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"Master, Xiazhou has taken it!"

Cui Yan, the commander of the yamen, rushed to Li Chao and reported his victory.

Li Chao, who was looking through various reports, heard it and smiled. "To be honest, I was not surprised at all. Goro, tell me about the specific results of Demon King Cheng? There was no big damage, right?"

As the first real power governor of the Tang Dynasty, he was still the prime minister with the title of Pingzhang. Li Chao had many new measures in Lingzhou, including many of his own changes to the army of Shuofang Town. For example, there are already 80,000 troops in Shuofang Town.

Moreover, Li Chao reorganized the 80,000 soldiers in Shuofang Town as needed during the war. Eighty thousand men, fifty thousand men, and 30,000 militia.

Moreover, the wartime organization was not the original army camp team, but was changed to town, wing, army, camp, capital, team, troop, and troop.

A group of ten people, a team of fifty.

There are hundreds of people in one capital, and there are five capitals in one capital.

One army and three battalions, one case and three armies.

It is neither a complete 33 organization nor a complete 55 organization.

There are hundreds of people in the capital, five hundred people in a battalion, one army, one thousand five hundred people in a cabin, and four thousand five hundred people in a cabin.

The organization of the army and wings has become smaller. As the governor, Li Chao commanded 80,000 soldiers alone, but his next level of wing soldiers and horse envoys commanded at most 4,500 people.

This adjustment made Liu Zheng and Liang Luoren, the two soldiers in their hands, instantly lost more than half of the soldiers. Li Chao took advantage of the situation and appointed several soldiers from the surrendered generals, built several more soldiers, and dispersed the power of the two.

At the same time, Li Chao expanded his or her fangs.

It turned out to be two thousand, but now it is directly expanded to one wing, with 4,500 people, and the number has exceeded more than 1000.

The Ya Bing is now in one hand and three armies. Su Dingfang also served as the commander of the Yanei Du Shima Envoy, while Cheng Chumo, Niu Jianhu, Li Gan, Yuchi Baolin, Cui Yan and others served as the commander of the Yanei Du Shima Envoy, Yuhou, etc., and led the expanded Ya Bing.

"Returning to the commander-in-chief, General Manager Cheng and Liang's military envoy fought with the Yanzhou guards, killed more than 300 enemies, defeated the opponent and then surrendered Yanzhou. Our army had only suffered dozens of casualties, and they were all subordinates of Liang's military envoys." Cui Yanei said with a smile.

Although Liang Luoren's subordinates are already part of the Tang Army in Shuofang, in fact, even Cui Yan and the others usually distinguish the two sides very clearly.

"very good."

It was expected that there was no damage to the troops, but Li Chao was still very happy to get such a good news.

Yanzhou is next to Lingzhou.

Like Lingzhou, half of the land is inside the Great Wall and half is outside the Great Wall.

At that time, Yang Guang recruited many powerful men to build the Great Wall, from Lingwu Cultivation to Hengshan in Suizhou. This section of the Great Wall, which is hundreds of miles, connects to the Great Wall that comes from Hedong.

Pianguan, Hequ, Shenmu, Yulin, Hengshan, Jingbian, Dingbian.

This Great Wall connects to Lingzhou to the west, and then goes west along Helan Mountain, to Lanzhou, Liangzhou, and to Hexi.

Dingbian, also called Wuyuan at this time, is the prefecture city of Yanzhou.

The route built by this Great Wall was actually built along the edge of the Ordos platform. The platform to the north is the Hengshan Mountains to the south are the Hengshan Mountains, etc.

Inside the Great Wall is an agricultural area, while outside the Great Wall is basically an arid area, that is, a pastoral area.

To the north of Yanzhou are all Gobi, desert, and saline-alkali land, which cannot be cultivated at all.

However, Wuyuan heads north and crosses this barren land of 800 miles, it is the extremely rich Dongtao Plain.

Lingyan Xia Yinsheng, these are several states on the southern edge of the Taiwan Strait and are also the border of the Great Wall. These places are very important in the military and geographical situation and are condescending.

