Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Lucky Star of Destiny
"Flawed?"
Pingyang looked at Luo Shixin with a shocked face.
Luo Shixin smiled mysteriously: "I picked the Ashina tribe and looted all the materials of their tribe, and some of them couldn't be taken away, and they were all burned down." These included tents, bedding, clothes, and other items to survive the winter, leaving them with corpses and ruins. You also know that the grassland environment is harsh. The Turks survive on the steppe, and the biggest natural enemy is not our Datang, but the climate. The cold on the grassland is far better than my Central Plains. They come to our Central Plains for a walk in the late summer and autumn harvest season, also for the purpose of looting some supplies, so that they can have a better winter this year. Now that the Ashina tribe lacks tents, clothes, and bedding, and no crazy remedies, it is impossible for them to survive this winter. ”
Pingyang bowed his head and said: "That's true, I also know something about the Turkic situation. It's smooth sailing, and winter is a test for them. What's more, after being hit like this, this winter will definitely be a test for them. ”
Luo Shixin said: "I have received clear news, and now Ashina Congli is frantically scattering people and horses, sweeping the surrounding area. Hunting or asking for help, or selling horses. It is also known that they are now eyeing a small tribe in Tieler, wanting to plunder the winter supplies directly from them. In other words, now they are busy thinking about the winter, and they are not idle to defend anything. ”
"Why is that?" Pingyang was a little surprised, after eating a trench, Changyi Zhi Turkic Ashina Congli has already suffered a big loss at the hands of Luo Shixin, will he relax? Think about it. But he suddenly smiled and said: "No wonder you want to publicize what kind of martial arts competition you are holding and make a fuss, it turns out to be a cover-up?" ”
"Yes and no!" "I think we hold similar martial arts competitions on a regular basis. Giving rewards and giving glory can greatly stimulate the hearts of soldiers to be brave. "These are the experiences of the later generations, and all the athletic events that can be won in the later generations will be awarded fame and fortune. Because only fame and fortune can give people motivation. If there is no name and no profit, no athletic project will develop and pass it on. A martial arts competition is held. It can stimulate the mentality of the soldiers to fight and win, so that their combat power can be improved.
"But......" a smile appeared on his face, "no one rules, before the martial arts competition. I'm not allowed to send troops to the Turks, am I? Of course, what others think is his business, and it has nothing to do with me. ”
Pingyang sighed and said: "Fiction is real, the real is virtual, Lang Jun is a good means." Don't say it's a Turkic Ashina cong ceremony. It's that we all thought you had your first victory. stimulated the border army, and then he would be patient and take advantage of the situation to bring up the border army's su zhì. Unexpectedly, Lang Jun still wanted to take advantage of the situation to fight. ”
Luo Shixin said without hesitation: "There is no better way to train soldiers than war, to nourish the war with war, this is my ultimate intention, why not fight if you can fight?" ”
"But this time it's not easy to hide from the world." Pingyang thought along the train of thought and said, "Last time, Lang Jun used the way of military training to Chen Bing at the border. Let Liang Shi think that it means Shuo Fang. Frightened, he retreated into the city, so that the surprise attack army calmly passed through Shuofang. So that the Turks were unaware. Now Liang Shidu will not fall for this trick. He relied on the Turkic breath to survive, and when the army passed through his territory again, he would definitely inform Ashina Congli first. Once Ashina Congli is prepared, the tens of thousands of Tujie and guards under his command will be extremely difficult to deal with. ”
She said tactfully, in fact, it is not extremely difficult to deal with, but it is impossible to deal with at all. The last time Luo Shixin won more with less, there were many factors. Surprise, the opponent's lack of experience, the soldier's combat effectiveness is not strong, and so on. And this time, the main force of the Ashina tribe all came back, and because the nest was killed by many family members, they had the spirit of mourning. Eighteen hundred men fought again, and there was no chance of victory.
