Li Changjie felt that as a veteran who had dedicated himself to Annan for decades, he was very lonely and lonely. In the entire country of Annan, there has not been a person who has inherited his mantle so far.

On the other hand, in the neighboring countries of Annam, there is a surname Tang in the Great Song Dynasty, and even the Zhancheng State now has a general of unknown origin but high ability.

At this moment he remembered the shock he had felt when he first saw gunpowder on the banks of the Fura River, and he had asked his advisers why he had done so.

"Times have changed, my lord." The strategist said with great emotion: "Now the Song army's combat is no longer the era of strategy and tactics that it was at the beginning, they have such a thing as gunpowder in their hands, as long as they use gunpowder to open the way step by step, and we will carry out a large-scale battle with the Song army, we are doomed to failure." ”

Li Changjie sighed and shook the wine glass in his hand. The wine that was not clear in it spilled slightly, but Li Changjie didn't care.

"I'm so hard." Li Changjie said with a little sadness.

The strategist felt the same way, and following Li Changjie's side, he not only felt the personal charm and military talent of the handsome, but also felt the loneliness of standing out from the crowd.

Raise a glass to invite Mingyue, and the shadow becomes a trio. This level of drinking alone may only be understood by Li Dashuai!

Obviously a battle was won, but the air inside the Shuai's Mansion was as if he had just experienced a tragic defeat.

On the other hand, Zhang Jingming's side obviously lost the battle, but the soldiers of the city country were unexpectedly not too sluggish.

The wounded barracks, which were built in imitation of the standards of the Song army, were clean and tidy, and were unanimously welcomed by the soldiers of the Champa State. The army of the Champa state, because it was a full force, not only had soldiers in charge of fighting, but also people whose task was to assist the advance of the army.

There were also many women who accompanied the army, so they were responsible for taking care of the wounded.

After Zhang Jingming went to the wounded barracks to inspect the area, he left without finding anything unusual. When he came to the place where the war elephants gathered and looked at the soldiers who were giving medicine to the war elephants, Zhang Jingming stepped forward and asked, "How is it, is the injury serious?" ”

"It's all right, colt." The little soldier smiled and said, "It's all skin injuries, they have rough skin and thick flesh, and it won't take long to recover." ”

Zhang Jingming sighed, looked at the scars on the war elephant's body, and left with his hands behind his back.

He would not have said such a cruel sentence, because the relationship between Champa and Cochin has always been like fire and water. Either you die or I live, both sides are doing everything for the right to live.

What's more, these war elephants are not from the Great Song Dynasty, and they don't bother to feel distressed. It's like when he went to the wounded barracks before, just to show the soldiers of Champa.

These outlanders don't die, follow him

Zhang Jingming has nothing to do with it. I am marrying a princess, not Ying, and when the battle is over, it is legitimate for me to take Jiang Nian back to the Great Song Dynasty to live.

At the same time that Zhang Jingming and Li Changjie were confronting Dili City, Tang Ning on the other side was shrinking in Guangyuan City and thinking about his next move.

The scout said that the Jiaozhi army on the left side of Guangyuan City has been active very frequently recently, and it does not maintain a certain deterrent effect as before, and has set up a formation that looks like it may attack at any time.

Instead, it turned into a defensive formation, and it seems that they are determined to fight a protracted battle with the Song army here.

They were willing to fight, and Don would rather not take it.

This operation was originally carried out with the idea of a quick victory, but for various inexplicable reasons, it was actually delayed from May to September, a full four months.

It can't be delayed any longer, the casualties of the battle are still secondary, and as time goes by, even the Song army, which has done a good job of protective measures, has begun to have individual cases of infection with epidemics.

If it continues to delay, Tang Ning does not dare to guarantee what kind of situation he will face next.

Zhao Xu also wrote several times urging him to either withdraw his troops or continue to march and stop at Guangyuan City, which is not a solution.

