Gucheng County Ya, the multiple lamps placed on the wall illuminate the hall as if it were daytime.

Su Dingfang sat in the chief, and Luo Shixin, Cheng Yanjin, Dugu Yanyun, Dugu Qingyun, Gao Yan, Kan Leng, Yu Qinming, Helan Shiren, Da Xida and others sat down according to their military positions.

Su Dingfang's gaze swept over everyone's faces one by one, and then said: "The scout has come to report that Li Shimin and Dou Cong are marching in unison, less than forty miles away from Gucheng. At the latest, we can kill under the valley city, and everyone will talk about it, how should we fight this next battle? ”

Although he had already made a plan and made a series of arrangements, Su Ding's direction was humble and never made a statement, and the Beizhen Army was not the Great Sui Army after all, and it was more important to consider the feelings of Dugu Yanyun and others.

Dugu Yanyun arched his hand and said, "What is there to say about this?" General Su said how to fight, the soldiers will fight! ”

Dugu Qingyun, Helan Shiren, Da Xida, Tian Jin, Yi Xian, Xin Han, Helian Chu, several dynasties and others also echoed loudly. After a battle before dusk, Su Dingfang's ability has been recognized, and his prestige has been completely established, Su Dingfang is now asking them to lead his headquarters to attack Xiangyang, and no one will frown, because they believe that since Su Dingfang has given the order, he must have his reason and arrangement!

Yu Qinming, who is the left Sima of the Beizhen Army, said worriedly: "Li Shimin is the queen of Li Hu, who is well versed in the art of war, rich in strategy, and is highly valued by Li Yuan, and can be called the first person in the pseudo-Tang military. What's more, there is also Dou Cong, the total strength of the two is not less than 100,000, and the strength is three or four times that of our army, and our army has been quite damaged after a battle in the afternoon. ”

"Hey, Mr. Yu is too worried." Da Xi'an waved his hand, and said with a big grin and disapproval, "Don't say that Li Shimin, who has been defeated repeatedly, is Li Hu reincarnated, but I'm afraid it's not General Su's opponent!" After a pause, Da Xi'an said again, "Besides, what about the 100,000 army?" All the officers and men of our army can block ten with one, even if Li Yuan sends 100,000, he is not afraid! ”

Yu Qinming shook his head and smiled bitterly, too lazy to argue with this guy, but arched his hand towards Su Dingfang, who was at the top: "The general already had a strategy to break the enemy when he entered the city, and I asked the general to inform him one by one." ”

"Haha, I really can't hide it from Mr." Su Dingfang stroked his palms and laughed, "That gentleman thinks that the plan of water attack can be broken by the Tang Army?" ”

"I think that the plan of water attack is feasible." Yu Qinming bowed his hand and didn't say anything more.

The generals were shocked when they thought about the arrangements made by Su Dingfang to move grain, cut bamboo, and so on after he took over the military power.

Boy.

Just entered the city, and before the battle was fought, he had already anticipated the situation in front of him and set up a strategy to break the enemy, which was really powerful.

Dugu Yanyun looked at Su Dingfang with surprise, joy and admiration, and asked, "Did the general plan to flood Valley City a long time ago?" ”

"Not bad." Su Dingfang nodded and said: "The terrain of Gucheng County is high in the west and low in the east, and the two rivers in the north and south flow into the Han River in the east of the county, and now it is a period of abundant water, whether it is the south of the city to build water, or the North River that originates in Wudang Mountain and flows from northwest to southeast, the water volume is very sufficient, as long as the embankment is built in the upper reaches of the two rivers, and the dam is broken at the same time, the surrounding area of Gucheng will fall into an ocean. When I entered the city, I didn't see a single citizen, so I thought of using the water attack to break the enemy's army. However, the terrain of Gucheng is quite obvious, if our army is not in the city, I am afraid that Li Shimin and Dou Cong will be wary, so after the end of the war, even the battlefield will be withdrawn to Gucheng, and the Tang army will be defeated and the news of our army returning to the city will be revealed to Li Shimin and Dou Cong. ”

"Our army is all in the city, I'm afraid Li Shimin would never have dreamed that our army would attack Valley City." Dugu Qingyun suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "As long as the bamboo raft is tied and the soldiers are prepared in advance, the water will not be able to flood us." ”

The generals understood and shouted, "Please give the order of the general." ”

"Cheng Yanjin, you take a cavalry out of the city, travel twenty miles west along the water, choose a place to build an embankment, and break the embankment at the end of the day."

