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    (Please give me a monthly ticket, free recommendation tickets too!) "Send a letter to the manager Qu Tutong of Huai'an City in Guizhou, telling them not to hold on. I have dispatched Li Jing's 3,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry from Huaihuang to Huai'an.  Reinforcement with the Second City of Daning." After issuing various orders, Yi Feng left the pigeon station.  Liu Wenjing stood behind Yi Feng, "Your Highness, although there are many Turks, they are not incapable of fighting. Do we really want to passively accept the fight and be unable to retreat?" "Humph." Yi Feng sneered, "I don't believe you.  I don¡¯t understand the current situation, so that¡¯s an irony.¡± ¡°I¡¯m worried that His Highness won¡¯t be able to bear it anymore. After all, he has an elite army, but he can only be beaten without fighting back. It will definitely feel uncomfortable,¡± Liu Wenjing said with a smile.  "It's uncomfortable not to fight back when being beaten, but as long as we act according to the plan, the enemy will actually not be able to hit us. There are strong cities and dangerous passes. If the Turks want to attack by force, it will be because they are uncomfortable. When the time comes, we will stand  You can beat them hard on the high city wall." Yi Feng sighed, "Of course, there is no need to be so restrained, but there are always some people who like to play tricks at critical moments, so let's do it.  We can¡¯t be too upright, and we have to save a lot of money. Otherwise, if we fight tooth and nail with the Turks, someone else will jump in, take advantage, and even try to deal with us in the end. Don¡¯t you think that¡¯s stupid?¡±  "Then we suffer this loss?" "It's not really a loss. As long as the war is under control, it will still be of some benefit to us, as is the army. There is always a battle test. And through this war, we can also  Further strengthen the control of the eleven states of Youzhou Prefecture." Liu Wenjing said with some concern, "What if the prince and Gao Jiu stay on the sidelines and watch the fire?" "There is nothing to worry about. With our strength,  As long as we can't hold on, even though we can't hit the Turks hard, they won't be able to take advantage. In the end, they won't be able to capture our city, and they will have no choice but to retreat after plundering the countryside. And if Gao Jiong.  If you really dare to hold back your troops and stand still. If you really dare to let the Turks attack us without any worries, and even let them leave in the end, then things will not be that simple. How will the emperor treat them then?  Don't forget, although Gu is the emperor's grandson, he is only the marshal of the Eastern Route of the Northern Expeditionary Army. Moreover, in the previous imperial plan, our Eastern Route Army was only responsible for guarding Yanyun and serving as a reserve support force for the Central Route Army.  They attacked us, but we could not hold on. Not only did we not have any responsibility, but we acted completely according to the court's plan. As long as we defended, it was meritorious. Yang Yong and Gao Jiong were the marshals and chief historians of the Northern Expedition. Their mission was to do it.  They defeated the Turks and wiped out their effective forces. In the end, they just sat back and watched the scenery. They allowed the Turks to wreak havoc in Daibei and finally walked away. Gao Yan did not dare to do this.  If we really dare to do this, they will all be finished. Therefore, I think that Gao Jiong's wait and see has a time limit. As long as we can sustain this first wave of attacks, Gao Jiong will have to send troops no matter what. They can wait.  Sorry." Yifeng smiled coldly.  "At that time, Gao Jiong and the others are forced to go north to fight the Turks. At that time, it will be our turn to watch the show." Liu Wenjing couldn't help but be infected when she saw Yi Feng being so confident and relaxed, and the worries in her heart also disappeared.  Gradually it faded away, and I even began to look forward to the scene that His Highness the Grand Sun mentioned.  Mayi City.  Gao Jiong looked at the letter in his hand and shook his head. This was already the thirteenth letter asking for help, thirteen letters asking for help in one day.  "Pei Ji, are you trying to entertain me?" Pei Ji lowered his hands to Xiao Li and walked down the steps with an expressionless face, "How dare you, a lower-ranking officer." "You don't dare? Then you broke into my home thirteen times in one day, and you gave me away every time.  Is it the exact same letter?" Gao Xuan asked, shaking the black and white writing in his hand.  "The letter was sent by His Royal Highness, the Emperor's Grandson. I just forwarded it on my behalf. I know nothing about the content of the letter. I was just doing my duty." "You!" Gao Qiao suppressed the anger in his chest and finally  He raised his hand and said, "Get out!" "My official letter has been delivered, so I'm leaving now!" Pei Ji bowed his hands and resigned.  He Ruobi looked at the angry Gao Qiu, "Xiangguo, the emperor's grandson sent 13 emergency letters for help in one day, us?" "The Turks haven't really confronted Yang Lin yet, and he's already screaming non-stop.  It's just a bluff. Don't worry, wait a moment." Gao Qiao was also upset. Although he said he didn't care, Yi Feng's thirteen letters for help also made him feel uneasy.  .  