Liangzhou.
"With the power of the Tang Dynasty, the mere Uyghurs would not be able to compete with us. In normal times, the Uighur nobles would have no choice but to capture wherever the king's teacher went. However, the situation is different now. The imperial dynasty can use the military power in the northwest. With the strength of the monks, it is less than 30% of the calculation."
At the top of the city, Nangong No. 1 looked at the Uighur camp outside the city, his brows were gloomy.
Li Xian next to him continued: "If it's just Uighurs, that's fine. Even if the imperial dynasty can only send 30% of its troops, with us, it's enough to wipe them out. But right now Uighurs have the help of Khitan monks, and their strength has increased a lot. We only rely on It is indeed very difficult for the Guiyi Army and the Hundred Thousand Forbidden Army to defeat them."
Speaking of this, Li Xian saw that Nangong No. 1 was still upset, so he patted him on the shoulder comfortingly.
Nangong No. 1 clenched his fists and gritted his teeth: "A group of barbarians used to steal the Western Regions, but now they dare to gather troops and invade our Tang territory, which is tolerable or unbearable!"
After Yangguan was breached, the Guiyi Army and the Chang'an Forbidden Army fought and retreated, almost giving up Shazhou, Guazhou, Ganzhou and other places, and retreated to Liangzhou.
After arriving here, the army stabilized and began to rely on the strong fortifications to fight fiercely with the Uighurs. Now more than 30 days of fierce fighting have passed, and the Uighurs have still been unable to capture the city.
Nangong first turned his head to look at Li Xian, with undisguised trust and expectation in his eyes.
He said: "If it weren't for the old An Wang in the northwest, I don't know what the battle situation here will be like. I, Nangong No. 1, have the ambition to make contributions and become famous forever, but I also know that I can only charge forward. When talking about military strategy and military strategy , you can’t look at Lao An Wang Xiangbei. Just tell me a word, when will we counterattack?”
More than a month has passed since the Liangzhou defense battle, and the Uighur offensive is still fierce.
At this time, Nangong No. 1 didn't ask whether Liangzhou could hold it, but only asked when he could counterattack and defeat the enemy.
There is a reason for this, of course.
The reason why the Northwest Frontier Army and Chang'an Forbidden Army lost Sha, Gua, Ganzhou and other places was not the result of the collapse of the war situation and the hasty retreat of the soldiers, but Li Xian's targeted strategy.
As early as after Yangguan was broken, Li Xian discussed with Li Ye and designated Liangzhou as an important city to resist the Uighurs. Therefore, since the battle has progressed to the present, the Tang army is not so much retreating, it is better to say that Liangzhou has been purposefully chosen as the place for the decisive battle with the Uighurs.
Because of this, before the army retreated to Liangzhou, the fortifications of the city were tightly reinforced.
Choosing Liangzhou naturally has its reasons.
One of the most important aspects is that it is backed by Lingzhou.
The Lingzhou frontier army has always been strong. Guo Ziyi, Pugu Huai'en and others who quelled the Anshi Rebellion all came from the Lingzhou Fanzhen Army Shuofang Army.
At this time, the Shuofang Army in Lingzhou can't be compared with that at that time. After all, when the court quelled the Anshi Rebellion, the elite of the Shuofang Army were all mobilized, but even so, the Shuofang Army was still the core of defending the northwest.
The Shuofang Army in Lingzhou was adjacent to the Dingnan Army (Xia Sui Army) of the Dangxiang people in Xiazhou. When Shangguan Qingcheng led the Spike Army to pacify the Dangxiang people in the north, Li Ye did not mobilize the Shuofang army to respond. Its purpose is to let the Shuofang army recharge their batteries and preserve their strength for today's use.
With the support and support of Lingzhou in Liangzhou, it is really not too difficult to stop the Uighur army.
But to counterattack and win, in Li Xian's view, it is still wishful thinking, at least it seems so at the moment.
He said earnestly to Nangong No. 1: "We defeated the Uighurs, five points depend on ourselves, and five points depend on Li Ye's battle results in the northern border. If Li Ye can defeat Khitan, then the Uyghurs will lose their reinforcements and will not be able to capture Liangzhou , Naturally, there is no fighting spirit, and then we will have the opportunity to counterattack.
"If the plan is good, not to mention defeating the Uighurs, even taking advantage of the victory to pursue them, entering the Western Regions, completely erasing the Uighurs from the Western Regions, and taking advantage of the situation to rebuild the four towns of Anxi, it is not difficult.
"But if Li Ye can't defeat Khitan, it may not be difficult to defend Liangzhou and restrain the Uyghurs with our troops alone, but it will be beyond our strength to counterattack and drive the Uyghurs from the northwest back to the Western Regions."
Nangong No. 1 stared angrily.
But it was just wide-eyed with anger, and there was not much emotional expression.
After fighting the Uighurs in the northwest for so long, how could he not know the comparison between the forces of the Uighurs and the forces in the Northwest of the Tang Dynasty
What Li Xian said is true.
Nangong No. 1 had always had illusions about Li Xian's military strategy before. Now, after hearing Li Xian's words, he could only accept that the victory or defeat of a war depends not on ingenuity but on finding the root cause. A real force.
After a while, Nangong No. 1 looked like Tie Tie: "No matter what the battle situation in You Yun is, I, Nangong No. 1, will fight to the last moment in Liangzhou!"
