"Attack Gaochang City?"

As soon as Hou Junji's words fell, everyone immediately focused their eyes on Merton, because Merton once said that Gaochang City would be broken with one blow, as long as Gaochang City could be broken, then the rest would be easy to do, and only Gaochang's little force was not enough to resist the footsteps of the Tang Army.

Hou Junji turned his head to look at Morton and said, "Mo Sacrifice Wine, how long does it take for the Firearms Supervisor to prepare to break through the Gaochang City Wall."

Morton thought for a while and said: "Gaochang City is built in imitation of Chang'an City, and in order to resist our army, Lu Zhisheng dug a very deep trench outside the city wall, and the firearms supervisor needs to approach the Gaochang city wall, so the army needs to fill in the trench outside Gaochang City, and it will take at least fifteen days to complete." ”

Tiandi City has a gentle terrain and weak defense, so it only takes five days, and Gaochang City is too much better than Tiandi City, plus Koji Zhisheng also dug a large trench outside Gaochang City, which has increased a lot of work, and fifteen days is already the limit of the firearms superintendent.

"This is simple, anyway, every time the army attacks the city, the trenches will be filled, if our army has nothing to do, I am afraid it will also arouse Gaochang's suspicions." Hou Junji waved his hand.

Xue Wanjun frowned and said: "According to the end of the general, although Gaochang City has thick walls, there are firearms supervisors in it, but it is only an overnight situation, we don't need to rush to capture it, the real threat to the Tang army is the Western Turks, our army only needs to besiege Gaochang, turn around and attack Khan Futu City, once the Western Turkic reinforcements are destroyed, the desperate Gaochang will definitely open the city and surrender." ”

"Yes, if the Western Turkic army is on the steppe, we still have a trace of concern, but now Ashina Helu is stationed in Khan Futu City, in the eyes of the last general, it is just the next field city, and it can be captured in half a day, otherwise once it is dragged to the Western Turkic army to help, it will be too late." Xin Fang'er said proudly.

He strongly supported the Tang army to attack Khan Futu City first, in addition to wanting to make more merits, once the Western Turkic troops were destroyed, Gaochang City would definitely surrender, and there would be no merit for the Mo family.

But Niu Jinda shook his head and said: "No, Gaochang City only needs to be prepared by the firearms supervisor to take it, the contradiction between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Turks is in Gaochang, once Gaochang is captured, the Western Turks have no reason to interfere, naturally they will not easily offend the Tang Dynasty, and our army can easily complete the established strategy, so why bother with extraneous branches." ”

Niu Jinda's suggestion was immediately supported by many generals, you must know that although the Tang army is strong, there is still a certain risk in facing Gaochang and the Western Turks at the same time.

"No, the Western Turks have already sent Ashina Helu to garrison Khan Futu City, and they are already provoking the Tang Dynasty, for the countries that dare to provoke the Tang Dynasty, if the Tang Dynasty does not fight back, it will not be seen as a joke." Xue Wanjun argued.

In an instant, there was a disagreement among the generals, one side advocated attacking Gaochang first, scaring the Western Turks away, and achieving war merits safely, while the other side advocated encircling the point to send reinforcements, using Gaochang City to lure the Western Turks to send troops, not only to take Gaochang, but also to defeat the Western Turks, and to win double the military achievements.

Hou Junji couldn't help frowning and pondering, what both sides said made sense, one side was strategically conservative, but it could allow the Tang army to quickly capture Gaochang, and the other side was strategically aggressive, although it was a bit risky to defeat Gaochang and Datang at the same time, but it could make the Tang army make great achievements.

Hou Junji himself is a bold man, in the original history, Hou Junji chose the latter, this time Hou Junji's ambition swelled again, if he can defeat the Western Turks and Gaochang at the same time, then his credit will be directly comparable to Li Jing.