"The last will obey." Cheng Yanjin got up and responded.

"Gao Yan, you take another cavalry and go twenty miles north along the Beihe River, and your task is the same as General Cheng."

"The last will obey."

Speaking of this, Su Dingfang looked at the hourglass and continued: "It's in the unitary time now, and it's close to six hours before the hour, so you must be quick when you get out of the city." Remember to bring an hourglass. ”

"Whoa." The second general is on call

Cheng Yanjin thought for a while and asked, "General, there is not much time left for me to prepare, why are we running so far?" Wouldn't building an embankment nearby store more water? ”

Su Dingfang understood: "After the battle in the afternoon, Li Shimin has taken precautions against our army, and the disadvantages of Gucheng are so obvious, he must send people to inspect along the river, and it is a dream to build an embankment near Gucheng." ”

"The Admiral understands." Cheng Yanjin smiled.

Su Dingfang said again: "Mr. Yu, you and Mr. Helan, take the scribes, water-fearing soldiers and wounded soldiers to retreat into the place where the food is hidden, quickly." ”

"Obedience." Yu Qinming and Helan Shiren rose up in response.

"Generals," Su Dingfang's cold gaze was like a sharp knife, scraping over the faces of the generals one by one, and then said in a deep voice: "Command the soldiers, build more bamboo rafts, if the bamboo is not enough, tear down the wooden planks of the houses to make up." ”

"The last will obey."

Everyone in the hall responded to the order, hurriedly left the county office, and performed their duties in a nervous and orderly manner.

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The time when the two Tang armies arrived in Gucheng was faster than Su Dingfang expected, and they had already arrived outside the city at the end of the day.

A blazing bonfire was lit, and the light of the sky-high fire illuminated the land south of the city as bright as day.

In the continuous sound of war drums and horns, the banner that covers the sky and the sun is centered on the south gate of Gucheng, slowly approaching Gucheng.

Immediately after the banner is densely packed with soldiers of the Tang Army holding fire, first more than 10,000 light cavalry, followed by heavy armor and heavy armor foot soldiers holding large shields, then spearmen holding spears and light armor, and then light infantry holding short blades and light armor, followed by archers, crossbowmen, equipment soldiers, halberd soldiers and other types of troops, extending from Nancheng to the end of the field of vision, giving people a sense of grounding and endless.

It wasn't until a stone's throw away that the Tang army slowly stopped, and as the formation flag opened, a group of heavily armored foot soldiers poured out, quickly settling their positions, and then thousands of elite horsemen surrounded Li Shimin and slowly drove out of the formation.

Seeing the flames of Guchengtou soaring into the sky, the flags were like clouds, and thousands of soldiers of the Beizhen Army crowded the city, putting on a posture as if facing a great enemy, Li Shimin suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed.

Zhai Changsun, who was following Li Shimin's side, asked puzzledly, "Why is Your Highness laughing?" ”

Li Shimin smiled coldly: "I laugh at Dugu Yanyun, this person is familiar with the art of war and is also very smart, I have to admit that he is a general who is good at capturing fighters, so he can defeat Liu Hongji." But there is a huge difference between the talent of the general and the general, because he has little experience in the battle formation, the ability to make decisions is much worse after all, and he doesn't know that the small wall of Gucheng City is a Jedi, and he joins forces to defend it, and it is completely self-defeating! ”

"The Beizhen Army tried to defend the city, but it was indeed a desperate situation." Zhai Changsun said thoughtfully, "As long as our army guards the four gates and harasses day and night, there are no reinforcements outside the Beizhen army, and there is a shortage of food and grass inside, how many days can we hold on?" ”

"You can't trap the four gates." Li Shimin shook his head and said lightly, "Sun Tzu said, 'Don't stop returning to the division, don't besiege the division, don't force the poor', our army only needs to 'surround it on three sides and ignore one side'. Give them a 'way out' and use the advantage of cavalry to annihilate them outside the city. ”

After that, Li Shimin turned around and instructed his subordinate general Li Xizhi, "General Li, you lead 20,000 horses to camp outside the north gate of Gucheng, in order to prevent the Beizhen army from breaking through and threatening Yincheng, you must not let go of a single person!" ”

"Whoa!" Li Xizhi responded awe-inspiringly, and immediately ordered the people of the headquarters to rush to the north gate.

