Chapter 668: On the eve of the decisive battle
Just when the foreign powerhouse was "hooked" away from the country, the two sides got along harmoniously, although there was no smell of gunpowder, but they were also testing each other. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The incident of the Tang capital (Eastern Capital), the death of Li Shimin, and the choice of foreign powerhouses quickly spread all over the world, making it difficult for countless people to sleep, especially the major forces that united the southern invasion, and the various sects and gangs that depended on the four anti-kings and the Beidi alien races.
is still the same sentence, the peak combat power of leaving the country is already proud of the world, and now with the addition of extraterritorial powerhouses, are there any other forces where they can survive?
However, the major coalition forces are now also difficult to ride the tiger, either continue to invade the south and leave the country with heavy losses in one fell swoop, or withdraw their troops in time and wait for when the army will come to the door.
After close communication and discussion, the four anti-kings and Beidi decided to continue the southern invasion, and also intensified, and even Li Yuan, the king of the Tang Dynasty, was even the royal conquest, almost pouring out of the country, and had the posture of fighting to the death with the country.
In fact, Beidi still has a choice, and it is a big deal to retreat to the northern prairie. The four anti-kings have no choice, if they don't make a desperate bet, they can only wait to be slowly destroyed or annexed by the country!
For a time, the capital of the country was ...... Jiangdu County, the clouds cover the sky, and the beacon fires burn the clouds.
Countless iron horsemen wreaked havoc on the land of Jiangdu, and the army spread slowly like a flood like a flood, threatening to swallow the rich and vast Jiangdu County.
Under the command of Li Xiaogong, Li Tang's army passed through the Duliangshan mountain range where Jiangdu County and Zhongli County meet, entered Xuyi, and besieged Xuyi County.
If it weren't for Li Xiaogong's lack of casualties, it would not be difficult to capture Xuyi County. However, under the siege, Xuyi County has no foreign aid and no supplies, and it is only a matter of time before it falls.
The army of Northern Yan and the army of Wei went south from the left and right sides of the Grand Canal, arriving at Anyi County and Baoying City respectively, which were not far from Dujiangdu.
Xia Guo went south along the coast and had arrived at Yancheng in the northeast of Jiangdu County.
The countless Beidi cavalry armies were divided into the gap between the four main forces, almost blocking the northern part of Jiangdu County.
Under the coordination of Taiwei Xiaokuan, the country was forced to clear the wilderness, and all the people in villages and towns and small and medium-sized cities were evacuated to the nearest county seat. All materials that are inconvenient to carry will be burned and destroyed on the spot, and will be fully compensated by the imperial court leaving the country, and not a single meter or cloth will be left for the enemy army.
At the same time, the departing army was defeated and retreated under the storm of cavalry.
Originally stationed in Hefei County, Lujiang County, Zhenhuai Gong Du Fuwei, Zhongwu Marquis Wei Chi Gong, Nanyang Hou Wu Yunzhao, left part of the army to guard Hefei County, and the main force returned to Jiangdu County to support the Jiangdu War.
It was Luo Wuhou Luo Shixin, Sibao Town General Shang Shifu and other town generals, all of whom also returned to Jiangdu County.
The three treasure generals, Du Fuwei, Di Mingdie, and Fengya, each led an army to garrison the three major county towns of Yongfu, Gaoyou, and Hailing, and guarded Jiangdu. There is also Nanyang Hou Wu Yunzhao stationed in Liuhe County.
The four major county towns, respectively in the west, northwest, northeast, and east, guarded Jiangdu, and the rest of the towns were maneuvering in Tianchang, Jinhu, Xinghua and other places, building camps, piling up stone walls, and making every effort to stop the iron hooves of the enemy's iron cavalry.
It is completely conceivable that if Jiangdu County falls, Liguo will be completely defeated and retreat to Jiangnan, and lose the strength to go north in a short time, which is also the main purpose of the enemy army.
After leaving the country and conquering the south, the territory is vast, and the south is full of mountains, forests and rivers, how can it be so easy to be destroyed? !
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The Great Sui Empire, the imperial capital Changxing, that is, the western capital Chang'an.
