Chapter 0913: He who has more soldiers is at a disadvantage
Su Dingfang was obviously stunned for a moment, shook his head and said, "That's not to say..."
Li Yuanji pondered for a moment and then ordered: "Then send someone to tell him clearly. If he is willing to wait for me at the bottom of the Qiu, I would be willing to change the place to Hulu Qiu. If he is not willing, then he can only wait for me at the bottom of the Qiu."
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Su Dingfang hesitated and said, "What if he doesn't want to?"
Li Yuanji didn't say anything. Li Shimin coughed lightly and said, "It's him who begged me, Datang, not me, Datang, who begged him. Everything can't be left to him."
Su Dingfang glanced at Li Shimin specifically and continued: "But if he insists on his opinion, our negotiations with him may reach a deadlock."
Li Shimin wanted to speak, but Li Yuanji made the decision first: "Then let's talk while fighting!"
Anyway, the Tang Dynasty had already completed the work of conquering the Turks, and hundreds of thousands of troops had gathered at the border of Tang Tu. There was no need to keep letting Liang Luoren do as he pleased.
Now it is not the Turks or Liang who have the upper hand. Datang needs to instigate Liang Luoren in order to win the war.
Now the Tang Dynasty is dominant, and the Tang Dynasty has the initiative, so everything between the three forces of Tang, Tu, and Liang should be decided by the Tang Dynasty.
When Su Dingfang heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately said excitedly: "We should have done this a long time ago. Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from our Tang Dynasty gathered here, and Shuofang City came down with a roar. What qualifications does Liang Luoren have to follow?"
Do we bargain?
If he is willing to turn to us, we in the Tang Dynasty will have high-ranking officials and generous salaries to treat him.
If he doesn’t want to turn to us, we, the Tang Dynasty, don’t have to be polite to him.”
After staying in Daizhou for nearly two years, Su Dingfang has already understood the situation in Daizhou, Shuozhou and other places. He has already made up his mind on how to send troops out of Daizhou, approach Shuozhou and invade Turks.
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If it weren't for the fact that the Tang Dynasty needed the Turks to continue internal strife and win the Liang Kingdom at the minimum cost, he would have already sent troops to conquer the Liang Kingdom and invaded the Turks.
Now that everything is going according to his will, how could he not be excited and happy?
It is estimated that it is not just him, but 80% of the generals and commanders in Daizhou also think so.
After all, except for Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Gong and others who came to Daizhou out of necessity, most of the remaining people came here for military merit.
However, they have been in Daizhou for almost two years. Except for Cheng Yaojin who recently went out to collect some merits and came back, the others have not made any achievements.
Now I am afraid that all of them have been holding back their nerves. Now if they are given the opportunity to go out into battle to kill the enemy and establish their own merits in opening up new territories, they will definitely be willing to do so.
"Don't be too happy too early. We don't ask you to fight according to your temper, but to cooperate with Lingzhou's strategy, so everything is subject to Lingzhou's deployment.
If Lingzhou lets you pester Liang Luoren or the Dahe clan but doesn't let you destroy them, you have to do this."
Li Yuanji rolled his eyes at Su Dingfang and said angrily.
The expression on Su Dingfang's face slackened, and he smiled dryly: "This minister knows..."
In the war against the Turks, Li Jing took the lead, with others assisting, so the general direction of the war and all layouts had to be decided by Li Jing.
It’s not that anyone can fight however they want.
Some battles can be won, but if the overall situation requires you to continue the stalemate or lose, then you have to find a way to maintain the stalemate or lose.
Therefore, if Su Dingfang wants to fight this battle comfortably, wants to fight as he pleases, wants to fight with his arms and legs free, it is simply impossible.
Because he was not in the order of battle to conquer the Turks.
Because the changes exceeded the plan, he was temporarily included in the battle order.
Therefore, as a temporary worker, he must listen to Li Jing, the official worker, in everything. Not only that, while completing the tasks assigned to him by Li Jing, he must not sabotage any of Li Jing's plans.
This was a very frustrating thing for him.
After all, if he, a victorious general, could not win a battle without fighting, and could only watch his achievements dangle before his eyes without being able to collect them, and could only confront the enemy or show his weakness to the enemy, he would be very aggrieved.
Coupled with the constraints of various rules and regulations, when he fights, he will feel like he is locked in a cage and fighting.
This kind of battle is a kind of torture for a person like him who has a strategy in mind.
This is also the reason why many generals and other generals cannot pee in the same pot.
After all, when you can make a chicken head, who wants to be a phoenix tail that has no head and no trouble and can only follow other people's heads and bodies?
You can't have the slightest opinion without speaking up, and you have to be controlled by others at every turn.
Although a phoenix tail is far more beautiful than a chicken head, external things like beauty are favored by people who have no strategy and no big ambitions in their hearts.
But anyone who has a strategy in mind and a great ambition in his heart is unlikely to like such flashy external things.
Therefore, Su Dingfang was destined to be very frustrated in this battle. He also realized this, and his laughter was very far-fetched.
Li Yuanji did not comfort him, but nodded happily and said: "It's good that you know, then go down and prepare. First, let the Tudiji and Ta forces teach the Dahe family a lesson and force the Dahe family to retreat.
