Chapter 1082 Shooting Sirius (fifty-eighth)
Chen Zhengqian told the situation and was led to another military tent for a temporary rest.
With the arrival of this food and grass, the Tang army's material shortage was finally temporarily resolved. Today, we must reward the three armies and let the soldiers have a full meal.
However, if someone below celebrates the joy, someone will arrange it. Li Shimin, Xu Le, Changsun Wuji and others do not have the intention to celebrate, but have more important things to discuss.
The problem lies in the military strategy dispute just now.
Although Chen Zhengqian was a censor and had never experienced Rongzheng, this does not mean that he did not know the need for military affairs.
The Sui Dynasty also inherited some of the characteristics of the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Ministers often had both civil and military resources. Even the so-called civil officials could be sent out to command troops at any time. They should not think that they did not know how to march and fight just because they had not led the troops.
Chen Zhengqian's opinion is considered mature, and it is similar to Changsun Wuji and others. Even Qu Tutong and Hou Junji and others also held the same view.
They had seen the bravery of the Turks. Unlike the conventional tactics of the Han princes, when the Turkic army was fighting in the field, it covered the sky with arrows and rain, and then moved quickly and interspersed like hunting, giving full play to the cavalry's speed advantage. Ten thousand people can often be used as 30,000 people.
No matter how elite your troops are, once you feel that there are enemies in front of you, you will inevitably be frightened.
Their frontal assault power may be slightly inferior to that of the Tang army, but in terms of mobility and cavalry and shooting methods, they are far ahead of the Tang army.
Moreover, they obtained a large number of armored staffs from Hedong this time, and their army's equipment level was far superior to that of the past, and their combat effectiveness was greatly improved.
It is more difficult to fight with them, and there are more casualties and injuries.
Moreover, there were also eight thousand gold wolf cavalry who took the battle this time, which was a powerful brigade that was enough to be the Fighting Fruit Army.
Even if the elite Xuanjia Cavalry fights against the Golden Wolf Cavalry, they dare not say that they have a chance of winning.
This does not include other servants.
After all, the Jincheng cavalry had already shown amazing combat effectiveness in the battle in Xia County.
Xu Le captured Xue Rengao as a hostage again, which made the young master of Jincheng half-death, and the two hatreds became deeper, so Xue Ju's performance on the battlefield would naturally be more fierce.
Not to mention anything else, just the Golden Wolf Rider and the Golden City Rider are enough to make people feel troublesome.
Which other horses are vegetarians?
Although Liu Wuzhou was a nouveau riche who suddenly started his career, his old foundation, Heng'an Arc Cavalry is famous for fighting. How weak is the combat power of the existence of being able to withstand Turkic cavalry for many years?
Not to mention the Zhibi Army, although Xu Le was beaten up by the head, its foundation was still there. It would be no problem to pull out seven or eight thousand Green Wolf Cavalry, and it could still invest in a large number of slave soldiers at any time.
The most important thing is that if you can't avoid this kind of battle, it's fine. Now you can obviously not fight, why do you have to lose your troops?
The Li family's enemies are not only the Turkic family, but the road they will take in the future is still long.
The commander of Li Shimin is the elite of the current Tang Dynasty, which is the family foundation that will conquer the world in the future.
This kind of elite team loses one team and cannot be supplemented in a short period of time.
Of course, you must be safe.
You, Xu Le, are brave, but fighting is not a war.
The army of large groups charges on the battlefield, what is the use of a person's bravery?
We recognize your military achievements and we obey your abilities, but now we are fighting, and you cannot tolerate your voluntary action.
We know your thoughts, but we still have to do this according to our method.
Changsun Wuji is considered his own person and speaks more directly: "I understand Le Langjun's thoughts. If you want to say that I am angry, I am not less angry than you.
These days, the Turks are pressing us to fight. Don’t I want to take revenge?
But a real man can bend and stretch, and it is not at this time that he settles accounts with the Turks.
The military strategy is full of things. Avoid the fierce attack on him and return home in the evening. Now the enemy is in full swing. At this time, fighting with them is equivalent to taking their lives to be angry and unable to make a mistake.
When they were out of food and retreated, we would chase them from behind and still beat them up.
Then we will let go and kill him!”
“When the time?
How many Turks can you catch then?"
Xu Le snorted coldly: "We can think of these, can't the Turks think of them?
They are not stupid cows and horses, so they have to wait until the military rations are exhausted before they are willing to withdraw their troops.
When retreating, we will definitely have food and morale in our hands. When retreating, we will be able to protect each other and we will never be bitten by our tail and beaten hard.
Even if they can bite, they are just those surrendered soldiers, killing thousands of Han troops at best, and the vitality of the Turks will not be damaged."
"But our vitality will not be damaged."
This time the person talking was the veteran Qu Tutong.
He was very old and highly respected, and was a famous general in the Sui Dynasty.
Of course, he is not as good as Xu Le in terms of martial arts, but if he talks about military strategy, he is still quite confident.
