Outside Shazhou City, where Du Qi's camp is located.
The big account of the Chinese army.
Du Qi is dealing with the latest government affairs, and a few of these government affairs are related to Guazhou and Shazhou, and most of them are related to the government affairs in Xia Kingdom. After all, the six departments have already dealt with some of the internal affairs of the Xia Kingdom, and what is being submitted now is all extremely important matters.
Today's Guazhou has been fully adjusted, and even Shazhou has been fully included under Du Qi's command. After all, Li Ji's foothold in Shazhou was not stable, and he could not continue to linger for forty years, so he had already evacuated.
Without Li Ji, Shazhou is vulnerable.
All places are attached.
The most important thing is that the people of Guazhou and Shazhou have all the people in Guazhou and Shazhou because of the various policies that benefit the people promulgated by Du Qi, as well as many measures that benefit the people, and the people all support Du Qi.
What's more, the people in the two places once received a lot of favors because of Du Qi's governance of Suzhou. They knew Du Qi, so they didn't object to Du Qi.
Due to the superimposition of many reasons, the common people belonged to each other, and everyone recognized Xia Guo.
All of them regard themselves as the people of the Xia Kingdom.
When Du Qi was busy, the tent curtain was raised, but it was Li Jing who entered. He stood still and said, "Your Majesty!"
Du Qi waved his hand and said, "Sit!"
After taking his seat, Li Jing said, "Your Majesty, for the current staff department, I have selected three generals from the army, who are mainly good at planning, and they have been transferred to the staff department."
Du Qidao: "Yes!"
The staff department has been established, so it is natural to use it. Previously, in fact, the cabinet replaced part of the functions of the staff department and was responsible for the staff planning of many wars. Now this function belongs to the staff department again, and the establishment and adjustment of the army will also belong to the staff department.
The only thing that the staff department does not involve is the appointment of personnel for each army, which is the responsibility of the court officials.
Li Jing continued: "I invite the leaders of the Shangguan Pavilion to discuss the matter and discuss the timing of sending troops. The ministers believe that Shazhou and Guazhou are now included in the territory of the Xia Kingdom and belong to the Xia Kingdom. On this basis, you can send troops Attack Suzhou. If you take Suzhou, then the territory of Xia Kingdom will go one step further and take the entire Western Region."
Du Qi said: "Since the time is right, send an order to prepare to send troops."
"yes!"
Li Jing went to make arrangements immediately.
Half an hour later, Du Qi's camp had already left the camp.
In fact, at this time, Shazhou and Guazhou already had appointed officials to handle government affairs, so even if Du Qi left, it would not affect the overall situation. The army rushed forward in a mighty way, heading straight to Suzhou.
This news also quickly spread to Suzhou.
Passed to Jiuquan County.
Li Ji, Changsun Wuji, Wei Zheng and others are now stationed in Jiuquan with the army, and the army is stationed in the city. At this time, the number of troops under Li Ji's command also increased. Because of the re-enlistment, the number of troops under his command increased to more than 60,000. After all, nowadays, it is not an easy task to increase the strength of troops.
There are too many losses.
There have been several wars before and after, and too many troops have been lost.
Barracks, the big tent of the Chinese army.
When Li Ji got the news that Du Qi sent troops to kill him, he immediately invited Changsun Wuji and Wei Zheng, and brought them into the tent, Li Ji looked solemn, and said: "Just got the news that Du Qi has led an army to kill Suzhou. Du Qi sent troops again after about a month. For us, this is a great danger. Right now, how should we defend against the enemy?"
Although Li Ji had passed the battle report back, the help the court could give him was limited. All of this depends on himself, so Li Ji has to make full preparations and must guard Suzhou Jiuquan.
If he can't defend Suzhou any longer, and wait until Suzhou is lost again, he will really have no face to return to the court.
Changsun Wuji said: "It's just that it's not easy to defend Suzhou! Our current military strength is definitely not comparable to Du Qi in a direct confrontation. After all, the number of troops is insufficient. But if we talk about the situation of defending the city, because Du Qi has weapons to bomb The city is also somewhat difficult. It is not an easy task to achieve the goal of resisting Du Qi."
"Report!"
At this moment, soldiers entered.
The soldier stood still and saluted, "Director Li, the governor of Suzhou is asking to see you."
Li Ji said: "Please!"
