While the Dugu Ruoxue case was being tried, Li Xian's army was also heading north. The Khitan rule along the way could almost be described as falling apart. The local people rose up one after another to cooperate with the Tang army in fighting. Everywhere Li Xian's army arrived, the people
They came to greet them. By the time Li Xian received the news of Dugu Ruoxue's death, the Tang army had already arrived at Miyun, the seat of Tanzhou. They recovered nearly 500 miles of vast land along the way, which not only inspired the Tang Dynasty and the people, but also made Sun Wanrong of Khitan
, Da Zuorong of Mohe and Jin Famin of Silla were both frightened.
"Your Highness, our army has been making great progress. It can be said that it has been a series of battles and victories. It has been praised by both the government and the public. Now we are not far from the Khitan's home base of Yingzhou. The general suggested that our army should work hard and continue to lead the army to attack the Khitan.
Lair, in order to end this war as soon as possible."
At the military meeting convened by Li Xian, Deputy Commander Guo Yuanzhen carefully analyzed the current situation and made suggestions to Li Xian.
This time, there was no objection from the generals, and they all unanimously agreed with Guo Yuanzhen's opinion.
"Yes, Your Highness the Crown Prince, now that the Khitan general Li Jinzhong has been killed, the territory of the Tang Dynasty that they occupied is about to be spit out. As long as we send our troops eastward and catch the Khitan by surprise, I believe we can capture the camp soon.
Prefecture, and General Xue attacked from both sides to eliminate the traitor Sun Wanrong.
"Your Highness, don't hesitate, give the order. Now the morale of our army is greatly shaken, and the morale of the Khitan traitors is low. It is the time to use troops."
"Your Highness, the weather is getting colder now, and it is the time to use troops. As long as our Heavenly Soldiers of the Tang Dynasty advance, we will be able to quickly eliminate the traitor Sun Wanrong just like Tang Woxue."
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All the generals under his command enthusiastically requested the battle, which made Li Xian very happy. However, Li Xian waved his hand and said: "Gentlemen, don't be impatient. Now our army's food and grass are not sustainable. When the food and grass arrive in a few days, I will order the army."
go ahead."
"But it will take at least half a month to get the nearest food and grass. By then our army will set out again. It is estimated that the main force of Sun Wanrong's army will be able to reach Jizhou and repair the defenses. In this way, we must conquer Jizhou first, and then continue to attack eastward to draw a tie.
Prefecture, we have to finish attacking Pingzhou and then go north to attack Yingzhou. How much more effort will this cost? If we go to Yingzhou City in one go, besiege Sun Wanrong's army, and then eliminate those reinforcements, I believe the Khitan traitors will not come out.
They will be pacified in half a year." After hearing what Li Xian said, Yang Sixu couldn't help but retort.
But Li Xian smiled and said: "Si Xu, your idea is good. According to your idea, it is estimated that it will take us half a year to completely eliminate the Khitan rebellion, but I still think it will take too long. If I follow my plan,
It will take our army at most one month to consecrate Sun Wanrong."
"What? A month?"
"Isn't this too exaggerated?"
"I wonder what your highness the prince's clever plan is? Can you actually eliminate Sun Wanrong within a month?"
All the generals under his command were talking about it, but Wang Jun was the only one who remained silent.
Li Xian naturally saw this scene and smiled: "Commander Wang, what do you think of this matter?"
I saw Wang Jun clasping his fists and saluting: "Your Highness, looking at the future, if you want to put down the Khitan rebellion within a month, there is only one way to force the Khitan traitors to fight me in a decisive battle. As long as we can annihilate all the enemies in the decisive battle."
The army will surely be able to put down the rebellion quickly."
"Forcing the enemy to fight decisively?" Everyone felt confused after hearing this sentence, but they all saw Li Xian smiling and nodding, confirming Wang Jun's idea, and even more confused, because everyone knew that the Khitan soldiers had few soldiers.
, can only rely on danger to defend, how could it be possible to take the initiative to fight the Tang army?
At this time, Guo Yuanzhen nodded, and then said loudly: "I understand, if you want to force the enemy to fight me, there is only one way, and that is to attack the enemy and save him! Haha, Brother Wang Ye is indeed worthy of being a military wizard.
I admire you for being able to understand His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's intention in one fell swoop."
"If you attack the enemy, you must save it? But the whole Pingzhou is so big, where is the place where the Khitans must save it?" Liu Youqiu's strategic thinking was a little worse than Guo Yuanzhen's. After hearing Guo Yuanzhen's words, he also looked confused and couldn't help but look at Li
Xian, I hope Li Xian can give him an explanation.
Li Xian, however, smiled silently and said with a faint smile: "You will know when the time comes. Please be patient. I believe my choice will be right."
"This..." Although the generals were confused, seeing Li Xian say this, they could only bury their doubts deeply in their hearts.
After Li Xian's army arrived in Tanzhou, Khitan's Sun Wanrong could not sit still. He immediately led all his elite troops south to Pingzhou and began to build defenses there, preparing to defend it to the death.
At the same time, Sun Wanrong also sent a large number of scouts to detect the movements of the Tang army. However, for more than ten days in a row, there was no news that the Tang army was stationary.
Sun Wanrong couldn't help but frown when he heard the news, because he knew that Li Xian had always been cunning and cunning. There must be a conspiracy to stand still this time, so he ordered the scouts to pay closer attention to the movements of the Tang army and not to take it lightly.
Just two days later, Sun Wanrong suddenly received news that the Tang army suddenly sent more than 20,000 elite cavalry to quickly occupy Jizhou, east of Tanzhou, and then continued to advance eastward without stopping. The target turned out to be the Dongxi Shi Valley in the east of Pingzhou.
Move forward along the way.
The road in Dongxi Stone Valley is narrow and difficult to navigate. It is a shortcut to Pingzhou. If the Tang army is allowed to pass through here, they will definitely be able to go around and attack the Khitan army from behind. This is simply a nightmare for them.
"Fortunately, we learned about the movements of the Tang army, and we are not far from Dongxi Stone Valley. We can definitely get to Dongxi Stone Valley before the Tang army. As long as we set up an ambush there and wait for work, we will definitely be able to annihilate the two Li Xian.
Ten thousand troops, in order to dampen the Tang army's spirit and boost the morale of our army."
Without any hesitation, Sun Wanrong immediately ordered his troops to move in full force, abandon their current defense, and all go to the Dongxi Stone Valley to set up an ambush, preparing to give the Tang army a beautiful slap in the face to let them know how powerful he was.
"But Khan, does the Tang army have any conspiracy?" A general under Sun Wanrong saw that he could so easily give up the city defense he had built for many days in Pingzhou and go to Dongxi Shigu to set up an ambush. It was a bit incredible and he couldn't help but speak.
asked.
But I saw Sun Wanrong saying: "This is the easiest and most difficult road to defend and the shortest road from Jizhou to Pingzhou. If the Tang army wants to attack us, it must take this road. It's not like you don't know that you can take another road."
The road would have to go around at least a hundred miles. How is this possible for the Tang thieves who are eager to win? What's more, there are also Xi tribe's garrison there. No matter from which angle you look at it, there is no chance that the Tang thieves will give up.
Don’t worry about this road. I can predict that Dongxiao Stone Valley will be the place where the Tang bandits and I have a decisive battle, and where we will avenge Wushang Khan.” (To be continued.)
