On the hill in the south hill of Aries City, Li Yuanji and Li Shimin stood side by side. They looked at the wilderness to the west, sighing in the gentle breeze.
Although the six thousand soldiers and horses led by Yang Zhengdao were less than twenty miles away from Aries City, neither of them panicked, as if they didn't know that Yang Zhengdao had brought someone to take their heads.
After Li Shimin lamented that the two brothers were smart but were misled by their cleverness, he suddenly turned to look at Li Yuanji and said, "How are you going to deal with it?"
Li Yuanji did not answer, but looked at Li Shimin and asked, "How about I go meet him?"
Li Shimin looked like he had eaten shit and said angrily, "Let's forget it. I'll go meet him."
When Li Yuanji heard this, he narrowed his eyes and laughed.
He has long seen that Li Shimin is moved. It's just that Li Shimin likes to hold back. If you don't take the initiative to ask him, he won't tell you what's in his heart.
So he had to fight, he had to be provoked, and once he was provoked, he couldn't hide his inner thoughts.
Li Shimin was made uncomfortable by Li Yuanji's smiling expression. He snorted pretending to be calm and said: "Today, let me, as your elder brother, teach you how to fight, so that you won't be defeated in the future and blame me."
This elder brother has never taught you anything."
Li Yuanji knew that Li Shimin was being tough, so he complimented him very wisely, "Yes, yes, I am willing to listen to my second brother's teachings!"
Li Shimin puffed up his chest slightly and picked it up, "Humph, just watch!"
After saying this, Li Shimin called to Xue Wanche who was guarding not far away, "Go and gather all the soldiers and horses in the city that can be assembled, and assemble in the west of the city. When everyone is here, divide the people of King Yong's guard into twenty groups
, one hundred people per team, one person and two horses, went to sneak attack Yang Zhengdao's team along the way, without stopping day and night. Remember, tell them that once Yang Zhengdao's troops counterattack or start an encirclement, they must not be reluctant to fight and must withdraw from the battlefield as soon as possible.
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Then divide the guards in the city into a hundred groups and ask them to dig pits ten miles outside the city. The pits must be dug two feet deep and one foot wide. No work is allowed.
Then let them dig a trench outside the city, running through the north and south hills.
After everything is dug, let them bring rolling wood, rocks, arrows and other objects and gather on the mountainside on both sides."
"Here!"
Xue Wanche solemnly agreed and quickly left the mountain bag.
After Xue Wanche left, Li Yuanji looked at Li Shimin and said, "What kind of plan are you talking about?"
Li Shimin said with an air of dignity: "What's the plan? Of course it's the plan to defeat Yang Zhengdao."
Li Yuanji said curiously: "Tell me carefully..."
Li Shimin snorted, glanced at Li Yuanji and said, "Tell me first which step you saw."
Li Yuanji thought for a while and said: "If you let the people of King Yong's Guard attack Yang Zhengdao day and night, it should be a strategy to tire out the enemy. But the number of soldiers and horses under Yang Zhengdao's command is far greater than that of King Yong's Guard.
If people gather together, they can still fight with him, but if they are separated, they may not be his opponent.
Moreover, Yang Zhengdao would not sit still and wait for death. After he was sneak attacked four or five times, he would definitely be on guard. If the Yongwang guards tried to sneak attack him again, they would most likely be surrounded by him.
Therefore, the strategy of weakening the enemy is only a temporary strategy, it is not long-lasting, and it is difficult to truly achieve the goal of weakening the enemy.
As for you asking the city guards to dig holes outside the city, that is to trap the horse.
But digging a horse pit ten miles outside the city, even if it could cause some damage to Yang Zhengdao's soldiers and horses, could not stop Yang Zhengdao's progress.
After all, Yang Zhengdao discovered something as obvious as a horse pit and could easily get around it.
As for the reason why you asked people to dig trenches outside the city, it was to prevent Yang Zhengdao from using large ordnance to attack the city.
You know very well that there is no vegetation outside Aries City, and Yang Zhengdao came with a light vehicle, so there will not be many large ordnance. A simple trench is enough to prevent Yang Zhengdao from using ordnance to attack the city.
In this way, all Yang Zhengdao can do is to attack Aries City from the hills on both sides.
And after you asked the city guards to dig the horse traps and trenches, you went to stay on the hills on both sides, just to use the terrain of the hills to condescendingly annihilate Yang Zhengdao in one fell swoop."
After hearing this, Li Shimin looked at Li Yuanji expressionlessly and said, "Is that what you think?"
Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment and asked: "So you have other purposes for doing this?"
Li Shimin said disdainfully: "You can see that me letting King Yong's guards sneak attack Yang Zhengdao's troops is not a long-term solution, and it will not have the effect of weakening the enemy. How can I not see that?
As for asking the city guards to dig horse pits and trenches outside the city, it is not a useless effort, nor is it to force the hills on both sides of Yangzheng Road to fight with us.
But to confuse Yang Zhengdao."
