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"Send a letter to the general manager of Qu Tutong, Huaian City, Guizhou, telling them not to stick to it. I have sent three thousand cavalry and ten thousand infantry from Huaihuang to reinforce Huaian and Daning."

After sending all the orders, Yi Feng left the pigeon station.

Liu Wenjing stood behind Yi Feng, "Your Highness, although there are many Turkic people, they are not unable to fight. If we really want to respond negatively, we can't hide it?"

"Hmph." Yi Feng sneered, "I don't believe you can't understand the current situation. This is a slander."

"I am worried that Your Highness will not be able to help it. After all, he holds an elite army, but can only be beaten and not fight back. This will definitely be unpleasant." Liu Wenjing smiled.

"It's not good to be beaten but if we act according to the plan, the enemy will not actually hit us. There are strong cities and dangerous passes. If the Turks want to attack, they will be stupid and uncomfortable. At that time, we can stand on the high city wall and beat them hard." Yi Feng sighed, "Of course, there is no need to be so restricted, but there are always some people who like to play with the silence at critical moments. Since that's the case, we can't be too straightforward and have to keep one move. Otherwise, we will fight with the Turks, and finally others jump out, pick up the cheap, and even take good care of us. In the end, they may not do it well and even clean up together. Do you think this is stupid?"

"Then we suffer this loss?"

"It's not a loss. As long as the war is within the control range, it will still benefit us. The army will always have a battle test. Moreover, through this war, we can further strengthen our control over the 11 prefectures of Youzhou Prefecture."

Liu Wenjing said with some concern, "What if the prince and Gao Bing remained holding their troops and watched the fire from the other side of the river?"

"If that is true, there is nothing to worry about. With our strength, as long as we can't hold on, even though we can't seriously damage the Turks, the Turks can't take any advantage. In the end, they can't capture our city and robbed them in the countryside for a while and they can only retreat. If Gao Yang really dares to keep holding troops and keep moving, they really dare to let the Turks attack us without worries, and even let them leave in the end. Then things are not that simple. What do you think of them at that time? Don't forget that although Gu is the crown prince, he is only the marshal of the Northern Expedition Army. Moreover, our Eastern Army is only responsible for guarding Yan Yun in the previous court plan, and also serves as a reserve support for the Central Army.

It's just strength. The Turks attacked us, but we couldn't stand it. Not only did we have no responsibility, but we acted completely according to the court's plan. As long as we defended it, we would make contributions. Yang Yong and Gao Yang were the marshals and chief ministers of the Northern Expedition Army. Their mission was to defeat the Turks and annihilate their living forces. In the end, they just sat behind and watched the scenery. Let the Turks rage Daibei and finally left, then they would be completely dereliction of duty. Gao Yang did not dare to do this. Yang Yong did not dare to do this. They would all be done. Therefore, I think that Gao Yang's waiting and watching was also timely restricted. As long as we can hold on to this first wave of attack, no matter what, Gao Yang would have to send troops, and they couldn't wait."

Yi Feng sneered and smiled. "At that time, Gao Yang and the others will be forced to go north to fight the Turks. At that time, it will be our turn to watch the show."

When Liu Wenjing saw Yi Feng so confident and relaxed, she couldn't help but be infected. The worries in her heart gradually faded, and she even looked forward to the scene that His Royal Highness the Grand Prince said.

Mayi City.

Gao Yang looked at the letter in his hand and shook his head. This was the thirteenth letter of request for help, and thirteen letters of request for help within a day.

"Pei Ji, are you just enjoying your true colors?"

Pei Ji lowered his hands and stood at the steps, with no expression on his face, "How dare the officials?"

"You dare not? Then you broke into the original headquarters thirteen times in a day, and sent the same letters every time?" Gao Yang asked with the black and white words in his hand.

"The letter was sent by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. The lower official was just a presentation on his behalf. The lower official knew nothing about the content of the letter, but was just doing his duty."

"You!" Gao Feng pressed the anger in his chest, and finally raised his hand, "Get out!"

"The letter from the government has been delivered, so I will leave!" Pei Ji bowed and said withdrew.

He Ruobi looked at Gao Feng with anger, "Prime Minister, the crown prince sent thirteen urgent letters of help within one day, are we?"

"The Turks had not really met Yang Lin, but he had been screaming, just bluffing. Don't worry, wait a little longer." Gao Yang was also upset. Although he said he didn't care, Yi Feng's thirteen letters of help made him feel a little uncomfortable. No matter what, Yang Lin was the crown prince. Although the Eastern Army led by the commander of Yan Yun, he was the chief of the Northern Expedition. Now he is commanding the 250,000 elite army, but he is sitting and watching the Turks robbing the generations.

The North Armour did not move, but this was a big deal. Shaking his head, Gao Yang threw these thoughts out of his mind. Since he had made a decision, he had to persist. Letting the Turks compete with Yang Lin first is not only an opportunity to weaken the strength of Taisun, but also to make the Central Army have a greater chance of winning, so as to defeat the Turks in one fell swoop. He told himself that as long as he could finally achieve a considerable victory this time, then the emperor would understand what he did to Taisun at the moment.

"Send some more explorers to the north to pay close attention to the situation in the north. Once the Taisun and the Turks fight in full swing, we will send troops to the north immediately." Gao Yang finally couldn't help but modify some of the original plans. In the original plan, he was planning to wait for the Turks to fight almost the same, and he would finally get rid of the situation. Now under pressure, he had to decide that when Yang Lin and the Turks fight in full swing, they would go north immediately, and not wait for the best time. He was also worried that the Taisun would suffer too ruthlessly and would fight him to the death.

Guizhou, Huaian City.

Fang Xuanling, the magistrate of Huaian County, also changed into a round-necked shirt and black hat, put on leather armor and bronze helmet, wore a horizontal knife around his waist, and carried a crossbow on his back.

"Eunuch, I heard that the grandson had a flying pigeon sent a letter?" He strode into the governor's mansion and asked the governor Qu Tutong.

"Well. The crown prince let us stick to the two cities of Huaian and Daning."

"But we only have two thousand soldiers. Although we temporarily recruited the young and strong men, we only recruited three thousand. The Turks had 50,000." Fang Xuanling sighed. The young and strong men and soldiers were only 5,000, but the Damans had 50,000, which was the difference between heaven and earth.

Qu Tutong comforted Fang Xuanling and said, "Don't worry too much, Your Highness didn't plan to let us cook with our hands."

"There are reinforcements?"

"Well, Your Highness Li Jing has transferred 3,000 cavalry and 10,000 Huai Wilderness Infantry to immediately come to reinforce the two cities of Huai Wilderness and Daning. We don't have to worry now. With more than 10,000 elite troops, let's fight the Turks with joy!" Qu Tutong's hair turned white these days. Now there are so many reinforcements at once. Although he is still inferior to the number of 50,000 Turks, the difference is not much.

"We also have to strengthen the fortifications and make every effort to prepare."

Yu Wenji was not much optimistic. He was still frightened by the number of 50,000 Turkish cavalry. "Can we defend it when reinforcements come? 13,000 reinforcements still have to guard Daning Pass."

Qu Tutong led a group of officials in Huaian City to the city wall, and there were already some scattered tents of Turkic vanguard scouts in the south of the city.

"We have given up all other territory in Guizhou City and Daning in the future, and Huaian and Daning will never be lost." In the cold wind, Qu Tutong looked firm, "Although Daman commanded 50,000 wolf cubs, if they divided their troops to besiege Huaian City and Daning Pass, then we face only more than 20,000 Turks in each city with Daning Pass. We now have 2,000 defenders and 3,000 young and strong soldiers. If we add 6,000 infantry and cavalry reinforcements, we can reach 10,000 defenders."

"But the Turks are still three times or even more than us."

"Under Huaian City, the Turks could not throw 30,000 people into the city at one time. Besides, the Turks were all cavalry. Although we were mostly young and strong infantry, we had cities to rely on to defend the city to fight. If ten thousand Turks attacked the city, I can even say that we could easily defeat them. If the 30,000 Turks attacked Huaian City day and night, as long as we were united, we could still defend them even if there were sacrifices and casualties."

Fang Xuanling smiled. "If there are ten thousand defenders in Huaian City, there is indeed a lot of hope to defend the city."

Yu Wenji was a little unbelievable, how could 10,000 troops defeat 30,000 Turkic troops? "How did this be calculated?"

Qu Tutong was also a general who had been a long-standing battle back then and had great experience in offensive and defensive operations. Now he explained in detail to Yu Wenhua and his explanations, and also took the opportunity to stabilize the emotions of Huaian officials and generals and enhance their confidence.

"If both sides have equally matched the weapons, morale and generals, and 10,000 defenders have enough wood, bows, arrows and huge rocks, and without shortage of food, they can fight back a round of full-strength attack of 10,000 enemy troops without shortage of food. And if the soldiers defending the city have enough armor defense, the number of soldiers killed in battle can still drop to about 200. If there are sufficient herbs and doctors in the city, after bandage and treatment and rest, 80% of the injured soldiers can even go back to the battlefield. Even if the enemy troops continue to attack at any cost, they will suffer heavy casualties and are unable to attack again after three rounds, but the defenders will lose at most more than 1,000 people and still have the power to fight again."

Fang Xuanling was also familiar with military books and knew the historical facts in detail. Although he had no experience in leading troops, he could also interfere. He said, "Usually, defenders who did not lack food and grass could stand by the city and resist the continuous attack of seven times the enemy's troops for twenty days without falling. Although Huaian City was not a strong city, the attacking Turks were also grassland cavalry that were not good at attacking the city. Therefore, if we got five thousand reinforcements, even if we attacked 50,000 Turks, we could hold on for at least half a month, or even one to two months."

"Half a month later, haha." Qu Tutong laughed, "There are still 250,000 elite imperial troops on the Taiyuan line of Yanmen. In half a month, even if they climbed, they all climbed to Huaian City."

"Yes, we still have hundreds of thousands of troops in the south." The other generals laughed out loud, using this laughter to relieve the fear and anxiety in their hearts these days.

Fang Xuanling suggested to Qu Tutong, "Empress, you should immediately announce the news that the reinforcements in Huaihuang are about to arrive in the city, and tell everyone that hundreds of thousands of imperial troops in Taiyuan are heading north and coming soon to inspire the morale of the people."

"The city defense must be strengthened. No one can leave the city without the envoy's handwritten order, and no one outside the city can be released into the city. Scouts can only hang themselves from the city through baskets. Strictly prevent spies, strengthen supervision of the foreigners in the city. Strengthen patrols, and strictly prohibit fireworks at night." Fang Xuanling put forward several suggestions in succession, and Qu Tutong accepted them one by one.

Qu Tutong looked at the small Huaian City and always felt that something was missing. After a long time, he slapped the battlements and pointed at the city gate tower in Nancheng. "Immediately ordered people to find a long wood, stand on the gate tower, and hang a big flag. People are in the flag, and the flag is in the city, thinking that it is the soul of guarding the city, and inspiring the soldiers and the people to defend the city to the death."

Qu Tugai asked his brother, "What characters or patterns should be embroidered on the flag?"

"We are the official army of the Great Sui Dynasty, so of course we have to embroider the characters of Sui." Some officials suggested.

Some people also suggested, "We are Han people. In the face of the invasion and attack of the Turkic Husbands, we must embroider a Chinese character."

Fang Xuanling praised, "The barbarians invaded the Central Plains, burned down the homes of our Han people, and captured our children of Han people. This is the land of our Han people. We should raise the Chinese-character banner and kill these barbarians under the Han flag."

Qu Tutong shouted loudly, "Okay, those who dare to offend a powerful man will be punished even if they are far away!"

The officials and soldiers on the city were greatly encouraged, and everyone happily went to carry the wooden tree flag.

Not long after, a man living under the city wall took his people to strip off his house, demolished the beams of the house, and transported them to the city to use as a flagpole. The head of the silk business in the city, a family lived here for generations, and the local wealthy businessman who operated here took out the best Shu Mian from his family, let his wife and daughter-in-law take the initiative and embroidered a big Chinese character on the Shu brocade.

The bright red and beautiful top-class Shu brocade embroidered with large Chinese characters, and a flagpole made of house beams was hung on it, and finally stood high on the city gate tower in the south of the city, so eye-catching and dazzling.

The man looked at the beam of his house, which had now become a flagpole, and his heart was full of excitement. Faced with Qu Tutong's praise and reward for him, he just patted the dust on his hands and smiled honestly, "My house is under the city wall. Fang Mingfu had already issued a notice, and the official army was about to demolish the houses around the city wall to strengthen the city defense. Fang Mingfu also said that after the war, the government will pay for us to rebuild the house. Since that is the case, it would be just right to demolish the beam to make a flagpole."

"Congratulations to the envoy, the people are willing to be in good faith, and this battle will be won!" Fang Xuanling laughed and bowed to Qu Tutong to congratulate him.

Qu Tutong also smiled repeatedly and his confidence increased greatly.

ps: In the past few days, the tripping and power outages will occur when the thunder hits. I am really annoying. A few days ago, the thunder burned several lights and the cat was broken. It seems that we are saying that the underground magnetic content is relatively high. Alas, the rhythm is always disrupted, which is very unhappy. Please understand. (To be continued)
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