The two strongest remaining military gods in Datang are the British Duke Li Tao and the other is Su Dingfang.

Li Tao's fighting style has both a wise side and a brave side.

But when it comes to the skillfulness of using troops, less is more, and the weak is better than the strong.

The attack must be conquered, the battle must be taken, its speed is like the wind, and the invasion is like fire.

Looking at the entire Tang Dynasty, no one can get out of Su Dingfang.

And Su Dawei, who studied under Su Dingfang, has a somewhat shadowy combat style of Su Dingfang.

In the battle against the Western Turks, Su Dawei accumulated small victories into big victories, and attacked the strong with weakness.

Take mental arithmetic and strategy to the extreme.

The young and middle-aged generals of the Tang Dynasty also boasted about this battle very well.

Because as Li Wei said before, when he was in the military department, many people tried to deduce and reproduce the results of Su Dawei's battle.

But no matter how you push it, there is only one result -

If you only take a few hundred Tang troops to climb over Jinshan, the result will inevitably be a dead end.

It is impossible to completely destroy the Mu Kunbu.

You can't survive under the wolf ride.

How did Su Dawei do it?

Theoretically, it is feasible to climb over the mountains of gold, constantly annihilate small tribes, and strengthen themselves, as he did.

But theories are just theories.

In all the links, as long as one thing goes wrong, it is the end of the total annihilation.

For example, how to sneak attack the grassland tribes, how to hide themselves and achieve unexpected effects.

How to ensure that no one escapes alive.

In case one person escapes, and the news of the Tang Army's infiltration into the grassland is known to the Hu people, how can the Hu people not fight back?

How could they sit idly by and watch the Tang army led by Su Dawei cannibalize the tribes one after another?

Moreover, Su Dawei annexed those tribes in a very short time, almost on the first day, and on the second day, he took the troops of those tribes to fight a larger tribe.

How can you guarantee that these people don't recur?

There will be no small actions behind the scenes, or backlash.

Even if they don't do tricks, how can they ensure the combat effectiveness of these stragglers?

They are all Hu people, why can the tribes that were annexed by your Su Dawei be able to defeat other Hu tribes with a single transformation.

These things are difficult problems that cannot be solved no matter how many times they are deduced on the chessboard.

Over the years, Su Dawei's use of troops in the war against the Western Turks has often been repeatedly studied by the Ministry of War and Hongwen Hall when teaching.

That's why Li Wei asked this question.

Su Dawei looked at Xiao Siye who was smiling at the distance with some helplessness.

He didn't confide anything today, it seems that he didn't want to get out of the military department office easily.

He cleared his throat and sorted out the thoughts in his head at the same time.

Su Da Fried casually picked up a wooden pole next to the sand table, searched for a moment on the map, and finally the wooden pole was dotted on the miniature mountains.

Here, it's a mountain of gold.

The Altai Mountains of later generations.

At that time, Lou Shide and Wang Xiaojie led by Su Dawei crossed this mountain.

Only one of the troops of the Ochichong Prefecture was brought with him.

"The art of war is cloudy, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, and not being defeated in a hundred battles, when I was ordered to cross the gold mountain, in fact, the intelligence gathering work on the enemy began a long time ago."

Su Dawei's wooden pole pointed down the ancient road of the Jinshan Mountain Range.

"Among my soldiers and horses, I specially brought a group of scout battalions, and many of these people were naturalized Turks.

With them as herdsmen and wandering in the grasslands, information will continue to gather in my hands.

In addition, Turkic scouts were familiar with the local environment and knew where there was water and where there would be tribes.

This is the first step. ”

Li Wei and Li Jinxing, as well as a group of young generals, couldn't help nodding on the side.

Intelligence gathering, which is of course a top priority.

There is no one who leads troops who does not attach importance to intelligence work.

But the actor will change, and the ingenuity will be different.

The information you can grasp can also be mastered by the enemy, how to win by surprise, how to distinguish the true from the false, and find out the really useful things from the chaotic information, depends on the personal quality of the manager.

Su Dawei looked left and right, but decided to confide in more.

"In addition to the Turkic scouts to inquire about the news, in fact, before I sent out the troops, I had already bought the map from the Hu merchants in Chang'an, and I also asked carefully.

Many inconspicuous things actually provided support for the later plan.

For example, which tribe is large, where the water and grass are abundant, and which tribe is more young and strong.

These businessmen are all clear. ”

As soon as Su Dawei said this, Li Bi, Li Jinxing and others suddenly realized.

It's like a layer of window paper.

You say that intelligence is important, and everyone understands it.

You said that you sent scouts to collect intelligence, and everyone understands it.

But like Su Dawei, as early as before sending troops, he had already done intelligence collection work in advance through Hu Shang in Chang'an, which many people had never thought of.

"That's right, those Hu merchants, their footprints are all over the world, ask them, don't you know in advance......"

"It's not that simple, all information, even if it is the news found by the scouts, must be carefully analyzed and screened, and beware of false news deliberately leaked by the enemy."

Su Dawei admonished.

