Li Shimin was a little surprised, but he quickly felt relieved.
He still knows a lot about Yin Kaishan's abilities, and he also has great confidence in Yin Kaishan. With Yin Kaishan accompanying him, and with Xue Shou and Yu Zhining providing advice, as long as Li Shenfu is not too bad, he will be able to
It is possible to defend Suizhou.
Why is it possible?
Because the strength of the two sides is so disparate, Suizhou's defenders cannot say that they can 100% defend Suizhou even with the help of Li Shenfu, Yin Kaishan, Xue Shou, Yu Zhining and others.
In matters like war, it not only depends on the personal abilities of the generals, but also on the strength of both sides.
The one with more troops will gain more or less advantages when facing off against the one with fewer troops.
If the number of troops is calculated in multiples, it can completely overwhelm the opponent.
Even if the opponent's generals are all top-notch generals, they may not be able to win.
It's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice.
Two fists are no match for four hands.
No matter how good you are at fighting, you will still have to rest if dozens of enemies surround you and strangle you.
Even someone as strong as Li Yuanji had to avoid his edge when facing an army of more than ten thousand people, let alone Li Shenfu, Yin Kaishan and the others.
Facing Li Shimin's question, Li Yuanji nodded, and Li Shimin said easily: "Even if the war in Suizhou is going to be bad, it won't be that bad, so I'll be relieved."
Li Shimin was relieved. Although he didn't talk more, he drank and ate meat faster. Li Jiancheng heard that Li Shenfu and Yin Kaishan were transferred to Suizhou to help out, and he felt relieved. He felt a lot more relaxed and started to speed up.
They ate meat and drank wine.
Half an hour later, the two of them were drunk.
I don’t know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but the two of them almost invariably talked about the past, about their childhood, how much they loved and cared for their younger brother when they were young, and how deep their relationship with their younger brother was.
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If Li Yuanji didn't understand the two of them as people, he would easily be infected by their drunken utterances.
It's a pity that Li Yuanji knows the two of them too well, and because of his understanding, he won't believe their lies at all.
When both of them found what they said to be boring, Li Yuanji ordered Yu Wenbao to take them back to their respective tents.
In the next few days, the two people did not appear again, but Li Yuanji did not take any time off, but became even busier.
Liu Hongji rushed to the big tent outside the customs almost every day to report on the military situation. Today he would report how many people were killed in the battle with the Turks, and tomorrow he would report how many people were injured in the battle with the Turks.
In the days of fighting, many people were injured on both sides.
Judging from the battle results reported by Liu Hongji, the Tang Dynasty lost more than 13,000 Turkic lives in the war in recent days, and the Tang Dynasty paid the lives of more than 4,000 soldiers for this, and more than 3,000 others.
The soldiers suffered injuries of varying severity.
The battle loss was almost two to one.
This made Cai Yungong and Chen Shuda, who were responsible for counting the results of the battle, both frowned and rushed to the Chinese army's tent with the "Battle Damage Report".
Before Li Yuanji came, the Chinese army tent here was where Liu Hongji was. After Li Yuanji came, the Chinese army tent here became where Li Yuanji was.
Li Yuanji was in the big tent handling the government affairs sent by Li Gang and others, and looking through the reports sent by Li Xiaogong, Chai Shao, Su Dingfang and others.
After reading the report written by Chai Shao observing Li Yi's movements, and just rubbing his eyebrows, Cai Yungong and Chen Shuda appeared together in the Chinese army's tent.
Both of them frowned, as if they had heavy thoughts.
"Your Majesty Cai Yungong..."
"Your Majesty Chen Shuda..."
"See Your Highness..."
The two men bowed and saluted.
Li Yuanji nodded, asked the two of them to sit down, and said, "You two look gloomy, but you have something on your mind?"
Cai Yungong and Chen Shuda looked at each other, and Chen Shuda cupped his hands and said: "Your Highness, I have counted the battle losses of our Datang in recent days, and found that the battle losses of our Datang and the war losses of the Turks are close to 40-50%.
That’s why I came here to report to His Highness.”
Li Yuanji also frowned when he heard this.
The Tang Dynasty relied on Xiongguan and had a large number of large ordnances to use. It can be said that it occupies an absolute geographical advantage and an advantage in ordnance. In addition, fresh troops from the four states of Liangzhou have also arrived one after another in recent days.
, the Tang Dynasty was about to equal the Turks in terms of the number of soldiers and horses. The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were fighting at home and did not run away in fear of battle.
It stands to reason that a battle loss ratio of four to one with the Turks would be considered normal.
But now the ratio of battle losses is two to one, which shows that it is abnormal and that there is something wrong with the Tang Dynasty in resisting the Turks.
Cai Yungong and Chen Shuda obviously saw this problem and reported the matter here.
"Have you found out what went wrong?"
Li Yuanji stared at Cai Yungong and Chen Shuda and asked.
Cai Yungong and Chen Shuda looked at each other again and shook their heads.
