"An institution like the Military Intelligence Service is really unseen and unheard of, but its power is really huge. Ordinary generals, it is good to have an understanding of the enemy's city, where can you do it like a military marshal, know the enemy's situation well, and know the enemy as clearly as seeing your own family, this handwriting, earth-shattering. After Li Youcai sat down, he spoke first.

"Scouts are the eyes of the army, I just expanded the role of scouts, sir." Li Congjing looked at Li Youcai and said modestly.

"The upper army is scheming, the second is the enemy, the second is the army, and the next is the siege. The commander of the army, with dozens of military intelligence officers, took advantage of the internal contradictions and strife of the Heyang Army to divide and disintegrate the strength of the Mengzhou defenders. "The first time we met, we were a subordinate, and Li Youcai did not hesitate to praise himself.

Li Congjing handed Li Youcai a glass of wine, and said with an indifferent smile: "With the law of war, the whole country is the first, and the country is second; The whole city is the first, and the broken city is second. Fighting a war means that people die, and throughout the ages, there have been unheard of victories on the battlefield, and there are those who are not dead, how many. Killing 1,000 enemies and injuring 800 oneself is an inherent principle of using soldiers, but as a general, such a method of warfare is not a good method of warfare. ”

"Mengzhou, if you use a hundred battle army to attack the city, with the combat power of a hundred battle army, you can go down overnight, but repair the turrets, with equipment, waste material and financial resources, attack the city and the ants are attached, and the soldiers are killed and wounded by one-third and pull out the city, the disaster of the army. It is better to be invincible in a hundred battles, than to surrender without a fight. ”

"A hundred battles are won, it is better to surrender without a fight, ancient and modern good generals know this principle, but how many people can do it, even if it is a war?" Li Youcai took Li Congjing's wine and drank it in one sip, and his words revealed a scholarly amazement, "If you fight a war, you will die, but the generals always say that Ci is not in charge of the army, and the war in their mouth will kill people, but it is because they are incapable of planning better tactics and find an excuse for them to only command the soldiers. ”

Li Congjing saw that Li Youcai commented on the generals' struggle, although there was some truth, but it was still a scholar's opinion, and some wanted to laugh, so he couldn't help but laugh and hit this civil official who was no longer young.

Since the crossing, Li Congjing has seen a unique temperament of ancient scholars from the scholars and civil officials he has seen, whether it is Mo Li, Wei Xingming Weidao father and son, Wang Buqi, or Li Youcai in front of him, they all have that kind of temperament.

They are nostalgic for the past and the present, they have the people and the world in their hearts, they are benevolent and want to do something for this world, they have an indescribable deep love for this land, although they may not have done much, they may be pedantic, they may be lost, they may fall, they may just bury these things in their hearts for the rest of their lives, these things are ethereal, they can't even be seen or touched, they can never be realized, but as a group, they have never discarded them, and then they unconsciously show them in their words and deeds.

These scholars are angry, probably because of the teachings of the saints they received since childhood, righteous self-cultivation, Qi family, ruling the country and leveling the world, benevolence and love in all directions; They can't bear to see the people suffer, they can't bear to see the people miserable, there is always a dream of world harmony, which is why Li Youcai has such remarks.

Books are angry, books are angry, what exactly is book anger? What is the scholarly anger of the ancients?

Li Congjing couldn't help but think, when later generations were criticizing the ancient scholars and civil officials, what were they criticizing? Do they know what they are critiquing?

"Scholars governing the country, since ancient times, it is not unreasonable, the warrior Anbang, after laying down the entire country, he has to hand over the country to the civil officials to govern, what more and less do the civil officials have than the generals, why do they govern the country?" Li Congjing thought silently, "Probably, there is a reason for this, it is that anger, that scholarly anger." The northern nomads are fierce and daring to fight, and can even destroy the country of the Central Plains, but what about their civilization? Why has the Chinese civilization not been cut off in the most difficult times, is there such a breath? ”

Li Congjing fell into self-contemplation, ignored Li Youcai for a long time, Li Youcai waited for a while, until everyone looked at Li Congjing, who was silent with his head bowed, and he had to remind: "Military marshal, is it reasonable for the lower officer?" ”

Li Congjing came back from his contemplation and found that everyone was looking at him, and he laughed at himself in his heart: how did he accidentally fall into a stream of consciousness......

"For the mercy of the generals...... Don't dare to be a gentleman's praise. Li Congjing dispelled the thoughts that lingered in his heart and responded with a smile, "There are thousands of battlefield situations, and you can use one out of ten plotters, and the victory of the war is still piled up with bones in the final analysis." ”

Li Youcai was stunned, and pondered: "That's the case, but isn't it a credit that the military commander didn't let Mengzhou experience the war?" ”

Li Congjing stood up with a smile, patted his buttocks, and asked Li Youcai seriously: "Do you know why I don't use the army to fight Mengzhou?" It is true that without a large army attacking the city, the losses can be much smaller, and it is also the best policy to use the military intelligence to plan the city, but this is the effect, not the cause. ”

"Why, what?" Li Youcai asked subconsciously.

Li Congjing stepped forward, glanced at him in front of Li Youcai, and said seriously: "Because of Mengzhou, it will definitely be mine!" ”

In Li Youcai's puzzled gaze, Li Congjing said proudly: "In the end, what is the purpose of war?" Seize people, seize food, and seize territory. What do you do? Use it to enhance your strength! ”

"In that case, have you ever seen that the head of the family would use his own knife to smash his own belongings when he was idle? No. Because anything lost in the house is a loss for the head of the house. The same is true of Mengzhou, since it must be mine, then why should I cause damage to him? ”

"A complete piece of furniture, a unscathed Mengzhou, can be used immediately!"

