Now, with the help of Datang, Tuyuhun has built many roads.
They can directly pass through Tuyuhun, enter Shicheng Town, then enter the Anxi Protectorate's Palace, and then go to the Da'anxi Protectorate's Palace.
Li Min estimated that it would take at least ten days.
After ten days, it is estimated that Dashi will not be able to complete the digestion of the Da Anxi Protectorate.
Li Min felt that with so many enemies in the court, 80% of them would think of his 50,000-strong army.
Someone will definitely propose to let them serve as vanguard officers.
Of course, even if it doesn't, there's no problem. It's just a little more troublesome and requires an extra procedure.
It is necessary for Li Min to write a letter and volunteer to go there.
Facts have proved that Li Min's guess was very accurate. This time, it was Hou Junji who recommended them to the Yizhou Army.
What surprised Li Min was that this time it was the prince's person who came forward.
It seems that the death of Queen Changsun has a great impact on the prince!
If it were before the death of Empress Changsun, the prince would definitely not have done such a thing.
To prevent its destruction in advance, you must first drive it crazy.
Now that the prince is so crazy, the time for his demise is probably not far away.
Li Min didn't have time to pay attention to this for the time being. He was now preparing for the battle with all his strength.
Tuyuhun fully supported the Tang Dynasty's preparations for war.
Due to the previous war in Tuyuhun, the number of young people in the country has dropped from ten to sixty-seven, and now they can only rely on the Tang army to help with border defense.
It is estimated that within ten years, their youth and strength will not be fully restored.
The relationship between the 50,000 Tang troops stationed in Tuyuhun and the people of Tuyuhun was quite harmonious.
It is not an exaggeration to say that the military and civilians are in a fishy relationship.
Fifty thousand garrison troops, under the instructions of the King of Shu, will help the people of Tuyuhun during the spring plowing and autumn harvest seasons.
Moreover, these garrison troops did not harm the people of Tuyuhun.
Even the army in Tuyuhun in the past could not do this at all.
The military regulations and disciplines of the Tang army were admired by the people of Tuyuhun and even their royal family.
Therefore, this time, Li Min asked Tuyuhun to help them prepare military rations, and the Tuyuhun royal family readily agreed.
Well, actually Tuyuhun has no choice but to agree.
Tuyuhun has a developed animal husbandry industry, and most of the food grown in Tuyuhun is potatoes and sweet potatoes.
Therefore, the food prepared by Tuyuhun for the Tang army was mainly bacon.
The staple food is Yizhou’s latest research on compressed biscuits and some canned vegetables.
These are the latest technologies developed by Yizhou in military rations.
For the time being, Li Min has decided that these technologies will only be used for military purposes and will not be used for civilian purposes for the time being.
Because of the birth of compressed biscuits and canned vegetables, Yizhou saved a lot of space in preparing military rations.
In this way, it only took three days to prepare all the military rations.
Next, an army of 3,000 steam-powered three-wheelers began to load grain.
There are a total of 50,000 troops, and all of them can be transported by 1,000 steam tricycles.
For military rations, one thousand steam tricycles are enough.
The remaining one thousand steam tricycles were used to transport military supplies, as well as bows and arrows and other supplies.
This time the leading general is Xue Rengui, his deputy is Xi Junmai, and Wang Fangyi is responsible for staying behind.
Xue Rengui and Wang Fangyi were trained by Li Min.
But Xi Junmai is not.
In the previous wars, Li Min used Xue Rengui and Wang Fangyi more often.
Xi Jun buys and uses relatively little.
But this time, Li Min decided to buy Xi Jun a chance.
One day later, all 50,000 troops were assembled and began to march out.
Tuyuhun, with the help of Datang, built many cement roads.
Now in Tuyuhun, the roads are very smooth.
Yizhou's 3,000 steam-powered three-wheeled army followed the cement road built in Tuyuhun and arrived at the border between Tuyuhun and Shicheng Town in just one day.
At night, 50,000 troops were repairing at the border.
After a day of running, the steam tricycle needs to add water and fuel, and also needs to be cooled.
After a night of repairs, they headed straight to Shicheng Town the next day.
Outside of Tuyuhun, the road conditions are not as good as inside Tuyuhun.
Therefore, the speed of the Yizhou army actually slowed down.
In Shicheng Town, we spent another day repairing.
Two days later, they arrived at the Yanqi Governor's Mansion.
Longli Pozhun, the governor of the Yanqi Governor's Mansion, was very happy to see the reinforcements from the Tang Dynasty arriving so quickly.
