After finishing this chapter, there are still ninety-eight chapters "Dashuai, Xiazhou has won" The yamen commanded Cui Yan to arrive in stride and report to Li Chao.
Li Chao, who was looking through the reports, listened, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"To be honest, I wasn't surprised at all to hear the news.
Gorou, tell me about the specific results of the Cheng Demon King, and there is not much damage."
As the first envoy of the Tang Dynasty with real power, or the envoy with the title of Pingzhang, Li Chao has many new measures of his own in Lingzhou, including many changes of his own to the army of Shuofang Town.
For example, Shuofang Town now has 80,000 soldiers and horses.
Moreover, Li Chao reorganized the 80,000 soldiers on Shuofang Town's account according to the needs of wartime. 80,000 people, 50,000 government soldiers, 30,000 militia groups.
In addition, the wartime establishment was not the original corps barracks team group, but changed to town, box, army, battalion, capital, team, gang, and army.
A group of ten people, a team of fifty.
One city of 100 people, one battalion of five capitals.
One army and three battalions, one compartment and three armies.
It is neither a complete three-three establishment nor a complete five-five establishment.
One hundred men, one battalion five hundred, one army fifteen hundred, one compartment four thousand five hundred.
The establishment of the army and the chamber has become smaller, and Li Chao, who is the envoy of the festival, commands 80,000 soldiers alone, but the soldiers and horses of the chamber at his next level are at most 4,500 people.
This adjustment made Liu Cheng and Liang Luoren, the two chamber soldiers and horses, instantly reduce the number of soldiers in their hands by more than half, and Li Chao took advantage of the situation to appoint a few more chambers from among the generals, build a few more chambers, and disperse the authority of the two.
At the same time, Li Chao expanded his own tooth soldiers.
It was originally 2,000, but now it has been directly expanded into a compartment, with 4,500 people, and the number has more than doubled.
The tooth soldiers are now in three armies, Su Dingfang concurrently serves as the commander of the Yanei Du, and Cheng Chumo, Niu Jianhu, Li Gan, Wei Chi Baolin, and Cui Yan respectively serve as the commander of the Yanei and the Marquis of Yanei, respectively, leading the expanded Ya soldiers.
"Back to the marshal, Cheng and Liang soldiers and horses fought with the Yanzhou defenders, killed more than 300 enemies, defeated the other party, and then surrendered Yanzhou.
Our army only suffered dozens of casualties, and they were all under the command of Liang's soldiers and horses.
Cui Yanei said with a smile.
Although Liang Luoren's subordinates are now part of the Shuofang Tang Army, in fact, even Cui Yan and them usually divide the two sides very clearly.
"Good."
There was no damage to the soldiers and horses, which was expected, but Li Chao was still very happy to really get such a good news.
Yanzhou is next to Lingzhou.
Like Lingzhou, half of the land is inside the Great Wall and half is outside the Great Wall.
At that time, Yang Guang sent many strong men to build the Great Wall, that is, from Lingwu to Hengshan in Suizhou.
This section of the Great Wall, which is hundreds of miles, is connected to the Great Wall from the east of the river.
Biguan, Hequ, Shenmu, Yulin, Hengshan, Jingbian, Dingbian.
This Great Wall is connected to Lingzhou to the west, and then along Helan Mountain to the west, to Lanzhou, Liangzhou, and to Hexi.
Dingbian, also called Wuyuan at this time, is the state city of Yanzhou.
In fact, the route built by the Great Wall was built along the edge of the Ordos Plateau, with the Plateau to the north and the Hengshan Mountains to the south.
Inside the Great Wall, there is an agricultural area, and outside the Great Wall is basically an arid area, that is, a pastoral area.
To the north of Yanzhou, there are Gobi, deserts, and saline-alkali land, and it is impossible to cultivate at all.
However, to the north of Wuyuan, beyond this barren land of 800 miles, it is the incomparably rich Dongtao Plain.
Lingyan Xia Yinsheng, which is a few states on the southern edge of the plateau.
It is also the border of the Great Wall, and these places are very important and condescending in the military geography.
If Li Chao can take these states, then the Turks will have no foothold in the south of the mesa.
