Turbulent Times Chapter 1555: Li Shimin is really not easy to fight

One hundred and thirty miles northwest of Shuozhou, Wang Junlin commanded Luo Shixin and Wu Si's 100,000 troops camped for rest.

Because the distance from the enemy army is not far away, the scouts can already see the spies of the Li family army these days, but Li Shentong only sent a large number of scouts to spy on Wang Junlin's army in the face of Wang Junlin's personal conquest. reaction.

"Li Shentong's troops in Shuozhou are 30,000 to 40,000 more than ours, and most of them are elites. Even if they lose once, they should not be afraid of us!" Wang Junlin said.

After a pause, Wang Junlin turned around and said to Luo Shixin, Wu Si and Shen Guoer in the account: "However, even if the opponent shrinks his head like a turtle, we can't relax our vigilance. On the territory, Li Yuan treats the people well in Hedong, and has a sense of belonging to the Li family army. Unlike the Wagang army in the Central Plains at that time, we are now playing the role of an invading army, so it is very likely that all the people will be soldiers!"

Wu Si slid his finger across the map slowly, and said: "My lord, just to be on the safe side, I thought that Heshan County should be taken down, and a team of troops should be deployed from it. My lord, please see that Heshan County is located on the right wing of our army." In the rear, as long as there is any change in the right wing, the Heshan County garrison will find out immediately and can deal with it calmly."

Wang Junlin nodded slightly, agreed, and said: "Yes, this is a safe plan."

After a pause, Wang Junlin said: "Do you think Li Shentong will engage in a large-scale cavalry field battle with us?"

Looking at the map, Luo Shixin thought for a while, shook his head, and said, "My lord, I thought that Li Shentong probably didn't know how to do it. Now our Far East Army's strength is famous all over the world, especially its excellent armor. The sharpness of weapons and equipment is known to everyone in the world, and the opponent's equipment is not comparable to ours. Although Li Shentong was defeated by me in the field just now, he is still a famous general of a generation. Now that he has recognized our combat power, he will never make a move A risky move to decide the outcome in one battle."

"Will he stick to the city?" Wang Junlin frowned, "The siege battle is the most troublesome."

"My lord, Li Shentong, as the general of the North Army of the Li Family Army, is extremely good at fighting and seasoned. The deputy general Liu Hongji is the top rising star in the Li Yuan Group. According to the information obtained by the Military Intelligence Office, this person is even Li Yuan

Second son Li Shimin also said. And Pei Ji, the marching Sima of the North Road Army, is even an old fox. He has a long-term vision and acts cunningly. It will never be easy for the three of them to lead the Li family's tens of thousands of troops in Hedong. I even suspect that they lost to the whirlwind led by Luo Shixin Battalion is a deliberate move by the other party. On the one hand, it is to determine the combat power of our army so that they can make follow-up plans. On the other hand, it wants us to underestimate the enemy and lure us to underestimate the enemy and go deep. "

When everyone heard the words, their expressions were slightly concentrated. Shen Guoer pointed to the map and continued: "My lord, please look at the general deployment of the opponent's troops. Once he mobilizes his whole body, he wants to mobilize our troops, find our weaknesses in mobile warfare, and strive to gather the main force to break them with one blow."

"So, at the beginning of the war, Li Shentong will definitely not confront us head-on, but wants to lure us into this circle." Wang Junlin clicked on the map, "Then use these city strongholds to disperse us Force."

"My lord, Guo'er means exactly that!" Shen Guoer said hastily.

"If this is the case, then Li Shentong has a good idea!" Wang Junlin sneered, "But why should we do what he says? Our goal in the early stage of the battle is not to annihilate the enemy, but to suppress the enemy with power, Their forces slowly compressed to Taiyuan Mansion, forcing Li Shentong to concentrate his forces in Taiyuan Mansion to fight with us."

Wang Junlin drew a straight line along the map and said, "Luo Shixin, lead the 50,000 people from the Whirlwind Battalion, cut in along this line, cut off the left-wing battlefield, and divide it into two different war zones. Sweep the enemy's city Force outside the city, press them into the city. And ascertain the deployment of the opponent's troops in these two areas, so as to decide which area we should attack first."

"I will obey the prince's order." Luo Shixin said with full fighting spirit.

"The first step is to scare the enemy's courage!" Wang Junlin waved his arm, "If you make the enemy timid before fighting, you may win without fighting."

"My lord, how many troops are stationed in Heshan County?" Shen Guoer asked.

Wang Junlin hesitated for a while, and said: "Wu Si sent 5,000 people to guard!"

Wu Si agreed, and immediately ordered a general to go to Heshan County.

"The destination of our first battle is Shuozhou!" Wang Junlin said on the map

Draw a general range, "The army will use the territory of Shuozhou as the strategic dividing line for the first stage. After reaching this level, it will slow down the pace of marching."

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In mid-October, the 100,000 troops belonging to Luo Shixin and Wu Si of the Far East Army, one on the left and one on the right, pressed towards Li Shentong's army in Shuozhou like two big pincers. host.

However, a large number of elite soldiers and spies were sent to fight fiercely with the scouts of the Far East Army on the land of Shuozhou.

Wang Junlin commanded an army of 100,000, went deep into the county government of Shuozhou, forcing the enemy to retreat into the county, but the Li family army never had a large-scale conflict with the Far East Army. In the situation where they broke through the siege slowly like a tortoise shell and were surrounded by enemies, the Far Eastern Army was not sure of a single blow, and was absolutely unwilling to engage in a bitter battle with the enemy, but followed them closely.

For a whole month, although the Far Eastern Army forced Li Shentong back nearly a hundred miles, the real results were not many. Only Luo Shixin made some small gains. thousand.

We fought for a whole month and occupied a lot of territory, but we didn't eliminate many enemies.

The situation of the 90,000 troops led by Guanhu, Zhou Hu, and Jiang Mulang on the West Road was not very good. The Li family army dealt with them in the same way as Li Shentong. The army stood in front of Longguan.

On the contrary, on the eastern battlefield, facing the army of Yuchi Jingde, Lu Han, and Guan Xiaotong, Li Shimin did not blindly use the Shanguan Gorge to defend, but adopted a completely head-to-head attack method, and from time to time he would launch counterattack counterattack.

So, compared to the calmness in the west and north, the battlefield in the east of Hedong was full of blood and blood. Even though the Far East Army's combat power and weapons and equipment were excellent, the elite soldiers trained by Li Shimin were not much weaker. As a result, this month, the Far Eastern Army has only advanced less than a hundred miles.

Simultaneous advances on both sides of the east and west are not fast, which also verifies the argument that Wang Junlin said before that the Li Yuan Group is far from what Li Mi, Zhai Rang and others can compare, and it is by no means easy to fight.

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