Chapter 135: It turns out that the battle can still be fought like this?
As a superintendent, Li Yuanji naturally needed to attend this pre-war meeting, and almost all the high-level generals came.
But in fact, the number is not much, coach Cheng Zhijie, deputy marshal Chi Jingde, Changshi Fang Xuanling, left Yu Hou Zhang Liang, right Yu Hou Hou Junji, the left wing is led by the partial general Su Dingfang Xue Wanche, and the right wing is led by the right leading general Xue Wanche, these seven people are the core of the entire legion, from the perspective of the high-level lineup, this card must crush Li Yi's side, even if there is only one legion, Li Yi is by no means an opponent.
And Xue Wanche has been highly valued since he surrendered to Li Shimin, Li Shimin likes Xue Wanche very much, and even abandons his previous suspicions, and promotes him all the way to the right leading general.
Compared with Xue Wanche's flat flight all the way, Su Dingfang's promotion path was a little embarrassing, and he was reluctantly promoted to the next level when the Turks went south.
But Su Dingfang's opportunity lies in Wei Chi Jingde's optimism, and it is precisely because of Wei Chi Jingde's strong recommendation that Su Dingfang can sit firmly in the position of the left wing commander of the army.
The content of the meeting was very simple, that is, to arrange the order of the march and the responsibilities of each department.
Although the responsibilities of each military formation are the same, there is no need to explain at all, but the personal habits of the commander are different, and the requirements for each formation in terms of arranging the troops are also different, so under normal circumstances, the commander will personally explain their respective responsibilities according to their own habits before going to the battle.
Cheng Zhijie briefly talked about his arrangements, Fang Xuanling added some questions that Cheng Zhijie missed, and finally reported on the preparation of grain and grass logistics.
A simple meeting made Li Yuanji realize that there were many problems in this, although a whole corps was mobilized within seven days, but the problem was that the preparation of logistics and grain was very insufficient.
Excluding the dry food prepared by the soldiers themselves, the grain and grass prepared by the imperial court were not enough for half a month's consumption of the army, which was enough to see the haste of the dispatch this time, and how absent-minded Li Er was about his previous reminder.
After everyone finished talking one by one, the orders were ordered, and the military order was established, but Li Yuanji did not speak.
"Your Highness, where are the 1,000 new troops?" Seeing that Li Yuanji didn't mean to take the initiative to interject, Fang Xuanling couldn't help it.
He really had no clue about the use of the new army, and his number was too small to go out to fight alone, but he could not fight with other troops, otherwise he would not be able to reflect the combat effectiveness of the new army.
Fang Xuanling and Cheng Zhijie did not make any arrangements for the new army, but threw this question to Li Yuanji, but who would have thought that Li Yuanji had no intention of opening his mouth at all.
Li Yuanji didn't want to come out, so he shot the first bird, but he was forced by these guys to come out, and Li Er was also waiting for himself to come out, it seems that if he doesn't come out at this time, he will die faster.
"What's the situation over there in Fenzhou?" Without mentioning the new army, Li Yuanji first inquired about the situation in Fengzhou.
"I don't know, it should still be under Li Yi's control, we sent a lot of scouts to investigate, but they were all surrounded and intercepted." Cheng Zhijie said a little depressed.
In fact, the pressure on him was also very great, and the scouts sent out failed to bring back any news except for the news that the other party had a very dense defense.
"Hey! Without intelligence, how can this battle be fought? Li Yuanji sighed helplessly, quite speechless.
The scouts of the Tang Army are very irregular, that is, they are selected from the cavalry, and these cavalry who are used as scouts are no different from other cavalry, as long as they are young and have flexible heads, everyone can be scouts, and these so-called 'scouts' have not undergone any professional training at all, and their ability to spy on intelligence is also very weak.
I only know how to ride a horse and run fast, and when I see a U-turn, I come back to report, and I can't conduct in-depth spying at all.
"Take the brigade as a unit, each brigade is spaced five miles apart, twenty miles away from the main formation, clean up the rebel scouts within the range, don't blindly rush and kill, make full use of your own advantages, and if you encounter too many enemies, ask for help from the left and right."
Without scouts, the new army can only be used as scouts, which is a very helpless choice.
For this reason, Li Yuanji has been thinking about it for three days, and in these three days, he has come up with no less than 20 results, and based on his own experience and the overall situation of the previous life in the future, he has found no less than 30 solutions.
Li Yuanji guessed the beginning, but not the end.
Li Yi deceived the gate of Xinping and successfully controlled Xinping, Zhao Cihao and Yang Qi, the commander of the Zhizhong Army, discovered that Li Yi wanted to rebel, and the two did discuss to take down Li Yi, although their every move was hidden, but in the end they were discovered by the cautious Li Yi.
Before the two were fully ready, they first took down Zhao Cihao in Zhizhong, and then went to the army to take down the unified army Yang Qi, Yang Qi was also a good man, leading more than 500 loyal subordinates to resist desperately, but after all, he was still outnumbered, and the final result was that Yang Qi was carried out, with several arrows in his body, and he didn't know if he was dead or not.