Li Shimin sighed to Li Daoyan, Li Wenxuan, and Li Daoxuan beside Dou Cong, and ordered: "Daoyan, Wenxuan, Daoxuan, General Dou and I want to discuss military affairs, you first lead 30,000 horses to camp outside the east gate, and wait for the general to come back and give orders." ”

"Whoa." Li Daoyan, Li Wenxuan, and Li Daoxuan gave up their hands, and immediately retreated into the formation, and ordered 30,000 troops to run to the east gate.

Seeing the four generals leave one after another, Li Shimin ordered again: "Pass the order, the army will camp at the south gate!" ”

As soon as the order was issued, the soldiers of the Tang Army immediately became busy in an orderly manner, and the cavalry was busy feeding the horses, and the heavy armor was busy unloading and resting...... The baggage soldiers unloaded their baggage and began to set up camp tents, while the miscellaneous soldiers went to the vicinity to cut down trees, carry them to set up fences and build watchtowers, and a small number of light horsemen cruised back and forth around the city to be responsible for guarding.

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After Li Shimin gave the order to besiege the city, he couldn't wait to find a high ground to watch the enemy situation in the city under the escort of the Red Armor Army.

If it is late today, and the army has just arrived, and the soldiers are tired, Li Shimin does not plan to attack the city overnight, and even has made a new decision, if the Beizhen army resists fiercely, he will change to a long-term siege strategy, and when the Beizhen army runs out of food, he will lure them to break through from the west gate, and the Beizhen army will be exhausted and lack fighting spirit, so they can be destroyed in the field or forced to land on them. But Li Shimin was worried that the Sui Dynasty would not give him this time.

At present, all Sui armies are constantly moving to the Sui and Tang borders, which is actually about to attack the Tang Dynasty, as for the so-called truce agreement, whether it is true or false, it cannot change the fact that the decisive battle between the Sui and Tang dynasties is approaching.

In the deep night, Li Shimin looked at the fire-filled Gucheng from afar, his expression was very serious, now even the Guanlong nobles have turned against him, can the scholars still devote themselves to Tang? The answer is clearly not.

Since Yang Tong released the voice of reconciliation with the family gate, the Guanlong nobles and the major scholars have been openly or secretly, trying to contact Yang Tong, so the rebellion of the Guanlong nobles is just a prelude, and now there are nearly hundreds of thousands of troops outside the Tang Dynasty to press the border, and the rebellion of the nobles and the scholars inside are suspicious, even if they retreat into Yizhou, how can they still hold it?

Now Li Shimin's only hope is to pacify the Beizhen army as soon as possible, integrate the army in his hands, and bring back Li Xiaogong's army in Chungling County completely, and then persuade his father to launch a decisive attack on the Sui army. Although the hope of successfully convincing his father is very slim, Li Shimin still intends to work hard to achieve it.

"Your Highness," Li Shimin was thinking about his thoughts, when Dou Cong suddenly said in a deep voice, "There is a problem with Gucheng." ”

"What's the problem?" Li Shimin turned his head and asked.

Dou Cong pointed at Gucheng with a horse lance and said solemnly: "Your Highness, please take a closer look at this terrain. ”

Li Shimin looked at it according to his words, and found that at this time, the fire inside and outside the city was soaring into the sky, and the radius was like daylight for several miles, and when he looked down, the area illuminated by the firelight was like a large brazier that fell into the ground, and the two rivers in the north and south were shining brightly, and the Tang soldiers who were camping in the village seemed to be working in the basin.

