Turbulent Times Chapter 1586: Li Jing’s plan

"After General Luo Shixin of the Whirlwind Camp and the Fourth General Wu of the Feima Camp occupied Xinzhou County and Luliang County respectively, during the period when the Prince was attracting the main force of Li Shentong, with the assistance of the officials sent by Master Du, and in addition With the help of the Military Intelligence Department, Xiaoyu Theater, and the Martial Arts Association, the two counties have been completely controlled, and more than 60,000 soldiers have been gradually absorbed, and they are ready to capture the next county.”

"Commander Zhang Tiangang, the special force from the west, with 3,000 troops, occupied Heifengkou, the place where the grain road from Chang'an to Longguan must be passed by Li's army, for nearly a month. More than 10,000 elite soldiers killed nearly 20,000 enemies. Judging from the situation grasped by the Military Intelligence Office, Hou Junji's food and grass in Longguan will support them for half a month at most. Jiang Mulang's army of 120,000 may easily break through Longguan, and then drive in, which may directly threaten the Li Yuan Group's Chang'an City."

After an official of the Military Intelligence Department reported the current situation as usual, the generals heard that the North Road and the West Road continued to make great achievements or were about to make great achievements, and everyone was very eager. The military meeting began here, and the main thing was to discuss how to break through The five military strongholds guarded by Li Shimin.

After some debate, some generals thought that they would bypass the five military strongholds, attack the hinterland of Hedong, and force Li Shimin's army to leave the stronghold to fight against them.

There are also generals who believe that we should follow what Zhang Tiangang, the commander of the special forces, did in Heifengkou, and send elite soldiers around the trail to the back of the opponent's five military camps, cutting off Li Shimin's food and grass.

Yuchi Jingde, Guan Xiaotong, and Lu Han just listened to the arguments of their subordinates without saying a word, making it difficult to see clearly the tendency of the three of them, or whether they had other ideas.

When the generals and officers were almost done arguing, and after discussing various possibilities or feasible tactics, Yuchi Jingde turned his head and said to Li Jing, who had been calm and silent all the time: "Master Li was sent by the prince. Military division, in the battles against Wagang in the Central Plains, I heard that he made great achievements and played an important role. I don’t know what to do now in the opinion of Lord Li.”

Li Jing is very clear that compared to Yuchi Jingde, Lu Han, Guan Xiaotong and others, his qualifications in the Far Eastern Army are too low, and he doesn't even have his own army. The thousand special forces experts who are currently taking orders from him are only temporarily taking orders to him only.

Moreover, compared to when Li Xuanba completely handed over the command of the Violent Bear Battalion to him when he was in the Wagang Village in the Central Plains, even though he is now the 150,000-strong force of the Tiger Battalion, Iron Spear Battalion, and Iron Hammer Battalion, military adviser, but the final decision-making power is no longer in his own hands.

At this time, upon hearing Yuchi Jingde's question, Li Jing immediately stood up and bowed his hands to everyone, and then said: "General Yuchi, General Lu, General Guan, and other generals, I know this son of Li Shimin quite well. Zizi is very intelligent, thoughtful, considerate on the battlefield, and extremely cunning, decisive and courageous. I think it is not feasible to send people to the back of the five military villages to cut off their food and grass, because there are special forces on the western battlefield. Team Zhang Tiangang is leading the battle in Heifengkou. Li Shimin must have guarded the food road very tightly. The people we send may never return. The main force of the army bypassing the five military strongholds is extremely risky. If you are not careful, you will be killed by Li Shimin The food road and the back road are cut off, and the consequences will be disastrous."

Li Jing's words are convincing and well-founded. When everyone heard the words, they all nodded their heads and praised him.

He valued and reused him, and sent them to be their military advisers, which is really extraordinary.

When several generals saw this, they asked for a battle to attack the five military strongholds, saying that since there was only one way to attack the military strongholds, they were ready to attack hard. Let alone the height of the city wall, it is too thick and too strong. The speed at which the Far Eastern Army can throw gunpowder packs with catapults is not as fast as the other side can repair the wall with craftsmen at the same time. Even if they try to send dead soldiers close to the city gate Under the city, they didn't even break the city wall.

Yu Chi Jingde waved his hand to interrupt the call for battle from the generals under his command, and after a moment of thought, he said: "What Master Li said is reasonable, I don't know what clever plan Master Li has."

Li Jing was waiting for Yuchi Jingde to ask this question. He actually had a plan in mind, but he could see that Yuchi Jingde, Lu Han, Guan Xiaotong and the others still didn't fully trust his ability, so So he didn't say anything, and waited for Yuchi Jingde to ask for advice, so as to improve the persuasiveness of what he said.

At that moment, Li Jing talked eloquently, and explained his plan to the big sand table in front of everyone. He mentioned that he had already obtained a fake secret order from Li Yuan and gave it to Li Shimin, which surprised everyone even more. Li Jing secretly admired it.

So, including Yuchi Jingde, Lu Han and Guan Xiaotong, the three main generals, everyone has already been convinced of Li Jing's plan, and after hearing it, they are also full of fighting spirit.

