Cen Changqian's analysis, incisive and sophisticated, pointed to the core of the current situation, can be described as the strategy of the old Cheng to seek the country, and the prime ministers were convinced, and even the Empress Wu nodded frequently.
The Eastern Turks led 200,000 iron cavalry to the border of the Eastern Turks, and the northern frontier of the Tang Dynasty was full of war and devastation.
And Tubo also echoed with Mo Si from afar, Chen soldiers more than 100,000, eyeing Anxi, and the Western Turkic Khan Hu Sero took advantage of the fire to rob, as soon as he opened his mouth, he was 2 million stone of grain, and if he disagreed, he would raise troops to take it by himself.
There are wolves in the north of Xinjiang, Anxi is eyeing the tiger, the current situation is very difficult in the northwest of the Tang Dynasty, the slightest carelessness will affect the land of Guanzhong, thus shaking the national capital of the Tang Dynasty.
At present, Datang does not have the strength to fight on both sides at the same time, so he can only make a choice from it.
Cen Changqian's suggestion was to fight a decisive battle with Mosi in the northern Xinjiang, while the land of Anxi would take a defensive position, pacify the Western Turks with name and profit, retreat all the way to Husero, and then drag Tubo to retreat without a fight when the snow fell.
After further discussion between Empress Wu and the prime ministers, she immediately ordered Shangguan Wan'er to write down several decrees, and made a decision on sending troops to Shuozhou and the situation in Anxi.
Empress Wu generally listened to Cen Changqian's suggestions, but she still had selfish intentions in the specific candidates, and she was not completely led by the prime ministers.
The veteran general Shazha Zhongyi was the general manager of the Shuofang marching army, the governor of Shuozhou, and led 100,000 troops out of Shuozhou, seeking a decisive battle with the Turks and waiting for an opportunity to regain the lost territory.
Tang Xiujing, the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, sent an envoy to the Western Turks, and crowned the ten Khans of the Western Turks, Hu Seluo, as the great Khan of the past and the great Khan, Mengchi Duhu, and the king of Simon County, and gave the ten surnames of the Western Turks one million stones of grain and ten thousand horses of silk cloth.
As for the four towns of Anxi, there were originally 100,000 soldiers, but because Anxi was far away from Guanzhong, it was extremely difficult to transport grain and grass, so when Heiya Changzhi returned to the dynasty, he brought back more than 70,000 soldiers and horses, leaving only 24,000 men and horses for Lou Shide.
Therefore, the Empress Wu ordered Lou Shide to be the protector of Anxi, add the champion general, control the military affairs of the four towns of Anxi, the ambassador of Anxi Tuntian, the commander-in-chief of Anxi military and political affairs, and the front was responsible for resisting the invasion of Tibet.
At the same time, he also ordered Li Jingzhi to be the general of Yunlu, the deputy capital protector of Anxi, and the leading envoy of the Khotanese army, leading 20,000 troops and horses to support Anxi, and assisting Lou Shide to defend the four towns of Anxi.
In this way, the 24,000 soldiers and horses in Lou Shide's hands, plus the 20,000 reinforcements brought by Li Jingzhi, there are only 44,000 soldiers and horses in the entire Anxi, which sounds like a lot of people, but for the huge Anxi, it still seems to be overstretched and the soldiers are seriously insufficient.
Even if Tang Xiujing lived up to expectations and stabilized the Western Turks, just facing the menacing Tubo army and his family, it would be enough for Lou Shide to drink a pot.
The Zhuzai was puzzled by the arrangement of the Empress Wu, although the two armies of Wu Sansi and Sha Zha Zhongyi occupied a total of nearly 300,000 horses, which caused a shortage of the standing forces of the Tang Dynasty, and almost half of the standing forces near Gyeonggi were drained.
However, nervousness is tension, the territory of the Tang Dynasty is vast, the population is large, and there are many military troops near Gyeonggi, so it is impossible to squeeze out 50,000 or 60,000 horses, why did Empress Wu only give Li Jingzhi 20,000 Before the prime ministers could raise questions, Empress Wu asked Shangguan Wan'er to write a will, ordering Wang Xiaojie to be the head of the Wuwei Army, control the military envoys of Longyou, and lead 100,000 troops to garrison Shazhou in response to the changes in Anxi.