Tang King Li Yuan was furious, gathered the army of the Tang State, and went south to participate in the war, and the cities and places within the territory of the Tang State only left the most basic garrisons.
Many generals of the Great Sui Empire felt that the opportunity had come, and wanted to take the opportunity to lead their troops eastward, capture the territory of the Tang State, and recover the lost territory.
It's a pity that the holy edict of the Great Sui Imperial Court conveyed that the armies in various places did not move and waited for the decisive battle in Jiangdu.
Obviously, if the Great Sui army marched eastward, it would definitely be able to expand its territory in a short period of time and win successive battles. However, unless Li Yuan, the king of Tang, is willing to do anything for revenge, he will definitely lead his army back to help, which will be tantamount to helping him leave the country.
Various forces jointly invaded and left the country, and the Great Sui Empire did not send troops, but it does not mean that the Great Sui Empire is not afraid to leave the country.
It's enough to attack without sending troops, there's no need to take the initiative to relieve it!
Regarding the resolution on whether the Great Sui army was advancing eastward, the undercurrent of the Great Sui court was turbulent, and the Empress Dowager Dugu, the backer king Yang Lin, the three heavenly kings, etc., each had their own positions and fought openly and secretly.
However, it doesn't matter about leaving the country, anyway, the Great Sui Empire finally decided to stay put!
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Pengcheng County, the county seat Pengcheng.
The four major anti-kings and the Beidi cavalry army invaded the south, and the logistics supply was naturally an astronomical amount, and there were countless people, logistics troops, etc., walking on the official roads of the Central Plains and Shandong regions, and the large and small grain trucks were endless.
In this southern invasion, the four major anti-kings each sent 5 million troops, and the elite soldiers were about 300,000. The Beidi cavalry only sent three million troops and provided an additional three million war horses.
This is the pattern of this joint southern invasion, and it is also the fundamental reason why so many cavalry have emerged on the battlefields of all sides.
The army is okay to say, in these troubled times, lives are ruined, refugees, displaced people, etc. are everywhere, and it is not difficult to recruit soldiers. Each county-level city can easily recruit an army of millions. However, war horses are extremely rare, and Beidi can only get so many war horses.
Of course, Beidi is not a boy who scatters wealth, let alone a bodhisattva who saves suffering.
The conditions are not high, the Beidi army does not want any land, and how to divide it is handled by the four anti-kings themselves. However, the jewelry, property, material resources, etc., obtained by Beidi, are all owned by Beidi, and are the spoils of Beidi, and do not need to be handed over or distributed. At the same time, the property and resources obtained by the four anti-kings were divided into five equal parts, one for each of them, and they also had to be responsible for the logistics materials of the Beidi cavalry, mainly the food for the soldiers and the grain and grass for the war horses.
As the coalition forces moved south, the scope of the battlefield shrank, and the logistical supply of the coalition forces was naturally much easier.
The ancient city of Pengcheng, since the withdrawal of the army, has surrendered to the Wei State as promised, and thus has become a logistics supply transit point for the coalition army, and the four major anti-king forces will transport logistics materials to Pengcheng, and then distribute them to the main forces everywhere.
On this day, the four major anti-king forces once again transported a large number of materials to Pengcheng, and there were heavy guards, the four sides of the city wall were full of soldiers of the four anti-king forces, and there were countless troops patrolling back and forth in the streets and alleys.
This delivery alone is numerically enough to sustain the needs of the coalition forces for several months, and it is intended to be maintained until the end of the decisive battle.
The bright moon hangs high, and Pengcheng is noisy.
It was a full moon day, not a dark and windy night, and the city's troops were still patrolling closely.
Thousands of black shadows, like rabbits in the woods, sneaked out of Pengcheng, looking with a headache at the countless weapons on the wall that refracted the cold light in the moonlight......
In the sky above Pengcheng, more than 100 figures stepped into the air.
The Lord of the Gods and Demons Mansion is the Demon Queen, plus the three major Dharma Kings who have left the country: the Martial God Turtle and the Liangguang Divine Monk.
The goal is obvious, to destroy the mountains of grain and grass in Pengcheng! )