To the north of Jiangdu City, Lidu County, Gaoyou Lake is the largest lake in Jiangdu County. It is the sixth largest freshwater lake in the world. The lake is vast and rich in products. The Grand Canal runs through it, and it is also one of Lidu's largest natural barriers.
At this time, cavalry, troops, etc. all over the mountains and plains were rushing towards Gaoyou Lake, and then separated to the left and right, heading south along the shore of Gaoyou Lake.
To the west of Gaoyou Lake is Yongfu County, to the east is Gaoyou County, to the north is Anyi County, and to the northwest is Jinhu City.
The two major county towns of Yongfu and Gaoyou are two of the four major county towns that protect Lidu; Anyi County and Jinhu City have fallen into the hands of the coalition forces and have become important strongholds of the coalition forces.
At this time, in Jinhu City, four major coaches including Wei coach Xu Shiji, Xia coach Liu Heitai, Beiyan coach Luo Tong, Beidi coach Ashnade, and dozens of generals gathered together.
An emergency meeting was held to prepare for the defeat of the Tang army.
"Idiot! Coward! More than a million cavalry were defeated by hundreds of thousands of Liguo cavalry, and the whole army was almost destroyed. It is really a shame for soldiers!"
Beidi coach Ashnade, with a strong foreign accent, cursed with extreme contempt and anger.
"Marshal Ashina, please be patient. We probably know the course of the war. King Li personally led the Imperial Guards of Li Kingdom, plus the Dibao Army and the Four Treasures Army, and provided them with priceless storage.
Assisted by Bao, the Tang army was just caught off guard!"
The Xia State and the Tang State had the Wei State sandwiched between them, so they had a better relationship. Liu Heitai was the first to speak out and argue for the Tang army.
Ashnard spat disdainfully: "So what? Using stored treasures to transport siege equipment for a surprise attack is really hard to guard against. However, if the Tang army's commander hadn't collapsed without a fight, how could the more than one million cavalry have been defeated?
A dozen Lijun cavalry? Can they at least inflict heavy damage on the Lijun?"
"..."
Liu Heitai, Wei, Yan and other generals were speechless for a moment, feeling quite contemptuous and unhappy in their hearts.
From what they thought, Li Jun's tactics were indeed too strange and sudden to be guarded against. However, the millions of cavalrymen should not have been defeated so quickly. The main reason was that Tang Wang Li Yuan and the head coach of Tangqi fled too early, leaving Tangqi without a leader.
, a complete rout!
It really shouldn’t be!
Everyone present agreed that it was a major mistake made by the generals of the Tang Army. Naturally, it was difficult to excuse them or refute Ashnade.
"Now that the matter has come to this, it is useless to blame. Although the Tang army has more than one million cavalry trapped in Yongfu, it still has hundreds of thousands of cavalry and four to five million infantry, distributed in various cities in the south. It is also an extremely powerful combat force. If
We have more complaints than others and caused the Tang army to withdraw from this battle, which is a big loss for us..."
Liu Heita frowned and glanced at Ashnade, and reminded him solemnly. After a pause, he quickly continued without waiting for others to say more:
"The only plan for now is how to appease the Tang army and deal with the Li army. Especially the Li army's new tactics, using 'treasure storage' to transport siege equipment, is really hard to guard against and greatly weakens the city.
The protective function of strongholds, etc. Of course, it may also be used to transport other supplies..."
"Yes! After encountering such a disastrous defeat, Tang Jun must have had trouble sleeping and eating, and was in panic all day long. There is no need to blame him for the time being!" Beiyan coach Luo Tong nodded in agreement.
Everyone was silent, even Ashnade was speechless.
To be honest, among the five major coalition forces, the Tang Army has suffered the most. It lost a second son of the Tang Dynasty who was both civil and military, and also lost an invincible and peerless general. Now millions of cavalry have been maimed. Could it be that the Tang Army did it intentionally?
?!
