li Hao is murderous, how can you not worry about me?" Li Zheng was a little anxious.
Wei Xiaobao sighed, and turned to ask Liu Shangwen, "Lord Liu, how many soldiers and horses can be transferred from the vicinity of Ziyang City?" ”
"Up to 100,000." Liu Shangwen replied.
There are more than a dozen cities near Ziyang City, and because the strategic location is not important, there are not many defenders, but if you want to draw it, you can still gather 100,000 troops.
100,000 veterans, plus 100,000 recruits, a total of 200,000 troops, plus the help of artillery, is enough to level Western Chu.
As soon as Li Hao took Nanming, he launched a surprise attack on Kowloon City before he gained a firm foothold, which was not normal.
The result of the discussion just now was to quickly move south to support Kowloon City.
Perhaps this is Li Hao's purpose.
Just a feint attack on Kowloon City could contain the forces that could be drawn by the Great Wei and allow the imperial court to devote all its energy to the south.
This will undoubtedly create excellent conditions for Western Chu to hit Chang'an City.
Li Hao will definitely not worry that Beiyuan will take the opportunity to invade, in fact, if Beiyuan also wants to get a piece of the pie, it is exactly what Li Hao wants.
Whether it is Western Chu or Northern Yuan, even if they break through Chang'an, they can only burn and loot, and they cannot really rule the people of Great Wei.
While they were busy suppressing the rebellion of the people everywhere, Li Hao would move north to regain control of Chang'an City.
Even if Li Hao didn't collude with Xichu, it would take longer to conquer the city all the way to Chang'an.
After a brief analysis, Wei Xiaobao said: "Your Majesty, at the moment, Western Chu is the great enemy, and when I set foot on Western Chu, it will not be too late to go south to deal with Li Hao." ”
All the officials were silent, but they laughed secretly in their hearts, Wei Xiaobao let out big words again, they wanted to see how this eunuch set foot on Xichu.
With Wei Xiaobao's words, Li Zheng's impatient heart gradually quieted down.
He returned to the dragon chair, opened a box on the table, took out an object from it, and said, "Xiaobao, I will now hand over this tiger talisman to you, with this talisman you can mobilize the world's soldiers and horses, and you must defeat Xichu as soon as possible." ”
Li Zheng had only one request, that is, to defeat the Western Chu army, so that the vitality of Western Chu would be greatly damaged, and he would not dare to invade Great Wei again in a short time.
As for what Wei Xiaobao said about stepping on Xichu, it should be taken as a morale booster.
Among the hundred officials, especially those generals, they all frowned slightly.
But due to Dongchang's methods, they didn't dare to say anything to stop it.
Handing over the Great Wei Tiger Talisman to a eunuch, let alone in Great Wei, even in other countries, rarely happens.
The Dongchang under the leadership of Wei Xiaobao has now penetrated into the entire Great Wei, and the hundreds of officials in the DPRK and the central government, and officials from all over the country all know that the eyes of the Dongchang are staring at them in the dark.
This makes them sit on pins and needles, and their lives are in fear, and they don't know what they are doing all day long.
Wei Xiaobao took the tiger talisman and knelt on the ground to thank him.
When Li Hao was named the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, the emperor did not hand over the tiger talisman to him.
Li Hao mobilized troops and horses, relying on his handsome seal.
But in reality, Shuai Yin must make way for the Tiger Talisman.
Li Zheng immediately ordered: "All departments fully cooperate with Wei Qing, if there is a delay of half a minute, it should be forgiven." ”
All the officials shouted yes.
Leaving the Qiankun Palace, Wei Xiaobao called Liu Shangwen aside and asked Liu Shangwen to order the officials of the military department to immediately be responsible for dispatching the soldiers from the western cities to Yunzhou City.
If you want to completely crush Li Hao's conspiracy, you must fight quickly.
Liu Shangwen didn't dare to delay, so he hurriedly complied.
The next day, Li Zheng wanted to personally act for Wei Xiaobao, but was stopped by Wei Xiaobao.
The 100,000-strong army set off directly from Dingjunpo and went straight to Yunzhou City.
As the so-called soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, and the grain and grass prepared by the household department have been on the road first yesterday.
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Yunzhou City.
Dillon stood on the city tower, looking at the black and oppressive Xichu elite soldiers outside the city, and had a headache.
In one day, this was the third siege of Western Chu.
The first two times the soldiers hated the same enemy and fought hard to defeat it, but this time, I am afraid that it will be difficult to defend Yunzhou City.
Once the city of Yunzhou was lost, Dillon felt that he had only one way to go, and that was to face Chang'an and apologize for his crimes.
The elite soldiers of Western Chu who came to attack the city this time are estimated to be more than 50,000.
After many days of attrition, there were no more than 20,000 soldiers available to Dillon, and most of them were exhausted, and many were wounded.
Although he knew that Wei Xiaobao had brought 200,000 troops to help, Dillon did not know whether the reinforcements could arrive in time.
Looking to both sides, the disgraced soldiers were all disheartened and listless.
When the battle reached this point, Dillon could not boost their morale, and for the soldiers, now only death was relief.
"Kill."
"Kill, kill, kill."
The neatly arrayed Western Chu army suddenly erupted into a thunderous shouting of killing.
They pushed forward quickly, like a tide, as if they wanted to collapse Yunzhou City in an instant.
"Arrows." Dillon grabbed his bow and arrows and wound them.
The archers on the city walls took aim with their arrows.
"Put." Dillon let go first, and the arrow trembled and shot forward, piercing the head of a Western Chu warrior.
Whoosh.
The feathered arrows on the city wall were like locusts, pouring down on the Western Chu army.
Many Western Chu soldiers fell to the ground with arrows, but this did not affect their determination to attack the city in the slightest.
On the contrary, it was the fall of their companions beside them, which stimulated them to rush towards Yunzhou City even more frantically.
Seeing the morale of the enemy army, Dillon knew it was all over.
Yunzhou City will not be able to hold it.