Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 151 Calculation
In the small tent, Liu Heikai stood silently on the opening, letting the cold wind blow by, only staring at the unclear snowflakes fluttering in the dark night sky.

Another dead end.

Although he is not in a desperate situation, although he still has hope in his heart, and although he still has the ambition to make a comeback, Liu Heitai is inevitably frustrated.

What frustrates Liu Heitai the most is that there is only a temporary shortage of food in the army...the army has not run out of food, and they have just looted Yuancheng.

The Turkic army returned to the north and left within ten days, and I led an army of tens of thousands to attack Weizhou... Why did I end up like this inexplicably?

why?
Since the First Battle of Xiabo, Fan Yuan, Dong Kang, Wang Xiaohu and other important generals have died in battle one after another, and the morale of the army has declined. Now even his younger brother Liu Shishan has disappeared, and nine out of ten have already died in battle.

All this seems to have changed after hearing about the Beizhou War.The food and grass that had been raised for a long time were burned, and Fan Yuan and Dong Kang were killed... Liu Heitai couldn't help wondering again and again, why did Su Dingfang suddenly turn to Tang and fight back?
Liu Heitai recalled the Weixian battle in his heart, always feeling a little weird, the opponent had a clear goal almost every time he made a move, in other words, he hit his seven inches.

During the war at the beginning of the year, he stormed Luoshui County with all his strength, captured and killed Luo Shixin, which shocked Shandong for a while, but then the grain road was cut off, and Li Shimin forced him to fight next to Luoshui step by step, and finally broke up and fled north.

But this time, something similar happened again.

After attacking Tao Buke and besieging Wei County, Qi Shanxing and Cheng Mingzhen led troops to help. He didn't want a decisive battle, but in the end he was forced to fight. The [-] troops were dismembered almost without any suspense... It was even worse than the one at the beginning of the year.

Last time, at least King Qin was still trapped. If Qin Qiong and Yu Chigong hadn't risked their lives, maybe...

Liu Heita stretched out his hand, and the icy snowflakes fell on his palm, and quickly turned into ice water, making his heart as cold as ice.

But this time after the war, it was much worse than the last time... At the beginning of the year, Luoshui was defeated, and Liu Heitai could gallop northward with ease. As long as he ran to Hengzhou, he was basically safe.

But this time, they were trapped in Weizhou.

The opponent was obviously very confident, and even cut off his retreat... because the Yongji Bridge outside Yongji County had been burned down.

Liu Heikai strode out of the tent, looked up at the fluttering snowflakes, stared for a long time before looking at Yongji County in the darkness, the scouts reported that the chasing army had arrived at the south side of Yongji County.

"how?"

"The manpower is enough, but it's snowing heavily, and it's difficult to see at night. It may have to wait until tomorrow morning."

Liu Heita nodded, "Let the guards deliver all the dry food."

Turning his head and looking at Yongji County again, Liu Heikai thought in his heart that Tang Jun burned Yongji Bridge in advance, just to drive himself to the north of Beizhou...Since Tang Jun wanted to do this, he couldn't do what they wanted .

In the simple military camp on the south side of Yongji County, the outer scouts were full of food and clothing, and they were full of energy. In the camp, the soldiers lit a bonfire to keep warm. The county sent a large amount of hot soup, meat, fodder, and Wei The county has won a big victory, and the morale of the army is booming.

Fan Laosan, who returned to Li Daoxuan's command as his personal guard, was talking carelessly about how much land he would be able to share this time, but he had actually made up his mind to bring the remaining six brothers into Li Shan's sect.

Looking inside, Fan Laosan went in with a charcoal fire and added a charcoal basin. The generals in the camp were discussing matters. After returning to Beijing, there must be a big reward."

To this day, everyone already knows that it was Li Shan who ordered the attack that day, and Fan Laosan was captured alive.

Fan Laosan rubbed his head, knowing that he was not qualified to speak, so he just smiled and backed out.

"That day, His Highness asked them to escort Huairen to the south, so let him make a trip."

