It's natural that the battle is not easy to fight - if the new army of 6,000 has not yet been formed wants to carry it with 50,000 Turkic elites, it can't be done anyway, let alone win the war, if it is once it collides head-on, I am afraid that those recruits who have just enlisted in the army will be scared to pee their pants immediately, but the problem is that this battle has to be fought no matter how difficult it is, it is just a question of how to fight, the reason is very simple, the battle of Yizhou is not only related to the security of the ties between Anxi and the Central Plains, but more importantly, this battle is the first battle after Li Zhen took office in Anxi, It is a matter of morale and military morale, no matter what, it cannot be defeated, this point, not only Li Zhen himself knows it, but also the generals know it very well, after He Dacai touched a soft nail, all the generals also vaguely guessed the root cause of Li Zhen's insistence on fighting a battle, considering the difficulty of this battle, all the generals couldn't help but have a fear of difficulties, and immediately lost their voices.

Li Zhen is a fine person, together with the thoughts of the generals are well known, to be honest, the reason why Li Zhen wants to convene such a military meeting actually has three layers of meaning, one is to brainstorm, without him, although Li Zhen has a preliminary plan now, but there is no full certainty, I want to find some additions from the generals' ideas, the second is to unify the understanding of the whole army through this military meeting, after all, nearly half of the generals under Li Zhen are newcomers, not all of them are from the prince's mansion, The third is to test the results of the military reform in the previous stage -- the military academy set up by Li Zhen is actually just a prototype at the moment, and to put it bluntly, it is just the appearance of an officer teaching a brigade, and there is still a huge gap from the regular military academy, but at present, this general is a top-notch figure who stands out from the "military academy", Li Zhen wants to see if this general can still be as calm as the analysis of war examples in the face of actual combat, and it is obvious that the attitude of the generals to remain silent is by no means what Li Zhen wants to see. Seeing that the big guy didn't speak, Li Zhen unceremoniously named him.

"Liu Whirlwind, Erjiu is walking around Yizhou, let's talk about it, how should this battle be fought?" Li Zhen looked around at the generals, focused his gaze on Liu Whirlwind's body, and asked slowly.

Liu Whirlwind was able to stand out from the crowd of generals and ascend to such a high position as the captain of the cavalry battalion, not because of Li Zhen's favor, but because of his outstanding performance in repeated war games and live exercises when the officer taught the brigade. According to the last general's view, the purpose of the enemy's siege of Yizhou is actually to force our main force in Anxi to fight a decisive battle, therefore, as soon as our army arrives, the enemy army may unite the three armies and meet our army with the main force, and our army can not fight hard, only with a small force of rangers to constantly attack and harass the enemy camp, and leave in a shallow battle, and do not confront the enemy head-on, under the enemy's fatigue, there will be slack, and then attack the enemy unprepared, or set up an ambush or attack the camp, when there is a possibility of breaking the enemy in one fell swoop. ”

Uh-huh, yes, I can think of such a deep and full play of the cavalry guerrilla is the ability to assault, this kid is really a natural cavalry commander! Although Li Zhen was very satisfied with Liu Whirlwind's performance, he didn't say anything, and didn't even comment on this tactic, just smiled faintly, turned his head to look at Sha Feiluo, and said calmly: "Sha Feiluo, Yizhou was originally Er's land, and Er's half of the master, let's talk about it, what are your strategies." ”

Since Sha Feiluo took refuge in Li Zhen, he has always been suspicious, worried that he is not Han and will be excluded, but he did not expect that Li Zhen did not mind the fact that he was a Qiuzi man, not only let him enter the officer teaching brigade with the generals, but even promoted him to the high position of captain of the second battalion of cavalryAccording to the last general, Captain Liu's tired tactics can be used, and the Turkic cavalry, especially the guards, are arrogant, and once they are completely provoked, they will pursue the target closely, and it is not difficult for our army to lure them into the bait, and then choose one of them to ambush them, and they should have the certainty of breaking the enemy. ”

What Liu and Sha said can be regarded as pertinent, as soon as this tired enemy lured the enemy came out, the generals immediately discussed in a whisper, and for a while the hall was full of buzzing whispers, but obviously not all the generals agreed with Liu and Sha's guerrilla warfare methods, no, Lin Ting stood up and said: "Your Highness, the last general thinks that what the two generals Liu and Sha said seems reasonable, but in fact, the last general has fought with the Turkic army several times, and its commander Ashina Sero is not a reckless person, and the Turkic army has repeatedly attacked Yizhou, The terrain near Yizhou is also generally familiar with the heart, if you want to ambush the fear of difficulty, if you are not careful but designed, our army is few, I am afraid that it is difficult to support, moreover, the Turkic army entered the Kou, on the surface is to besiege Yizhou, which means that in our Anxi main force, if our army blindly attack, in the enemy's plan, the end will think that the enemy's intention is in our Anxi army, if our army does not move, the enemy may turn westward, to attack our Xizhou, if so, with our army's ability to defend the city, although the enemy army is strong, it is difficult to bear our army, therefore, In the end, the general still thinks that it is appropriate to respond to everything without change. ”

Hehe, this Lin Ting is really a stubborn person, but it's always good to speak out. Li Zhen's previous words have clearly shown the belief that this battle must be fought, but Lin Ting still insists on not fighting, although it does not conform to Li Zhen's thinking, but his analysis is also quite reasonable, and his courage to insist on his own views is even more appreciated by Li Zhen, and he will not say anything to attack, but he just smiled and said: "What Captain Lin said is well known to this king, but Captain Lin has ever considered that if the thief army does not attack Xizhou, first take Yizhou as the basis, and then send troops to Xizhou to completely isolate our army, so what?" ”

"This ......" Lin Ting was speechless, without him, the Turkic army is certainly intended to be the main force of the Anxi army, but if the Anxi army really does not move, then the Turkic army may not make changes, first take Yizhou, and then surround Xizhou, in the case of no reinforcements, how long can Xizhou last? Can it support the reinforcements in the Kannai? No one can say for sure.

The Western Turkic cavalry is famous all over the world, and its sharpness is not under the elite cavalry of the Tang Army, although it may not be as good as the Tang Army in terms of strategy and tactics, but if it is really a face-to-face fight on the battle formation, it may not necessarily lose to the Tang Army. Generally speaking, they are harassing and looting and retreating, and the troops that come are not too many, but this time the Turkic army is attacking on a large scale, even regardless of the cold weather, which shows that its heart is not small, it is bound to be impossible to take a handful and leave as before, it is difficult to defend alone, only mobile combat can have a chance to win, but the word "mobile" is not so easy to do, after Li Zhen pointed out the possible strategic intentions of the Turkic army, the generals fell silent again, and everyone's face showed a solemn look.

"Your Highness, there will be a risky strategy in the end, and you may be able to solve this crisis, but you are not completely sure." In the silence, Lin Chenghe stood up and said.

"Oh? Yaoxian (Lin Chenghe's words) has no strategy, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it. When Li Zhen saw that it was Lin Chenghe who stood up, she was immediately interested, and nodded with a smile.

Lin Chenghe saluted respectfully and said: "Your Highness, the thief army encircles the point to help, our army may as well come to encircle Wei to save Zhao, the champion Hou swept the hinterland of the Huns with eight hundred cavalry, annihilated countless enemies, and became a great cause, why not follow suit of our army, now as nearly half of the main force of the Turkic army south of the mountain has gathered near Yizhou, its hinterland must be empty, our army can take advantage of the weakness to enter, stir him upside down, by that time do not worry about Ashina Sero does not withdraw the army to help, the siege of Yizhou can be solved by the trend, but this strategy has four difficulties, one of them, Our army does not know whether the thief army has the corresponding arrangements to monitor the movement of the main force of our army, if it is prepared, our army will attack blindly, I am afraid that it will be plotted, second, once the enemy army returns to the reinforcement in a large way, our army is outnumbered, and deep in the enemy's hinterland, it is not easy to return to the army, even if we can return to Daxi Prefecture smoothly in the enemy's heavy encirclement, I am afraid that the damage will be heavy, third, although the enemy's hinterland may not be prepared, but the thief army is large, our army will not be able to do anything if there are fewer soldiers, and it will be difficult to maneuver, and fourth, if our army goes out on a large scale, The Turkic army may not come to attack Daxizhou, but it is difficult to ensure that Qiuzi will not take advantage of the situation to make trouble, so although this strategy can relieve the siege of Yizhou, it may trap me in a passive situation. ”

