In terms of war, Li Chengqian's performance in leading his troops to attack alone has certainly been criticized.
But in terms of commanding war, his ability is still obvious to all.
Especially for his overall planning, famous generals of the Tang Dynasty such as Li Ji and Li Jing also praised him.
But no matter how well he controlled the battle situation, he arranged everything meticulously.
But as everyone makes mistakes, horses also stumble, and he really made a mistake this time.
Of course, his mistake was not with Gao Zhixing, let alone with the Liangzhou army, but with the soldiers of Jiangnan Road.
Because he has lived in the north all year round and has led northern troops to fight for a long time, he completely ignored a problem.
That was the military system of the Tang Dynasty.
This is the backwardness of the military system that he often calls for reform.
You must know that during this period of the Tang Dynasty, except for Liangzhou, it had begun to gradually reform under his operation.
However, most areas are basically still at the stage of the government army system and hereditary army.
In other words, not everyone can become a soldier.
It is up to the government to make the selection.
For example, if the Zhang family is designated as a military household, the Zhang family will continue to provide soldiers to the court in the future.
When the father dies, the son comes up, when the son dies, the younger brother comes up, and so on.
This is why the government army system will be eliminated.
After all, if things were going well in normal times, the family of a military soldier would just eat, drink and have fun, and they could still live on the Yongye Field given to them by the imperial court for free.
But as long as there is a war, it is really possible to die directly.
Because of years of war, families like this are everywhere in Longyou Road.
This is also the reason why Li Chengqian has been fighting for substantial benefits for the people of Longyou Road.
Of course, this is also because Liangzhou has been fighting for years.
Their combat effectiveness has always been polished by war.
Similarly, because of the successive years of war, the weapons and military services in the hands of soldiers are also being updated.
From the uniform infantry regiment at the beginning, it has become the current light armored soldiers, heavy armored soldiers, light cavalry and heavy cavalry. > And the weapons have also been varied from the beginning to the current Heng Dao, Mo Dao, light bow, heavy bow, sky fire thunder, Zhenguan cannon, etc.
However, after all, the Liangzhou Army became what it is now because of years of fighting.
As Gao Zhixing said, the soldiers in Jiangnan Road didn't even know what the battlefield looked like.
They still wore plate armor and carried weapons such as spears, spears, and long knives.
In Li Chengqian's opinion, this is basically similar to primitive people.
For a moment, Li Chengqian really regretted his decision.
Can these people really defeat the rebels?
Of course, he was looking at the people in front of him, and the people in front of him were also looking at him.
Especially among the captains of the five states of Tai, Hang, Hu, Chang, and Su.
Except for Lieutenant Zhechong Qi Hong, who was lucky enough to escape in the Changzhou Incident, and had met Li Chengqian, the other four had never met Li Chengqian, not even Li Shimin.
Among them, at least three were Zichong Captains when Li Yuan was in power.
Now looking at the young man in front of them, they feel that he is unreliable.
At such a young age, can he lead them to defeat the rebels?
Because of the system.
By obtaining their emotional values, Li Chengqian can also feel their emotional changes.
However, he was too lazy to explain anything to these people.
These people all know his war history very well.
If he still doesn't trust himself despite knowing his war history and insists on doing things randomly, then don't blame him for being unkind.
After all, this is what he came to Jiangnan Road for.
He wished that some people would jump out and point at him and scold him, so that he could quickly know who can be used and who cannot be used.
It's not worth it to go to the battlefield and kill some soldiers when you don't have time.
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Therefore, he said directly: "I won't follow you around the bush."
"According to intelligence, the rebels have more than 33,000 soldiers and more than 6,000 servants, totaling nearly 40,000 people."
"what about you?" .??.
He looked at everyone present and said, "How many soldiers have you brought?"
If you are here, you look at me and I look at you.
In the end, Qi Hong, who had communicated with Li Chengqian, was the first to speak.
He said: "There are six thousand three hundred soldiers in Changzhou."
Seeing him speaking, everyone no longer hesitated.
"Taizhou's troops and horses total 5,700."
"Huzhou, six thousand and five."
"Hangzhou, four thousand and five."
"Suzhou, three thousand..."
After hearing the reports from these people, Li Chengqian pursed his lips.
"Twenty-six thousand people are enough."
He took out the map directly and laid it flat on the table.
He pointed to the south of the Yangtze River, in the direction of Runzhou, and said: "I just received news that the rebels have now gathered under the city of Runzhou."
"As far as I know, there are more than 100,000 people in Runzhou City, more than 5,000 soldiers, and plenty of food and grass."
"On the other hand, the rebels came with a lot of hard work and a serious shortage of siege equipment..."
Li Chengqian rubbed his chin, glanced at the faces of the people in front of him, and finally locked his eyes on Qi Hong.
He said: "General Qi, if I ask your 6,000 Changzhou soldiers to rush to reinforce Runzhou, how many days can you stay together with them?"
I heard Li Chengqian calling his name.
Qi Hong also complained endlessly in his heart.
The rebels have already reached Runzhou City and even surrounded Runzhou City.
If you ask yourself to go for reinforcements at this time, why don't you just wait and be beaten by the rebels?
By then, let alone defending the city, whether we can enter Runzhou City is still a question.
Qi Hong cupped his hands and said: "Your Highness, the enemy troops may have surrounded the city at this moment. I, the six thousand people, are afraid that …”
"What are you afraid of?"
Li Chengqian raised his eyebrows and looked at him.
"I'm afraid our army won't be able to break into it at all."
"Even if you can, you will suffer a lot of losses."
"In this way, let alone defending the city, the enemy might take this opportunity to invade Runzhou."
Qi Hong looked straight at Li Chengqian and said: "That way, the gains outweigh the losses..."
"hehe."
"General Qi, what you said is a bit too much."
Li Chengqian smiled.
"Although there are many of them, they are just a group of temporarily organized rebels."
"And Runzhou City can accommodate nearly 200,000 soldiers and civilians."
"Even if 40,000 people are encircled, how big of an area can they encircle?"
"At best, it's just two walls."
Li Chengqian looked at Qi Hong and said, "Don't tell me, you have been a general for so many years and you can't even think of this."
Hearing this, Qi Hong was also shocked.
Indeed, he was only thinking about how to escape, but he didn't think about it at all.
However, when Li Chengqian said this, there must be some suspicion of talking on paper.
After all, fighting is not a matter of words.
If the opponent surrounds two walls, won't they be able to encircle them?
If the two parties come together to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao, wouldn't all the 6,000 men under his command have to join in?
Seeing his hesitant look, Li Chengqian was too lazy to talk nonsense to him.
"Forget it, looking at General Qi's behavior, he probably doesn't plan to go."
Li Chengqian once again looked around the crowd: "In that case, is there anyone who is willing to step forward and take on this reinforcement task?"
But at a time like this, and in such a difficult battle, who is willing to take the initiative to stand up and fight?
Isn't this a joke?
"All right."
"Since even Lieutenant General is not willing to go, then I will go by myself..."