Is Datang afraid of war?
Never afraid.
I remember that when the Northern Desert was invaded, Datang wanted money but had no money, and it wanted people but no one.
But they also won the battle with the efforts of many soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.
But now, under the dual operation of Li Chengqian and Li Shimin, the national power of the Tang Dynasty has become many times stronger.
Not to mention that every household has a surplus of grain, at least the treasury is fully stocked with grain, grass, materials and money.
With so much money and food, and so many soldiers and generals, how can we still be afraid of the Western Turks?
The entire Tang Dynasty was like a running machine, and all parts of the country were mobilized.
Li Shimin also took advantage of this opportunity to mobilize other legions.
The Bingzhou Army, the Bashu Army, and the Qingzhou Army, the three main armies of the Tang Dynasty, totaling 320,000 people, all marched to the northwest border.
Such a huge effort was simply bigger than the initial attack on the Northern Desert Turks.
It can even be said that this battle was the biggest battle since the founding of the Tang Dynasty.
The pattern of the northwest is bound to be reshuffled after this war.
Li Shimin had already made his attitude clear by doing this.
I, Datang, am here.
As long as you dare to come, Datang will fight with you to the end.
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Under Li Chengqian's order, all the main forces of the Liangzhou Army left Liangzhou and went straight to the battlefield in the Western Regions.
Even if everyone in the world is against me.
I also want Datang to gain a foothold in the Western Regions.
This is the military order issued by Li Chengqian to the Liangzhou Army.
When the large forces of the Liangzhou Army entered the Western Regions, the Bingzhou Army also sent people into the Western Regions, which brought Li Chengqian a big surprise.
Li Shimin knew what Li Chengqian thought, so he specially mobilized 200 Zhenguan General cannons from the ordnance camp and asked the Bingzhou Army to bring them with them.
More than a hundred Zhenguan General's cannons had already beaten Qiuchi to pieces, and now there are two hundred more, which are simply rushing to destroy the country.
And these are not the main ones.
The most important thing is Li Shimin's current attitude.
He made it clear that he would devote all his efforts to support Li Chengqian.
This allowed Li Chengqian to free up his hands and feet and start working on his career.
When this war began, Li Chengqian only wanted to prove to the world that the recruitment system was correct.
This was also demonstrated during the initial operations of the 'new' Liangzhou Army.
So, he doesn't have to prove anything anymore.
At the moment, all he could think about was how to teach these people a lesson and how to open up business lines in the Western Regions.
The arrival of these Zhenguan artillery pieces and a large number of Liangzhou troops gave the Liangzhou army the capital to attack the city.
After all, in the previous war, because the number of people was too small, we could only gather around and call for reinforcements.
In addition, it is either to wipe out the villages without city defense.
As for the city, they can only adopt the method of siege.
That is to say, Li Chengqian's side was able to directly attack Jiaohe City because it owned the Zhenguan General Cannon.
But now, with these Zhenguan General's cannons, Li Chengqian did not hesitate and immediately aimed his spear at Duyan, the capital of Qiuci.
The geographical location of Duyan City cannot be unimportant.
As long as the Tang Dynasty takes Duyan City, they can directly move the new command post here.
Once the Tang Dynasty established a stronghold here, the surrounding area of 800 miles would be shrouded in the shadow of the Tang Dynasty cavalry.
They can hit whoever they want.
Li Chengqian raised his hand and patted the map of Duyan City, saying: "Send troops immediately to attack Duyan City!"
Following Li Chengqian's order, he led 15,000 soldiers, together with 2,000 Mo swordsmen, and marched towards Duyan City.
Half a day later.
The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty came to Yancheng, the capital, ten miles outside the city.
Now Qiuci has been frightened by the Liangzhou army.
No one dared to lead troops out of the city for a face-to-face confrontation with the Liangzhou Army. Most of them huddled in the city and defended.
But they didn't seem to have thought about it.
At the beginning, the guys in Jiaohe City also wanted to defend.
But what is the final result?
Wasn't he still beaten so hard by Li Chengqian?
After arriving at the city.
Li Chengqian directly gave the order to the entire army to rest for an hour, and then immediately launched an attack on the city an hour later.
Not only Li Chengqian knew how important Duyan City was, but others also knew it.
Besides, this is the capital of Qiuci.
King Bunaqiong of Kucha is in this place. Not only there are 30,000 Kucha soldiers in the city, but also nearly 10,000 Liu Min, who can participate in offensive and defensive battles at any time.
The person responsible for defending the city is General Kucha, Bonatou himself.
Bonatou is not an incompetent person, he is quite capable in leading troops.
At this time, when he saw the Liangzhou army approaching the city, he didn't feel much panic.
After all, as the old saying goes, you can only attack a city if you have three times more troops.
In other words, the number of people on the attacking side must be three times the number of people on the defending side to attack the city, and there is no telling whether the attack will be successful or not.
At a glance now, the Liangzhou army is only 20,000 strong.
And there are only 30,000 defenders on our side. No one would think that they can get in.
It's just that he thinks so, but the soldiers below don't think so.
Nowadays, the style of the Liangzhou Army has spread throughout Qiuci, and they frequently massacre cities and villages. This is far beyond their impression of the Tang Dynasty's army.
They also don't know what will happen to them once the war begins.
While the Kucha soldiers and civilians in the city were observing the situation outside the city, the Liangzhou army had already begun preparing to attack the city.
After hearing the report, Bonatou also hurriedly ordered the deployment of defensive equipment such as rolling logs and stones to the city wall.
But what Bonatou didn't expect was that the Liangzhou army did not directly form a battle formation to attack the city, but instead retreated into dark iron pillars.
Seeing this, Bonatou couldn't help but be startled.
He turned to ask a lieutenant beside him, "What are these things?"
The deputy general watched carefully for a while, but also looked puzzled. He cupped his hands and said, "I don't know, either."
The Tang Dynasty has not sent troops to the Western Regions for many years, and now this is the first time it has ever done so.
As for General Zhenguan's cannon, except for those guys who had seen it on the battlefield in Jiaohe City, basically no one else had seen it.
Therefore, the current situation has created such a situation where no one knows Zhenguan General Cannon.
Of course, Bonatou is also a smart man.
He just thought about it for a moment and already had the answer in his mind: "No, this is the Zhenguan General Cannon of the Tang Dynasty!"
"Hurry up and get your brothers down the city wall to avoid the bombardment."
He only reacted now, obviously it was a little late.
At this moment, the Liangzhou Army's offensive has already begun.
Li Chengqian looked at the top of the city, then raised his spear and pointed it straight ahead: "Hit me, hit me hard."
Following his order, the messenger immediately held the order flag and gave the order to attack in the direction of the artillery position.
After receiving the order, the commander on the artillery position immediately began to take command.
As the soldiers were busy for a while, nearly three hundred Zhenguan general cannons were ready to go.
"put!"
"boom……"
Following the captain's shout, a sudden burst of fire appeared on the artillery position.
Even Li Chengqian found that scene shocking.
My dear mother.
What a hellish scene this is.
Not long after the cannonballs flew into the sky, they hit the top of the city and the city...
Hundreds of shells fell like a shower.
Immediately afterwards, a loud rumbling sound like thunder on the ground resounded through the top of Duyan City.
Before many Kucha soldiers could react, the cannonballs that hit them were blown to pieces.
In an instant, the wails of the injured and the dying were heard at the top of Duyan City...
