In addition to eating, I was able to rest for a while, the weather was getting warmer, and I just slept back to back at night, and finally arrived at Baidao after three days, and waited for Li Ji and Zhang Gongjin.

The two armies combined had nearly 40,000 people, and a series of victories made the morale of the generals of the Tang Dynasty high and full of spirit.

After resting for two days, Changsun Chong just used these two days to make a large amount of beef jerky and distributed them to the soldiers of the troops led by Li Jisuo. When everyone saw this novelty, they liked it very much, it was not only delicious, but also hungry, and it was a must-have product for leading soldiers to fight!

Li Jing called Li Ji and Zhang Gongjin to discuss the battle and tell them the general situation of the battle so that they could come up with good tactics.

"Mao Gong, although we defeated Jieli Khan in Dingxiang before, we only suffered damage and captured 30,000 or 40,000 Turkic troops. Although Jieli was defeated, his subordinates still had a lot of soldiers and horses, and if they were given a little respite, they would definitely take the opportunity to retreat to the desert and preserve the strength of the Turks. You also know that the Tang Army's northern attack road is dangerous and far away, and it will be very difficult to wait until that time to pursue the Turks, even if it costs a lot of manpower and material resources, it may not be obtained. Li Jing said with emotion, if you want to say that the next generation can take his position, this Li Ji is one, see if he can see through it this time; If Li Ji can't comprehend, then he won't bother to point him out.

When Li Ji heard this, his heart was hot, although the troops he led also clashed with the Turkic army, they were all small troops, and they did not fight happily and did not make great contributions. Now his reputation and tactics are not as good as Li Jing, if his combat exploits are not obvious, I don't know when the next battle will be, as for the previous people who were worried that Jieli Khan had asked Chang'an for peace, but now they have not received the holy decree, it is a fart, continue according to the original plan, so there are not so many concerns. This Li Jing was ostensibly consulting him, but in fact he was examining him.

To some extent, Li Jing and Li Ji are both pragmatists, their reputations are important, but their actual interests are more important, and he would rather choose the latter than the two.

"Now that the imperial court has sent envoys to the Turks, the Turkic army must have slackened, thinking that the Tang army would not continue to attack. If you select 10,000 elite soldiers at this time, carry twenty days of food and grass, and use a sneak attack, you can capture the Turkic Khan without a large-scale battle. Li Ji hurriedly said, because he had already guessed most of it from Li Jing's words, if Li Jing was unwilling to do this, he would never bring only two hundred elite soldiers to secretly join him.

Li Jing listened, nodded and smiled and said, "That's very good!" The two of them thought of it together.

At this time, Zhang Gongjin asked to see him, Li Jing and Li Ji glanced at each other, how could they forget this person. Zhang Gongjin, as a deputy general, is qualified to know the war situation, but that person is old-fashioned, and he is a little cautious and timid, when Li Er arranged the deputy general, he just wanted to use Zhang Gongjin to contain Li Ji's boldness.

Sure enough, Zhang Gongjin listened to the tactics set by Li Jing and Li Ji, shook his head again and again and said: "The last general heard that Jieli Khan has asked His Majesty for peace, and His Majesty also sent Tang Jian as an envoy to the Turks to pacify the people. As the suzerainty of many vassal states, Your Majesty will definitely agree to the peace of the Turks, although we have not received Your Majesty's holy decree now, but we cannot rashly use troops, we cannot disregard the safety of our colleagues, we cannot let Your Majesty bear the reputation of treachery, and we cannot let your vassal states think that we are not trustworthy and are even more afraid of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Li Jing and Li Ji scolded their mothers in their hearts, and they had already known that they had let Zhang Gongjin divide their troops and go out, grandma's, this elm pimple, I don't know how to get mixed up until now. His Majesty dreamed of destroying the Turks, and as for Tang Jian, everyone was loyal to the country, and whether they lived or died was destined. These generals are not without danger at all, and when they go into battle to kill the enemy, they don't have their heads on their belts.

Li Jing's expression was gloomy, and he said: "This is actually Han Xinxin's strategy to defeat the Qi State back then, I am equal to Tang Jian, there is no pity!" If we can destroy the Turks, our generation will be loyal to the country, and Your Majesty and the people of the Tang Dynasty will remember our merits. ”

"If General Li insists on this, the last general will have to obey the order, but the last will play Your Majesty." Zhang Gongjin carried Li Er out, hoping that the two of them could change their minds, after all, the purpose of sending troops had been achieved, and there was no need to kill them all.

When Li Ji heard this, he knew that this old boy had started to make a fuss about the little calculations in his heart again, and he didn't want to take responsibility, and he was worried that His Majesty would be guilty. He doesn't have any courage at all, no wonder he is so much bigger than him, but he can only be his lieutenant.

"In this case, General Zhang can stay where he is, and I will track down Jieli Khan with General Li, and His Majesty will condemn him in the future, which is also the responsibility of the two of us, I don't know what General Zhang thinks?" Li Ji said in a deep voice, in fact, this Zhang Gongjin is thoughtful, but he is a bit rigid in doing things.

Zhang Gongjin was naturally a little annoyed and angry by Li Ji and Li Ji's words, in fact, the Turkic barbarians or something, he really didn't care, and he didn't care much about His Majesty's guilt, he was worried that his friend Tang Jian would lose his surname in the Turks.