In any case, Yang Lin is the emperor's grandson. Although the Eastern Route Army he leads is to guard Yanyun, he is the chief historian of the Northern Expedition. Now he is commanding an elite army of 250,000 people, but he is sitting back and watchingIt is not a small matter that the Jue people plundered Daibei and did not move their troops.  Shaking his head, Gao Jiong threw these thoughts out of his mind. Now that he had made a decision, he had to stick to it.  Letting the Turks confront Yang Lin first was not only an opportunity to weaken Taisun's strength, but also to give the middle army a greater chance of victory so that they could defeat the Turks in one fell swoop.  He told himself that as long as he could finally achieve a considerable victory this time, the emperor would eventually understand what he was doing to his grandson.  "Send more exploration horses to go north and pay close attention to the situation in the north. Once Taisun and the Turks are in full battle, we will immediately send troops to go north." Gao Jiong finally couldn't help but modify some of the original plan. In the original plan, he was  He was prepared to wait until the Turks and Taisun were almost done fighting before he finally showed up to clean up the situation.  Now under pressure, he had to decide to go north immediately after Yang Lin had a full-scale battle with the Turks, without waiting for the best time.  He was also worried that his grandson would suffer too much and would fight him tooth and nail.  Guizhou, Huai'an City.  Huai'an County Magistrate Fang Xuanling, a civil servant, also changed out of his round-neck shirt and black gauze hat, and put on leather armor and a bronze helmet. He also wore a horizontal sword on his waist and carried a crossbow on his back.  "Your Majesty, I heard that a flying pigeon has arrived from your great-grandson?" He strode into the governor's office and asked the governor Qu Tutong.  "Yes. The emperor's grandson asked us to hold on to the two cities of Huai'an and Daning." "But we only have two thousand soldiers. Although we temporarily recruited young men, we only recruited three thousand. There are fifty thousand Turks." Fang Xuan  Ling sighed and said, the young men and soldiers together were only 5,000, but the number of Daman who attacked was 50,000. This is a huge difference between heaven and earth.  Qu Tutong comforted Fang Xuanling and said, "Don't worry too much. His Highness has no intention of letting us cook with our palms." "Are there reinforcements?" "Well, His Highness has dispatched Li Jing to lead three thousand cavalry and ten thousand Huai to fight in the wilderness.  The infantry came immediately to reinforce the two cities of Huaihuang and Daning. We don't have to worry now. With more than 10,000 elites, we will have a good time fighting the Turks!" Qu Tutong's hair has turned gray in these days.  Now there are so many reinforcements all at once.  Although they were still inferior to the 50,000 Turks, the difference was not much.  "We still have to strengthen our fortifications and make full preparations." Yu Wenhuaji was not very optimistic. He was still frightened by the number of 50,000 Turkic cavalry.  "Reinforcements are coming. Can we hold on? Thirteen thousand reinforcements, but we still have to defend Daning Pass." Qu Tutong led a group of officials from Huai'an City to climb the city wall. There were already some scattered Turkic forward scouts in the south of the city.  tents scattered.  "We have given up on Guizhou City and all other territories after Daning. Huai'an and Daning must not be lost." In the cold wind, Qu Tutong looked determined, "Although Daman commands 50,000 wolf cubs, but  If they divide their forces to besiege Huai'an City and Daning Pass, then we and Daning Pass will face only more than 20,000 Turks in each city. We now have 2,000 defenders and 3,000 young men. If we add 6,000 infantry and cavalry reinforcements.  We can reach 10,000 defenders." "But the Turks are still three times or more than us." "Under Huai'an City, the Turks can't put 30,000 people into the city at once. Besides, the Turks are all.  It's cavalry. Although our infantry is mostly supplemented by young men, we can rely on the city to defend the city. If 10,000 Turks attack the city, I can even say that we can easily defeat them.  The Turks continued to attack Huai'an City day and night. As long as we worked together, we could still defend it despite some casualties." Fang Xuanling smiled.  "If there are 10,000 defenders in Huai'an City, there is indeed a lot of hope that the city can be defended." Yu Wenhuaji was a little unconvinced. How could 10,000 troops defeat 30,000 Turkic troops? "How did you calculate this?" Qu Tutong said at that time  He was also a battle-hardened general and was very experienced in offensive and defensive operations. He explained to Yu Wenhuaji in detail and took the opportunity to stabilize the mood of Huai'an officials and generals and enhance their confidence.  ¡°If the weapons, morale, and generals of both sides are evenly matched, and the 10,000 defenders have enough rolling logs, bows, arrows, and boulders, and there is no shortage of food, they can defeat 10,000 enemy troops with a thousand killed and a thousand injured.  An all-out attack. And if the defenders have enough armor to defend themselves, the number of dead soldiers can be reduced to about 200. If there are enough herbs and doctors in the city, 80% of the injured soldiers will be treated and rested.  