Hehe, good, this kid is okay, it's not in vain that Lao Tzu took great pains to pull him into the house, and he really picked up a piece of jade! As soon as Li Zhen heard Lin Chenghe's words, she immediately laughed out loud and said: "Haha......, okay, what Yaoxian said is exactly what this king wants, the thieves can besiege the city, why can't we wait for a general to make a plan, and then talk about the strategy of breaking the enemy, military advisor, how to fight this battle, please explain it in detail." ”

As soon as Li Zhen's voice fell, Mo Li, who had always been sitting in the corner of the lobby, stood up with a smile, regardless of the cold and frozen ground at this time, he still shook the feather fan in a chic manner, and walked to the sand table in a good time, pointed at the sand table with the handle of the fan, and said slowly: "Everyone, please see, the Western Turks are divided into ten major tribes, most of them are in the north of the Tianshan Mountains, and there are only two major divisions of Wuxuan Lost Bi and Suog Mohe in the south of the Tianshan Mountains, and there are more than ten small tribes such as Wuzhile and Kunling, with a total population of only more than 500,000 and more than 70,000 people with armor. A total of 41,000 people went out with Ashina Sero, most of its main force has attacked, and the remaining armor soldiers are scattered everywhere, except for Soge Mohe, who still has 6,000 strong soldiers, the rest of the divisions are more than 3,000, and the few are hundreds, according to the line, the defense of all tribes is lax, which is conducive to our army's penetrating and interspersed operations, only if our army can disturb the belly of the enemy army, and the thief army will be chaotic, at that time, Ashina Serro and Ebi Batto will inevitably have strategic differences, and our army can break through them, and break them individually, and take advantage of the situation to hit the Turkic forces south of the Tianshan Mountains. In order to obtain strategic room for maneuver, and then slowly develop, the land of Anxi can be pacified. ”

Compared with Lin Chenghe's siege of Wei to save Zhao, Mo Li's strategic idea is even bigger, not only to relieve the siege of Yizhou, but also to use this fighter to fight against the Turkic forces, its appetite is so great that it suddenly made all the soldiers gasp, for a while they couldn't believe their ears, all of them looked at Mo Li who was talking freely, and suspected that he was in a dream, after a long time, Lin Chenghe took the lead in coming back to his senses and said: "Military Division, although this strategy is feasible, how to prevent Qiuzi from taking advantage of the situation to attack?" Moreover, even if there is friction between Ashina Sero and Ebi Batto, each doing its own thing, and the strength of these two divisions is all above our army, how can our army be able to defeat each one? ”

"Yes, the enemy is outnumbered, although it is possible to break the enemy, but our army will be seriously damaged, but it can not be repeated, how can we break the enemy continuously?" Chen Wu also came to his senses and asked with a confused expression.

Chen Wu and Lin Chenghe were the commanders of the infantry and cavalry armies respectively, as soon as the two of them spoke, the generals below echoed their own words, and they couldn't believe that Mo Li had a way to solve the shortcomings of their own troops, and for a while the hall was in chaos as if it was boiling, but Mo Li didn't seem to care at all, and he didn't interrupt the generals' questioning at all, just stood there with a smile, and after the generals calmed down, he said in a good time: "The generals' concerns are reasonable, but this matter has been decided for a long time, His Royal Highness will solve the matter of Qiuzi, but the problem of insufficient troops is easy to handle, so ...... Isn't that it? ”

Although the generals were worried about the matter of Qiuzi, Mo Li said that Li Zhen would solve it, and everyone didn't take it to heart, and then heard what Mo Li said about the solution to the lack of troops, and suddenly gasped, everyone's faces were full of shock, it can be seen that Mo Li didn't look like he was joking, and Li Zhen didn't say anything against it, he understood that this move must have been agreed by Li Zhen, although they were panicked, but no one was more entangled in this matter, but they began to calculate the outcome in their hearts.

