Chapter 288: We Are Our Own People
Hearing Li Jing's school examination, Xiao Rui did not shirk, and walked directly to the front of the map and began to point out the country.
"Our troops are insufficient, and if we besiege the city, it will not only take time and effort, but also cause too much damage to achieve it."
"Although Jieli wants to defend Dingxiang City, the grassland cavalry is not good at defending the city, Jieli will definitely not defend the city, of course the 200,000 cavalry want to confront us head-on."
"But we only have 50,000 infantry and 50,000 cavalry, including 20,000 new recruits newly trained by General Hou, so our combat strength is inevitably insufficient."
"If you add the 30,000 soldiers and horses supported by General Li Jida in Shanxi, it is only 130,000."
"But the Turks also have Liang to respond, so we must send at least 30,000 horses to see the Liang State. At least, on the bright side, it needs to be made for Jieli to see. ”
"In other words, in the end, it will be 100,000 against 200,000 of Jieli."
After some analysis, everyone couldn't help but complain: "Master Hou, what you said for a long time doesn't mean that you didn't say it, we all know these situations." ”
Xiao Rui held everyone down, "Don't worry, don't worry, I haven't finished talking yet." If the troops are insufficient, we must find a way to divide the battlefield and mobilize 200,000 Turks, and we will eat them separately. Slowly eat away at their strength, and finally fight them again. ”
Everyone laughed, "Master Hou, what you are talking about is all the plan of the handsome, isn't it that you are purely plagiarizing the handsome?" ”
Yes? Is it so embarrassing? Xiao Rui said speechlessly, large-scale operations, strength is on the bright side, there is no room for opportunistic shortcuts, there are only a few winning strategies, and it is normal to crash, I am not a fairy, how can I surprise again and again, so that everyone can fight with the wind?
Li Jing asked: "The difficulty now is how to mobilize and divide the enemy?" Relying on Li Ji's 30,000 merge state troops, you can't deceive too much. ”
Xiao Rui said with a smile: "What if I transfer Youzhou soldiers and horses over?" ”
Li Jing said: "No, Youzhou needs to guard against Goguryeo's sneak attack, and it must not be moved." ”
"Ming Xiu plank road is dark Chen Cang, I have already discussed it with General Chai, if my expectations are good, the Youzhou soldiers are already on the way." Xiao Rui didn't know that Youzhou Bing had met an opponent this time, and it seemed that he couldn't come.
The eastern part of the grassland has landed in the turbulent area.
The Youzhou soldiers who secretly set out from Anle City to enter the grassland, under the leadership of General Lu Rong, traveled all the way in concealment, trying to quietly pass through the turbulent territory and smoothly join the Shanxi soldiers and horses.
Why not go domestic?
Not just because of the speed, but also because of the situation. The two roads of Shanxi and Youzhou are to lure the enemy, and it is necessary to divert Jieli's soldiers and horses as much as possible. So even if it is discovered halfway, it can also be killed by the situation and force Jieli to divide his troops to help.
"It's so dangerous, as long as we pass through the Tuli tribe, we don't have to be too hidden. In front of the clouds, even if you can't meet with the Shanxi soldiers and horses, you can be horns for each other, and you will be caught off guard. Lu Rong, who passed smoothly, wiped his sweat and ordered his subordinates to camp and rest.
"General, why do you have to bypass the Turki tribe?" The lieutenant was puzzled.
Lu Rong explained with a smile: "Turki is a large tribe second only to Jieli in Turkic, with a large population and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. It's not easy to provoke, but more importantly, he doesn't get along with Jieli. ”
"Is it because the champion Hou designed to capture the Tuli tribe?" The lieutenant asked.
The crowd burst out laughing.