In the end, Tang Ning convened the officers to have lunch and held a meeting, and after discussion, all the officers and soldiers unanimously agreed with Chong Jianzhong's point of view.

"Now the area within a radius of twenty miles in Guangyuan City is full of thieves' eyes, but whenever there is any wind and grass in Guangyuan City, it can't escape the eyes of thieves.

A few days ago, the general also sent cavalry to investigate. But every time there is a fight, the other side will retreat at full speed. When there is no hostile situation, return again.

To sum up, the old man speculated that the thieves had already made up their minds to delay us in Guangyuan City. They won't fight us head-on, but if we want to leave Guangyuan City, it won't be so easy.

Therefore, in this case, if you still want to attack Thang Long Province, you must not send a large number of troops, but send a small but experienced force, bring enough gunpowder, and use a large army to attract the attention of the thieves, and then they will take the opportunity to leave Guangyuan Prefecture and advance towards Thang Long Province. ”

This is the view of the kind of Jianzhong, and the generals agree with this view. But they then had a disagreement......

"In my opinion, it would take 8,000 men to accomplish this task." Fang Yong said loudly: "There are less than 8,000 people, and this is to give military merits to the Jiaozhi people, and they also push the soldiers into the fire pit." ”

"But is 8,000 too many? Nearly 10,000 people, even if it is a light car, it is a very large target. Xiao Shi rarely used his brain, and Fang La immediately raised his thumb to show encouragement.

Shen Qian touched his chin and said, "So, we need a team with a small number of people, but the combat strength is equivalent to eight thousand people to carry out this task. ”

Speaking of this, Shen Qian saw that Gao Shu was eager to speak, so he waved his hand at Gao Shu and said, "As for the 1,200 people in the Pingxia camp, needless to say, they must be arranged." But 1,200 people, too few, too many variables.

I'd rather withdraw my troops now than watch these 1,200 people die.

Eight thousand is indeed a lot, so it is better to send five thousand. How about picking 3,800 warriors from our Zhenjiang army to come out and carry out this mission with the Pingxia Battalion? ”

Tang Ning looked at Shen Qian, then at Gao Shu and said, "Don't worry, we haven't thought of a way to resolve the enemy's elastic defense."

How to attract the enemy's attention to our army, and how to create a gap for the high commander to lead his subordinates to advance towards Thang Long Mansion unconsciously is the problem we should solve.

It's not too late to discuss the matter of numbers later. ”

Everyone said yes, and then began to talk about it.

There are some constructive ideas, but there is still a lack of rigor after deduction. While the generals were eating dinner and discussing, a red feather knight suddenly came to deliver a letter.

Tang Ning was quite surprised, the last time Zhao Xu wrote was two days ago, did this guy miss himself too much, or did he have other changes?

When he opened the letter and looked at it, Tang Ning couldn't help but frown.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I think our problem should have been solved." Tang Ning said loudly: "The Privy Council has sent a letter, saying that they have mobilized 20,000 soldiers in the Liangguang Zone, and 50,000 soldiers have come to support.

And the good news is that there is finally a winner between Chenla and Khmer. The Khmer capital was breached, and the Chenla people unified the Khmer and sent envoys to Kaifeng to discuss cooperation with the officials.

Soon, they will be in battle! ”

"Is that true?" Su Song, who had been closing his eyes and recuperating from his mind, acted like a nobody before this, and after Tang Ning announced the second good news, he suddenly opened his eyes and asked with some excitement.

Tang Ning handed the letter over and said, "Of course it's true, you can see that this is still stamped with the seal of the privy envoy!" ”

Su Song took the letter, read it carefully, and then said excitedly: "The sky has eyes!" ”

Xiaoshi poked Fang La, and whispered in his ear: "Why is Master Su so excited, is this thing so good?" ”

Fang La blinked and explained: "Lord Su's cousin's family was killed by the Jiaozhi people during the Xining period, the more unlucky the Jiaozhi is, the better it will be for Master Su......"