Long Li Po went out of the city in person to meet Shu King Li Min.
Li Min first asked: "Captain, I wonder where Dashi's army has captured now?"
Long Li Po Zhun said quickly: "Your Highness, Dashi has now captured Guizi Town. The next step is to attack the Yanqi Governor's Mansion."
The attack of the Dashi Kingdom is very sharp, and there are relatively few defenders near the Anxi Protectorate. It will be difficult for the reinforcements of the Tang Dynasty to arrive for a while.
This also led to Dashi not only encroaching on the territory of Datang.
This made Long Li Po very frightened.
If Dashi's army was not very brutal and would kill all the officials in the city every time it captured a place, I'm afraid he would have been preparing to surrender the city.
And if the army led by Li Min arrives two or three days late, I'm afraid he will abandon the city and flee.
Now the King of Shu has arrived with an army of 50,000, which is so timely. Even if the army led by the King of Shu is defeated, he will not be held responsible when the time comes.
Long Lipo couldn't help but said to Li Min: "Your Highness, leading the 50,000 Heavenly Army, will definitely be able to save the people of the Western Regions from hanging upside down. This is really great news for the people of the Western Regions! Please also ask Your Highness to lead the Heavenly Army into the city.
Accept the people's admiration for the Heavenly Army of the Tang Dynasty."
Unexpectedly, this guy is actually a flatterer.
Li Min frowned slightly, and then asked: "Captain, I have a question for you. Do you know how many soldiers and horses came from the Dashi Empire this time? What is the name of the general who led the army? And how many soldiers are there in Guizi Town?
Food army?”
Upon hearing Li Min's inquiry, Long Li Po Zhun quickly said: "Your Highness, this time the Dashi Empire has dispatched at least 100,000 elite troops, and is still mobilizing a steady stream of troops."
"The general leading the army is called Khalid ibn Walid, who is known as the Sword of Allah. This man is brave and good at fighting, and uses his troops like a god. He has never lost a battle. Of course, compared with His Highness, he is not at all
Worth mentioning."
"In Guizi Town, Dashi has a total of 5,000 soldiers and horses stationed. At the same time, there are two Dashi armies stationed outside Guizi Town, with 3,000 and 2,000 people respectively. These three Dashi armies
, with the intention of attacking our Yanqi Governor's Mansion."
After listening to Long Lipo's words, Li Min gave him a high look.
It turns out that although this guy is a flatterer, he is still capable.
At least he has a very detailed understanding of the direction of Dashi's army.
With this information, Li Min can make targeted strategic deployments.
Of course, Li Min would not completely believe Long Lipo's words, and would send scouts to learn the details first.
Thinking of this, Li Min couldn't help but ask Long Li Po Zhun: "Where is the scope of Dashi's scouts now? How long will it take for them to find out the news about the arrival of my king and his army?"
After hearing the King of Shu's question, Long Lipozhun couldn't help but look thoughtful on her face.
"Your Highness, I can't guarantee that there are no Dashi scouts in the Yanqi Governor's Mansion. But I can guarantee that before tomorrow, the Dashi army in Guizi Town will never be led by His Highness and has arrived at the Yanqi Governor's Mansion.
news."
Li Min couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction, it would save trouble to talk to smart people.
Li Min couldn't help but said to Long Li Po Zhun: "If you can really do this, I will give you a credit."
Hearing Li Min's words, Long Lipo couldn't help but said with great joy: "Your Highness, don't worry, I promise that I can definitely do this."
Li Min nodded and said: "I will not enter the city. Please send someone to deliver five days of food and a large amount of clean water."
Long Lipo agreed and immediately went to prepare.
Next, the Yanqi Governor's Mansion was under full martial law, and even the defenders on the city wall were replaced by Long Li Po Zhun's confidants.
The Dashi generals in Guizi Town did not have much doubt about the changes that had taken place in the Yanqi Governor's Mansion.
The two armies were fighting, and their next target was the Yanqi Governor's Mansion.
It is completely expected that the Yanqi Governor's Mansion will impose martial law now.
In the Yanqi Governor's Mansion, the scouts sent by Dashi had already noticed something.
Judging from the transportation of food from the city to outside the city, reinforcements from the Tang Dynasty should have arrived.
This is very important news for Dashi.
It's a pity that the Yanqi Governor's Mansion is now under full martial law. They tried to find an opportunity to spread the news, but they couldn't find any.
…
At this time, Li Min called Li Yuanfang and ordered Li Yuanfang to send a hundred members of the Huya Special Forces to find out the news.
