Chapter 34: Three Schemes

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After coming out of Zheng Wei's house, Zhang Mai consulted Guo Luo, Yang Yi, and Guo Shiyong for a long time, and held a military meeting that night to put forward a new battle plan. He analyzed all the information he had received during this time, especially the personalities of Satuq and Sekan.

"After I finished talking to Zheng Wei, I went to talk to Abule again."

After Aboul ibn al-Shahi was "invited" to the valley of the lamp, Tang Jun had been very attentive to him, treating him as a guest, but this time Zhang Mai went to talk to him for the first time. Of course, Zhang Mai's conversation this time naturally can't be really small talk, but looking for the information he needs in small talk.

"Abule's description of the personalities of Satuq and Sekan, as well as Satuk's transfer of troops to the Broken Leaf River Valley, are consistent with Zheng Wei."

Although the two knew each other, they had never met and contacted each other since the Tang Army captured Ba Ersi, so it was naturally impossible to conspire in advance.

"So the information Zheng Wei said should be true, now that Satuk has been transferred away by Arslan, and Sekan is anxious to catch us, the relative lack of troops in Talas and Sekan's impatience are just our God-given opportunity, oh, no! This opportunity is not entirely given by God, but created by our previous actions, so we must take advantage of it, if we wait for Satuk to come back, we are afraid that we will never have a chance to get out of this desert again! ”

When he put forward the idea of "burning the city with oil", Zhang Mai still seemed very unconfident, and he spoke to the generals in a tone of consultation and seeking advice, but after several consecutive battles, Zhang Mai became more and more familiar with the war, and the aura on his body became more and more powerful.

"I thought, since Secan wants to find us so much, then let's let them find it! Although his forces are generally stronger than ours, we can use the desert terrain to offset this advantage of his! ”

After the Hui people occupied Talas, their eyes have been turned to the south - there is a rich river region, and they do not pay enough attention to the desolate and barren desert in the north, while the Tang army, on the contrary, in order to obtain supplies, they must cross the Broken Leaf Desert and get help from the descendants of the Tang people such as the Zheng family who still have the Tang Dynasty in their hearts.

Zhang Mai suddenly mentioned that when they first arrived in Dengxia Valley, he told Guo Luo that if the Hui people had fifty cavalry at this moment, they would be able to wipe out thousands of Tang troops, because they were so tired that they did not even have the strength to fight.

But Hanshan listened to it and immediately said: 'Don't say fifty, even five thousand or even fifty thousand, we are not afraid!' Because the Hui people will definitely be more tired than us when they come here! ’”

Fighting in a harsh environment, where tiredness is the enemy, hunger is the enemy, and thirst is the enemy, in this desert, the two sides who are engaged in the battlefield are no longer fighting for numbers, but to see who can keep more body.

Yang Dingbang said: "The envoy wants to introduce Saikan into the desert? Drag them out, and then wait for them to break the enemy with one blow? ”

"Yes!"

"But what if he doesn't fall for it?"

"If he's not fooled, it's to keep the situation going. There is no loss for us, and the Hui soldiers will definitely be demoralized when they see that the main general will not dare to attack! ”

"Then what if he just sent a partial division instead of the main force?" Guo Taixing said.

"That's better! We set up ambushes along the way and ate their deviantsβ€”how many more detractors did Sekanta have for us to eat little by little? ”

And from the last two contacts, it is clear that the Uighurs have become cautious, and it is unlikely that Saikan will be able to divide the weak force of one or two thousand men as a side division as he did at the beginning. Secan either went out of the city with a large army to find the Tang army for a decisive battle, or he just retreated into the city and couldn't hold out.

"So, the envoy is going to lure Secan to the valley under the lamp, wear down their sharpness, and then we will break through the encirclement and annihilate them in one go?" An Liu said.