Having said this, Li Shimin looked at the direction in which Yang Zhengdao would appear, curled his lips disdainfully and said: "Yang Zhengdao made a superior move this time and calculated a trick on us.
But his ability to lead troops in battle did not improve with the success of this plan.
He was still the cowardly person who had no choice but to flee to the Turks to seek refuge when the Sui Dynasty was defeated.
So to deal with him, you don’t need any clever tricks, you just need to confuse him and then annihilate him in one fell swoop.”
Li Yuanji said: "Are you a bit arrogant when you say that?"
Li Shimin glared angrily and said: "Am I arrogant? If I were arrogant, I would have led Yongwang's guards to find him at this time! Not to mention that he only has 6,000 men under his command, even if he has 60,000, I would dare to lead Yongwang's guards to charge.
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Li Shimin is not talking nonsense, this is what he did when he faced Dou Jiande last year.
At this point, Li Shimin said angrily: "I tell you, it's not that I am arrogant, it's that he is too stupid. If I were him, I would never bring a group of Han people here at this time. I would bring Ashi
All the elite soldiers from Na and Ast's tribe will come here and use all their strength to behead you and me. Only in this way will Suni's lost troops have room to stand up.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! What's going on with him bringing a bunch of Han people here?
Sneak attack or beheading?
If it were a sneak attack, he would have been exposed before he even got close to Aries City. What kind of sneak attack was this?
If beheading, is it possible for him to behead both of you and me in an instant?
Also, among these Han people who have been in the Turks for more than ten years or decades, how many are still loyal to the former Sui Dynasty and willing to fight bloody battles for him?"
After Li Yuanji heard what Li Shimin said, he opened his mouth, but he couldn't say anything to refute.
Just as Li Shimin said, Yang Zhengdao brought a group of Han people for a sneak attack. It seemed that the people in his team were very pure and had a relatively simple origin. But in fact, the people in his team, whether they were pure or single, were not much like the Turks.
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Because they are all Han people, the destruction of the Turks' country and family is the Turks' business, not theirs. There is no reason for them to risk everything to fight for the Turks.
It is even possible that some of them still hope that the Turks will be defeated and their country will be destroyed.
So if you expect them to fight against the odds, it is simply impossible.
Under such circumstances, no matter which elite force of the Tang Dynasty they faced, as long as they suffered huge battle losses, they would disperse in a hurry.
So it makes sense for Li Shimin to say that Yang Zhengdao is stupid.
Because Yang Zhengdao only saw the unity and purity of the army, but ignored the bloody nature and will to die of the army.
Bloodiness and determination to die are more important to an army than unity and purity.
An army without bloodiness and will to die, no matter how simple and pure it is, will collapse at the touch of a powerful enemy and disperse.
But an army with blood and a will to die, even if it is not single-minded or pure enough, will fight to the end when it encounters a strong enemy, and it is possible to turn defeat into victory.
There are countless similar examples in history.
Therefore, in the army, bloodiness and the will to die are more important than unity and purity, and Yang Zhengdao just ignored these two most important points.
"Then you sent people to sneak attack them and dug a horse pit outside the city. What is the real purpose of the trench?"
After being silent for a while, Li Yuanji stared at Li Shimin and asked.
Li Shimin snorted twice and said: "Of course I will confuse them, lure them here, and annihilate them in one fell swoop!"
Hearing this, Li Yuanji roughly guessed Li Shimin's plan, "Do you want to give them the illusion that we are weak and have insufficient troops, so that they mistakenly think that they can break through Aries City in one fell swoop, capture us, and then swarm over us?
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Li Shimin nodded reluctantly.
Li Yuanji continued: "The King Yong Wei is the one who really took action against them?"
Li Shimin pouted and said, "You're not too stupid!"
Li Yuanji didn't pay attention to Li Shimin's words and continued: "So you let King Yong's guards go out to sneak attack them, in fact, it was also to hide King Yong's guards around them first?"
Li Shimin nodded and said: "Yes, when they start attacking the city from the north and south hills respectively, I will let the city guards entangle them first, and then let the Yongwang guards come out from behind them.
At that time, there will only be two choices left for them, either surrender or die!"
Li Yuanji nodded and said, "How sure are you?"
When Li Shimin heard this, he was very angry. He said angrily, "Do you believe me when I say 100%?"
Without waiting for Li Yuanji to speak, Li Shimin continued: "Also, since you asked me to take action, don't question my ability. If I weren't afraid that you would be beaten to death by your father when you returned, I would not have adopted this strategy at all.
I will directly go out with a hundred cavalry, hang out in front of Yang Zhengdao, lure him to lead his army to attack, and then set up an ambush on his only way to defeat him in one fell swoop. There is no need to bother like now."
Li Yuanji was speechless when he heard this, but what Li Shimin said was very consistent with his usual behavior.
Li Shimin was like this when he was fighting. He often used his own head as bait. Many people knew that this was a trick, but they couldn't stop their greed. They repeatedly fell into his tricks and let him win a prize.