Luo Shixin said: "So...... It's just a matter of planning, not really a decision! He also understood this and agreed with Binh Duong's statement. As the commander of the three armies, he never joked about the lives of soldiers, "It's just that you don't forget jì, I have strange people like Hou Jie in my hands." ”
Pingyang's eyes lit up, and he whispered: "Lang Jun is planning to find a way to bypass Shuofang and go deep into the Turkic hinterland?" ”
"Not bad!" Luo Shixin bowed his head and said: "Because of Shuofang's obstruction, I can't be unaware, and I enter the Turkic hinterland unconsciously. As early as the beginning, I asked Hou Jie to go deep into the mountains to find a way to the Turkic hinterland. Even if there is no road, we can open one, what we have is time. As long as we can grasp such a secret path, we will be able to advance and attack, retreat and defend, and send troops to attack and harass the Turks anytime and anywhere, so as to achieve the effect of nourishing the war with war. Of course, this is only a very realistic planning conjecture so far. The most critical problem, I haven't thought of how to solve it. You can think of this as empty talk. ”
Pingyang shook his head and said: "Lang Jun has both wisdom and bravery, and his grasp of the fighter is particularly accurate, how can it be empty talk?" Without these thoughts, how can we command the army to fight beautiful battles? I think that any far-sighted tactics will have a lot of obstacles, and the obstacles will be overcome one by one, and together they will fight a beautiful battle. ”
Luo Shixin touched his chin and said, "Your statement is very similar to that of the Medicine Master, but he is afraid that I won't understand." To put it bluntly, he said that tactics are like making steamed buns, combining water, noodles, and curved tillers together, and after processing, they become steamed buns, and nothing is enough. If you lack something, find a way to solve it and buy it back. Therefore, as a general, you can't gamble on luck to force your attack when the steamed buns are not ready. However, if the water, the surface, and the tillers are all stored, you must not be too worried and indecisive and lose the fighter. Hou Jie has been gone for more than two months, and I believe that it won't be long before there will be a reply, and I have to think of a solution to it. ”
Pingyang said: "Lang Jun is worried about the war horse, right?" ”
Luo Shixin didn't speak, but nodded slightly: The border army of the Tang Dynasty, Yanzhou and Shuofang, is connected, and the left and right of the two places are majestic and continuous mountains called Baiyu Mountain, showing a near-east-west trend, blocking the border between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks. Baiyu Mountain is extremely narrow and long from east to west, especially wide from north to south, the mountain is higher, the ridge is gentle and undulating, the south and north slopes are asymmetrical, the south is steep and the north is gentle, the south slope is stronger than the north slope valley cutting, the ground is broken, so that the cliffs are everywhere.
It is also thanks to this Baiyu Mountain that blocks the border between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, otherwise the Tang Dynasty will become a shared garden, and the Turks can come and go freely anytime and anywhere. Here, too, it proves that everything goes both ways. Bai Yu Mountain, as the territory of Tang and Turk, is a natural barrier for the Tang Dynasty to block the Turkic invasion, but it is not easy for the Tang Dynasty to invade the Turks through Bai Yu Mountain.
With Hou Jie's skills, Luo Shixin believes that finding a road to the Turks should not be a problem, but he can be sure of one thing. The path he has found will not be easy to follow.
Human beings can rely on the ability to climb given by God to overcome the poor mountains and bad waters, but they can't climb the mountains no matter what.
Without horses, attacking a tribe on the steppe is still a relatively strong tribe, and it is not easy to send it to death.
If this battle is to be fought, it is absolutely impossible for him to bring another thousand people, and the number must be at least six or seven times before he can really inflict heavy damage on the enemy. This also means that they need at least six or seven thousand war horses to cooperate, and if they want to hide from Liang Shi to transport six or seven thousand war horses to the corresponding place, there is no good way at present.
Pingyang groaned for a long time, suddenly slapped his thigh, and shouted, "There is!" We can't do it, but there is one person who can do it. ”
"Who?" Luo Shixin hurriedly asked, the first time was a great success, and he began to plan a second attack from that moment. Looting is not his ultimate goal, it is his intention to feed the fighting side by fighting. As for the harvest, that's incidental. But surprise attacks are also expensive in a strange word, Datang is not ready to fight the Turks on all fronts, and it is impossible for him to lead the uneven border army to fight the Turks to the death.
, it is impossible for the imperial court to cooperate with him in the army. If you want to win, you still can't do without odd words.
The first time you use odd is unexpected, but if you want to continue to use odd for the second time and third time, the difficulty will increase exponentially.
But if the cavalry problem can be solved, the second use of strange tactics will be complete. Just like Li Jing said, the conditions for making steamed buns with water, noodles, and qu tillers are all available, and there is only a slight command and a little luck.
"Tuli!" Pingyang said confidently: "Why did Lang Jun forget him?" He is now in the prime of life in the Turks, and as the ruler of half of the Turkic steppes, it is still possible to secretly transport thousands of war horses to one place. Lang Jun's goal was Ashina Congli, and in the last battle, Tuli almost suffered the loss of Ashina Congli. Dealing with Jieli's henchmen, I believe he will be happy to help. You can explain to the second brother that you are trading 10,000 horses with Tuli, and let him use these horses to cooperate with you. And you will move with these horses. Withdraw to Gyeongju, and send someone to return these horses to the imperial court. ”
"Great idea!" Luo Shixin slapped his thigh and shouted: "Don't say that it is to return the full amount, if it is victorious, it is not a problem to pay back twice." Madame, you are truly my lucky star. ”
Pingyang was a little embarrassed when he heard what he said, but he was extremely happy in his heart, and chuckled: "This is Fuxing?" In fact, this time, in addition to bringing you a reward, I also brought you an excellent talent that you are lacking and is extremely useful to you. ”
Luo Shi is suspicious of confidence, and now he doesn't dare to say that he has a lot of talents, but most of them are top-notch talents Su Dingfang, Xi Junmai, Ma Zhou, Liu Renliang, and Wang Xuance, all of whom are famous figures in history.
Now he really doesn't worry about talents, but seeing that Pingyang is so confident, he also becomes curious. (To be continued......)
PS: First update!