Datang Library

Chapter 737
It was the fifth day of the Battle of Yunzhou that Chang'an City received the news. At this time, spring plowing had begun for 25 days, and it had basically come to an end.

"Northern Army News, Yunzhou is in a hurry." This is what people heard from the urgent courier in Babaili.

All of a sudden, Suzaku Street has exploded. How long has it been? Datang has finally been stable for a few years, why did someone come again?
Why Yunzhou again?Datang conquered the grassland, and the territory expanded far north. Why did the enemy come to report urgently when they hit Yunzhou?Could it be that the military situation ahead is out of control?

In the palace, Li Er's hand holding the messenger's emergency message was trembling, how could this be?Can't defend against thunder?Fifty thousand cavalry swallowed?So, Yunzhou fell five days ago?Then Jingde and Niu Jinda won't...

At this time, Li Jing, Bai Fan and others also hurried to the palace.

"Your Majesty, the matter is urgent. According to military calculations, Yunzhou must have fallen. As for the civilian defenders, we can't speculate. We can only calculate the worst." Li Jing, who was in uniform, stepped forward and said.

Li Er felt a little regretful, and murmured: "I'm to blame for this matter, if I let Jingde and Zhijie stand firm and not fight, there would be no such thing, even if Hong Tianlei failed to attack, the defense should be more than sufficient. "

Bai Fan shook his head and persuaded: "Your Majesty's words are wrong, Yunzhou is in a position where only the attacking side has the chance to retreat from the enemy, if it is defending, it will definitely be unstoppable, no matter how many people it is.

Unlike the three fortified cities in the north, they are surrounded by walls on all sides, and it is sufficient to arrange defenders to guard the four sides.

Yunzhou is built close to the Great Wall. If the enemy wants to break through the Great Wall and enter the Central Plains, they will only face one city wall in Yunzhou. However, Yunzhou is not the only one to choose from. The enemy's ladder is climbing, so no matter what, Yunzhou cannot be defended.

It's just that I didn't expect that the enemy didn't divide their troops this time, and all 40 rushed to Yunzhou. It wasn't His Majesty's mistake. "

"Yes, second brother, this is not the time to worry about gains and losses. It is time to send troops to help quickly. It has been five days. I am afraid that the enemy has already reached Jinyang. That is 40 hungry wolves. Every extra moment will cause us more harm. When dealing with the common people, there should be no delay." Li Jiancheng said.

"Li Jing listens!"

"Chen is here!"

"Send 20 troops to help the north in the starry night. Regardless of the life or death of Yunzhou city, I want the enemy's 40 thieves to come and go!" Li Er said through gritted teeth.

"Decree, ten thousand deaths!" Li Er slapped the armor on his body with a loud bang.

Turning to Bai Fan, he said, "The old man is going to dispatch troops directly, you should go back and let your aunt know."

Bai Fan gave a military salute, "Nephew, I wish uncle a victory, and the Tang Dynasty will be victorious!"

In the Hall of Disciplinary Affairs, no matter civil or military, they all shouted to the old commander Li Jing that the Tang Dynasty will win.

Li Jing nodded, turned around and walked away with big strides. There was no gorgeous language, no ceremony of offering sacrifices to the generals, and the established strategy required a long time of preparation. The armor came, but I didn't expect that there was no time to go home and let me know.

In the Palace of Political Affairs, Li Er asked Bai Fan, "Jian Zhi, you know the thunder of the sky best, but the enemy actually found it and blocked the horse's ears, what do you think about it?"

Bai Fan laughed loudly and said: "What's the matter, Hong Tianlei's appearance was not to use sound to deal with war horses. The enemy Western Turks have suffered a lot, so it's not surprising that someone capable of thinking of countermeasures.

The Thunderbolt was invented for its explosive damage. Against infantry, a well-thrown thunder can kill or injure four to ten enemies, and against cavalry, it can kill at least two cavalry.

This artifact is currently unbreakable because the enemy is unknown, but our production speed is limited, and the thunderbolts are not enough. The enemy has an army of 40, and we only have 10,000+ mines in the north. If there are 40 mines in the north, I am afraid they will plug their ears. ? "

Well, everyone was speechless. This really makes sense. It is indeed the truth that weapons and equipment crush everything. I thought it was just an exaggeration. Now it seems that this thunderbolt has verified this statement.

Chang'an sent an army of 20 to the north, and the [-] army in Youzhou, which was closer to the other side, was led by Cheng Yaojin to march west to help Yunzhou two days ago.

Chai Shao and Cheng Yaojin analyzed the information of the messengers comprehensively, Yunzhou was unable to defend, and it was too late for Youzhou's 40 troops to rush to help, so they could only search all the way to the south of Yunzhou to see if they could Converging with other road reinforcements, without an army of [-], Datang would not be able to fight against the enemy's [-] or [-] people.

So Cheng Yaojin didn't march very fast all the way. Instead, scouts were sent out a hundred miles to prevent them from accidentally crashing into the enemy's encirclement.

Besides, after Su Dingfang suggested retreating in Yunzhou that day, Niu Jinda and his two drove the people to retreat overnight. Fortunately, Yunzhou has not been restored and rebuilt for a few years. After two bloody massacres, the current Yunzhou city is basically moved in later. The aborigines who were separated from the village, so after hearing the army's encouragement to flee south, the people responded one after another, and no one wanted to follow in the footsteps of the previous two massacres.

There are only 30 to [-] people in a city, and no matter how secretive the overnight action is, it cannot be silent, so that night, the enemy forces outside the city organized an overnight siege.

Yu Chigong and Niu Jinda made a plan, and the plan was to get a golden cicada out of its shell, leaving two thousand elite bluffs to resist for a night, and the rest of the army retreated southward with the people.

Of course, it’s not the same as Liu Bei of the Three Kingdoms who retreated with the people, the kind of hard work and delayed speed is not worth the loss. Now in the midst of the war, as long as you leave Yunzhou, there will be Tang land everywhere. It is most convenient for the people to disperse separately, and they are afraid Naturally, it will speed up, which is better than asking someone to escort it. As for the few who are greedy for money and move slowly, it can only be said that people died for money, and they don't blame anyone.

The attack lasted all night, and in the early morning, the army outside the city listened to the constant chants inside, but had no choice but to retreat temporarily, so the remaining soldiers who stayed behind hurriedly buried the corpses of their comrades, left a row of empty banners, and rushed through the south gate go.

By the time Yuan Gai Suwen found out that the person opposite had gone to the building, it was already two hours later, even if he lost his temper, it would be useless.

"The whole army searched Yunzhou, took all the goods as supplies, and the cavalry chased southward. I don't believe how far they can run overnight." Yuan Gai Suwen said harshly.

Mo Hedu cursed in his heart, this guy's military order is really ingenious, leave your infantry behind to search, let us cavalry chase and kill?What if there is a trap?Is it easy for me to leave more than 8 cavalry?
Fortunately, Yu Chigong and Niu Jinda retreated quickly, and the Western Turkic cavalry did not dare to press too hard, so when they joined forces with Li Daoyan who came from Jinyang two days later, the army behind them hadn't caught up yet.

With the 2 people in Jinyang and the remaining 1 people in Yunzhou, a total of 3000 people, including 1 cavalry, can implement Su Dingfang's guerrilla plan. Otherwise, there will be insufficient troops, and they are all infantry Under such circumstances, even if you want to go on a guerrilla attack, you may not be able to do what you want. After all, you can't outrun tens of thousands of cavalry on the grassland.

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