Prosperous Tang Soul

Chapter 326 Breakthrough!

"If I can make a surprise attack, why do I still sit here?" Li Jing glared at Cheng Chumo, and sighed, "If what I expected is correct, Shuofang City should be lost, but I don't know if Lao Niu and the others have retreated to Lingling. Wu County is still."

Li Jing's voice was a little depressed. In his heart, he hoped that Niu Jinda would stick to Shuofang. This was because of the duty of a soldier. As long as Shuofang was still in Tang Dynasty, there would be hope for him.

Strictly speaking, while guarding the northwest barrier, it also held back the Temuhebu, thus buying time for the army to retreat.

Of course, this is just a fantasy, and everyone knows that it is impossible.

Fifty thousand against five thousand, although the defenders have the advantage of geographical advantage, the gap in numbers is too great after all, let alone a group of auxiliary soldiers, not to mention Niu Jinda, even Li Jing himself defending the city has no chance of winning at all.

If Niu Jinda really defended to the death, there would be only one result, that is, the entire Shuofang army and civilians would be wiped out, and there would be no possibility of survival at all!

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But if he thought of withdrawing to Lingwu, Li Jing's mouth could not help but feel bitter.

However, according to years of understanding of Niu Jinda, Li Jing felt that the possibility of defending to the death was the greatest, and according to the current situation he knew, Niu Jinda was likely to have died in battle.

"Boss, do you mean that Shuofang may have been lost?" Cheng Chumo looked at Li Jing with reddened eyes.

You know, his brother is in Shuofang. If Shuofang City is captured by the Temuhe tribe, then Zhang Yi.
"Hey, I'm afraid that's the case!" Li Jing slapped the table with his palm fiercely, as if he had lost all energy, he sat down dejectedly, closed his eyes slowly, and said, "If the old man As expected, once Shuofang is captured by the Temuhe tribe, the Temuhe tribe is likely to leave a man to defend the city, and then the main force will march towards our location, and the time should be coming soon.

During this period of time, the Tow Thunder Department kept harassing us, but they were not in a hurry to attack. The purpose was to drag us firmly in the Heifengkou. Once Temuhe arrived, that was the time for them to really attack with all their might! "

"If that's the case, why didn't the general manager stay still?" Cheng Chumo was a little anxious, and said: "The last general begs, give me 5000 men and horses, and hold back Tuo Lei for the main force! As for Shuofang."

Cheng Chumo couldn't go on talking anymore. Although he hoped that Zhang Yi would still be alive, in fact he also knew that fifty thousand Turkic elites would definitely be able to win against a small Shuofang.

As for when it can be won, it is actually just a matter of time.

However, as long as Shuofang City is not breached, there is hope. He asked Li Jing to hold back the Tuo Lei Department with five thousand soldiers. In fact, he mainly hoped that Li Jing could get away with this, as long as he could arrive before Temuhe broke through Shuofang City. Shuofang, on the one hand, can solve Shuofang's crisis, and on the other hand, the situation of the two armies' pinching attack will be resolved invisible.

Of course, Cheng Chumo might have to bury him elsewhere.

"No! Now is not the time!" Although Li Jing's face was ugly, he still rejected Cheng Chumo's idea.

In fact, he also knew that although Shuofang was short of manpower, if Niu Jinda had a good grasp, coupled with the soldiers and civilians in Shuofang City, it might not be impossible to defend until now.

After all, ants are greedy for life. Under the choice between life and death, it may not be impossible for the entire Shuofang City to unite to protect the city.According to Cheng Chumo's thinking, if the strong man cut off his wrists and used five thousand elites to hold back the Thunder Division, and he led the rest of the main force directly to Shuofang, then it might be a solution.

But what he was thinking about now was another question.

If Temuhe couldn't attack for a long time and adopted the attitude of besieging the city, then even if he got rid of the Tuo Leibu, he might be hit head-on by the restless Temuhebu. These 5000 people were wasted in vain.

In his opinion, even if Niu Jinda died in battle and lost Shuofang, it was not an unacceptable thing.

After all, there was Lingwu County after Shuofang City, and there were countless cities behind Lingwu County. Even if those cities were attacked by Temuhe, as long as his 5 troops were not lost, there was still hope.

The Tang Dynasty was too poor. In the year just after the locust plague, Li Jing knew very well that Li Er had no way to form another [-] soldiers, and it was impossible for the nearby state capitals to have reinforcements. Hope to be eaten away step by step by the Tuo Lei Department, it is better to stand in a stalemate with the Tuo Lei Department and wait for Temuhe's arrival.

After all, it takes time for Temuhe to go on the road, and there are four full days' journey between Heifengkou and Shuofang City. timing.

At that time, Li Jing can make a quick U-turn, use the striker to break the rear, and the main force will attack Shuofang directly. As long as Cheng Chumo can entangle Tuo Lei and Temuhe for a day, then he can take Shuofang again. At that time, with more than [-] Tang troops defending the city, even if Tuo Lei and Temuhe had [-] troops, he was not afraid.

"It's not the timing, when is the timing?" Cheng Chumo gritted his teeth and said angrily, "General Manager, we only have less than seven days' food, the longer we drag it to the end, the more dangerous it will be for our army, wait until Temuhe arrives Then it will be too late!"

It has to be said that Li Jing is such a pure soldier. He never thought about the consequences of Niu Jinda and Zhang Yi's death if Shuofang really fell.Although Niu Jinda is only a marquis now, Niu Jinda is definitely more reliable than Li Jing in Li Er's serious situation, not to mention that Niu Jinda originally belonged to Zuo Wuwei, and he and Cheng Yaojin were old partners The relationship between many generals is also very good.Although Zhang Yi is only an earl, Zhang Yi's importance is also very important, and in the eyes of many caring people, Zhang Yi still has "Taiping Essentials". , After returning to Chang'an, there is no good fruit to eat.

Therefore, no matter how much Cheng Chumo begged, Li Jing insisted on being hard-hearted, and held a difficult stalemate with Tuo Lei.

one day!
Two days!

Until the night of the third day, the temperature on the grassland had dropped sharply, the cold wind was howling, and the snowflakes finally slowly fell from the sky. At the same time, Li Jing also got the news he wanted most, Temuhebu It was already less than fifty miles away from Heifengkou.

Upon receiving the news, Cheng Chumo screamed at the sky, he knew very well what the news meant.

Shuofang was breached, Niu Jinda, Zhang Yi, and even the entire army of Shuofang City were wiped out, and they were gradually surrounded!

(End of this chapter)