"Kill, rob them of their food!"

A group of Turkic cavalry began to quickly kill some of the Tang soldiers who were escorting the grain, and the Tang troops saw the Turkic cavalry. Although they were all very conscientious in protecting these baggage supplies, in the end, because the enemy was cavalry, and there were more than 500 people, while only a few hundred people were escorted by their own side, and they were all infantry, it was impossible to defeat the Turks. After losing part of the people, the Tang army immediately began to retreat to avoid greater losses.

"General, we are incompetent, there is no way to keep the food and supplies of the army!" Said a logistics officer.

Li Jing took the initiative to say: "I don't blame you, you have done your best." If you continue to stay and fight, you will only lose more. ”

Li Jing is still relatively wise, and he doesn't have too many responsibilities for these officers who escort grain. Although they were not able to fight to the death, judging from the situation at the time, fighting with infantry and cavalry was simply looking for death. So if things don't go well, it's okay to retreat. If you are reluctant to fight, more people will die. Li Jing will not accuse them too much, and they are all very reasonable.

"These Turks actually want to attack and harass our supply lines to force us to retreat!" Li Jing said.

And Chen Fei immediately said: "General Li, in fact, they are attacking and disrupting our supply line now, and it is already a little early. We are not far from the Great Wall now, and our supply lines have not been stretched. He may be a warning not to move on. If we go on, the endless grassland is a clearing. There is nothing to cover. In this way, our supply lines will inevitably be harassed and plundered by the Turkic cavalry, so our supply losses are very large. ”

"In the steppe, it was the home of the Turkic cavalry. Although we also have cavalry. However, the number of cavalry was seriously insufficient, and it was still dominated by infantry. Therefore, on the steppe, we could not contain the Turkic cavalry that came and went without a trace, and the Turkic cavalry attacked our supply lines, but they did not love war at all, nor did they covet supplies, they burned them directly, so that our supplies were also lost. At the moment we are not far from the Great Wall. They dare to attack our supply lines, and once they go deeper, they will be even more unscrupulous. So we have to find a way to solve this problem. If we can't stop their attack on the supply lines, then the supply lines of our hundreds of thousands of troops will be exposed to their attacks, so that we don't have to fight. ”

Chen Fei's words also made everyone nod, because now the army is fighting. Steady. The cavalry of the Turks did not have any chance of a direct attack. However, these Turks actually chose to sneak attack the supply line of the Tang Dynasty, so that once the supply line was sneak attacked, the losses would be very heavy. The Turks also wanted to harass or even cut off the supply lines of the Tang Dynasty by attacking them, and then they could use them to obtain the best effect and force the Tang Dynasty to withdraw its troops. As long as human beings have not been able to evolve to the point of not eating, they will inevitably starve to death without supplies. Now the Tang Dynasty is like this, if the Turks cut off the supply line, then I am afraid they can only retreat. A vigorous attack on the Turks, that is, to end in a disgraceful end.

"Do you want to send heavy troops to protect it? As long as it is heavily protected. Then we can avoid a lot of attacks. Someone said.

However, Chen Fei immediately replied: "If you send heavy troops to protect it, it will be a trick for the Turks." They also want us to use the army to protect supplies, and then there will be fewer soldiers on the front line. We have adopted a steady strategy, and although we are no less numerically than the Turks, most of us are infantry, not opponents of cavalry. However, if we also send heavy troops to protect the supply lines, the end result will be that there are not enough soldiers on the front line, and the pressure on the Turks will suddenly be reduced. ”

"On the other hand, our infantry is no more than a formation against cavalry and a strong camp. If we go out on our own initiative, the soldiers become the soldiers who transport supplies, and without the protection of a strong camp, it is easy for the Turks to eat them little by little using the tactics of knocking kraft candy piecemeal. This method is purely a tactic of adding fuel to the oil and is a taboo for soldiers. Therefore, it is not a good idea to send heavy troops to protect it. We might as well find a way to protect our supplies so that we can go out safely. ”

And everyone is also thinking about how to protect the supply of materials, which is related to the success or failure of this war. It is impossible to send heavy troops, and it is impossible to prevent it. The Turks had a lot of cavalry, which could be relied on for sneak attacks. Then the infantry of the Tang Dynasty could not catch up with the cavalry no matter how it was, so that the Turks came and went without a trace, and when the Tang Dynasty arrived, the battle was already over, and there was no longer any meaning. So if you want to defend, that's no use at all. However, it is certainly not enough to send heavy troops to protect it when the troops are insufficient.

"Alright, that's the end of it. Chen Fei, it's up to you to figure out how to solve this matter. You're the logistics officer of our army, so it's up to you to take care of it. You, the logistics officer, must find a way to feed our army and not deprive our army of supplies. Once you lose supplies, it is a dereliction of duty on your part as a logistics officer. When the time comes, once the war is lost, then your responsibility is not small! Li Jing said.

Chen Fei was speechless in his heart, and Li Jing also put the responsibility on logistics! In ancient wars, the officials who supervised logistics were also so tragic, they did not have much credit for winning the war, and the officers who lost the front line shifted the responsibility to the logistics officers, so the logistics officials had to bear the blame.

And Li Jing is also well versed in the subtleties, and one of the reasons why he said this first was to force Chen Fei to come up with a solution. On the other hand, it is also to avoid the possibility of an emergency, in case the army cannot continue to attack because of logistical problems, and can only withdraw the army, then Li Jing's responsibility is not small. At that time, Li Jing said this in advance, that is, he hoped to put the responsibility on Chen Fei and let Chen Fei find a way. Anyway, Chen Fei, the logistics official, didn't send the supplies in time, so who can blame him? Therefore, Chen Fei has become a way for Li Jing to shirk responsibility.

"Sure enough, it's an old fritter, and he dug a pit for me so early! If I can't think of a way, I will have to bear the responsibility for the failure of the Turkic expedition at that time. Chen Fei thought speechlessly. (To be continued......)