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Chapter 2444 The fierce battle between the Ming and Tang Dynasties

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    In the battle with Longshu, the Ming army suffered more than 2,000 casualties and lost dozens of ships. It was a rare defeat since the conquest of Shu.

    When the news came, the whole army was in an uproar, and even Huang Weiyang who was far away in Chengdu was shocked.

    Although Bayan had already been defeated once in Suji Town before.  But that time he was ambushed during a pursuit, which is understandable.  Moreover, Bayan was from the Northern Route Army after all, and most of the current garrison troops in Bashu were the former Central Route Army. The two sides did not have much interaction before, so they did not have much sympathy for Bayan's failure.

    But it was different from the defeat of Longshu, because this battle the Ming army was defeated in a frontal attack, and the commander was Su Lie, who had been invincible before.

    Although Su Lie did not directly command this battle, and although the Ming army in this battle was mainly navy and Lingnan native soldiers, it was still a serious blow to the morale of the three armies.

    Su Lie even blamed Huang Weiyang for this, but Huang Weiyang did not blame him.

    Huang Weiyang knew very well that the reason for the failure of this battle was not Su Lie's command, but the arrogance of the three armies. There were signs of this before.  Anyone else would have failed.

    It¡¯s time to calm down the soldiers who were let go.

    And the impact of defeat in this battle is greater than its practical significance.  Su Lie fought a total of three battles with the Tang army, winning one, drawing and losing. Although He Longshu was defeated, his flaws could not be concealed.  The Ming army has advanced to the heart of the Tang army and firmly holds the initiative.

    The top priority is to stabilize the front and prevent Li Shimin from counterattacking.

    So Huang Weiyang transferred 30,000 Li Tang surrender troops to Su Lie.

    Li Shimin¡¯s ability is there, coupled with the terrain restrictions of Yazhou, it will not be easy for the Ming army to win quickly.  Since the quick battle fails, then we will fight Li Shimin for consumption.  Use Li Tang to send troops to consume Li Shimin's troops and see how long Li Shimin can last.

    Huang Weiyang was even prepared to spend half a year in Yazhou with Li Shimin.

    Su Lie was overjoyed to have 30,000 more surrendered troops in his hands.

    He also saw that Li Shimin's biggest flaw was the lack of troops and supplies, so he was prepared to fight with Li Shimin.  Now that reinforcements have arrived, he will fight with the opponent from hill to hill, draining the last drop of Li Shimin's blood.

    Thirty thousand troops surrendered, and Su Lie gave Cheng Mingzhen 20,000 troops on the northern front.

    Su Lie asked Cheng Mingzhen to launch simultaneous attacks on the Tang army from five directions: Furenshu (now Xindian Town, Ya'an City, Sichuan Province), Wanguli, Lushan County (now Lushan County, Ya'an City, Sichuan Province), Bifengxia, and Shuangheli.  , the more intense the offensive, the better.

    The northern front does not seek to defeat the enemy, but only to contain a large number of Tang troops.

    Su Lie led the main force to continue attacking Li Shimin's main position from the eastern front.  Waterways, avenues, and mountain roads were separated. With the mountain road as the center, they fought fiercely with Li Shimin on one hilltop after another.

    It¡¯s a fierce battle.

    Use as many troops as possible to contain as many of the opponent's troops as possible, and even use a one-to-one exchange strategy to consume as much of Li Shimin's troops as possible.

    After the Ming army was exhausted, there were still more reinforcements, but Li Shimin, who retreated to Yazhou, did not have any additional troops.

    Su Lie's move really hit Li Shimin's sore spot.

    From Lianhuading, Huangping, Donggou, Luopo, Wenshan, Jinshan, Gaoshan, Fanshan, Zhaoshan to Baishan in front of the position, there are figures of the two armies tug-of-war everywhere.

    Su Lie used the 55th Army's crossbows as cover and the Lingnan native soldiers to open the way.  As soon as the battle began, the Ming army concentrated their bows and crossbows to continuously suppress the opponent's counterattacks, and even continued to throw thunderbolts and kerosene bombs onto the hilltops.

