Chapter 447: Battlefield (2)
The generals held their breath and fell silent.
For them, most of them ...... Well, almost all, and it was the first time, whether they participated in the battle of Liaodong or not, or whether they had suppressed bandits, or whether they had fought the Turks, it was the same.
In fact, their age has already determined that they will not have the opportunity and experience to participate in similar battles as important generals in the army, and the anxiety and anxiety in their hearts, and even the faint fear can be understood.
Therefore, during the military discussion, the smell of gunpowder was very strong, and the people who were good friends would occasionally quarrel a few words, and their thoughts were also very chaotic.
When Li Po asked, everyone felt a sense of peace of mind in an instant......
"The Tang army thought that we would not give up the important land of the Bird Mouse Valley, and it was natural to fight a decisive battle with it in the south of the Bird Mouse Valley, and the Tang army fought here, and the Tang army could attack and retreat and defend, and it was a little undefeated without fighting......"
Li Po paused when he said this, looked around at the generals, and then accentuated his tone, "In this battle, our army is determined to win...... If after defeating the Tang army, the Tang army can still retreat to the city and entangle with me, why wait until this time to engage the Tang army? ”
Li Po's eyes flashed with an inexplicable light, calm, confident, but also beating with a crazy flame, he gently slapped the table.
The voice was firm and calm, "Abandon the Bird and Mouse Valley, Jiexiu, retreat to Pingyao, if the Tang army still dares to fight with me in the north of Jiexiu, I will call it a horse without returning." ”
Hearing this, the generals were shocked and inexplicable, and they took a break from the battle, occupied the Bird Mouse Valley, and threw it away like this?
Li Po himself also knows that the next time he suddenly makes a decision, everyone will definitely not agree, just like his previous decision to stop the army, he needs a reliable reason as a basis.
Of course, this was also not a decision he made as soon as his head was hot.
The military discussion has been going on for several days, and all aspects have been involved, and the pros and cons have been clearly stated, and there is no need to discuss it any further.
And his thoughts became clearer and clearer between the quarrels of the generals.
The choice of a good battlefield is actually very simple, where the enemy does not want to fight you, where it will definitely be beneficial to you.
And the battlefield, where both sides are quite satisfied, is certainly not the best choice.
Therefore, he actually quickly abandoned the place between the south of the Bird Mouse Valley and Linfen, because that battlefield obviously had a lot of benefits for both sides, and the ideal battlefield should not be like this.
Just as he was absolutely unwilling to lead the cavalry to collide with the Turks head-on in the steppe, even if he had the advantage, he would not easily put his army on the steppe and fight with the Turkic cavalry.
Even if he wins, it will definitely be a stupid war of killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800 of himself, so every time he fights before, he will try his best to find the enemy's weakness, and surprise attacks have become his most common tactic.
Now, this is a large-scale battle, and the enemy's weak points are many, but tactics like surprise attacks are of little use.
He believes he has two options.
One is to let the infantry retreat to Jinyang and Yuci, on the one hand, use the fortified city to consume the strength of the enemy, and on the other hand, release cavalry, a wide range of detour harassment, so that the enemy army can not advance, retreat, and finally drag the Tang army between Linfen and Jinyang.
But this kind of tactic, the risk is actually very huge, tens of thousands of cavalry will be like a rootless Ping outside, can only fight to nourish the war, and kill Hedong into a floating slaughter, which is completely contrary to the original intention of this battle, can be ignored.
Another option is to fight the Tang Army head-on, since I feel that the battlefield I chose before is extremely inappropriate, then abandon it and choose another place.
In fact, regardless of the choice, abandoning the Bird Valley and Jiexiu are prerequisites.
Such a strategic location was suitable for the Tang army to defend, but it was not suitable for the defense of the army at this time.
And with his prestige in the army, it is actually very simple to convince the generals.
Li Po's voice became stern, "What are you worried about?" Worried that the Tang army will occupy a vital place, so they will not come to fight me? More than 100,000 troops went north, just to retake Xihe County? ”
Speaking of this, Li Po couldn't help but sneer, "If that's the case, how long can the more than 100,000 army support?" A month or two months? Don't talk about grain and grass, let's just say that Tang Jun is so empty behind him, will Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong, Li Mi and others let go of such a good opportunity? ”
"Those who want to fight quickly are not us, but the Tang army, if it is not for us to have the ambition to go south, at this time, we only need to return to Jinyang, so that the Tang army can be caught off guard, and it is not difficult to break under Jinyang City......"
"If the Tang army returns, hehe, I can destroy the Tang army of 30,000 in Jiexiu, and how many troops will he have to leave to garrison Xihe?"
"So don't think about it, the Tang army will inevitably come north, where I choose to fight with it, he will come here to meet me, and if there is a battle between Jiexiu and Pingyao, although the Tang army is based on Jiexiu, the Bird Mouse Valley is passing, but the advantage is lost, the Bird Mouse Valley, Jiexiu are all narrow places, and the Tang Army is defeated, it is a catastrophe."
