The situation faced by Li Qinzai is a bit serious.
It doesn't mean that you can be invincible if you have sharp firearms. Nothing in the world is that cheap.
The outcome of the war is determined by people, and the bravery of the Goguryeo army made Li Qinzai feel that this country was not as easily destroyed as he imagined, otherwise the emperors of the Sui and Tang Dynasties would not have failed in their eastern expeditions several times.
At present, Li Qinzai's troops only have less than 20,000 usable troops. As for the tens of thousands of troops from Silla and Japan...don't count on them. Li Qinzai has no expectations for them in terms of loyalty or combat power.
Not only that, but beware of them stabbing you in the back.
The 20,000 Tang army faced the more than 30,000 Goguryeo army. It seemed that there was no big problem, but Li Qinzai's troops not only wanted to fight this battle, he also wanted to lead his troops to continue heading north.
If they could not capture the capital Pyongyang, they would have to make a detour to join Li Ji's main force. Therefore, the 20,000 Tang troops could not be wasted in this battle. Otherwise, how would they survive in the future?
How to achieve the maximum casualty effect against the enemy with the minimum casualty cost is a question that Li Qinzai thinks about day and night.
While he was thinking about it, Buqu came to report that Li Ji, the main force in the Eastern Expedition, sent a messenger.
Since Li Qinzai led his troops to the Haidong Peninsula, he and Li Ji have exchanged intelligence letters very frequently, almost every three or four days.
The messenger brought good news this time. Li Ji led his troops to break through the layers of Goguryeo's defenses on the western front.
In June of the second year of Linde, Li Ji led his troops to attack sixteen Goguryeo cities. The army was as powerful as a broken bamboo and marched forward singing loudly.
Naturally, the Goguryeo army would not sit still and wait for death. They assembled an army of 150,000 and deployed to the east of the Liao River to confront the main force of the Tang Dynasty, which was 100,000.
A few days later, Liaodong Road's marching pacification envoy Qibi Heli led an army of 10,000 to defeat Nansu City in Goguryeo. The 40,000 Mohe troops who defended the city were defeated. The Tang army took advantage of the situation and captured seven cities. In cooperation with the main force of Li Ji's army, they captured He defeated Goguryeo and humiliated the barbarians, and marched to two cities.
On the western front, the main force of the Tang army achieved successive victories, and the battle was in full swing.
Li Ji urged Li Qinzai in the military newspaper to send troops as soon as possible, and the two armies cooperated to form a north-south pincer attack strategy against Goguryeo.
Putting down the military report, Li Qinzai thought for a long time and ordered the drums to be beaten to gather the generals.
It's time to send out troops. There are only more than 30,000 enemy troops blocking the front. Do we dare not do anything every day but just yell at each other?
After the three drums were completed, all the middle and high-level generals in the army gathered in the commander's tent. Even Jin Yuxin, who was riding a horse, arrived early this time, not giving Li Qinzai the slightest chance to trick him.
So, has this car changed its car and been replaced by a Rolls-Royce?
When all the generals gathered together, Li Qinzai stopped talking nonsense and went straight to the topic.
"At Mao hour tomorrow, the entire army will launch an attack on the enemies of Goguryeo." Li Qinzai said concisely and comprehensively.
All the generals stood in awe and responded with clasped fists.
"Liu Renyuan will lead two thousand soldiers and horses. He will leave the camp at midnight tonight, take a long detour from the west, and set up an ambush twenty miles away at Songshan Hill on the left side of the enemy's camp. After the battle between the two armies tomorrow, he will lead his troops to take away their weapons. Camp, seal their retreat."
"Wang Fangyi and Sun Renshi each have two thousand soldiers and horses. After the battle tomorrow, they will be divided into left and right wings to outflank the enemy, forming a half-month siege against the enemy."
"Pei Zhengqing's Mo Dao Camp will hold on to the rear. If anything goes wrong in the war, Mo Dao Camp will go up."
A series of military orders were issued, and the generals in the commander's tent were so excited that they all took their orders and returned to their seats.
