Tang Dynasty: The poisonous scholar in the Eastern Palace, please abdicate and let the wise one take

Chapter 526: Catch the turtle in the jar, send more troops, we must send more troops!

Jiapiqiao and Dongma are not far apart, only about 40 miles apart.

According to the normal person's travel speed, it would take at most half a day to reach Jiapigou from Dongma.

However, because the 50,000 troops led by Quan Gaisuwen were carrying many siege weapons, and the continuous drizzle in the past few days made the road slippery, it took a whole day to walk what should have been half a day.

When Quan Gaisuwen's army appeared in the territory of Jiapiqiao, the scout responsible for gathering information immediately delivered the news to Liang Yunfeng.

"Quan Gaisu Wen is coming to kill us."

Liang Yunfeng took a deep breath and turned his gaze to Chen Qing.

In the battle of East Malaysia, although Chen Qing withdrew from East Malaysia with some men, Chen Qing's situation was not good.

He was shot in the shoulder and his fighting ability was greatly reduced.

It would obviously be difficult for him to lead the troops.

Chen Qing sighed, "This is my fault. If I hadn't lost Dongma, Quan Gaisuwen wouldn't have arrived in Jiapigou so quickly."

Liang Yunfeng waved his hand and said, "Quan Gaisu Wen is well prepared and has an army of 50,000. How can you resist him with just the few men you have in East Malaysia?"

"However, I have already informed the general of this matter. I think the general has already arranged for reinforcements to come to Jiapiqiao to help us."

“However, there are only more than 3,000 soldiers in the city now. It will be a big problem to stop Quan Gaisuwen’s attack.”

Compared with big cities like Lincheng, the military forces in small places like Jiapigou and Dongma are naturally far from sufficient.

If they relied on the defense of the city walls, they might be able to hold out for a while against an enemy force of less than 10,000 soldiers and horses. However, facing an attack by an army of 50,000, even if all the old, weak, women and children in the city were called to defend the city, they might not be able to hold out for three days.

Chen Qing's face was grim. He naturally understood the situation he faced in Jiapiqiao, which was not much better than when he was in East Malaysia.

It can even be said that Jiapigou’s current situation is much more difficult than when he was in East Malaysia.

Firstly, when Quan Gaisuwen led his troops to attack Dongma, the Goryeo soldiers still had some fear in their hearts.

It was the shadow left behind after they were defeated by the Tang army and retreated to the ancient mountain city!

The combat effectiveness naturally declined!

Secondly, they were worried that the Dongma had firearms, so they did not dare to fight to the death, fearing that they would be killed by those firearms before they could reach the Tang army.

But things are different now.

After the battle of Dongma, the power of the catapults built by Quan Gaisuwen has been fully revealed, and is second only to their firearms.

After the victory in the East Malaysia battle, the morale of the other side was greatly boosted.

If they attacked Jiapiqiao, Chen Qing believed that the enthusiasm of the soldiers under Quan Gaisuwen would be even greater than when they were in Dongma.

"How many firearms are currently in the city?"

"We still have 200 musketeers, two boxes of ammunition, and only a little over 100 bombs."

Liang Yunfeng sighed, "It's okay to resist the opponent's attack once or twice, but if we attack and defend for a long time, I'm afraid it won't take long before it's all used up."

"So, these firearms must be used on steel blades."

Chen Qing nodded and said, "Why don't I lead 500 cavalrymen out of the city first, wait for an opportunity, and tie down Quan Gaisuwen's troops."

"inappropriate."

Liang Yunfeng rejected Chen Qing's proposal immediately.

There are not many soldiers and horses in the city. If Chen Qing takes away 500 elite cavalrymen, the defense force in the city will be even weaker.

Second.

Quan Gaisuwen has 50,000 elite soldiers, including 8,000 cavalrymen alone. How much trouble can Chen Qing bring to Quan Gaisuwen by leading 500 elite cavalrymen out of the city?

He even felt that if Quan Gaisuwen saw the appearance of the 500 elite cavalry led by Chen Qing, he would immediately arrange the cavalry to kill all of Chen Qing's 500 men, and then attack Jiapiqiao.

"So we can only passively defend now?"

"That's all!"

Liang Yunfeng sighed, "But I have already ordered people to fortify the city and set traps outside the city."

“Although we cannot stop Quan Gaisuwen’s army from attacking the city, we can at least slow down their attack speed until reinforcements arrive.”

Chen Qing nodded.

At this moment, a soldier ran in with a happy face, "Report, to the two captains, General Guan Mingjiang is leading 5,000 elite soldiers to come to our aid!"

Liang Yunfeng and the other man were overjoyed and stood up suddenly.

"Good good!"

"Reinforcements are coming!"

"I didn't expect General Guan to act so quickly. Jiapiqiao is saved this time!"

"Let's go, let's go meet General Guan!"

Liang Yunfeng and the other man walked out side by side and quickly came to the city gate, where they saw Guan Mingjiang had already led his troops into the city.

"Lieutenants Liang Yunfeng and Chen Qing, please meet General Guan."

"Please stand up, both of you."

