In another time and space, in his later years, Li Erma's Xià had a very accurate comment on the courtiers who were still alive under his command, one of which was that today's famous generals, only Li Shiji, Li Daozong and Xue Wanche were three people, and the Shiji Daozong could not win or lose, and Wanche was either a big victory or a big defeat.

Xue Wanche, as one of the only three famous generals left in Li Erma's mouth at that time, his tactical level and military command ability are naturally needless to say, but he is more emotional, sometimes he is in good shape, he can fight classic battles and win big victories, and sometimes he is not in good shape, his tactical level plummets, and he is defeated, so only Li Erma's talent has the courage to control it, and only Datang's strong family foundation can give him backing.

Needless to say, the current situation is needless to say, Datang has a strong enough foundation for Xue Wanche to squander, a big war is fought, the entire battlefield is billing, the fiery era has come in advance, as a very strict commander, Xue Wanche is particularly obsessed with artillery weapons, he feels that artillery is an artifact given to him by God, the thick cannon body, the roaring sound, the terrible tearing power, is simply his qiē.

He can go crazy for the sake of artillery.

Whenever the cannon rumbled, Xue Wanche would be very crazy, and even lost his calm as a commander, and asked the artillery to bombard the enemy camp desperately, even if the enemy had collapsed and was fleeing, he still asked the artillery to continue to bombard, instead of ordering the light cavalry to quickly pursue the enemy and completely wipe out the enemy.

So at this time, when the Arab army completely collapsed under the bombardment of artillery, Xue Wanche once again yelled with red eyes. Zhang Qi, chief of the general staff of the Datang Expeditionary Force, shook his head, and reluctantly ordered the artillery to stop bombardment, the light cavalry army attacked on all fronts, the heavy cavalry army slowly advanced, and the infantry army array slowly advanced, preparing for the end of the battlefield. The whole army marched forward.

As soon as the artillery stopped, Xue Wanche returned to normal, and looked at Zhang Qi with resentful eyes: "I said Zhang boy, why did you order to stop the shelling without authorization!" Don't you see that the artillery is showing its might?! Don't you see that we have already won! Really, every time I stop when I'm at my best, do you know how hard I am! ”

Zhang Qi, who was only 27 years old but was appointed chief of the general staff of the 100,000-strong army, was naturally not a fuel-efficient lamp; although he came from a poor family, he was the first among the graduates of the fourth batch of the military university, and then volunteered to work in the general staff headquarters. Soon transferred to the expeditionary force from the lowest staff officer, in just two and a half years, he accumulated merit to the chief of the general staff of the whole army, known as the most promising young man after Li Shiji to take over the post of chief of staff headquarters, he was in the expeditionary force earlier than Xue Wanche, so he was not afraid of Xue Wanche, a strong man.

"The power given to me by His Majesty, when the commander loses his mind, I have the right to command the army in place of the commander. Make the most correct decision, it turns out. My decision is correct, what is the dissatisfaction of the marshal? The battlefield is not a game, and artillery is not a handsome plaything! Zhang Qi glared back fiercely, he was very unhappy with Xue Wanche's reckless use of artillery every time, not to mention how expensive the cost of artillery ammunition was. The Persians have long complained that you use artillery without moderation, what if you don't have enough shells?

Moreover, there is a saying in the army that makes Zhang Qi very worried, there is a saying in the army that the artillery is so strong, and every time the enemy is bombarded to slag by artillery before the battle starts. The artillery picked up the big heads, the cavalry infantry and the eight-bull crossbow team trebuchet team only had the opportunity to eat leftovers, and the whole army seemed to be dissatisfied with the artillery team, and the enthusiasm was not high when fighting, as if the result had been expected for a long time, which made Zhang Qi very worried.

Zhang Qi also deeply understands the shortcomings of artillery, not to mention the bulky, no ammunition is a large piece of iron lump not to say, as soon as it rains, if the moisture is not timely, the artillery will be dumb fire, at that time, it is the worst if you encounter a large group of enemy troops, once it was like this, thanks to that group of strong artillery turned into infantry and went up, otherwise ten artillery pieces are estimated to fall into the hands of the Arabs.

Datang is very prepared for artillery such a sharp weapon to fall into the hands of others, but it is impossible for others not to be greedy and not to consider, not to mention the small actions of the Persians and Romans secretly tinkering, just say that the Arabs, in order to deal with artillery, are also racking their brains, from soldiers to generals seem to be fighting against artillery, not with the army of Datang.

The artillery was too dazzling.

Zhang Qi was secretly worried.

Of course, he didn't know that Li Tai had already begun to research artillery that could be used by fewer soldiers, maybe Li Tai didn't think of making an artillery that could be used by a soldier - a musket, but Suning had already told him in advance, what his ultimate goal was, the ultimate goal was to create an artillery that every soldier could use, individual artillery, at that time, thousands of soldiers used artillery together, ah, that scene......

Indeed, in such an era, too powerful artillery will cause dissatisfaction in the army, the achievements and combat effectiveness of the artillery are too strong, so strong that other arms feel that they have no need to save zài, especially the eight-bull crossbow team and trebuchet team, they feel that artillery can replace their zài, they almost have no need to save zài, except for when it rains to show off, other times can almost only watch the artillery team make meritorious service, and then end the battle.

Xue Wanche, as the commander, is also dissatisfied with his excessive preference for artillery, as the commander, your every move will have a very strict impact on the army, so as a commander, you must understand your own behavior, and pay more attention to your own behavior, which is like Xue Wanche, I can't wait to stay in the artillery battalion all day long and be a partner with artillery, this is simply a person who treats other arms!

