Chapter 244: Shock
This high-level meeting of the Military Bureau was presided over by Xu Chen, Xu Chen, as the commander of the march, Wang Sixun had to cooperate, and secretly, Xu Chen seemed to become the supreme commander of the expeditionary army.
Of course, there are many reasons why Xu Chen can become the supreme commander, and it is inconvenient to mention the causes and consequences here, the great eunuch Bian Lingcheng is naturally attached to Xu Chen as a prison army, he knows how popular this horse is by the emperor's side, and it is normal to take the opportunity to tie up.
The people present at this meeting were all high-ranking officers, and Xu Chen decided to camp on the outskirts of the canyon and had to hold this meeting, first, to stabilize the morale of the army and explain that there was no pursuit of victory, and to make formal plans with these generals and work together in order to achieve a great victory in this campaign.
Now the morale of the conquest army is naturally high, and the battle of annihilation between the Great Fighting Army and Long Wuwei at noon is fought heartily, and the 5,000 Turkic soldiers are like grasshoppers, and it is difficult to escape the catastrophe, so as not to boost morale. And that Cheng Shouli, as the envoy of the Great Fighting Army, naturally had another view of Xu Chen, this battle was what he advocated fighting, and it had to be fought, the reason was because now the Tubo army invaded Jiuqu on a large scale, leaving Longyou and Hexi unbooked, these expeditionary forces were naturally worried about the war over there, once Tubo won a big victory, or a protracted battle with the Tang army, Ge Shuhan naturally had no time to take care of this army that went deep into the grassland, and the army was inevitably restless.
And it was precisely this hearty battle of annihilation, in fact, in order to boost the morale of the conquest army, under the hype of the border city, the Turkic army was almost completely wiped out, and the vanguard army led by the horse actually lost hundreds, which is undoubtedly the greatest good news.
It is also because of this battle that the generals' views on the leading ability of this horse have changed a lot, Ge Shuhan is obviously asking Wang Sixun to command the whole army, but everyone knows that this horse is a marching commander sent by the court, and the emperor is very important, and secretly has long thought that this horse controls the whole army, so he is naturally a little dissatisfied. But because of this victory, most people still think that this colt is not as legendary as it is, and because of Geshu Deying's matter, they can't help but have a new look at this colt.
Xu Chen's purpose in deciding to fight this battle is also this, if you want to control this army, using the prestige established by Geshu Deying cannot play a decisive role, and this battle is enough to explain something, prestige, after all, there is.
But there are still people who disagree with this colt, and it stands to reason that he said. The Great Dou Army is Ge Shuhan's trump card army, and it is naturally not a problem to kill these five thousand Turks, and the people who have never been accustomed to this horse naturally think that this should be the first merit of the Great Dou Army, and any bow and arrow battalion is fancy, but it doesn't really play a big role.
At the beginning of the meeting, Xu Chen made a summary statement about this march so far, and naturally said a lot of things like the army working together. The next step is to listen to the officers in the audience.
"I think that General Xu should take advantage of the morale boost and pursue the victory, instead of camping on the outskirts of this canyon!"
After Xu Chen finished his speech, Liu Shijie, the military envoy of Pinglu, took the lead in questioning.
This Liu Shi has always been in cahoots with Ge Shu Deying. At the moment, it is a bit provocative, and it is true that pursuing while winning is really an element of a soldier. The morale of the 5,000 cavalry was greatly boosted, if you don't chase at this time, when will you wait?
Most of the generals listened to Xu Chen's speech. didn't say much, even though some people were unconvinced, but it was not good to offend this powerful colt, but this Liu Shijie obviously didn't care much, but he was the first to mention it.
"Even if there is an ambush in the canyon, our army is huge, but it is difficult to resist, and the Turks have lost 5,000 elite horsemen, and their morale is declining, so it is a good strategy to pursue the victory!"
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the camp, which was originally quite quiet, was a little tense, of course Liu Shijie did not have the courage to provoke the horse, but in fact, he was assigned by someone to say this thing, and this is very reasonable, even if he offends the horse, the horse is not good to be mad on the spot, and this horse is a powerful person in the court, and he left after the battle, so he can't do anything to him.
Bian Lingcheng was sitting on Xu Chen's left side, as soon as he heard this, he wanted to stand up for Xu Chen, Xu Chen hurriedly stopped him, and all the generals saw it in their eyes, and they all remained silent, Xu Chen shook his head and said:
"Has General Liu ever known anything about this Ikono Canyon?"
Xu Chen sat in the tent and asked with a smile.
