Chapter 6: The Battle of Tianzhu (2) Li Zhen attacked Tianzhu this time, and only sent a total of 250,000 troops, even so, he had almost transferred all the elites from Nanyang to Lingnan, and there was no army in Nanyang except for Hou Junji's more than 100,000 troops.
That is to say, although Tianzhu is empty inside, Lingnan is also strong outside and middle-class, and the defense is certainly more than enough, but if you want to send more people to support the front line, unless you transfer troops from elsewhere in Datang, Lingnan here really can't mobilize a single soldier - unless the young army is transferred to Tianzhu.
But not to mention that the young army Li Zhen has another important use, let's just say that Lingnan is too far away from Tianzhu, even if you set off now and arrive at Tianzhu by sea boat, it will take at least twenty days to have a smooth sail, but in twenty days, the daylilies are cold.
Another method is to transfer troops from Tubo in western Tibet to rescue Liu Hongji, which is adjacent to the Jieri Dynasty and is the rear of the Jieri Dynasty, which seems to be a good method, but in fact the feasibility is too low.
Not to mention the complex terrain of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, just the Himalayan mountain range between western Tibet and Tianzhu is enough to make everyone desperate - a small force of soldiers and horses may be able to do it, but a large number of troops want to cross the Himalayas, and in the current conditions, one can only say hehe.
The battle situation in Tianzhu fell into a crisis, 100,000 troops were trapped in Wangshe City, and they were about to be wiped out, even Li Zhen was a little desperate, because he really couldn't see the slightest hope of victory for the Tang Dynasty, at this time, even if he killed Liu Hongji, it would be useless.
At this time, the Tianzhu war situation also spread with the spread of some well-intentioned people, so that the world was in a hurry, and the people were naturally worried about King Yue, but some scholars were proud, and Li Zhen was all kinds of cynicism, as for the enemies behind the scenes, they all showed a good look at the show, and even the small movements in their hands slowed down a lot, just waiting to see Li Zhen After the fiasco, what face does he have to inherit the crown prince?
But!
But!
But!
But at this critical juncture, seeing that the 100,000-strong army was about to be wiped out, Li Zhen was defeated, and he could not win the crown prince for at least three years......
However, at this critical juncture, the million-strong army outside the city retreated......
They actually evacuated a full 500,000 people—and these 500,000 people were the elite of the elite, and those who remained outside the palace were only some people, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, but the real 500,000 elites all hurried to the north overnight......
This is a change that no one expected, and no one knows what the reason is that the soldiers of the Empire will give up this low-hanging fruit.
However, I don't know the reason, but as the commander of the first army, especially his own army is in a desperate situation, Liu Hongji will not give up such an opportunity.
Because this is their only chance, even if in the end he finds out that this is a conspiracy of the Ring Sun Empire, and the Tang Dynasty is about to be wiped out, he will admit it. 100,000 people ate the last ration of the day, and their morale and combat strength were restored to their peak, and the walls of the city were collapsed in the artillery fire, and the 100,000 troops stepped over the wreckage of the city walls and rushed towards the army outside the city.
As I said before, Tianzhu's elite here is only 500,000, and they have all been assembled and driven to the north, leaving only 500,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people left in place - perhaps in the mind of the King of the Ring Sun, even if these 500,000 old, weak, sick and disabled, it should be no problem to watch the 100,000 Tang army.
Because he had done such a thing before, when he was fighting against the Shalouqi Dynasty, he once used 100,000 old, weak, sick and disabled to defeat the 30,000 elite army of the Zalouqi Dynasty Buluo Jisha II, although the battle against the Shalouqi Dynasty finally failed, but this does not deny the command art of the King of the Ring.
In his opinion, no matter how powerful Datang is, 500,000 old, weak, sick and disabled may not be able to beat Datang, but there should be no problem to watch them.
But the king of the ring forgot that the Tang Dynasty was not the dynasty of Shalouqi, and the Tang army was not the so-called elite army of Buluo Jishe II, 100,000 elite Tang Dynasty, with sophisticated equipment, terrifying thermal weapons, and high fighting spirit & amp; …… Not to mention the 500,000 old, weak, sick and disabled of such an army, even if it is coupled with the previous 500,000 elites, if it is really a death battle, it will not be able to prevent the surprise attack of Datang at all.
It's just that in this way, Datang's losses will be very serious, and it is likely that one of the 100,000 elites will not survive.
But in the face of people who have fallen into a desperate situation, it is better to fight to the death than to starve to death.
In fact, even if these 500,000 elite troops do not withdraw, in two more days, Datang's supplies are completely exhausted, and they will rush out to fight for their lives with the army of the Ring Sun.
Who knew that at this time, the Japanese army actually retreated, leaving only 500,000 old, weak, sick and disabled.
That's a lot easier.
Under the roar of the Tang Dynasty's artillery fire, half of the 500,000 people bombed the battalion at that time, and the remaining half were also panicked, and then ......
Datang rushed out......
By the way, a lot of food supplies were grabbed - in terms of quantity, there was no need to worry about food for at least three months.
The 100,000 Tang Dynasty army killed and dispersed the 500,000 army of the Ring Sun, and then killed it back along the same route.
At this time, Xue Wanche had already broken through the three lines of defense of the Ring Sun Dynasty, but he was blocked in front of the fourth line of defense.
Because the fourth line of defense is called Zhenmen Pass - of course, this name was given by Tang Jun himself, as for the original Tianzhu name, it is too verbose and obscure, who will have nothing to remember this?
All of them have such a name, because this defense line is built in the middle of two mountains, the two mountains are almost vertical, up to a thousand feet, the middle is only about ten zhang, like a portal, the slope in front of the mountain is almost inclined at an angle of 30 degrees, and the slope height has reached more than 100 zhang, that is, 300 meters high - 30 degrees of slope, 300 meters high, that is to say, the slope length is at least 500 meters (this is still a straight line distance), plus the width is only 30 meters......
Such a place is definitely easy to defend and difficult to attack.
It is true that Xue Wanche has led his army to attack five times, but often before he can reach the pass, he is smashed down by the rolling wood and stones on the mountain.
Now Xue Wanche is trying to find a way to dig and advance, hoping to push the army to the front of the pass through the way of soil work.
You just need to push it to the front of the defense line, and the rest will be easy to do - the pass of the Ring Sun Empire is built temporarily, and the material is just the most ordinary earth and stone structure, and only one explosive package is needed to blow the entire pass to pieces.
It's just that in this way, the speed will inevitably be greatly reduced, and I just hope that when I arrive, Liu Hongji will survive.