Xuzhou City

The battle was about to break out, Murong Yanchao was anxious to capture Xuzhou, but Guo Wei actually sent Chai Rong to gather all his troops here, the strength of the defending side is not weaker than the besieging side, the most important thing is that the weather is cold, although the soldiers are well fed, but they are not warmly dressed, how to attack the city in this way?

It stands to reason that at this time, Murong Yanchao should be in a hurry, borrowing Li Jing's 100,000 army, and before he reached the city, the soldiers were all hiding in the city. The borrowed soldiers must not only fight, but also win, otherwise they will also have a grudge against Li Jing.

But the real situation is that Murong Yanchao is not in a hurry to attack the city at all, but Li Tangfang has been urging him to attack the city quickly. Because of the financial problems of the Tang Dynasty, they received the holy decree that they must attack the city as soon as possible and rob the resources in the city, otherwise the treasury will no longer be able to hold on, and even the minister's money will not be able to be sent.

Li Jing knew that there were also 100,000 troops in Xuzhou City, and all the food, grass and salaries of these soldiers were provided by Lei Hong, because Fan Zhen, the envoy of the Xuzhou Loyal Army, was Lei Hong's son-in-law, and Lei Hong's daughter Lei Fang was also in the city. Lei Hong has gained a lot of benefits in Salt Island, this grandson has long been rich and rival the country, and with the help of Salt Island, he is unprecedentedly strong. However, Lei Hong did not send a single soldier, but only supported Guo Wei financially, which also made Li Jing very curious.

Li Jing doesn't know why Lei Hong, an idle cloud and wild crane, has been helping Guo Wei, he only knows one thing, the original setting was that Lei Hong and Zhao Jing were two, one was a king and the other was a fief. Let the two restrain each other, because Lei Hong and Zhao Jing's martial arts are too high, ordinary people can't control them at all, if anyone has a rebellion, there is really nothing they can do.

So Lei Hong and Zhao Jing have had a large army for so many years, but they have never sent troops for this reason. Only the most recent time, Lei Hong suddenly sent troops to the Northern Han Dynasty, but he came back halfway, and that time all the masters of the Lei Wangfu went into battle, and the whole world was curious about what kind of enmity Lei Hong and Liu Chong had.

Fortunately, this battle did not start, as long as Lei Hong dared to send troops to the Northern Han, Zhao Jing might slowly raise troops to invade the boundaries around Luoyang, expand his power and then turn to attack Kaifeng Bianliang. After all, Lei Hong didn't know how much time it would take to attack the Northern Han, so Zhao Jing had enough time to ascend the throne and claim the emperor, and then send troops to the Lei Wangfu.

If this kind of thing really happens, it will also be a good thing for Datang, and it will be able to occupy the land of Dazhou by taking advantage of the civil turmoil in Dazhou. Sure enough, it was a person surnamed Lei, the thunder was loud and the rain was small, scaring everyone once, but nothing happened.

At this time, in Murong Yanchao's mansion, Li Jing sat next to the main seat and sat Murong Yanchao. The two are not monarchs, and now they are in a cooperative relationship, so the two can sit together and discuss matters.

Li Jing said: "King Yan, I sent an army of 100,000 to help the whole country, but you let my Tang Dynasty soldiers suffer from the cold here, so long only attacked the city twice, and it was a small battle with two or three hundred deaths, the other party has deployed the same number of troops in Xuzhou, if you can't do it in one go, what year are you going to fight this battle? Guo Wei's army has the help of Lei Hong, and the grain and grass are sufficient, but I don't have so much money to spend with you." ”

"Your Majesty, what do you call this? Do you spend money with me?" Murong Yanchao said disdainfully: "These soldiers want to eat in Xuzhou, don't they need to eat in Jinling? That is, they just bought a few more clothes, as for saying it so seriously? I know very well what you are thinking, don't you just want to capture the western city of Xuzhou and rob all the property sent by Lei Hong." But you know very well in your heart that siege has always been the biggest attrition, and you have to triple the troops, but now there is not much difference between the forces of the two sides, even if you attack the city, you will kill yourself. I, Murong Yanchao, have nothing to fear, it's a big deal to flee to Kunlun Mountain, and see who dares to take me? But if all these 100,000 troops die in Xuzhou, you will be a real widow at that time. ”

