Chapter 104: Something Happened
The hoplites were very bullish, and the oxen were so broken that people had the urge to make a detour when they saw it.
The Tang Dynasty currently has only one heavy armored army, but it is not infantry, but cavalry, that is, the elite unit in the hands of Li Shimin, the Xuanjia Army.
The Xuanjia Army was brought out by Li Shimin, and all previous wars have brought great help to Li Shimin, and often where the Xuanjia Army appears, the enemies there will be frightened and even abandon the battle and flee.
Li Shimin is very aware of the influence of the heavy armored troops on the battlefield, and according to what Li Yuanji said, a lightly armed cavalry unit can only be defeated unless it takes out a heavy armored unit to resist hard, and the rest of the troops can only be hanged and beaten when they go up.
And with Datang's current financial resources, it is to smash the pot and sell iron, and it may not be able to make up 10,000 sets of equipment for heavy infantry.
Li Yuanji's voice came again, forcing everyone back from their thoughts flying around: "Unless you are a heavy armored infantry, but even if it is a heavy infantry, it can only make this army helpless, and there are only two ways to defeat this army." ”
"How?" Li Shimin subconsciously asked, he was very curious about what this army looked like.
"Set fire! Keep them away from a safe distance at all times. If it can be successful, in the face of the Turkic cavalry, as long as we have enough troops, we can ensure that the rain of arrows is uninterrupted, and when we meet the charging cavalry, our infantry can also advance step by step, completely crushing the enemy. Li Yuanji said slowly, the strength of the army is often inseparable from equipment.
Although the Tang army is strong, the equipment of the Tang army is also very strong, but in Li Yuanji's opinion, it is still full of problems, and the only thing to be thankful for is that only the bow and arrow equipment rate of the Tang army exceeds 100%, that is, someone has a broken bow and arrow, and the army also has prepared supplementary bows and arrows.
"As you say, isn't it just a matter of upgrading your equipment? And spend so much money on training, so what army is there and what is the use of birds? Hou Junji couldn't help but stand up and sneer.
"The truth is the same thing, but in practical use it is very different, long-range attacks at night, so that the enemy army is not at peace, and the main force attacks during the day, what will be the result? I don't need to say much about this king, right? Li Yuanji sneered, and he didn't look at Hou Junji.
This product is too forced, and he learned the art of war from Li Jing, and after learning it, he actually framed others to rebel, the reason is that Li Jing did not hand over all the art of war he knew to Hou Junji, which is also another strange figure in the Tang Dynasty, and he is not interested in taking care of this goods, so he may not give himself a rebellion one day.
Li Shimin's face tightened, everyone is a person in the army, even if they are civilian officials, they also walk in the army all year round.
If the tactics mentioned by Li Yuanji can really be implemented, it will be an absolutely devastating blow to the enemy, and as long as his own troops are sufficient, it is impossible for any enemy army to last more than three days.
And Li Shimin also faintly noticed that his back seemed to be wet with cold sweat, Li Yuanji was really terrible, if he really had a counter-intention, just with the hand he was showing now, he would not be his opponent.
At this moment, Li Shimin also had to believe what Li Yuanji said to himself a few days ago, and he was also more determined not to kill Li Yuanji, but he still had to be vigilant, otherwise with Li Yuanji's talent, if he let it go, maybe one day he would really turn it around, and then he could only be arrested.
Immediately afterwards, Li Shimin encountered a new problem.
The proposal was put forward by Li Yuanji, and they were very ignorant of this proposal in their hearts, and only by handing over the task of building a new army to Li Yuanji could they give full play to the greatest effect in the shortest possible time, and Li Shimin was anxious to fight back against the Turks, so time must not be delayed.
The army could be handed over to Li Yuanji to be in charge of training, but Li Shimin was very uneasy, and even had trouble sleeping.
"Although this law is strong, it is inevitably a bit on paper, and how can it be sloppy in military affairs? The minister implored His Majesty to select a thousand people in the army, divide a camp outside Chang'an City, and hand it over to His Royal Highness the King of Qi for personal training. With a cold snort in his heart, Eldest Sun Wuji stood up and proposed.
I'm like a dog, don't you still have to rely on me in the end? The eldest grandson Wuji knew Li Shimin's worries, and he also knew how to resolve Li Shimin's worries, so he stood up and said his suggestions.
Hearing the proposal of the eldest grandson Wuji, Li Shimin was overjoyed.
This strategy is very good, select a thousand people from the Chang'an forbidden army and hand them over to Li Yuanji for training, and send a general to participate in the whole process, if this army is really as Li Yuanji said, the generals he sent have also learned how to train, and then he can kick Li Yuanji out of the game, and hand over the task of promoting the whole country to his henchmen, and the military power is still under his control.
Li Shimin glanced at everyone present, the most suitable candidate among the generals was Qin Qiong, but Qin Qiong's health was no longer good, and this task was difficult to guarantee.
Li Jing is also a good candidate, good at winning with strange strategies, but the change of Xuanwumen is still neutral and refuses to help himself, although Li Shimin loves talent, but he is also jealous, this kind of person is the most suitable person, and he will not betray himself in the future, but Li Shimin is very unhappy with Li Jing.
As for Cheng Zhijie's 'wise and foolish' guy, this kind of thing obviously won't be done.
Liu Shili is a good choice, but this product has a close relationship with Li Yi, and Li Shimin is trying to kill Li Yi recently, so he can't choose it.
Others either have arrangements, or they are not suitable, and for a while, Li Shimin really felt very embarrassed when it came to the candidates.
"This matter will be handed over to you to be responsible, the Chang'an Forbidden Army is at your disposal, I sent Cheng Zhijie and Hou Junji to assist from the side, if anyone is not satisfied, you can order the two to be beheaded, no need to report." After thinking about it, I still think these two guys are more suitable, but such a blatant distrust of Li Yuanji, at least in terms of face, is it reasonable?
"......What about the cost?" Li Yuanji showed an embarrassed expression.
The cost of the 3,000 troops in Taipingfang came out by himself, the reason was to help himself do experiments, and the training expenses of the 1,000 troops could no longer be paid by themselves, and there was no pants left to pay for them, and besides, it was not his own soldiers, so it didn't make sense.
"You, you ......" Li Shimin was directly happy, pointing to Li Yuanji's confusion, "The cost of this thousand people is paid by me, and I also want this secret recipe, what about this money, I can't get it out in a short time, I give you two choices, deduct it from the tax items of the cement workshop in the future, or I will give you another twenty mountains." ”
"Can you change it?" Li Yuanji can't cover his little face tightly, Lao Tzu hasn't taken back the fifty mountains, and he wants to give them to the mountains? The workshop belongs to everyone, so why should I pay for it? It's not a good deal, it's too cost-effective.
Li Shimin frowned slightly, for fear that Li Yuanji would put forward any conditions that would embarrass him, but in front of so many people, it was not good not to give Li Yuanji a chance to speak, so he had to ask helplessly: "What do you want?" ”
"The younger brother has a new idea, but this idea has nothing to do with the imperial court, so he wants to build a hundred pours of cultivated land around Chang'an for experiments...... "Don't refuse, the price is all over the sky, do you know if you sit on the ground and pay back?" Li Yuanji muttered secretly in his heart.