Guan Mingjiang smiled and helped Liang Yunfeng and the other two up. He looked at the injury on Chen Qing's shoulder and asked, "Captain Chen, can you continue to defend the city?"

"nature!"

Chen Qing looked serious.

Guan Mingjiang smiled and nodded, "When the general learned of Captain Liang's letter for help, he immediately arranged for me to lead 5,000 troops to rush to the rescue."

"In addition to the 5,000 elite soldiers I lead, there are also some firearms and bombs not far behind us. They will arrive in a moment."

"Good good!"

Liang Yunfeng was delighted. "With the elite troops, weapons and supplies brought by General Guan, we can definitely stop Quan Gaisuwen at Jiapiqiao!"

Guan Mingjiang shook his head, "Not necessarily."

"On my way here, I got some news. It is said that Quan Gaisuwen prepared a lot of siege equipment for this counterattack."

“The reason they were able to conquer East Malaysia so quickly was because they had a wide variety of siege weapons.”

Chen Qing nodded heavily: "General Guan is right. Quan Gaisuwen has at least two hundred catapults. After the battle started, these catapults threw large stones at the Dongma city wall like rain."

"Although the power of these large rocks is not as terrible as bombs, they are still enough to kill the defenders when they fall down!"

"Two hundred catapults?"

Guan Mingjiang was a little surprised.

Just hearing the number, it doesn't seem like a lot, but in actual combat, the deterrent power of two hundred catapults is quite astonishing.

"Correct!"

Chen Qing said again: "According to my observation, Quan Gaisuwen should have more than these two hundred catapults. He should have some siege equipment hidden and not used yet."

Guan Mingjiang's expression became more serious.

If that was the case, the difficulty of stopping Quan Gaisuwen's 50,000 troops with only 8,000 elite soldiers in Jiapiqiao was so great that he was a little scared.

Could it be that we really have to retreat to the birch-bark meadow?
Liang Yunfeng: "General Guan, let's go to the county government office to discuss the matter of defending against the enemy in detail."

Guan Mingjiang nodded and followed Liang Yunfeng to the county government office.

Liang Yunfeng took out the map and described his deployment in full and detail.

Guan Mingjiang frowned and thought. Liang Yunfeng's arrangements were all quite standard. There would be absolutely no problem in dealing with enemies of equal strength. However, dealing with 50,000 enemy troops would be much more difficult.

"I wonder how many firearms General Guan brought with him on this trip?"

Firearms are the point.

Only with enough firearms can we compete with Quan Gaisuwen's catapult.

Guan Mingjiang sighed, "You two don't know that the reason why Quan Gaisuwen suddenly sent troops to counterattack was because the 50,000 elite cavalry of the Sumo tribe moved south."

"After the general learned about this, he immediately arranged for reinforcements and supplies to go to Duofa Yue and Beifuyu City to provide assistance."

"Now I have only brought four boxes of musket ammunition and two hundred bombs."

Ah this...

Liang Yunfeng and Chen Qing looked at each other, and both felt the difficulty of this battle. Without enough firearms, how could they fight against the opponent's catapults?
after all.

Quan Gaisu Wen can obtain things like stones from outside the city in an endless supply, but this is not the case with their firearms and ammunition!

"But you two don't need to panic. The prince has already sent a message and arrived at the Wolf Forest Mountain area."

Seeing Liang Yunfeng and the other man's serious expressions, Guan Mingjiang smiled and said to them in a reassuring tone, "We just need to delay Quan Gaisuwen as long as possible in Jiapigou."

Liang Yunfeng and the other man's eyes lit up: "The prince is leading the troops to help us?"

"Exactly!"

Guan Mingjiang smiled and said, "The prince is personally leading 30,000 troops to come and help us!"

"As long as we can hold Quan Gaisuwen back for a while, the prince's troops will arrive and join forces with us to defeat the enemy."

Liang Yunfeng and the other man breathed a sigh of relief.

But on second thought, if Quan Gai and Su Wen launched a fierce attack on Jiapiqiao and they couldn't hold on, what would they do if Su Chen didn't show up yet?

Guan Mingjiang seemed to see the anxiety in their hearts and said with a smile: "We only need to stop Quan Gaisuwen's army in Jiapiqiao for three days!"

"If the prince's 30,000 troops have not reached Jiapigou within three days, we will withdraw to Huapidianzi."

"The general has led his troops to Huapidianzi and has prepared a strategy to meet the enemy."

it is good!
Liang Yunfeng and the other man were completely relieved.

"Come here, prepare the banquet..."

"Not urgent."

Guan Mingjiang waved his hand to stop Liang Yunfeng, "The most important thing now is to deploy defenses and wait for Quan Gaisu Wen!"

"The general has a point."

……

East Malaysia territory.

A cavalryman rode up to Cheng Chumo and the others quickly and said, "My two lieutenants, we have discovered many Korean spies in the East Horse territory. We may not be able to pass through!"

"Quan Gaisuwen is really fast."

Cheng Chumo and the other person looked at each other.

