The heavens start from saving Daming

"This is to be the principal."

Knowing that Li Er sent Cheng Yaojin's soldiers to go south to attack Bolu, Li Yunze flatly complained about it, "I turned into a Showa staff officer, thinking that the Tang army can fight by eating grass."

Li Er has never been to the Western Regions, so he doesn't know the environment here, and there is no precise map in this era.

He saw that Cheng Yaojin's troops were invading like fire, invincible in every attack, almost sweeping across the four towns of Anxi like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.

It is natural to think that Cheng Yaojin will definitely be able to continue fighting.

Cheng Yaojin wanted to complain. The reason why he fought fast was that besides the strength of his opponent, the main reason was that he knew that logistics and supplies were difficult.

When he attacked the four towns of Anxi, every time he got the supply convoy, he launched an attack, and the supplies were only enough to last until the next supply convoy arrived.

When he hit Shule, the time for him to get supplies each time was extended to three months, so he still had the ability to continue fighting.

What's more, the big and small Bolu are full of lofty mountains.

This is probably the side effect after Li Yunze provided the telegram.

In the past, when the distance was too far, the orders of the generals outside the country were not accepted, and the decisions on how to fight were made by the generals on the front line.

But after getting the telegram, Li Er actually learned to play micromanagement.

However, since the emperor came to order, Cheng Yaojin, who was a little swollen because the army marched too smoothly, complied without hesitation.

After spending several months with supplies and traveling thousands of miles to Shule, Cheng Yaojin left behind Cheng Chumo and led tens of thousands of Tang troops to station in Shule, while he himself led [-] Tang troops to the south and crossed the border. Congling went to attack Xiaobolu.

As for the rest of the Tang army, they were stationed along the road.

When the news reached Li Yunze, he also rolled his eyes.

To simultaneously supply the Tang army with nearly 20 north and south logistics supplies, the long supply lines are thousands of miles long, which is really a terrible task for the logistics officer.

There was no other way, Li Yunze could only do his best to raise funds while mobilizing more captives to build two railway lines on both sides of Tianshan Mountain.

As much as it can be repaired, even if the road is built one mile further, it means that the supply line is shortened by one mile.

It's just that the Tang army on the front line is advancing too fast. The south line has already passed Congling, and the north line has broken through Altai, Tacheng and other places.

In order to provide as much supplies as possible to the Tang army on the front line, Li Yunze also tried his best.

But at the same time, he reminded Li Er again and again that Tubo in the south and Xue Yantuo in the north probably wouldn't just sit back and watch the Tang recover the Western Regions and wipe out the Western Turks.

Both Tubo and Xue Yantuo may launch a surprise attack, and I hope Li Er can take precautions in advance.

Li Er's reaction was to send thousands of reinforcements to Longyou Dao, and then sent envoys to Xue Yantuo and Tubo, reaffirming the friendly relationship between Datang and them and presenting gifts.

It's not that he doesn't want to deploy troops anymore, but that the supply capacity has already exceeded the upper limit.

Moreover, many elites of the Tang army are secretly transferred to the north, preparing for the battle against Goguryeo.At the same time, many Tang troops were scattered in the vast land from the Wa Kingdom in the north to Luzon and Nanyang in the south to fight against the local indigenous people.

The chieftains of Jiannan Road were encouraged and ready to move, and they needed another army to watch them.

In addition, the soldiers and horses of the prairie to execute Jiading, the soldiers and horses to guard against Tubo and Xue Yantuo, the soldiers and horses guarding various places, and the sixteen guards who are indispensable to guard Chang'an City.

Datang's military strength has already been used to the limit.

Li Yunze doesn't believe that Tubo and Xue Yantuo don't understand what it means to have a dead lip and a cold tooth. The sense of threat brought by the Great Tang to neighboring countries in this era is far greater than that of the beautiful countries in later generations.

This is not just speculation. The caravans sent to Tubo and Xue Yantuo reported after returning that the two places were transporting combat materials to the border, and at the same time they had begun to gradually mobilize.

Li Yunze saw that this was not going to work, it was obvious that there would be a world war, and Datang had to prepare as much as possible.

After exchanging telegrams with Li Er, Li Er was finally persuaded and sent Zhang Shigui and others to Hebei and other places to recruit troops.

At this time, Datang used the Fubing system, that is, conscripts, but not everyone can be a conscript, and only those with assets in the family are eligible to be Fubing.

