Just when Hongnong was captured by the Qi army and the Wei army was defeated, Xiangyang's army also arrived at Yique. However, after learning about the current situation in Heluo, Li Tai was a little dumbfounded.
"Otsuka Zai died of suspected illness, and Jiuqu City's brigade collapsed?"
Although Li Tai had already made pessimistic predictions about the situation in Heluo, after listening to the reports from Gao Le and others, he did not expect that the situation would be even worse than he imagined.
Originally, he led his troops to the north in response to Yu Wentai's emergency. However, after arriving at the border, the person who needed rescue no longer existed. And judging from the situation, it was not just a wasted trip, but there was also something hidden in it.
This was an extremely dangerous crisis for their entire Western Wei regime.
What is before him now is to either continue to march towards Heluo. But now that the Jiuqu City troops have been defeated, and he has no plans to enter Tuheluo for the time being, there seems to be no point in continuing to march towards Heluo.
Either retreat, return to Mianbei along the Sanya Road, and then march to Guanzhong via Wuguan, aiming to get to Guanzhong as soon as possible to seize the power vacuum left after Yuwentai's death.
When Li Tai frowned and pondered, all the people in the tent were silent. This is the working atmosphere of the Taifu. Before a decision is made, the people can speak freely and have a full debate, but as the decision is made, things begin to progress.
, Unless Li Tai clearly expresses his position and allows everyone to express their opinions, they cannot raise objections to the previous decision.
Among the people present, although Yu Jin was not a member of the Taiwan government, when he heard that the situation was like this, he couldn't help but frown. For a moment, he had no plan in his mind, and he didn't know how to remedy the situation in the fastest and most effective way.
"How is the current situation with thieves in Heluo?"
After thinking for a while, Li Tai looked at Gao Le and said.
After entering the new city, Gao Le also quickly deployed his scouts to disperse all sides. The scouts' investigation and the information reported by the barbarians here gave him a very detailed understanding of the enemy situation between Heluo and Heluo.
After hearing the king's question, Gao Le quickly stood up and said: "To inform your king, on the day when the Jiuqu City garrison evacuated, the main force of the Qi army, fifty thousand men, went east to pursue it. There were thousands of troops stationed in Jiuqu City. Jin Yong, Henan
There were nearly 30,000 troops garrisoned in various cities, but after they learned that our army had entered Heluo, the troops in various cities gradually retreated to Jinyong City..."
While listening to Gao Le's report, Li Tai sketched a picture of the battle situation in his mind. After a while, he said: "Since Jiuqu City is not defended, Hongnong will definitely be in danger. Whether he rushes to Xiaoling or transfers to Wuguan,
These are urgent needs that are difficult to solve. Only by attacking the enemy and rescuing them and severely inflicting heavy losses on the enemy can we solve this hanging danger!"
Everyone heard that Li Tai had made a plan, and they secretly breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts. However, they were still a little confused about what to do next. Is there any place that their troops can reach and the thieves must attack?
Saved?
"Jin Yong City, the army is attacking Jin Yong!"
Li Tai saw everyone's doubts and directly pointed out the goal of the next battle.
The situation between Heluo and Heluo had collapsed like this in such a short period of time. It was basically certain that Yu Wentai should have passed away, and other personnel disputes broke out within the army. Li Tai did not know whether his father-in-law was involved in it.
It's clear, but now he doesn't dare to have any high expectations for these guys.
Jiuqu City, a fortress related to advance and retreat, was abandoned so carelessly. It is obviously impossible for the tens of thousands of troops from the Northern Qi Dynasty to go west just for an outing. The possibility of another city is equally great. Even if those guys are more wasteful, can Tongguan be defended?
It's all an unknown quantity.
No matter what the situation is in the west, Li Tai is currently beyond his reach. If he continues to pursue rashly, he will not be able to catch up with the enemy troops heading west. It will also lengthen his own supply line and amplify his own crisis.
So many famous ministers and generals went out to fight in Guanzhong and the result was like this. Now Li Tai did not dare to have too high hopes for the situation in Guanzhong.
Judging from the worst-case scenario, it is necessary to temporarily and strategically abandon Guanzhong in order to severely damage the enemy forces on the Heluo battlefield. At least the Northern Qi will not be able to continue its large-scale invasion westward and southward in the next few years. Li Taicai
There is enough time to clean up the domestic mess and eliminate the many problems left by this defeat.
"But, before Otsuka Zaishin's brigade besieged Jinyong City, it was difficult to get down for ten days, but now there are more defenders in the city..."
Hearing that Li Tai chose to attack Jin Yong City, Gao Le couldn't help but say.
"The old slave is afraid of me and has withdrawn into the isolated city so that I can calmly besiege it. After besieging Jinyong City, if the bandit army is still blocked east of Tongguan, they will worry about their way back and return to the army in a hurry to rescue them. By then, they will stop the Luochuan army.
We will meet Xin'an's returning troops and defeat their armies respectively."
If those guys haven't been defeated yet, it would be best to stop the enemy at Tongguan. If the enemy's advance is blocked, they will have to retreat. At that time, we can use the different distances and road conditions of the north and south Xiaodao to create a time difference and try to defeat the enemy separately.
military.
But if the enemy breaks through Tongguan and successfully enters Guanzhong, then Heluo is not its only retreat. Puban and other places can evacuate to Hedong.
Speaking of this situation, Li Tai's tone also turned serious and said: "If this is true, then I need to try my best to capture Jinyong City and restore Heyang. I will first occupy Heluo and then invest Shannan personnel here to threaten Hebei.
To control thieves!"
