Datang: Salted fish at the beginning, Gao Yang was given marriage by Li Er

Chapter 264 Bad news from the frontier

It has been ten days since we set off from the imperial city.

The scouts sent out finally brought back the first news of the Western Frontier Pass when the bonfire was lit.

Bursts of cooking smoke rose into the dark sky, dragging a group of tired soldiers holding bowls and chopsticks, waiting for a mouthful of hot food.

As we advance towards the west, we can still see a little different from the lush desolation of the Central Plains. The bushes on both sides of the road have gradually become lower, and some open fields will present a scene of yellow sand from time to time.

Dozens of generals and deputy generals in the army were recruited to the main account of the Chinese army to discuss the next deployment and inform them of the news they received from the western frontier.

In the tent of the Chinese army.

Li Jing sat quietly at the head of the tent, looking solemnly at the bloody military report on the desk by the dim butter lamp on the corner of the desk.

The western frontier border military city fell!

The most frightening thing came back so suddenly.Even Li Jing, who has experienced many battles and has always been stable and prudent, couldn't help becoming angry and pounded on the desk with his fists, shaking the oil lamp at the corner of the table and shaking the candlelight.

"General Li, it's approaching night, and the soldiers are all waiting to sleep peacefully, why are you summoning all the generals?"

"Could it be that the battle report from the Western Territory came? Has the mob in Tuyuhun gathered..."

When the figure got into the big tent and saw Li Jing with an angry face, his voice stopped suddenly, and he sat down on the big chair by the side of the tent in some astonishment.

The generals who filed in had a glimpse of this scene, held back their teasing words in their hearts, and faintly had a sense of foreboding.

After everyone was seated, Li Jing glanced around, picked up the battle report on the desk in front of him, and held it up in the air.

"At the border of the western border, something happened."

"Han Wei, the state herdsman, fled without a fight, and the largest border city in the entire western region was reduced to a place where barbarians were massacred."

hiss~
There was a gasp from the four seats.

In the deathly silence, the faces of all the generals were solemn.

Bang.

Cheng Yaojin patted the armrest of the seat and stood up, swearing.

"The doggy Han Wei is really nothing!"

"The border city has a high wall, and how many siege weapons do those barbarians have? How can they break it as soon as they say it?"

"Fleeing without fighting? What should the people behind the city do? They are not as good as fucking beasts, and they are in vain as ministers."

Li Daozong, with an ugly face, punched his palm.

"How could there be such a murderous talent among the border soldiers! It is an insult to the prestige of my soldiers in the Tang Dynasty."

"Speaking of which, even if it is besieged by hundreds of thousands of people, the city will definitely not fall like this!"

"Liangzhou is the gateway to the west of our Tang Dynasty. This is open. How can the herdsmen and villages behind be spared? Such killings are rare!"

When the voice fell, a burly general stood up and stretched out his hand across the cursing generals.Frowning tightly, he sighed.

"Right now is not the time to discuss right and wrong, we are still some time away from Liangzhou, the most urgent thing is how to do it!"

"As for other punishments, His Majesty will naturally decide."

As the coach, Li Jing suppressed the anger in his heart, stretched out his hand to suppress the noise, and said patiently.

"Don't be impatient, everyone, what General Zhang said is true."

"The most urgent task now is to march quickly. The second is to divide the deployment of the subsequent city capture in detail, and there should be no further delay."

"I called you here tonight to discuss this matter."

Su Qingjie, who had become speechless, turned his head quickly and took over the words.

"The difficulty of attacking the city is bound to be greater than that of defending the city. Right now, our army has changed from defending the city to attacking the city. The task is much more difficult."

"Perhaps we don't have enough soldiers at all."

After mentioning something, everyone suddenly thought of this matter.There was a serious look on his face.

The current number must be smaller than these barbarian army, if these barbarians rely on the city.With only 3 people, it would be difficult to reach a city with 5000 people and eight commanders, let alone an army of barbarians that would be several times larger than your own soldiers.

Forcible attack, this is not a joke!

"Damn! Afraid of a ball!"

Cheng Yaojin's eyes were bulging, and his round belly was sticking out.

"Divide into three routes, and let the cavalry go first to rescue those border people."

"These barbarians are used to burning, killing, and looting. If we delay for a day on the road, more people will be looted or massacred."

"Warrior will kill the enemy, and the matter of charging will be left to me, Lao Cheng. First use the cavalry to fight out, and it will also deter these madmen!"

"No!"

Li Daozong was the first to stand up to protest, stretching his arms and pressing down on Cheng Yaojin's body.

"Originally there were [-] soldiers, but now that Liangzhou has fallen, the tens of thousands of soldiers hoarded in Bingcheng have been slaughtered. I'm afraid there are not many left."

"In addition, the Tuyuhun barbarians are raging now, and the [-] soldiers on the frontier will definitely fight with them. When our army reaches the border, there will be very few soldiers who can fight with them."

"If you separate the soldiers and go out again, our soldiers are only [-], how can we fight against the huge army?"

After waving his hands again and again, Li Daozong sat down again.

"No, absolutely no!"

Among the four seats, the general with leopard head and eyes slapped his knees, and let out an unlucky 'Hi'.

"We can't divide the troops. Now the journey is far away. I don't know when we will rush to the western frontier."

"Why don't we hurry and send an urgent letter to the imperial city within [-] miles, so we can get out of the siege. In the worst case, we won't be able to attack the city, and we can wait for more troops to fight again!"

Li Daliang, who had been silent all this time, stroked his beard under his jaw, and spoke slowly with a look of caution on his thin cheeks.

"Support, too slow."

"We came all the way from the imperial city. We marched for ten days. Even if we dispatched all the cavalry, it would take no less than five days. In addition to the repairs when we came, as well as the preparation of food and grass, we know that it will be even more difficult."

"Furthermore, before marching, Shen Guogong also stated that the soldiers in the imperial city are too busy to take care of themselves now, so why should they be drawn out? Doesn't the report hurt our previous promise, and it makes His Majesty who is in the imperial city look ugly?"

Li Jing, who was sitting in the first seat, listened to the completely different analysis of the two generals, his brows were frowned, and he felt troubled.

It was too late to increase the number of personnel in the Imperial City, and it was even too late to station troops in the Western Regions.

The division of troops will be broken one by one, causing the Tang army, which is not in the upper hand, to be completely passive.

The difference in frontal confrontation forces is even greater.

How can this be good?

Pressing the big hand on the desk, he secretly clenched his fist, his heart was full of depression and anger, just at this moment, his forehead was still dripping with sweat.

As the coach, in charge of the overall situation, everything must be calm.

The reminding voice whirled in his heart, Li Jing forced himself to calm down, and slowly exhaled a breath of foul air.

"The current battle report is urgent, and few people know about it. It is not appropriate to disclose it to the outside world, and it will disturb the morale of the army."

"Everyone, this solution...let me think about it."

The oil lamp at the corner of the table was burning silently, and the dim light reflected the frowning faces.

In the silent military tent, it seemed as if a huge boulder had fallen on everyone's hearts, and they were slightly out of breath.

(End of this chapter)