Li Yuanji got the news three days ago, so he prepared for three days for this.
In the past three days, Li Yuanji was busy in the depths of his heart under the appearance of the carriage, always feeling anxious, worried and panicked, different from going north to counterattack the Turks, one is that they know the result, they just fight a process, fight a local war, as long as they win.
But this time, they wanted to fight Li Yibu, who was both offensive and defensive, although the number was only 20,000 or 34,000, far less than the Turks, but the Li Yibu, which was fully equipped with all kinds of equipment, was not so easy to fight at all.
At least in theory!
"Okay, that's it, send a thousand cavalry out on the left and right compartments, and follow the new army, but if there is a change, immediately rush to help, there must be no mistake!" Cheng Zhijie made up his mind at a beat, and once again transferred 2,000 cavalry to follow, and 3,000 cavalry rushed forward, even if he encountered the enemy's main force, he could also support the main force 20 miles away.
At the end of the meeting, the generals went to the army one after another to form a formation according to the order in which they were obtained.
This is another major feature of the Tang Army, before the expedition, the general of the unified army did not know which military government he was going to lead the troops from, but the Tang Army's unified training subjects, unified equipment, and strict combat discipline could ensure combat effectiveness to the greatest extent.
Today is not just a meeting, the same is the division of troops, the government soldiers are based on the team, but in order to avoid trouble, in the actual division of the entire military government will be divided together, each military government has 16 to 24 teams.
"Put less...... Put less ......" Cheng Zhijie wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, and quickly snatched the bowl of dogwood hot sauce from Li Yuanji's hand with his other hand.
He has eaten it many times, but he still hasn't been able to adapt to Li Yuanji's taste, although it is indeed very flavorful and unforgettable, but every time after eating, he has been looking for water to drink all night, and his throat and stomach are more like being burned by fire.
Li Yuanji put some of the rest into his bowl helplessly, and let Cheng Zhijie spoil the rest.
Green vegetables are basically not seen in winter, that is, Li Yuanji, who can only get a small amount every month, and they are crumpled, I don't know how long they have been placed.
Therefore, the theme of this hot pot is still meat, mutton rolls, mutton slices, chicken, duck, and sliced fish.
"Where's the wine?" Seeing that everyone was going to eat, but there was still no trace of the wine, Cheng Zhijie was suddenly a little unhappy, how could there be no wine for dinner?
"I'm about to go on an expedition, what kind of wine are you drinking?" Fang Xuanling said coldly.
"It's still far from the expedition, what are you afraid of? Hurry up, hurry up, I don't know when I will come back when I go out, who will ...... that" Cheng Zhijie pointed to Chunhua who was in a daze: "Yes, it's you, hurry up and get a jar of good wine!" ”
Li Yuanji waved his hand helplessly, the good wine at home is just like that, the alcohol content is not much at all, it is not much better than wine, but it has a sour taste, which is very unpleasant.
Taking advantage of the gap between Chunhua and taking wine, there was no one around, Fang Xuanling asked cautiously: "Does Your Highness know some of the situation in Xinping?" ”
sent troops to investigate several times, but each time they could only return in vain, Fang Xuanling had to put his mind on Li Yuanji, and by the way, to test how strong Li Yuanji's intelligence ability was.
"Yes, there is a little, but not too much, this king speculated twenty or thirty different results, this expedition, the easier is greater than the difficulty, but do not be careless, there are exceptions to everything." Li Yuanji nodded without hesitation, and said in an old-fashioned manner: "Li Yi pretended to go to Fengzhou under the pretense of His Majesty's edict, deceived the opening of the Xinping City Gate, and ruled Zhao Cihao, and the commander Yang Qi found that things were wrong, so he planned to seek an opportunity to take Li Yi, but he never thought that the matter was discovered by Li Yi in advance, and directly detained Zhao Cihao, and attacked the military camp on the charge of treason, Yang Qi was hit by several arrows, and his life and death are unknown!" ”
"The old man is going to personally kill Li Yi's bastard!" Cheng Zhijie slapped the table heavily, and his nostrils were white and airway.
"That's it!" With limited information, Fang Xuanling instantly grasped the point of the question, but he was more curious about another question: "I don't know what the twenty or thirty results that His Highness has speculated on?" ”
"Let's ...... it," Li Yuanji said while eating, and the scene became a stage for him alone.
Cheng Zhijie and Wei Chi Jingde were a little dizzy when they heard it, they won for a while and lost for a while, they were easy to fight for a while and difficult to fight for a while, and they didn't know whether they won or lost? Is it easy to fight or hard to fight?
However, Fang Xuanling kept nodding and praising when he heard it, and at the same time he was extremely shocked in his heart, and he gave in again and again, claiming that he was inferior.
"It's really better to listen to your words than to read a book for ten years! I have fought for so many years, and I have participated in more than 100 battles, but I have never been so carefully prepared, this battle has His Royal Highness with the army, it is more difficult to win than to win, Xuan Ling is ashamed of himself as ......"