1225. Dedication

In the Shanzhou camp, Hou Junji proposed the strategy of dividing the troops and advancing suddenly, and Li Jing also agreed with it in his heart, but he still had to ask the generals' opinions.

Hou Junji's eyes were full of pride, although Li Jing had no words, but everyone here was not stupid, and from the atmosphere, you could feel that Li Jing had already liked Hou Junji's strategy.

"Marshal, the last general agrees with General Hou's opinion, in order to prevent the enemy from escaping, rationally divide the troops to attack it." The head of the march of Yanze Dao and the head of the Lizhou Thorn Shi Gao stood up and said, after all, Hou Junji is the secretary of the military department, and he is in charge of the world's military affairs, but not everyone dares to deny his strategy.

However, it's not that no one doesn't dare, as soon as Gao Yongsheng's words fell, Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng, also got up.

"Dashuai, there will be a different opinion in the end." As one of the two deputy marshals and an important minister of the dynasty, Li Daozong is not afraid of Hou Junji, not to mention that this is military, and different views are allowed.

Li Daozong's weight is not low, and no one present dares to despise it, Li Jing also raised his eyebrows, nodded slightly, and said: "Mr. Li, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it."

"The last general thinks that our army is coming with the momentum of victory, the momentum is like a rainbow, more than 100,000 troops are gathered here, when condensed into a rope, the unexpected long drive straight in, to fight the war, chase and fight, when can sweep Tuyuhun. If we want to divide the troops, I am afraid that we will lose our prestige and morale."

Li Daozong was dressed in a military uniform, quite mighty, and said with a slap and momentum.

These words were quite domineering, and they were even more arrogant, but no one at the scene laughed at them, because it was true.

The 140,000 army is all the elite of a hundred battles, all of them are veterans who have been sharpened from several wars, and Tuyuhun is just more than 100,000 troops hastily assembled from all over the country, among which the old, weak, sick and disabled are counted, and many of them do not even have a decent weapon, how can such an army withstand the elite of the Tang Dynasty.

Hou Junji is also an arrogant person, and naturally admits that Li Daozong's words have some truth, if more than 100,000 troops fight together, they will be overwhelming, sweeping Tuyuhun, if they divide the troops, they will definitely not have that power, but the effect of each is different.

"Oh, what the prince said is indeed reasonable, and it should be a sweep of Tuyuhun in one go, but don't forget, the prince is not waiting for me to come here to boast about the army, but to destroy Tuyuhun in one fell swoop and truly expand the territory. It is true that it can be destroyed by driving straight in, but it is difficult to destroy, and only by dividing the troops can it be truly destroyed", Hou Junji also retorted with a solemn face.

"Moreover, the movement of our army has no concealment, Tuyuhun has long been prepared, it is familiar with the terrain, and it is defended according to danger, and the difficulty of the attack can be imagined. At that time, our army will have more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, bloated and bulky, how can we pursue and annihilate. In addition, once the attack is blocked and the snow field is stranded, the morale will plummet and the climate will be difficult, and the consequences will be ...... You can imagine it".

Li Daozong frowned slightly when he heard this, as if he was thinking about it, they were not stupid people, they both knew that what the two said made sense, but each had its own reason.

In silence, one of the last people in the hall said weakly: "Commander, the last general has some opinions."

The generals looked at it, but it was the general of the left leading army, the Duke of Linqing County, Su Dingfang.

Li Jing's eyes lit up, and he was about to speak, but Hou Junji snorted coldly, "It turns out that it is the prince's siblings, handsome and high-ranking disciples, what do you think?" ”

When the generals heard this, they also looked slightly embarrassed, Su Dingfang looked at Hou Junji, looked at him, and said: "The last general doesn't dare to be, but he has some opinions, please advise."

After all, Su Dingfang is a person who is not confused, and he is not a reckless youth, although Hou Junji's attitude is a little choked, but he will not turn his face and get angry.

Su Dingfang came from the Shence Army, which is a clear and definite "princeling", once Li Pojun also said that the Shence Army is his siblings, and Su Dingfang is under the guidance of Li Pojun, worships Li Jing as a teacher, and learns the art of war, so Hou Junji has this statement, strictly speaking, the two are still brothers in the same school, but Hou Junji's temperament, no matter who you are, it is not pleasing to the eye if you are not pleasing to the eye.

Li Jing took a deep look at Hou Junji, his eyes were fierce, and then he looked at Su Dingfang and stretched out his hand warmly: "General Su, but it's okay to talk about it."

"The last general once heard the prince say that the war is logistics, that is, the soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, the march and the battle, the logistics support must not be less, our army has more than 140,000 people, war horses, pack horses totaling more than 200,000 horses, people eat horses and chew, and tens of thousands of grains are consumed every day, but as far as the last general knows, our army's horse food seems to be insufficient, that is, it is not enough to divide the troops to fight, and it is not enough to drive straight in, which is the urgent task of today."

Su Dingfang told the worries in his heart, and when the generals heard it, they were all shocked.

The soldiers and horses did not move, the grain and grass went first, such a simple truth, all the generals here, it was impossible not to be clear, and they all stared at one person immediately.

Li Jing's face also moved slightly, and he looked at the man and asked, "Li Tingshi, but seriously?" Why did you say yesterday that you had enough food and grass? ”

"Dashuai, the grain and grass are indeed abundant, enough for ten years, and there will be shipments in the future", the next person also hurriedly argued, if this is a mistake, Li Jing will directly behead him. Thinking of this, Li Xuanyun secretly hated Su Dingfang in his heart, no wonder you came to ask me about the grain and grass situation last night, I still care about the military aircraft, so you are waiting for me here.

This person is Li Xuanyun, the assassin of Shanzhou here, who was ordered to requisition grain and grass, and was in charge of the logistics of the western expeditionary army.

