Chapter 297: Continuing to the North (Part I)
Li Junxian soon reached an agreement with Li Jing, that is, to sell Tang Xiejun to Li Jing as a commodity, and let Li Jing exchange the cattle and sheep they captured in the future. And Li Junxian was also afraid that Li Jing would repay the debt, so he wrote a document as a confirmation. If you say it like this, where is it effective! In the army, there is certainly a saying that there is no joke in the army, but there is a more classic saying that soldiers are not tired of cheating. Who knows that if he says it like this, Li Jing will not recognize it when the time comes! How many of these veterans who fought out of the troubled times are fuel-efficient lamps?
Li Junxian returned to his special guard camp, and then began to call everyone for a meeting.
"The topic of this meeting is that we want to continue to move north. Now that few of the Turkic tribes are willing to come to us, we must go one step further and conquer the Turkic tribes. This time we are going to completely control the Turks, so those tribes must be mastered. As for our current people, let's hand them over to the armies behind us!" We just brought the combat troops with us so that we could not drag them down. If we take these men who follow us, that is, who nominally follow the Turki Khan, then we are increasing the danger. What's more, it is still a question whether they will suddenly turn back when we are then. So, we have to give up on them, we can't take them with us. Li Junxian said.
The generals present all understood this truth, and if they brought the people of the enemy country to the battlefield, they were afraid that there would be a possibility of rebellion at any time. The enemy is the enemy, although they are the people, who knows if they will give themselves a cold slap in times of danger? Therefore, these things are still left to the person in the rear to deal with, and their own army is definitely not a good object.
"Logistics Department, how much gunpowder and shells are there now?" Li Junxian asked.
Liao Jian, director of the logistics department, immediately stood up and said: "There are still 47 bases of gunpowder in our logistics department, which is not a problem at all, and can be supplied to continue the operation." We normally just carry five cardinal numbers. However, this time we insisted on taking 50 bases, which is the reason why we can ensure that our gunpowder weapons are sufficient. Thanks to the wise leadership of General Lee, we were able to produce more gunpowder and various weapons before the war, so that we could meet our needs! ”
"Political Department, do you have anything to say here?" Li Junxian asked.
Ma Zhou stood up and said, "Generals, the morale of our soldiers is very high now, because they have all gained a lot. From cattle and sheep to war horses, all of them have gained a lot, so everyone hopes to continue to go north. This would allow the Turkic to suffer even greater losses. Now, every day, our Political Department receives complaints from soldiers saying that they want to continue the offensive so that they can get more cattle and sheep and rewards! ”
Ma Zhou explained that the morale of the army can continue to fight, and everyone nodded, because the morale is very strong now, and there is no problem in continuing to fight. This is because the soldiers are all trying to fight for their own interests, unlike the previous state of being just pulled into the army as cannon fodder. As long as there is a reward, the morale of the army is not a problem.
"It should be our staff next, right?" Mulan asked.
Li Junxian nodded. Say, "Yes!" ”
Mulan also spoke: "Our staff department has formulated a plan according to General Li's requirements. We have two options, one is to attack by leaps and bounds, and strive to directly attack the Iron Mountain, the location of the Khan of the Turkic Khan. But. We abandoned those tribes that passed by around and ignored them, and the target was directly the Turkic khans. ”
Li Junxian thought for a moment and said, "If you have this target, the Turks are all cavalry. Most of us are infantrymen, how can we solve the problem of the speed of marching? The Turks can run away with speed, so we can't catch up with them! So. This is not possible. That's what the Turks look like, specializing in pinching soft persimmons. If the target is valuable, it will loot and attack. However, if the target is not too hard, they will give up the attack. So, if they can't mobilize their troops in time, they'll run away. The Turks don't have any concept of a capital, and although the tent of the Turkic khans is now in the Iron Mountain, if we are in a hurry, then I am afraid that they will 'move the capital'. The Turkic people moved their capitals differently from ours, and they left very casually, and the people's hearts would not have any effect. But if we put it another way, if we advance rapidly, we may be able to reach the Turkic tent in seven days, but what about this? In the unlikely event that even if a large number of troops were mobilized, we would not be able to exert our full combat effectiveness after seven days of rapid marching. When the time comes, the Turks may be able to take advantage of the opportunity to defeat us! How can the staff solve this point? ”
Mulan discovers that there is a loophole in her plan, and that is the physical strength of the fighters. If the Turks are not able to mobilize their troops in time, then I am afraid they will run away. If the troops are transferred in time, it will be the bad luck of the special guards who have gone through a seven-day rapid march.
"General Li, please forgive me, it's the people in our staff who didn't make a good plan!" Mulan said.
What else can Li Junxian say? In fact, these staff officers have not undergone professional training, and they were just literati who had read military books. Now, although they have gone through three years of deduction training, they have not actually fought in real battles. Once they are in action, they will realize how ridiculous their plan is. And they didn't know much about the habits of the Turks, which is why they made plans like this.
This plan can give an evaluation, that is, it is not grounded. Those staff officers obviously overestimated the importance that the Turks attached to the Khan's Khan, and they had no idea that Jielike was an out-and-out politician who would run faster than a rabbit in the event of danger. This can be seen from history, Jieli escaped the siege of Li Jing several times, and in the end, if it wasn't for the lack of troops around him and the ambush of the Tang army, I am afraid he would have to let him escape.
These staff officers underestimated Jieli's cunning and fear of death, and overestimated the combat capabilities of their own subordinates. After a rapid march, it was simply impossible to match the Turks, who were waiting for work. At that time, Tyvek is afraid that he will suffer a crushing defeat.
"General Li, let's go back and make a new battle plan immediately, I don't know what guidance General Li has?" Mulan asked.
"Step by step, squeeze step by step!" Li Junxian said. (To be continued......)