"Even then, you can't interrupt me all the time!" Xue Wanche rolled his eyes, expressing helplessness at what Zhang Qi said, and he couldn't object, this was the power given by the emperor, and Xue Wanche also knew that once he was mobilized by the artillery, it would be difficult to control himself, so he had to admit it, but the sound of the cannon stopped. Xue Wanche regained his senses and began to analyze the next battle: "Now the situation is basically clear, the Arab army is retreating one after another, we have attacked their hinterland, and they don't have a few days to jump, Zhang Qi. How are the other two armies progressing? ”

Zhang Qi quickly replied: "The Romans are making good progress, following us, they have fought ten victories in seven days, annihilated eighty or ninety thousand Arab troops, and have basically swept away the enemy troops there, and they will probably arrive on time when we reach the predetermined place." ”

Xue Wanche nodded, and then frowned: "The Romans are really good at fighting, even if we don't come here." They are estimated to be able to fight the Arabs alone, and it is estimated that it is a little worse, the Arabs can't contain the Romans, so we have to pay more attention to the Romans, compared with the Persians, the Romans are a greater threat, right. How is the progress of the Persians? There's no problem with Rengui, right? ”

Zhang Qi couldn't laugh or cry a little: "General Xue's letter said that it was a blessing that the Persians didn't make trouble for him, and he didn't dare to ask for great achievements. So the progress is relatively slow, although it is also a series of victories, but so far the elimination of less than 30,000 Arab troops, the Persians themselves have lost more than 40,000 people, basically relying on the tactics of the sea of people to press over and fight, the Arabs left the Persians with a weak resistance. It is estimated that it has been predicted for a long time, put the strongest army here to fight us. ”

Xue Wanche shook his head: "This Persian is really rotten to the root and can't be saved, forget it, it doesn't matter, anyway, our ultimate goal is to clean up the Romans and Persians together." As for the rest, I expect that there will be a great deal of bitter fighting to come, and the Arabs themselves should understand that they are no match for us at all, so that there should be no hope for these advance troops, and it is estimated that they will gather their great armies in the most important places, concentrate their forces on guard, and then try in vain to delay the war until the winter, in order to exhaust our provisions. ”

Zhang Qi frowned and said: "No, we have artillery, what kind of Xiongguan is dangerous and we can't take it?" ”

Xue Wanche glared: "You kid, you are really brilliant when you say you are smart, you are really stupid when you say you are stupid, and you are thinking about fighting with all your minds?" Don't do anything else! ”

Zhang Qi was stunned for a moment and asked, "What's the matter?" We're here to fight! ”

Xue Wanche covered his head and shook his head: "You are still too young, you entered the army after graduating from the military academy, you should really let you stay in the staff headquarters for a few years before being put in the army, I said you, you don't want to think about it, after fighting the Arabs, what should we do?" ”

Zhang Qi was even more puzzled: "Your Majesty's holy decree is to establish the Tang Dynasty embassy in Persia and Rome, keep a part of the army, and then trade with the two countries, take this opportunity to understand the two countries, disintegrate the two countries, so the trick is repeated, and then destroy the two countries, occupy here, and include this large piece of land as my Tang territory, don't let us do anything?" ”

Xue Wanche slapped Zhang Qi's head: "Elm head!" ”

Zhang Qi was furious: "What are you doing!" ”

Xue Wanche said angrily: "You, you, you won't think about anything else? We finished this battle, it is equivalent to helping the Romans and Persians eliminate the enemy, although we are much safer, but also give the Romans and Persians a lot of development opportunities, their population and land will increase greatly, our land is already very large, and it is no longer possible to obtain more land in a short period of time, so we don't want this large piece of fertile land, but just give it to these two countries in vain, and our sixty or seventy thousand soldiers will die in vain?! ”

Zhang Qi frowned and said: "Of course not, the Persians and Romans have to pay the price!" I know! ”

Xue Wanche sighed and looked at Zhang Qi with disdain: "So, we can't let them live too well, here is the concentration of the most elite troops of the Persians and Romans, let them fight with the Arabs, and then lose all three, this is the most beneficial for us, consume their elite army, let them drain their blood, then even when we develop the Western Regions, it will not give them a chance to develop too strong."

Let's not use artillery, don't use artillery in a decisive battle, let the Persians and Romans attack the city directly, and do a final decisive battle with the Arabs, hand-to-hand combat, we can use the excuse that the cannonballs are used up, and then storm the Arabs, so that they can fight the world on three sides, and then we will reap the benefits of the fisherman, wouldn't that be the best? It's called killing people with a knife, do you understand, and then we have to create a little trouble after the battle, so that the Romans and Persians have a chance to fight, and they won't have time to develop themselves once they fight, and our chance will come, you know no! Youngster! ”

Zhang Qi looked at Xue Wanche, a rough man, in a daze, and suddenly realized that it was not by chance that he could become the commander of this 100,000-strong army and win a huge victory, it was not by luck, he went crazy by chance, but he was really experienced and very far-sighted, which was the main reason why he became the commander.

"The so-called siege is the bottom, the attack is the top, put it here to still be able to eat, we have to put our brains here, don't rush forward, although we are allies, but, once this battle is over, I don't know who is the enemy!" Xue Wanche pointed to his heart and smiled proudly. (To be continued......)