When the government soldiers are not enough, the only way to recruit troops is to recruit troops.

Compared with neighboring countries, the most powerful thing about Datang is not its vast territory, numerous products, and advanced technology, but its large enough population.

No matter what you do, you need people, and talents are the most valuable asset.

Datang's population of tens of millions is a crushing advantage to the surrounding countries like Mount Tai.

With this advantage, as long as the emperor is not too stupid, as long as the civil servants are not too greedy, as long as the generals are not too bad, he can basically beat everything around him.

For Datang at this time, it is not difficult to recruit tens of thousands, 10,000+ or ​​even hundreds of thousands of troops.

But for neighboring countries, such an order of magnitude would have to be a nationwide mobilization.

With rich experience, Li Yunze's prediction was correct.

Facing the turbulent advance of the Tang Dynasty, which seemed to be engulfing the whole world in its arms, when the Western Regions were about to be pacified and the Western Turks were about to be defeated, all the big and small countries who were deeply concerned began to attack one after another.

Of course, it's not just because of this matter, but also because these countries used their national funds to speculate in Chang'an City a few years ago, but they ended up pawning their pants. This hatred has continued to this day.

The first to launch was the nine surnames of Zhaowu in Kangju and other places.

The so-called nine surnames of Zhaowu lived in Zhaowu City north of Qilian Mountain in the Han Dynasty, that is, Da Yuezhi.

As early as in the New Era, the Da Yue clan transported Hetian jade to China to do business with Yao and Shun through the "Jade Road". This long international trade lasted from the Yao and Shun era to the Qin Dynasty.

The earliest Silk Road was also established by Da Yuezhi.

After being defeated by Modu Shanyu, they moved west across the Congling Mountains to the Amu Darya River in Central Asia, defeated the descendants of Alexander's expeditionary force, and established the Da Yuezhi Kingdom.

After hundreds of years, they gradually split into several countries, but they cherished their homeland, and the kings of various countries still took Zhaowu as their surname. Among them, the most famous ones were the Sogdians, and the nine surnames of Zhaowu were the most numerous in the East and West cities of the Tang Dynasty. merchant.

Of course, in the stock market tragedy that year, the nine surnames of Zhaowu, who had a strong business atmosphere, also suffered the most.

At that time, almost all the merchants with the nine surnames of Zhaowu in Chang'an City went bankrupt and lost their wealth.

The envoys of Zhaowu's nine surnames were also there, and they took their king's country to speculate in stocks. In the end, only one envoy returned to the country, because the others either went to the rooftops or simply ran away incognito.

Up to now, after receiving the support of a big country, the nine surnames of Zhaowu were the first to jump out.

More than a dozen countries turned directly into soldiers, gathered two large armies across Congling, and surrounded Suiye City and Shule respectively.

These two places are the most important logistics bases of Su Dingfang and Cheng Yaojin respectively. Both sides of Tianshan Mountain are surrounded by tens of thousands of troops with the nine surnames of Zhaowu.

If there were only Zhaowu's nine surnames, it would be no big deal.

They can do business well, but they are not popular when they fight wars.

However, the nine surnames of Zhaowu who besieged Suiye City in the north of Tianshan Mountain were supported by many Zahu tribes led by Tuqishi.

The nine surnames of Zhaowu who besieged Shule in the south received reinforcements from Tubo.

Suiye City is only guarded by 7000 people left by Su Dingfang, and Shule is only guarded by Cheng Chumo's 1 horses.

In addition, many small countries and Zahu tribes in almost the entire western region were mobilized, forming a vast ocean of people's war that was almost like a storm.

Su Dingfang was still a little younger, and he took the main force northward as much as possible, and traveled with the Western Turks near Jinshan, and was attacked by Huihe, Xue Yantuo, Tiele and other northern tribes.

These tribes are willing to join hands to fight against the Tang Dynasty. In addition to the crisis of death and cold teeth, the root cause is Li Er's brutal reduction of troops on the prairie.

What a terrible thing to be reduced. After seeing what happened to those tribes on the prairie, Huihe Tiele Xue Yantuo could not accept that he would be reduced anyway.

Rather than being cut down by Datang, it is better to fight hard.

The strength gathered by these northern tribes is also terrifying, but Su Dingfang has an army of about [-], so as long as he doesn't make mistakes, there is basically no great danger.

