Chapter 473: When to send them to the Western Heavens
Su Dingfang is in his early forties this year, which is really the most golden time in a man's life, and when he received the appointment of the emperor, he already had a comprehensive consideration for this war.
He spoke slowly: "Your Majesty, my lords, after thinking about why the Tibetan and Turkic armies are not afraid of grenades this time, I think that the reason why they still took advantage of the sneak attack is also our over-reliance on weapons. The Turks have been studying our Tang Dynasty for several years, but we are beginning to become complacent, and when we used grenades, the Lantian Jungong reminded us that firearms are not invincible, but we didn't care. ”
Su Dingfang looked at everyone's eyes with deep thought, disdain and indifference, and he continued: "But there is no need to say that at all, there is no need, the first Tubo people do not carry water bags with them, and their water cannot reach them if the distance is far. Second, we can attack in many ways and disrupt their formation, as long as a few waves of people rush in and mess up their formation, basically the overall situation is decided. Thirdly, I suspect that their war horses will also learn from us, and they will stuff cotton in their ears, and then they will not be able to hear the explosions clearly. ”
After listening to Su Dingfang's analysis, everyone felt that the candidate recommended by Li Dongsheng was really good, and the head of the analysis was Dao. Cheng Yanjin said: "Then the other party is attacking with the strength of the whole country, how should we deal with it?" He felt that his qualifications could not be a coach, and he was a bit faceless. What I just talked about was all tactical, so I wanted to see how Su Dingfang dealt with the overall situation.
Su Dingfang said indifferently: "There is only one overall strategy, he beats him and I beat mine." No matter how they fight, we will send three teams to attack directly into their hinterland and keep the enemy from abroad. Wai Wei rescued Zhao... Huo Quai's tactics back then are still effective now, because the combat methods of the grassland peoples have not changed at all in the past few hundred years. ”
"Then how can you make sure we can go it alone and win?" Li Zhi was also excited by Su Dingfang's words, and he couldn't help but take the initiative to ask.
Su Dingfang replied with a smile: "Your Majesty, because we have better equipment, better logistics, and better weapons than them, the odds of victory are far greater than that of the other party." ”
The eldest grandson Wuji couldn't get used to the people recommended by Li Dongsheng and said so: "The Turks are okay, the cavalry can attack directly." But where to do it in Tibet? It is said that what kind of altitude sickness does the average person gasp when he goes up and walks, how can he fight? ”
"Zhao Guogong doesn't have to worry, in the first battle of Songzhou back then, where Datang has trained a mountain soldier to guard, although it can't be said to be like walking on flat ground, but there is no altitude sickness."
Seeing that Su Dingfang arranged things in an orderly manner, Li Zhi finally made a decision: "Just follow Su Qing's plan." You communicate with the British Duke about the transfer of troops, and I am waiting for your good news in Chang'an. ”
The monarchs and ministers in Chang'an City were worried about the affairs of the Western Regions, and Mu Zhonghai in the Western Regions was also very depressed, and the heirs of the backers who made their fortunes came to their own territory, and he personally accompanied them to arrange everything carefully, but people are not as good as the sky, Tubo and the Western Turks actually launched an attack and ambushed the Tang army, and now the entire Western Regions are all panicked, and Li Siwei and they are blocked here in Qiuzi, and they can't advance or retreat.
On the territory of the Western Regions, such a large team of Han people is also very conspicuous, and some people have already set their eyes on this team that looks very luxurious, and they want to take advantage of the chaos to make a little benefit, anyway, no one will come to investigate anything in the chaos now.
"Little master, those people outside have been following us for a few days. Now they are getting bolder and bolder, and they just look at us so blatantly that they simply treat us like fat sheep. "The black tooth Changzhi is called Young Master Li Dongsheng, and Li Siwei can only be called Little Young Master.
"Regardless of them, we don't want to stop people who want to die." Li Siwei didn't take these people seriously, he came out this time but he was fully prepared, his own guards of 500 people, plus Mu Zhonghai's guards of 500 people, the small-scale team was not an opponent at all. Now he is thinking about how to get out and go back to Chang'an, after all, there are hundreds of thousands of troops blocking the way on the way back, and he can't move with such strength.
"Uncle Mu, if you say that we can't go back, we will go directly to Daqin and rest in peace, and then take a boat back to Datang, what do you think?" Li Siwei suddenly said whimsically: "Along the way, you can see the scenery of various countries, and you can avoid the current war, killing two birds with one stone." ”
Mu Zhonghai was also stunned by Li Siwei's brain hole, he really hadn't thought about such an idea, but he thought about it carefully and found that such an idea could really be operated, because the merchants on the Silk Road were separated from the maritime merchants, and the merchants on the land route disliked the maritime merchants It was too risky, and the maritime merchants disliked the land merchants for too long, they were not used to each other, and they had no contacts, but Li Siwei opened this up to form a closed loop, and he was able to return to Chang'an safely, and increased his experience.
"The risk along the way is also very high, with all kinds of robbers and bad weather along the way." Mu Zhonghai also walked this part of the road when he was young, and he also had lingering palpitations about the hardships he endured back then.
"It's inevitable to go out and suffer hardships." Li Siwei smiled: "Now I finally understand what my father means when he says that the most beautiful scenery is on the road." I'm grateful to him for allowing me to let my instincts unfettered, if I had been locked up in other families and forced me to give up those irresponsible thoughts. ”
"Yes, Lantian County Gong is really a masterpiece of a generation, he was about the same age as you back then, I almost couldn't believe it when I went to visit, those things were invented by him, fortunately, I finally made up my mind, so I have today's achievements haha!" Mu Zhonghai recalled the bits and pieces of the year, and he also admired his vision.
Just do it, and when you have a goal, everyone immediately takes action, looking for guides, buying supplies, and so many people basically sweep away everything in the country. The poor family is rich, but the road is not to be talked about.
The big money made the eyes of those who followed Li Siwei's team red-eyed and wanted to drip blood, these were all their money, and they were all scattered like this, but fortunately, they were all replaced with materials that could be used in the wild, and they could still be used after grabbing them.
So when Li Siwei's team set off to continue westward, the bandits behind them didn't take the more than 1,000 people in their eyes at all, and followed so clearly, making it clear that I was going to eat you, and I wanted to mess up their military morale and cause chaos.
However, to the surprise of the bandits, these guards did not seem to care about their intentions, and they followed the guide's instructions strictly, that is, the scouts sent out a lot to report the news.
"Little master, when did you kill these flies, it's very annoying to hang behind you!" Hei Tooth Changzhi complained: "Send them to the West as soon as possible, and get rid of them as soon as possible." ”