Seeing Wang Xiaojie deep in thought, Lu Xiaoxian suddenly asked: "General Wang, you have been in the army for so many years, do you have anyone you admire?"

Wang Xiaojie came back to his senses, glanced at Lu Xiaoxian, and smiled: "Of course!"

Lu Xiaoxian looked curious: "Can you tell me?"

"Of course!" Wang Xiaojie nodded, "If Mr. Lu is willing to listen, then I will tell you!"

Wang Xiaojie thought for a while and said slowly: "If I want to say the person I admire the most, the first one is Master Xue!"

"Master Xue?" Lu Xiaoxian looked at Wang Xiaojie strangely, "Are you talking about Xue Huaiyi?"

"Master Lu, you can't call Master Xue by his first name. This is very disrespectful!" Wang Xiaojie stared at Lu Xiaoxian dissatisfied, "In my mind, he exists like a god!"

Lu Xiaoxian was a little confused. The first person in the Tang army who admired him the most was actually a monk, and he was Wu Zetian's male favorite Xue Huaiyi. How could this be possible?

Wang Xiaojie seemed to see what Lu Xiaoxian was thinking. He said solemnly: "Xue Guoshi once led an army to fight against the invading Turks twice according to the holy order. Mr. Lu must have heard about this, right?"

Lu Xiaoxian nodded. When he was studying history in later generations, he had indeed read what Wang Xiaojie just said.

In the first year of Yanzai, the Turkic Khan Gu Dulu died of illness. His younger brother Mochu proclaimed himself Khan and led his troops to invade Lingzhou in the Tang Dynasty.

At that time, Wu Zetian overcame all opinions and appointed Xue Huaiyi as the general manager of Qingping Road March to conquer the Turks.

As soon as Xue Huaiyi led his army to Shuofang, the Turks retreated in a hurry. Xue Huaiyi carved a stone in Shanyutai to record his merits and returned to Beijing. After returning to Beijing, Wu Zetian awarded Xue Huaiyi the title of General of the Auxiliary State and two thousand pieces of silk.

In the second year of Changshou, the Turks once again invaded the border, and Xue Huaiyi went out again. Wu Zetian appointed him as the general manager of the march against the enemy. Like last time, before Xue Huaiyi's army reached the border, the Turks withdrew silently, and Xue Huaiyi once again refused to fight.

And win.

There are not many details recorded in history books about Xue Huaiyi's two expeditions. Later historians' evaluation of this matter is also one-sided, saying that Xue Huaiyi was just lucky.

Wang Xiaojie snorted coldly and said: "As soon as Master Xue led his army to the border, the Turks retreated. If by chance

One time I could say he was lucky, but every time he is like this, how can he still be said to be lucky? Do you think the Turks are all made up of mud?"

Who dares to say that the Turks are made of clay? They have been the enemies of the Central Plains dynasties for generations since the Xiongnu. The many changes in the Central Plains dynasties are directly related to them.

Lu Xiaoxian raised his eyebrows: "General, are you saying that there are other reasons for this?"

"Of course!" Wang Xiaojie showed an expression of admiration, "I followed Master Xue during these two expeditions. Others don't know the inside story, but I know everything!"

"General, can you tell me?" At this moment, Lu Xiaoxian became more and more interested in Xue Huaiyi.

"Actually, it's very simple! Before the two expeditions, Master Xue sent someone to write a letter to Mochu!" A strange light flashed in Wang Xiaojie's eyes, "The content of the letter was also very simple. He directly told Mochu what he was going to do.

Deal with the Turks!"

"Is there such a thing?" Lu Xiaoxian's eyes widened: "He will tell his enemies his battle ideas?"

Is Xue Huaiyi crazy or too arrogant for doing this?

"Of course!" Wang Xiaojie said proudly, "Not only did he tell Mo Chuu his plan of action without hiding anything, but he also followed the action plan step by step!"

Lu Xiaoxian's heart moved and he guessed: "Then, after Mo Chui read the letter, he didn't realize the difficulty and retreated. Isn't that right?"

"That's right!" Wang Xiaojie nodded, "Xue Guoshi's plan is unsolvable for Mo Chui. He has no other way but to retreat!"

"Is it true or false?" Lu Xiaoxian was a little confused. This Xue Huaiyi was too evil.

Wang Xiaojie stood up, went to the bookshelf and took out a brocade box.

Opening the lid of the box, Wang Xiaojie took out a dozen pieces of tissue paper and handed them to Lu Xiaoxian: "I also copied a copy of the action plan that Master Xue wrote to Mochu. Mr. Lu will understand it after reading it."

Is Xue Huaiyi really that amazing?

Lu Xiaoxian took the piece of paper dubiously and read it carefully.

After reading it, Lu Xiaoxian's expression changed drastically and he didn't speak for a long time.

There is only one thought in his mind

: This Xue Huaiyi is either a monster, or he has traveled through time like himself. Anyway, he cannot be from this era.

Why?

The battle plan Xue Huaiyi wrote to Mochu was simply not something anyone could have imagined in this era.

In the first letter, Xue Huaiyi told Mochu that he planned to use a roundabout tactic to deal with the Turks, directly sending surprise troops to detour to cut off the Turks' logistical supplies, then block the Turks' retreat route, and adopt a two-sided attack to finally defeat the Turks.

Since the time when Li Jing led the army to exterminate the Turks, the Tang army has adopted the tactics of "flanking around and attacking from the front and rear", perfectly combining the power of the infantry array with the powerful maneuverability of the cavalry. However, the Tang army's encirclement and annihilation tactics only remained

At the "battlefield" level.

The Mongolian army that was really best at using large-circle tactics in history was the Mongolian army five hundred years after the Tang Dynasty. The Mongols grew up in a barbaric desert, but they accepted the military tactical ideas of the Han people, especially the ideas in "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu.

"Soldiers are deceitful." The "Great Turnaround Tactics" is a concentrated expression of the deceitfulness of the Mongolian army. Their use of cavalry tactics reached the highest peak in military history.

Xue Huaiyi's battle plan was clearly a replica of the Mongolian roundabout tactics, which shocked Lu Xiaoxian.

In the second letter, Xue Huaiyi planned to use crushing tactics and harassment tactics. With the help of the strong national power of the Tang Dynasty, he fought steadily and advanced step by step, constantly compressing the living space of the Turks. At the same time, he sent a small group of cavalry to detect

The enemy's movements, on the other hand, are carried out to harass.

The subtlety of this plan was secondary. What Lu Xiaoxian couldn't understand the most was the two weapons and equipment that appeared in the plan.

One is a trebuchet. The power of this trebuchet is different from that of the Tang Dynasty. It is clearly the Xiangyang cannon used by the Yuan Dynasty when it attacked the Song Dynasty. The other is a crossbow that is very effective against cavalry and did not really appear until the Song Dynasty.

Stepping on a crossbow. These two things were not something that the Tang Dynasty should have, but they appeared in Xue Huaiyi's battle plan at the same time. No wonder Wang Xiaojie regarded Xue Huaiyi as a god.
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