The soldiers went to pass the message, and after a while, Yan Leisheng, the governor of Suzhou, entered. The former governor of Suzhou was Ye Daosheng, who was promoted by Du Qi, but after Du Qi established the country, Ye Daosheng was directly transferred to Chang'an by the imperial court."No need to report."
"I will explain this matter in front of His Majesty. As long as you can block Du Qi's army by your means, then you will be able to contribute to the imperial court."
Li Ji encouraged: "This is your opportunity, and it is also Datang's opportunity."
"Definitely live up to the mission!"
Yan Leisheng answered immediately.
The expression on his face is extremely serious, and he has an indomitable fighting spirit. Because at the moment, as long as Du Qi's army is stopped outside Jiuquan County, it will be a great contribution to the situation of the entire Tang Dynasty.
Yan Leisheng left, and the atmosphere in the camp eased up accordingly.
Changsun Wuji said: "Director Li, according to Yan Leisheng's arrangement, the entire area outside Jiuquan County will be turned into concrete roads. In this way, firearms will lose their great effect. Du Qi wants to plant mines, etc. It's not even possible to plant gunpowder. Anyway, this is our chance right now."
Li Ji said solemnly: "No matter what, we should be more cautious. What should be arranged must be properly arranged. We must defend this battle. On the basis of defending, we will try to defeat Du Qi again."
Today's Li Ji has changed his strategy.
Hold on first.
Consider other things.
Because today's Suzhou can't stand the toss. Once Suzhou falls, the entire Tang Dynasty may be shaken even more. Therefore, at the moment, it is fundamental to stabilize the overall situation of Suzhou and defend Jiuquan County.
Li Ji, Wei Zheng and Changsun Wuji joined forces to quickly discuss defensive strategies.
Everything began to be arranged.
At the same time, Yan Leisheng has already made rapid adjustments, using all the personnel under his command that can be used, and building concrete roads on a large scale.
This movement was huge, and the news could not be concealed, so Du Qi'an's sentry in Jiuquan County, in a short time, had already spread the news and sent it back to Du Qi who was entering Suzhou.
Now Du Qi's army has arrived in Suzhou. The strategy adopted by Li Ji is very simple. It is still the same as in Shazhou. It is to gather the troops of Shazhou in Jiuquan County so that they can resist with all their strength.
Therefore, Du Qi's army is still indomitable in Suzhou.
There is no resistance at all.
The most important thing is that the people in Suzhou respect Du Qi very much. Because Du Qi arrived in Suzhou, the thousands of people in Suzhou lived a good life and were no longer oppressed and plundered by bandits. So Du Qi took Suzhou suddenly, and there was no resistance from the people, but many people welcomed Du Qi back to Suzhou.
After Du Qi learned about the situation in Jiuquan County, after a little thought, he roughly understood Li Ji's intentions.
It is to strengthen Jiuquan County.
Then defend with all your strength.
Because all areas outside the city are paved with concrete roads. And the city is reinforced with steel bars, and then plastered with cement again, so even after the bombardment, it is impossible for the city to collapse even if part of it collapses. At this point, the only advantage of bombardment is the power to suppress the city.
After Du Qi figured it out, he didn't say anything for the time being. When the army stopped to rest near noon, Du Qi called Li Jing, Shangguanyi and others together, and talked about Li Ji's response and the changes in Jiuquan County.
After Du Qi finished talking about the situation, he finally said: "Li Ji's intention is to weaken the influence of our mortars. In fact, according to the current arrangement, it can indeed affect us. On this basis, what do you think should be done?" manage?"
Li Jing stroked the beard under his jaw, thinking quickly.
Li Ji responded, and they naturally had to respond.
It is not possible to directly rely on force to attack.
Shangguanyi said in a deep voice: "Since the attack is not possible, then we will encircle Jiuquan County. However, I believe that we should adopt an offensive strategy first, and after bombing, if it is not possible, then we will adopt the encirclement strategy. In short, isolation After entering Jiuquan County, it will be a breeze to destroy the enemy army in Jiuquan County."
"It's not easy!"
Li Jing shook his head and said: "You must know that since Li Ji has made a defensive stance in Jiuquan County, he must be well-prepared for food, equipment and weapons. The opponent also has gunpowder. If we attack with all our strength, the opponent can counterattack. If we want to adopt an isolated strategy, I am afraid it will not be effective."
Shangguanyi said: "It's always good to try."
Li Jing stopped talking.
At least, he did not agree with Shangguanyi's suggestion.
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