Chapter 12 Hitting Goguryeo is like pulling out a nail
ps: If you want to hear more of your voices and receive more of your suggestions, search for the WeChat public account "qdread" now and pay attention to give more support to "Datang Tiger"! Zhang Shigui looked at the figure in front of him who was a few rounds behind him, and sighed in his heart: "Sure enough, the hero is a young man, Your Majesty is too worried." ”
Li Shimin was a little worried that Luo Shixin's age would become a disadvantage for him in commanding the three armies. After all, Luo Shixin is only twenty-five this year, although he has enough military exploits to rely on. But in many cases, seniority is the key to measuring the problem. In the past, Luo Shixin led all his henchmen, so naturally there was no such problem. Now he is leading veteran generals who have also made great achievements in various places, and they want to have meritorious deeds and qualifications, and if they disobey Luo Shixin, the "hairy boy" in their eyes, it will cause a very bad impact on the generals.
This situation has been innumerable in all dynasties, and even those with such strength as Jiangdong Zhou Lang have been dissatisfied with the veteran Cheng Pu because of his dissatisfaction, and he has lost several state affairs.
In order to avoid this situation, Li Shimin specially found Zhang Shigui, who was the oldest and most senior, and asked him to cooperate with Luo Shixin a lot, just in case.
Today, General Luo Shixin has just arrived at the front line, and has already won the support of the public with his gentle means like a spring breeze, and he has to obey while sighing: the chief manager is young, and he can achieve such feats and achievements, and he really has means beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Luo Shixin beckoned everyone to the barracks, and on the way asked Li Daozong: "All here!" ”
Luo Shixin led the 21st general to the barracks, and what he said was referring to the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty adopted the government soldier system. Except for a few standing soldiers guarding Chang'an, Luoyang and other major metropolises, other government soldiers are all over the Tang Dynasty. When this battle began, the government soldiers, led by the various Chongzhi prefectures, rushed to the agreed assembly point.
This time, Luo Shixin was appointed as the general manager of the march of Liaodong Road. It is not that he is only in charge of one part of Liaodong Province in the literal sense, but that the entire war is under his command, including Youzhou, which is a springboard for attacking Goguryeo.
"The last transport ship has not yet arrived!" Li Daozong replied. Before the arrival of the commander Luo Shixin, he was in charge of all the affairs in the barracks. Then he added, "But Jiang Jiangzuo has already sent news, and the transport ship will arrive early tomorrow morning." There are adults on the transport ship who need catapults, siege vehicles. ”
Luo Shixin nodded, the Jiang Jiangzuo in Li Daozong's mouth is the master craftsman Jiang Xingben, who is the personal apprentice of Yu Wenkai at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and is proficient in various craftsman skills. From catapults and siege vehicles to building bridges and paving roads, they are all his strengths.
Among the several conditions put forward by Luo Shixin, one of them was to transfer him to a group of craftsmen to listen to this at any time.
Jiang Xingben was the leader of the craftsman regiment, and before he set out on the expedition, he was in charge of the investigation and preparation of the battleship.
"Let's have a meeting to find out what to do first." Luo Shixin is also a resolute master, not sloppy, and after arriving, he did not take extra rest, and directly started a military meeting.
Twenty-one generals, big and small. Neatly arranged.
This handsome tent is used as a meeting place, with a wide seat and bright light, integrating more than 20 people. There is no crowding, and there is a huge leather map hanging diagonally in the upper right, which is the topography map of the Liaodong generation in Youzhou, and the seats are just so that everyone can see it.
Luo Shixin came to the old map first, took a detailed look, tore off the old man, and sent a brand-new map to hang up, saying: "I have personally been to Goguryeo in Liaodong, where the terrain is bad. The situation is complicated. This old map is not enough to show the key points, this new map was drawn by friends living in Changbai Mountain over a period of ten years. There is also a detailed map based on the small trails and trails that visitors to and from the East to the West. You can take a closer look. I have a general understanding that you can also get it from me when you go back. ”
Li Daozong, Zhang Shigui, Zhang Zhenzhou and other generals successively surrounded the map plate, and compared it with the map in their minds in detail, but the details of the map were generally the same, but there was a difference of more than a thousand miles.
The first thing that this good soldier can learn is to look at pictures.
Since the beginning of the art of war, there have been countless military experts who have emphasized the importance of topography. Faced with a completely new place that you have never set foot in, you can only understand the terrain from the map, and the more you can see it, the greater the advantage you will have.
Li Jing's "Mirror of the Six Armies" also seems to emphasize the importance of maps, in his private words, a person who can't even read a map can never be a general. It doesn't matter if you don't know a single word, marching and fighting is not a culture, but the basic knowledge of maps must be understood.
More than 20 adults are all good people who have been in battle for a long time, and they are very familiar with the importance of the map, and they are surprised that Luo Shixin is well prepared, and he also looks very seriously, and from time to time he also makes a whispered discussion with his cronies next to him.
Luo Shixin didn't bother, but asked them to look at the map seriously: when an excellent general is facing the map, he often thinks about tactical play, how to deploy troops, how to use troops, and how to attack local cities on the map.
Along the way, he has been looking at the picture and thinking about the tactical play, and he already has a certain idea: it's just that he has always been used to gathering the wisdom of everyone and choosing the best way to play, instead of being Zhuge Liang alone and taking everything on one person.
