"It is not easy to march long distances, and there are many passes along the way. Is it difficult for the army to pass through these military towns?" Guan Yu said.
Cheng Dalei waved his hand: "Let Qin Man come over."
The people in Liangzhou were sharpening their swords and wanted to fight the Rong tribe for a long time, but Cheng Dalei kept suppressing him. Now that Cheng Dalei finally relaxed, everyone is excited and looking forward to the day when the war with the Rong tribe begins.
"Go back quickly, be careful along the way." Cheng Dalei said to Hua Rong.
Hua Rong agreed and was ordered to leave.
When he brings Qin Man's 10,000 troops to Liangzhou, where Cheng Dalei belongs, he will really join in this chaotic war. Now it is just a small fight and fun.
Looking at Hua Rong's leaving figure, Gao Feibao said: "The head of the family, the Rong clan has at least five or six hundred thousand people. We only mobilized 10,000 horses. Isn't that a little insufficient?"
The Rong tribe dispatched about 200,000 people for this invasion. After continuous fighting, it is inevitable that a number of them will be lost. But including the civilians they captured and the prisoners they won in victory, the total number is at least 500,000.
people.
Mobilizing 10,000 soldiers and horses to join this melee seems like water dripping into the sea, and it will not be of much use.
Cheng Dalei waved his hand: "There are big difficulties, and there are small advantages. When the battle reaches this point, it is no longer a simple comparison of military strength. The right time, right place and people are all what we have to compete with the Rong people. Hua Rong comes and goes.
It takes time to go, so let’s take advantage of this time to see what we should do next?”
Cheng Dalei rode the black bull in front, and everyone followed him. Everyone was preparing to return to the current base camp to plan the next move.
Cheng Dalei was silent along the way, only listening to a few people behind him talking, excited about the upcoming war, but Cheng Dalei did not participate in it.
The strength of 10,000 troops is indeed a bit low. Cheng Dalei and others explained part of the reason, but not all of it.
The most fundamental reason is that Cheng Dalei doesn't want to participate in this war at all.
The war between the Rong tribe and the imperial court is about the world. No matter what happens to Li Letian or Ye Yuanhuo, no matter who is the master of this world, no matter how you talk about it, the people will suffer when there is prosperity; when there is death, the people will suffer. In the final analysis, it is not too
Big difference.
If that's the case, why do you want to get involved in this war?
Of course, the war is not completely meaningless. If Li Letian can be helped to defend Chang'an, the Rong tribe can be prevented from invading the Central Plains. If they can be defeated, the Rong tribe will not dare to invade the empire for at least ten years, and the empire can also be conquered.
Take action and sort out your own affairs.
As the commander of an army, if his subordinates knew that Cheng Dalei did not want to start a war, morale would be greatly affected.
Therefore, Cheng Dalei could not reveal his inner thoughts in front of others, and at the same time he had to convince himself to join this war. He went all out to help Li Letian defeat the Rong tribe and defend Chang'an City.
"Master, the Rong tribe has a large number of people. We will not have any advantage in a head-on conflict. It is better to start with food and grass and cut off their logistics."
In the current camp, everyone gathered together to discuss matters, and Gao Feihu was the first to speak.
Cheng Dalei nodded: "It's not unreasonable. What's the situation of the Rong people's food and grass?"
"I know something about this." Guan Yu said: "The Rong people's way of handling food and grass is different from the empire. The empire is centralized control, and each army takes it as needed. But the Rong people mainly rely on plundering and storing food and grass.
Among the various camps, some teams took more, and some teams did not take enough and would starve."
"In this case, it's hard for us to start." Cheng Dalei sighed, frowning in thought.
In the eyes of the people of the empire, the Rong people are extremely barbaric. This is not without reason. In their eyes, they do not see the emperor as a father and a son, and their ethics are often very confusing. However, the Rong people rely on their simplicity, barbarism, and cruelty to win over the empire.
They ran rampant on the land and defeated the imperial people who claimed to be civilized and sophisticated.
For example, in the management of grain and grass, each battalion is self-sufficient, which of course has many shortcomings, but it also avoids the situation where the grain warehouse is taken advantage of by the enemy.
Cheng Dalei held his chin, thinking about what he should do next. Before the army arrived, there wasn't much that could be done, but everyone couldn't be idle during this time.
The key is, whether Chang'an can hold out until the Rong tribe arrives is a question.
…
The situation in Chang'an City is definitely not good.
And there are no signs of improvement.
The order to massacre the city has been passed to the city, and everyone is still familiar with the style of the Rong people. For them, massacre is a very common thing, and it would be strange if they did not massacre the city.
Ma Mengqi left the city with ten thousand elite troops and never looked back. As for what happened to him, no one knows yet.
The Rong tribe mobilized 500,000 manpower to attack the city, but it was Chang'an City that was at a disadvantage. The city here was so strong that if it were an ordinary city, one person would be able to submerge the city even if he spit.
Attacking the city day by day, defending the city day by day. Under the leadership of Li Letian, the city withstood one round of Rong attacks after another.
It must be said that Li Letian's reputation for good defense was vividly demonstrated in this battle.
But these cannot change the outcome.
It has to be said that Li Letian was indeed a competent emperor. He was conscientious in his work. Even the concubines in the harem could not remember how long it had been since he had returned to the palace.
Not long after Li Letian took the throne, he encountered one trouble after another. Until now, he has not decided on a candidate for the queen. Perhaps it was the Justice Cult's destruction of the harem that left a shadow on him, and the number of concubines in his harem was not
Not much. He has always been very restrained when it comes to women.
He is not obsessed with women, is not influenced by powerful ministers, and does not have all kinds of hobbies that ordinary people can have but that emperors should not have.
It is said that Li Letian loved fencing when he was young and was still very famous in Chang'an City. However, Emperor Ming said that this was a common man's sword. It could only splatter blood after five steps and leave two corpses floating on the ground. It was not an emperor's sword.
So he gave up swordsmanship and devoted himself to studying the art of the emperor. He wanted to become a qualified prince first, and then think about becoming a qualified emperor.
I have worked hard and worked hard day and night, and as a result, today, I am facing... an empire that is riddled with holes and in pieces.
He patrolled the city defenses during the day and corrected memorials at night. When the Rong tribe came over, he was the first to stand on the top of the city and fight bloody battles with the Rong tribe.
Relying on this momentum of draining his flesh and blood, he defended the city of Chang'an, but how long can he hold on?
At the third watch, even the eunuch holding the lamp couldn't help but yawn, and Li Letian was still correcting the memorial.
In Chang'an today, the most important thing is food and grass. Many people are already running out of food, and some wealthy families still have some food hidden in their hands. We must find a way to dig out this food.
"Cough cough cough."
Suddenly there was a violent cough. Li Letian covered his mouth with a showkerchief and coughed up a burst of blood.
The expression of the eunuch holding the lamp behind him changed.