Wang Xuance said: "I'm afraid not. The minister felt that the cherry blossom plan of the Japanese slave people would never be so simple. ”

Li You nodded and said, "You're right. The real goal of the Japanese slave people should not be Xue Wanche's Tang Army. He stood up and walked over to Yutu, and everyone followed.

Li You pointed to the map and drew a circle on it. He said: "If you want to encircle and annihilate these 60,000 Japanese slaves, the preset battlefield should be in this area.

There are several problems here, first of all, the Japanese people do not fully trust General Fugang, and they will send a large number of scouts to reconnoiter during the march. And there are local forces on the ground to provide them with information. It is very difficult to ambush this group of Japanese slaves.

Even if the Tang army carried out a large-scale encirclement, and then gradually narrowed the encirclement, in order to encircle and annihilate this group of enemy troops, I am afraid it will be difficult to do. The Japanese slaves had the cooperation of the local troops. They are familiar with the terrain, and once they discover our army's attempt, without waiting for the Tang army to form an actual encirclement, these Japanese slaves will quickly leave the battlefield and jump out of the encirclement of our army. ”

Niu Jinda said: "Isn't there still General Fugang who can cooperate?" When the time comes, let General Fugang and them cut off the retreat of the Japanese slaves, isn't it okay?

Wang Xuance shook his head and said, "This will definitely not work. General Niu, you don't understand the cunning of the Japanese slaves, they will definitely guard against General Fugang, they will inevitably let the Silla people take the lead at that time, and will never let them appear behind their backs. ”

Pei Dilan attended the military meetings of the Tang Army, and he generally did not express his opinions, but only observed and studied as a bystander. Ever since he met Qianyu in Chang'an, he has developed a strong interest in the Japanese slave country. This trip to Fujiwara Kyo gave him a deeper understanding of the empress and the eldest brother, the prince and others. Over the past few days, he has carefully analyzed the situation on both sides and has gained certain insights of his own.

He said: "Lao Li, can I give me my opinion? I hope it doesn't interfere with your train of thought. ”

Li You smiled and said: "Lao Pei, you are not an outsider, just say what you think." ”

Pei Dilan said: "Lao Li, you just said that since the Japanese slaves have worked hard to plan a cherry blossom action plan, it will not be so simple. Based on my understanding of the Empress and others, I also think that this plan will not be so simple. I don't dare to say anything specific, but their target will never be General Xue Wanjun's Tang Army. ”

Li You nodded and said, "Lao Pei, what you said is very reasonable, and continue." ”

Pei Dilan said, "Before this Sakura Project, the Japanese slaves hatched a complex and huge conspiracy, and that conspiracy was mainly aimed at you. Therefore, I think that the main goal of this Sakura project should still be for you. ”

Wang Xuance agreed with Pei Dilan's opinion, and he said: "Lord, the minister also thinks so, but Lord Wang, you are now on Kyushu Island in the south, but the Japanese slave country wants to carry out such a move in the north, and the minister has not yet figured out their purpose. ”

Pei Dilan said: "I think the goal of the Japanese slaves is Lao Li, so the main direction of their plan should be on the side of Kyushu Island. ”

Wang Xuance said: "Yes, the Japanese people are doing everything possible to win over the lord of the state of Monobe and General Kim Yizhe of the new army of Goguryeo, and they will eventually use the power of these two forces.

However, the fact that they first used the Silla people of General Fugang exposed their connection with the Silla people, and didn't it remind us to guard against the lord of Monobe and General Kim Eui-cheol of the Goguryeo New Army, which is a bit unreasonable? ”

Li Daozong had been listening to the conversation, twisting his beard in his hands and thinking there. At this time, he said, "No, the Japanese people should not ask the Silla people to be exposed at this time." ”

Pei Dilan said: "What King Li said makes sense, I understand a little bit now, do you think it's like this?"

General Xue Wanche's Tang army only had 20,000 Tang troops, 10,000 Baekje troops and 20,000 Silla people, of which the Silla people were the internal response of the Uno people, and the combat power of the Baekje people was not strong, and the Uno people sent 60,000 horses, but in fact, they only had to deal with the 20,000 Tang troops under General Xue Wanche.

In this case, the Japanese could not let the Silla people be exposed, as long as they let the Silla people deceive or make way for a passage during the battle, and let the Japanese slaves pass. ”

Wang Xuance said: "But what is the purpose of their doing this? ”

"I think their purpose in doing this is to turn the attention of the Tang Army in this direction," Pei Dilan said. ”

Niu Jinda is a wise and brave general, he made such a suggestion at the beginning, because the empress of the Japanese slave country and others did not know enough, and the consideration of the problem was only considered from a military point of view, after listening to the analysis of everyone, he carefully checked the situation of the enemy and the enemy marked on the map, and said: "Your Highness, the minister understands a little. ”

Li You said: "Tell me what you think. ”

Niu Jinda said: "Assuming that the main direction of the Japanese slaves is no longer on Xue Wanche's side, the minister thinks that they are going to mobilize the Tang army by attacking Xue Wanche. Once Xue Wanche's troops found the siege of the superior forces of the Japanese slaves, our army would inevitably send reinforcements to reinforce Xue Wanjun.

The closest people to Xue Wanjun in the Tang Army are the Tang Army in Osaka Bay, and in order to rescue Xue Wanche's department, our army will mobilize the troops here. However, the Tang army's strength here was limited, and it had to leave some troops to continue to contain the Japanese slaves, so it had to draw reinforcements from other places. ”

Wang Xuance said: "The minister understands, they want the Tang Army to draw reinforcements from Kyushu Island, and then take advantage of the emptiness in the direction of Kyushu Island to attack Kyushu Island, and the target is the Marshal's Mansion and the prince of the Eastern Expeditionary Army." ”

Niu Jinda said with some doubts: "Lord Wang is reasonable, but there is still something wrong. In addition to the 20,000 Tang troops and 5,000 Flying Tiger troops on Kyushu Island, there are also 50,000 Goguryeo people, 20,000 Baekje people, and 30,000 Kyushu people. ”

Pei Dilan said: "There is this problem, if I am a Japanese slave, I dare not guarantee that the reinforcements sent by the Tang Army are the 20,000 Tang troops on Kyushu Island, and these Tang troops cannot be mobilized, the Marshal of the Eastern Expeditionary Army has the protection of 20,000 Tang troops and 5,000 Flying Tiger Army, even if I can't defeat the enemy for a while, it shouldn't be a problem to hold on to help."

If this is the case, the Japanese slaves will take the risk of sending the main force to attack General Xue Wanjun, and the gains will outweigh the losses. ”

There was a lot of discussion, but they still felt that some issues could not be explained, so it was impossible to accurately judge the true intentions of the Japanese slaves.

Li Daozong said: "Your Highness, let's talk about it." ”

Everyone turned their eyes to Li You, waiting for him to come up with an idea.

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