Dongma has fallen into the hands of Quan Gaisuwen, so he changed his flag. However, he released many spies in the territory of Dongma. This is obviously a precautionary measure in case they suddenly attack from behind!
"Could it be that Quan Gaisuwen knows that we are here to help?"

"impossible."

"We acted so quickly that even if he knew that some of the spies were killed by us, he wouldn't be sure that it was us who came."

"Besides, after we killed these spies, we hurriedly marched all the way here. In terms of time, Quan Gaisuwen should not know that we have arrived in the territory of Dongma."

Cheng Chumo felt that Yuchi Baolin's explanation was very likely.

just.

The territory of Dongma is full of Quan Gaisuwen's spies. If they want to reach Jiapiqiao quickly, they can only take a detour.

After the two of them discussed it, they immediately ordered, "The entire army should rest on the spot and send a message to the prince to ask whether we should take a detour."

soon.

The cavalrymen under the orders of Cheng Chumo and the others came to the rear and found Su Chen.

"Your Majesty, the East Horse has changed its flag and has many spies. If our army passes through, they will discover our whereabouts. The two lieutenants ordered me to come and ask Your Majesty whether we should take a detour."

Are there many spies in East Malaysia?

So, Jiapiqiao has not been lost yet...

Su Chen secretly speculated, if Jiapiqiao was lost, why would Quan Gai Su Wen be so nervous?

Thinking of the message sent by Zhishisili, Su Chen's mouth curled up slightly.

“Take a detour!”

"Tell Cheng Chumo and the other two not to alert the enemy and attract the attention of Quan Gaisuwen."

"Send a message to the commander of Jiapigou. If they can't hold out, lead them to Huapidianzi!"

"I am going to catch the turtle in the jar!"

"Yes!"

Whether it is Huapidianzi or Jiapiqiao, the terrain of this area is rugged and winding because of Changbai Mountain.

Once Quan Gaisuwen fell into the trap, captured Jiapiqiao, and marched into Huapidianzi, they would have the opportunity to use the power of the bombs to bury all of Quan Gaisuwen's 50,000 troops here.

Without the assistance of Quan Gaisuwen's 50,000 troops, the 50,000 elite cavalry of the Sumo tribe would be unable to hold on alone!

Chang'an!

A cavalryman rode his horse at full speed and rushed towards the palace.

What was different from before was that this time the cavalry did not shout "victory", but rather "urgent report, urgent report!"

Many people who had been waiting for news of victory from Goryeo began to worry about the situation in Goryeo after hearing the urgent news.

Could it be that in addition to the unexpected events in Goryeo, even the King of Sides could not be controlled?
royal palace.

A eunuch hurried into the hall, "Your Majesty, urgent news from Goryeo."

For a moment, the eyes of all civil and military officials fell on the eunuch.

Urgent news from Goryeo!

What happened in Goryeo?
"read."

Li Chengqian had a blank expression on his face.

"Qiqi Zhongxiang of the Sumo tribe of the Mohe reached a cooperation with Quan Gaisuwen and led 50,000 troops southward, successively attacking Duofa Yue and Beifu Yucheng. Except for a few strong cities, a large area of ​​land fell into the hands of the Sumo tribe!"

"Quan Gaisuwen led 50,000 troops to counterattack Dongma. I am short of manpower and am afraid that I may have to withdraw. However, the prince led 30,000 troops from Shunzhou to the north, intending to join forces with me to destroy Quan Gaisuwen together."

This is a good thing!
Everyone frowned in surprise, and someone couldn't help but say, "As long as we kill Quan Gaisuwen, the Sumo tribe of the Mohe will not be a concern."

"That's it."

"Is there something else going on?"

"Keep reading."

"The King of Side by Side has issued an order, ordering the Korean surrendered general Wang Li, the Japanese surrendered general Koizumi Juichiro, and General Liu Rengui to lead a total of 40,000 troops to continue southward to attack Silla and Baekje."

"The two kings of Silla and Baekje conspired to form a 50,000-man coalition army and confronted Generals Wang Li and Koizumi Juichiro in the Han River area..."

Ah this...

Everyone was shocked.

While the situation in Goryeo was deteriorating, Su Chen also arranged for Liu Rengui and others to send troops to Silla and Baekje?
Is Su Chen crazy?
Do we want to go to war with Goryeo, Silla and Baekje at the same time?
and.

Su Chen only has Liu Rengui's elite troops.

Now he has been arranged to go to Silla!

Li Chengqian raised his eyebrows in astonishment and said, "In that case, Su Chen is leading the Goryeo army and conspiring with Zhishisili to encircle and annihilate Quan Gaisuwen's 50,000-man army?"

Isn’t he afraid that these Goryeo soldiers will turn against him?

How dare he?

The eunuch quickly checked and looked up and said, "No, Your Majesty, King Bingjian has another navy under his command, which is 10,000 elite soldiers led by General Zhou Jinlan who set out from Dengzhou."

Li Chengqian: "..."

madman!

After such a long time, his crazy temper hasn't changed.

Just like I wanted to kill him in the first place...

"More troops, more troops must be sent!"

(End of this chapter)