Li Jing is a veteran of the frontier, how could he not understand the situation? Li Jing knew very well that the task of his 100,000-strong army now was to contain Guo Wei's 80,000-strong army and let Liu Chong attack with all his strength without any care. At this time, Guo Wei had no troops, the situation in this battle was obvious, and the envoys from all over the country would definitely not send out the troops, and Guo Wei might not be useful even if he made a holy decree, so he had to fight alone.

At this time, there should only be two or three thousand troops that Guo Wei barely put together to defend Weizhou, and at most the protective army of Kaifeng Bianliang City will be moved, at most about five thousand, and Liu Chong has more than ten times the strength of Guo Wei, and this battle will undoubtedly be won, without suspense.

The next thing is simple, since it is Xuzhou's side, they only need to wait for the good news that Liu Chong has captured Kaifeng. As long as there is any change on the side of Xuzhou, immediately send troops to attack the city.

Li Jing said: "Murong Yanchao, you are too calm." This battle is not simple, the widow thinks that Liu Chong may not be able to capture Weizhou, so we must go all out to attack the city, otherwise wait for the spring tomorrow, when the spring rain continues, the road under the feet is slippery, and the soldiers have to go home to farm, otherwise the family will starve to death in the coming year, so our time is only after the beginning of spring, regardless of winning or losing, we must retreat. ”

It is already an international practice to withdraw troops after the beginning of spring, unless there is a reason why it is necessary to continue fighting. At least for the Khitan and Li Jing, they have no reason for this, if Li Jing and the Khitan retreat, Liu Chong will only retreat, and the most threatened person at that time will be Murong Yanchao, and he will become a person who is not loved by his grandmother and uncle. Guo Wei's army was sent to Xuzhou, and he would definitely die.

It's just that this battle can't be fought in the spring, Guo Wei has no soldiers in his hands, how can he fight against the combined forces of the Northern Han and Khitan, if this is all right, what is the purpose of everyone trying their best to scatter money and raise soldiers?

"Please also rest assured that King Tang, my brother will definitely be able to conquer Weizhou, Guo Wei has no troops in his hands at all, how can he resist? We will wait here with peace of mind, and the news of the destruction of Weizhou will come soon. ”

Li Jing said: "Don't forget a key person, Zong Xin. Zong Xin is not an ordinary mortal, he has not tasted defeat so far, a small spell can trap all the hundreds of thousands of troops in Xuzhou City, and now he doesn't even have the courage to attack the city, Liu Chong may not be able to stand it. ”

"What is a small spell? The weather in the south of Xuzhou, suddenly a heavy snowstorm closed the streets, this is an unprecedented thing, if Zongxin is also a small spell, you send someone to melt these snow, I will attack the city immediately." Murong Yanchao said depressedly: "I have long known that Zongxin is powerful, but in fact, I am more anxious than you." As early as a few years ago, Zongxin asserted that I was dying of cold and starvation, and at that time I was already stationed in Xuzhou, so naturally I didn't believe it. As a result, he actually made it snow heavily in Xuzhou, didn't this come at me clearly? I was really worried that I wouldn't be able to survive this winter. ”

Li Jing said: "Don't believe that, Zong Xin, this magic stick, doesn't he know some spells? What's the big deal? He just deliberately scares you and makes you dare not attack the city." If you don't believe him, there is no need to be afraid, and if you believe it, there is no need to be afraid, anyway, you will die of cold and starvation, and you will never die in siege, so you can lead troops to attack the city, and even take the lead. It's really not good, you go and hang yourself now, see if you can die if you hang yourself, if you die, it means that Zong Xin miscalculated, if you don't die, let's worry about this problem again, okay?"

