Chapter 103 Settle the Turks once and for all

"Adopt all branches of the armed forces and use the gang as the basic unit for mixed formation, which is more flexible and convenient for maneuvering and deployment in the mountains, which the king understands, but why should Cheng establish a back-and-back folding mansion?" Li Shimin asked in surprise: "Isn't it enough to have a pro-guard group?" ”

In the Tang Dynasty, General Ning Yuan and above would set up their own personal guard battalion, the size of which was determined by the rank of the main general, and if it was a personal guard of the Shangdu Governor's Mansion, generally speaking, the size of a brigade was 100 people. If it is a general at the level of marching commander, the size of their personal guard battalion is a regiment, if it reaches the level of the general of the sixteenth guard, the size of their personal guard will be about two regiments, and if it is time for the general of the sixteenth guard to lead the army, the scale of the personal guard will be a folding mansion.

Of course, the Tang Dynasty's treatment of the pro-army Yiwei Captain also mentioned the Zhaowu Captain on the Zhengliupin. Chen Ying was already a guest of the prince of the East Palace at this time, and it was okay to set up a pro-army in wartime in terms of rank, but he set up a separate back-to-back army, and Li Shimin was a little confused.

Chen Ying smiled silently: "It's different, the duty of the pro-army Yiwei is to protect the commander and the command organ, if he undertakes the task of battlefield reconnaissance, he will not be able to protect the commander, so the two cannot be taken into account, so the minister plans to set up a back and fold the Chong Mansion, with eight hundred or one thousand two hundred people, specializing in battlefield reconnaissance, fortress breakthrough, and counter-scout reconnaissance." ”

Li Shimin nodded, but he did not express his opinion directly.

Du Ruhui said: "The minister thinks that it is possible, so that he can know the other side." ”

Li Shimin said: "If this is the case, then General Chen will temporarily set up a Beiwei Army to specialize in battlefield reconnaissance, and if the effect is remarkable, then the whole army will promote it." ”

"His Royal Highness King Xie Qin is complete!" Chen Ying was overjoyed, and immediately issued a formal written military order, ordering the four guards of the whole army to lead the eighty-two regiments of the eighteen-fold Chongfu to send the best soldiers to the Chinese army camp and let Chen Ying personally select them.

Li Shimin looked at the huge sand table in Chen Yingzhong's army's tent, which was six feet long and six feet long, and pointed to the lifelike topographic map of Hangu Pass and said, "General Chen is going to win the task of attacking Hangu Pass?" ”

Chen Ying nodded and said: "If Zheng Guo goes all out to defend Hangu Pass, even if Hangu Pass is finally captured, the losses will be very heavy, and the minister is just experimenting with a new combat concept and combat method - mountain warfare." ”

Li Shimin smiled lightly: "The battlefield is unpredictable, no one dares to guarantee that every battle will be won, there are many key factors that affect the outcome of the battle, and if you don't pay attention to it, it will make a big mistake, Chen Qing is really confident in this king!" ”

"His Royal Highness King Qin, why should he be arrogant!" Chen Ying said with a smile: "Everything is foreseen, and if you don't prepare, you will be wasted." This is especially true with soldiers. Only by knowing the other side can you be undefeated. Knowing the other side is not only to know how many men and horses the other party has, how much grain and grass there is, where they are stationed, where they are coming from, and where they are going, but also to know who the generals are and what habits they have in using soldiers. It will be the master of an army, and it is as important as the human brain. If he is a fool, he must not be afraid even if he has a million soldiers. If he is a smart man, we cannot take it lightly. What kind of person is Wang Shichong? His Highness must know better than the minister. ”

In fact, Wang Shichong and Li Yuan are both similar people, and they are very distrustful of generals who are not outside the Li royal family, and he is also afraid that the military power will be lost and he will eventually lose the throne. However, Li Yuan is more fortunate than Wang Shichong, whether it is Li Yuan's son or nephew, even if it is a clan, he is a top talent.

Li Daozong, the later king of Jiangxia, followed his cousin Li Shimin to fight everywhere when he was seventeen years old, and he was both brave and good at fighting, and quite strategic. Later, he led the troops to fight alone, and defeated the Liang division and the Turkic coalition army in Lingzhou, which was greatly appreciated by Gaozu Li Yuan. During the Zhenguan period, he and Li Jing, Li Tao and others attacked the Eastern Turkic Khanate, captured the Eastern Turkic Jieli Khan, and eliminated the biggest enemy of the Tang Dynasty; Later, he defeated another nomadic Tuyuhun, made great achievements, and was named the king of Jiangxia for his merits.

In addition to Li Daozong, there is also Li Daoxuan, the grandson of Li Hu's fifth son, Li Hui,

He followed his cousin Li Shimin at the age of fifteen to fight in the east and west, fifteen years old is an age of chasing stars, Li Daoxuan is also a star-chasing family, his idol is his cousin Li Shimin, Li Shimin has always been the first soldier in every battle, charging into battle, Li Daoxuan was deeply influenced by his cousin, and was extremely heroic in the war against Song Jingang, Wang Shichong, etc., in the decisive battle with Dou Jiande, Li Daoxuan stepped forward and killed into the enemy formation of the sword forest and arrow rain, through the enemy formation, and then killed back from behind the enemy formation, repeated, The war horse was shot like a hedgehog by the enemy's arrows, but he still had the courage to kill the enemy. However, because Li Daoxuan was too brave, he was ambushed and killed by Liu Heimin, and he was only nineteen years old when he died.