To the north of Yingzhou, it puts some pressure on Sunisu and Liangshi, and also allows Liang Luoren to see our strength."
In short, it is to scare Sunisu and Liang Shidu, and also scare Liang Luoren, so that they all know that the Tang Dynasty may attack their capital at any time, and the strength of the royal tent, will they continue to fight against the Tang Dynasty, or will they continue to fight against the Tang Dynasty?
When the Tang Dynasty surrendered, they decided what to do.
Su Dingfang didn't need anyone to comfort him, he quickly adjusted his mentality.
He is also a veteran on the battlefield, and he understands the principle that flowers never last forever, and that no one can stand out on the battlefield, so he also knows how to make green leaves for Li Jing.
"I obey, but in this way, it will be easy to force Sunisu and Master Liang to come together and let them join hands to deal with us."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After receiving the order, Su Dingfang said hesitantly.
Li Yuanji looked at Su Dingfang and asked, "Do you want them to maintain their status quo, or even instigate them to turn against each other, and then defeat them one by one?"
The meaning of Su Dingfang's words was obviously not that he was afraid that Suni Shi and Master Liang would join hands, but that he hoped that both Suni Shi and Master Liang would continue to maintain the status quo, or perhaps turn against each other and become enemies.
In this way, it is not difficult to guess his thoughts.
Su Dingfang nodded and said: "If we defeat them one by one, I only need 30,000 troops to defeat them, but if they work together, we will have at least 50,000 to 60,000 elite troops, plus 30,000 government troops.
As a result, our investment will be huge and our losses will be huge.”
When it comes to war, it doesn't mean that more troops are better.
It depends on the situation.
When the enemy has 100,000 troops, you must prepare 100,000 troops to ensure that you are not at a disadvantage. If you prepare 200,000 troops, you will have the upper hand.
The momentum can overwhelm the enemy.
But correspondingly, the money, food, and battle losses you have to bear will also be great.
Originally it was a battle of 10,000 against 10,000. After defeat, you may lose 3,000 to 4,000 troops.
But if you invest 20,000 troops, the losses you will suffer after defeat may exceed 4,000, reaching as many as 6,000 or 7,000.
Therefore, if you invest a large amount of troops, it will be easy to win, but if you lose, the battle losses you will have to bear will increase exponentially.
Therefore, the vast majority of generals who command troops will give a reasonable number of troops based on the number of enemy troops before going on an expedition.
Very few people increase their numbers like crazy after learning the number of enemy soldiers.
In history, Bai Qi, Wang Jian, Wang Mang and others liked to do this kind of thing.
Oh, and the principal, 800,000 versus 600,000, the advantage is mine.
It's true that such an increase sounds like a mention, but the premise is that you must win after the expedition. If you lose, everything will be over.
For example, Bai Qi and Wang Jian went out with troops and horses that far exceeded the number of enemy troops, and they almost never lost.
So they established the majestic Qin Dynasty.
For example, Wang Mang, the principal, sent people to lead troops and horses that far exceeded the number of enemy soldiers, and lost several battles.
This led to a complete rout, and ultimately the entire country was lost.
Therefore, there are advantages and disadvantages to adding more money, and from a ruler's perspective, the disadvantages far outweigh the advantages.
After all, if you lose a war involving tens of thousands of people, you have lost it, and you can start over again. But if you lose a war involving hundreds of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of people, you have no chance to start over again.
It may also fall into a state of collapse, or a situation of complete defeat, and finally lose the entire country.
Let’s not talk about the principal for now, let’s take Wang Mang as an example.
Wang Mang gathered hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers of the New Dynasty and was defeated by Liu Xiu in the Battle of Kunyang. From then on, the situation of the entire New Dynasty underwent a shocking reversal.
The rebels who were originally attacked by Wang Mang in various ways have all grown up and become powerful enough to fight against the imperial court, and even overwhelm the imperial court.
Liu Xuan and Liu Xiu also had a lot of fattening because of the Battle of Kunyang. They were suddenly upgraded from third- and fourth-rate forces in the troubled times of the New Age to first-rate forces, and became completely powerful.
So adding more weight to things like this is not a good thing for rulers.
This is not a good thing for the general.
Otherwise, Su Dingfang would not think of defeating them one by one.
However, in this battle with the Turks, the Tang Dynasty has invested a lot of troops. I dare not say that it exceeds the Turks, nor does it dare to say that it is on par with the Turks, but
At least it has reached a level where it is evenly matched with the Turks.
Even though its military strength is smaller than that of the Turks, its combat effectiveness is still higher than that of the Turks.
So there is no need to add more weight.
As long as the troops and horses Su Dingfang has in hand can help Li Jing complete the flank battle and achieve the strategic goals required by Li Jing, it is enough. There is no need to think about defeating this one or defeating that one.
So Su Dingfang's worries are a bit unnecessary.
"Do you want to succeed Li Jing and lead the war against the Turks?"
Li Shimin said this after hearing what Su Dingfang said.
The expression on his face was half-smiling, as if he was mocking Su Dingfang for not overestimating his own abilities and daring to compete with Li Jing. It also seemed to be teasing Su Dingfang for not being able to distinguish his own position and wanting to be the guest.