Looking at Li Congjing's dashing back when he went out, Li Youcai was speechless. He thought he knew the young marshal well, but now he found that he couldn't keep up with the young man's mind.

Strange and novel thinking...... Domineering thinking!

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Dai Siyuan was annoyed.

Not only annoyed, but also aggrieved and bored. It is even said that all negative words that express emotions can be used on him.

His annoyance is not surprising, anyone who has experienced Dai Siyuan's events in the past few days will probably be as annoyed as him.

After crossing the Yellow River, in order to clear the road for the northbound army, and in order to fight back against Li Congjing, Dai Siyuan quickly marched with an elite division and attacked Yangba and Jianshanzhai by surprise. After the army arrived at Yangba, they encountered the empty city plan sung by Li Congjing.

This was nothing, and under Dai Siyuan's handling, the partial division retreated from the night attack on the Tang army and won the victory. At this point, Dai Siyuan is still proud, because Li Congjing's plan did not succeed.

But the change happened during the attack on Jane's cottage. 5,000 elites, attacking a small military village, did not capture it for two days. After that, seeing that it was finally about to be captured, news came from the main force of the army that the army of 12,000 was blocked by Li Congjing and attacked at night and defeated with an unknown force.

In the end, only more than 3,000 people escaped.

If the main force is defeated, the consequences can be imagined. Dai Siyuan led the surprise attack of the division, which was to open the way for the army, so that Huaizhou had no danger to defend before, and the army could directly smash Huanglong and attack Huaizhou City. Now that the army is gone, the actions of the partial division have become a joke.

But Dai Si was far from being in a state of confusion, and he commanded his division to storm Jianshanzhai - no matter what, the way forward for the army must be cleared, otherwise it would be an admission that his operation had failed.

Under the premise that Dai Siyuan personally went into battle, Jian Shanzhai broke through.

Immediately, after leaving part of the troops to garrison, Dai Siyuan led the main force of the division and rushed to Mengzhou.

Along the way, Dai Siyuan sent a large number of rangers to collect the rout.

There were 6,000 people in the rear army of the army that was dispersed that day, and nearly 3,000 people broke away from the brigade. Before arriving in Mengzhou, Dai Siyuan had more than 8,000 people in his hands.

With these more than 8,000 people, Dai Siyuan marched to Mengzhou.

Originally, Dai Siyuan did not plan to use the Heyang army, the two or three thousand Heyang army in front of the 20,000 army can only be the icing on the cake, dispensable, Dai Siyuan thinks that to conquer Huaizhou, 20,000 Tianwei Tianwu army is enough. But now, he only has 8,000 people left in his hands, so the nearly 3,000 Heyang army will have the effect of sending charcoal in the snow.

"After the Heyang army is gathered, and then a few thousand young men are recruited in Mengzhou and given brief training, there will still be 20,000 troops in a short time. After several battles, although Li Congjing won, he must have paid the price, his military strength is not much, the headquarters of the Hundred Battles Army is only 3,000 people, although the Huaizhou and Heyang armies were incorporated by him, but how much can the loyalty be? It's okay to fight a good battle, but once I lead a large army to attack Huaizhou, given time, these people may not have other ideas, and when the time comes, I may be able to achieve miraculous results if I take a little countermeasures. ”

Along the way, Dai Siyuan was thinking about how to turn defeat into victory, and he knew very well that Li Congjing's biggest shortcoming was the lack of troops.

"When you arrive in Mengzhou, you should first cut off the connection between Huaizhou and Zelu with a partial division, so that Li Congjing's reinforcements cannot come to the rescue. When the time comes, our army will besiege the city, and Li Congjing will definitely be defeated. Dai Siyuan summed up, "Even if Li Congjing recruits a new army, I can't conquer it in a short time, it's a big deal to rescue the imperial court, as long as Huaizhou is besieged, Li Congjing will not be able to escape." ”

Thinking of this, the haze in Dai Siyuan's heart gradually faded.

Dai Siyuan glanced back at the army, the morale of the 8,000-strong team was low, and it was full of decadence, and it had long lost the sharpness it had when it first set out on the expedition.

"This can't be done, the morale is like this, how can you fight again?" Dai Siyuan felt that he had to solve the morale problem first, in fact, this problem was not difficult, when he arrived in Mengzhou, he had a place to settle down and support, and he could recover slowly, but he felt that he should still do something at this time.

"Cheer up, this war is not yet the time to win or lose!" Dai Siyuan asked his soldiers to shout to convey his words, "Although Li Congjing has won two small victories, the elite main force of our army is still there, not to mention, the biggest obstacle on the way to attack Huaizhou, Yangba and Jian Shanzhai are already in the hands of our army, this is Li Congjing's defeat, but also the victory of our army!" ”

Dai Siyuan continued: "Mengzhou has 5,000 Heyang troops, as long as you and I enter the city, converge the Heyang army, gather tens of thousands of strong men, and with a little training, he will be able to attack Huaizhou with ten times the strength of Li Congjing!" When the time comes, Li Congjing will definitely be defeated! And we are still the heroes of this expedition, and military merits are at your fingertips! ”

"In short, success or failure is not yet known!" Dai Siyuan concluded, "The big beam will win!" ”

The morale of the 8,000 soldiers was slightly boosted, and they shouted in unison a few times, "Daliang will win", and marched towards Mengzhou City full of hope.