If Li Chao could take down these states, then the Turks would have no foothold in the south of the platform.

The barren land is not easy to march through the Ordos platform, which is 800 miles away. Without these footholds in the south, the Turks had only two roads to enter Guanzhong when they headed south.

First, we seized Lingzhou, broke Xiaoguan along the Yellow River, and entered Guanzhong from the Jinghe Valley.

Or you can go down the Yellow River, break through Yinzhou, enter Yanzhou, and invade from the northeast of Chang'an.

But no matter which route it took, this made the Tang Dynasty's offensive route against the Turks, and could be predicted early. From defending the entire line to guarding only two holes, the wireless would be much easier and the deployment of troops would be much more abundant.

If the East-West Great Wall defense line from Lingzhou to Yinzhou is guarded, the 800-mile Great Wall will be guarded, and the northern plateau of Guanzhong will be guarded.

The remaining two holes can be focused on defense. If you have the strength, you can also block these two holes together.

From Lingwu to Huizhou, Lanzhou, and to Liangzhou.

From Yinzhou to the northeast, through Shengzhou, it is directly connected to Shuozhou Pianguan in Hedong.

Even the east and west sides can continue to extend, stretching the Great Wall defense line longer.

Taking advantage of these footholds on the southern edge of the platform, the 800-mile platform was the best defense. The Turks could only attack from the east and west sides along the Yellow River.

Now, Li Chao only needs to wait for news from Yuchi Gong and Liu Gan.

As long as Yuchi Gong takes down Yinzhou, Shuofang Town will be established with a powerful general Yuchi Gong guarding the entrance to the east.

Even if the front and back condoms of the East Tail Plain are still in the hands of the Turks, and Shengzhou is still in their hands, it doesn’t matter. You can slowly take it in the future.

It was already April.

The weather became warmer, and Li Chao stretched. The early summer wind was really blowing, making people sleepy.

In the next few days, good news spread to Lingzhou almost every day.

Cheng Yaojin's Liang Luoren made a smooth progress. After encountering some resistance in Yanzhou, he went smoothly thereafter. He broke Yanzhou, seized Xiazhou, and went north to capture Youzhou.

In fact, there were no people in these states, and they were not rich places, and most of the troops were transferred to Lingzhou. There was also Liang Luoren, a leader. Except for a small number of people who fled north to join the Turks, most places were surrendered.

Yuchi Gong and Liu Gan were also progressing smoothly on the northern Shaanxi Plateau.

The Yansui area was originally the base camp of the Jihu people. With Liu Gan and others leading the way, Yan, Sui and Yin were unstoppable.

Li Chao sat in front of the sand table of his festival hall, smiled and planted a small red flag at Yincheng in the south of Shengzhou, north of Yinzhou.

Yincheng is the sacred tree of later generations.

"General Yuchi asked his subordinates to report to the general, and he stopped if he didn't plan to capture Yinzhou. He wanted to fight to the east bank of the Yellow River and Hequ County."

Li Chao shook his head with a smile.

Hequ is very close to the Great Wall Mingguan.

In fact, Hequ County is on the east bank of the Yellow River, that is, Hedong, in Shanxi in later generations, and now in Shuozhou, Hedong.

In the current Hedong region, the actual control line between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks is the southern border line of Shuozhou.

Pianguan and Hequ are all just south of this border line. On this line, the Great Wall goes west from the east bank of the Yellow River and reaches Yanmen Pass.

Yuchi Gong is even more fierce than Li Chao.

Li Chao was just thinking about fighting to Yinzhou and stopping first.

But Yuchi Gong was already preparing to fight to the opposite side of Hequ, meaning that he wanted to connect with the Great Wall defense line in Hedong and seize the entire Great Wall in the north of Guanzhong.

The Great Wall from Lingzhou to Yinzhou is 800 miles away, and from Yinzhou to the other side of Hequ, it is another 500 miles away.

The Great Wall Defense Line of 1,300 miles guards the entire northern part of Guanzhong.

If you can conquer the southern part of Shengzhou and connect Guanzhong and Hedong's Great Wall defense line together, this is of course the best in defense.