"Let's talk about it here today, the generals will go back and prepare for the dispatch of troops, but what is discussed today is a top secret, and it is not allowed to be spread outside, and the whole army will immediately enter the battle readiness, and no one will leave the barracks without permission, so go down." Li Zhen saw that the generals no longer put forward different views, and knew that the generals had approved this strategy in their hearts, so they would not waste any more time, got up, and issued a pre-order to prepare for the expedition.

"Your Highness, although this strategy is good, it hurts the heavens and peace, and your Highness's reputation may be in serious trouble, and I don't know if this matter is good or bad for Your Highness." After the generals retreated, Mo Li put away his smiling face, shook his head with a wry smile, and looked at Li Zhendao with a little worry.

Although the plan was said through Mo Li's mouth, it was actually mentioned by Li Zhen, and Li Zhen knew the obstacles in his heart, and also understood that what Mo Li was referring to was not actually the current situation, but related to the Beijing Dynasty, or even Li Shimin's views on it, Li Zhen had naturally thought about it, but unfortunately he didn't have much choice, seeing Mo Li's worries, he could only shrug his shoulders and said: "A certain once said: The life and death of the country is profitable, how can it be avoided because of good and evil, only to calm the border troubles, and discuss things, I can only do my best, well, just let Mr. Na do more work in Beijing, that's it, this matter has been decided, Mr. Mo doesn't have to worry anymore, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain. ”

At this point, Mo Li really couldn't think of a better solution, so he smiled with relief: "Okay, I'm too worried, the saint is a wise lord, and he should be able to see His Highness's heart, hehe, Your Highness's good things will be harmonious, and you still have to be careful that the grape trellis in the backyard falls." ”

The so-called joke of the grape trellis was originally said by Li Zhen during his daily chatter - He Dacai, the commander of the Buyi battalion, had tracheitis, and he didn't dare to marry a concubine in his thirties, and his wife's jealousy was known to everyone in Xizhou, so Li Zhen used this joke to make fun of He Dacai, but he didn't expect that Mo Li would use it on his own head at this time, and he was immediately choked, and he glanced at Mo Li angrily, and sneered: "There is still a grape trellis in this king's house, not to mention grapes in the military advisor's house, there is no shelf." ”

"Hahaha......" Seeing Li Zhen sarcastically saying that he was still celibate, Mo Li laughed out loud without mind, shook his feather fan and said: "The grapes that can't be eaten are always sour, why don't Your Highness hurry up and eat your sweet grapes?" As soon as the words fell, he didn't give Li Zhen a chance to refute, shook his fan, laughed and walked out of the lobby, leaving Li Zhen with a bitter face and a stunned face.

Grandma's, eat grapes without spitting out grape skins, don't eat grapes but spit out grape skins, damn it, I'm afraid this grape is not so delicious! Li Zhen thought of the pregnant "grape trellis" at home, and suddenly felt a little weak in her heart, but the problem is that this grape is not good if you don't eat it, it is a matter of Anxi's survival, Li Zhen has to swallow it in her stomach even if she doesn't want to eat it, of course, this grape is not sour, on the contrary, it is very sweet, sweet and refreshing, but this grape is not domestic, and if you eat it, you are afraid that the grape trellis in the backyard will collapse, and the trouble is that the "grape trellis" is still pregnant, which is a big problem, even if you don't think about the grape trellis, You have to be careful about "grape seeds", don't you?

Damn, it's always coming, just wait and see! Li Zhen sat for a long time, gritted her teeth, suddenly got up, and walked to the backyard with a resolute face, but her footsteps, which were always vigorous in the past, seemed a little muddy at this time......

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