Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 2084 So Easy?

After a while, a school lieutenant in uniform strode into the hall under the leadership of his servants, and when he saw His Majesty Li Er sitting behind the desk, he knelt down on one knee, performed a military salute, and said loudly: "The last general of the Youtun Guard School Lieutenant, under the order of the commander-in-chief, return to Beijing to deliver the battle report."

His Majesty Li Er raised his hand: "Excuse me! Submit the battle report."

"Here!"

The lieutenant stood up, took out a bamboo tube from his pocket, unscrewed the lid, took out a roll of letter paper, and held it above his head with both hands.

His own servant stepped forward to take it, first checked the sealing wax, and verified that it had not been opened, then walked to the book case in small steps, and handed it to His Majesty Li Er.

His Majesty Li Er inspected the sealant again, then picked up a small silver knife from the desk case, picked up the sealant, opened the envelope, took out the letter paper inside, and read it carefully.

All the bigwigs in the hall had piercing eyes, looking back and forth between His Majesty Li Er and the letter in his hand, trying to observe the content of the letter through His Majesty Li Er's expression.

Changsun Wuji was quite conflicted.

When Fang Jun arrived in Mayi, he immediately captured Mayi guard Yu Wenfa for questioning, and escorted him back to Beijing, which instantly reduced the influence of the Guanlong nobles in the northern Xinjiang army to the lowest level. The plot has become a luxury.

It stands to reason that he should be willing to see Fang Jun lose his army and return home in defeat.

If Mobei can be killed in battle, I'm afraid he will be so happy that he can drink three cups!
This stick that has repeatedly pissed him off is really annoying, the scourge is gone, so naturally he has a good heart...

However, he might not have hoped that Fang Jun could show his might and capture Wuchuan Town in one fell swoop.

As a descendant of the Six Towns in the Northern Wei Dynasty, the leader of the Guanlong nobles who inherited the essence of the Six Towns, has tried countless times for generations to take back the Six Towns from the Turks.And the Changsun family, who was born in Wuchuan, misses his homeland even more. In his dreams, he always wants to return to the north of Shiyin Mountain and restore the burial place of his ancestors!
As a result, the Turkic Yinshan Yazhang was attacked by Li Jing, and the huge East Turkic Khanate collapsed. Before the Guanlong nobles urged His Majesty Li Er to send troops to Baidao to recover Wuchuan Town, he was picked up by Xue Yantuo who took advantage of the situation. A big advantage, entrenched Wuchuan Town, dispatched famous generals to guard it.

Considering the threat of the Western Turks to the Western Regions at that time, he had no choice but to watch the Xue Yantuo people occupy Wuchuan and block the passage to Mobei.

If Wuchuan Town can be returned to the control of the Guanlong nobles, I am afraid that the descendants of the Six Towns will be happy when they die.

So Changsun Wuji hoped for a while that Fang Jun would smash his halberd into the sand and defeat Mobei, and for a while he had extravagant hopes, thinking that the Tang army could conquer Wuchuan Town... The expression on his face changed, hesitating.

The others didn't have so many thoughts about Changsun Wuji, they were just simply worried.

Wuchuan town has high walls and thick walls, and there are elite soldiers from the Qibi tribe of Xue Yantuo Khanate stationed there, and the guarding general is Qibi Kele, a famous general of Xue Yantuo.Fang Jun led You Tunwei to the north in a hurry. This Wuchuan town is a rock in front of him. Even if it can be conquered, it will inevitably suffer heavy losses. How can there be any spare power to go straight to Mobei?
Although Fang Jun is amazingly talented, he is an unborn genius, but after all, he is too young and too impulsive.

He only saw the opportunity when Mobei's emptiness could sweep Longcheng, but he didn't consider Wuchuan Town, the first barrier in Mobei.
Not to mention the loss of soldiers, thus destroying the tacit understanding between Datang and Xue Yantuo, causing Datang not to dare to attack Goguryeo with all his strength, this is the greatest sin...

No matter how the emperor protects and favors him, he cannot escape the responsibility of this crime.

Of course, if you can capture Wuchuan Town and occupy Xue Yantuo's portal throat in Mobei, you will definitely be able to pay off your merits. It is not a big defeat, but there is room for change...

It took a long time for His Majesty Li Er to put down the letter paper, and then said to the servant: "Circle it to everyone."

"Here!"

The servant stepped forward, picked up the letterhead, and handed it to Li Ji, the leader.

Everyone looked at Li Ji, only to see him reading the letterhead, and then his eyes widened... Everyone became more and more surprised. Could it be that there was something important in the battle report?
But even if Fang Jun captured Wuchuan Town, there is no need to be so surprised, right?
This is Li Ji who usually has a paralyzed face...

Each one is itchy.

Li Jing read the letter and passed it on to his eldest grandson Wuji.

