When the soldiers picked up the bowls filled with beef, mutton, and hot soup for the second time, and when the soldiers all wore crude cow and sheep skins, Huai'an arrived.
The city of Huai'an, less than three miles long, was packed to the brim with Turks.
Not only were there Turks inside the city, but there were also countless Turks running wildly outside the city.
Countless Han men, women, and children were living under the whips of the Turks, who were driving them like cattle and sheep to have fun.
Huai'an has become a Turkic city where Turkic people can enjoy themselves as much as they want.
The Jingguan outside the city, composed of the governor of Gyeongju and the heads of the Gyeongju soldiers, looked particularly eye-catching.
In the past, the Turks did not know about such things as jingguan, nor did they know how to build jingguan.
It was Li Yuan who taught the Turks how to build the Jingguan when he served as the consolation ambassador to Hedong, Shanxi.
Then every time the Turks went south, after killing Tang soldiers, they would pile their heads together to build a Jingguan.
In this way, he tried to show his bravery and intimidate the people of Tang Dynasty into submission.
But what they don't know is that this kind of thing is a kind of intimidation to the bandits and bandits, and even the Turks, and it is a shame to the people of the Tang Dynasty.
The more times and in number they build such things, the more they will arouse the maleness of the Tang people and their determination to destroy them.
Therefore, after the scouts of the current army reported back to the army that the Turks had built a Jingguan with the heads of the governor of Qingzhou and the soldiers of Qingzhou, the people in the army were excited and wanted to rush to Huai'an immediately.
Fight with the Turks.
However, before the emotions of the soldiers could turn into a torrent, Li Shimin decisively suppressed the soldiers, and also suppressed Li Daoli who ran to the Chinese army's tent and volunteered for military service.
Li Daoli performed very well in the previous battle at Baijiabao. Not only did he save the lives of many soldiers when the Turks invaded the camp with the help of bed boards and other objects, he also led the way when the Turks attacked in large numbers.
This step successfully restricted the momentum of the Turks' charge.
Although it was foolish to use infantry to directly face the Turkish cavalry charge, it was precisely because of his behavior of using infantry to directly face the Turkic cavalry charge that the Turks did not form an unstoppable torrent of charge after they invaded the camp.
It was also because of his use of infantry to face the charge of the Turkic cavalry that the Tang Dynasty captured tens of thousands of Turkic soldiers and horses at a much smaller cost.
It is precisely because of this that he is a little restless now. He feels that he is no less famous than Li Shentong, Li Xiaogong, and Li Daozong, so he wants to lead 10,000 elite soldiers to fight against tens of thousands of Turks inside and outside Huai'an City.
Li Shimin looked down upon Li Daoli from the beginning to the end. Even though Li Daoli had made some meritorious deeds in the previous Baijiapu War, Li Shimin still looked down upon him.
So faced with his stupid proposal, Li Shimin rejected it without even thinking about it.
Then Li Daoli went to Li Deliang to complain to Li Yuanji.
Inside the Chinese military tent.
Li Yuanji sat in the upper position, reviewing the documents sent from Suizhou, while listening to Li Daoli's complaint.
"Brother Prince Qi, my second brother doesn't allow me to lead troops to fight against the Turks. He is clearly looking down on me. You must make the decision for me."
Li Deliang coughed and agreed: "Yes, Shimin leaves his own family alone and insists on using outsiders. This clearly shows that he does not trust his own family."
Li Yuanji put down the document in his hand, raised his head and looked at Li Daoli and said: "Do you really think you can defeat the tens of thousands of enemies in Huai'an and Jieli Khan with ten thousand people?"
Li Daoli looked serious and said seriously: "I can use my head as a guarantee!"
Li Yuanji picked up the put down document again and said angrily: "If that's the case, I can take your head right now!"
Li Daoli was stunned and said in astonishment: "Brother Qi Wang, you also look down on me?"
Speaking of this, he said with a somewhat excited expression: "What I did in Baijiabao is obvious to all. I have this ability."
Li Yuanji sighed, nodded and said: "What you did in Baijiapu is indeed remarkable, but now you have to use 10,000 people to deal with tens of thousands of elites under Jie Li's command, and you even threatened to win.
, who do you think dares to believe you, and who can believe you?
You are looking for death, and you are still dragging 10,000 people to die with you.
Although we have many soldiers in the Tang Dynasty, they are not so many that we can send 10,000 people to death."
Li Daoli obviously felt that Li Yuanji was looking down on others, so he said even more excitedly: "Brother Qi Wang, why do you think I will drag these ten thousand people to die instead of leading these ten thousand people to make contributions?"
Li Yuanji laughed, or to be precise, he laughed out of anger, "Why do you think you can defeat Jieli and win with these ten thousand people?"
Before Li Daoli could refute, Li Yuanji said without hesitation: "What you are going to face are tens of thousands of Turkic elites, not tens of thousands of Turkic servants and slaves.
Even our second brother didn't dare to say he could win before he had a fight with Jie Li.
