Chapter 359: The Great War is on the verge of breaking out
"Li Jing's purpose is very simple, and according to the old man's understanding of him, even if the Tang Army is restructured, it is difficult to change a general's combat thinking, so he made such a big move, just to attract us to mobilize the main force to deal with this matter, if the old man did not guess wrong, there must be another elite army prepared on the opposite side, intending to break in from other places, and then go straight behind us, flanking on both sides, even if our army mobilized a large number of troops, so that the Tang Army is at a disadvantage in numbers, but in a large number of grenades, With the help of bomb trucks, the number of people will become our disadvantage. The Han man could only abandon his previous style and explain word by word.
With such stupid teammates, what else can you say?
But if you don't explain, you can't do it, and even your teammates don't understand, how can you continue?
"There are two questions before us now, where is the army that may be hiding in the shadows? How many people are there? Who is in command of the army? The other, will the above give us reinforcements, and how much? The explanation was almost over, and the Han man said what he was considering.
In this battle, the Tubo people did not have any advantage, the geographical advantage has been wiped out by the other party, and now the troops are at a disadvantage, once the Tang army launches a large-scale attack, the Tubo people are facing an unstoppable rout.
Azan Songtu nodded with a heavy face, and now, he finally understood the meaning of what the other party said earlier.
Although he also knew that he was in a bad situation, it was more based on an intuitive judgment, and the other party made a list of many problems for himself, so that these questions could directly tell him where the problem was.
Although this is indeed straightforward, it is easier to understand and more clearly to see the problem.
But the problem is that I am not a Tang person, and I am not used to their way of talking.
What are we going to do?
If the powder is lost like this, Azan Songtu will naturally not say it.
"Although there are many places adjacent to the Tang Dynasty in Tibet, many places are not suitable for large troops to advance, and the roads are rugged, and even if they come in, logistics and supplies cannot keep up at all."
"Don't panic, even if the other party adapts to the environment here, what can it do? After all, this is the territory of Tibet, and it is our home field, so we still have a big advantage. The Han man smiled slightly, it was very difficult, but it didn't mean that there was no way to live, and continued: "The first task at the moment is to ask for help from above, if we can't come up with enough troops, even if Li Jing's side really feints at that time, I'm afraid it will be directly changed to the main attack, we can't stop them, and the other one, retreat......"
"Retreat?" Azan Songtu's brows surged, and 10,000 grass and mud horses roared past in his heart.
"Yes, retreat, exchange space for time, and ......"
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A large number of scouts were released, and even if the scouts of the Tubo people could not enter the Tang Realm to spy on the truth, they could at least feel that the dark clouds of war were coming towards them.
Anytime, anywhere, as long as the frequency of scout sorties is significantly higher than at other times, then it is almost certain that war is really coming.
The reason why Li Jing did this was to tell the other party that I was going to attack, so you should hurry up and get ready.
Half a month is not long, but it is not short.
It will not allow reinforcements from the rear to arrive, but it will allow the other side to gather nearby troops.
And in half a month, even if the other party gathers, its combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced because it has not been rested.
It can be said that on the way back from Chang'an, Li Jing was thinking about how to fight this battle?
There are no reinforcements, or the reinforcements are thousands of miles away, which prompts Li Jing to be cautious, and every decision must be thought twice, because once the loss is too large, he will completely lose the opportunity to fight, and it will be very embarrassing if he can't attack and defend it.
No one wants to be the green leaf in such a big war, Li Jing doesn't want to, and Su Dingfang doesn't want to.
As for who will be the green leaf in the end, this can only depend on the will of God.
"What? Withdrawn? Li Jing, who was inspecting the preparation of the troops, suddenly received the information transmitted back by the front-line scouts, and his mouth was a little surprised and couldn't close his mouth.
The preparation work is very boring, using grain to make dry food, steamed cakes, fried noodles or something, everything that can be done and saves trouble, you have to prepare some, you can bring as much as you can, after all, when you get there, it will be very difficult to replenish.
The other is to be proficient in bomb throwers and rocket artillery, and as for the rest, the training should have been trained a long time ago.
The soldiers have also spent a year together at the shortest, and the tacit understanding is not a problem, and there is no need to cramm, what needs to be done now is to do a good job in logistics.
But at this time, he received such news, and Li Jing had to be surprised.
"Withdrawing, not only the army withdrew, but even the herdsmen were forced to retreat together." Xu Sheng, the intelligence leader, said that this was the result of receiving information from multiple directions before reporting it, and this was not an exception, but a real reaction made by the other party.