Li Yuanji frowned even more tightly and said, "Then go and check carefully..."
Cai Yungong and Chen Shuda stood up together, bowed in agreement, and exited the Chinese army's tent.
After Cai Yungong and Chen Shuda left, Li Yuanji thought for a moment and finally sent someone to invite Li Shimin over.
Since he couldn't see any problem with this issue, he could only ask Li Shimin to help.
With Li Shimin's ability, he should easily be able to see where the problem lies.
Li Shimin couldn't trick him on this matter, so he didn't mind hearing more about Li Shimin's views.
Under the repeated urging of the halberd man in front of the tent, it didn't take long for Li Shimin to arrive at the Chinese army's tent under the protection of Yu Wenbao.
Li Yuanji did not exchange greetings with Li Shimin, and straight to the point told Li Shimin about the problems that Xiao Guan was having.
After listening, Li Shimin stroked his beard and was silent for a long time before slowly speaking: "I'm afraid Liu Hongji's old habit has returned..."
Li Yuanji looked at Li Shimin in confusion.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Li Shimin explained: "Liu Hongji has always admired Bai Qi, the king of Wu'an, and the general Wang Jian of Qin in the pre-Qin period. It is precisely because of this
, his way of leading troops is also infinitely closer to these two people.
These two men have one characteristic in their battles, that is, they like to flood with water, and like to use huge forces to confront the enemy head-on, defeat the enemy's morale, defeat the enemy's military formation, and finally annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop.
It's just that the soldiers and horses that Datang has recruited this time are barely on par with the Turks. They cannot flood the country with floods, nor can they compete head-on with the Turks.
Liu Hongji chose to flood the country with water and fight head-on, so the damage to the Tang Dynasty will naturally be great."
Speaking of this, Li Shimin sighed: "It's actually not easy for you to manage this matter, unless you change the general on the spot."
At this point, Li Shimin didn't say any more, but Li Shimin's meaning was already very clear, that is, pretending not to see anything and letting Liu Hongji do what he wanted, the greater the damage, the greater the damage.
Within the scope of tolerance, there is no need to say or do anything.
After all, it is taboo for military strategists to change generals on the spot. If Liu Hongji were to be replaced because of this incident, it would have a huge blow to Xiao Guan's morale.
All the plans and arrangements Liu Hongji had made in Xiaoguan will be completely overturned.
The newly appointed general had to re-plan and rearrange his plans. The time spent in this process and the gaps that appeared became the targets for the Turks to attack Xiao Pass.
If done properly, there won't be any big problems.
But if it is not operated properly, Xiaoguan will be breached by the Turks at any time and at any time.
More importantly, Datang cannot find a suitable person to replace Liu Hongji.
"That means we can only let it be?"
Li Yuanji frowned even more tightly.
Li Shimin raised his head slightly, stroked his beard and said nothing.
But Li Yuanji understood clearly what his reaction meant, which was 'let me go'.
Not to mention Liu Hongji, even if Li Xiaogong, Li Shiji, Su Dingfang, Li Jing and others came, they would have to be handled by him.
Li Yuanji knew that Li Shimin had this ability, but he wouldn't let Li Shimin do anything.
Letting Li Shimin go to the battlefield and giving Li Shimin certain military power is letting the tiger go back to the mountain.
With Li Shimin's ability, he can definitely bury many backup plans to resist the Turks.
He doesn't want to cause trouble for himself.
"Is there no other way?"
Li Yuanji asked angrily.
Li Shimin said calmly: "If you could invite father here, I believe Liu Hongji would not dare to make such a mistake in front of his father."
Li Yuanji glared at Li Shimin speechlessly.
Yes, with Li Yuan in charge, Liu Hongji would not be able to do so, let alone treat the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty as if they were nothing.
After all, Li Yuan is his first lord and his only nominal lord so far. Li Yuan is also a master in the art of war. Any unreasonable or abusive tactics of Liu Hongji cannot escape his eyes.
As long as he shouted something, Liu Hongji would obey obediently.
The problem is that since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan has been living in Chang'an City except for summer vacations. Not to mention the Turks' troops coming to Xiao Pass, even Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande's troops came to Hulao
He didn't move when he was in Xiaoguan. It was pure fantasy to let him come to Xiaoguan.
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"Do you think it will be effective if I recruit Liu Hongji and talk to him?"
Li Yuanji couldn't find a solution from Li Shimin, so he had to think of a solution on his own.
Seeing that Li Yuanji refused to let him lead the troops, Li Shimin said helplessly: "You recruit him, why not go there yourself. If you take my eldest brother and me there, the three of us will sit in the city gate tower.
, even if he does nothing, Liu Hongji will act cautiously."
Li Yuanji nodded thoughtfully, this was a solution.
As the three of them, sitting behind Liu Hongji, Liu Hongji had to take care of the three of them even if he wanted to use the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty as nothing.
"But if you sit like this, will it put pressure on Liu Hongji?"