I'm really afraid that there is anyone present who is more sloppy, and in the future, on the battlefield, he will draw cats according to the tiger, in case he is overshadowed, he will not carry this pot.

"In all battles, intelligence collection comes first, in addition to using Hu Shang and scouts, you can also let people pretend to be caravans, familiarize themselves with the environment in advance, find the right battlefield, and choose the right time.

In addition, the time of day is also very important, and there must be people in the army who are good at observing the sky and understanding the weather.

You also need to find a local guide, ask more, and compare repeatedly. ”

Xiao Siye listened from the sidelines and nodded secretly.

For a veteran like him, this ability to gather intelligence has long been integrated into his blood.

What Su Dawei said was not surprising in his opinion.

But solid.

A strong army, long before the use of troops, many preparatory work is already advancing.

Deciding whether a general is excellent or not lies in the organization and dispatch of his subordinates and the control of the enemy and himself.

How to control?

It's all in the details.

Every detail and every procedure for using troops should be done in accordance with the rules, so that it is meticulous and solid.

to make fewer mistakes.

On the battlefield, it is often the one who makes fewer mistakes who will have the last laugh.

This is also Su Dawei's usual way of thinking about using troops-

In all battles, first be invincible, and then seek victory.

Shilling makes himself invincible.

Then don't be cowardly, just do it.

"Or go back to the battle of Jinshan."

Su Dawei's wooden pole drew a circle on the grass south of Jinshan.

"After crossing the Golden Mountain, how many tribes are there here, which tribe is strong, which tribe is far away, and how many young and strong tribes there are, I have figured out all of them, and then, I only need to formulate a strategy to decide who to attack first and who to attack later, so that the weak can defeat the strong and continue to grow.

By the time I arrived at the Mukun Division, which had fought tens of thousands of people, I had already recruited tens of thousands of Hu servants. ”

"Wait a minute, Su Shuai, I have a problem."

Li Jinxing couldn't help but say on the side: "I have analyzed this battle with Li many times before, what I don't understand is how you can continue to annex those tribes, and continue to absorb those broken tribes Hu people as servant troops."

Aren't you afraid that they will backlash?

How can we maintain their combat power? ”

"Oh, and that brings us to the feuds of these tribes." Su Dawei smiled slightly.

"Tribal feuds?"

"Yes, when I was collecting intelligence, in addition to the environment, tribes, and population, I also learned about the past of each tribe.

These tribes are living in pursuit of water and grass, in order to compete for the most fertile pasture, as well as water sources, among the tribes, there is not a group of harmony, there are many grievances, just like our Datang villages, close to each other, will also compete for water sources, clan fights. ”

"Ahh

In the crowd, there was an immediate exclamation.

These people are very smart, and they can understand it at all.

"Su Shuai is saying that the contradiction between them is ......"

"Exactly."

Su Dawei nodded and said: "So don't underestimate the order of this battle, in fact, it is very particular, which tribe to attack first, and then which tribe to attack, taking advantage of their contradictions with each other, there is already a vendetta, and the fight is more ruthless than our soldiers." ”

As he said this, there was a chuckle all around.

Although they are all second-generation soldiers, in the villages below, those clans have heard of fighting for water sources.

"After fighting like this a few times, these people have blood on their hands, and they are determined to use them for me."

Su Dawei said lightly, but in fact, there are still many details that have not been explained.

For example, at the beginning, how he used the Tang Army to mix sand with those Hu servants.

How to ensure that the Hu people can only fight honestly and have no power to rebel.

It's a matter of organizing scheduling of people.

There is also a naturalized Turkic Tang army sent under Ashina Daozhen to talk to the herdsmen in the Hu tribe.

To dispel their doubts, to identify common enemies, to channel their emotions.

This is the "united front" at the ideological level.

In addition, there is also how to redistribute the looted wealth after breaking a tribe, and reward and encourage meritorious soldiers, including Hu servants and servants, without discrimination.

This is the work of a staff officer to carry out the military merit system, as well as the work of recording the meritorious service.

All kinds of combinations can achieve the effect of Su Dawei.

At the end of the war, those Hu people were even determined to be the Tang Army and to fight with the Tang Army.

They refused to be herders.

"Su Shuai, I have a question, that is, after you defeat the Mukun Tribe, how can you keep those Hu people from collapsing when you face off against the wolf cavalry of the Western Turkic Xiao Wang Yuyun? Those steppe tribes are naturally afraid of the Turks, let alone the wolf riders of the Turkic royal court. ”

Guo Ai asked on the side.

"Well, because long before the Mukun Ministry, I had expected that the Turkic royal court would inevitably react and would send a reinforcement to test it, so when I fought the Mukun Ministry, I was prepared.

By the time the wolf riders arrived, the soldiers and tens of thousands of Hu servants under my command were ready for battle and mobilized. ”

"Ready?"

"If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools."

Su Dawei scratched on the sand table with a wooden pole: "The Turks can be established by smelting iron, and the grassland people call it 'forging slaves'." ”

He raised his head and glanced at everyone: "Did Xiao Shangshu mention it before, I have a few small inventions, and they are in this battle." ”