Ashnad was not stupid. He knew that it was not appropriate to continue to blame the Tang army, but he was so angry that he cursed:
"It's all because of the incompetence of those strong people from outside the territory. They also come from some extraterritorial super power, some kind of Great Wei Empire, a bunch of idiots. Their attack on Li Wang failed, but they were all wiped out. It was not a pity to die, but it took advantage of Li Guo and hurt us.
Got it!"
"Storage treasures" are extremely valuable. There are so many of them suddenly popping up in Lijun. It's not difficult to guess why. They must have been obtained from powerful people outside the region. Otherwise, the entire world wouldn't be able to contain many of them.
"Enough! What should we do now? Since Marshal Ashina is so confident, then Marshal Ashina should be in charge of the Li army that is chasing King Tang, right?"
Luo Tong's face turned red and white, and he couldn't bear it and scolded him coldly.
Liu Heita rolled his eyes and quickly agreed: "That's very good! I guess with Marshal Ashina's ability, a dozen or so Lijun cavalry won't take it seriously, right?"
"Yes! I agree! What do you think of Marshal Ashina?" Xu Shiji thought for a while, and looked at Ashina with a half-smile as if he was watching a good show.
Most of the people present also echoed and looked at Ashnard with somewhat evil eyes.
After all, this is an emergency military meeting, mainly to discuss how to respond to changes in the war situation, not a "grievance meeting" or a "blame meeting."
Marshal Ashnad of Beidi has always been cold-eyed, arrogant and complacent. He has no constructive opinions and can only make sarcastic comments to highlight the strength of Beidi. He is a typical example of a man who succeeds less than fails.
Of course, it’s just Ashnard and the strength of Beidi’s cavalry that has been recognized by everyone!
"This... I am not familiar with the Central Plains, and I am not familiar with the strategies and tactics of the Central Plains. I am not a suitable candidate to snipe the Lijun Army. I really dare not take on this important task, lest it affect the overall situation!"
Ashnad thought seriously for a moment, then shook his head with regret.
"You're not stupid..."
Most of the people present cursed secretly.
Although the vast majority of people present believed that the Tang army's Yongfu defeat was really undeserved and a major mistake.
However, it does not mean that everyone underestimated the dozen or so cavalrymen led by Li Wang Wuxin. On the contrary, they knew very well that it was definitely a very difficult bone to crack and their teeth could easily break.
"Even Marshal Ashnard dared not go to snipe, so who should be sent? We can't ignore King Tang's request for help, right? We can't let those hundreds of thousands of elites leave and wreak havoc in the rear of our army!"
Luo Tong rolled his eyes, spread out his hands, looked at everyone and asked helplessly. After a pause, without waiting for anyone to say more, he took the lead in receiving:
"Our country is famous for having too many soldiers and few generals. My commander-in-chief and his young master (Luo Cheng) must take charge of the main army. It is really impossible to withdraw, and the other generals are not capable enough!"
When Luo Tong said this, no one refuted it.
There were many heroes in Northern Yan, the folk customs were fierce, and the soldiers were good at fighting. However, the king of Northern Yan only reigned for a short time and did not recruit many famous talents.
Relatively speaking, Beiyan's talents are indeed much less than those of Tang, Wei, Xia and other three countries, and there are no top-notch generals!
"Report..."
"Urgent report from the northwest! When the Liguo elite who were chasing the King of Tang reached the boundary of Xuyi County, they suddenly changed direction and entered the boundary of Anyi County eastward. They are suspected of attacking Anyi County. Generals, please decide!"
Before the generals present could come up with a suitable plan, a great monk came through the air, paused outside the hall, then quickly entered the hall, and reported anxiously.
"What?!"
The whole audience was shocked, and half stood up and exclaimed.
After the Pengcheng Granary Warehouse was burned, Anyi County was hidden as the largest material base and stronghold of the coalition forces. If it were captured by the Li Army, the impact would be huge!
"Mistake! You are looking down too high on King Li! Now there are more than one million Tang troops gathered in Xuyi County, how can King Li attack at all costs..."
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I had almost finished writing this chapter, but suddenly there was a power outage and I had to rewrite it again. It was so frustrating! (To be continued.)
