"Look at my Turkic Elite Rider!"

"Mo Dao Team, on top!"

"Don't forget that I still have a Tibetan backhand."

"Don't worry, the old man has long been on guard against you."

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Above the court, a group of generals are divided into two factions, one represents the Tang Dynasty, one represents Gaochang, both sides are battle-hardened generals, each side is brave and good at fighting, on the sand table, killing people on their backs and horses, and the strange tricks come out, which can be described as wonderful.

At the beginning, the Gaochang side had the advantage, winning two games in a row, but as the Datang side improved its strategy and made up for the shortcomings, it finally broke through Gaochang in one fell swoop and won five games in a row.

"Next city!" With Li Shimin's hearty roar, the Tang Dynasty iron cavalry represented by the paperweight in his hand on the sand table attacked Gaochang City, and Hou Junji, who regarded the wat board in his hand as the Western Turkic cavalry, could not come to the rescue, so he could only sigh.

"Two defeats and six wins, now Gaochang has exhausted his donkey skills, my Datang still has a hand, and my Datang will undoubtedly win this battle." Although he lost the sand table, Hou Junji did not feel the slightest frustration, but said with joy on his face.

With this sand table exercise, the people of Datang have seen the hole cards of Gaochang and other countries clearly, and formulated a corresponding countermeasure strategy, and the balance of victory in this battle has been tilted in favor of Datang.

"Legend has it that when Qin Shi Huang built the mausoleum, he built a large topographic model in his mausoleum. The model is not only built with mountains, hills, cities, etc., but also simulates rivers and seas with mercury, and uses mechanical devices to circulate mercury. Li Shimin looked at the topographic map of the Western Regions in the main hall at a glance, and couldn't help but sigh.

When Merton was making the sand table, he mixed his own private materials and made it according to the precise terrain of later generations, which made it clear at a glance, which caused Li Shimin's emotion.

Merton nodded and said: "It's a pity that Qin Shi Huang's move is just for his own selfishness, and he has been buried underground for nearly a thousand years, otherwise the sand table will be born in advance, and it will definitely change the way of war." ”

"It's not too late now, with this sand table, you can deduce before the war, which will greatly improve the winning rate of my Datang." Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction.

"Back to Your Majesty, the sand table can also be used as a teaching for military cadets, so that military cadets can deduce in the sand table, so as not to only learn military books and only talk about soldiers on paper." Li Jing bowed and said. He had also used the sand table once just now, and he immediately fell in love with it, if he could let the cadets practice with the sand table, he could soon grow into a qualified officer.

"Yes!" Li Shimin waved his hand and agreed.

The Manchu generals nodded again and again, and the clever use of the sand table surprised them, even if it was just eight battles, the advantages and disadvantages of the two sides were already clear at a glance, and Datang was improving accordingly, and the battle of Gaochang was already in hand.

"The ministers implore Your Majesty to send troops to the west to conquer Gaochang." A group of generals have received orders, before the civilian officials opposed the dispatch of troops, they have empty self-confidence, but empty words, now there is a sand table deduction in front of them, the battle of Gaochang Datang is in hand, naturally one by one agitated to send troops.

"Hou Aiqing, you are the secretary of the Ministry of War, you explain the results of the sand table military exercise just now to the hundred officials." Li Shimin also increased his confidence and said loudly to the officials.

Hou Junji solemnly said: "According to the results of the sand table military exercise just now, the chances of my Datang victory will be more than eighty percent, and this battle is promising." ”

"Bacheng, then if the Tibetans send troops to intervene, will the Western Turks send troops, our army is seven thousand miles away, isolated and helpless, wouldn't it sit back and wait to die." Xiao Yu retorted.

