It's my business to tell the truth, and it's your business to believe it or not.

But at present, the soldiers and horses that Liaodong can use are really like that.

Although Youzhou Jiedu made Zhang Zhongwu guard against Zhang Yunshen, the general of Liaodong, Zhang Yunshen, as the general of Liaodong, still sincerely gave Zhang Zhifang the form of Liaodong.

The reason why this is so is because Zhang Yunshen, an old general, still has a great sense of the overall situation at the critical moment, and he knows very well that once Liaodong is lost, it is not only himself who suffers losses, but also hundreds of thousands of Liaodong people and soldiers.

For the sake of these hundreds of thousands of people and soldiers, Zhang Yunshen decided to give up his personal grievances and cooperate with Zhang Zhifang's clean-up operation.

Subsequently, Zhang Yunshen analyzed the garrison situation in Liaodong to Zhang Zhifang and Zhang Wei.

The Dalinghe garrison was to prevent the attack of the enemy in Shanxi on Liaodong, and at least 5,000 soldiers and horses were needed; The garrison on the south bank of the Hunhe River was to prevent the Khitan from moving south, and at least 5,000 soldiers and horses were needed; And the mouth of the Liaohe River is also to be garrisoned, because here is the sea to the south, if you don't guard here, once the enemy kills from the sea, it will undoubtedly be the bottom of the kettle for the defenders of Liaodong, and it will definitely be a surprise injury.

Left and right, in the end, there were less than 5,000 mobile soldiers and horses left for Zhang Yunshen.

Five thousand people, that's it, they really didn't deceive you.

After listening to Zhang Yunshen's explanation, what else could Zhang Zhifang say?

With less than 5,000 soldiers and horses, what can these soldiers and horses do?

No wonder a small mountain Xi, the big ** team has been exterminated again and again, and has failed again and again, it turns out that the source of soldiers is insufficient, and the stamina is insufficient!

You must know that although Shanxi is small, but everyone is a soldier, just pull out a young man, get on the horse wheel knife, shoot arrows below, it is definitely not any problem.

Moreover, after hundreds of years of development and growth, there are now a lot of mountain thieves, and the preliminary estimate is more than 10,000 people.

Although the current Shanxi is divided into five divisions, as long as it is an attack on the Tang Dynasty, the five divisions will immediately merge together, unanimously to the outside world, and there is no ambiguity.

Using a few thousand infantry against tens of thousands of cavalry is immediately apparent.

Zhang Yunshen said so, what else can Zhang Zhifang say? Everything is ready, the only thing that is lacking is the source of soldiers, what can be done?

Everything is ready only to owe the east wind, and what is owed is still the east wind, in case it is the soldiers who are owed, whether or not the east wind is actually useless.

Zhang Zhifang blushed, put the wine glass on the table, and then looked at Zhang Wei. On the one hand, that gaze is asking for your opinion, but it is also provoking you. Aren't you crying and clamoring to come to the border? Now that you're here and you've seen it, that's the reality of the border gates.

Datang is very strong, and there are a lot of troops, but after being dispersed to various places, there is not much left, don't know all day long to shout high-profile, sing praises, "Datang is invincible, Datang Wannian" It is useless to shout those just to shout, and the critical moment relies on soldiers and horses to speak.

Behind the hymn is actually sorrow.

Of course, Zhang Wei understood the meaning of Zhang Zhifang's eyes, and he also knew that it was far from enough to use this bit of soldiers and horses to deal with Shanxi, even if all the soldiers and horses drove into Nurul Tiger Mountain, they had to cry out in the end, if they were ambushed by the enemy, who knew what the consequences would be?

Total annihilation is not out of the question.

Silly, wooden, don't speak.

At this time, Zhang Wei spoke, "Lord Deputy Envoy, General Zhang, I don't know if I should say a sentence or not?" ”

The dignified deputy envoy of Youzhou Jiedu has no choice, what else can you say to a small staff?

Although Zhang Zhifang looked at him, it did not mean that he was asked to speak, and people were just showing him his difficulties.

However, in the case of a cold scene, someone speaking can be regarded as a relief for himself, Zhang Zhifang said: "Zhang Gongzi has something to say, please speak." ”

Zhang Wei spoke, "Deputy envoy, veteran general, I think that before attacking, we should first solve strategic and tactical problems. ”

Strategy and tactics?

What a profound question!