Li Hu's seventh son, Li Wei, had four sons, Li Chen, Li Xiaogong, Li Ying, and Li Gui. Most of these brothers are more virtuous and talented, such as Li Chen, the king of Xiangjun, who was lenient and simple when he was a magistrate, and was loved by the people of all ethnic groups in the jurisdiction; Then there is Li Gui, the king of Hanyang County, who was neither humble nor arrogant when he sent the Turks, and the Turkic Jieli Khan was angry and forced him up, but Li Gui did not eat this set, Jieli had no choice, as long as he let him go back, and later he was very good at handling government affairs and pacifying ethnic minorities as the governor of Jingzhou, and he had a good political performance. The most powerful is Li Xiaogong.

As soon as Tang Gaozu entered the capital Chang'an, he ordered Li Xiaogong to recruit Bashu (Bashu is the country of abundance, a good logistics support base), that is, to persuade the local bureaucrats here to hurry up and return to obedience, and achieved great success, more than 30 states were taken care of by him, and he wiped out the cannibal demon Zhu Cang in one fell swoop (eating thousands of women and children as military food). With the cooperation of Li Jing, the Southern Liang Xiao Mill was destroyed, and it can be said that Li Xiaogong had three parts of the world in the early Tang Dynasty, one of which was handled by Li Xiaogong alone. And the most awesome thing about Li Xiaogong is that he started from Chang'an and fought all the way to the South China Sea. The territory of the whole person with persuasion and surrender is larger than that of Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong combined.

In addition to these sons and nephews who can not only fight wars but also soothe the people, Li Yuan also has Li Shentong, Li Shenfu and other eighteen nephews (names and surnames, no merits and no historical records are not counted) On the other hand, Wang Shichong's sons and nephews are almost all cheats, except for Wang Ren, who was blackened the most by film and television dramas, he still has some ability, and the others are more than a cheat father. Li Yuan appointed his sons and nephews, and at most he encountered a son and a nephew of Li Yuanji and Li Xiaoji, but the sons and nephews appointed by Wang Shichong, except for Wang Renze, were all cheats.

Li Shimin laughed when he heard this: "General Chen is really a wonderful person, he is really in one sentence." ”

Chen Ying is actually secretly jealous of Li Hu's ability, he gave birth to eight sons, and there are seventeen cousins of the same generation as Li Yuan, if you count the cousins of Li Jiancheng's brothers, there are more than twenty people, of course, these people are not all talents, and there are also a few cheats, but most of the Li Tang clan are very awesome characters.

On the other hand, the Hou Mo Chen family, the key is that the entire family has reached Chen Ying's generation, and there are almost no talents who can get their hands on it. Of course, if he didn't have a soul in the afterlife, it is estimated that he would have been played to death by Su Hu a long time ago.

Li Shimin looked at Chen Ying silently, and asked curiously: "In General Chen's opinion, what kind of person is Wang Shichong?" ”

"Wang Shichong is an extremely cautious person," Chen should have raised his head and looked into the distance. "Therefore, in this expedition against Wang Shichong, we must despise the enemy strategically and attach importance to the enemy tactically."

Li Shimin muttered to himself: "Strategically despise the enemy, tactically attach importance to the enemy...... Keming, record it down, don't miss a word! ”

Seeing Du Ruhui acting as Li Shimin's memoir, Chen Ying suddenly remembered that "Li Weigong Asks Right", which was included in the "Seven Books of Wujing" in the Song Dynasty in history, could it be that this meeting will also be recorded in the history books in the future and become "Chen Jungong Asks Right".

Thinking of this, the expression on Chen Ying's face suddenly became wonderful.

However, Chen Ying was not nervous. Although he does not have a very high attainment in "The Art of War" like Li Jing, Chen Ying may not be weaker than Li Jing in terms of views in the military field.

When it was slowly dark, Li Shimin and Chen Ying fought from the Central Plains to the Mobei grassland, Li Shimin knew that Chen Ying had defeated the Turks with a weak division, and now he was also very concerned about this issue.

In fact, the Turkic question was not a problem of Li Tang's generation, in the words of later generations, it was called a problem left over from history. Chen Ying knew that the nomads had plagued the north for more than 2,000 years, and after the destruction of the Huns, the Xianbei people rose up on the grassland, followed by the Rouran people, and then the Rouran people, and then after the decline of the Khitans, the Jurchens rose, and the Jurchens rose like a meteor, rising rapidly, decaying just as quickly, like a flash in the pan. Then the Mongols arose.

Referring to this issue, Chen Ying thought for a while and said: "The war between the farming people and the nomads, the farming people will always be at a disadvantage. No matter what the nomads grab on the territory of the farming people, it is a victory, and the only thing that the farming people can harvest is the lives of the nomads, and basically there is no profit. ”

Li Shimin said indignantly: "Could it be that in the eyes of General Chen, there are not enough interests, so he allows the Turkic jackals to wantonly slaughter my Chinese people?" Remember that those who are not of my race will have different hearts. ”

Chen Yingdao: "The minister did not say not to fight, but the question of how to fight, the Turks, like other nomadic peoples, come and go like the wind, and the strategy they implement can actually be divided into a sixteen-character policy: "The enemy advances and I retreat, the enemy is stationed and disturbs me, the enemy is tired and I fight, and the enemy retreats and I chase." Therefore, purely from the military aspect, it is impossible to solve the Turkic problem at all, and it is necessary to use military, political, and economic measures at the same time, so that the Turks can be completely solved. ”

When Li Shimin heard this, his eyes couldn't help but light up suddenly, and he asked excitedly: "How to do it three-prongedly?" ”