"No, the place of battle cannot be Dengxia Valley, although it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there is enough drinking water, but because there is only one way out, and the way out is very narrow, it is also easy to be blocked by the enemy, and once it is locked, it is difficult to get out - Sekan is a veteran after all, and when we look at the terrain here, we will definitely give up the strong attack and use the blockade instead, and then we will be cocooned and bound by ourselves."

In fact, Zhang Mai's initial idea was to wait for work in the valley under the lamp, but the experienced Guo Shiyong quickly thought of the inappropriateness and pointed it out.

At this time, Zhang Mai pointed on the rough map: "So I want to put the place of the battle here!" ”

"Lights on the city!"

"That's right! Lights on the city! It was deeper into the desert than the Valley of the Lamp, and when Sekan arrived, he ran out of water with his army, and if he wanted to drink water, he had to go to the dry place of the Talas River, which was two days away. In this way, his army will have an extra weakness. ”

At this point, this battle plan has been completely clear: use a force of soldiers and horses to lure the enemy, lead the enemy into the desert, drag it in Dengshang City, and wait for the Hui soldiers to get tired, and then harass them with strange soldiers, cut off their water source, and wait until the Hui army is hungry and thirsty, and the main force of the Tang army, which has raised enough strength in the Dengxia Valley, rushes out again, at that time, even if the number of troops is still inferior to the other party, the probability of victory is extremely high. If the organization of the Hui army is disrupted, the Tang army may even achieve the total annihilation of the enemy in the desert!

This set of battle plans, even Guo Shidao nodded secretly when he heard it, and said in his heart: "This strategy is to lead the snake out of the hole first, then to wait for work, and finally go to the house to draw ladders, three schemes, all of which are to make a fuss about this desert." If we can really annihilate the main force of Sekan, then this area around Talas will be our world. ”

In fact, this is no longer the work of Zhang Mai alone, but the result of repeated deliberation by Zhang Mai, Guo Luo, Yang Yi, and Guo Shiyong. Moreover, whether it can succeed in the end depends on the effect of implementation, and many war strategies are well thought out, but when they are actually put into battle, they are not like that at all.

"But ......," Yang Dingbang said: "This lures the enemy and drags the enemy, who does Special Envoy Zhang think should be allowed to go?" ”

The generals' hearts were tight.

Luring the enemy and dragging the enemy, this is the most dangerous and difficult part of the entire battle plan, luring the enemy is flexible, dragging the enemy has to rely on perseverance, because it is a division to lure the enemy, this part of the people can not be too much, too much of the other parts of the battle plan can not be carried out, and can not be too little, too little to withstand the enemy's attack, but to a relatively small number of troops to support several times their own tiger and wolf division, then it is not by strategy can be solved, but you have to fight for your life! If this link is not done well, then the entire plan will be invalidated, and the Tang Army as a whole will also fall into passivity!

"I'll go." Guo Luo said.

"I'll go!" Yang Yi shouted, in the face of difficulties and dangers, he has never fallen behind.

"No, I'll go." Guo Luo said: "You are faster than me, with you outside, you can do things like attacking the enemy's grain road better than me." ”

The two argued over this matter, Guo Shidao hesitated, and Zhang Mai said: "I'll go." ”

All the generals were surprised, and Yang Dingguo and the others hurriedly said: "Special envoy, you are a Qincha, how can you do such a dangerous thing?" ”

Zhang Mai said: "I put forward this idea, can I rely on a mouth, and then everyone will work hard?" Besides, this battle is a test of perseverance, when it comes to the overall military command and layout, I am definitely not as good as Dadu Hu, but how to say that it is also a Qincha sent by the imperial court, representing His Majesty the Tang Emperor, with me, the soldiers may be able to hold out longer. ”

Seeing Zhang Mai volunteering to endure this hardship, all the generals felt a little admiration in their hearts, and Guo Shidao was also a little moved, and sighed: "Okay, but please ask the special envoy to still let Luo'er be your deputy." This battle is a life-and-death battle for my Anxi Tang Army, if this battle is successful, the road ahead will be much easier! ”

But what if it fails?

No failures!

Must succeed!

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