I'm a marquis in Datang

For Datang, this was an extremely crucial battle.

And to Xia Guo, it is equally important.

As long as this battle is won, a solid foundation will be laid for Xia Guo to gobble up the Tang Dynasty in the future.

In Du Qi's army, the food for the soldiers is very good.

Even on weekdays, Du Qi would arrange for people to cook bone soup outside the city, and the fragrant fragrance would permeate the towers, which would make the troops of the Tang Dynasty stationed in Jiuquan City feel excited.

Du Qi is currently inspecting the soldiers in the army.

Because the training of soldiers has never been left behind on weekdays, and they have been practicing all the time.

When Du Qi was inspecting the soldiers, a soldier came to Du Qi's side and reported: "Your Majesty, the letter from General Arima has arrived, and the sentry has arrived at the gate of the camp."

Du Qidao: "Notify him to go to the big tent of the Chinese army."

"Yes!"

The soldiers immediately went to deliver the order.

Du Qi also turned around immediately and went straight back to the big tent of the Chinese army.Moment of effort

, A sentry came in, bowed to Du Qiyi, and handed over the letter sent back by Laiji.

Du Qi took the letter and quickly browsed it.After he finished reading the letter, his face was already filled with joy, because this letter contained news about Ma Yuan's victory in the war with Persia.In addition, there is also news that Ma Yuan requested to deal with Persia.

Du Qi immediately wrote a letter in which he answered Ma Yuan's request. He agreed to Ma Yuan's request and allowed Ma Yuan to send troops. In the letter, Du Qi authorized Ma Yuan and Laiji to make decisions without reporting.

It is equivalent to delegating power to two people.

Let the two of them be in charge of the battle against Perse Braun City.

Du Qi handed the letter to the sentry and asked the sentry to go back and reply to Ma Yuan.When Du Qigang was about to arrange someone to notify Shangguanyi, Shangguanyi had already entered in a hurry.

Shangguanyi saluted and said: "Your Majesty, we have received the news that Li Shimin has dispatched troops. This time Li Shimin mobilized a total of 20 troops. It is estimated that there are still three days to go to Suzhou."

Du Qi said with a smile: "Li Shimin should have gotten the news of the Persian troops, so

Li Shimin sent troops.It's a pity that Li Shimin hoped that the Persian side would hold us back, but he didn't know that the Persian offensive was over.Persia dispatched an army of [-], but was defeated in the city of Dole. Persia lost [-] people, and almost the entire army was destroyed and fled back. "

Shangguanyi was shocked: "It's so fast?"

Du Qidao: "The Persian army launched an attack as soon as they arrived at Dolejian City. Then, Ma Yuan and Laiji set up an ambush in Dolejian City and won the battle. If it weren't for this, it wouldn't be long before Li Shimin sent troops from Chang'an. I have already got the news from Ma Yuan. There is a time difference. Thanks to Li Shimin's army in Chang'an, they were mobilized from Chang'an. If Li Shimin's army had already arrived in the Western Regions, then this battle would be different. "

Shangguan Yi said: "Your Majesty's words are true."

Du Qi immediately arranged for someone to notify Li Jing and the others to come. Not long after, Li Jing, Ma Zhou, Xue Rengui, Xiao Yuanqi and Guan Zhilan also arrived.

Du Qi said in a deep voice: "The offensive of the Persian army has been destroyed by Ma Yuan, and the Persian army retreated in a disastrous defeat. Now we don't need to consider the threat of Persia. Right now, we only need to go all out to deal with Li Shimin. According to the previous plan, Xiao Yuanqi stayed outside Jiuquan County, let's go forward,

Stop Li Shimin's army at the selected location. "

The plan had already been agreed upon before.

Just execute.

So after Du Qi made arrangements, everyone performed their duties.

Xiao Yuanqi, Ma Zhou, and Guan Zhilan stayed in Jiuquan County to take down Li Ji's army.As for Du Qi, he followed Xue Rengui and led the army to the front line.