"If the Great Tang wins in the northern border, it will be the glory of the dynasty. Naturally, I will have the opportunity to be famous in the world as the number one in Nangong. If the dynasty loses in the north, the country will be humiliated. How can you expect anything else? It’s just a battle to the death!”
Hearing Nangong No.1's words, Li Xian was a little astonished.
But soon, a sincere smile appeared on his face.
"Fighting for the country for so long, you have finally become a complete imperial warrior!"
... ..
Shu.
In the depths surrounded by mountains, Wang Jian climbed up the stairs and walked towards the mountain on the straight bluestone steps.
The battle under his feet is called Mount Shu.
Once upon a time, there was Shumen, one of the five great gates of the Tang Dynasty.
The Five Great Daomen is already a thing of the past, and there will be no more disturbances in the world, but the thousand-year-old sect inheritance still keeps the foundation of Shushan.
Leaving aside anything else, Princess Li, as a disciple of Mount Shu, demonstrated the unparalleled strength of Mount Shu by blocking the sword of Zhu Xian that Wu Daomen borrowed from Xianting from Xianting with his body before Fengqi Mountain.
Now, Wang Jian needs to rely on the power of Shushan.
After the defeat of Nanzhao, Wang Jian recognized the situation, retreated decisively, returned to Shuzhong, and relied on the geographical advantage to resist the Nanzhao army. In the past few months, although there are many Khitan monks in the Nanzhao army, the battles in various places have been very difficult, but the situation can barely sustain.
At least, the Chengdu Plain has not been affected by the military disaster for the time being.
But Wang Jian knew very well that the imperial court could not give him more support now, neither reinforcements nor monks.
The troops that fought in Nanzhao did not have Chang'an Forbidden Army in the first place, they were basically the Shu Land Army, and Wang Jian's old troops accounted for a large part. Now that the battle situation is unfavorable, and the Nanzhao army is about to invade Shu, Wang Jian, relying on his own strength, has been unable to win the victory, so he has to find another way.
If Li Ye didn't give back support, his demands on Wang Jian would naturally not be too harsh. The bottom line was to keep Chengdu.
But Wang Jian, as a prince who had recently surrendered to Li Ye, knew his family affairs and what he needed to do.
The first prince who took refuge in Li Ye was Li Maozhen.
When Li Maozhen was first sent out to fight by Li Ye, she didn't even have a large army around her, only a group of monks, but she was asked to open up the situation in Hexi. At that time, the Tubo people in Hexi were very powerful.
In Wang Jian's view, it was precisely because of his outstanding performance in the Battle of Hexi that Li Maozhen was able to become the commander of the northern border, commanding the Chang'an Forbidden Army and the biggest opponent of the Tang Dynasty, Khitan, to fight on the front line of Youyun.
Since Li Maozhen's situation was like this, even if Wang Jian didn't get help from Li Ye, he couldn't feel any resentment. The battle against Nanzhao was Li Ye's test for him, and it was also his only chance to prove that he had the qualifications to be a prominent figure in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
To defeat the Nanzhao army, Wang Jian had to ask Shushan to help him, relying on the other party's monks and sects to inherit the power.
...
Chang'an, Zhongshu Province, Li Ye put down the military newspaper in his hand, and rubbed the center of his brows.
Although Li Zhen was curious, Li Ye didn't talk to him, so he didn't want to ask directly, so he said, "Your Highness, compared with Uighur and Khitan, Nanzhao's military strength is actually the weakest. Nanzhao's terrain is complex, It may not be easy for us to occupy that place, but if they want to invade Shuzhong, it is just a dream come true.
"It's just that this time, with the help of Khitan monks, Wang Jian has suffered a lot. As long as he can hold on now, it won't be too difficult to hold Chengdu, right?"
What he didn't say directly was that Wang Jian was originally the king of Shu and had considerable influence in the middle of Shu. If he struggled to keep the middle of Shu this time, he must have a second heart and must be dealt with by thunder.
General Li Ye reported to Li Zhen, "Wang Jian has the support of Mount Shu. Although there are not many disciples in the Taoist sect of Mount Shu, they are a force that can play a good role in the battle in Central Shu.
"Wang Jian used to be the king of Shu after all, so I'm not surprised that he was able to get the support of Mount Shu. From this point of view, Chengdu should be able to survive."
Li Zhen took the military newspaper and looked at it, his eyes changed several times, cloudy or sunny.
Seeing his appearance, Li Ye knew what he was thinking, so he said with a smile: "If Wang Jian doesn't borrow the power of Shushan, he will be on guard. His going proves that he is upright and not hiding anything. , what is there to worry about
"Although the five great gates no longer exist, they are not extinct, and the inheritance of the disciples is still there.
"Gu really wants them to be used by the imperial court to strengthen the strength of our Tang Dynasty, just like the Confucianism in Yangzhou. But for some reason, they may not completely trust Gu. Shushan can help Wang Jian, which means that they have given Gu succumbed, just to save some face. What is there to be dissatisfied with Gu
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"As long as they can become the power of the dynasty and work for the Great Tang, I don't mind who they use to be born. As long as they are willing to be born, fundamentally speaking, it means that Gu is popular, recognized, and supported.
"In the final analysis, Gu is the master of the dynasty. They work for the dynasty, that is, they work for Gu."
After hearing Li Ye's words, Li Zhen got up solemnly, straightened his robes, and saluted respectfully.
He said from the bottom of his heart: "Your Highness has insight into the world and the root cause. This ability is beyond my reach. This world belongs to Your Highness, not only because His Highness is extraordinary, but also because of the truth."