As soon as Zhang Wei came out of his mouth, he said a word that made Zhang Zhifang and Zhang Yunshen feel novel and even funny, "strategy and tactics".

Of course, Zhang Zhifang and Zhang Yunshen don't know what strategy is and what tactics are.

In fact, the history of the word strategy is quite long, and "war" refers to war, and briefly refers to "strategy". Generally speaking, strategy is the planning and guidance of the overall situation of military struggle, and it belongs to the macro management of the overall situation.

Compared with macro strategy, tactics are much simpler, referring to the method of guiding and conducting battles, and simply put, it is a question of how to fight.

This question is a bit profound, how can Zhang Zhifang and Zhang Yunshen understand this?

In the eyes of the two, fighting a war is a war, lifting a knife and slashing at the other party, hacking to death I win, being cut down and admitted, where is there still a problem of strategy and tactics?

Are you playing with me?

Zhang Zhifang looked at Zhang Wei curiously, "Let's be more direct, what do you want to do?" ”

I thought you were here to solve the problem for us, but I didn't expect you to come here to play word games, play with us uneducated, or are you playing cool?

Zhang Wei then said very directly, "What I mean is very simple, this crusade against the two of Shan Xi only intends to use the soldiers and horses of Liaodong?" Or do you plan to combine the soldiers and horses of Youzhou and Liaodong together to crusade against Shanxi? ”

It's much simpler, and there are not many words to get to the point.

"This?" When Zhang Zhifang heard this, he looked at Zhang Yunshen, and then shook his head. In fact, when the two of them were thinking about attacking Shanxi, they didn't think about this question, "Since my father sent me to Liaodong with troops, his intention is very clear, of course, he used the soldiers and horses from Liaodong and the soldiers and horses I brought to attack Shanxi." What do you mean, you might as well say it directly. ”

Oh--, your ideas are naïve, relying on the soldiers and horses of Liaodong alone is obviously difficult to deal with the enemy of Shanxi. First, there are not as many soldiers and horses as there are, and second, it is very dangerous for an army to go deep alone.

So Zhang Wei said his thoughts, "Two adults, I have been thinking about this problem on the way to Liaodong, and after coming to Liaodong, I am even more convinced of my judgment. That is, this attack on Shanxi requires our army to attack from both sides in order to destroy the enemy in one fell swoop. ”

Attack from both sides, wipe out in one fell swoop? It's easy to say! Whether this is the case or not is difficult to say.

"Tell me about your specific method, and I can discuss it with the old general." Obviously, Zhang Wei's suggestion aroused the interest of Zhang Zhifang and Zhang Yunshen.

"Did you two find out that the location of Nurur Tiger Mountain and Qilaotu Mountain where the mountain thieves are located is exactly in the middle of Youzhou and Liaodong? If the deputy envoy led his troops to attack Shanxi from the Daling River in the east, and at the same time that the Jiedu envoy sent troops over Yanshan and attacked Qilaotu Mountain, wouldn't it have the effect of flanking from both sides in the east and west? ”

This is a question of grand strategy, and if this problem is solved, all that remains is how to conduct the battle concretely.

Somewhat, a lot of sense.

When Zhang Wei put forward this idea, Zhang Zhifang and Zhang Yunshen both felt that this was a very fresh idea, and if this idea was established, it could completely solve the problem of insufficient troops in Liaodong, and it could also deal a fatal blow to the enemy in Shanxi.

After thinking for a while, Zhang Yunshen spoke, "Lord Deputy Envoy, I think Zhang Gongzi's method is advisable, all these years we have attacked Shanxi from the direction of Liaodong alone, although we have dealt a blow to Shanxi, but we have never been able to cause a fatal blow." The reason is very simple, that is, our army has been attacking from one side all along, and in essence, it has given the enemy the opportunity to flee to the northwest. If our army attacks from the east and west this time, it will make Shanxi unable to take care of each other, and may be able to obtain the goal of destroying each other in one fell swoop. ”

After listening to Zhang Wei's words, Zhang Zhifang completely agreed with his opinion. Over the years, the big ** team in Youzhou doesn't know how many times they have launched an attack on Shanxi, each time it was in vain, no matter how fierce the ** attack was, in the end, the Shanxi people were able to escape, and after a period of respite, they went south again to engage in a tug-of-war with **.

This time, if you can attack from the east and west, and attack Shanxi from the two sides of Liaodong and Youzhou, it may be the best way to solve this dilemma.