After Yu Jin heard this, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh. If the latter situation really happens, the future hegemony between the two parties will need to be centered on the Shannan Daotai Prefecture, and the Kansai hegemony that they have struggled for many years will be.
Need was forced to give up.
Li Tai had no intention of understanding Yu Jin's feelings at this moment. At the moment, he still needed to make two preparations. First, he ordered Gao Le to lead his troops to garrison in the Yin River Valley in the lower reaches of Luoshui River, north of Jiuqu City, in order to prevent the Qi army from returning.
Then he sent troops to report to the Tai government to continue to strengthen military armaments. Li Yunxin temporarily replaced He Ruodun in guarding Jiangxia in preparation for the lower reaches. He Ruodun led 10,000 horses north to garrison Rangcheng, waiting for reinforcements.
After making these arrangements, Li Tai personally led the army directly to Heluo. Since Hulujin had been on the defensive before and took the initiative to withdraw the garrison in Zhucheng, the advance went smoothly and the army soon arrived at Luoshui.
South Bank.
After some exploration by the front troops, Li Tai naturally chose Henan City, where Yuwentai's army had previously stationed, as the army's garrison. After all, this city was the largest among the cities in Luonan, and it was also the closest to Jinyong City, and it also had the previous
The military roads, earthen mountains and other fortifications built by the people of the Chinese and Foreign Prefectures can be used.
The frozen ground in the coldest month of winter makes it inconvenient to carry out large-scale civil construction. Looking at the destroyed gates and battlements of Henan City, as well as the filled wells in the city, it seems that the Qi army also tried to destroy it before evacuating the city.
The fortifications outside Jinyong City were ultimately limited in time and had limited effect.
However, the long perimeter built by the Chinese and Foreign Government troops outside Jinyong City was largely destroyed. The numerous gaps in the ruins made the long perimeter useless. The earth hill to the south of Jinyong City was flattened by less than half, and the earth below remained because it was too heavy.
Come down.
After the troops settled in Henan City, Li Tai led a group of soldiers to inspect the outside of Jinyong City. When he saw the destroyed long siege, he couldn't help but frown.
Generally, when a large army besieges a city, it is necessary to invest several times or even ten times more troops than the enemy's troops in the camp alone. Otherwise, certain fortifications will be needed. Long siege is the most common type, which can effectively isolate communication between the inside and outside.
Especially in the wars in the north, each country usually has a large number of cavalry. If the enemy's performance cannot be restricted by a long siege, then the attacker will not be assured of stationing outside the city for a long time to attack the enemy's city.
Li Tai turned over and dismounted, took out his saber and chopped the ground beside the short and long wall. There were a few white marks where the blade fell, which were ice particles after the frozen soil was chopped up.
Seeing this scene, Li Tai couldn't help but frown deeply. The number of troops he led on this trip was only a little over 20,000, which was not even as large as the number of defenders in the city. If he wanted to besiege Jinyong City, he would definitely need to rely on fortifications.
However, looking at the current frozen soil conditions, it is obviously difficult to rebuild the Changwei in a short period of time.
“You can actually build a sand embankment!”
Li Taizheng frowned and thought to himself, when suddenly a voice came from behind him. He turned around and saw Li Yazheng in the personal soldiers looking at him cautiously. He immediately asked: "How do you say it?"
"If your Majesty is worried about how to trap the city, you can actually build a sand embankment. The sand not near the river is soft and easy to dig, and there is much that can be dug along the Luoshui River. Then you can dig out ice and get water for pouring. The layers of ice will be sealed and are stronger than earth and stone. I, I am with you.
Brother Bodhidharma and others used to play in Shangyuan Township, and they used this method to build a siege in winter!"
Li Ya saw the king looking at her and said quickly.
After Li Tai heard this, his eyes lit up. He remembered that he had indeed told Shuofeng and others about similar things in his early years, but it had been too long and even he had forgotten about it. At this time, Li Ya
I remembered it again after being reminded.
So he immediately led the crowd back to the Luoshui coast and chose a beach where river sand was widely distributed. The river sand closer to the frozen water surface had been frozen and solidified, but the sand a few steps away was frozen.
The water content has dropped sharply, but it is still easy to dig. The frozen sand blocks are so hard that they cannot be broken with a knife, which also proves the feasibility of this idea.
After finding a suitable method, Li Tai immediately ordered his men to start building a new long perimeter along the outside of Jinyong City, and began to share this experience with Gao Le who was heading in the other direction.
In Jinyong City, all the generals from Hulujin on down also paid close attention to the movements of the enemy troops outside the city. When they saw the enemy troops lingering outside the city, digging sand and earth as if to build a long siege to surround the city, many soldiers
They couldn't help but laugh loudly. If things were so simple, would they still let the mountain of dirt in the south of the city still stand in the distance?
But early the next morning, when they saw a new long siege rising from the ground combined with the ruins of the original long siege, the soldiers of the Qi army in the city suddenly stopped laughing, and their eyes couldn't help but twinkle.
A look of panic.
"Hulüjin died here!"
After the long wall was built, it still needed to be strengthened and raised to about one foot. Li Tai asked someone to hang a long banner on the re-levelled earth hill outside the city and write a few big words on it, but he was afraid that Hu Lujin would not be able to read.
He thoughtfully sent people to climb the Tushan Mountain and continued to shout into the city in both Chinese and Xianbei.
"Draw out a hundred prisoners from the city and kill them on the city to establish your authority!"
When Hu Lujin saw the long siege rising outside the city and the sergeants shouting on the mountain, his face became extremely ugly, and he ordered in a deep voice.