Which one is this singing?
The prime ministers looked sideways, not understanding why Empress Wu was so disposed of Looking at Empress Wu's posture, he had the intention of giving up the four towns of Anxi.
They didn't know that Yunzhou had fallen, the 120,000 army had been wiped out, and even the main general Wu Yizong, the governor of Yunzhou, had been captured by Mo Si, and Shuozhou Although Shuofang Qin Huaiyu has not yet been reported, he no longer has illusions about it in the heart of the Empress Wu.
The two states of Yunshuo and the border cities have all been broken by the Turks, and a Shuo side with only 12,000 defenders can be spared The situation in the north has been eroded, and the flames of war have burned near the northern capital Taiyuan, threatening the divine capital.
It is the most important thing to send troops to the north to block the Mo Si army in the desert, and the four towns of Anxi, compared to Mo Si, are just a disease of scabies, even if Lou Shide can't hold it, and Longyou can be used as a barrier, the Tubo people can't threaten the Shendu at all.
It is clear which is more important at a glance, and it is not difficult for the Empress Wu to make a trade-off.
Regarding the doubts of the prime ministers, Empress Wu did not plan to explain them to them.
The death of Yunzhou is not only a shame for Wu Yizong, but also a shame for this martial artist, who can only knock out his front teeth and swallow it, and cannot talk to outsiders.
Shangguan Wan'er wrote the holy decree and used the seal, and the prime ministers originally wanted to give Li Jingzhi and Lou Shide more soldiers and horses, but when they saw the iron face of the martial queen, they chose to shut up one by one, and stamped the flower and seal under the door of the Chinese book.
Without further ado, the chamberlain who carried the decree went to the military department with the holy decree, the edict and the turtle talisman and the decree to Tang Xiujing, Sha Zha Zhongyi, Wang Xiaojie and Li Jingzhi in Beijing, and the government affairs hall, the household department, the military department and other relevant departments then entered the high-speed operation mode, fully mobilized troops and horses, raised money and food, and did not dare to delay this biggest war since the Battle of Yinshan.
This time, the four-way army was dispatched at the same time, with a total of more than 400,000 soldiers and horses, if all the soldiers and horses of the two capitals were mobilized, then the forbidden army of the two capitals would be almost withdrawn, and the capital of the Tang Dynasty would become an undefended city.
This is naturally impossible, and the Empress Wu will never put her lair in danger.
The military armament of the Tang Dynasty has always been heavy on the two capitals and light on the place, the sixteen guards of the South Ya plus the forbidden army of the North Ya are almost 500,000, all of them are gathered in the land of the two capitals, and Chang'an and Shendu are like iron buckets, and now although the north is critical, it is impossible for the Empress Wu to relax the defense of the Shendu.
At the critical moment when she is seizing the highest power, if all the forbidden troops of the Shendu are transferred away, causing the defense of the Shendu to be empty, in case those remnants of the Li Tang clan who are not dead in their hearts come to the side of the king of the army and the king of Qing, wouldn't it cost her her old life Therefore, only half of the more than 400,000 troops were drawn from the two capitals, that is, 200,000, and the rest of the soldiers and horses would be collected from the surrounding provinces of Zhechong.
The convening of the 200,000 army is not something that can be completed in a moment and a half, and the war has priorities, so Wu Sansi got the moon first, and Xue Huaiyi and Heizhi Changzhi took the 120,000 forbidden army on the road first, and the rest of the soldiers and horses will converge in Hedong Road and Taiyuan, the northern capital, and then go to Yunzhou together to save Wu Yizong.
As for the other roads, they can only lead tens of thousands of forbidden troops to open Chang'an first, and then join the soldiers and horses of Jiannan Road, Guannei Road and other places, and then go to Shuozhou, Longyou and Anxi, the itinerary is naturally not comparable with Wu Sansi, which is relatively much more difficult.
However, after the martial arts, no matter how difficult it is, there is no way out.
Retreat, that is, death, and advance, there is still a glimmer of life, how to choose, do you need to say: