Chapter 240: The Eve of the Decisive Battle
Late at night.
In the camp of the Don Army. After Li Yuan's father and son pacified the soldiers, they returned tiredly.
"Father, ...... Taiyuan?" Li Jiancheng wanted to speak and stopped.
Ever since he heard Sui Jun shouting, he had always had a bad feeling.
"I'm afraid Taiyuan is also in danger!" Li Yuan sighed.
"Impossible! Taiyuan was friendly with the Turks at the moment, and the Turks even sent Zhu Guokang Sheli to help, how could Liu Wuzhou rely on the Turks to attack Taiyuan at the risk of offending the Turks. Li Shimin shook his head, not believing that Liu Wuzhou dared to attack Taiyuan.
Li Yuan smiled bitterly and said: "Liu Wuzhou has always been ambitious and talented, and he has always had the heart to go south, before he had a father, his ambition has not succeeded, and now our troops are besieged in Guanzhong, Taiyuan is empty, I am afraid that Liu Wuzhou has already coveted it." ”
"Then isn't he afraid of offending the Turks, without the support of the Turks, he Liu Wuzhou is nothing." Li Jiancheng said.
"If there is only Liu Wuzhou, of course my father believes that he will not dare to attack Taiyuan, if you add Daxing City, it will not be necessarily, there is a force in the Turks that is biased towards Yang Guang's evil thieves." Li Yuan said with a frown.
"Princess Yicheng?" Li Shimin exclaimed.
"Princess Yicheng!" Li Jiancheng was also surprised.
"That's good," Li Yuan glanced at Li Shimin appreciatively, "Liu Wuzhou has coveted Taiyuan for a long time, and Princess Yicheng is loyal to the Sui Dynasty. ”
Obviously, since the Sui army knew about Liu Wuzhou's attack on Taiyuan earlier than Li Yuan. I'm afraid it's really Daxing City that is making trouble in it,
"Daxing City is such a vicious strategy!" Li Shimin said angrily. They are in the middle of a siege, and if there is a fire in their backyard, the morale of the army will be weakened.
"Isn't that third brother ......" Li Jiancheng was suddenly taken aback, he and Li Yuanji have always been good, and their relationship is very deep, and when they heard the Taiyuan crisis, they couldn't help but worry.
"It doesn't matter, the city wall of Taiyuan is high and thick, and Taiyuan should be worry-free in a short time." Li Yuan comforted. In fact, he has no bottom in his heart.
"Father. So what do we do now? Li Jiancheng asked.
At this moment, there are two ways in front of the Tang army, one is to quickly withdraw the troops and defend the old nest Taiyuan.
One is to fight quickly and defeat the Sui army in Jawyang. Capture Yang Yoo. Unified Guanzhong. Then he turned back and defeated Liu Wuzhou.
Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng looked at Li Yuan in unison, waiting for Li Yuan's choice.
Li Yuan pondered for a long time and looked at the direction of Taiyuan City. I looked in the direction of Daxing City again.
After a long time, Li Yuan's face turned ruthless.
"Tomorrow, the whole army will attack and fight to the death with the Sui army."
The Daxing City of the rich world is in front of him, as long as he gets the Daxing City, he will lose ten Taiyuan, Li Yuan is not distressed, the huge temptation makes Li Yuan dizzy and wants to give it a go.
And Hancheng is far away from Taiyuan City, even if it is to return to Taiyuan, it is estimated that what should have happened has already happened, and now it can only be said that hope is pinned on Li Yuanji, hoping that he can support it for a long time.
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Inside the city of Jawyang.
After three days of reconnaissance, the staff officers revised their operational plans.
Yang Yu listened to Fang Xuanling's report to the three Yin Shi Shi and couldn't help but show a satisfied smile, now the Yin Shi Shi Shi Ji
This kind of taking into account all aspects of the situation and making all kinds of countermeasures, the generals have this correct information, greatly reducing the probability of issuing wrong orders, of course, the war situation is changing rapidly, and when the real war comes, it is still necessary to rely on the command of the general, and the staff is more than a staff officer.
