Chapter 23: Each Has Its Own Advantages and Disadvantages (I)
In Khotan, one after another Tang troops arrived and were stationed in Khotan. So far, the Tang army has reached 780,000, and in a few more days, all the 100,000 Tang troops will be opened.
At this time, Khotan had become a barracks, with tents everywhere, and the Tang army was training, and it was in full swing.
"Gotta get it!" A hurried hoof sounded, and I saw Li Mi galloping towards him surrounded by a group of Tang troops.
Li Mi was sweating and dusty, but he didn't care about anything else and went straight to the Shuai Mansion. When he arrived at the Shuai Mansion, Li Mi turned over and dismounted, handed the reins to his entourage, patted the dust on his body, tidied up his clothes slightly, held his head high, and walked quickly into the Shuai Mansion.
In the marshal's mansion, Li Changguo and the generals were discussing how to fight the next battle. Just as he was discussing, he saw Li Mi walking in quickly, and Li Changguo smiled: "Li Mi, you can be regarded as here." ”
The next big war will inevitably be a decisive battle between the two countries, and the stakes are very high, and the resourceful Li Mi occupies a very important weight, and Li Changguo is waiting for him to come to counsel the military plane.
"I've seen the big handsome." Li Mi gasped and saluted Li Changguo.
"Excuse me. Come on, serve tea to Li Mi. Li Changguo waved his hand at Kant, and Kant took the order.
"I've seen the generals." Li Mi clasped his fists at the generals and saluted.
"I've seen Mr. Lee." Although Li Mi is young, he is a young man and is very famous, and the generals dare not despise him in the slightest.
Kant came up with the tea, Li Mi rushed for a few days, his mouth was dry, as soon as he smelled the tea, his throat twitched involuntarily, he took the teacup, he didn't care about the image etiquette, he opened his mouth and drank, and the sound of cooing cow drinking sounded, and he drank up a cup of tea in a few sips.
"Whew! Joyfully! Li Mi crossed his sleeves, wiped the corners of his mouth, burped, and exclaimed with pleasure.
"Sit down and talk." Li Changguo waved his hand, Kant moved a few shorter again, Li Mi thanked him and sat down.
"Dashuai, summon me urgently, I don't know what's the matter?" Li Mi knew that Li Changguo urgently summoned him to come, and there must be important military affairs, so he went straight to the point.
"Here's the thing." Li Changguo explained the situation in a few words.
"Oh! This Abu? Muslims are actually proficient in the Chinese military book and war strategy, and use the yang strategy, which is interesting and interesting. Li Mi was a little surprised, surprised for a while, and then admired: "This yang plot is not simple." ”
Abu? It is surprising that a Muslim, a big cannibal, is capable of China's military and war strategies, and uses Yang Mou to such a realm.
I have to say, Abu? The Muslims' plan this time is very good, even Li Changguo, Li Mi, and Guo Ziyi think that they are not necessarily better than Abu? Muslims are wiser and praise from the heart, even though they are hostile.
"yes." The generals echoed in unison.
"What's the boss's plan?" Li Yu looked at Li Changguo and asked.
Li Changguo is resourceful and can fight well, and Li Mi is looking forward to Li Changguo's plan.
"It's just that there are some ideas, and I can't talk about planning at the moment, so I ordered you to come here to listen to your high opinions." Li Changguo raised his eyebrows and said: "Such a big battle is not something that one person can plan well, and you need to listen more to it." ”
"The handsome man is so open-minded, Li Mi admires it." Li Mi was in favor of Li Changguo's move to brainstorm and listen to the opinions of the generals.
"Li Mi, tell me your high opinion." Li Changguo stared at Li Mi.
The generals knew that Li Mi was extraordinary, and his opinions must be unheard of and unthinkable, all of which were to prick up their ears and listen quietly.
"Dashuai, I thought the current situation was like two people playing against each other, how many chess pieces you have in your hands, how many chess pieces I have in my hands, and I know each other." Li Mi frowned and said in a deep voice.
"That's right." The generals echoed in unison.
Abu? Muslims use impotence, what is impotence? The conspiracy is clear, and if you put it on the bright side, you have to drill into it, because it hits your vital point, and you have to go if you don't go.
Abu? The Muslims wanted to use Qiuci as bait to force Li Changguo to concentrate the Tang army to go to Qiuci and fight him in Qiuci, and he wanted to take the opportunity to annihilate the Tang army.
Similarly, Li Changguo also wants to completely annihilate the Great Food Army, and needs a suitable battlefield, Abu? Muslims chose Qiuzi, which is in the arms of Li Changguo.
Both sides know each other's intentions, and the opponent's strength and superiority are clear, just like the opponent, the opponent's chess pieces are clear to each other.
"When the opponent is fighting, the opponent's chess pieces are clear, and if you want to win, you can only calculate." Li Mi said the truth.
"Calculate! You can say that again! Again, the generals echoed in unison.
The current war is the same, and only the clever can win. If you want to use intrigue and trickery, it is no longer possible.
"Boss, please let me talk about the advantages and disadvantages of both sides." Li Mi clenched his fists at Li Changguo.
"Say it." Li Changguo nodded slightly.
