Liu Wuzhou was not dead, but it was almost the same. There was only a small wisp of breath left!
It turned out that Liu Wuzhou, who had just vented all his energy and was in a state of weakness, suddenly encountered a big change. He was in a sea of swords and fire, and he broke out in a cold sweat.
Later, Song Jingang carried Liu Wuzhou on his back and broke out of the siege and ran for more than two or three hours. At that time, Liu Wuzhou was wearing nothing!
It was the middle of winter, and the water in Youzhou turned into ice. Liu Wuzhou had been naked for so long, and it was inevitable that the cold evil would invade his body.
He was already physically weak, but after such a tossing between hot and cold, Liu Wuzhou's life was immediately lost eight or nine times. If he didn't die on the spot, then Liu Wuzhou was already in great health![
Song Jingang was quite kind. Seeing his boss in such a situation, he did not take advantage of the situation to have other thoughts. Instead, he directly carried Liu Wuzhou on his back, took his subordinates, and hurried to his hometown in Bingzhou.
As for the tens of thousands of remaining soldiers and Liu Wuzhou's Turkic friends who were about to arrive, Song Jingang had no time to take care of them!
Putting aside how Song Jingang led the dying Liu Wuzhou to turn around and merge with the state, let's just talk about the other side, Mai Tiezhang, Yu Wen Chengxiang commanded the Yuan army through a hearty burning and killing, and finally won a complete victory.
By daybreak, the fire finally subsided, and preliminary results were calculated.
After this battle, the Yuan army destroyed nearly 20,000 Liu Wuzhou's troops, but most of them were burned to death. In addition, more than 20,000 Liu troops were honorably taken as prisoners, including Liu Wuzhou.
The seven or eight thousand men and horses inside were nowhere to be found.
In stark contrast, the damage to the Yuan army was minimal, less than three hundred, and most of them were burned by fire in the chaos. Only a hundred people were actually killed in the battle.
Although this kind of victory was not as brilliant as before, it was the first large-scale battle since the founding of the Yuan Dynasty. Mai Tiezhang and Yu Wen Chengxiang naturally had to write a letter to express their contribution.
Credit goes to credit, these two bad guys didn't get carried away yet. They didn't forget to notify Luoyang about the invasion of 200,000 Turkic troops. They also notified Liaodong and Jizhou conveniently, so that these two places
Everyone is prepared for war to prevent accidents.
In fact, before the battle report of Mai Tiezhang and Yu Wen Chengxiang was sent out, in Luoyang, Yu Wen Chenglong had already received the news that Liu Wuzhou and the Turks had joined forces to invade. And the source of the news was naturally not the military report from the border.
They are three sets of secret intelligence networks from Yuwen Chenglong.
For this reason, Yuwen Chenglong, the faint-hearted emperor who had not gone to court for more than half a month, got up early for a rare occasion and summoned all the civil and military officials to go to court for a meeting.
Sitting cross-legged on the dragon chair, Yuwen Chenglong ordered the eunuch Si Li to share the information and show it to the courtiers. He also gave everyone a little time to digest it, and then he slowly said, "Liu Wuzhou teamed up with the Turks to attack me.
Youzhou, do you have any good ideas for this?"
"Your Majesty, I thought that Liu Wuzhou was just a scabies so it would be easy to deal with him. General Yi Mai and His Highness King Yi had no choice but to think that they had already defeated Liu Wuzhou at this moment! But the Turkic Qi Lifa
The support of hundreds of thousands of troops is really a thorn in the side of my great Yuan Dynasty! I am willing to lead an army to the Northern Expedition and conquer the Great Wall in one fell swoop for Your Majesty. Please give me your permission!"
The speaker was Yuwen Chenglong's confidant and one of the deputy commanders of the Yuan Army, Youwei General Wei Chigong.
As Yuwen Chenglong's two most trusted bodyguards in his early years, Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong have now become marshals and rank as generals on the right and left.
However, Yuchi Gong always felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, because over the years, Yuchi Gong had been managing Liaodong. He rarely had the opportunity to lead troops to fight, and his military achievements were naturally not as great as those of Qin Qiong and others.
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Now that he finally had the opportunity to lead an army on an expedition, Yuchi Gong naturally had to perform actively to avoid making others think that his official position was not worthy of his name!
Regarding Yu Chigong's mentality, Wu Yunzhao, Zhang Xutuo, Qin Qiong and others who were also marshals understood very well. After hearing this, they nodded towards Yuchi Gong, indicating that they had no intention of competing with Yuchi Gong.
"Oh? Yuchi Aiqing wants to attack the Turks? Well, yes! Not bad! Your courage is commendable! I just wonder how many men and horses Yuchi Aiqing needs?"
Hearing this, Yuchi Gong was overjoyed and quickly calculated on his fingers, "The Turks include Tiele, Shiwei, Qiuci, Gaochang, Qigu and other dozens of tribes. The total population of each tribe is no less than two million, and the territory stretches from east to west.
Thousands of miles, including thousands of miles from north to south. If that pig head of Qi Lifa goes crazy and recruits all his strength, he will probably be able to summon more than 500,000 string-controllers!" [
"So, if we want to be safe, we must have at least an army of more than 100,000 people!"
With a calculation in his mind, Yuchi Gong cautiously said, "Your Majesty, in my opinion, there should be an army of 150,000! And there must be at least 50,000 cavalry! Other auxiliary troops and civilians escorting the baggage.
Other terms."
"no!"
As soon as Yu Chigong finished speaking, before Yuwen Chenglong, the boss, could express his stance, the butler Wei Zheng on the side spoke first.
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Butler Wei immediately realized that he had lost his composure before the king, so he quickly turned around and kowtowed to apologize.
Ignoring Wei's steward's disgrace, Yuwen Chenglong waved his hand and said, "Wei Aiqing does not need to be polite. Let me ask you, why do you oppose sending troops to conquer the Turks?"
"Your Majesty, I am not opposed to sending troops to conquer the Turks!"
"uh-huh?"
"As far as Wei Chen knows, our Dayuan's grain reserves are not enough to support a war of more than 100,000 people! Moreover, if the Northern Expedition to the Turks were to take place, the turnover of grain along the way would probably not be less than a few thousand miles! The consumption of grain and grass would also be
Several times more than usual!”
"Moreover, if we want to support a war of 100,000 troops, at least 200,000 civilians must be mobilized in the rear. Our country has just been established in the Yuan Dynasty, and there are many wastes waiting to be revitalized. It is really inappropriate to carry out such a waste of people and money!"
"Last year, there was a widespread drought across the country, and there was a locust plague during the autumn harvest. Although drought relief was organized in various places, overall food production was still reduced by more than four levels. In order to give the affected people a way to survive, we, Dayuan, are all over the country
Large-scale construction work, road construction, canal digging, well digging, embankment construction, and relief work were carried out within the area. Although this benefited the country and the people, it also increased the consumption of granaries in various places. Therefore, to this day, granaries in various places in Jiangbei
Most of them have less than six levels of food storage. Although Jiangnan is slightly better, the food storage is only about seven levels at its peak."
"Although these grain reserves are enough to meet this year's expenses, if there is another disaster next year, it is very likely that there will be a famine!"
"You are brave Wei Zheng, you dare to confuse the public with your evil words, and you cursed me, Dayuan, to cause famine. What are your intentions?"
As soon as Wei Zheng finished speaking, Xiao Yu jumped out and pointed at Wei Zheng's nose and scolded him.