Chapter 306: Let's make an analogy
The top is not in a hurry, and even if the bottom is in a hurry, it is useless.
Several adjutant generals spent five days secretly visiting various military camps under the leadership of the reconnaissance unit, and made some comparisons with the surrounding geographical environment.
"Keep on standby, someone will let you know when it starts!"
After a few days of inspection, several lieutenants left in a hurry with only this slightly disappointing sentence, along with a large amount of information they recorded.
Wang Erniu was a little panicked at this time, and the above series of actions all showed that his three plans had not passed.
Although the next battle will definitely be fought, he is only a participant, not a participant in the development of the plan.
It would be false to say that he was not disappointed, but when he thought of his own team, how could he be qualified to command an army of tens of thousands? When I think about it, I feel relieved.
"It's difficult, but it's not big, and the biggest problem is the terrain, the terrain of Goguryeo is different from Silla, where it's more mountainous, but it's not a problem for us."
"There are no big problems in the overall plan, this time we have perfected the details of the attack, conducted unannounced investigations of various camps, and basically grasped the advantages and disadvantages of each camp."
"It is estimated that 20,000 to 30,000 people will be about the same, and after the battle starts, if things are done well on the reconnaissance unit's side, the entire battle will most likely end within a day, but no matter what the result is, the battle should be over in three days."
Reports from the front line were constantly submitted, and Li Yuanjing and others were completely relieved.
Of course, Li Yuanjing has always had nothing to worry about.
The reason for the failure of Emperor Yang of Sui's several expeditions to Goguryeo was the difficulty of supply, as well as the terrain problems.
As early as the beginning of the establishment of the Haizhou Army, Li Yuanjing tried to find a way to solve this problem, and the three camps already covered almost all the terrain that could be fought.
The current Haizhou army is no stranger to mountain warfare, and although it may not be too proficient, it can still understand some basic principles.
The other is that mountain warfare is not conducive to cavalry mobility, and it is precisely because the Haizhou Army does not have cavalry, all of them are infantry.
Datang is not short of war horses now, although it is not rich enough to be full of cavalry, but the ability to configure tens of thousands of war horses for the Haizhou army is still there, mainly because the difficulty of long-distance transportation of war horses made Li Yuanjing give up cavalry.
The real reassurance is actually Li Daozong and Li Ji, the two generals who came to the front line, when the question in front of you is what you have prepared, then think about it at this time, do you still worry and don't know what to do?
"Prepare for an early morning attack in four days' time!" Li Yuanjing directly decided.
“???”
"Your Highness, this is not in accordance with the rules...... Li Daozong and Li Ji were stunned one after another, and immediately dissuaded.
"What rules?" Li Yuanjing looked at the two.
"Datang is not a barbaric land, if you don't declare war, I'm afraid there is no way to explain!" Li Daozong said directly.
"Undeclared war?" Li Yuanjing smiled, and then said: "Is it fun to take off your pants and fart?" ”
"......" Li Daozong's forehead was full of black lines: "Your Highness, this is not a question of whether you can take off your pants, but whether you have a nameless teacher, the Tang Dynasty is a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, if the teacher is nameless, won't you become that brutal teacher?" ”
Li Yuanjing thought about it, and it seemed that this was indeed the case.
Historically, when the Germans launched a blitzkrieg, although it was also a sneak attack, it was not an undeclared war, but a sudden declaration of war, and an offensive was launched immediately after the declaration of war, without giving the other side any time to react.
It seems that in the dictionary of little devils, there has never been a sense of declaring war, and the sneak attack on Huaxia is like this, and the sneak attack on Lao Mei is also like this.
"Then send someone over to mean something, be fast, don't give Gao Jianwu any chance to react!" Li Yuanjing nodded, and it seemed a little shameless to fight without declaring it.
As for whether he takes off his pants or not, it really doesn't matter, anyway, his real intention is not to watch Goguryeo.
Goguryeo did not do well in the matter of Hou Junji's rebellion, but these alone were not enough for the Tang Dynasty to send troops to crusade.
And the real reason why Li Yuanjing decided to send troops was because he fell in love with the minerals here, the border area was about 100 miles deep, and all the minerals in this area were several times that of the entire Silla, and this was only the data on the surface.
And under this temptation, whether it is generals like Li Daozong and Li Ji, or Wenchen like Fang Xuanling, they can't refuse this temptation.
Of course, Li Yuanjing still wants to save face, even if he doesn't want it, Datang has to ask for it.
So the reason for sending troops this time was that Goguryeo stopped the messenger from Silla asking for help, although the messenger really wasn't stopped by them, but who can say for sure about this kind of thing? What is the danger of adding to the sin?
If you really want to find a solution, it's not nothing, as long as Goguryeo also surrenders military power and minerals like Silla, and when the time comes, when the time comes, the Tang Dynasty will play by itself unless it is an idle egg.
And now, on the one hand, as compensation, on the other hand, it is for Liwei, to show the image of Datang, and to win more places where more troops can be garrisoned.
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Gao Jianwu was stunned at the moment, sitting on the high seat of the Pyongyang Palace, looking at the bullish Tang envoy in the palace with a blank expression.
"Xiao Wang didn't order the Silla messenger to be intercepted? Please rest assured, Xiao Wang will let people investigate, and this matter will definitely give Tang Envoy an explanation! ”
Facing the questioning of the Tang envoy, Gao Jianwu had to pay attention to it, and even had some prescriptions in his heart.
Because tens of thousands of Tang troops were stationed in the border area between Goguryeo and Silla, if the Tang army came from the west, he would still have some confidence to call them out, but now, he really didn't have the slightest confidence.
"The matter has been investigated by the envoy, hundreds of people have seen the Silla messenger enter Goguryeo at night, and they have also asked the border Tang officials, but they have not seen a messenger come out of Goguryeo, this messenger must have encountered an accident in Goguryeo, you do this, where is the face of the Tang Dynasty? Where is the majesty of the Tang Dynasty? As a vassal country, you dare to intercept the messengers of other vassal countries again and again, and today you Gao Jianwu must give this envoy an explanation! ”
Tang Envoy's bullish anger naturally came from Li Yuanjing's instructions, this time he didn't come to ask for an explanation, but to stir up trouble, no matter what method he used, anyway, it was to make Gao Jianwu unable to meet his requirements, and then left in a negative mood, leaving a cruel word when leaving, as for whether Gao Jianwu attaches importance to it or not, that is his problem, anyway, this is a declaration of war.
"That'...... What does the Tang envoy think? Gao Jianwu was a little stunned, and in the face of Tang Envoy's unreasonableness, he subconsciously asked.
In terms of talent, Gao Jianwu is indeed inferior to Jin Baijing, and the current Goguryeo is actually degenerating, and after decades in history, it will be attacked by both the Tang Dynasty and Silla, and finally be wiped out.
Hearing that Gao Jianwu dared to ask himself such a question, Tang Envoy was instantly happy, and said with a pale face: "What does this envoy want?" This envoy also wants to ask you what Gao Jianwu wants? Okay, it seems that your Gao Jianwu's wings are stiff, so let's fight a battle? ”