Hou Junji shook his head and said: "Tubo and Gaochang are separated by Tuyuhun, if Tubo wants to send troops, it has Tuyuhun to contain it, even if it is reluctant to send troops, the Tubo soldiers who have gone down the plateau are not afraid." ”

"What about the Western Turks, the Western Turks are well-deserved overlords of the Western Regions, and they are adjacent to Gaochang, if the Western Turks send troops on a large scale, what are the chances of my Tang Dynasty winning?" Wang Qi asked rhetorically.

"Therefore, the best time for Datang to send troops is this year's wax moon, and only in this way can Datang's victory rate increase greatly."

"Wax Moon!" The hundred officials couldn't help but exclaim, Layue saw that the New Year was about to be, and he actually sent troops at this time.

Hou Junji nodded and said: "Chang'an is seven thousand miles away from Gaochang, and we must send troops in Layue to have enough time to end the war around August of the next year, otherwise once it drags on to the autumn, the Western Turks are fat and strong, and I am afraid that they will interfere arbitrarily, and the weather will become colder, our army is far away from seven thousand miles, and there are very few supplies, and it will change for a long time." ”

Baiguan nodded silently, it is indeed the best choice to end the war before August, and one example of the failure of the military exercise just now is that the war was delayed until after the autumn, and a large number of reinforcements from the Western Turks arrived, which was a failure.

"And even if the Western Turks send troops, our army will also make a corresponding strategy, among my Tang generals, Qixin He Li is the most familiar with the Gaochang landform, and it is the same source as the Western Turks, and it is most suitable for them to lead the way and block the troops of the Western Turks." Hou Junji said confidently.

I have to say that Hou Junji is indeed a good general, and in just a few words, he has already shown the advantages of Datang, so that hundreds of officials can no longer find a reason to object.

Moreover, many of the civil officials present are old men who follow Li Shimin to fight the world, and they naturally have the courage to go to war in their hearts.

At this point, the tone of Datang's war against Gaochang has been set.

"Poor, this war, I don't know how many soldiers are buried in their hometowns." Xiao Yu said sourly, once the Tang Dynasty starts a war against Gaochang, the center of gravity of the Tang Dynasty will move westward, and the thriving Jiangnan will probably stagnate because of this.

"Xiao Aiqing really sympathized with the soldiers, Hou Aiqing, led the people to continue to deduce the sand table, and strive to find the best way to defeat Gaochang, so that the casualties of the soldiers were minimized, and at the same time let the doctors prepare more Qinglong real medicine, I heard that the five doctors of Mo Wu have returned from Jiangnan, and let the five doctors of Mo Wu follow in this battle, and Mo Wu has made meritorious contributions to the treatment of schistosomiasis, and he will be rewarded after the war."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Merton came out of the column and said gratefully for Mo Wu.

Xiao Yu and other Jiangnan officials had a bright face, Mo Wu also had merit to Jiangnan, but Jiangnan lost Mo Wu, and now he was mentioned in public, which once again made them lose face.

Hou Junji's heart moved: "Back to Your Majesty, the battle in Gaochang, the biggest battle is still in Gaochang City, if you want to reduce the damage of the soldiers, Weichen has another request, which will definitely reduce the losses of the Tang Dynasty soldiers to a minimum." ”

"Oh! Hou Aiqing, please speak. Li Shimin raised his eyebrows.

"The minister wants to recruit Mo Hou to lead the firearms supervisor to follow the army to Gaochang!" Hou Junji said proudly.

"Mo Jiazi!"

The hearts of the generals moved, but many of them personally followed Li Jingxi to conquer Tuyuhun, naturally knowing the power of gunpowder, Tuyuhun three forts struck down, plus the day of the decisive battle between the Tang Dynasty and Tuyuhun, when the tengu ate the sun, Mo Jiazi used gunpowder to reverse the strategy of yin and yang, which is still fresh in people's memory.

Datang is afraid that only Mo Jiazi can use gunpowder so superbly, if he wants to take Gaochang in one fell swoop and reduce the casualties of soldiers, I am afraid that using firearms supervision is the best choice.