Chapter 253
This plan is really too unwise. It is the simplest way to surround Wei and save Zhao. Chi Song Dezan didn't expect that he would not have come to this level before setting off. How could Li and Guo Ziyi complete all this in such an inch of time?
As long as the news from there is sent over even one day, it will be enough for me to slaughter Yaozhou City.
But the facts are the facts. This happened so he could only take his remaining army back.
He knew that this was an opportunity that was never seen in a century. Such an opportunity would not appear in three years, nor would it appear in five years.
He looked at the direction of Yaozhou City and siege the city continuously for several days. Tens of thousands of elite Tubo soldiers had died under the city. Although they had also killed 30,000 to 40,000 on the Tang army and the Nanzhao people on the city wall, they still suffered a loss.
When the Tubo people came, they were proud and arrogant, and when they left, they were like a tide, and they retreated in a flash.
The Nanzhao people and the Tang army guarding the city seemed to have witnessed a magic trick. The enemy troops who were climbing onto the city frantically the moment before suddenly all retreated from the cloud ladder, and then even the cloud ladder was taken away.
"Prince King! The enemy has indeed retreated! The prince has a clever idea!"
This time, Ge Luofeng personally came to Li Yan to inform Li Yan, and bowed to Li Yan.
He doesn't care about his daughter's relationship with Li Qing now. Anyway, Li Qing is the savior of him and the entire Nanzhao, so he has to pay a good greeting to Li Qing.
Soon, Zhang Xun, Nan Jiyun and others surrounded Li Lan, because until now, they were all confused and had no idea how Li Lan did it. They saw Li Lan say that before, and they always thought that Li Lan was just there to comfort them.
Now, words of comfort have become reality, but how it becomes reality has become the focus of everyone's attention.
Seeing that his eyes were focused on him, Li Qing really didn't enjoy this feeling at all, because this was not a huge contribution in his eyes, it was just an escape from death between himself and Datang.
"This matter is simple to say. As early as when I came up with the plan to destroy the hundreds of thousands of Tubo army, I sent a team of cavalry to the place where Guo Ziyi was stationed to pay close attention to the movements of the Tubo royal city. Once the Tubo army was in full swing, he took all his men to raid the Tubo royal city while the Tubo people set off. I was also betting, but General Guo Ziyi could defeat those who stayed in the Tubo royal city to defend the city. Fortunately, now, General Guo Ziyi and I won the bet. Sometimes you have to admit that you have to have some luck!"
It is both unexpected and reasonable.
This is everyone's first reaction after hearing this news. Everyone knew that Guo Ziyi had the last military force in the Tang Dynasty, but everyone could not have imagined that Li Yan would dare to use this military force at this time.
You know, if Li Qing fails in Jiannan Road and his entire army is wiped out, the Tang Dynasty will be over. Not only will Guo Ziyi eventually be made into dumplings by the Tubo people, but even Chang'an City will face the danger of falling. If this situation occurs, no one can afford this guilt.
But the good news is that this situation has not happened now.
"Then... should we chase or not?"
Another problem that arises every time he wins a battle. If it were the past, Li Qing basically said nothing and waved his hand and let his soldiers cover up and kill them from behind.
However, this time, Li Neng shook his head and said, "You can't chase, and you must go out of the city and find Chen Zhibao back. Chi Song Dezan's every step he took was not wrong. This battle cannot be said to be our victory. As the side of the siege, he exchanged more than 50,000 casualties for our defenders to have nearly 40,000 lives. If we really faced him, we would be unable to beat him!"
Everyone knew that what Li Neng said was not wrong. The combat effectiveness of the Tubo people forced them to look at him with admiration. They have been provoking the Tang Dynasty over the years. It was not their personality that made them do this, but their strength.
Afterwards, Li Qing did not have too many expressions of joy on his face, but directly sent two teams of cavalry to Yizhou and Chang'an City with his letters.
After all, Li Heng had the final say in the Tang Dynasty, and because of this, Li Heng could not sleep almost every day. Although he never thought of letting Li Qing be the crown prince, he still had to do what Li Qing as a minister and son should do.
Afterwards, Li Qing just sent an order to clean the battlefield and burn the bodies, and no order was issued.
Everyone counted the results of the battle and found that the one with the most casualties was obviously the people of Nanzhao. Nearly 40,000 soldiers guarding the city died, half of which were Nanzhao soldiers.
Ge Luofeng knew that one of the reasons was that his soldiers were all on the front line of defending the city.
A more important reason is that their combat effectiveness is indeed not good. Often, two people besieged a Tubo soldiers who climbed up the city may kill them all. If they reach the frontal battlefield, in Li Yi's words, they will basically be killed.
After this battle, Ge Luofeng did not relax much, because although the battle was so powerful that the Tubo people retreated, but they came with an army of 300,000 and still returned about 250,000, which was not considered a trauma.
If one day when Li Yan left and the Tubo people wanted to destroy his Nanzhao, they would just send 100,000 troops.
He also understood that Li Yan was also in a difficult position now, so he didn't ask to return to Nanzhao for two consecutive days, but he didn't dare to say anything to Li Yan. Until one day, Li Yan took the initiative to summon Ge Luofeng to his side.
Ge Luofeng went to Li Qing's house and saw that except Li Qing, his daughter Feng Yi, inside the house, was not around, Zhang Xun and Nan Jiyun, and others were not there. This made Ge Luofeng feel much more relieved. What does this mean? It means that Li Qing treats him as his own person.
"Prince, call me here today..."
"Sit down, I'll invite you here today. There are still many things to do, so let's come one by one."
Chapter completed!