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On November 25th, that is, the second day after Li Shimin received the "Li Yuan Secret Order", he followed the requirements of the secret order and led the generals to discuss how to win a big victory. Leading an army of 100,000 to the outside of the Ten Killing Village.

Because it is the closest to Shanggu County under the rule of the Far Eastern Army, the Ten Killing Village has become the most important military stronghold of the Li Yuan Group to the front line of the Far Eastern Army. Over the past few years, under the promotion of Li Shimin, it has been sparing no effort to repair and reinforce it repeatedly. Not to mention the iron wall, but it is far beyond the defense of ordinary military villages or ordinary cities.

And this is also one of the reasons why Yuchi Jingde and others led the army and were unable to attack the ten-kill army stronghold.

According to the information inquired by the Military Intelligence Office, Yuchi Jingde's leaders conducted an analysis and found that if he wanted to break through the ten-kill village stationed by 50,000 people, he would have to use at least one hundred and fifty thousand troops to attack two It may take more than a month to break through, and the loss is huge.

And how could he lose nearly half of his 150,000 horses in order to attack a ten-kill village, so every time Yuchi Jingde thought about this, he felt very helpless.

However, in response to this situation, Yuchi Jingde has also thought of some methods in the past two months. The biggest strategic direction is to try to lure the defenders in the Ten Killing Village out for an ambush. But to achieve this involves all aspects, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is rare. Because it is related to various factors such as the character of the guard of the Ten Killing Village.

With Li Shimin's mentality, it is almost impossible for them to lead the opponent's main force out of the field.

However, now Li Jing just prepared a secret order from Li Yuan to Li Shimin, which made this matter very likely.

Of course, according to Li Jing's plan, in order for Li Shimin to lead the main force out of the stronghold to fight them in the field, it still requires Yuchi Jingde to lead the army to do something, or

Talk about putting on a big show.

At this time, Yuchi Jingde led the army to line up several miles outside the Ten Killing Village, and then about 2,000 horsemen marched slowly from the Far Eastern Army's formation, and stopped about two miles in front of the south gate of the Ten Killing Village down.

The Far Eastern Army only stepped forward with 2,000 people, and it was obviously impossible to attack the Shisha Village with 2,000 people, but they made a gesture of a battle.

Only 2,000 people from the Far East Army came to attack. The spies from the Li Family Army in the Shisha Village had already inquired and reported the news to Li Shimin in the city.

At this time, Li Shimin stood at the top of the city early and looked around with the binoculars obtained from Fanyang County by other means, and sent several waves of spies to inquire again and again to confirm that the main force of the Far East Army had not moved a few miles away. Seeing the appearance of the Far Eastern Army at this time, he finally determined that this was not a conspiracy to lure the defenders of the Ten Shazhai Village out of the city to ambush, but instead intended to engage in a battle.

In the past, Li Shimin would not have taken care of such things at all, but now he is planning how to win a big victory, which will inevitably require leading the main force out of the city to fight in the field, because Yuchi Jingde is not willing to attack the army stronghold at all.

Therefore, it is very worthwhile to further understand the combat effectiveness of the Far Eastern Army and the situation of the military formation, as well as the comparison of the combat effectiveness of the two sides, through a battle of 2,000 people.

Furthermore, Li Shimin is a powerful person, after a brief discussion with his generals, he decided not to show weakness, and immediately his general Du Youchao led two thousand cavalry from his headquarters to the battle.

Du Youchao was about 800 steps away from Shisha Village, and the distance between him and the Far East Army was less than a mile.

Li Shimin was watching the battle at the top of the city, and there were 5,000 cavalry in the city ready to go out of the city to respond at any time, or ready to destroy the 2,000 troops of the Far Eastern Army.

Of course, it depends on the situation.

Li Shimin had already seen from the 2,000 cavalrymen of the Far Eastern Army that these two thousand must be elite veterans of the Far Eastern Army.

He thought that Du Youchao's overcrowding was a fierce battle between 4,000 troops from both sides, but unexpectedly, the 2,000 Far East Army was not in a hurry, and only after Du Youchao had finished forming the formation with 2,000 troops did they rush out of the formation. out for a ride.

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, and at the same time, a thought popped up in his mind—one-on-one?

In this era, the two armies confronted each other, and there were occasional one-on-one battles in novels and dramas such as the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, countries fought in melee and conflicts continued. But there has never been such a thing between the Far East Army and Li Yuan Group, and it is the first time now.

"The Far East Army wants to use personal bravery to increase its own morale and destroy our morale?"

"Could it be that Yuchi Jingde is so confident that the people he sends will be able to kill my people?"

Li Shimin sneered on the top of the wall, he remembered that Du Youchao had a strong general under his command who would immediately fight to rank among the top three.

Below the city, Du Youchao gave an order, and the standard-bearer around him waved the banner. The soldiers under his command raised their bows and arrows, ready for battle. , will still be regarded as a hedgehog.

PS: Tonight, more than 13,000 words will be delivered in four parts—————