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Duhe won the first battle and returned triumphantly, and was immediately warmly welcomed. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Especially Zhang Shigui, Li Daliang, Li Xiyu, and Zhang Jian, the four four generals who have seen the tragic situation in Heicheng, are even more so.

There are not many people in the army who ostracize Duhe's method of killing prisoners, and most of them approve of it.

During the Zhenguan period, none of the military generals of the Manchu Dynasty were not good at war, and all of them were accustomed to the cruelty of the battlefield and did not care about it. The only people who really opposed it were a few Confucian scholars who were extremely pedantic. On this battlefield, who cares about those bastards who only have mouths and no brains.

Li Daliang patted Du He's shoulder and said with a smile: "Okay, this battle really played the majesty of my Datang, I don't have to say, after the victory, I invite you to drink......" His face was full of joy, and he didn't have the strangeness when he first met.

Zhang Shigui, Li Xianyu, and Zhang Jian also showed friendly smiles on the side.

There were countless generals in the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Shigui, Li Daliang, Li Xiyu, and Zhang Jian all guarded one side and were not often in Chang'an. Du He didn't have much contact with them, they weren't familiar with each other, they met occasionally, and because of their age, there was a generation gap, and they didn't talk to each other.

For Du He to serve as the deputy head of the Shuozhou Road march at a young age, almost on an equal footing with them, these veterans are still a little uncomfortable.

It's not that these generals are not broad-minded, but human nature, and anyone who encounters this situation will have some opinions.

But this victory was full of joy, although it was a small victory, but it played the prestige of Datang and proved Du He's ability. Although it did not convince these veterans, they also recognized his existence.

The three generals, Zhang Shigui, Li Xiyu, and Zhang Jian, were a little reserved and did not show it directly, but Li Daliang did not have that scruples. He is a rare figure among the generals of the Tang Dynasty, who is both civil and military, and after Li Yuan established the Tang Dynasty, he returned to the Tang Dynasty and is a veteran. When he returned to Shun, he was in the midst of a famine, Li Daliang appeased the poor to work, and sold his thousands of miles of horses to fund the poor to restore agricultural production. Li Yuan saw that he was good at governance, so he promoted him to the Sima of the Jinzhou Governor's Mansion and made him a civil servant. As a result, the performance of this Wenchen made Li Yuan lose his eyes, and he captured more than ten cities in just over a month, showing his super talent as a leader, and then suppressed the Fugong Yi uprising, and made great achievements for the Tang Dynasty. After the world was peaceful, many generals had nothing to do because they had no war to fight, but Li Daliang took off his armor and transformed from a general to a well-known good minister and minister.

Li Daliang is loyal and prudent, and his inner personality is strong and righteous, and he has both the killing spirit of a military general and the love and protection of the people. Heicheng was slaughtered, he felt the most uncomfortable in his heart, and now Du He hated it, making him put everything aside and have a strange good impression of Du He.

Du He has never had a preference for pride, and said busily: "To be honest, I was surprised to have such a result." It can only be said that the selection of the vanguard army in charge of General Manager Li is really strong, which makes people admire and make the enemy fearful. ”

He said that he was seeking truth from facts, and the biggest impression he had in this battle was the strength of the selection of the front army.

The Zuowei Guards led by Du He can also be regarded as a battle-hardened pawn, but compared with the terrifying combat effectiveness displayed by the Xuanfeng Army on the battlefield, it is far from it.

According to Li Ji's words, although the Xuanfeng Army is one of the three major powerhouses, it is still inferior to the Jiesheng Army trained by Li Jing and the Xuanjia Army trained by Li Shimin himself.

He really wants to know what kind of performance the Jiesheng Army and the strongest Xuanjia Army will have on the battlefield, the Jiesheng Army is now commanded by Su Dingfang, and it should be fated to see it in the future, as for most of the Xuanjia Army has been turned into Li Shimin's Praetorian Guard, if you want to see the style, it is not so easy, thinking that Li Shimin led 3,000 Xuanjia Army in history, with less than 1,000 casualties, and the 100,000 Dou Jiande Army was defeated, so he was fascinated.

Li Daliang, Zhang Shigui, Li Xiyu, and Zhang Jian all showed knowing smiles, they have fought for the Tang Dynasty for decades, and the impression given to them by the three strong teams is far better than that of Du He, the younger generation.

Li Ji is quite proud, he is the best at training, and selecting the vanguard army is one of his hard work, and he naturally has a bright face when he is so praised.

That night, Li Ji held a military meeting in Shuozhou's mansion.

This was the first military meeting for the conquest of Xue Yantuo, and the discussion was about the general strategic trend and strategic purpose, which was very important, and only Li Ji, Li Daliang, Zhang Shigui, Li Xiyu, Zhang Jian, and Du He were able to participate in this meeting.

The strategic purpose and the operational policy may sound the same, but in fact they are very different.

The operational policy is aimed at the enemy's current situation, so as to formulate the technique of resisting the enemy and the method of defeating the enemy, while the strategic purpose is more long-term, it is a general strategy and goal, and does not include any method of destroying the enemy.

It seems meaningless, but it actually makes a lot of sense.

Take Xiang Yu and Liu Bang as examples.

