Li Zhong turned around and said lightly, "What do you think?" ”

Wang Huailie arched his hand and said loudly: "Marshal, we should immediately send troops to encircle Lanzhou, it is best to fight a battle, as long as the war in Lanzhou is tight, it is possible to withdraw the army back if it attacks the Tubo army in the western part of Longyou." ”

Huang Qian also said at this time: "Hu Ren Chen Bing'an Northern Border, it should be a show, the possibility of sending troops will not be too great, so that Ma Wu can lead the army to force Liangzhou, in this way, Liangzhou and Lanzhou will be attacked at the same time, even if Ge Wa Yi is tough to the end and will not retreat, but at least he will divide his troops to help, their troops will be reduced, and Li Xun's pressure will be relatively reduced, and there is hope to hold on for a longer time." Li Zhong said coldly: "Ma Wu's injury is not serious, now it has recovered, the available soldiers in Anbei are still nearly 140,000, as for the Hu people, I can tell you clearly, they Chen soldiers in Anbei, is already the limit of support for Tubo, and will never step into Anbei half a step, since there is no threat from the Hu people, Ma Wudang can gather all the main forces of Anbei, at least 100,000 people, our side sent 50,000 troops, take the poplar path, go straight to Liangzhou, Tubo is only 20,000 defenders, we have 150,000 troops, suddenly attack, take Liangzhou, It's easy, once Liangzhou is breached, you and I have 150,000 troops into the siege of Lanzhou, at that time, Ge Wa Yi has only one choice, that is, to withdraw the army immediately, otherwise once Lanzhou falls, even if he takes the entire western part of Longyou, but the back road is cut off, and we form a situation of closing the door and beating dogs, and then don't want to run away. ”

Hearing Li Zhong's words, Huang Zhi and Wang Huailie shook their whole bodies, this strategic plan can be described as wonderful, if it is implemented, there is a great hope of success.

Huang Zhi and Wang Huailie glanced at each other, and they both saw doubts in each other's eyes, since Li Zhong had such a wonderful plan, why did he always stand still?

In the end, Huang Yu asked out loud: "The marshal plans to let Ge Wa Yi lead the troops deeply, let Li Xun drag them down, and then implement the plan just mentioned, and finally gather troops in Langzhou, cut off Ge Wa Yi's retreat, and wipe them all out in the western part of Longyou?" ”

Li Zhong shook his head, looked directly at the two of them, and said word by word: "In this battle of Longyou, I have two plans, what I just said is only the second plan, the first plan will take at least half a month, and I will not take any action until this plan is completely shattered." ”

Huang Xun and Wang Huailie had a look of shock on their faces, Li Zhong said very clearly, Li Xun had to hold on for at least half a month, during this time, he would not get any support, if he failed to be killed during the period, Li Zhong didn't care about this issue at all, or rather, he didn't care about the gains and losses in the western part of Longyou and the life or death of Li Xun and others.

Huang Qian asked softly, "What is Dashuai's first plan?" ”

Li Zhong glanced at him and did not answer, but turned around, looked at the desolation outside the city, and was silent for a while, before he said lightly: "Military is only a means, many things, and force cannot solve the fundamental problem. ”

Wang Huailie was puzzled and asked, "Can the marshal tell me clearly?" ”

"The first battle of Longyou, more than 100,000 people died in the battle of Tubo, although we achieved a brilliant victory, but the hatred between the two sides is deeper, this is the second battle of Longyou, my second plan, if it is successfully implemented, the 350,000 army of Tubo, I am afraid that not many people will be able to return to Tubo alive, but so what? Ten or twenty years later, the Tibetans will come to take revenge again, and there will still be a third, fourth, or even more battles of Longyou. ”

Li Zhong sighed and said: "That's why I said that military is just a means, and there are many things, and force cannot solve fundamental problems." ”

After listening to Li Zhong's words, Huang Zhi and Wang Huailie suddenly fell into deep thought, they are both famous generals in a hundred battles, and they are the envoys of the festival, although Li Zhong did not make the words clear, but the two of them already understood a little.

At this time, Li Zhong pressed his hands on the battlements, leaned forward slightly, looked outside the city, a cavalry of dozens of people quickly went out of the city, led by his young son Li Xiao, perhaps feeling Li Zhong's gaze, Li Xiao, who had walked far away, suddenly turned his head, and saw Li Zhong in the city at a glance, his face suddenly turned red, raised his hand and pointed at it, and laughed angrily: "Old bastard, I will change my surname when I go back, I will not be surnamed Li in the future, change my surname, so as not to be caught by the Tubo people, show me off everywhere, and destroy your prestige, haha." ”

After saying that, Li Xiao shook the horsewhip fiercely and drove the horse away.

Li Zhong turned around, frowned, stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction where Li Xiao left, and asked in a deep voice, "That little bastard is scolding me?" ”

Huang Yu and Wang Huailie had a wry smile on their faces, and shook their heads again and again, indicating that they didn't hear clearly.

"The son is not the fault of the father!"

Li Zhong sighed, then touched his chin and said viciously: "Go back, I have to break his leg." ”

The two of them felt strange in their hearts, and Li Zhong also had such a time.

Huang Yan coughed dryly, and said in a deep voice: "Dashuai wants to start from the inside of Tubo?" ”

Li Zhong nodded.

Wang Huailie said with a smile: "Why bother, Tubo can be said to be a nationwide army this time, if we can leave all of them in Longyou and eliminate them, Tubo is empty in the country, and we just take the opportunity to destroy Tubo, and it will be a hundred." ”

"I've thought about what you said, but unfortunately it doesn't work." Li Zhong shook his head and sighed.

Wang Huailie was puzzled: "Why? ”

Huang Zhen had some understanding: "The handsome man is worried about the Hu family? ”

Li Zhong nodded and said, "Why did the Hu clan send an envoy to Fengjing on the one hand to show the neutral attitude of the Liao Dynasty, and on the other hand, they sent troops to the northern border and tried their best to encourage Tubo to step up military operations?" The intention of the Hu people is very obvious, they will not meddle in the Longyou war, but are more willing to see that we and the Tubo fierce fight, if we achieve a big military victory, and intend to send troops to the Qingshui Plateau, the destruction of Tibet, then, the Hu people will never stand idly by, will immediately send troops to attack Anbei, so I say the destruction of Tibet, not that we can't do it, but it can't work. ”

After speaking, Li Zhong glanced at the two of them, and said in a deep voice: "Go to the army to fight and plot, the battle situation in Longyou, our soldiers who have died in battle have exceeded 50,000, and there are still more than 300,000 troops in Tubo, even if we can win, how much will we pay?" Now that the imperial court is financially poor, it can't afford to toss too much, and we can't solve the problem by simple military means until it is absolutely necessary, which would be too consuming of troops and material resources. ”

Wang Huailie glanced at Li Zhong and didn't speak.

Huang Zhen pursed his lips and remained silent as well.

Huang Zhi is different from Wang Huailie, the latter will not think so much, Wang Huailie has his own territory, has his own power, he will only think more about his own one-third of an acre, and Huang Zhi is loyal to the imperial court and the Jin Dynasty, so the problem he thinks of is more far-reaching. I want to talk with more like-minded people about "Being a Prince in the Empire", pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find a confidant~