"Hey, is it possible that the last general is greedy for life and afraid of death, but because His Majesty has sent him directly to pacify the Turks, and we may be self-defeating if we go over now." Zhang Gongjin said softly, Li Jing is the commander of the Sixth Route Army, and Li Ji is his superior, both of them are arrogant and arrogant people, and they will never give up the sneak attack on the Turks because of his few words.

"General Zhang, you listed several reasons why you had to send troops. Think about it, if we stop here, then Jieli escapes, and the next time we want to pursue them, it will not be easy. Li Jing said, looking directly at Zhang Gongjin, "Are you worried about Lord Tang Jian Tang?" ”

Zhang Gongjin nodded with difficulty, it was a tacit acquiescence, it was rare to have a like-minded friend, and he couldn't bear to let his old friend die.

"Tang Jian, as a courtier of the Tang Dynasty, it is his duty to contribute to the country, just like we may encounter danger on the battlefield at any time, don't we go to the battlefield to kill the enemy?" Li Jing asked rhetorically.

"Of course not!" Zhang Gongjin hurriedly retorted, this hat can't be used, he can't afford to wear it.

"Then do you think Tang Jian, Lord Tang will be afraid?"

"Old friends definitely don't, and they will be proud of it." Zhang Gongjin thought of Tang Jian, who was quite talented in diplomacy, and went deep into Fanbang for the Tang Dynasty, and the danger was no less than that of real knives and guns on the battlefield!

"That's it, Tang Jian is now sending an envoy to the Turks to win us time, so we must cherish this great opportunity and capture the Jieli Turki Khan alive." Li Jing said in a deep voice, if Zhang Gongjin is still unwilling, then there is no need for him to follow him in vain.

Zhang Gongjin opened his mouth and said with a bitter face: "Then when will you attack?" ”

That's right, Li Jing stepped forward and patted Zhang Gongjin on the shoulder, and said: "Ming said that I will bring 3,000 men and horses first, Mao Gong will lead 3,000 people, and the rest of the men and horses will be led by you and will meet us at any time." ”

Zhang Gongjin nodded and said, "The last general will take the order!" ”

The eldest grandson Chong woke up early the next morning, quickly washed up, and followed Li Jing on the expedition. According to the scout's report, Li Jing had already determined the approximate location of Jieli Khan.

Changsun Chong would go to Li Jing's tent every morning to deliver the weather forecast for the last few days for Li Jing's reference.

After six days of pursuit, he finally found the traces of the troops led by Jieli Khan. Li Jing did not enter the palace directly, but prepared to sneak attack in the middle of the night, but was stopped by Changsun Chong.

"General Li, the last general feels that there is a heavy fog in the future, so it is better for us to rest for a day tomorrow, and send a small group of men and horses to attack at night tomorrow and evening, and then the army will be able to catch up with the Turkic soldiers who were scattered and disrupted in the morning under the cover of the fog." Changsun Chong suggested that if the army advanced together, it would be easy to be discovered, and since there was a heavy fog the day after tomorrow, it could be used.

If the war is fought at the right time, in the right place, and if there are people, then they must make full use of the right time and place, so that they can reduce the casualties and casualties in the war and win the greatest victory.

Li Jing heard that this method was very good, nodded and said: "Your suggestion is very good, just rest here, tomorrow night, Su Dingfang led two hundred elite soldiers to raid the troops led by Jieli, and the general then took advantage of the fog to move forward." ”

Whether it's fog or night attacks, too many people, the effect is often not good. When there are few people, take advantage of the panic to kill into the enemy camp, you don't need to think about it, just frantically wave the weapon in your hand and reap the lives of the enemy soldiers.

Deliver a fatal blow to the enemy before they can react; When the enemy reacted, the people were panicked and no longer had the ability to organize a counterattack.

Li Jing ordered Su Dingfang to lead Cheng Chumo, Cheng Chuliang, Yu Chi Baolin, Yu Chi Baoqing, Duan Qiang, Fang Yiai, and Changsun Chong, so that these people could be exposed to more swords and blood. The next generation of the most noble Tang Dynasty, they enjoy this glory, but they also have to fight for this glory.

Even if the things in the world are delivered to them, if these juniors don't have the ability to take them, it proves that they are not capable of entering the power center of the next generation.

However, so far, these people have performed well and are very brave, even if Changsun Chong's martial arts are not strong, they have not flinched, they are all good.

Although there are 200 elite soldiers on the surface, these people are all meritorious children, and there are generals behind them, and there are 500 people. Fortunately, there are not a lot, divided into five squads.

This is the first time that Changsun Chong has gone to the battlefield in the real sense, and he is both scared and excited, but as a hot-blooded man, he will soon be much more excited than scared under the influence of other gentlemen.

The eldest grandson Chong was dressed in a military uniform, wearing invulnerable clothes given by Hua Wu, majestic and high-spirited, and hurried to attack at night.

However, on the way, the eldest grandson was distracted, he was analyzing Li Jing's strategy against the enemy, and there was a very similar thing to his idea, that is, the sneak attack.

Although this move is not above board, but the effect is remarkable, busy with the grassland, the Tang Dynasty soldiers have no city support, the cavalry is weaker than the Turkic soldiers, and the effect of the sneak attack is obvious. (To be continued.) )