In the Provisional Marshal's Mansion of the Yumen Associated Army, the generals all looked at Li You to see how he planned the campaign.

Li You said: "The big war is imminent, you are all experienced generals, and the specific operation depends on you to complete." I'm just going to talk about some related issues.

The first problem is the reward for combat. ”

This time the troops were sent to fight, Ashina Simo's Turkic army, Ashina Qing's Xue Yantuo army, and Murong Ling's Tuyuhun army, all of which had their own military expenses so far.

Although Murong Ling and Ash Naqing are the future princesses of Qi, they also hope that their clansmen can benefit, and their subordinates are even more so. Ashina Simo stared at Li You to see what he had to say.

Li You said: "The people take food as the sky. There is no free lunch in the world, and on the other hand, there should be a corresponding reward for bloodshed and sacrifice.

It has been more than 100 years since the founding of the Gaochang Kingdom, and there are many gold, silver and jewelry accumulated in the treasury. I have obtained His Majesty's permission to conquer the Gaochang Kingdom this time, and thirty percent of the treasures in the treasury will be handed over to the treasury, and the remaining seven achievements will be distributed to all of you here. ”

"Great." There was a burst of excitement in the crowd.

The Turks of Ashina Simo, the Tuyuhun of Murong Ling, and the Xue Yantuo of Ashina Qing were vassals of the Tang Dynasty, and letting them send troops to fight was to levy their military service, which was not only free of charge, but also had to bring their own military expenses, which was their obligation.

They are a servant army, a puppet army that is disparaged. In battle, the Tang Dynasty army has always driven them to work at the front.

This time, it was for Li You's sake, and Li Shimin authorized him to handle it independently. With such motivation, everyone is naturally happy.

Li You said: "My opinion is that the Ashina Simo Department and the Murong Ling Department each get two percent, and the Ashina Qing part is divided according to the corresponding proportion of the number of people. The rest is supplemented and rewarded by the Office of the Allied Marshal according to the performance and losses of each department. The Tang army was rewarded for meritorious deeds by the imperial court, and did not participate in the distribution of rewards. ”

Ashina Simo and Murong Ling, as well as their subordinates, were all excited. The strange thing is that Tang Jun didn't have any oil and water at all, and Hou Junji didn't object. Gao Yong was a little incomprehensible, but he believed that he would naturally have a reason to hope that His Royal Highness King Qi would do this. Everyone had no opinion and expressed their approval.

Li You said: "No matter which ministry occupies the treasury first, it is not allowed to rob and divide it privately, and the treasury must be protected and distributed by the Marshal's Mansion in a unified manner.

After the war, the imperial court wanted to set up a county in Gaocheng, so all the ministries were not allowed to rob the people. ”

Everyone agreed.

Then, the military judge Sima Jiong announced the battlefield discipline, and each general was required to sign a letter of opinion in favor of the battlefield discipline.

Next, Hou Junji deployed the specific matters of the army's expedition.

After the meeting ended, Gao Yong quietly asked Hou Junji and said, "Lord Shangshu, can't we divide some of the Tang Army's?" ”

Hou Junji said: "No, we are the army of the imperial court, it is not appropriate to divide property privately?" ”

"Huh?" Gao Yong's face was full of unhappiness.

Seeing Gao Yong's uncomfortable appearance, Hou Junji smiled and said: "Our Tang army can't participate in the distribution of property, but those Tuyuhun people and Xue Yantuo have good eyes and give them to us in private, don't you be embarrassed, right?" ”

"Oh, I see. Haha, it's still the prince who thinks thoughtfully. Gao Yong said with a smile.

Li You learned the lesson of the last time, this time he has to be more secretive, he will give Tuyuhun and other subordinates more points at that time, they will sign and collect, and then transfer it to Tang Jun, there is no problem in the account.

Now the morale of the coalition forces is high, and they are waiting to set off on the campaign.

On this day, Hou Junji, Gao Yong and Xue Rengui came to find Li You.