Li Daoxuan, Cheng Mingzhen, and Wang Junkuo turned their heads and saw that a moment later Li Daoxuan handed over a letter, "Send it to Guantao, and Li Langjun will open it personally."

"Yes."

When Fan Laosan arrived at Guantao in the wind and snow, and woke Li Shan up from the warm bed...the latter got up very angrily.

In my previous life, I was on duty, and the most annoying thing was being called up... If I wasn't on duty, the most annoying thing would be the ringing of the phone. In this life, I finally didn't have to bear it. I didn't expect to suffer it again after more than a year.

Rubbing his sleepy eyes, Li Shan was sitting in the room wrapped in clothes, listless. Ma Zhou, who just came back at dusk today, and Li Kai, who had heard the news, was on the opposite side, holding the letter and looking carefully at Ling who was coaxed by Li Shan. Respectfully.

Old man Ling was obviously a little angry, and scolded: "Of course they are in charge of such matters, why send the letter back in the middle of the night?"

"It took at least half an hour for Liu Heitai to go north and cross Guantao before starting his pursuit, and both sides stopped around Yongji County... Could it be that the power of this heavy snow is so terrifying?" Li Shan said slowly. : "Liu Heita didn't escape overnight?"

Li Kai rubbed his eyes, "After the battle of Luoshui at the beginning of the year, Liu Heita fled into Hengzhou for three days and two nights..."

"The Yongji Bridge was broken...Liu Heikai stopped his feet and didn't go north along the Yongji Canal to Qinghe County, Qingyang County, and cross the river from Qinghe..." Ma Zhou knew the topography of Beizhou like the palm of his hand, so he thought for a while Ercai said: "Liu Heita is afraid that he won't be able to escape... No, he wants to cross the river near Yongji County?"

Li Shan's eyelids were about to fight, and he yawned big, "Cheng Mingzhen made it clear enough in the letter...this is really a character!"

Ling Jing nodded slightly, "Cheng Mingzhen didn't have a good reputation under King Xia back then, but he was a top-notch hero in Shandong with both civil and military skills."

"Liu Heita must have been in the vicinity of Yongji County. He ordered people to build a bridge overnight, trying to cross the river west and return to Luozhou!"

Li Shan's head was already hanging down, and Liu Heita was not stupid, this was the only explanation.

If you go all the way north along the Yongji Canal, there will be no bridges to cross the river. Liu Heitai will have to go all the way to Qinghe County to cross the river, and then go west and turn to Luozhou... and it is still under the situation of the Tang army chasing all the way.

Now that it's snowing heavily, who knows if he can escape... Even if he can escape, how many of these defeated generals under Liu Heita's command will be left behind?
And if it takes a long time, three or four days, well, news of the battle in Wei County has already reached Luozhou... Who knows if Liu Heitai will bump into the encirclement when he goes to Luozhou?
In fact, the most important thing is that Li Shan and Ling Jing have analyzed in detail, and there are only two most likely choices for Liu Heitai next. If he is defeated, the Turks may not pay attention to him anymore.

Second, survive between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, and be a small separatist force like Gao Kaidao, Yuan Junzhang, and Liang Shidu.

If they had the opportunity, they would go south to harass them, and when they encountered the Tang army's crusade, they would flee north into the grassland and take shelter of the Turkic tribes.

Therefore, when this letter was delivered, Ling Jing and Li Shan immediately understood Liu Heita's plan... This guy wanted to separate the territory, tried to cross the river and retreat westward, and went to Luozhou to gather troops, so he couldn't just go naked Are you heading north?
"Huairen, Huairen?"

Li Kai sighed: "The burning of the Yongji Bridge is really a wonderful stroke, and Liu Heita was held back... Tomorrow will definitely win!"

"Oh...then the battle will start tomorrow?"

Li Shan raised his head in confusion, wiped the wet stains from the corners of his mouth, noticed Ma Zhou and Ling Jing's thoughtful gazes, and thought to himself, I really didn't think so much... just looking for something to do for Yuchi Baolin That's all.

(End of this chapter)