Chapter 469: Desperate Scheme
Li Mixin put down the pen in his hand, thought for a moment, hesitated for a moment, and replied: "Your Highness, the minister has also been pondering this war, and the situation has progressed to this point, which can be said to be completely beyond our previous plan. The minister's thoughts were slightly different from those of Li Zhuguo, the feudal sheren, and the master of Liu. The minister thought that although our army was victorious, it won very skillfully, and it was a strange victory. And the defeat of the Turks was too simple, and the defeat was due to the defenselessness of the enemy, but it does not mean that the strength of the Turkic army is unbearable, and our army has been brave and invincible. If you really want to face each other head-on, there will undoubtedly be great casualties, and the Turks will fight the trapped beasts, and they will definitely seek to break the net, which is really not cost-effective. But the ministers also did not approve of the simple siege plan, let's not forget that in the land of Daibei, the Turkic tribes combined there were 150,000 people, and this strength was very strong. Before, it was only because of the division of troops and the arrogance of the enemy that we were caught off guard, so that the loss of troops was defeated. But if they come back together, it's very strong. We are now besieging 30,000 Turkic soldiers in Yanzhou, but if we can't do a quick victory, once the rest of the Turkic tribes go north to rescue us, we will once again retreat to the embarrassing situation we had before. ”
As soon as his words came out, there was an uproar in the hall, and everyone looked at each other. Especially Li Min and the others who spoke just now, they were all refuted by Li Mi, and their faces were inevitably a little unbearable, especially Li Min, the son of the family gatekeeper, the princess's son-in-law, who was already a pillar country and the governor of a state at a young age, and Li Mi was just a small official next to Yi Feng, and the difference between the identities of the two was huge. Then, Yi Feng asked Li Mi with interest, "Well, then you can talk about it." Is there a quick fix? ”
In my opinion, there are two things that must be kept in mind at this time. The first is to fight a quick battle, and the second is to avoid a head-on decisive battle. so as not to damage the strength. Li Mi replied.
"How can you have both?" Feng Lun ridiculed.
Li Mi is very confident, "You may not have both, but it is not impossible to achieve a quick victory and avoid losing strength." ”
"That's listening."
"I'm also interested, let's talk about it." Yi Feng smiled and encouraged Li Mi.
Li Mi organized his thoughts for a while, and then said: "The minister has an idea that is not very mature, so first of all, make a big fanfare. Make a head-on decisive battle, encircle and attack, and then send out a detailed work to spread the current battlefield situation to the Kuhezhen camp, and create some rumors to spread, such as the Hedong Army has gone north, the battle in Yunnei, Dulan was defeated, and the whole army retreated outside the Great Wall. General Li Jing led his troops to defeat Daman again. Daman died, and for example, General Li Yuan and others led the Hebei army out of Taihang Flying Fox, the Battle of Ulzhou, and the Ulzhou Turkic soldiers were defeated and fled. In a word. It is necessary to plunge the Kuhezhen camp into a panic. ”
"And then?" Yi Feng is getting more and more interested.
"Then, send an envoy to the Turkic camp to persuade him to surrender." Li Mi glanced at his boss Liu Wenjing. continued, "Just as Master Liu said. Let's persuade you to surrender now, the situation is different that day. The Turks are not necessarily reluctant to talk. Of course, the minister thought that persuasion to surrender would also be a priority, and it was clear that we would persuade all the Turks to surrender, but I thought that it was better to secretly contact the Turkic leaders below Kuhezhen, and it was better to be someone who was born in a royal family or a big clan leader with a noble status, and promised them great benefits and all kinds of benefits. Then, you can join forces with the inside and outside, launch a surprise attack, and take down the enemy in one fell swoop. ”
"Very good plan." Yi Feng clapped his palms approvingly. Li Mi's plan seems to be similar to Liu Wenjing's, but it is very different, especially this one to surrender all the Kuhe Zhenbu to one of them, which is undoubtedly much more difficult. At the same time, if some of these important people can be recruited, then there will be a basis for the later plan of the internal and external cooperation, so to speak, Li Mi's real plan is still the surprise attack of the internal and external cooperation, and the ultimate goal is to say that he will fight quickly while trying to avoid his own damage.
Even after Feng Deyi heard this, he had to admit in his heart that Li Mi's plan was indeed much better than his own siege plan. Seeing Taisun praising Li Mi made him feel a little uncomfortable. He squinted, pondered, and after a moment, his eyes beamed with joy.
"Your Highness, what the Dharma Master said is very good, but the minister also has an additional word."
Yi Feng saw this competition between his subordinates very clearly, but he had no intention of stopping it. As long as the competition is within the scope of control, then the competition is advantageous, as the main thing, what he has to do is to control and guide these competitions, and not let them become uncontrollable vicious competition, instead of blindly suppressing competition. "Oh, what does Deyi have to add?"
"I think that just relying on rumors may not be able to achieve the desired effect, and may not put the Turkic generals under great pressure. I have a plan that will be ten times more effective than rumors, and it will definitely greatly shake the morale of the Turkic soldiers. Since it is possible to send people to spread rumors among the Turkic army, it is better to directly send people to poison the upper reaches of the water intake in the Turkic army. ”
As soon as this strategy came out, it was really a bit surprising.