"Your Highness, look." Dou Cong realized that Li Shimin had discovered the problem, so he pointed ahead one by one with a horse lance, and introduced them one by one: "Zhushui and the Beihe River sandwich the valley city to the east, and merge into the Han River in the east of the city, the valley city is not only surrounded by water on three sides, the terrain is also lower than the north and south two rivers, and the area of more than ten miles centered on the valley city is completely a big depression, if the Beizhen army digs the embankment of the two rivers and diverts water into this big depression, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

"The general is right." Li Shimin understood the problem, but he breathed a sigh of relief, and ordered Zhai Changsun beside him: "Tomorrow, there should be no need for the Red Armor Army, you will divide the Red Armor Army into two roads, patrol along Zhushui and Beihe all night, and once you find that the Beizhen Army is building a dam or digging a dike, you will report it immediately." ”

"The last will obey." Zhai Changsun surrendered his hand and asked a little puzzled: "Your Highness, General, if the Beizhen Army digs the embankment, then they themselves will suffer, do they really dare to burn the jade?" ”

"It's not a problem with the North Town Army, it's that we don't dare to take this risk." Li Shimin said astringently: "Our strength is far inferior to that of the Sui Dynasty, and now Liu Hongji has been annihilated by the Beizhen Army, resulting in a fatal hole in the Hanshui defense line, and we are not even qualified to win a miserable victory." ”

Zhai Changsun said curtly: "The last general understands. ”

Li Shimin pointed to the darkest area outside the 'big brazier' and said solemnly: "Be careful of the darkness under the lights, and make the patrol range farther and wider." ”

Zhai Changsun hesitated for a moment and asked, "How is Wuli?" ”

"Ten miles, no, fifteen miles." Li Shimin said two words lightly, and said with some anxiety: "You go and lead 5,000 cavalry, and each river sends 5,000 elite cavalry to be responsible." ”

"Whoa." Zhai Changsun obeyed the order and left.

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The head of the valley city.

Seeing nearly 100,000 Tang Army soldiers camping and brazenly demonstrating around the city, Su Dingfang, Luo Shixin and other generals all showed a slight sneer, "Hey, it is an old routine that has been passed down for more than a thousand years, and it may not be easy for us to do it!" ”

Kan Ling scratched his head and asked with some puzzlement: "General, every time it comes to attacking a fortified battle, everyone only surrounds three sides, what is the reason?" Why? ”

Kan Ling has fought many large and small wars, and is the number one fierce general under Du Fuwei, but after all, he is a general from a wild road, and his military theory is pitiful.

Although he has also done it, it is not clear why he did it and what the benefits of doing it were.

The purpose of this is to avoid the desperate enemy army from counterattacking to the death, bringing unnecessary casualties to themselves, not to block the retreating enemy army, to leave an escape gap for the surrounded enemy army, and not to force the enemy army in a desperate situation. When the enemy sees the way out, the will to fight is greatly reduced, and he is bent on fleeing for his life, and will not turn back and fight hard, while the other side only needs to follow and kill. Su Dingfang patiently explained.

"I see." As soon as he clicked, Kan Ling immediately understood the ultimate meaning of 'Surrounding Three Que'.

Luo Shixin patted Kan Leng's back chest and said like a son, "Kan Leng, you really should read the military book." ”

Kan Ling said embarrassedly, "General, I really want to read military books, but my father-in-law and I are both from poor backgrounds, and there are no military books to read at all, so it's great to know a few big characters." ”

Luo Shixin smiled and said, "Do you want to learn?" ”

Kan Ling's eyes lit up when he heard this, and his head nodded like a chicken pecking rice: "Yes, of course I want to." ”

Luo Shixin teased: "I'll teach you "Sun Tzu" another day." ”

"My son is only three years old, where is the grandson?" Kan Ling was extremely depressed.

"Haha......"

The generals of the city let out a good-natured laugh.

Su Dingfang couldn't help but smile and said: "The grandson that General Luo said is not your grandson, but the soldier saint Sun Wu, and this 'grandson' can also be the Art of War." ”

"Uh......" Kan Ling was embarrassed when he heard this.

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