Li Liangzuo picked up the book again and asked Li Bingchang while reading: "Why do you have an opinion?"
Erchen didn't have any opinion.
"Zhuozi come in."
Li Liangzuo suddenly shouted.
After Xiao Zhuozi came in, he saluted Li Liangzuo and said, "Your Majesty is looking for a minion."
"How many guns and guns have been produced by the Firearms Research and Technology Agency recently," Li Bingchang asked Xiao Zhuozi.
Xiao Zhuozi immediately reported to Li Liangzuo: "Your Majesty, there are more than 100 artillery pieces and more than 37,000 guns. ” "All the firearms were handed over to Li Siqi's Anxi Army to be brought to the Western Regions, and as for the manpower used, all the surviving Praetorian Guards were transferred, and the Praetorian Guard Corps was temporarily handed over to Li Qing, the king of Yan, for reorganization, and let him recruit his own soldiers."
Li Liangzuo said: "In addition, the Jiangbei battalion was set up in the Jianghuai region, which consisted of four major regiments of Hebei, Henan, Xu and the Praetorian Guard; Li Qing, the king of Yan, was appointed as the president of Jiangbei Ying, and Li De and Li Ke were appointed as deputy commanders. ” "Yes, the slave receives the order," Xiao Zhuozi immediately received the order.
Li Bingchang left the Qilin Hall in a distraction, what happened just now was too big a blow to Li Bingchang, Li Liangzuo led the Central Plains Parade Envoy and the Jiangbei Battalion President to Yanwang Li Qing, it seems that the rights overlap, but in fact there is no, although the Central Plains Patrol Envoy can also mobilize other legions, but in fact, the duties of the Central Plains Patrol Envoy should be located in Bianliang City, more inclined to civilian duties, and the Jiangbei Battalion Presidential Leader is equivalent to the front-line commander-in-chief, with this right Li Qing commanded the army more handy.
Li Bingchang suddenly found that his prince was not even as good as when he was the king of Jin, at this time Li Bingchang no longer had any military power in his hands, Li Bingchang was probably the only one who could command the 30,000 iron horsemen, after Li Bingchang became the prince, these 30,000 elites were naturally transferred to Guanzhong, but they were not stationed in the imperial capital, but temporarily stationed in the Lantian camp, these 30,000 people have a new title Prince pro-army, belonging to the prince's personal guard, responsible for protecting the safety of the prince when the prince travels.
Without military power, Li Bingchang's position as the crown prince will not be secure, because Li Bingchang's rights come entirely from the Xia Emperor Li Liangzuo, as long as Li Liangzuo says a word, these rights Li Liangzuo can be easily withdrawn, and Li Bingchang is not irreplaceable, and Li Qing is the best candidate for the Central Plains Tour.
After such a long time of preparation, the Great Song Dynasty once again concentrated hundreds of thousands of troops in Huainan, and this time the Great Song Dynasty strengthened the important cities in Huainan, regardless of the large number of missiles, and there are also heavy catapults, the range of this heavy catapult is comparable to the Xia army's cannons, and more importantly, the Great Song Dynasty also has a powerful naval division, mainly Jiangnan naval division, it is basically impossible for the Xia army to cross the Yangtze River.
At this time, the entire Western Regions was in flames of war, and the Seljuk 600,000 troops launched an attack on the Great Xia Empire in two ways, of which 400,000 troops attacked Tiemen Pass, and 200,000 troops attacked the border cities, the two armies have been fighting for half a month, and the siege of the Serbian army has not stopped.
The iron gate is closed, and fierce fighting is going on.
Li Yi, the protector of Anxi Dadu, personally sat in Tiemen Pass to command the battle, and "boom, boom, boom" the huge stones thrown by the Serbian army with the return cannon made the entire Tiemen Pass shake the ground; Li Yi braved the fire of battle to come to the city wall and asked the generals defending the city: "How is the battle going?"
"Marshal, the offensive of the Serbian army is very fierce, either big stones or fierce fire oil, and our army has suffered heavy losses."
The guard general said to Li Yi: "The real strength of the Serbian army is the return artillery, we must knock out the return artillery, otherwise we will not be able to hold the iron gate pass at all, the commander will use artillery."
Li Yi observed the formation of the Serbian army with a telescope and said: "Who is the commander of the Serbian army on the opposite side?"
"Marshal, it has been found out that Xue Qiaoe, the crown prince of the Seljuk Empire, personally led the army, assisted by the veteran Mehhat."
The guard general said to Li Yi.
Li Yi nodded and said: "This Mehhardt commander has some skills after fighting him, and he has ordered all the artillery, return artillery and missiles to be prepared, and the target is the Seljuk army." ” "Yes, follow the orders of the commander," the general immediately ordered.
On the other side, Xue Qiao and Mehhat were commanding a large army to attack the city, and Mehat said to Xue Qiaoe: "Your Royal Highness, the warriors' swords have been sharpened enough, when will we attack the Iron Gate Pass." ” Xue Qiaohe said to Mehhat: "Old general, the Iron Gate Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and rashly attacking our army is bound to suffer huge losses, according to the prince Ben, after the opponent's city pass is collapsed with the return cannon, our army will attack again with half the effort, the prince has obtained accurate information, the Xia army does not have many soldiers and horses in the Western Regions at all, as long as we rush into the pass, the entire Western Regions will be ours." ” "But His Royal Highness the Prince, our army has traveled a long distance, and the logistics and grain are unsustainable, and the longer the war drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for our army."
Mehhat reminded Shecio.
After all, most of the grain and grass of the Serbian army are transported from the two river valleys in the Baghdad area, although grain can also be produced in the area of Termi, but after all, the quantity is limited, and it is still very difficult to supply 600,000 troops, and the transportation of grain and grass from Baghdad here has to cross the Iranian plateau.
"When there is not enough food and grass, I will ask for it from the Segani Dynasty."
Xue Qiaohe said to Mehhat: "Old general, you should understand that the warriors of my Seljuk Empire cannot afford to lose too much, in order to build these large armies, my father's efforts have been exhausted, and this prince cannot suffer huge losses for our army before entering the Western Regions." ” "Yes, Lao Chen understands."
Mehhart said.
Although the Segani Dynasty is an independent dynasty, but these years under the blow of the Serbian army has become a vassal of the Serbian army, although there is a desire to resist, but how can the strength be poor can only obey, in order to save their own country, in fact, the situation of the Seljuk Empire is very complicated, there are many ethnic groups in the country, the reason why the Seljuk Empire can have such a large territory today is entirely because the Seljuk Turks have a strong force, suppressing other ethnic groups, In fact, the Seljuk Empire was like a group of countless states, and without a strong central control, it would immediately become a mess.
Therefore, for the Serbian army, the ultimate thing is to preserve its strength, if the 600,000 army is also finished, then the Seljuk Empire will not be far from collapse; After so many years of getting along, Li Yi also knows this, so Li Yi is not in a hurry to fight a decisive battle with the Serbian army, Li Yi intends to rely on the city wall of the Iron Gate Pass and the sharp artillery fire to inflict strong damage on the Serbian army, and completely cripple the Serbian army.
"Your Excellency, the cannons have been prepared."
The guards came to the city wall to report.
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