Fufeng County, Yongcheng.

Li Shimin sat expressionlessly on the position of the county guard, the generals on both sides were all smiling, Ren Gui was reading the military exploits of each department, and finally summed it up into one sentence: "In this battle, our army killed a total of 15,367 plans and captured 37,321 enemy troops. Our army lost 1,543 people, most of them in ambushes in the city! 400,000 stone of military rations were seized, and the ordnance and armor were not counted! ”

Hou Junji laughed and said, "Follow Qin Gong, really fight happily!" ”

A general who was about forty years old and had a fierce face, his beard was tied into several small braids, it was the general Murong Luoyu, and he smiled and said: "Yes, this night battle is enough to go down in history by defeating 100,000 enemy troops in one fell swoop." The command of the Duke of Qin is even more superb, the night attack of our more than 20,000 cavalry, like the assault during the day, is too godly, it is really too godly! ”

Li Shimin shook his head and sighed, in the excited words of the generals, this sigh seemed so unusual, everyone who was originally talking and happy all stopped their mouths, and their expressions became serious.

Li Shimin's gaze swept over their faces one by one like a sharp sword, and he said slowly: "Everyone, are you really so happy? It's just that he won a battle, killed more than 50,000 prisoners, and let Xue Ju escape, he won't die this time, and he will come again in the future! Next time, do we still have the conditions for this night attack? ”

"If you confront the Longyou Iron Cavalry head-on, everyone, are you absolutely sure that you can win the battle?"

The faces of the crowd became solemn, and some even began to bow their heads and remain silent.

Li Shimin sighed and said: "Since my father established power in Guanzhong, in less than a month, we have been confronted head-on with Xue Ju's Western Qin, a month ago, our two armies sent troops to disperse the pass, operating Longyou, a month later, Xue Ju has already hit Fufeng County, if it is not for today's victory, he can capture Fufeng, looking east to Chang'an, eight hundred miles of Qinchuan, there is no danger to defend, our army can only be forced to fight with Xue Ju in the Guanzhong Plain, if the victory is only to repel its forward, if it is defeated, the Guanzhong is lost!" ”

"Even if we win this battle today, it will only be to beat Xue Ju back to the west of Longshan, the entire Hexi and Longyou are still in his hands, and there is still a tiger-like enemy on the west side of our Tang Army, and the situation is even worse than we were a month ago, because, even Sanguan is not in our hands, and Longyou is still loyal to our counties, such as Anding, Hechi, etc., are all under the siege of Xue Ju, and the day is not safe!"

"So if you don't eliminate Xue Ju in this battle, it won't be a complete victory. The vast majority of the 50,000 captured infantry cavalry were surrendered troops, and they were not Xue Ju's descendants, so there was no pity for the loss. Ladies and gentlemen, the situation is still grim, and we must not have this mentality of rejoicing in a small victory! ”

All the generals and strategists bowed their hands solemnly, and responded in unison: "Follow the teachings of the Duke of Qin!" ”

Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling and said: "Fang joined the army, you have always been resourceful, tell me, how will Xue Ju act next, will he fight back, or will he sting and standby?" ”

Fang Xuanling hooked the corners of his mouth and said: "My subordinates think that Xue Ju will not dare to directly confront the main force of our army for the time being after this defeat, plus the Tang Bi troops he contained, as well as tens of thousands of horses, after this defeat, the army is unstable, and even his own cavalry from various different tribes in Longyou will also be shaken, and now what he has to do is to clean up the mess and re-stabilize people's hearts." ”

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Indeed, this is the most likely thing for him to do now, so how should we deal with it, whether to follow and pursue, or to return to Shiguanzhong?" ”

Fang Xuanling glanced at Du Ruhui and said: "My subordinates think that it is impossible for our army to eliminate Xue Ju at one time now, Longyou is sparsely populated and food is scarce, if the army goes on an expedition and goes out of Longshan from Guanzhong, I am afraid that it will be trapped for a long time, Xue Ju's cavalry can wield the greatest power in Longyou, even if it can't be defeated, it can also be guerrilla everywhere, it is difficult for our army to capture, and it is not the way to use soldiers." ”

Li Shimin nodded: "Indeed, Hexi is a bit like Tuyuhun, when Emperor Yang Guangqin of the Sui Dynasty led hundreds of thousands of troops to conquer, and dragged the net to search and capture thousands of miles of land, he did not catch the Great Khan of Fuyun, and Xue Ju is even more difficult. Guys, what are the best tactics? ”

Fang Xuanling smiled slightly and said, "My subordinates think that the best way is to lure the enemy deep and destroy them in the pass with eight words!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone changed color, Dou Jin's eyes widened, and he said strangely: "What, lure the enemy deep and enter the pass?" This can't be done, this time it was not easy to defeat Xue Ju and let him enter the pass, destroy our fields, and kill our population, then I am afraid that I will lose the hearts of the people in the pass. Besides, Longyou and our states and counties, the reason why they stick to it is that they have confidence in us, if we turn around and let Xue Ju enter the pass, I'm afraid that these people will all surrender! ”

Fang Xuanling nodded, and said: "There is indeed such a possibility, so the states and counties of Longyou, we must not save them, but we cannot use a large army to rescue, but we must use a small group of troops, with the main purpose of transporting military rations, not to save these states and counties, but to let them know that we are still trying our best to support them, so that we will not surrender Xue Ju." At the same time, this is also a sign of weakness to the enemy, making Xue Ju think that we only have this strength. ”

Hou Junji hooked the corners of his mouth and said: "But we will now have a big victory over Xue Ju, but instead of taking advantage of the victory to pursue afterwards, we can only send a small force to rescue the states and counties of Longyou, can Xue Ju be trusted?" ”

Du Ruhui smiled slightly and said: "Xue Ju is not very human, he is from Longyouhaoqiang, he is fierce and ruthless, he became the emperor not long after he started the army, which shows his wolf ambition!" Longyou people are fierce, Xue Ju can rise quickly to make a fortune, relying on the vicious and cunning like a wolf, for this kind of wolf beast, has always been a bully, bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, if we win and do not chase, then Xue Ju will definitely think that we are afraid of him, when the time comes, he will be like a mad dog to collect all his strength to attack Guanzhong! ”

Li Shimin laughed and said: "Exactly, for a beast like a wolf, if you hurt it once, it will not remember it for a long time, and you must find a chance to eliminate it!" As long as we collect our troops and go back, then Xue Ju will definitely think that there is an opportunity, and when the time comes, he will definitely regroup and raise troops to attack Guanzhong. His troops are numerous, but Longyou is short of food, thousands of miles of transport, there will inevitably be problems with the grain road, when our army returns to the division, the frontal hold, the division attacks its grain road, forcing it to fight with me, but it can be captured in a battle! ”

All the generals present showed admiration, exchanged their heads and nodded their heads again and again.

Li Shimin stood up and said: "Okay, the order, Dou County Shou will lead the headquarters to defend the city, leave 20,000 prisoners here, and Dou Taishou will have full authority to dispose of it, and the army will escort the remaining captives back to Guanzhong!" ”

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