What is really dangerous is Cheng Yaojin's place.

Tubo had been motionless before, but once it moved, it was like thunder.

In the south, the local chieftains harassed the entire Jiannan Road, and Weizhou came out of Shu, and Songzhou and other places harassed Shu.

Longyou Dao attacked from all sides here, rushing out from both sides of the West Sea to attack Longyou Dao, trying to cut off the Tang army's logistics line.

Then there is the Western Regions, where Tubo went down the mountain in an all-round way, rushing from Hoh Xil and other places to Qiemo, Jingjue and other places.

From Pangong Co and other places, they rushed down the mountain and went straight to Khotan and Shule. At the same time, they sent a large army to Xiaobolu to cut off Cheng Yaojin's retreat.

Tubo sent hundreds of thousands of troops in one go, trying to eat all the Tang troops in the Western Regions in one go.

When Datang was preparing for this world war for many years, all countries were not idle, and they were also making preparations.

No one is a fool when it comes to such a big matter of life and death.

If Datang wanted to defeat each of them, he would naturally choose to "deal with these demons and heretics, everyone doesn't need to talk about morals, let's go shoulder to shoulder together!" '

When the news reached Chang'an City, Li Er had asked Empress Changsun to prepare armor, and he was going to conquer the Western Regions himself.

Then, Wa country began to attack the mining area leased by Datang.

Goguryeo mobilized soldiers and horses to be active on the border, with the intention of spying on Youzhou.

Baekje's navy even appeared off the coast of Shandong.

All of a sudden, the borders of the entire Tang Dynasty were almost full of wars.

Now Li Er has no way to conscript himself, he has to sit in Chang'an City to stabilize people's hearts.

A group of civil officials played, saying that please stop fighting and negotiate peace with other countries.

They thought that the Tang Dynasty's military aggression provoked all the countries to attack, which is an ominous sign, and the emperor is now guilty of his own crime.

There will be no shortage of these people in any era, after all, there will always be those who have lowered the list.

As long as they are around, this kind of thing will never be avoided.

For these people, it was Wei Zheng who came forward and scolded them angrily, saying that they had completely disgraced the Tang Dynasty, and Wei Zheng also volunteered to take his nephew and nephew to the border.

It was rare for Li Er to be in a good mood, and he also greatly appreciated Wei Zheng, saying that it was in times of crisis that he showed his true qualities as a hero.

Of course, it's not Wei Zheng's turn to go to the battlefield, and the warriors of Datang haven't died yet.

Li Jing no longer stayed at home to write military books, and went into the palace overnight to discuss countermeasures with Li Er and other nobles.

After repeated discussions with Li Yunze, Su Dingfang, Cheng Yaojin and others on the front line through telegrams, Datang finally responded.

The first is to let Zhang Shigui, Chang He and others speed up the speed of conscription and training.

Then let Li Ji deal with Goguryeo and Baekje, and let Hou Junji settle Wa.

Then let Li Xiaogong and others go out to Jiannan Road to deal with Tubo and the local chieftain.

Li Jing and others went north to the grassland to deter Xue Yantuo and other troops from the rear.

Arrange Li Daozong and others to go to Shu to deal with Tubo's harassment.

Duan Zhixuan went to Longyou Road to maintain the logistics of the army of the Western Regions.

After that, it is the most critical Western Region.

The Western Regions are in urgent need of reinforcements, but who will be the leader of the third wave is difficult.

Those who can be dispatched have been dispatched, and the rest, such as Yuchi Jingde, Xue Wanche and others, are fierce generals, but it is not suitable for them to be the main generals.

However, Qin Qiong, Chai Shao and others were seriously ill, and they had difficulty getting out of bed, and they were unable to travel thousands of miles.

Zhang Liang and others have already been given up.

After some searching, I couldn't find a suitable general.

Changsun Wuji and others suggested that Li Jing should go, but Li Er refused after careful consideration.

He finally ordered Yuchi Jingde, Xue Wanche and others to lead the reinforcements to the Western Regions respectively, and at the same time appointed Du Ruhui as the marching commander to succeed Li Yunze in charge of logistics.

Li Er chose Li Yunze as the general of the third division, responsible for commanding the reinforcements to resolve the crisis in the Western Regions.

He firmly believes that this strange man has this ability!