"The chess game is like the battlefield, and the battlefield is like the chess game, the decisive victory of the chess game lies in calculation, and the decisive victory on the battlefield lies in the advantages and disadvantages." Li Mi's words were very concise, and he said: "The decisive victory on the battlefield lies in the troops, equipment, training, military spirit, morale, faith, and the talent of the commander...... Let's break it down one by one. ”
The generals' eyes widened, their ears erected even higher, ready to listen to Li Mi's analysis.
"Let's talk about the talent of the commander first, I think there is no winner or loser, almost." Li Mi's words were a little surprising, but he had to admit that it was a fact.
"Abu? Muslim was originally a slave of the Great Eater, but he became the governor of the East under one man and above ten thousand, he relied not on his family power, but on his own talents, one bloody battle after another, born and died again and again to accumulate merit. "Although Abu? Muslims are hated enemies, and Li Mi did not hesitate to praise him: "He is resourceful, capable of fighting for the rest of his life, has rich battlefield experience, and is so experienced in the war that people are amazing." Moreover, he was decisive in killing, ruthless, and slaughtered in the land of Anguo Kangguo, slaughtering millions, bleeding and drifting, and he did not frown. His heart is like iron and stone, and he is so strong that he is the most suitable for commanding soldiers. ”
Compassion does not command the soldiers, and those who are in charge of the soldiers must be hard-hearted. Abu? Muslims are so hard-hearted that they are very suitable for commanding troops. After such a person is an iron soldier, the decision to kill is shocking.
"Hmm." Although Abu? Muslims are hated enemies, and the generals still agree with Li Mi's words and bow their heads slightly.
"Besides, the marshal, although he was in the army for a short time, he was trained in blood and fire, good at using soldiers, and good at fighting, not better than Abu? Muslims are poor. Speaking of this, Li Mi hugged his fists and said: "Dashuai, let me say something that I don't like, although Da Shuai is good, he is not necessarily better than Abu?" Muslims are strong. ”
"Li Mi, how did you speak?"
"The handsome is also Abu? Can Muslims compare? ”
Li Changguo has a lofty position in the hearts of the generals, and they don't like to listen to Li Mi's words, and some generals reprimanded them.
"Li Mi is right, even if I can fight well and be good at planning, I don't necessarily be better than Abu? Muslims are strong. Li Changguo agreed, nodded, and said, "Facing Abu? Muslims, I feel a little intellectually poor, this is a terrible adversary, and it must not be taken lightly. ”
Since Li Changguo came to the Tang Dynasty, he has fought a lot of battles large and small, and the enemies he has faced are better than one another. Muslims are people who put a lot of pressure on him. Even the male lord of the Tibetan generation, Jide Zuzan, did not put so much pressure on him.
"Of course, the big handsome will not be better than Abu? Muslims are poor. Li Mi changed his words, praised Li Changguo again, and said: "Yes, in this battle, it is impossible to rely on the intelligence, resourcefulness, and clever plan of the commander of the army to win. ”
Lee Chang Kook and Abu? Muslims are chess opponents, will meet good talents, if the two really fight wit, it should not be much different, to take advantage of the opponent's mistakes to win, it is almost impossible.
As for the strategy, it is difficult to hide it from the opponent, and Li Mi's words are very reasonable.
"Speaking of equipment, in general, Datang has an advantage, but not all of Dashi are inferior to Datang, and they also have advantages that should not be underestimated." Li Mi put a lot of effort into Da Shi, counted them with his fingers, and said: "My advantages in equipment mainly lie in armor, strong crossbows, and Mo knives, while Da Shi's advantages in equipment lie in war horses and trebuchets. Dashi's war horse is extremely good, tall, good at sprinting, good tenacity, great strength, much better than Datang's war horse, even if it is a Turkic horse, it can't compare to Dashi's war horse. ”
The Arabian war horse is a world-famous excellent horse breed, which is the natural advantage of the big food, even the excellent war horse from the desert can not be compared.
"Armor, our armor is much better than the Great Eater. Don't explain that the light armor, even the chain mail, is also better than the big food. We have the Bright Light Armor, and the Great Food does not have the Bright Light Armor, which is one of his major shortcomings. If the two armies meet each other in close combat, they will definitely suffer great losses. Li Mi's fingers pulled down another one.
The advantage in armor is the biggest advantage of the Tang Army, the armor of the Tang Army is well-made and has good protection, while the armor of Da Shi is far from being comparable to the armor of the Tang Army because of civilization and technology.
In the final analysis, war is a confrontation of national strength, and national strength does not include civilization and technology. The Arab Empire was on the rise, and although it conquered a large number of lands, it had not yet had time to assimilate, and there was no opportunity for Islamization, and without advanced civilization and advanced technology, it was impossible to manufacture fine armor.
The assimilation of the Arab Empire, Islamization, took place only after the defeat of the Tang Dynasty in the Battle of Talas, which lifted the threat from the East. Prior to this, the Arab Empire faced a great threat from the Tang Dynasty and had no chance of Islamization at all.
It is precisely because of the sophisticated armor that the Tang army has no worries and can let go of its hands and feet to slash and kill, and in hand-to-hand combat, the Tang army will have a great advantage.
This is the conclusion drawn from numerous wars. Even the Turkic nomads, when facing the Tang army in excellent armor, they did not care about their strength, their scimitars, their bows and arrows, but the Tang army. This was an important original trajectory for the extermination of the Turks.
(To be continued)