"Is it clear?" Li Jing squinted his eyes slightly and muttered, "It's a little interesting......
When did the Tibetans learn this method? Li Jing didn't care, and he didn't have the heart to care about this.
But he knew that this kind of method must not have been made by the Tubo people, and he had long heard that there was a Han military division on the other side, and now it seems that this trick must have been made by the other party.
It's just, what's the use of a strong wall? In the face of absolute strength, all intrigues and tricks are floating clouds.
Doing so will make your progress slower, but so what? I can be both the main force and the auxiliary, even if I am unwilling, I will never make any emotions at this time, let alone ignore the overall situation.
Therefore, whether the other party is engaged in any schemes is useless for Li Jing, and he waved his hand casually: "Continue to explore, I want to know their approximate location, the number of troops, and it is best to know whether the other party has reinforcements." ”
"No!" Xu Sheng nodded, he didn't care how to beat him, he had his duties, and he didn't need to think about anything else.
In response, Xu Sheng turned around and went back to assign tasks, which was already commonplace for him, or rather, the scouts who dispersed were actually going to receive the code, and the shadows inside the opposite side would tell them everything they wanted to know.
"This method makes the old man feel very familiar......" After Xu Sheng left, Li Jing looked up in the direction of Tubo and said slowly.
Are the Tibetans decisive?
Very decisive.
But if you look closely, you will find a problem, the decisiveness of the Tibetan people actually looks more like a bit of disorganization.
But the last sneak attack, coupled with this retreat, the Tubo people chose a good timing.
Although it didn't succeed last time, it doesn't mean that there is a problem with the strategy on the other side, it can only be said that his side is better, and he has no intention of calculating it, so how can he have it?
And the one I know, but he is an expert in this kind of method, and it may be unrealistic to say that he is invincible all over the world, but he is at least in the top three.
But how can a single person be an opponent of a country? Besides, your teammates don't have the same heart as you.
I don't know how to drop, Li Jing's mind suddenly messed up with a certain idea, thinking about that thing, thinking about that person's style of doing things, the more I think about it, the more reliable I feel, and I feel that that thing is indeed like his style.
"Is it really you?" Although there is no direct evidence to prove, there are some things that do not need evidence, and Li Jing is a little embarrassed.
Whether it is the person you guessed or not, the war must continue, and since the other side is on the hostile side, whether you sympathize with the other party or not, this time it must be a situation of undying.
Invade?
For a general, a soldier, there is no such thing as aggression in war, but it is called opening up territory and expanding territory.
Before coming here, maybe Li Jing would ask himself if it was really necessary to fight Tibet?
But after coming here, Li Jing clearly realized that their deployment was still a little late.
If Li Yuanji had come to power two years earlier, he would have been able to deploy two years earlier, and then he would have been able to take advantage of the civil strife in Tibet to take over the entire Tibet in one fell swoop, and the cost would have been insignificant.
Fortunately, it is not too late, at least Tubo has not been fully integrated.
Although those old nobles were defeated, they were only suppressed, and without a few years of digestion, it was difficult for Songtsen Gampo to completely erase them.
Li Jing continued to inspect the entire camp, the camp is very large, divided into many camps, there is no vacant land here, which can accommodate less than 40,000 people.
While preparing for logistics, the soldiers also took advantage of the rare leisure time to relax.
Once this trip is gone, I don't know when I will return? I don't know if I will be able to return.
So, prepare the logistics, which also includes the suicide note.
The soldiers were not very literate, so they had to be dictated and then written by literate people.
These suicide notes will not be carried with them, but will stay in Yazhou, and every once in a while, the baggage team will bring back some news, and those soldiers who are confirmed to be killed will have their suicide notes on the road.
It's cruel, but it's war.
Maybe it was because the last battle went well, or maybe it was because the Tubo people who had seen it with their own eyes were not strong.
There was no tense atmosphere in the camp when the war came, but everyone was relaxed and comfortable, talking and laughing, each engaged in entertainment projects, and sat there in a daze, I don't know if it was worried about the future or missing my relatives.
Overall, Li Jing was very satisfied with the atmosphere in the camp.
The last worries are gone, and the rest is the specific arrangement.
The 40,000 army must not be crowded together, and there are not so many places on the opposite side for them to show, but fortunately, they have already found a mode of fighting here in Yazhou, and the big war is about to break out.