Even if the enemy's 30,000 men continue to attack at all costs, they will suffer heavy casualties and be unable to attack again. However, the defenders will lose more than a thousand people at most and still have the chance to fight again.  "Fang Xuanling is also familiar with military books and knows the historical facts in detail. Although he has no experience in leading troops, he can still chime in.  He said, "Under normal circumstances, the defenders who have no shortage of food and grass can hold on to the city and resist a continuous attack of seven times the enemy force for twenty days without falling. Although Huai'an City is not a fortified city, it can be attacked.The Turks are also grassland cavalry who are not good at attacking cities. Therefore, if we get five thousand reinforcements, then even if we face an attack of fifty thousand Turks, we can hold on for at least half a month, or even one to two months.  It's not impossible.  " "Half a month later, haha.  Qu Tutong burst into laughter, "There are still 250,000 elite troops from the imperial court on the Yanmen-Taiyuan front line. In half a month, even if they crawled, they all climbed to the bottom of Huai'an City."  " "Yes, we still have hundreds of thousands of troops in the south.  "The rest of the generals also laughed. They used this laughter to relieve the fear and uneasiness in their hearts these days. Fang Xuanling suggested to Qu Tutong, "Your Majesty, you should immediately send the reinforcements from Huaihuang.  The news of the impending arrival was announced in the city, and everyone was told that hundreds of thousands of imperial troops from Taiyuan were marching north and would arrive soon to boost the morale of the common people and soldiers.  " "The city defense must be strengthened. No one can leave the city without the emperor's personal order. People outside the city are not allowed to enter the city. Scouts can only enter and exit by hanging from the city in baskets.  Strictly guard against spies and strengthen supervision of the Tibetan people in the city.  Strengthen patrols and strictly prohibit fireworks at night." Fang Xuanling put forward a number of suggestions in succession, and Qu Tutong accepted them one by one. Looking at the small Huai'an City, Qu Tutong always felt that something was missing. For a long time, he suddenly  He patted the battlements and pointed at the gate tower of the southern city, "Immediately ordered someone to find a long log, set it on the gate tower, and hang a big flag.  The people are there and the flag is there, and the flag is in the city, which is the soul of defending the city and inspires the soldiers and the people to defend the city to the death.  Qu Tugai asked his brother, "What words or patterns should be embroidered on the flag?"  " "We are the officers and soldiers of the Sui Dynasty, so of course we have to embroider the Sui characters.  "Some officials suggested. " Others suggested, "We are Han people. Facing the invasion and attack of Turkic barbarians, we have to embroider a Chinese character."  " Fang Xuanling praised, "The barbarians invaded the Central Plains, burned down our Han people's homes, and kidnapped our Han people's children. This is our Han people's land. We should erect a banner with Chinese characters and kill these barbarians under the Han flag.  prisoner.  " Qu Tutong shouted, "Okay, anyone who dares to offend a strong man will be punished no matter how far away he is!  ¡± The officials and soldiers in the city were greatly encouraged, and everyone happily went to carry the wooden flag. Not long after, a man who lived under the city wall led people to tear down his own house and tear down the beams of the house.  It was transported to the top of the city and used as a flagpole. At the head of the silk shop in the city, a local wealthy businessman whose family had lived here for several generations took out the best Shu cotton from home and asked his wife and daughter-in-law to join them.  I personally embroidered a large Chinese character on the Shu brocade. The bright red and high-quality Shu brocade was embroidered with a large Chinese character, and I hung it on a flagpole made of a rafter. Finally, it stood high on the gate tower in the south of the city. It was so beautiful.  Eye-catching and dazzling. The man looked at the beam of his house, which had now become a flagpole. Faced with Qu Tutong's praise and reward, he just patted the dust on his hands and said with a simple smile.  , "My house is right under the city wall. Originally, Fang Ming Mansion had issued a notice that the government troops were about to demolish the houses around the city wall to strengthen the city's defense.  Fang Mingfu also said that after the war, the government will provide money for us to rebuild our house. In this case, it is just right to tear down the beams and make flagpoles.  " "Congratulations to your Majesty, the people's support can be used, this battle will be won!  "Fang Xuanling laughed and congratulated Qu Tutong. Qu Tutong also smiled again and again, and his confidence increased greatly. PS: There have been thunderstorms these days, and the power will trip when there is thunder, which is really annoying. It was also burning when there was thunder a few days ago.  Several lamps fell off and the cat was broken. It seems that the magnetic content of the underground here is relatively high or something. Alas, the rhythm is always disrupted. I am very unhappy. I ask for your understanding. (To be continued)
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