Chapter 5 The Battle of Tianzhu The war between Nanyang and Goguryeo can be described as smooth sailing, but in Tianzhu, the Tang army ran into trouble.
Of course, this trouble did not come from the Gundam Kingdom, in fact, in December, the Gundam Kingdom was captured by the Tang Dynasty, and even the rope of Li Shimin's set of dragon-shaped accessories included the hair contributed by the King of Gundam.
The problem is that so far, Datang has only attacked a Gundam country, and after destroying the Gundam country, Datang directly encountered the biggest force in Tianzhu - the Ring Sun Dynasty.
In the face of the menacing Tang army, he did not blindly carry it, but retreated layer by layer, exchanging space for time, and at the same time clearing the wilderness, destroying or taking away all the materials and food that could be used by the Tang Dynasty along the way.
This move is indeed ruthless enough, Datang entered the territory of the Ring Sun Empire, and immediately found that the previous invincible rapid assault tactics were ineffective, because the Ring Sun Empire did not fight with the Tang Dynasty at all, even if it was occasionally bumped into by the Tang Dynasty, it was all a touch away, and it was not a battle with them.
In the face of this move of the King of the Ring Sun, Datang felt very uncomfortable, and as he entered more and more, the supply line was also stretched very long, and the supplies that were already very difficult to deliver, because of the elongation of the battle line, it was even more difficult, and the road conditions along the way were complicated, and the convoy was often attacked by the natives of the Ring Sun Dynasty, often ten percent of the supplies, and when they were sent to the place, there was not even one percent left.
At the beginning, Liu Hongji, the commander of the three armies, didn't care about this, but when the Tang army reached the first big city they encountered along the way, Wangshe City, they found that it was an empty city, and they immediately understood the plan of the King of the Ring of the Sun.
But he has already hit here, and if he wants to go back, it is impossible, even if he wants to go back, the soldiers under his command are probably not willing to give up this piece of territory, not to mention that even if the soldiers are willing, I am afraid that on the way back, the king of the sun should have already laid out layers of defense lines, and the road back is destined to be bumpy.
For now, there is only one way to stick to Wangshe City and wait for reinforcements - this time, the army of the Tang Dynasty is divided into three parts, the first part is led by Liu Hongji and Xue Rengui, with a total of 100,000 people.
The second road is also 100,000 people, and the commander is Xue Wanche, they have just passed through the Gama wave at this time, and they are about to pass through the Gundam country, if everything goes well, they will be able to join Liu Hongji in half a month at most.
The third road is the road with the largest number of people, there are 500,000 people on this road, but among the 250,000 people, 200,000 are slaves, all of whom are aborigines taken from the South Seas, and the purpose is to build roads, build the best cement roads - at this time, there are no roads in the South Seas, especially in the depths of the tropical rainforest, which are inaccessible to people, and there are only animal paths that can be passed.
But the beast path, as the name suggests, is the road that the beast steps on, and such a road can pass the beast, but it is a bit too small for a large convoy.
Such a road is too low for the Tang army that needs large-scale supplies, not to mention that if you want to rule Tianzhu in the future, the road is inevitable, just take this opportunity to build the road, anyway, there are not many others in the primeval jungle, but there are many kinds of raw materials.
These 200,000 slaves, according to the statistics of the Liyu Division, there is no problem in building a simple cement road from Nanyang to Tianzhu within three months, as for the remaining 50,000 people, they are naturally the army guarding the slaves, and Li Zhen will not use them until they are absolutely necessary.
To get back to the point, on the side of Wangshecheng, Liu Hongji stopped and waited for help, and Xue Rengui also agreed to this resolution, because Wangshecheng at this time was a little too far away from the rear.
This means that the Tang Dynasty has unknowingly gone deep into the middle of the Ring Sun Empire alone - it is a taboo for soldiers to go deep alone without backup.
However, they also admired the King of the Ring of the Sun even more, because whether it was Liu Hongji or Xue Rengui, they were all famous generals who had been on the battlefield for a long time, according to their experience, it was easy to lure the enemy into the enemy's plan to go deeper, but now under the planning of the King of the Ring Sun, the two of them unknowingly fell into the plan, and they deserved to be the king of the unification of the North Tianzhu, which was really not simple.
On the side of the Ring Sun Empire, the King of the Ring of the Sun saw that the Tang Dynasty had stopped, and immediately realized that his plan had been discovered, but fortunately, the plan did not completely fail, although it did not lead the Tang Dynasty to the established location, but the Wangshe City was already quite far away from the Gundam Kingdom.
And he has emptied all the towns in the hundred miles around Wangshe City, destroyed almost everything that can be eaten, and then as long as he cuts off the supply channel of the Tang Dynasty, then these 100,000 troops can only wait to starve to death.
I have to say that the plan of the King of the Ring of the Sun is indeed good, with the hindrance of the Ring of the Sun Empire, Xue Wanche's travel speed has been greatly delayed, and the distance that was originally scheduled to be completed in a month has not yet reached the Wangshe City for twenty days, and in the Wangshe City, the Tang Army led by Liu Hongji has already eaten all the stored grain, and if the reinforcements do not arrive, they will really have to starve to death.
However, the fact is that the closest reinforcement to them is Xue Wanche's 100,000 army, but under the layers of the King of the Ring of the Sun, Xue Wanche wants to break through the defense line and reach the Wangshe City, it will take at least ten days, and after ten days, even if the 100,000 army does not starve to death, I am afraid that it will lose ninety percent of its combat effectiveness - as for letting the army of the Wangshe City return to the army to meet Xue Wanche, this is indeed a good way, the problem is that you have to break through the elite of the Ring Sun Kingdom outside the Wangshe City first.
On the third day when the Tang Dynasty entered Wangshe City, the army that didn't know where it came from actually surrounded Wangshe City tightly - no one knew where this army came from?
I don't know how they lurked under the strict defense of the Tang Dynasty under the Wangshe City.
All they know is that this army is very numerous, with an army of more than a million, and an endless number of elephant soldiers on the periphery to help, even if Liu Hongji can lead an army of 100,000 to break through their blockade, he will have to face the trampling of the crowd.
With so many troops, it is estimated that the King of the Ring Sun also used all the strength of the whole country to set up, that is to say, at this time, the Ring Sun Empire is also very empty, if there is an army at this time to set off from the sea and attack the Ring Sun Dynasty, it is estimated that there will be no obstacles along the way, and it will be able to hit the capital of the Ring Sun Dynasty, Qunu City-It's a pity, all this is just conjecture, this is impossible.