Chapter 82: The Ministers Play Right
"At three o'clock today, there are eight hundred miles of urgency, and heavy snow is falling north of Jicheng in Liaodong, Zhuqing, what do you think about this matter?"
In the Ganlu Palace, Li Shimin sat in the first place, looking at everyone below with a gloomy face.
The people here are all old foxes, and they are like mirrors in their hearts, how can they not know why Li Shimin is so black-faced?
It's just that they can't predict this kind of natural disaster, even Qin Tianjian can only make a rough estimate, and as for how it will be, they must go to the place to know.
After pondering for a moment, Fang Xuanling came out and said, "Your Majesty, since it is snowing heavily in Liaodong, is it certain that Goguryeo's attack will stop?" In that case, should we recall Li Kong and his subordinate soldiers and horses? ”
Li Jing continued: "What Fang Xiang said that Weichen thinks is right, even if Goguryeo adapts to the weather, they can't bear it, and their attack will inevitably stop, as for whether there will be new invasions in the future, Weichen thinks that the possibility of a year ago is not very large, in this case, he should quickly recall Li Kong's department and fight with Goguryeo in the next year." ”
Li Shimin's heart moved slightly, in fact, when he got the news, he had the intention of calling Li Kong back, Yu Gong, as Fang Xuanling and Li Jing said, when it snowed, Goguryeo's actions would definitely stop, and Li Kong's goal of delaying Goguryeo had basically been achieved.
Yu Private, Li Kong is the person he values the most, and he is his future son-in-law, Changle has a deep affection for him, so he doesn't want Li Kong to have an accident in Liaodong, even if he already knows Li Kong's ability.
But the so-called general died in battle, no matter how powerful you are, you can't always withstand the accident, let alone in such bad weather?
It's just that just when Li Shimin was about to make a decision, an inner servant suddenly walked in from outside and said, "Your Majesty, the battle report of General Li Kong of Liaodong!" ”
"Quick!" Li Shimin stood up suddenly.
The previous news was transmitted back by the guards on the edge of Liaodong, so although Li Shimin was worried, he was also a little lucky, so at this time, Li Kong's battle report was particularly important.
Soon, a soldier in battle armor walked in, trembled and knelt on the ground, and said, "Your Majesty...... Battle report! ”
As soon as the words landed, the soldier fell straight to the ground, and some water stains could be vaguely seen on his body.
This scene moved everyone present, it is difficult to spread the word in this era, but they have heard of tired war horses, and they really haven't heard of tired people.
Li Shimin personally walked down and picked up the vaguely hot battle report from the ground, took a deep breath, and said, "Carry this soldier out and bury him thickly!" ”
Only then did he open the battle report:
"Your Majesty, the day before yesterday the minister led people to attack and kill Shanhaiguan ......"
This is a battle report about Shanhaiguan, which clearly records the battle and the casualties on both sides, Li Shimin just glanced at it and swept over, until the back looked solemn:
"Because the battle situation caused too much movement, attracted the attention of the Goguryeo army within a hundred miles, so Wechen had to lead the army to detour to the north, and now it is in Liucheng, and it is snowing heavily, Wechen guesses that His Majesty may call Wechen back, but now please Your Majesty do not make a decision.
The weather is bad, although our action is difficult, but the enemy army is also frustrated, this is the best time to hit Goguryeo, Wechen has already decided, in the heavy snow, attack the enemy's grain and grass, damage its foundation in Liaodong, the specific strategy Wechen has been annotated below......"
Finally, there are some strategies and methods of guerrilla warfare by Li Kong, although Li Shimin is the emperor, he is also an excellent military commander, and he can naturally see how important this strategy is, so to speak, this strategy can be used not only against Goguryeo, even if it is Turkic.
Of course, if it is used on the Turks, the effect will definitely not be the same as that of Goguryeo, after all, the Turks themselves are nomads, although Li Kong's battle strategy is strange, but it is much more clever than the movement tactics of the Turks, once the Turks react, they will even lose their troops for this.
Looking at this battle report sprinkled with more than 1,000 words, Li Shimin's original intention to recall Li Kong was shaken.
I don't know how long it took before he smiled helplessly, handed the battle report to Li Jing, and said, "Li Qing is a military master, take a look at this battle report of Yunfeng, and then tell me, do I still want to recall it?" ”
The rest of the people looked at the battle strategy with curiosity, and Cheng Yanjin and Wei Chigong leaned forward as if they were not stingy.
Like Li Shimin, Li Jing only glanced at the previous things, and also focused on the content behind, as a military god, Li Jing's understanding is much deeper than Li Shimin's, looking at this battle report, he is like seeing a new window, and more other knowledge has poured into his original military ability.
Especially the sixteen words that Li Kong summed up in the end, it was like a hammer that smashed his previous barriers, and he could even clearly feel that these sixteen words were not finished, and there should be new content below.
After a long time, he handed the battle report back to Li Shimin, and sighed: "I originally thought that Yunfeng was just acting rashly, but now the old man knows that he has underestimated this stinky boy, Your Majesty, in that case, we might as well wait, if Yunfeng can really complete his set goal, then we may be able to directly destroy Goguryeo in the coming year." ”
"Oh? Is this tactic really that powerful? Li Shimin looked at Li Jing in surprise.
Li Jing stroked his beard with a smile and said: "Whether the specific tactics are powerful or not can not be summed up in a few words, this requires strong insight and command ability, but Weichen believes that since Yunfeng is the creator of this tactic, his ability is beyond doubt, Weichen wants to congratulate Your Majesty, my Datang may be an invincible military god!" ”
If Li Kong knew that the god of war Li Jing admired him so much, I don't know if he would be scared to death?
But no matter what, at this time, Li Shimin and Eldest Sun Wuji both looked at Li Jing with shocked faces, who is Li Jing? Since he led the troops, he has never heard of him defeating a battle, such an invincible commander, and now he actually admires a hairy boy so much, is it really not a killing?
People who have a good relationship with Li Tao are heavy-minded, for fear that Li Shimin will be jealous of Li Kong because of this, so as to erase Li Kong.
And the people who don't deal with Li Tao gloat, especially the eldest grandson Wuji, who can't wait for Li Shimin to call Li Kong back now, and then make a will never hire him, and it is best to cancel the marriage between Li Kong and Changle.
But is Li Shimin that kind of person?
Obviously, not, so after he was shocked, he laughed, pointed at Li Jing and said, "Okay, then I will accept your good words, I also want to see what this stinky boy can do." ”
Li Jing regretted it a little as soon as he finished speaking, he really admired Li Kong, but Li Kong still needs to grow, his tactics are not perfect, and becoming a god of war is also a matter of the future, if he is directly blocked by Li Shimin because of his words, his sin will be too great.
At this time, seeing that Li Shimin did not show any signs of anger, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and said with a smile: "The minister is just talking about things." ”