    Li Shimin did not have many troops. He only had 5,000 men. He had to guard multiple places and had to mobilize another 5,000 from the rear, but it was still not enough.

    Li Shimin deployed two thousand people on the top of the mountain, while the Ming army attacked with more than ten thousand people.  Often a group of people would arrive at the foot of the mountain and attack from all directions, giving the Tang army no chance to move.

    Although there are many mountains along the way, the only places where the Tang army could garrison were two to three hundred meters higher than the official road.  Therefore, the Tang Army's terrain advantage has long been offset by the Ming Army's numerical advantage.

    Su Lie also relied on his large number of troops to attack from all sides.

    From Dapingshang to Donggou is an east-west ridge, with a broad valley to the south.  Although Su Lie attacked Lianhuading first, he also sent troops to attack Huangping and Donggou from the south, which forced Li Shimin to increase his troops in the two places.

    Su Lie had a total of nearly 50,000 people including the local soldiers, surrendered soldiers, two armies and the navy. It would be effortless to fight three battlefields at the same time.  But Li Shimin was in trouble. He didn't have so many soldiers at all, and he was stretched thin.

    At the same time, Cheng Mingzhen led nearly 30,000 troops to attack in five directions and launched a full-scale attack on the Tang army.

    Although the terrain is spacious in one direction except Furenshu, which is the main attack area of ??the Ming army, the other four directions can also contain the strength of the Tang army.  Ming armyTo open five battlefields, Li Shimin must defend five battlefields. The Ming army will send out three to four thousand troops in each direction to see how the Tang army defends them.

    It¡¯s not enough if there are too few people. If there are more people, thousands of people will be divided. But how many people do Li Shimin have in total?  There are only more than 10,000 people on the northern front and more than 10,000 on the eastern front. Yandao City is almost empty.

    Li Shimin had no choice about this. The Ming army's attrition tactics were a complete conspiracy. Unless he could completely defeat the opponent's main force, he would have to passively consume them.

    Of course, Li Shimin can also shrink his troops and concentrate them on several points.  Or directly choose to guard Yan Daocheng, but in that case, it will become a one-time deal.  The Ming army has thunder bombs, and Yandao City will be a dead city without reinforcements outside.

    Of course Li Shimin can also run to Xiqiang, but how many people are willing?

    Don¡¯t look at the fact that Yu Zhining, Dou Qian and others encouraged Li Shimin to flee to Nanning Prefecture. It was because they knew that they could rebuild their family business after arriving in Nanning Prefecture.  Although Nanzhong is remote, after all, it once belonged to the land of kings.

    But when you get to Xiqiang, you will be a savage in the poor mountains and rivers.

    From this point of view, surrendering to Huang Mingyuan is not unacceptable.

    So Li Shimin had no choice but to stick to Yazhou and wait for the situation to change.  Unless absolutely necessary, we will never break out rashly.

    The two sides fought fiercely for more than a month from the end of December to the beginning of February. Li Shimin had lost nearly 10,000 troops.  The Tang army consumed a huge amount of both physical strength and energy.

    The military morale began to fluctuate.

    Many people understand that this is a meaningless war. In this case, why continue to fight instead of being a hero who understands current affairs.

    On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, Wanguli fell; on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Furen garrison fell; on the twenty-first day of the first lunar month, Shuangheli fell; on the twenty-fourth of the first lunar month, Lushan County fell; on the twenty-fifth day of the first lunar month, Wenshan Village, the most dangerous battlefield on the Eastern Front  fall.

    On the first day of February, Qingjiangyan fell.  From Qingjiangyan to Caoba, there are unlimited defenses along the way. The Ming army's cavalry can arrive in a blink of an eye, but a Caoba will never be able to stop the Ming army from the north.

    Once the Cao Dam was lost, the north side of Helong garrison was wide open. The Helong defense line that Li Shimin had worked so hard to manage would be destroyed without attack.

    At this time, the three armies were in shock, and finally someone took that step.

    On the second day of February, General Ge Yanzhang of the Tang Dynasty came to Ming Dynasty in Duogong Town (now Duogong Village, Chengxiang Town, Tianquan County, Sichuan Province)

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