Chapter 1478: A Battle Without Concerns
In the eyes of all the Tang soldiers, when the army in the mountains and forests was blasted out, the resistance of the entire Vietnam should be minimized, and the rest of these people had no fighting spirit, but when they really fought, they found that the last point was difficult.
Li Xiang really guessed correctly, the rest of these people are all supporting the king of Vietnam, now they are already rebelling against the Tang Dynasty, and they are also chaotic ministers and thieves in the Tang court, even if they surrender in the future, it will not be possible to have a good result, the king of Vietnam sent someone to ask for surrender, and was directly returned by Li Xiang, which means that they will not take the road of surrender.
After the news came out, the Vietnamese also knew that their way was to resist to the end, so in several contacts in a row, the losses of the Tang army were not small, and they found that the combat effectiveness of the Vietnamese army was not bad.
Many generals only then remembered Li Xiang's words before departure, and the rest of these people were able to leave their homeland and follow the king of Vietnam to the south, which means that they are finally the Vietnamese court, plus the Tang Empire does not need such people to surrender, after all, it may become an unstable factor in the future, so these people have no way back, they must win this battle.
Only by winning this battle, they can negotiate terms with the Tang Dynasty, even if they only keep two cities, then they have a chance to survive, if they can't win, all their fate is in the hands of the Tang army, they have been characterized as rebellious ministers and thieves, if they can't win, the Tang army is likely to drive them into the sea, and they all know what happened in the neighboring country next door.
However, Li Xiang is not an indecisive person, and when it was found that the resistance was serious, many generals still thought about whether to restart the peace negotiations, but they were directly blocked by Li Xiang.
We have already given up this strategy before, when we have the most advantage, if the offensive is frustrated and we want to negotiate with them, it means that we are begging them, in this case, I don't know what this group of Vietnamese will say, but one thing is certain, no matter what they say, the Tang army will not be able to give it.
So Li Xiang immediately convened an all-army meeting, expressing his and the court's meaning from top to bottom, that is, the last group of Vietnamese must be eliminated, if they continue to be retained, even if they all surrender, it will cause turmoil in this region again and again in the future, the Tang Dynasty court does not have the kung fu to hide with them, so this time they must be leveled in one fell swoop, which is also an effort for the peace of the entire South Asian region.
After this military meeting, none of the generals below said anything about the negotiation, they also learned what the reason for Li Xiang's strategy, and at the same time, the Vietnamese court also knew about Li Xiang's meeting, and they also abandoned some outdated ideas and prepared to fight with the Tang army to the end.
Long Chuan, Vietnam.
Although the remaining Vietnamese army resisted more powerfully, but the Tang army is not a joke after all, they have been fighting in the south and north for so many years, and the opponents they have encountered are higher than the combat effectiveness of the Vietnamese army.
Li Xiang has already told his generals that it will take half a month to a month at most, and they must occupy the entire Vietnam, no matter how much they counterattack, our army from the north has already come, and more than 80,000 soldiers are on the front line.
"Boss, we have three more brothers injured, the eldest fifth son should not be able to survive, they were all handed over to the military doctor just now, they will be sent to the rear, do you have anything else to say?"
A soldier said with some low morale, Wei Shuyu is his commander at the moment, Wei Shuyu's subordinates already have one hundred and twenty people, this guy's promotion speed is also very fast, of course, it has something to do with his bravery, hearing that three more people under his command were injured, this guy's face is not good-looking.
When I was in the mountains and forests in the north, although it was also dangerous there, there were not many injured people there, but after entering the war in the south, there were more and more people under him, purely because of the surrounding people.
If they were all injured in the course of the battle, it would still be reasonable, but many soldiers were hidden in the homes of the common people, and according to the orders of the Tang army, if there was nothing else, they could not slaughter the people casually, after all, we would have to use this area in the future.
However, these Vietnamese troops did not pay attention to it at all, and after learning that we would not attack the villages of the common people, they began to break them into pieces, and then entered the villages of the common people to ambush us, which brought us a lot of trouble, and these local people are not good people, and the elderly and children among them will also cause us a lot of trouble.
"Immediately report to the general above, and say that we are injured again because of these dog mongrels, and if we continue like this, our damage will reach one-tenth, so I implore the general to give us authorization to encircle and suppress the surrounding villages."
Wei Shuyu said upsetly, the casualties of the Tang army reached one-tenth, which is simply unimaginable, even if it is fighting with the army of the Arab Empire, it is impossible to reach one-tenth, and now it can reach this high proportion, purely because the other party is not particular.
For the survival of your people, we can be regarded as giving you a way to live, and we will not fight in your villages, but you guys have pulled the battlefield into the villages, completely ignoring the lives of your own people.
The soldiers under his command were also angry, looking at the village with fire in the distance, they wanted to let the artillery blow up for a while, just now the three brothers were patrolling around the village on horseback, checking whether they had armed forces in them, but they were injured by the coordinates that flew out of it, one of them was injured in the chest, it is estimated that he will not survive, there is a very serious snake venom on it, and the other two people also need to be amputated......