Do you think you are more powerful than our second brother?"
Li Daoli was speechless for a moment and realized that he seemed a little distracted.
Seeing this, Li Yuanji sighed and continued: "If you really want to make great achievements, you can ask your second brother for orders to bring three to five thousand people to test the reality of Jie Li.
The second brother is in urgent need of someone to help him test Jie Li's true identity, but he can't find a suitable candidate.
If you take the initiative to ask for a job, my second brother will definitely agree."
Li Daoli's expression, which had darkened at first, became brighter and excited again when he heard these words, "Is what Brother Qi said true?"
Li Yuanji nodded and said: "Would I still lie to you about this kind of thing? But you can no longer say that you will definitely win."
Against a grassland khan with tens of thousands of elite soldiers, it is a bit underestimating to think that he can win with only a few thousand or even tens of thousands of soldiers.
Although Jieli was unbearable, it was because of his strategies for governing the country and his temperament. This does not mean that Jieli was unbearable when fighting or leading troops.
On the contrary, in terms of leading troops to fight, Jieli is still remarkable.
Maybe not as good as Li Shimin, Li Jing, Li Shiji, Su Dingfang and others, but he can still compete with Li Hongji, Huang Junhan and others.
In terms of commanding large armies in battle, he is even better than Hou Junji, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin and others.
Although Li Daoli's ability is not bad, it has just reached the level of Niu Jinda, Wu Heita and others. He is still a step behind Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Hou Junji and others, let alone Jie Li.
Therefore, if Li Daoli led 10,000 people to fight against Jie Li's tens of thousands of elite soldiers, it would be impossible to win.
Even if the armament of these 10,000 men far exceeds that of the tens of thousands of elite soldiers under Jie Li's command, it is impossible to win.
This is the gap in the ability of leading generals.
Even though Li Daoli's ability was obviously weaker than Jie Li's, the troops and horses under Li Daoli's command were still weaker than Jie Li's, yet Li Daoli still dared to claim victory.
It's obviously a dream.
Obviously a little arrogant.
If Li Daoli wanted to defeat Jie Li even though his ability was not as good as Jie Li's, he would have to command more soldiers and horses to fight Jie Li with the absolute advantage of his troops and horses.
After all, in the face of absolute strength, no matter how cunning you are, you will be crushed into scum.
Isn't it because Jieli was able to invade the Tang Dynasty many times and overwhelm those who were more capable than him and cause trouble everywhere in the Tang Dynasty? Isn't it because Jieli had more soldiers and horses?
When the Tang Dynasty was busy completing the war of unification, it was impossible to mobilize enough power to resist him, so whether it was Li Shimin, Li Jing, or Li Shiji who fought against him, it was impossible for him to be his opponent.
This is the advantage that absolute strength brings him. It is not that he is better than Li Shimin, Li Jing and others in leading troops in combat.
If Li Shimin, Li Jing and others had equal forces to use when facing Jie Li.
Any one of them can rub Jie Li back and forth.
This is historically proven.
Historically, Li Jing relied on a large number of troops to contain all the Turkic troops, and then led 3,000 cavalry to attack Huanglong, wiping out Jieli in one fell swoop.
If Li Jing is only given three thousand cavalry and is not given the soldiers and horses to contain the Turkic troops, then it is basically impossible for Li Jing to wipe out Jie Li in one fell swoop.
After all, Jieli is not without legs, the grassland is so big, and Jieli has so many appendages.
If Jie Li really ran away while mobilizing troops to pursue and intercept Li Jing, Li Jing would not only be unable to defeat Jie Li, but he would probably be dragged to death on the grassland by Jie Li.
Many classic battles in history where a small number of people defeated a large number were accomplished with the cooperation of a large number of soldiers and horses.
It doesn't mean that we can achieve such great results with only those few soldiers and horses.
The reason why Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, has been praised for thousands of years is because the battle in which the overlord of Western Chu defeated the Qin army of 200,000 with tens of thousands was completed by him alone, not with the cooperation of many soldiers and horses.
Therefore, the courage of the overlord can become a symbol of invincibility.
Even after Li Shimin completed the feat of driving away Dou Jiande's 100,000 army with 3,000 men, he did not dare to say that he and his Xuanjia Army could compete with the Overlord and the soldiers under the Overlord.
Therefore, many things require looking beyond the appearance to see the essence.
Judging from the fact that Li Daoli invited 10,000 soldiers to fight against tens of thousands of elites, Li Daoli was stupid and arrogant.
If Li Daoli approached Li Shimin and said that he wanted to bring 10,000 people or thousands of people to test the depth of Jieli, then he would be smart.
Only in this way can Li Shimin agree.
Therefore, it is foolish to lead thousands or ten thousand people to fight against Jie Li and say that they will defeat Jie Li. It is even more foolish to say that they can definitely defeat Jie Li and use their heads as guarantee.
It is said that it is wise to test the depth of Jieli and retreat if one attack fails.