"That's one of them, the important thing is the succession to the throne, Tuli is the son of the previous Khan, the Khan was originally his, but he was robbed by his uncle Jieli. It has been suppressed by Jieli all these years. ”
The captain said: "No, General, now that the Tang Dynasty is at war with the Turks, the entire Turkic tribe gathers troops, and the Turki tribes should also raise troops to converge." Now that their clan is empty, are we afraid of him? ”
Hearing this, Lu Rong was even happier, and said in his heart that these boys were not stupid, and scolded with a smile: "What you said is right, not because you are afraid of him." This was the strategy of the Grand Duke. ”
"Tuli and Jieli are not compatible, even if they lead troops to Jieli's side, they will be in disobedience, which will help our main force to fight."
"If we fight the Tuli tribe, Jieli may not be kind enough to save us, so we can only mobilize Tuli to help. Think about it, is it to leave a yang and yin Tuli by Jieli's side? Or is it better to transfer him away? ”
"Since it is to mobilize Jieli to divide the troops and divide the soldiers and horses that eat Jieli, why not mobilize Jieli's henchmen? There are some fools around him, how can he fight with our main force? ”
Everyone suddenly realized and praised the general for his cleverness.
Lu Rong waved his hand and said, "It's not that the general is clever, it's our governor who is clever." This is the strategy and the decisive victory. ”
I don't know if Chai Shao's face hurts when he hears his subordinates touting him like this.
At night, the soldiers camped in the Tang Dynasty did not light the lights, leaving one battalion to keep vigil at night, and the rest rested in the tents.
In the early hours of the morning, when the sky was getting brighter, the soldiers on the night vigil also felt that their eyelids were heavy, and many of them fell asleep unconsciously.
In the dimness, I seemed to see a little light in the distance, like a faint fire dragon...... Wait, we're fighting a war and camping, where are the lights coming from?
Oh no! Enemy attack, enemy attack......
The soldiers on the night vigil blew their horns, and the sleeping army was immediately awakened, and they all turned over and got up, not to put on clothes for the first time, but to subconsciously touch the weapons.
General Lu Rong asked, "Where did the enemy attack come from?" Where is the enemy? ”
The night watchman pointed to the lights in the distance and said, "General, my subordinates see lights in the distance on the north side, like a night marching procession. ”
Lu Rong looked at the past, and it really was.
"It's not good, order the troops to quickly assemble and prepare for battle!"
The Datang Youzhou soldiers were panicked.
The long dragon of lights in the north also heard the horn in the south, and it was not yet light, and they could not see the Tang army camping and sleeping in the dark in the south, but the Tang army could see them with torches.
"What's going on? The sound of a trumpet? Where does the sound of the trumpet come from? The general who led the team, Sayanshou, ordered the team to stop.
Coincidentally, this is the army of Goguryeo who made a detour and traveled day and night. The Khitan refused to let them pass, so they had to wear thicker clothes and bypass the Khitan territory from the cold area in the north, and then stepped into the grassland.
"General, it's from the south. It's too far away to see clearly, but it doesn't sound like a herdsman's horn, like an army's. ”
Sayanshou said in a deep voice: "This is the hinterland of the steppe, could it be that you have encountered the Turkic army?" Order, the whole army is on alert! Turn off the lights. The scouts are out and feel to investigate. ”
The Youzhou soldiers also sorted out their equipment and gathered their teams, and they couldn't manage the camp tent for the time being, but under the leadership of Lu Rong, they made a formation to charge and kill the enemy.
"Soldiers, this is the Turkic hinterland, obviously the other party is a Turkic soldier and horse who went to Dingxiang to support, looking at the number of torches, the number of the other party may not be as large as ours. What are we doing here? ”
"Kill, kill, kill!" The soldiers shouted excitedly.
"Okay, kill them with Ben, and kill them without leaving a piece of armor! Kill! ”
Although there were only 3,000 cavalry, and the remaining 30,000 or so were infantry, these 3,000 cavalry were brought out by him with the momentum of 10,000, charging forward, listening to the sound as if ten thousand horses were galloping, murderous.
On the other side, Sa Yanshou's face changed greatly, "It's not good, I misunderstood, they treat us as enemies." Hurry, hurry, the heralds gathered, shouting that it was their own people......"