Hou Junji said excitedly: "Your Highness, Xue Rengui has proposed a battle plan, and the minister thinks it is good. ”

Li You asked, "What plan, can you tell me?" ”

Hou Junji said: "Xue Rengui, come on." ”

Xue Rengui pointed to the map and said: "Your Highness, the minister thinks that the army can concentrate 10,000 elites, travel lightly through Lop Nur and the desert, and directly attack Gaochang City. As long as Gaochang City is taken and Lu Wentai is captured, and the dragons in Gaochang are leaderless, the problem can basically be solved. ”

Hou Junji said: "Your Highness, since you don't have to worry about the intervention of the Western Turks, the minister agrees with this opinion, and the little Gao Chang can't be so excited." ”

Gao Yong also thinks this tactic is very good.

After speaking, the three of them all looked at Li You expectantly.

Li You shook his head and said, "The idea is good, but I don't approve of it. ”

"Why?" The three of them were very unhappy, and they were all a little disapproving. Xin said: "Don't look at you for doing other things, you are still a layman in this war." ”

Li You said with a smile: "When it comes to fighting, you are all the top talents of my Datang." Supposedly I should agree with you. But. There is something that was originally told to you after the Gaochang was laid. Now I might as well tell you about it in advance. ”

The three of them couldn't think of anything else to say, and they all looked at him.

Li You said: "Before setting off from Chang'an, I received a holy decree from His Majesty, and after conquering Gaochang this time, the camera recovered the entire Western Regions. ”

"Really? Great!" The three of them said in surprise. These three were all militants, and it was really not enjoyable to fight only a small Gaochang country with a population of only tens of thousands and a few thousand soldiers and horses.

Next, Li You talked about his thoughts.

Li You believes that although the tactics of rushing are very good and can achieve unexpected results in battles, they cannot always rely on this tactics.

The Western Regions are different from the grasslands, they are both city-states, they all have very strong cities, and the army runs long distances, once it is discovered by the enemy, and without carrying siege equipment, there is basically nothing to do against the enemy.

Moreover, the enemy's main necessities are in the city, and it is not enough for the army to rely on looting to sustain itself, so the army will be very passive if it does not carry enough supplies.

When Genghis Khan's army attacked Central Asia, it carried a large number of materials and craftsmen every time, and made a large number of siege engines, stone throwers, ladders and other siege equipment in the local area, so as to break through those fortified cities one by one.

There is another important reason for this, and that is to deter the enemy. If the Tang Dynasty relied on the tactics of surprise attacks to capture the enemy's city, the enemy would have a fluke mentality and would rely on the city to resist desperately.

If the Tang Dynasty relied on its strength to defeat the enemy's strong cities, those countries whose cities were not strong enough would lose their confidence in holding on, their morale would be weakened, and even surrender would be possible, and the casualties of the Tang army would be reduced a lot.

There is another problem, that is, this coalition army still lacks running-in, and the trust between them is not enough, and it is difficult to ensure that there will be no problems in the middle by adopting the tactics of rushing now. Gaochang only has a few thousand soldiers and horses, and he just uses them to train his troops.

Li You is not against running tactics, even long-distance ones. He believes that it will be implemented only when the Tang Army has shown its prestige in the Western Regions. As for rush and surprise tactics, they will be more effective when used in a small area.

Hou Junji and Xue Rengui thought that His Royal Highness King Qi was justified and agreed with his opinion.

Gaochang is more than 1,800 miles away from Yumen Pass in a straight line, although the coalition forces are all cavalry, but they carry a large number of craftsmen and materials and equipment, and they have to pass through a desert in the middle, and they can't walk many miles in a day, so on the 2nd of January, they set off from the camp.

Before leaving, Li You looked at the southeast direction and shook his head with some regret. The secret weapon he was waiting for seemed to be useless in this campaign.

Li You left one of the guards behind and said to him: "As soon as Zhao Fu arrives, you will immediately chase after the army, and strive to catch up with the army before it reaches Gaochang." "I want to talk to more like-minded people about "{?$article_title?} ", WeChat pays attention to "excellent reading literature", chatting about life, looking for confidants~