NCCnovel Chapter 884: Turkic Troops Enter Chongzhou
Chapter 884: Turkic Troops Enter Chongzhou
The information that more than a dozen internal guards risked their lives to send back finally fell into Li Cunxi's hands.
However, the war in the north has already begun.
The intelligence sent back by Quan Shancai of Dunhuang and Feng Yang of Liangzhou were both sent over an expedited route of 800 miles and were delivered to Li Cunxi in advance.
The pressure in both places is extremely high. Not only do they have to face foreign tribes, but they may also face enemies from the Turks.
As for Quan Shancai, he is of utmost importance.
Dunhuang, where he is, may even face an attack from Tubo.
Tubo and Turkic peoples do not share a border, so the possibility of war between the two countries is not great, but they can certainly cause trouble for the Great Zhou.
"Given the current situation of the Tang Dynasty, can we really fight on three fronts?"
Minister of Justice Li Gui had a headache.
After great difficulty, the Tang Dynasty returned and the heir of the Li family came to power. However, not long after Li Cunxi ascended the throne, he had to face new difficulties.
"The Tibetans are a nation of tigers and wolves, and they are definitely not good people," Di Renjie sighed. "If they knew that the Tang Dynasty would have to face the Turks and the Western Regions tribes, they might have directly declared war if they knew we couldn't end the war quickly."
"What does the Right Prime Minister think?" Wu Chengsi turned to Xue Qinglin and asked.
"The national treasury is here. If we want to launch an all-out war, the national treasury will not be able to support it, let alone other things." Xue Qinglin stroked his beard. "Even though there are a lot of treasures of the noble families transported back from the Nineteen Prefectures of Jiangdong, we dare not use them lightly. This is all to ensure the future."
Wu Youxu, the Minister of Rites, sighed and said, "We can't send a princess, can we?"
"Nonsense!" Wu Chengsi responded, "Stop talking nonsense!"
As soon as the country was founded, it went to make peace with Tubo?
Where should Li Cunxi put his face?
Even if other emperors are shameless, Li Cunxi still has some dignity!
Zhang Jianzhi: "Then fight!"
Yao Ting smiled bitterly: "No money!"
Li Cunxi held his chin and looked at everyone with a calm expression.
During the Tang Dynasty, Tubo was a powerful enemy of the Tang Dynasty. This had been the case since the reign of Emperor Taizong, and it was even more so during the Zhou Dynasty. The Wu Zhou Dynasty also attacked Tubo, but unfortunately failed, and even Wang Xiaojie was captured.
It is worth mentioning that the Tibetan king at that time mistook Wang Xiaojie for his dead father and only realized his mistake later.
This is also the reason why Wang Xiaojie did not die in Tubo.
"Your Majesty, what do you think?"
There was no other way, so Wu Chengsi turned to Li Cunxi.
"Let's fight quickly."
"Wouldn't it be better if we didn't give Tubo the opportunity to attack us?"
Li Cunxi calmly stood up, dragged over paper and pen, and began to write letters to Wang Xiaojie and Daleha.
He believed in the abilities of these two people, so he gave them some suggestions, and finally sent someone to help, and finally put some pressure on these two people.
These two people will most likely be able to come up with a way to make the Turkic Qiger fall flat on his face.
Who knows, maybe, before he delivered this letter, Wang Xiaojie and Daleha had already won.
On this slightly cold evening, Wang Jinghui abandoned the Right Eagle Guard that he was reorganizing and returned to his old job as a Qianniu Guard, leading 3,000 Qianniu Guard cavalrymen north.
Also traveling with him were the Wind Riders of Ulezhi. This special forces unit, which had surrendered to Li Cunxi for many years, had completely become Li Cunxi's private force. They followed Wang Jinghui north with the sole purpose of leading Wang Jinghui.
The Left Guard was out of manpower for the time being, so General Li Yuanfang decided to go north. After having his fortune told by the imperial master, he happily followed Wang Jinghui north.
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Chongzhou.
A bloody storm is coming.
Outside Chongzhou, the camp used to form a pincer attack with Chongzhou was occupied by Sieg's vanguard troops in just a cup of tea. Jie Britain led his troops in and searched around, but found no one.
In fact, because no one lives in this camp, most places are extremely dirty.
The Turkic army quickly searched the entire camp and confirmed that there were no Tibetans anywhere, so they settled into the camp with peace of mind.
In the Chongzhou case in the past, the Turkic generals were very interested in Li Cunxi's pincer attack, especially this large camp, which relied on tens of thousands of troops to hold back the Khitan army of more than 100,000 from attacking Chongzhou, which was a miracle.
It was precisely because of this that when Sieg's troops were dispatched to Chongzhou, they sent the Jie Britannia to lead the attack.
The 20,000-strong Tiger Division army entered the main camp and dispatched personnel to patrol everywhere, and at the same time sent the news back to the Qige army, which was more than 40 miles away from Chongzhou.
Soon, Sieg learned that the Britons had captured the mountain camp, and his confidence increased.
"Okay, order the entire army to speed up and advance. We will set up camp ten miles away from Chongzhou!"
"The mountain camp has been occupied by the Jie Britans. Wang Xiaojie of Chongzhou will no longer be able to form a pincer attack!"
"I want to see how Wang Xiaojie, with only a hundred thousand soldiers, can fight against my army of hundreds of thousands!"
Ziggy's laughter was rampant.
The current Turkic Khan, His Majesty Helu, has been very kind to him. He was very optimistic about him when he was still the commander of the Eagle Division.
He did not let Helu down. Even though he later became the general of the Tiger Division, he still joined Helu's army after the battle to defend the royal court and gave up his identity as the general of the Tiger Division.
Later, he accompanied Helu on his travels, contacting the Chue and Shijin of various tribes, and successfully gained the support of more than half of the nobles. He then resolutely launched a war to seize power and helped Helu ascend to the throne of Khan.
Now, as the Grand Marshal of the Turkic Army, his status is second only to Helu, and the two complement each other.
And he wanted to win a great victory in Chongzhou, break Wang Xiaojie's championship title, capture the northern part of Da Zhou, and offer Da Zhou's Hebei Road to Helu, so that Helu would have more confidence in him.
"All troops, speed up! We must reach the camp as quickly as possible!"
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In Chongzhou city.
Wang Xiaojie and Dalha stood together, looking at a marching map again and again. Bu Zhen sat aside, saying nothing, for fear of disrupting the thoughts of the two generals.
"According to the news sent back by Shadow, the leader of the Inner Guards, at the risk of his life."
"The first batch of Turkic soldiers who arrived in Chongzhou numbered only about 200,000. Of these, the remaining 30,000-plus Tiger Division troops were fully deployed, led by Jie Britain and Duoduo respectively."
Wang Xiaojie rubbed his temples and felt a headache.
Among the Turkic army, the three tiger divisions are the most powerful. Among them, the tiger divisions of Buzhen and Jieli Britain are extremely powerful, while the tiger division army led by Duoduo is very mysterious.
In the war against the Great Zhou, the sixteen Leopard Divisions were the real main force, and the Tiger Division took action only a few times.
Therefore, Wang Xiaojie could not imagine how terrifying the combat effectiveness of the nearly 40,000-strong Tiger Division was. If the cavalry under Bu Zhen was used as a reference, then the Turkic Tiger Division was at least fully armed cavalry.
The fully armed cavalry would not be able to gain any advantage even if the cavalry of Qianniu Guard came.