But the only difference is that Xiao Yuanqi's army here is only 3 people, and some elephant soldiers.Part of Xiao Yuanqi's troops were transferred to Xue Rengui.Du Qi and Xue Rengui's troops on the front line alone have [-] troops, and there is also the Xiang army led by Zuo Xianfeng.

The actions of the army have never concealed the news.

Soon it spread to Jiuquan County.

Today's Li Ji is also quite thin. After all, he has been guarding Jiuquan County for several months. By now, the food has almost run out and he can't support it anymore.And such a result is that Li Ji reduced the food supply, so the soldiers can support until now.If the food was supplied in full according to the previous amount, the food would have been completely consumed long ago.

On the tower, in the room.

When Li Ji got the news from the soldiers, he immediately called Changsun Wuji and Wei Zheng. He looked at them and said, "Qi Guogong and Wei Xiang, His Majesty's army is still two to three days away from Jiuquan. Right now, Du Qi has already The troops are divided. One of the troops is going east, obviously to stop His Majesty's army. But outside the city, there is another army, obviously to stop us. Now, how should we arrange it?"

Changsun Wuji said in a deep voice: "I suggest that as soon as His Majesty's army arrives, we will go all out to attack. Because until now, we are running out of food. Therefore, we will no longer save food at the moment, but supply the soldiers with all our strength and let them eat. Drink enough."

Wei Zheng said: "I also agree. Under the current situation, our soldiers' fighting spirit is getting weaker and weaker. Right now, we need to boost morale. Your Majesty's arrival is this opportunity. Take this opportunity to boost morale, and then storm the outside of the city The army. As long as we break through the line of defense of the army outside, the next step is to attack the Xia army with His Majesty."

The two have the same opinion.

The point of view in Li Ji's heart is actually preparing to send troops.Because at this point, if you don't send troops, the soldiers under your command will not be able to hold on.

Once the morale of the army collapses, the consequences will be disastrous.

Li Ji nodded and said: "Since that's the case, we will prepare to fight next."

The three reached a unified opinion, and Li Ji immediately left the room, came to the city, and summoned all the troops under his command.The [-] army gathered, and the black crowd was crowded, but on the faces of each soldier, there was depression and helplessness.Especially after this period of time, the expressions on the faces of all the soldiers are quite dejected. After all, after such a long time, the soldiers are almost unable to bear it, so this is the reason for this situation.

Li Ji looked around at everyone, and said loudly: "All you boys, we have been stationed in Jiuquan City for almost four months. During this period of time, we cut down on food and clothing, and the soldiers tightened their belts to live. We can't eat well and sleep well."

"You have worked hard during this period of time."

After saying a few words, the hearts of all the soldiers immediately felt the same.They have indeed suffered a lot in the past few months, and they have worked extremely hard.As soldiers of the Great Tang, they are worthy of their name as soldiers of the Great Tang, because they persevered.

From beginning to end, there was no defection.

None left.

All supported here.

Li Ji even heard the sound of sobbing, and many soldiers couldn't help choking up when they thought of the past few months.He breathed a sigh of relief and said again: "However, our hard days are gone forever. From now on, there is enough food in the army, and the soldiers can eat freely without restraining themselves. Why, because His Majesty has already led the army. His Majesty's army will arrive at Jiuquan in two or three days. When His Majesty arrives, we will attack Du Qi with all our strength."

"Today's Du Qi is already besieged on all sides."

"To the west of Du Qi's Xia Kingdom, there will be an attack from the Persian Kingdom, which will cause Du Qi's rear to be attacked. Inside Du Qi's Xia Kingdom, there will be rebellions from enemies who were suppressed by Du Qi, which will also lead to civil strife in Xia."

"Your Majesty is here to defeat Xia's army in one go."

"This is our chance."

Li Ji held his head high and said loudly: "Our battle is to prove ourselves. All the humiliation and grievances we have suffered here in Xia Kingdom can be exploded. You guys want revenge , do you want to avenge your shame?"

"miss you!"

Some soldiers in the army shouted.

Immediately afterwards, there were shouts one after another.

More and more soldiers shouted.