"The Turkic Golden Wolf Cavalry is extremely brave, and there will be many casualties in front of each other.
If he retreats with difficulty, it will be a good thing for us.
At least for the moment, our army should not lose too much.
You and I are both military generals, of course I understand your thoughts, but you also have to take the overall situation into consideration and not just your own pleasure.
Our army suffered too much before and can no longer fight hard.
If this elite force is exhausted, who will we rely on to conquer the world?"
Since Hou Junji was cleansed up by Xu Le once, he has been somewhat scared of Xu Le.
However, what is currently being negotiated is a major military and national affairs, and I am confident that I can be aware of my own reasons.
He plucked up his courage and said, "The Xuanjia Qi is also an elite soldier you trained with by Le Langjun. He is the real elite of our Tang Dynasty. Do you have the heart to watch the men you trained with are completely damaged?
You have never seen the Golden Wolf Cavalry's methods before. To put it bluntly, when the former was fighting, didn't you break out of the Golden Wolf Cavalry's military formation?
If you want to chew them open, you have to fill in your lives.
Is it just to deal with the Golden Wolf Rider that we have to spend all our money?”
"Enough!"
Li Shimin suddenly sank his face and glared at Hou Junji. The latter dared not confront Li Shimin head-on, let alone the generals are different now. The other party can take his head with just one word, and quickly lowered his head and dared not speak more.
Li Shimin angrily said: "What are you saying?
You and I are both generals of the Tang Dynasty. It is justified to make contributions to the Tang Dynasty to prevent the enemy and kill thieves. How can there be any saying that the old capital is not enough?
I would like to ask you, if the Turkic soldiers and food are transported to confront our army and do not retreat, will we have to retreat ourselves?
Before fighting, I thought about the casualties and the wounded and did not want to fight with people. Is this what the general should say?
Today is just a negotiation, not a military discussion. Otherwise, if you say this, you should behead the public order of the three armies!"
He looked at Xu Le again: "Mr. Le doesn't have to pay attention to their words, even if you say what you are thinking.
Gu is still the same thing. Le Langjun means Gu. No matter how hard it is, as long as you say something, we have to fight! If you are afraid of death and suffering, leave the military camp as soon as possible, don’t stay here to bewitch people’s hearts!"
Xu Le looked at everyone: "They made sense, and they also knew that the current situation should not be fought hard.
There are some things you dare not say or are hard to say, and I have nothing to care about.
It was because of the previous several major defeats that caused too many troops to be damaged, which led to the number of enemies and the number of our army being unable to succeed.
You are worried that you will lose all the elite soldiers and generals here, and you don’t know who will rely on to fight in all directions to seize the world in the future.
This worry is not without reason.
But I want to say, short-sighted!"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present looked a little ugly except for Li Shimin.
This is equivalent to insulting in person, who can bear it?
If Li Shimin hadn't been on the court and Xu Leyong was famous all over the world, someone would have turned against him or even used force at this moment.
Xu Le also knew the result of what he said, but he didn't care.
This is what I want! Let these people understand what it feels like to be sarcastic in person but unable to deal with it.
Now I am like this, I just lose some face.
One day, if the Turks treat them like this, the loss will not only be decent, but also the people of the country and the world! "Not to mention that the Turks are short of food, it may not be certain. Even if they are really cut off the food and grass and are forced to withdraw their troops, will they never come again?
In the past, when the father and son of the Yang family were in power, the border areas fought and fought every year, how could one day be peaceful?
Which saint is guarding against when he is in Jinyang?
The Turks plundered this year and returned to the army next year. Let them plunder the border generals who retreated after being fed. Who was not engaged in military law and subject to military law to fall into the ground?
Could it be that the current Tang Dynasty has worse military laws than the former Sui Dynasty?”
This is equivalent to sealing the mouth with cloth. If anyone wants to say anything, he must consider what else Xu Le will say next.
For a moment, even if he was as clever as Changsun Wuji, he didn't dare to say a word.
But even though that was said, everyone was still dissatisfied.
Xu Le also understood that he was just using a big thing to scare them, making these people dare not speak too much, not that they really believed in him.
He looked at everyone and said, "I have learned a truth since I was a child. If the Turks do not dare to launch an army for several years, they must be beaten to them! Those places that allow the Turks to plunder or take the initiative to pay for money and beg for life will definitely be damaged again next year.
Instead, the fort that fought with the Turks was fighting for death, but there was a glimmer of hope.
Especially in a team like Heng'an Arc Cavalry, there are only 3,000 soldiers and horses. If you fight hard, you will definitely be uprooted by the Turks.
However, they did not fear the Turks because of this. Instead, they gritted their teeth and fought with the Turks until the Turks thought they were not worth the money and did not dare to fight with them anymore.
Therefore, among the border troops of various units, the Heng'an Arc Cavalry had relatively few casualties and were more likely to trade with the Turks."
Changsun Wuji felt a little bit of taste at this time and asked, "What does Le Langjun mean?"
Chapter completed!