"Does the general know about the situation in this canyon?" Xu Chen immediately questioned the past, and then continued: "This canyon is a Turkic natural danger, 867 meters long, 5 meters wide, and the canyon is 76 meters high. ”
"Not to mention that it is difficult to walk with food and grass, but this mountain cliff is so high, but if the Turks destroy the valley and trap me in it, can the general dare to guarantee the safety of all the soldiers?! The Turks have 20,000 cavalry, but they are 5,000 against 10,000, are you stupid to be a Turk?! If you take advantage of the victory to pursue, once you fall for the Turkic tricks, will you be the one who is responsible for the Pinglu army?! ”
Xu Chen's voice was full of emotion, his tone was serious, the more he said, the more he emphasized, and he scared Liu Shijie so much that he didn't dare to speak, Xu Chen said that all of you here must be experienced commanders in marching and fighting, and you won't not understand this truth, such a situation will only deviate slightly because of the fighter on the battlefield, for example, an experienced general will inevitably make a wrong judgment based on the situation on the battlefield, because the fighter cannot afford to lose, and the decision on the battlefield is undoubtedly the most direct and deadly, But right now, the Pinglu military envoy is raising such a ridiculous question, and in Xu Chen's opinion, he must be finding fault.
"As a military envoy of Pinglu, you don't even understand this truth, is it child's play for you to be a Turk who has been developing power in Mobei for ten years? The soldiers went out to fight, but they didn't even know the terrain, what use did you have, starting today, the Pinglu military envoy will be led by Gao Chu, and I won't chase you for the time being! ”
The general's use of soldiers, that is, in a word, not to mention that such an important military rank was withdrawn by Xu Chen's words, the so-called generals will not be able to do anything in foreign military orders, that is, the emperor Lao'er will not listen to his words, and Xu Chen will not be afraid of Ge Shuhan because he is not here.
Liu Shijie dared to say such a sentence at the meeting because he was instructed by others, where did he think that his dignified military envoy was directly removed from his post by this horse, the tone of the horse's speech was unquestionable, he knew the natural danger of the canyon, but it was not so serious.
Xu Chen's voice was fierce, and he glared at Liu Shijie angrily, meaning that you don't fucking get out and wait for Lao Tzu to come and pick you up! The latter had no choice but to retreat in disgrace under Xu Chen's murderous gaze, not daring to complain at all.
That Wang Sixun sat next to Xu Chen, and was also shocked by Xu Chen's momentum, this horse is right, the canyon is indeed relying on natural dangers, and it is difficult for the army to pass smoothly, and as long as the Turks do something to destroy the canyon when the Tang army enters the canyon, or hit it with heavy stone flow arrows, the Tang army will definitely complain.
However, this momentum was inevitably too big, but Wang Sixun didn't dare to say anything, and he could only watch the pony and threaten, and he didn't dare to question it in the slightest.
Bian Lingcheng chimed in on the side: "These generals actually entered the military camp of Doctor Geshu, but they are actually a shame for the doctor!" Xu Yuma is the commander of the march, and he has received the will of the Holy Lord to supervise the battle, and I hope that the soldiers will not be like this military envoy in the future! ”
Bian Lingcheng's words directly made everyone at this military meeting silent. Xu Chen couldn't help but be embarrassed, this big eunuch repeatedly showed favor to himself, and now he is using the name of the prison army to support himself, which makes Xu Chen have a good impression of Bian Lingcheng, and he has the posture of being a brother.
Obviously, Xu Chen, as a celebrity around the emperor, coupled with Ge Shuhan's military orders, has been able to become popular in the army with this identity, and this border commander is a close confidant of the emperor, so he has a united front with the horses, and Xu Chen's ability to exercise his power in the army is no less than that of Ge Shuhan.
"What questions do you have?" Xu Chen asked as he sat in the tent.
Where do you dare to have any doubts, who the hell still dares to have the slightest meaning of disobedience to the horse, they are all speechless.
This is a pure military meeting, there is no banquet, only tea is placed on the long platform, Xu Chen is so deterrent just now, no one dares to speak, for fear of upsetting the horse, and that Liu Shijie is also purely looking for fault, now the horse is just taking advantage of the prestige of the purge, miserable enough, and the horse is not punishing Liu Shijie for no reason, what he said is also the head is the way, although the Chinese are afraid, they are still a little convinced in their hearts, plus this Liu Shijie is Geshu Deying's fox friend and dog friend, and he has always been rampant and domineering in the army, This Liu Shijie did not restrain himself because of Ge Shu Deying's matter, he is really the best of the best, and Liu Shijie really didn't expect to fall into such a situation, this colt actually removed him as a general at will, which is really shocking.
Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Xu Chen said: "Who is responsible for the grain and grass in the army?" ”
The Chishui army envoy Ashina and the Heyang army envoy Lu Zheng answered the order, and it was these two armies who took care of it.
Xu Chen nodded and continued: "The importance of grain and grass must be well known to the two generals, and now they have to rest on the periphery of this canyon for a while, you two must take good care of it, if you go on a business trip, it will not be as simple as dismissal!" ”
"General rest assured, General Mo will take strict care!" Ashina said.
Xu Chen also mentioned this, after all, this grain and grass is in the formation of 50,000 soldiers, and the Turks want to fight this idea, which is tantamount to a fantasy, Xu Chen didn't take this matter to heart, and then discussed the matter of crossing the canyon, until late at night, the military meeting was stopped.
The expeditionary army had no intention of forcing a breakthrough through the canyon, and by the time they rested the next day, a long-planned night attack was quietly underway...... (To be continued......)