"Dashuai, this is hundreds of miles away from Fuqi City, and the snowy area in Tuyuhun is vast, and the road is long and obstructive, not to mention that our army still has another urgent task, that is, the lack of intelligence, we do not know the situation in its territory, we do not know the location of lakes and pastures, and we do not know the deployment of its troops.

As soon as Li Xuanyun finished speaking, Su Dingyi said righteously.

Su Dingfang said that he also ushered in a few people to echo, and Hou Junji and Li Daozong's two deputy marshals also nodded in agreement, "What you said is good, the grain and grass can indeed only be more, not less, if you want to take the initiative to fight, the grain and grass for ten years is indeed insufficient", Li Daozong nodded quite seriously, and looked at Li Xuanyun's gaze was a little stern, although this guy is a royal family, but he is not reliable, he ordered the adjustment of grain a month in advance, why hasn't it been prepared yet.

"Hmph, the grain and grass are not enough, I have missed a few major events, Li Tingshi, this marshal now orders you to personally supervise, within seven days, you must prepare enough food and grass for the army for a month, if there is a mistake, the military law will deal with it." Li Jing was also angry, thinking that the sage had given the order a month ago, and it should be correct, but he didn't expect that Li Xuanyun was not doing well, and he almost missed a big event.

Li Xuanyun saw Li Jing's majesty, and he also responded in a hurry, turned around and went out, but he could no longer lie in the Thorn Shifu and wait for military merits, the people under his hands were not in a good position, he had to personally supervise it, and the grain supervisors of the grain transportation teams in various places had to be severely reprimanded.

Hou Junji also reacted to this, and frowned and said: "The intelligence that Fang Cai said is indeed quite tricky, the so-called knowing oneself and knowing the other, a hundred battles will not be defeated, our army knows very little about Tuyuhun, and even does not know its deployment and deployment, now it seems that whether it is the division of troops or the direct pressure of the army, the top priority is to find out the deployment of Tuyuhun."

Hou Junji's military literacy is naturally not low, and from Su Dingfang's brief words, he has grasped the key point, that is, intelligence, although Li Jing also sent detailed work and scouts to investigate, but after all, it is only shallow, after all, the vast snowy area is really not easy to find out the news.

"Then we can only send more scouts, especially in the area of Xihai and Mantou Mountain...". Li Daozong also frowned and said, marching and fighting in such a harsh and bitter cold place is troublesome, it is inconvenient to do anything, if you don't follow the Central Plains, before the war, the information in the city can be made clear through careful work.

"Great Marshal, the last general is willing to lead the scouts to go to the vicinity of the West Sea to inquire about intelligence." When Li Daozong's words fell, Qi He Li got up in a hurry and asked for his life, Qi Qi He Li returned to Tang not long ago, and finally went to battle with the army, so he must be more positive.

Then he also expressed his positive attitude, expressing his willingness to lead the scouts to the icy and snowy regions to find out the news.

Just as General Hu was actively expressing his stance and asking for help, the guards at the door came to report, "Qiyu is handsome, there is a group of people at the door who are dressed as people, and the person at the head claims to be... It was Li Zhen, the prince of the United Kingdom, who was ordered by the prince to present the Tuyuhun defense map".

When the generals heard this, they were all shocked, Li Zhen, the prince of the British prince? Tuyuhun defense map? This...... Li Jing's face also changed, his eyes were bright, "Please come in."

After a while, footsteps approached, the curtain was lifted, and two people entered.

I saw that the hair of these two people was scattered, and the clothes they were wearing seemed to be the winter artifact of the Tang Dynasty - cotton jackets, but the soil on them was frozen and very dirty.

Li Jing and Li Daozong's eyes froze, the young man who was the leader was Li Zhen, the eldest son of the British Duke Li Ji, but when they met in the capital a month ago, he was still a handsome son, but now he looks like this, his face is red from the cold, and his lips are a little chapped.

"You...... Jingyang? Li Jing was also a little surprised.

"The little nephew Li Zhen visited Uncle Li and met the generals." Li Zhen grinned, licked his chapped mouth and said goodbye.

"Feng Xin, meet you, marshal, I've seen all the generals." The other person also bowed down and bowed, this person was actually Feng Liuzi, the head of Li Pojun's Shadow Wind Shadow, Feng Xin is a native of Guzang, Liangzhou, familiar with the terrain of Xiliang, and can speak some Xianbei language of Tuyuhun, so Li Pojun also filmed him over to assist Li Zhen and find out the information of Tuyuhun.

"Is it really Ah Zhen? Why are you here? Quick, take a break and take a sip of hot water." Seeing that it was really Li Zhen, Li Daozong was also slightly shocked, and hurriedly pulled Li Zhen to sit, handed over the kettle boiling on the fire in the tent, and personally poured a cup of hot water for Li Zhen.

Li Daozong has always been good friends with Li Ji, the two have suitable personalities, and they are military friends, and Li Daozong, who is here, is naturally the most familiar and intimate with Li Zhen.

Li Zhen didn't shirk either, holding the water cup in both hands, and drank a few sips regardless of the heat, everyone also looked at him with blank eyes, and after drinking a few sips of water, Li Zhen also reacted, looking at the person standing still in the hall, he was also busy handing him the hot water in his hand, "Chongcheng drink some."

Then he also said to the generals in the circle: "Zhen and Feng believe in the order of His Royal Highness the Prince, come to the northwest, and always probe the Tuyuhun intelligence, which is the Tuyuhun defense map that we inquired about, which is marked with the garrison troops of Kushan, Mantou Mountain, Niuxindui and other places, and a detailed map of Tuyuhun, dedicated to the marshal, may the marshal be successful, and report the victory as soon as possible."

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