Poisonous, ruthless!
But in retrospect, it was a good plan. In wars in the past, poisoning water is a very common example, which belongs to a kind of strange tactics and unconventional tactics that invest less and gain more. During the war between the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu, the Huns had deliberately thrown dead cattle and horses into the river to make the plague, and the famous general Huo Qubing was said to have died after contracting the plague in the war. In addition, there are many examples of direct poisoning, and even in some siege battles, the besieging army directly threw those rotting corpses into the city with stone throwers, also to create plague.
Now that Kuhezhen is besieged and set up camps, they are indispensable every day, and the water source generally comes directly from the river, and it is indeed convenient and simple to poison it directly upstream. Under normal circumstances, it is more difficult to poison the river, because the opponent may be constantly marching and moving, and secondly, the poisoning may poison the nearby residents, especially for the defenders fighting in the Tsukimoto battle.
"The Turks may have checked the source of water."
"We release poison at night, even if we can't poison people, we can poison horses. I don't believe that the Turks had to carefully inspect every bucket of water, even the water they drank from their horses. Even if only the horse is poisoned in the end, the Turks without horses are still so terrible. Besides, even if they did find it, it would still make the Turkic army uneasy. What will they do then, digging wells in the camp? 20,000 cavalry, tens of thousands of horses, every day from the well to drink? Can't we poison the well? The Turks are just afraid that they can't defend against it, so they will collapse directly. At that time, it would be much easier to recruit them. Feng Deyi was extremely proud.
Poison, really poisonous. Yi Feng made a comment to Feng Deyi in his heart, I am afraid that ordinary people can't think of this aspect, and I am afraid that there are even fewer people who think so thoroughly like Feng Deyi. However, poison is poison, but it is indeed quite feasible. War is sometimes so cruel and ruthless, and mercy to the enemy is cruel to oneself. In such an era, there is no preferential treatment for prisoners, and the way to kill the enemy is a good way, but there is no such thing as violating humanitarianism, even if Yi Feng is a person from later generations, but what he has to abide by is the rules of war in this era. Either the enemy dies or his own people die, how to choose, he still sees it very thoroughly.
In the hall, not even Li Gang, Xue Daoheng, Wang Tong, Bao Kai, Liu Xuan and other great Confucians stood up against Feng Lun's plan.
Yi Feng laughed up to the sky for a while, and after laughing, he said to Feng Lun, "War is always ruthless, and whether it is a black cat or a white cat, it is always a good cat that can catch mice." Whether it is to kill the enemy with an arrow, or to kill an enemy with a knife, or to kill a person with poison, or to kill an enemy with fire and water, war is always about killing the enemy to save himself, and war is always like that. There is no right or wrong in Deyi's plan, and I agree with this plan. Let's seriously discuss how to build the entire detailed and complete plan now, and be sure to make a quick decision and take Kuhezhen as soon as possible. "For Yi Feng, Yanzhou is his territory under the Youzhou Mansion, and it is necessary to eliminate the enemies who invade his territory. And Shuozhou and Ulzhou are Yang Guang's territory, and they are also He Ruobi's war zone, and he can send Li Jing over to recover Tiancheng, which is already quite good. After taking the soldiers and horses of Daman and Kuhe Zhenfei Prefecture, Yi Feng can sit back and watch the situation with peace of mind, and only need to go back to deal with the mud tribe that invaded Huaihuang, as for the rest, he can completely ignore it, anyway, those people are in the war zone of Gao Gong and He Ruobi, in Yang Guang's territory, and at the same time, they can no longer threaten their Youzhou Mansion.
Everyone in the hall was surprised to hear Yi Feng say so bluntly, but they also appreciated it. A person who is not cowardly, wants to be profitable and wants fame, is not a good lord. As a subordinate, the most afraid of having to do things, but also have to carry the black pot, the lord only gets benefits, but refuses to bear any responsibility, such a master, who is willing to work hard for them in the future? It's still a master like Taisun, who has clear rewards and punishments, is willing to take responsibility, and protects his shortcomings.
Yi Feng paused for a moment, and then said, "Just now, the chief bookkeeper Zhaoren also said that the Turks in Daibei are still very strong, and there is also a Tiele people who are heading south. According to the information I have received, Tuli has now lost almost all of his troops, and now the 100,000 troops of the Tiele tribes are chasing and killing Tuli. Tuli has entered the eastern part of the tribe, and I have sent orders to all the tribes of Sanfan, so that they can gather the soldiers and horses of Sanfan to defend Tiele. We have to do our best to solve the 30,000 people in the heart of the Yuzhou to surround the Turkic army, and then go north to Huaifa, drive Nili away, and then go to support Sanfan. The task is very urgent, if there is a problem in any link, let the Turks all gather, then the most unlucky is our Youzhou Prefecture and County, such a thing must not happen. ”
The latest information made everyone in the hall feel a little heavier, the wolf had just left, and the tiger and leopard had come again. The relaxed atmosphere just now suddenly disappeared, and everyone realized that it was not yet time to be happy. (To be continued......) R1292