Li Min, on the other hand, ordered someone to take out a detailed map of the nearby area and sent someone to call Xue Rengui to discuss with him the battle plan for attacking Guizi Town.
Taking Guizi Town was the first battle after the Yizhou Army came to the Western Regions.
In this battle, they not only want to win, but they also want to win beautifully.
Not long after, Xue Rengui had arrived at Li Min's tent.
Looking at the hanging map, Xue Rengui couldn't help but said to Li Min: "Your Highness, my suggestion is that at night, we can divide our troops into three groups."
"Two of them attack their two garrisons outside the city, while the third group, which is also our main force, waits outside the city for their reinforcements to come out of the city and attack their reinforcements."
"In this battle, we will strive to completely annihilate the enemy forces!"
Xue Rengui’s murderous intent is very strong!
However, Li Min also acquiesced to his proposal.
Kindness to the enemy is cruelty to oneself.
Moreover, the Taishi soldiers are cruel and murderous, and there is no need for mercy towards them.
In the evening, one hundred scouts sent out brought back the news.
The news they brought was almost the same as what Long Lipo told them.
From this point of view, Long Lipo does have some abilities.
In the evening, the Yizhou Army began to eat and rest.
At two o'clock in the evening, all the soldiers were called up.
Xi Junmai led five thousand soldiers and horses to attack one of the garrison.
Li Yuanfang led a thousand soldiers of the Huya Special Forces to attack another garrison.
Xue Rengui, on the other hand, personally led the remaining army to ambush outside the city, preparing to ambush the Dashi army in the city, and was ready to meet the troops on the left and right wings at any time.
Li Min, on the other hand, was in the military tent, taking command.
Well, okay, strictly speaking, his command is in a dispensable position...
Marching at night, the place where Li Min was was not on high ground, so there was no way to see the current situation clearly.
Fortunately, Li Min also had an infrared unmanned reconnaissance aircraft. Through the reconnaissance aircraft, he could clearly observe the march of the three armies.
First, the 5,000-strong army led by Xi Junmai was quietly heading towards a garrison in Dashi.
Xi Jun bought it with a lot of energy in his heart.
In the previous battles, the number of times the King of Shu used him and his soldiers was relatively small.
But every time they are used, they are given full military merit.
This also made Xi Junmai very eager to prove himself in front of the King of Shu.
But this time, the King of Shu took him with him again and appointed him as his deputy general.
In the first action, the King of Shu sent them into battle.
But what made Xi Junmai extremely unhappy was that the King of Shu gave them five thousand soldiers and horses.
Li Yuanfang, who was on the other side, only gave them a thousand soldiers and horses.
Although there are more than a thousand people on their side.
But in the eyes of the King of Shu, can Li Yuanfang's 1,000 people be compared with their 5,000 people?
Doesn’t the King of Shu look down on them too much?
Therefore, this time Xi Junmai was holding his breath.
This time, he must prove to the King of Shu that they are actually very strong!
Xi Junmai first sent out a squad of a hundred people to continuously cut off the sentries garrisoned in Dashi along the road.
After all the sentries were eliminated, Xi Junmai personally led the soldiers, rushed into the military tent of the Dashi garrison, and began a crazy massacre.
At this time, the Dashi soldiers were still asleep.
Without knowing what was going on, his head was in a different place and he became a confused man.
I'm afraid that in hell, if the Lord of Hell asks, he won't know who killed them.
Many Dashi soldiers were unable to even scream before they died.
Of course, there will still be cases where the cuts are missed, and the screams wake up other Taishi soldiers.
These soldiers got up from the bed in a hurry, and what greeted them were the ruthless weapons in the hands of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.
These unarmed and undressed soldiers were completely unable to organize a decent counterattack.
The scene was completely one-sided.
It only took more than half an hour for the three thousand Dashi soldiers to be slaughtered.
Next, Xi Junmai ordered the soldiers to clear the scene and set fire to the tent.
The purpose of lighting the fire was naturally to show the food army in the city.
When the defenders in the city discovered that something had happened to the troops stationed outside, their first reaction was definitely to go out of the city to rescue them.
At this time, the ambush arranged by Datang outside the city was able to kill them all.
Xi Junmai counted the number of soldiers and found that only three were dead, seven were seriously injured, and fifty-six were slightly injured.
Although they attacked the camp at night, they only paid such a small price to achieve such significant results. Such a record is enough to be proud of.
Xi Junmai ordered the soldiers to quickly bring the loot and move closer to the city gate.
I hope they can catch up with the opportunity to fight against the food army in the city.