The Ordos Plateau, which is 800 miles away, is a barren land, but it is not easy to enter.
Without these footholds in the south, there would be only two ways for the Turks to enter Guanzhong when they went south.
The first is to capture Lingzhou, break the Xiao Pass along the Yellow River, and enter the pass from the Jing River Valley.
Either go down the Yellow River, break through Yinzhou, enter Suizhou Yanzhou, and invade from the northeast of Chang'an.
But no matter which way you go, this makes the Tang Dynasty's offensive route against the Turks traceable, and it can be predicted early on.
From defending the whole line to guarding only two openings, this wireless line is much easier, and the deployment of troops is also much more abundant.
Hold the defense line of the East and West Great Wall from Lingzhou to Yinzhou, and if the 800-mile Great Wall is held, then the northern plateau of Guanzhong will also be held.
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The remaining two openings can be focused on defense, and if you have the strength, you can also block these two openings together.
From Lingwu to the west through Huizhou, Lanzhou, until Liangzhou.
From Yinzhou to the northeast, through Shengzhou, directly connected to the Shuozhou pass in the east of the river.
Even the east and west sides can continue to be extended, stretching the Great Wall defense line longer.
Occupy these footholds on the southern edge of the platform, and the 800-mile platform is the best defense.
The Turks could only attack along the Yellow River, from the east and west.
Now, Li Chao only needs to wait for news from Wei Chi Gong and Liu Gan.
As long as Wei Chigong takes down Yinzhou, and there is Wei Chigong, a fierce general, to guard the east entrance, Shuofang Town will be erected.
Even if the front and back sets of the East Plain are still in the hands of the Turks, and Shengzhou is still in their hands, it doesn't matter, they can slowly take it in the future.
By this time it was already April.
The weather warmed up, Li Chao stretched his waist, the early summer wind was really sleepy.
In the next few days, good news reached Lingzhou almost every day.
Cheng Biting Jin's Liang Luoren went well, and after encountering a little resistance in Yanzhou, it went smoothly after that.
Broke Yanzhou, captured Xiazhou, and went north to take Youzhou.
In fact, there were no people in these states in the first place, and they were not a wealthy place, and most of the soldiers and horses were transferred to Lingzhou.
There is also Liang Luoren, the leading party, except for a small number of people who fled north to join the Turks, most places are looking at the wind.
Wei Chigong and Liu Gan were also progressing smoothly on the northern Shaanxi Plateau.
The area of Yansui is the base camp of the Jihu people, with Liu Gan leading the way, Yan, Sui, and Yin, all the way like a bamboo.
Li Chao sat in front of the sand table of his festival hall, and smiled and planted a small red flag at the location of Yincheng in the south of Shengzhou in the north of Yinzhou.
Silver City, that is, the Divine Tree of the later generations.
"General Wei Chi asked his subordinates to report to the marshal, and he didn't plan to stop if he didn't plan to take Yinzhou.
He wanted to fight all the way to the east bank of the Yellow River and to Hequ County. ” Li Chao smiled and shook his head.
The meanders of the river are already very close to the famous pass of the Great Wall.
In fact, Hequ County is on the east bank of the Yellow River, that is, in Hedong, in Shanxi in later generations, and now in Shuozhou, Hedong.
In the current Hedong region, the actual line of control between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks is the southern border line of Shuozhou.
The partial pass and the river meanders are just south of this border line, and on this line, the Great Wall runs from the east bank of the Yellow River to the west to Yanmen Pass.
Wei Chigong is even more fierce than Li Chao.
Li Chao still only thinks about hitting Yinzhou and stopping first.
But Wei Chigong was already preparing to fight to the opposite side of the river, which meant to connect with the Great Wall defense line in the east of the river, and to take down the Great Wall in the north of Guanzhong.
The Great Wall from Lingzhou to Yinzhou is 800 miles, and from Yinzhou to the other side of the river, it is another 500 miles of the Great Wall.
The 1,300-mile Great Wall defense line guards the entire northern part of Guanzhong.
If you can take the southern part of Shengzhou and connect the Great Wall defense line between Guanzhong and Hedong, this is of course the best defense in terms of defense.
However, to the north of Shengzhou, it is the east set of the Hetao Plain, which is very close.