After waiting patiently for half an hour, Luo Shixin saw that it was almost over, and then said: "I believe you have understood the situation of Goguryeo before this. Goguryeo's strength is not strong, but it can make Yang Jian fail miserably and shake the foundation of the Sui Dynasty, which shows that it has something special. We must not repeat the mistakes of the past, and we must face up to Goguryeo and the places that are difficult for them to deal with. Only in this way can we overcome it. ”
Li Daozong bowed his head and said: "What the chief manager said is reasonable, Goguryeo is a difficult bone to gnaw. In my opinion, this battle is to win steadily, step by step, and make yourself invincible. Don't give Goguryeo a chance to take advantage of, and then seek victory in stability and look for a fighter to win. ”
Zhang Shigui bowed his head and said: "The last general agrees with the proposal of King Ren Cheng, and the last general has recently carefully studied the war between the previous dynasty and Goguryeo, and found that they all have a common characteristic with each other...... Underestimate the enemy. Yang Jian inherited the strength of the Northern Zhou regime, and after the usurpation, there was no decent threat to the surrounding area except for the Turks. After easily destroying the unification of Nan Chen, the only fierce rival Turks also split under their planning, and made the Turks revered as a saint khan. It can be said that throughout the ages, no founding emperor has been as easy as Yang Jian. Goguryeo's strength was not strong, and Yang Jian was too smooth, so when Goguryeo provoked the previous dynasty, Yang Jian did not hesitate to mobilize 300,000 troops to conquer. It can also be seen from the generals sent that Yang Jian did not take Goguryeo to heart at all......"
The generals who knew that period of history all nodded in agreement.
At that time, Emperor Wen of Sui Emperor Yang Jian led an army of 300,000 by sea and land with the Han kings Yang Liangxie Gao Gong, Wang Shiji and the general Zhou Luohu to attack Goguryeo. Yang Liang is of course the commander, but the crowd of the three armies is obviously in the hands of Gao Gong and Wang Shiji, and they are just named after the prince according to the convention, just like Ping Chen Yang Guang was the named coach at the beginning.
Gao Gong and Wang Shiji are both famous generals who have experienced a hundred battles, the former is shrewd and capable, fighting outside and inside, and leveling Nanchen, and his military exploits are particularly brilliant; The latter destroyed Chen, and Dingyuzhang, Luling, and Xunyang were also invincible. However, when they attacked Goguryeo, they marched straight ahead, marching together with an army of 300,000 land and water. As a result, the navy encountered a strong wind at sea, and many ships sank. As soon as the Sui Dynasty navy broke down to rest, it allowed the advance troops of Goguryeo to attack. The commander of the waterway, Zhou Luohu, had previously lost his troops and lost his vitality, allowing Goguryeo to be defeated. However, Gao Gong and Wang Shiji went too deep into the hinterland, which led to the same tragedy as Li Shimin in the future, and the key fortresses could not be overcome, and the army completely dragged Goguryeo down. Because it was too deep into the hinterland, the battle line was stretched and the supply of grain and grass could not be supplied, which directly led to the rout of the 300,000-strong army, and ninety percent of the soldiers and horses were left on the land of Goguryeo.
In all fairness, if it weren't for the carelessness of Goguryeo, with the military standards of Gao Gong and Wang Shiji, even if he couldn't win Goguryeo, like Li Shimin later, it would not be difficult to achieve rich results and retreat calmly, because of the strong army in the past, they were able to hit the egg with a stone, and carelessly underestimated the enemy, and as a result, the egg broke the stone.
As for the later Yang Guang, several million-strong armies attacked Goguryeo...... Hey, that's the joke! Zhang Shigui pursed his lips, "They all underestimate Goguryeo, maybe Goguryeo is not strong, but they have a unique geographical advantage." And it's very good at taking advantage of this.,It's definitely not an object to be underestimated.。 Stability is the best way to deal with Goguryeo. ”
Luo Shixin admired, sure enough, none of the generals who could be ranked in this period were mediocre, and they had the same opinion as Luo Shixin.
Goguryeo and the Turkic nature is just the opposite, fighting Goguryeo is seeking to be fast, to be unexpectedly fast, while to fight Goguryeo is to seek stability, step by step, not to give them a chance to counterattack who are good at defending and counterattacking, and then seeking the opportunity for a decisive battle.
"What the two managers said is not enough to agree with my ideas!" Luo Shixin's eyes swept in front of everyone and said, "In my opinion, this Goguryeo is like an iron nail fixed in wood. And what we have to do is to pull out the nails, pull out the nails one by one, and we can achieve the final victory. If you can't pull it out, it's easy to repeat the mistakes of the past. So, what we have to do now is to pull out the first nail that stands in front of them. ”
When Luo Shixin said this, almost everyone looked at the brand new map, and most of the generals looked at one point.
Luo Shixin walked to the map and drew a circle in Liaoshui's generation: "Liaoshui Great Wall...... It is the first nail we encounter, whether we can make a good start, it depends on whether we can pull out this nail! ”
"Boss, my subordinates have a plan to pull out this nail...... Luo Shixin's voice fell, and Liu Renliang, who was at the bottom, took the lead in standing up. (The novel "Datang Tiger Ben" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued) R655