Li Chao remembers that boxing champion Ali once said that before he punched me in the face, everyone said that they had a perfect strategy.
It wasn't until they were hit hard with a punch and their eyes were full of gold stars that they realized the cruelty of reality at this time.
For the war situation in the north, Li Chao, as the commander, has his overall consideration, and the eldest grandson Wuji, as the commander all the way, also has his ideas, Li Jing, as a general who does not accept the old man, wants to prove to the Turks and the world that his name as the god of war of the Tang Dynasty is not in vain.
Daibei, Mayi.
It is one hundred and eighty miles away from Daizhou.
During the Qin period, the general Meng Tian chased the Xiongnu in the north outside the Yanmen Pass, besieged the city and raised horses, creating the name of Mayi.
During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Ma Yi's conspiracy unveiled the curtain of the Western Han Dynasty's Northern Expedition against the Xiongnu.
In the Sui Dynasty, a large area of land outside Yanmen Pass was under the jurisdiction of Mayi County.
At this time, the Tang Dynasty, the land of Daibei outside Yanmen Pass, was divided into Shuozhou, Yunzhou and Ulzhou further northeast.
From the pre-Qin period to the Sui and Tang dynasties, Mayi has always been a place where nomadic culture and farming culture collided.
As early as the Warring States Period, Qin and Han dynasties, from Yanmen Pass in the south to Kill Tiger Pass in the north, people walked out of a Mayi ancient road, the ancient road extended south and north, forming the Central Plains and the desert, as well as Central Asia, Europe and the main artery.
However, for a long time, Yanmen Pass, in fact, was the northern border of the Central Plains Dynasty in the Hedong region, out of Yanmen Pass, and further north of the northern areas such as Mayi, often could not maintain effective long-term control, and was more of a nomadic grazing land.
The sky was dark, and Li Jing climbed to the top of the city of Mayi.
With a bronze helmet on his head and iron armor, Li Jing patrolled the city with his sword in his hand, his face was frosty, and his gray beard was still stained with frost and ice.
Walking in the head of Mayi City, Li Jing is very familiar.
In the last years of the Great Cause, Li Jing served here for three years as the commander of Mayi County, responsible for the military affairs of the soldiers and horses of the first county.
At that time, Ma Yi Taishou was Wang Rengong, a famous general of the Sui Dynasty.
The more top boss was Li Yuan, who was left behind in Taiyuan at that time.
At the beginning, he found out that Li Yuan was secretly recruiting troops and had the intention of rebellion, so he deliberately pretended to commit a crime, and then asked people to escort him to Chang'an, preparing to go to Jiangdu to see Yang Guang and report Li Yuan's crime of rebellion to the emperor.
That went, only arrived in Chang'an, and then Li Yuan really raised troops and fought all the way to Chang'an, he failed to go to Chengjiangdu, and was almost cut off by Li Yuan, but in the end he had to be saved by Li Shimin's intercession, and since then, he has fought the world for the Li family, and it has been nearly ten years in the blink of an eye.
Mayi is a major city in the north of the Daibei and is the outer barrier of Yanmen Pass.
After he went to Chang'an that year, Taiyuan stayed behind Li Yuan to raise troops and attacked Chang'an all the way, and then soon after, Li Jing's old subordinate, Liu Wuzhou, the Yingyang general of Mayi, raised troops, killed Wang Gongren, captured Mayi, and once went south, almost taking away the foundation of the Li family. 、 After Liu Wuzhou's defeat, his old subordinate Yuan Junzhang retreated to Daibei with the remnants of his army and took refuge with the Turks.
The Turks openly supported the dog, and Yuan Junzhang occupied Mayi as his base camp, and controlled Shuo Yunwei and other northern lands, and has been a lackey of the Turks.
Under the management of Yuan Junzhang, Ma Yi City was stronger and taller than when Li Jing left.
When he was in Mayi, although Mayi City was also relatively lively, it was a rammed earth city.
Keyuan Junzhang to Ma Yi as the nest, carefully operated, several years of construction and reinforcement, at this time Ma Yi City is already a city wall covered with bricks, with stone as the base, about four zhang high, the female wall is seven feet high, the circumference of four miles of solid fortress.
It has four corner towers, twenty-four enemy towers, and there are moon cities outside the east and west gates.
Although Mayi is secluded in a corner, it is really a key point in the borderlands.
And because it is the place where the east of the river must pass through, there were many business travelers here in the past, which made the industry and commerce prosperous.
However, at this time, Mayi has become a large military camp, and there are no ordinary people here except for tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.
Although Li Jing did not retreat to Yanmen according to Li Chao's order, he also understood the importance of Jianbi Qingye, during this time, Li Jing remained in Daibei, in fact, in order to strictly implement the order of Jianbi Qingye.
The original Yuan Junzhang's subordinates in Daibei and Qiantao, as well as the Han people in Dingxiangcheng, the king of Sui, Yang Zhengdao, and the Turkic tribes of the old Qiantao Jieli were persuaded to move to Guannei.
The population moved away, and then everything that could not be taken with them was burned, houses, pasture, food, etc., and the wells were filled.
Li Jing even had some sick cattle and sheep killed and thrown into rivers and lakes.
After Bai Dengshan annihilated 5,000 Khitan forwards, Li Jing withdrew to Mayi with the last group of people, and did not forget to send scout cavalry when he left, lit fires everywhere, and burned a handful of fires in various places in Daibei.
In late autumn, the grass and trees withered, and the fields turned to ashes, and the fire burned for several days and nights, and countless plants and trees turned into black ground.