However, to the north of Shengzhou, the east front cover of the Hetao Plain is very close to it.

Fengzhou, which Li Chaoshi enfeoffed, is considered the back-set plain of the Dongtao, while the Tumote Plain between Baotou, Hohhot-T and Lamawan in later generations, is the Chilechuan, is the back-set.

This is now the base camp of the Turks.

Since the Qimin Khan was defeated and defected to the Sui Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty resettled Daibei to Qimin. The Turks in the East have always regarded this place as their new khan court, and the old khan court in the Mobei region has stopped going.

The Chilechuan, south of Yinshan Mountain, is the Hohhot-T plain, now is the Khan Courtyard of the East-Turkish people and its base camp.

It is only 400 miles from Hequ to the Turkic Khan Court.

If you retreat to Yinzhou, it will increase the distance by 500 miles, which is safer in terms of defense. After all, the closer the distance, the greater the attack force you have to bear.

However, Yuchi Gong was so brave, which was actually within Li Chao's expectations. In his heart, he did not want to use Yuchi Gong to connect the Great Wall defense line in Guanzhong and Hedong without repaying it.

However, Yuchi Gong and Liu Gan each brought only three thousand people, and it was not easy for 6,000 people to keep this hole under the noses of the Turkic people.

"Please come to General Manager Guo and General Manager Li!"

Guo Xiaoke and Li Junxian came after hearing the order.

"Master, I heard that Da Lao Hei did not obey military orders and was greedy for merit and was willing to fight to Hequ?" Guo Xiaoke smiled as soon as he came in, "Do you want me to go to Shengzhou and catch Da Lao Hei back and spank?"

Li Chao shook his head, "There is no turning back when he opens his bow. If he doesn't obey military orders, he can turn back, but now we must keep the six thousand soldiers. According to the information I have received, the Turks seem to have not paid enough attention to our attack this time, which is unexpected good news. I think it is necessary for us to adjust our strategy and let Lao Hei fight the victory state. If it can be really connected to the Great Wall defense line in Hedong, although it will be closer to the Turkic nest, the overall defense will be better."

"With General Li Jing guarding in Hedong, he will definitely not sit back and watch us be beaten by the Turks. Therefore, I plan to ask the two to lead one side to reinforce General Yuchi. You can see the situation by yourself. If the situation is good, you will attack the southern part of Shengzhou, control the Great Wall, and connect with the Hedong side. If the situation is not good, retreat to Yincheng, or even directly withdraw to Yinzhou. Let's extend the distance and let the Turks come south to fight."

One wing is 4,500, each leading one wing, which means that nine thousand troops will be divided to reinforce. Adding the original 6,000, that is 15,000.

"I will send someone to send a letter to General Yuchi, tell them the adjustment, and delegate power to allow him and Liu Gan to add 3,000 people from the surrendered troops. In this way, there will be four wings and 18,000 people in the east. I believe that you four generals, plus these 8,000 people, and the support of General Li Jing from Hedong at any time, should be able to defend."

Four generals of Yuchi Gong in the east, and 18,000 soldiers.

Cheng Yaojin, Liang Luoren, and Niu Jinda in the middle were one wing each, with 13,500 soldiers.

Li Chao personally guarded the Xitao Plain and guarded the most difficult part. He not only guarded against the Turks who went south from Fengzhou, but also guarded against the Turks who came from northwest of Helan Mountain, and even guarded against the enemy troops that might appear from the west Lanhui.

Li Chao personally led 50,000 people to guard the plain and guard the gap in the East and West Great Wall.

Not only should you beware of landing, but you should also beware of water coming.

From Lingzhou to the Turkic Khanate, this section of the Yellow River with more than a thousand miles is very suitable for shipping.

Perhaps, we should start building a navy.

Li Chao remembers that there have been many records in history of transporting grain and troops by ship. At the most, some people even built 300 warships to cooperate with land attacks.

The Shuofang Navy always sounds a bit incongruous, but it is not as natural as the Yangtze River Navy.
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