Mulan immediately returned to the staff headquarters and asked those staff officers to reformulate a battle plan in accordance with Li Junxian's instructions. And Li Junxian didn't criticize these staff officers too harshly, in addition to because they are all novices and don't have much actual combat experience, there is also an important reason that the chief of staff is Mulan, his wife. As a husband, it is impossible to be too harsh on his wife, so Li Junxian did not say too many scolding words. Now we just wait for these staff officers to draw up a battle plan and re-discuss the results. This northward advance is very important, and it is related to whether or not the Turks can be completely defeated.

A few hours later, Mulan returned again.

"General Li, the General Staff has worked it out." Mulan said.

"Say it!" Li Junxian said.

Mulan took out the plan paperwork, and then said: "Our plan this time is like this, the core idea is to follow General Li's requirements, step by step, and not be greedy." We can't think of a one-time capture of the thief and the first capture of the king to destroy the Turks, so that the foundation of the Tang Dynasty in the grassland is also unstable. And we want to be controlled by tribes, and then it will be good for us to rule the steppe in the future. If we continue to control those tribes, then we can continue to weaken the strength of Jieli, but we can increase the strength of our Tang Concord Army. We must take advantage of this state of eliminating the advantages of one and the other, and constantly accumulate the living space of Jieli. When Jieli's living space is small enough, we can immediately mobilize a large army and have a general battle with Jieli. ”

Everyone took a look at Mulan's plan, in fact, it was not only through the actual occupation of the grassland, but also continued to persecute Jieli, so that Jieli could only mobilize a large army to fight a decisive battle with Li Junxian. If you want to use fast forward to capture Jieli, this method is not impossible. However, this is not in line with Datang's strategic goals. Because Jieli was arrested at that time, the "princes" of other forces on the grassland who had not suffered much loss could completely use their own forces to bargain and let the Tang Dynasty canonize them as the leaders of the grassland.

If this is the case, at most it is just a change of soup and not a change of medicine. And now, Datang is different from the original history. Now it is necessary to completely destroy the power of the grassland, so that China can enjoy peace forever. Now Datang has raised a lot of military funds through war bonds, so it can fully support this battle, which is why Datang dares to mobilize 500,000 troops to attack the grassland.

Li Junxian just wanted to take advantage of the advantages of numbers and weapons and equipment to force Jieli to give up the sports warfare he was good at, and fight a general battle and positional war with Li Junxian. If Jieli runs around on the grassland, then Li Junxian and they are afraid that they will be exhausted. Since you can't outrun the enemy, you can simply slowly squeeze their living space and let them fight a decisive battle.

Li Junxian controls one tribe after another. In this way, Jieli can obtain fewer and fewer soldiers, unless he is willing to flee far away. However, it's not fun to escape to the desert north! In this era, there were no trains, no airplanes, and it was a lot of sacrifice to cross the desert. At that time, one-tenth of them will be able to reach Mobei safely, which is already very good. And when you arrive in Mobei, how to live is also a problem. Now the winter of the grassland is cold enough, if you go to Mobei. According to the latitude and longitude of the earth, it is even colder. There, it will be more difficult to survive and reproduce.

Generally speaking, the grassland peoples will not go far to the north of the desert until they have to do so. They will not be willing to live in Mobei for a long time. Their idea was simple, because according to the usual practice, the Han people would not occupy the grasslands for long, at least not in practice. A lot of the time. The Han people nominally occupy the grasslands, but in fact they still do what they want. Those grassland peoples survived in Mobei for more than ten years, and then gradually came back in batches. That's it.

But now the Tang Dynasty wants to completely occupy the grassland, if they escape to the north of the desert, then I am afraid it will be impossible to come back at all. At this time, Siberia was not a place for human beings. Even in the 21st century, not many people are willing to relocate, and those who are willing to go are only slaves and prisoners. If it weren't for the discovery of various minerals in Siberia, I'm afraid that future generations of old Maozi would not have paid attention to it.

"Very good, this plan is not bad. We just drove them to death, and if they fled far away, then we would be happy. At that time, I'm afraid my mother will die in Mobei. What's more, it's winter now, and they're far away from the desert at this time, I'm afraid it's even more dangerous, if they go to death themselves, then why should we stop it? Li Junxian said.

And Mulan immediately asked, "General Li, can we prepare to carry out this plan?" ”

"Of course, of course we have to carry out this plan and let people occupy those tribes." Li Junxian said.

"General Li, how about we let the 1st, 2nd, 3rd Infantry Regiment, and the Cavalry Regiment occupy the village? We let the firearms regiment attack first and then occupy it, so that we can hit the Turks hard. Mulan said.

But Li Junxian shook his head and said, "Don't let the firearms regiment go out!" ”

"Why? If we don't have firearms, our infantry won't be a deterrent enough! Mulan said.

Now the entire special guard needs firearms, and if there are no firearms, I am afraid that the combat effectiveness will be reduced to seventy. Although bows and arrows can hold off enemy cavalry, once the enemy is more numerous than five, it is more difficult. If it's more than ten times, then I'm afraid I won't be able to stop it! At this time, firearms are needed. Without firearms, their own infantry simply could not hold off ten times more of an enemy.

"That's all we have for gunpowder, and we'll probably need a lot of gunpowder when we fight the Tuju people. Therefore, these battles let the Tang Xiejun fight the main attack, and our infantry assisted in the back. Firearms should not be used, now that we are in the grassland, I am afraid that the arms will not be able to be delivered, so we must be more frugal. ”

Li Junxian had to consider the road conditions of the pit father in this era, and it was impossible to transport a large amount of gunpowder, and it would be a drop in the bucket at that time. Therefore, firearms must be used sparingly, otherwise there will not be enough firearms to fight with the Turks, and I am afraid that it will be miserable. Although the special guard is powerful, it also relies heavily on firearms, otherwise there is no way to fight.

This kind of dependence is normal in Li Junxian's view, because there are many soldiers who have been high-tech since then, and they cannot fight without high-tech combat equipment. Although this kind of dependence is not good for the quality of soldiers, it is also an inevitable situation of historical development, and Li Junxian, a historical researcher, will not criticize them harshly. (To be continued......)