Murong Yanchao was already scared enough in his heart, but when Li Jing said this, of course his mood was very depressed. Liu Chong will definitely win this battle, so there is no need to forcibly capture Xuzhou, this is also for the sake of the soldiers, and they still have to attack the city on a cold day?

Murong Yanchao nodded and said: "I have already considered the fact that Zongxin's spells are powerful, but his spells are not to the point of sprinkling beans into soldiers, no matter how powerful he is, he can't resist thousands of troops and horses, my eldest brother will definitely be able to successfully capture Weizhou, and when the time comes, the Great Zhou Jiangshan will be at your fingertips, and we should give a lot of points when the time comes." ”

Although Li Jing was a little worried about Zong Xin, it was true that if he thought about it carefully, as long as Zong Xin couldn't turn an army into a soldier, what could he do alone? But then again, if Zong Xin could really turn out a soldier, what if he attacked the city here?

"That's good, Lao Tzu also sacrificed his life to accompany the villain, and consumed it with you, to see who died first. Li Jing said depressedly: "But Murong Yanchao, you have to listen to me clearly, the time will be until the beginning of spring next year, and if Liu Chong has not conquered Kaifeng after the beginning of spring, I will definitely withdraw from the army." Without my troops, Guo Wei may fight back at any time, you must know this. ”

"Clear. ”

Both of them actually knew that they could not withdraw from the army this time, but they had to negotiate the conditions and explain their importance. Guo Wei also reaped a lot of benefits from Zongxin's salt island, and these benefits could not be monopolized by Liu Chong. Although the Tang soldiers did not contribute much this time, the combined strength of their three parties may not be as much as Li Jing, so Li Jing is the most important help.

Li Hongji said: "Father, you also think too highly of Zongxin." As far as I can see, Zongxin is actually not very good. The 80,000 troops were all sent to Xuzhou, and if the troops were divided into two routes, they might be able to hold it. As you have also said, the siege battle must be tripled, only 50,000 troops need to be deployed in Xuzhou, and the remaining 30,000 troops will be sent to Weizhou, not only will it not be so passive, but it will also take advantage of some defense of the city. ”

Li Jing looked at this eldest son helplessly, how could he give birth to such a thing in his smart life? If he wants to hand over the country to this kind of person in the future, he will lose the country sooner or later. But this also proves one thing, the eldest son is just an ordinary person, not an imbecile, what he needs is experience accumulation, and he will get better slowly.

"General Murong, let's stop here today. Let's just wait for the battle report from Liu Chong. Li Jing stared at Li Hongji and said, "Don't talk first, let's go." ”

Li Jing left with his three sons, but Murong Yanchao looked at Li Hongji with a shameless face. Murong Yanchao was already thinking about how to deal with Datang, Li Jing was an old fritter, but Li Hongji was easy to handle. Li Jing's three sons are not very good, although Li Congjia is smart and has good martial arts, but after all, he is blind and cannot achieve great things. Li Hongji and Li Hongmao are two straw bales, if they are in charge of Datang, it is not difficult to seize Datang.

The abdomen is taboo by the enemy's soldiers, and Zongxin's arrangement has fully demonstrated Zongxin's wisdom. As long as all the troops are gathered in Xuzhou, Xuzhou will not be able to fight. In this way, Da Zhou's true strength can be preserved and Guo Wei's counterattack will be left with a chance. If the troops are divided, both sides will attack the city at the same time, no matter which side loses, Guo Wei will be finished.

Moreover, the west city of Xuzhou is a newly built city wall, all of which are tofu scum projects, if it were not for Zongxin's heavy snow to close the streets, even the same army would dare to be tough. Zong Xin's move really made a stick in the hearts of Murong Yanchao and Li Jing, and they couldn't get up and down.

Obviously, Zongxin's goal is to stall until the beginning of next spring. Before that, Guo Wei was guarding Weizhou, and when the city of Weizhou was broken, he moved one step east and continued to defend the city. What they need now is time, and if they have time, they can gather more troops, and Guo Wei's strength has been preserved, which is the only way to survive.

Li Hongji didn't understand, he just said nonsense. I thought I was smart, but he was the stupidest person.

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