Just when Hou Junji couldn't help but shake the latter, a voice suddenly said: "Why don't you surrender Gaochang City first, and then attack the Western Turks, so that our army can not only complete the established strategy, but also sit back and fight with the Western Turks." ”

The generals turned their heads one after another, and when they saw it, they found that it was the Mo family.

"Recruit Gao Chang first, how is this possible? Koji Zhisheng has been treating the Western Turks as a life-saving straw, and if he wants to capture Gaochang City, in addition to a strong attack, it is to destroy the Western Turkic reinforcements and make Koji Zhisheng completely dead before he can go out of the city and surrender. As long as there is a glimmer of hope, Koji Zhisheng will not surrender. Xin Fang'er sneered.

Merton nodded and said: "The reason why Koji Zhisheng did not surrender is because he is waiting for the arrival of Western Turkic reinforcements, and secondly, he is relying on Gaochang City, but we only need to let Koji Zhisheng realize that Gaochang City is not safe, and the Tang Army is fully capable of breaking through Gaochang City before the Western Turks rescue, then Koji Zhisheng will naturally surrender." ”

"What's the trick of the ink sacrifice wine, you might as well say it directly." Hou Junji frowned.

Merton couldn't help but show a hint of arrogance and said, "I don't know if you remember the hot air balloon." ”

"Hot air balloons!" The generals couldn't help but be stunned, they naturally did not forget the incident of the Chang'an hot air balloon that once made a lot of noise. Not to mention that the hot air balloon did something that caused a sensation in the Tang Dynasty later, that is, it flew directly into the clouds, proving that the clouds were made of water vapor.

"Mo Fei Mo Festival Wine also brought the hot air balloon." Xue Wanjun said incredulously, in the eyes of the generals, the hot air balloon is just a plaything, where can it be linked to war, the Mo family is inevitably too unprofessional!

Merton saw the expressions of the crowd, where did he not know what they were thinking? He explained: "You don't know, from the bottom of the look, hot air balloons are also very useful for fighting, first of all, hot air balloons can carry people into the air, scouts stand in hot air balloons, and then borrow telescopes, enough to find the enemy dozens of miles away." ”

The generals' eyes couldn't help but light up, if they could detect the enemy in advance and anticipate the enemy first, it would be too important for the army, so that the hot air balloon would also be desirable.

"Far away, take Gaochang City as an example, our army only needs to raise the hot air balloon at the city gate, pull the chassis with a heavy object, and let the hot air balloon rise ten zhang, and every move of the Gaochang soldiers can be fully seen, so that our army can know the reality of the Gaochang defenders, and Gaochang City is not under control." Merton Road.

This time, the generals couldn't help but breathe, and everyone realized how much of an opportunity the Tang Army had once they had a pair of eyes to monitor Gao Changcheng's every move.

"What's more, the hot air balloon can move with the wind, as long as it follows the direction of the wind, the hot air balloon can cross the sky over Gaochang City, but Gaochang City can not help the hot air balloon at all, according to Mo's observation, Gaochang Zhucheng also uses wooden houses, as long as there is enough gunpowder and grease, the hot air balloon can easily ignite a fire in Gaochang City, and even directly attack the Gaochang Palace. As long as Koji Zhisheng understood that it was impossible to hold Gaochang City, he would naturally surrender. Merton sneered.

"What if Koji refuses to surrender?" Hou Junji frowned.

"Then don't blame the Tang army for being ruthless, after the fifteenth, the firearms supervisor will blast the Gaochang city wall, and the army will attack Gaochang City and capture Gaochang King Ji Zhisheng." Merton said loudly.

Hou Junji closed his eyes for a while, and said horizontally in his heart: "According to the policy of Mo sacrificial wine, first force Koji Zhisheng to surrender, and once Gaochang surrenders, immediately attack Khan Futu City." ”

Hou Junji, who had the credit for destroying Gaochang and defeating the Western Turks, wanted it, but in the end he chose the safest one and ate Gaochang first.