Li Qinzai hesitated for a moment. In fact, during this expedition, his logistics baggage contained many mines, but this thing was a secret killer weapon and should not be used until absolutely necessary.
All the generals received tasks, but Jin Yuxin had no arrangements.
Jin Yuxin was not jealous. Originally, the Silla army had no intention of directly participating in this war. Their specialty was to follow the Tang army and take advantage.
Li Qinzai glanced at Jin Yuxin blankly.
It doesn't matter, feel free to take advantage now. Once Goguryeo is taken care of, your good days in Silla will be over. Eat what I have, take what I have, and vomit them all out to me.
Is it so easy to take advantage of Datang?
The generals dispersed and went back to their camps to gather their troops.
As the head coach Li Qinzai issued the order to attack, the Tang Army camp instantly boiled, and the air seemed to be filled with the smell of gunpowder smoke.
The sky above the camp was filled with war clouds.
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Just after assigning the task, Buqu came to report, and Xue Ne returned to camp.
Li Qinzai was stunned.
He had long known that Xue Ne and several of his men left the camp a few days ago.
At that time, he thought that Xue Ne could not stand the monotony and loneliness of the military camp and led his men out to find happiness.
After all, the camp is located on the border between Silla and Goguryeo. As we all know, Silla's maids are the best in the world. How can a dandy like Xue Na control his belt when he comes to the Silla border?
Li Qinzai is not the kind of selfless coach. As long as it does not delay important military affairs and certain people and events, he can just turn a blind eye and pass by.
For example, when Xue Ne sneaked out of the camp, Li Qinzai had no intention of taking it seriously.
After arriving at the border of Goguryeo, facing the mountainous terrain, the war horses basically did not play a big role except for transporting food and grass. There were few places where cavalry could be used, so Xue Na, Bi Mawen, did not play a big role.
If you want to play, just let him.
Of course, you have to do it when you need to, otherwise Bi Mawen will become even more lawless.
Li Qinzai immediately walked towards Xue Ne's camp.
Arriving outside the camp, Xue Ne hurriedly greeted him, and Li Qinzai suddenly found a group of people tied up with long ropes in the camp.
That's right, it's a "string", like a group of grasshoppers strung together waiting to be put into a frying pan.
This group of people included old people, young people, and women. All of them were in ragged clothes, with sallow complexions and thin skin. You could tell they were Goguryeo people just by looking at their clothes.
Li Qinzai frowned: "Brother Shenyan is becoming more and more promising. He went away for a few days and only brought me a bunch of things like this. What? Are they local specialties?"
Xue Na said listlessly: "Brother Jingchu, don't laugh. Brother Yu, you really haven't done anything bad in the past few days since you left the camp..."
Li Qinzai nodded, pointed at the bunch of grasshoppers in front of him and said: "You didn't do anything bad, you just picked up a few old onions... Are you really up to date? What on earth do you want to do?"
At this time, Li Qinzai looked directly at Xue Ne. He was shocked at the sight. He saw that Xue Ne's eyes were darkened and he looked haggard. Even the cheekbones on his cheeks became more obvious.
"Be careful, dear brother, how could a witch squeeze you into such a state? Tell me and I will help you take revenge." Li Qinzai said in shock and anger.
Xue Ne waved his hands weakly: "I'm not a witch... Hey, Brother Jingchu, Brother Yu, what I have done these days are all serious things, you have to believe me."
"What on earth did you do?"
"Walking, walking non-stop on mountain roads, day and night, falling down when tired, eating a few mouthfuls of dry food when hungry," Xue Ne's lips curled up, and her eyes were red with grievance: "My life these days is worse than that of a dog.
,too bitter!"
Li Qinzai didn't know what he meant, so he pointed at the bunch of grasshoppers and said, "Who are they and why did you bring them back?"
"Could it be wild in the mountains?"
Xue Ne sighed and said: "Of course they... are Goguryeo people. I don't know if it will be of any use to bring them back. In short, I made a huge loss this time out of camp. I didn't get anything."