Li Chaoshifeng's Fengzhou is regarded as the Houtao Plain of Dongtao, and the Tumut Plain between Baotou, Hohhot and Rama Bay in later generations, that is, the Eilechuan, is Houtao.
It is now the stronghold of the Turks.
Since the defeat of the Qimin Khan and defection to the Sui Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty resettled the Daibei to Qimin.
The Eastern Turks have always regarded this place as their new Khan's court, and the old Khan's court in Mobei has not gone.
To the south of Yinshan Mountain, the Ele River, that is, the Hohhot Plain, is now the Khan court and base camp of the Eastern Turks.
From the meanders of the river to the court of the Turkic Khan, it is only 400 miles.
If you retreat to Yinzhou, it will increase the distance by 500 miles, and in terms of defense, it will be safer.
After all, the closer the distance, the stronger the attack must be.
It's just that Wei Chigong is so brave, which is actually what Li Chao expected.
In his heart, he didn't want to borrow Wei Chigong's hand to connect Guanzhong with the Great Wall defense line in Hedong.
However, Wei Chigong and Liu Gan only brought 3,000 people each, and it was not easy for 6,000 people to defend this opening under the noses of the Turks.
"Please come to Mr.
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Guo and Mr.
Li" Guo Xiaoke and Li Junxian came when they heard the order.
"Da Shuai, I heard that Da Lao Hei didn't listen to military orders, he was greedy for merit, and he wanted to beat him to the river meander" Guo Xiaoke said with a smile as soon as he came in, "Do you want me to go to Shengzhou and arrest Da Lao Hei back and spank him" Li Chao shook his head, "There is no turning back when opening the bow, and the matter of not obeying military orders can be counted back, but now we must keep those six thousand soldiers and horses."
The information I have received seems to have given the Turks little attention to our attack, which is unexpected good news.
I think we need to adjust our strategy and let Lao Hei win the state.
If it can really be connected to the Great Wall defense line in Hedong, although it will be closer to the Turkic lair, the overall defense will be better. ” "There is General Li Jing to guard the east of the river, and he will definitely not sit idly by and watch our side being beaten by the Turks.
Therefore, I intend to ask the two of you to go to the reinforcements of General Wei Chi in one of their own units.
At that time, you will see the situation for yourself, and if the situation is good, you will fight up to the south of Shengzhou, control the line of the Great Wall, and connect it with the east side of the river.
If the situation is not good, they will withdraw to Yincheng, or even directly withdraw to Yinzhou.
Let's stretch the distance and let the Turks fight south. ” One compartment is four thousand five, and each rate is one compartment, that is, nine thousand troops are divided to go to reinforcements, plus the original six thousand, that is ten thousand fifteen.
"I immediately sent a letter to General Wei Chi, informing them of this adjustment, and delegating authority to him and Liu Gan to replenish another 3,000 men from the surrendered army.
In this way, there would be four carriages on the east side, and 18,000 people.
I believe that with your four generals, plus these 18,000 people, and the support of General Li Jing of Hedong at any time, you should be able to hold on. ” Four generals of the eastern lieutenant Chi Gong, 18,000 soldiers.
In the middle of the city, Cheng Biting Jin, Liang Luoren, and Niu Jinda each had a box, and there were 13,005 soldiers.
Li Chao personally guarded the Xitao Plain, guarding the most difficult section to defend, not only to guard against the Turks who were going south from the direction of Fengzhou, but also to guard against the Turks from the northwest of Helan Mountain, and even against the enemy troops that might appear from the direction of Lanhui in the west.
Li Chao personally led 50,000 people to guard this plain and guard this gap in the Great Wall of East and West.
Not only do you have to guard against landing, but you also have to guard against coming from the water.
From Lingzhou to the Turkic Khan's court, this section of the Yellow River, which is more than 1,000 miles, is very suitable for shipping.
Perhaps, it is time to start building a sailor.
Li Chao remembered that there were many records of transporting grain and troops by ship here in history, and the most time, someone even built 300 warships to cooperate with the land attack.
Shuofang Sailor, why does it always sound a little disobedient, but it is not as natural as the Yangtze River Sailor.
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