Yang Yu also listened to it word for word, this was the best time for him to learn military knowledge.
"According to secret reports, now that Liu Wuzhou is close to Taiyuan, General Qu Tutong has flanked the cavalry of the Tang Army, the Turkic cavalry has been annihilated, and Kang Sheli has died in battle, and I believe that Li Yuan will receive this information soon." Fang Xuanling said.
"Hmm!" Everyone nodded.
"Now there are two roads in front of the Tang army, one is to fight, the other is to retreat, and I think that Li Yuan will not retreat easily if he tries his best to break into the pass, and will definitely choose to attack."
The three of them couldn't help but look at Yang Yu who was sitting on the main seat, with this living bodhisattva here, Li Yuan would definitely not retreat easily.
Fang Xuanling saw that everyone had no objections, and then said: "Since Li Yuan may choose to attack, there are two ways in front of us, one is to send troops to meet the battle, and the other is to resist the city and defend it. ”
"At present, our army's equipment is superior, and our army's ability to fight in winter has been greatly enhanced, and our troops must be superior to the Tang army, and the victory will be counted as seventy percent." Fang Xuanling said.
"Seventy percent!"
Yao Junsu snorted, Yin Shishi's brows furrowed, and Li Jing's face was expressionless.
"What about the rejection of the city?" Yang Yu asked.
"The Tang army has just crossed the river, the siege weapons must be incomplete, once the siege must be a protracted battle, the rear of the Tang army is unstable, as long as we insist on holding the jaw Yang for half a moon, our army will win."
Fang Xuanling affirmed that half a month later, Liu Wuzhou would be able to capture the entire Taiyuan County.
When the Yin World Master heard this, he couldn't help but smile slightly.
"But ......" Fang Xuanling's words changed: "Jaw Yang City is an ordinary county seat, and the city walls are not high, so it is not a place to be guarded for a long time. And if you defend it for a long time, you will lose, but our army has the advantage in strength, and the chance of winning by rejecting the city and defending it is more than eighty percent. ”
After Fang Xuanling finished speaking, he retreated to the side, the staff officers were only staff officers, and they did not have the right to decide.
There is a 70% chance of winning the battle, and there is an 80% chance of winning the defense.
"What are the opinions of the generals, and whether we will take the initiative to attack or defend the city in this battle." Yang Yu looked at Yin Shishi, Li Jing, and Yao Junsu.
"The General Staff thinks that the chances of defending the city are better." Yao Junsu said that it has a clear tendency to defensively.
Yang Yu sighed: "The chances of winning by refusing to defend the city are better, but why do we have to defend it?" ”
"Is it because our soldiers are poorly armed, or because the soldiers are demoralized and discouraged?" Yang Yu's voice was raised, and he asked a series of rhetorical questions.
"Now we have the advantage in numbers, the weapons are superior, and behind us is the entire Guanzhong, and the soldiers are fighting to the death in order to defend their homeland."
"If there is chaos today, thieves are everywhere, and wolves are everywhere. In the whole world, only Daxing City is stable. Only Daxing City has the ability and strength to pacify the world, can we calm the world by rejecting the city and defending it? ”
Yang Yu stood up and was impassioned.
Yin Shishi, Yao Junsu, and Li Jing all lowered their heads in shame, because they all had plans to defend.
"In this battle, my Daxing City will not retreat, in this battle, my Daxing City will face the enemy head-on, defeat Li Yuan in a dignified manner, raise my Daxing military might, and be invincible in my Daxing." Yang Yu drank heavily.
"Order the three armies to go out to Li Yuan tomorrow."
"Yes!"
Yin Shishi, Yao Junsu, and Li Jingqi shouted.
"Tell the soldiers that this battle is the battle for them to defend their homeland, the first battle for them to pacify the world, the first battle for them to make meritorious contributions and pay homage to the generals, and this king will personally sit in the Chinese army and live and die with them."
Yang Yu stood tall, confident and domineering. (To be continued......)