"With this geographical advantage, if you don't use it, you can't fight this battle."
It is clear enough, although the generals are still unwilling, but many people have shown admiration on their faces, they can dare to give up, and they all have convincing reasons, such a mind and decision, the famous generals of the ancients, is nothing more than that?
The general is still the former general manager, the general is still the former general, full of intrigues, all the tricks, it is really lucky to be able to follow behind such a person.
Zhang Lun lived behind everyone and listened quietly.
A newcomer like him was not qualified to participate in the military discussion, and he was afraid that he would repeat himself and secretly communicate the news to Tang Jun.
This time, Li Po was specially approved.
Li Po actually doesn't know much about Zhang Lun, but there are many Tang soldiers who can be captured, Li Zhongwen, Jiang Baoyi and the like have very few prisoners, and the evaluation is not very high, but Zhang Lun, even if he is the culprit of Jiexiu's fall, but the Tang army soldiers say very little bad things about him.
This shows the prestige of his people in the army.
And there are not many generals in the infantry army under Li Po's command, in fact, whether it is Yuwen Wok, Chen Yuan, or Wei Chixin, they are not generals in Li Po's eyes.
It's just that these people have experienced more wars, and they gradually have experience, and there are rules for marching and fighting, in other words, these people lack some talent, and they can be reused, but they can be independent, but they are lacking.
Such shortcomings were already vaguely exposed during the attack on Jiexiu Castle.
Like Chen Yuan, in a hurry, he actually rushed forward with a big axe, which in Li Po's view, was simply an unforgivable mistake when leading soldiers into battle, and he should never be shown like this.
Therefore, a general like Zhang Lun quickly entered Li Po's field of vision, this person is not high-born, but he can occupy a high position in the Tang army, it is said that he has outstanding military achievements, and he can also be respected by soldiers, which is not easy.
Although Zhang Lun is not in his extremely humble spectrum of famous generals, he has already entered the list of people he intends to reuse.
The generals are not afraid, there are many generals under his command, and he is afraid that this person will love the old master and refuse to contribute.
Therefore, Zhang Lun's performance in this battle is particularly important, and participating in the military conference is just the beginning.
At this time, Zhang Lun, who was still in the adaptation period, had been silent, but he had already felt how strong the desire of the generals of the army was.
These generals are very young, and their commanders are even younger, but these people from top to bottom, they all have a murderous aura on their bodies, they can smell it without looking at it with their eyes, they can smell it with their noses, and no matter how kind they are, these guys must be warriors of a hundred battles.
And the one who rules over them...... Hearing him say without hesitation that he wanted to abandon Jiexiu and the important land of the Bird Mouse Valley, Zhang Lun was terrified in his heart, and it was terrifying and terrifying to have such a decisive leader of the troops.
The first thing he thought of was actually when he was Shoujiexiu, he suggested that Li Zhongwen give up Jiexiu and go to the Bird Mouse Valley, which is somewhat similar to this person's words.
The so-called key points will mostly become a battleground, but in some cases, they are also the shackles of the army's conquest, and those who can break the shackles need not only courage and courage, but also more long-term and accurate vision and judgment.
Zhang Lun took a deep breath, listened to the words that came to his ears, and sighed secretly in his heart, Jiexiu was really unjust......
Like Li Zhongwen, Jiang Baoyi and others, even if they are not excluded from him, if they can still hold the city when such a person leads the arrival of the army, it will not be them.
It shouldn't be wrong to work under this person, the only thing to worry about in his mind is probably how deep this person's views are, and he is also from Kansai.
This is actually the result of being bitten by a snake for ten years and afraid of the well rope.
Zhang Lun looked at the faces of all shapes and colors, and began to wonder about their origins......
Under Li Po's forced gaze, only Luo Shixin muttered dissatisfiedly, "Retreat and retreat, it makes people so angry and bored, do you want morale?" ”
Li Po snorted and suppressed it directly, "What is the morale of the soldiers, what is the effect of appeasement, otherwise, what use do you want?" ”
As many times before, Li Po made the final decision.
After the discussion, no one said how sorry it was to throw away Jiexiu in the Bird Mouse Valley, and everyone's topic came directly to how to make this process more perfect.
Soon, with the efforts of everyone, they found another advantage for Li Po's strategy, which could not only be arrogant to the enemy, but also perhaps disrupt the Tang army's plan.
The Tang army passed through the Bird Mouse Valley, and the time of the break was pushed again and again by everyone, of course, the patchwork Tang army would hesitate and come to the army for a decisive battle, it is really not easy to predict.
And the process of the army's retreat will not be a retreat......
(Monthly pass, monthly pass, this month Beixiong is estimated to be able to enter the boutique, if the standard is an average of three thousand, Acao thank you for your support, haha.) (To be continued.) )