Changsun Wuji stroked his beard with one hand, and read the letter paper with the other, so he almost pulled his beard off...

The letter paper was turned around in the hands of the bosses, and finally it was taken back by the servant, and it was quietly placed on the desk in front of His Majesty Li Er.

There was silence in the hall.

After reading the battle report, there is only one thought in everyone's mind - how is it possible?

The guards of the right station went out of Baidao, went straight to the city of Wuchuan Town, and broke the city with gunpowder. In less than an hour, Qibi Kele led the garrison to flee in panic, and Wuchuan Town was conquered.

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an hour!
That is Wuchuan town with high walls and thick walls, tens of thousands of elite soldiers from Xue Yantuo and famous generals from Mobei stationed there!
All of you here are people who are knowledgeable about military affairs, and have more or less commanded troops and participated in the battles of attacking and defending cities. After thinking about it silently, it became more and more unbelievable.

Even if Tang Jun was brave enough to climb up the city wall of Wuchuan Town on a ladder, and then defeated Xue Yantuo's defenders with absolute strength, and finally completely defeated Xue Yantuo and abandoned the city at seventeen, it would take a long time, right?This is still in the situation where Xue Yantuo's army is fighting and retreating. How can the tens of thousands of garrison troops face the Tang army whose numbers are even smaller than their own?

Must stick to it!
There is a saying in the art of war: "Ten will surround it, five will attack it, double it will divide it, the enemy will be able to fight it, if it is small, it will be able to escape, and if it is not enough, it will be able to avoid it."

For attacking the city, there is already a set of mature strategies.

To put it simply, attacking a city is different from a field battle. You must have at least twice as many troops as the enemy in order to have a chance of victory. There is danger of defeat.

The most ideal state is when the troop advantage reaches more than five times.

And the defender of Wuchuan Town is Qibi Kele, who has gone through countless battles. Even if the city wall is blown up by gunpowder, how can he retreat without a fight and flee in a panic when facing the Tang army, which is outnumbered by him?

Changsun Wuji first expressed doubts. He stared at the captain of Youtunwei and asked, "The battle report said that Youtunwei broke the city with gunpowder, but the main force of the enemy army is still there. Why don't you fight to the death with Youtunwei inside the city?" Instead, they abandoned the city and fled as soon as they fought? Could it be that the tens of thousands of Xue Yantuo's elite garrison guarding the city are all cowards who are greedy for life and afraid of death?"

The school lieutenant was not afraid, and faced the big man, he talked eloquently: "Mr. Zhao Guoming learned that it's not that Xue Yantuo's army dared not fight, but that the power of gunpowder to break the city can be called heaven and earth, and the city wall as high as several long rocks can be seen in an instant." The morale of Xue Yantuo's army plummeted, and some people even claimed that this was the punishment of the gods, which led to the collapse of the army's morale and no will to fight. If they did not escape at that time, even if the number of people doubled, it would be a battle in front of our army. It's just a dolphin dog with no intentions, you can kill it!"

Changsun Wuji paused for a moment, but did not ask further questions.

He has also seen the power of gunpowder before. It is a bit mysterious to say that the sky is falling apart, but it is absolutely possible to crack mountains and rocks!Xue Yantuo, who has never seen such power and deeply believes in the gods, is indeed very likely to collapse in the face of the unfathomable and unpredictable power of heaven and earth.

An army without morale is no different from cattle and sheep.

Qibi Kele's decision to abandon the city and flee was correct. If he didn't flee, would he wait to be killed by the Tang army with high morale?

It's just that Fang Jun never thought that Fang Jun would conquer Wuchuan Town so easily, which made Changsun Wuji very depressed.

If he had known this before, Te Niang's father would have asked Yu Wenfa to lead the army straight out of the white road and blow Wuchuan Town to the bottom of him!Compared with regaining Wuchuan Town, what is the emperor's anger?
The power of firearms is so terrifying...

Changsun Wuji kept his mouth shut, so others would naturally not criticize him.

In fact, even Changsun Wuji didn't think Fang Jun dared to lie about the military situation...

His Majesty Li Er asked in a deep voice, "Where is the Right Tunwei now?"

The school lieutenant respectfully replied: "Your Majesty, when the final general returned to Chang'an, the commander-in-chief had already led his army northward, chasing Qibikele's tens of thousands of defeated troops in the direction of Nuozhenshui."

His Majesty Li Er was silent.

Mobei is no better than the Central Plains. Although there are many mountains and mountains, there are not many real dangerous passes, and more areas can still be driven straight.After passing the dangerous pass of Wuchuan Town, at least the vast moraine will open in front of Youtunwei without hindrance, unstoppable.

Unbelievable, what a real girl can be charged all the way by this stick, directly hitting the Governor Yu Mountain...

(End of this chapter)