Xiang Yu led the troops to fight, and he was invincible, and no one could face his edge head-on. His opponent Liu Bang was defeated in a hundred battles, and he was beaten by Xiang Yu with almost no power to fight back, but the result was that Liu Bang won and Xiang Yu lost. Just because Xiang Yu lacks foresight and has no clear strategic goals, whoever opposes him, he will fight and destroy him. Although it has won a hundred battles, it has become weaker and weaker. And Liu Bang, with the assistance of Zhang Liang and Han Xin, although he was defeated in a hundred battles, they always had the correct strategic goals and a long-term view of the overall situation, not like Xiang Yu, fighting meaningless battles, and consuming their troops for no reason, causing him to become stronger and stronger, and finally defeated the overlord Xiang Yu.

This first operational meeting was mainly aimed at formulating this correct strategic objective. And then there is a practical discussion around this correct strategic goal.

"I think the generals should have a detailed understanding of the situation in the north. I won't go into meaningless details here, what do you think about it, let's discuss it together. As the coach, Li Ji did not have an arbitrary style, but a modest collection of public opinions.

Du He was the first to raise his hand and said: "The chief manager, the chief manager, before the meeting, the juniors will talk about one thing first." Hou Junji plotted a rebellion, intending to blackmail the crown prince and force His Majesty to abdicate, you should have heard of it. Xue Yantuo's whereabouts are strange, and his previous attitude is like two people. There have long been rumors that Hou Junji rebelled against Tang and defected to Xue Yantuo. Xue Yantuo's abnormality was Hou Junji's secret plan. You must have heard of this as well. Seeing that all five of them nodded, he said solemnly: "Here, what I want to say is that this is not a rumor, but a fact. My friends in the rivers and lakes have confirmed the fact that Hou Junji is in Xue Yantuo, and he has been appointed as a general by Xue Yantuo's Khan Yinan, commanding Xue Yantuo's three armies. So this time, our opponent is not Yi Nan and Dadu, but the well-known Hou Junji. ”

Du He knew that he was not Hou Junji's opponent now, and Hou Junji was an extreme and eccentric madman who targeted him. Fighting a madman, Du He not only prepared the strength to feed, but also used all his family resources. The secret weapon of "stepping on the moon and leaving incense" has been thrown into the grassland by him as early as after he got Li Jing's guidance, collecting intelligence for him and investigating the trends.

After more than a month of overt and covert visits, it has now been determined that Hou Junji is in Xue Yantuo, and his status is extremely high, and he has been appointed as a general, directly obeying the orders of Yi Nan alone, and even the future heir of Xue Yantuo must obey Hou Junji's command.

I have to say that Yi Nan, the khan, is still very courageous.

He knew that Xue Yantuo was not an opponent of the Tang Dynasty, and Hou Junji was his only hope, so he did not hesitate to give up power and let Hou Junji command the battle against the Tang Dynasty in order to win.

Hearing this news, Li Daliang, Zhang Shigui, Li Xiyu, and Zhang Jian all frowned, showing bad expressions.

Hou Junji has always been known as the heir of the god of war in the Tang Dynasty. The next military god of the Tang Dynasty. Because of his temper, he was not likable in the army, but he was enough to deter any general of the Tang Dynasty. As soon as he heard that the opponent was him, he felt an incomparably headache.

Du He also knew that saying this might cause adverse reactions from the generals, but he knew more clearly that he had to say it.

Li Ji saw that the atmosphere was a little heavy, and said with a smile: "One more thing, I have a Zhenguan dynasty, and the victory rate of foreign wars is a complete victory, I don't think you want to add the first defeat to my Datang in history." What is the art of war: before you think about victory, you should think about defeat first, this is a fool's opinion for me Datang, my Datang will not be defeated, let alone defeated in our hands. ”

Li Ji is usually amiable, more like a scholar, but at this moment he is full of fighting spirit, the more he speaks, the more he speaks, and his every move is full of desire and confidence for victory, and he has a strange convincing power.

Li Daliang and Zhang Shigui, who have experienced a hundred battles, were the first to react.

Zhang Shigui said: "The chief manager is right, we will not be defeated, and Datang will not be defeated." Hou Junji led the troops to fight, it was indeed good, but Xue Yantuo was not as good as the Tang Dynasty, although he was the general of Xue Yantuo and commanded the three armies, but I don't believe that he had a false name and did nothing, and he could make those people on the grassland willing to listen to his orders. ”

Li Daliang also laughed and said: "What Mr. Zhang said is reasonable, I don't believe that Yi Nan is really so generous, and he is so relieved of Hou Junji." Ten of ***, will make people monitor and restrain him, with Hou Junji's dictatorial character, he can get along happily with the person who spies on him. Hmph, when the time comes, the general will be centrifuged, and I want to see if Hou Junji has the ability to reach the sky, and how to deal with that situation......"

Zhang Jian followed: "Also, Hou Junji used to lead my Tang Dynasty's soldiers and horses, every soldier of the Tang Dynasty has received strict training, and all of them regard military orders as the mandate of heaven, while Xue Yantuo's soldiers are nomadic people, lacking discipline, Hou Junji is used to Tang soldiers, Xue Yantuo's soldiers, whether they can be used is not certain." ”

A few generals, you said, I said, and the analysis of Hou Junji's weakness was clear.

Du He was dumbfounded when he heard this, and said in his heart: "No wonder the Tang army in the Zhenguan period in history was invincible, and none of the few generals who were not very famous in history were idle. ”