This is the most ruthless fortified wilderness, and even the grassroots are not left for the Turks.
"How many people haven't entered the customs," Li Jing asked the generals around him.
"General Hui, there are about 100,000 people outside Yanmen Pass now."
"Why are there so many people who haven't entered the customs, Tuli is not far from us."
Li Jing said.
The generals also looked helpless, in the entire Qiantao and Daibei regions, there were so many people, both Han and Turkic, many of these people were unwilling to move south, and in the end they were driven south by force.
Therefore, these people are not happy all the way, they are grinding, and when they arrive in Mayi, they are not active, and they can drag on day by day.
Li Jing knew that many Turkic people actually preferred to stay where they were, Tuli came, Tongye Hu came, they were not afraid, this is the case on the grassland, the strong are respected, since Jieli is defeated, then they will change someone to follow, whether it is Tuli or not Tongye Hu, they will not embarrass them.
However, Li Jing will not leave these people, and keep them for Tong Ye to protect them, which is to strengthen the enemy's power.
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"Send some soldiers and horses over and send them through the border early."
"There are so many people, and they can't pass the pass for a while, after all, the pass also has to be checked, and the weapons of these Turks must be confiscated, they must be registered, etc., and they must prevent any Turkic spies, or prevent these Turks from being double-minded."
A large number of Turkic Jieli tribesmen, as well as many of Yang Guang's grandson Yang Zhengdao's old tribes, and Yuan Junzhang's old tribes, these people did not consider themselves Tang people.
The defenders of Yanmen did not dare to be careless, and they had to carefully register and check everyone who wanted to pass the customs, so the speed of crossing the customs was very slow, causing Li Jing to rush a large number of people to the south, and most of them were still stranded in the more than 100 miles from Yanmen to Mayi at this time.
"Gotta speed up, how long will it take to get through" "With the current situation, even if the speed is accelerated, it will take at least half a month."
Li Jing shook his head, "Half a month is too long, we can't wait so long, and Turki won't be able to wait so long, we can't wait for the Turks to come, there are still so many people outside the Great Wall."
As soon as the Turks arrived, they might turn around and become the Turks' servants.
In this way, some people will be diverted to the building to pass the customs, and some more people will be sent to inspect and speed up. ” One of the subordinates wanted to speak and stopped.
"If you have something to say, if you have a fart, let it go, and twist something."
Li Jing said.
"General, Li Shuai has given us three military orders in a row, let us withdraw into the pass, strictly guard the line of the Great Wall, and not fight with the Turks in the field.
We have repeatedly violated Li Shuai's military orders, and I am afraid that this matter will not be good. ” Several other generals also nodded.
Although Li Chao is young, Li Chao is known as the god of war, and he has many glorious military achievements.
That is known as the invincible god of war, and he has never been defeated so far, especially since he is so young, but he has won the trust of the emperor.
There are so many generals in the court, but the emperor asked Li Chao to be the marshal of the Northern Expedition, which shows the emperor's trust in him.
Although Li Chaoren has not yet reached the northern front, he has ordered the Hedong army and horses three times along the way, asking them to withdraw to Daizhou and hold the Great Wall.
But Li Jing still went his own way, and now listening to Li Jing's meaning, he will continue to stay in Mayi for ten days and half a month, and wait for those people to pass the customs before leaving.
However, intelligence showed that the Turkish forward soldiers and horses were at most three days away from them.
If they don't go, they may be surrounded by Breakthrough in Mayi, although Mayi is strong, but the most important thing is that most of the soldiers and horses in Hedong are here, if Mayi is surrounded, even if the city defense is not lost for a while, but Yanmen Pass It's empty there, what if you break through to surround Mayi and attack Yanmen Pass "I know Li Xiang's strategy very well, but I can't withdraw now, so I will lead 10,000 horses to stay in Mayi, and you will take the rest of the soldiers and horses back, and guard the Yanmen Pass, as well as the Loufu Pass and the Taixi Pass, and never let the Turks cross the Great Wall.
If I stay in Mayi, it can also play a leading role, so that Tuli does not dare to go all out to tackle the problem. ” "General, this is too dangerous, if Tuli besieges the city with all his strength to attack Mayi, the general's 10,000 soldiers will be trapped in the lonely city, and then he will be isolated and helpless, and he will not be able to hold it."
Li Jing stroked his beard and laughed.
"Hahaha, don't worry, although Tuli has a large number of soldiers, if he fights with him in the field on the plain, then he has the upper hand, but if it is said that he is besieging the city, he can't.
There are 10,000 soldiers and horses, and then there is this strong city of Mayi, and there is enough food, grass and equipment in this city, I don't dare to say that it will be guarded for two or three years, but if it is only for a year and a half, I definitely have this confidence.
Besides, I believe that Li Xiang will definitely have a plan to retreat from the enemy at that time, and this battle will not really be fought for a year or two, and at most it will be clear in March or May. ” No matter how his subordinates persuaded him, Li Jing was iron-hearted.
He made up his mind to personally lead his troops and horses to defend Mayi and buy more time for his subordinates to escort the people into the customs.
At the same time, he had to be nailed like a nail outside the Great Wall, so that the Turks could not easily attack the city and knock on the pass.
"General, you go back to Yanmen and let me stay in Mayi."
A group of generals shouted one after another.
"Don't fight anymore, this is this general's order, you can follow the order" "General" "I don't understand the general's military orders" Li Jing's eyes widened, and a group of generals had to shut up.
They know their boss very well, and sometimes, he is more stubborn than a cow, and he can't persuade him at all. t1706231537: