On the second day after the war, the fires burning corpses outside the city were still warm, and some fishy smell could still be smelled in the air.
The south gate of Yunnei City slowly opened, and a group of dozens of people walked out of the city gate one after another. After walking a short distance, they let go of their horses' reins and started galloping.
For the first time, the Heng'an Town Army graciously released the Turkic generals headed by Zhang Shujie.
This is of course not because Li Po is soft-hearted, he just wants to see the reaction of the Turks. Sometimes, it is difficult for him to make a decision, so he leaves the decision-making power to his opponent.
Li Po still had a lot of ideas, and he didn't plan to send any more scouts out. The mountains and plains were full of people looking for enemies who didn't know where they were, so it was better to test them out openly.
Does this method work? Li Po thinks it should work. Thirty thousand troops were defeated under Yunnei City. If you still ignore it, there will be no other way in the future. We are just comparing our patience.
After thinking about it again and again, Li Po finally gave up the idea of taking a risk. He would not lead his troops out to play a hide-and-seek game with the Turks unless he had to, or if he could not get a definite opportunity to fight.
In fact, at this moment, after the main Turkic army went south, some warriors from the Turkic tribes also went south. After annihilating the 30,000 Turkic army, Yunnei was not quiet.
The shadow of the Turkic troops has spread all over Mayi County.
If this was a trap with 30,000 cavalry as bait, now it seems that the trap was really poorly laid. It can be said that the Turks had a complete advantage in strategy, but in terms of tactics, they were lackluster.
Yunneicheng calmed down, and the captain's call for battle was suppressed by Li Po at the first moment. At this time, Li Po actually felt more and more how difficult it was to hold on to a corner.
Soldiers and food supplies have also been troubling the entire Heng'an Town Army. When the Heng'an Town Army was still relatively weak, it occupied a good land that was easy to defend and difficult to attack. Now it has become a noose to trap itself. It lacks strategic depth at the same time.
, and also lacked rear support. This was a hellish prospect that Li Po could not have imagined even if he thought about it.
When unable to take the initiative, these shortcomings are exposed one by one.
At this time, Li Po finally started to have those meaningless thoughts and seriously thought about the way out for the Heng'an Town Army.
When he thought about it, the strategy he decided to move out of Hebei was no longer so simple and beautiful.
Separated by the Taihang Mountains, the troops are divided into two areas. One side has to endure years of harassment by the Turks, while the other side has to face the Hebei rebel army. With the current situation of the Heng'an Town Army, they simply do not have the strength to face such a complicated battle situation.
.
And if I think about it more deeply, it seems that it is not so appropriate to use Yunnei as the foundation and try other things.
To put it in an ambitious way, Yunnei is not suitable to be run as a foundation business now.
To the north, it is impossible to shake the foundation of the Turks. It is very difficult to resist. When the Turks go south into Mayi, it is always like entering uninhabited territory...
Places like Mayi and Yulin are actually similar. When the Central Plains Empire was strong, it could be a bridgehead to attack Beihu. Once the Central Plains Empire declined, it would be very painful for the defenders in these places.
Yulin is better. There is a natural barrier blocking the Yellow River. It is not that easy for Beihu to go south.
However, Mayi is really open to all directions, and the Great Wall in the north seems to be in vain.
From Yunnei to the south, there is only Mayi County.
In fact, Yanmen County behind Mayi is in danger and can be defended...
Thinking of this, Li Po's eyes finally turned to Nan Bian'er, and he began to worry that the old man Wang Rengong couldn't stand it anymore.
Once the Turks break through the city of Mayi County, then Mayi County will be completely destroyed. Just a lonely city in the clouds will sooner or later be dragged to death by the Turks in the fortified city.
At this time, Li Po felt a little creepy.
In the past, he did not attach much importance to the county town, because it would directly face attacks from the Turks and was far less strategic than the strategic environment here in Yunnei.
But now I think about it, without the city of Mayi, if the Turks can no longer graze in Mayi, it will be equivalent to cutting off the connection between the Heng'an town army and the south. If the Turks send elite cavalry to cruise at the foot of Hengshan Mountain, then Yunnei
It has completely become an isolated city.
Thinking of this, Li Po couldn't help but patted his head. Well, if that old man Wang Rengong survives the disaster, it seems that he will have to treat others better in the future?
While he was thinking hard, he didn't know that it was not his strategy or tactics that decided the way out for Heng'an Town Army, but his character.
He is undoubtedly a guy who can burst out energy in the more difficult times. When others look around at a loss, he can always fight his way out of difficulties, just like when he went south in the wind and snow all the way, in the refugee camp
They struggled to survive, trudged in the wind and snow in Liaodong, and fought to the death with the Turks when there was no food in the clouds.
It is said that character determines destiny, so as the general of a town and in charge of thousands of people in Yunnan, he determines the fate of thousands of people.
As the old saying goes, Li Po is not a person with great ambitions, but the world has been in chaos and the Heng'an Town Army's living space has begun to be squeezed, forcing him to make long-term plans.
He is different from those who are dedicated to establishing their own merits. All his strength comes from the quality of his living environment. If the world is peaceful, maybe he can pick up a book and take the imperial examination or something.
But now, he held the knife in his hand and began to look around fiercely. His gaze also looked further. He even began to imagine whether he could rest if he occupied Jinyang.
Take a break and breathe a sigh of relief?
In fact, it does not require many conditions to stimulate a man's ambition. Sometimes, just looking at his wife's clothes can make many men full of fighting spirit.
As for Li Po, at the moment of life and death, what can be called ambition emerged in him.
…………………………
Under the city of Mayi, the city is connected for more than ten miles, and the unique felt tents of the Turks are scattered all over the city.
The tall Mayi city wall became more mottled and ugly, with red, white and black stains on it, like a pieced together but endlessly terrifying picture.
The low horn sounded, and the Turkic warriors retreated like a tide. It was getting late, and the day's siege ended in vain for the Turks.
The swiftness and ferocity of the cavalry had no room for display under this fortified city in the north.
Completely different from what the Turks imagined, the battle for Mayi County was much more intense than expected.
In Mayi County, which had just experienced a riot, not only did no one intend to surrender in Kaicheng, but the army and the people worked together to defend the city. Turkic warriors boarded the city several times, but they were not able to tell whether they were soldiers or civilians.
Armed with all kinds of weapons, they squeezed down the city wall.
As warriors with a reputation among the Turks died here one after another, the Turks not only became angry and anxious, but also began to face up to this Sui city that they had never paid attention to.
Some Turkic generals who had participated in the siege of Yanmen County the year before last were already thinking, could this be another Yanmen County City?
There is no Sui Emperor Yang Guang here, but there is a great Sui veteran who looks like a dead tree but is unyielding, a guy as stubborn as a stone.
After learning that the Turks were about to arrive, in addition to ordering people to immediately close the four cities and recruit young men to defend the city, they also sent people to the four cities to publicize the great cause of the tragic situation of the Turks moving south in the eleventh year.
From Shenwu Shu to Yanmen, the city experienced a riot, and the people who had not yet recovered their breath were frightened.
After that, he found the gentry from the big families in the city. In fact, he didn't need to explain his interests any more. The big families donated their money generously and sent their children to lead troops to defend the city.
There was no way, after some cleaning, the air in Mayi City became monotonous, and the consequences of the most fatal mistake made by the Turks in the eleventh year of Daye were also revealed.
The Turks did not give any preferential treatment to the surrendered people. After the city was broken, it was almost the same as massacre. There was nothing wrong with interacting with the Turks, but no one was willing to let the Turkic army rush into the city to plunder and kill wantonly.
With food, it becomes extremely easy to persuade the people. The riot they just experienced also completely turned the people's fear of the city's destruction into fighting power.
Within a few days, Wang Rengong integrated all the forces in Mayi City. This was obviously a miraculous story. When the Turks arrived, they faced a Mayi County city where the army and the people were dedicated to guarding the city.
If Liu Wuzhou could still know what happened next, he would definitely regret dying again. If he had waited a few more days, the situation might have been completely different.
Black smoke pillars rose from inside and outside the city. They were the two armies burning the corpses of those who died in the battle. Turkic shamans jumped around the fire, murmuring eulogies and praying to the gods for guidance.
These heroic spirits who died in battle entered his palace.
There were constant cries and howls in the city. Regardless of whether the city could be defended in this battle or not, Mayi County would definitely be in a situation where every family displayed banners and every household wore mourning.
And in this fight of blood and fire, the hatred that had been truce for many years and had gradually faded became clear again.
The Turks looked up at the city wall, wishing they could break into it immediately and chop off the heads of the Sui people one by one. The defenders on the city wall looked at the Turks below the city blankly, with fear but also the flame of hatred in their eyes.
Constantly beating.
Back then, there were endless business trips to the north, and there were many Turks traveling there. But now, in the three counties of Yanmenlou and Mayi, no one dares to go out for business in an open and honest manner, because once people find out, I am afraid that there will be no need for the government to do anything.
People would have to be torn alive.
The border residents of the Central Plains Empire were actually suffering endless suffering in this cycle of reincarnation.