Li Siye summoned all his generals in Tianshui City and held the first combat meeting since the eastward advance, and the place of discussion was the government of Qinzhou Assassin Shi, which was temporarily requisitioned by him as the location of the Chinese army. Duan Xiushi, Feng Changqing, Tian Zhen, Zang Xiye, Ma Phosphorus, Bai Xiaode, Ashina Silu and others entered the hall in turn.

Li Siye sat on the chair, pressed his hands on the armrests and said: "I called you here today to unify your strategic thinking, and when I make any operational arrangements in the future, it will not be so difficult for you to understand." ”

Tian Zhen was confused when she heard this, and said, "Doctor, what is strategic thinking?" ”

Li Siye frowned and glanced at Tian Zhen, and said to Duan Xiushi: "General Duan, can you understand what strategic thinking is, explain it to him." ”

Duan Xiushi stood up and glanced around at everyone: "Strategy can also refer to strategy, military strategy, and general strategy, which is the overall idea of looking at the war situation in the world, and thoughts are ideas." Zhuge Liang proposed that the three-point world is the strategy when he was in Longzhong. Doctor, I don't know if I'm right. ”

Li Siye nodded, raised his hand to settle him down, and said to everyone: "Although you just obey the orders of the generals and are used to pointing where to fight, of course, being able to point to a bunch and eat a bunch is already an excellent general." But I have higher requirements for you, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and it is inconvenient to communicate with military orders, in case you and I can't get in touch, you must make a correct judgment according to my thinking. In the future, when the advance and retreat are blocked, think more about what Dr. Li will do if he encounters this situation, if we have this tacit understanding, we will naturally be invincible in the face of war. ”

The generals nodded approvingly.

"Now that the meeting is officially convening, what I am talking about is very simple, in fact, it is an unshakable principle, and the most basic goal of fighting a war is to preserve oneself and destroy a strong enemy. Remember, this preservation of oneself in front of the destruction of a strong enemy is to tell you that the preservation of strength is the most important thing, and if you really can't destroy the enemy, be sure to do the first. If you feel that you can't beat your opponent, you should retreat, find a place to hold on, or find someone who can beat your opponent. I can warn you, killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred is not a victory in my eyes, so don't think of taking credit for it. ”

The generals looked at each other, and the corners of their mouths or smiles floated without speaking.

Li Siye said to Cen Shen, who was sitting on the right side: "Cen joined the army, and when evaluating the military merits of each army in the future, he should use the number of enemies killed to subtract his own losses. The rest, such as the upper battle and the lower victory, the next battle and the other are all business as usual. ”

"Let's now talk about my strategic priorities. In the past, we fought against the Tubo people in Shayechuan, in the Green Mountains, or in Hexi, and most of them regarded attacking cities and plundering land as the ultimate goal. From now on, the ultimate goal will change, that is, to destroy the enemy's living forces, join forces, and destroy them all. The people An Lushan relied on were just the hundreds of thousands of soldiers he had cultivated in Fanyang for more than ten years, as well as the Hu cavalry recruited from the hands of the original Turks, these were the capital of his rebellion, and the so-called Fanyang lair was just a habitat. ”

"With this understanding, think about it again, is it important to recover Chang'an?"

Some of the generals nodded, some shook their heads.

"It's very important, but it's not as important as destroying a strong enemy, as long as we wipe out the elite forces of An Lushan in one battle after another, does Chang'an still need us to rack our brains to recover? It will naturally return to the imperial court. So for us too, don't care about the gains and losses of one city and one place! All we need is a pile of 150,000 heads for our victory. ”

The generals got up from the bed one after another, knelt down on one knee and crossed their hands, and said: "The doctor's decision is wise, and we deeply admire it." ”

Li Siye stood up with a horizontal sword in his hand, and said to the generals: "Since the general plan has been decided, now I announce that Duan Xiushi's Han Navy will be the vanguard, Tian Zhen will lead the Jumping Battalion and the Modao Battalion behind, and Zang Xiye and the Chinese army will march to Fufeng County in Qizhou together, and conquer the Dasan Pass the next day to occupy Chencang. ”

"No," Tian Zhen asked in surprise, "Don't you care about the gains and losses of the city?" Why do you still want to occupy Sanguan and Chencang? ”

Everyone let out a laugh, and Li Siye also stroked his palms and smiled: "We don't care, but traitors do, we don't make a move, how to lead them to action." ”

In fact, the geographical location of Dasanguan is extremely important, it is the throat of Hanzhong to Guanzhong, and Chencang is the springboard for Dasanguan to enter Guanzhong. Li Siye's preemptive control of the Dasanguan is equivalent to completely isolating the Guanzhong and Hanzhong regions, and the fifteen prefectures in the Hanzhong region can sit back and relax, and Li Siye can also use the Dasanguan Pass to continuously receive grain and grass supplies from Hanzhong, and in the future, Li Heng will also receive taxes from Hanzhong and Jianghuai in the Lingwu court in the future. ”

Zang Xiye, the commander of the Flying Tiger Cavalry, stood up and asked: "Kesanguan is taking advantage of the geographical advantage, the mountain is high and steep, how to overcome it?" ”

Li Siye pointed at him and replied: "You lead the iron cavalry to enter Qiyang County from the Jinghe channel along the Xiaoguan, and I lead the Chinese army to enter from the Weihe channel, first attack and capture the county seat, and then occupy Chencang to cut off the channel between the Dasan Pass and the Guanzhong, and let the enemy army go to Xianyang to ventilate and report the news. ”

Li Siye gave orders in turn, and everyone crossed their hands.

Four days later, Zang Xiye led the Flying Tiger Rider to set off from the upper reaches of the Jing River, from the river in the Liupan Mountain Valley, through the abandoned Xiaoguan to the intersection of Weishui and Jing River, detoured to Famen Temple in Qiyang County, conquered Fufeng County with bloodless speed, and occupied Chencang County.

The rebels only deployed 6,000 men and horses in the county town and Chencang, encountered the Tang cavalry killed from the north, and encountered the hoplites led by Tian Zhen from the west.

Li Siye hoarded most of his troops in Chencang, and only sent 20,000 people to challenge in front of the Dasanguan, and blocked the access road to the Dasanguan.

Guarding on both sides of the exit of Dasanguan and on the monk's original was the infantry led by Tian Zhen, Yan Xiaosi's artillery battalion marched slowly, and slowly came under the escort of the rear army.

In the evening, Tian Zhen began to organize soldiers to camp, and the army's attention began to relax, and they no longer focused on the road out of the customs. As soon as the sun set, the valley was the first to darken, and suddenly two fast horses rushed out of the river in the valley. The soldiers were sitting on the riverbank in twos and threes, and hurriedly ran to pick up swords and guns to intercept them, but the horses were too fast. Two soldiers drew their crossbows and shot, but the messenger was missed.

Tian Zhen sat on the horizontal log outside the tent, chewing grass blades in her mouth and scolded: "Just pretend, don't really shoot people to death!" From now on! Along the mouth of the river bank valley began to set up hollow arrays for training, and the enemy's reinforcements arrived in less than a few days. ”

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The rebel Xijing stayed behind Zhang Tongru'an sitting on the main hall of Jingzhao Mansion, and below sat the generals Li Guiren, An Shouzhong and Tian Ganzhen, and the three of them were silent at the moment, waiting for the left-behind guards to speak.

"I have long known that the Hexi Army will go south to Guanzhong, and I have warned you in advance! But you only care about robbery and *** women, where did you think of attacking from all sides and guarding the key points in Guanzhong? Zhang Tongru complained angrily.

"Who says no?" Li Guiren patted his knee and said, "Who sent people to garrison the Great Scattered Pass?" Who sent people to garrison Fufeng County? ”

Zhang Tongru frowned and said: "Now Sanguan is still there, but Fufeng County has been lost, if we ignore it, Sanguan will also fall into the hands of Li Siye sooner or later." This is not only a necessary place to attack Hanzhong and Sichuan Shu, if it is occupied by the Tang army, they can get financial and tax support from the nine counties of Jingxiang and Hanzhong. “

"Of course, we want to take back Fufeng County! I also want to teach the Hexi Army a lesson, so that Li Siye will get involved in Guanzhong! Li Guiren said loudly: "I only need 8,000 Luoluo River and 23,000 iron horses!" ”

"Never." Zhang Tongru raised his hand to stop him and said: "I forgot what Emperor Shengwu said, the soldiers are gathering and not scattering, since they want to attack, they must bet all on fighting with an overwhelming advantage." Leaving 15,000 in Chang'an, 5,000 in Xianyang County to respond, and the remaining 60,000 people all set out to storm Fufeng County. Chen Cang and Dasanguan cannot afford to lose! ”