Everything has been prepared, and all details have been carefully considered... Although Liu Heitai's defeat is considered to be certain, as Li Shan said the day before yesterday, soldiers must use all possible means to achieve national affairs.
Tian Liuan looked at Li Shan with a smile. This young man's knowledge was extremely mixed, and what he learned also had many omissions. His thoughts were often unimagined by others, but they were often not well-known.
Tian Liu'an, Ling Jing, and Su Dingfang were able to make calculations based on the deserters of Liu Heitai's troops and the load capacity of grain-carrying ships, etc. However, Li Shan confirmed in advance that Liu Heitai's troops were indeed short of food by dissecting corpses in advance.
Although it only lasted three or four days, Liu Heitai's fate was already decided.
Standing on the top of the city, Li Shan looked solemnly at the retreating figures of the army... In fact, he felt quite unhappy. During the Battle of Luoyang Hulao, he wore it a few months late.
In the first battle at Xiabo, the Tang army was bound to be defeated. He ran away in a hurry and saw nothing.
This time, I dare not say that I am too sure, but if I are on a ship in the Yongji Canal, I should be able to watch the battle safely... A field battle involving tens of thousands of troops, Li Shan is very interested in this.
But it's a pity that Li Shan's riding skills... Even on the boat, everyone is worried. If something goes wrong, you can still escape if you can ride a horse and run wildly. But it's hard to say for you Li Shan. If you don't do it well, you might fall.
The horse died.
For the sake of safety, everyone from Tian Liuan to Su Dingfang, and from Li Daoxuan to Li Kai firmly kept Li Shan in Guantao City.
"Nearly a thousand cavalry and six hundred infantry." Ling Jing said softly: "If the timing is right, it will be enough to defeat the enemy."
In this battle, Li Daoxuan, Su Dingfang, and Liu Jun led 400 cavalry in the front, while Tian Liuan, Xue Zhong and others led 600 infantry in the rear. Wang Junkuo was also ordered to lead 500 fine cavalry to the west to join together.
In total, the number of troops heading south did not exceed 2,000. Even if Cheng Mingzhen and Qi Shanxing were included, the number did not exceed 5,000. Liu Heitao's troops should have been around 30,000.
But at all times and in all countries, victory or defeat on the battlefield has never been determined by the number of troops.
"Among the six military guards on the left and right of the Qin Prince's Palace, Tian Liu'an is the most stable. He never sends troops easily, but once he sends troops, he will most likely win a big victory." Li Kai on the side comforted softly.
Li Shan nodded slightly, and he could tell during this period, "Mr. Tian lacks some energy, but he plans to decide the battle and not waste the battle. It is the right time to partner with Brother Daoxuan."
Li Kai stopped talking and silently watched Tang Jun go away, occasionally glancing at Li Shan standing aside with the corner of his eye.
After seeing each other again for several months, Li Kai had a new understanding of Li Shan. He felt that this trip to Shandong had allowed Li Shan, a jade stone that had been dusty for a long time, to be slowly washed by the clear spring and finally bloom in front of the world.
Give out a dazzling light.
Hearing the noise below, Li Kai lowered his head and glanced. Yuchi Baolin, who wanted to go out of the city, was grabbed by a few soldiers... Li Shan said that he was not allowed to go out to fight, but in the end, the soldiers couldn't even get out of the city gate.
Li Shan snorted. More than an hour ago, he was thinking of going south with the army, but Yuchi Baolin snatched him away... I can't go, but you can't go either.
What a pity. In fact, Guantao is not far from Wei County. Li Shan's thoughts suddenly flew away and they were all boundless.
I should have started technological farming since I traveled back in time last year. I had to keep doing it...otherwise, I could at least get a telescope now, right?
Maybe penicillin can be found!
In the final analysis, it's all the fault of that bastard Li Dewu... If it weren't for this guy, would I need to be embarrassed?
When I returned to Chang'an this time, the first thing I did was go to Prince Qin's Mansion... If Li Dewu could use any means to get me to come to Hebei Province, he might even use more ruthless means in the future.
Li Shan thought in his mind that the second thing should be scientific farming. Looking for cotton, getting a telescope, horseshoes can wait, but he can try penicillin...
Li Shan trembled. He thought about it carefully. It was difficult to get penicillin, but it was not impossible... The problem was, how to confirm that it was penicillin?
When making penicillin, it is easy to obtain the by-product patulin. The two mycins are very similar, except that patulin is highly toxic.
Whether it's penicillin or patulin, if you don't talk about the dose but the effect, that's just being a hooligan... But when the dose goes up, well, life or death will be decided immediately!
This is really a bit difficult to do.
"Look, that's a ship from Yongji County."
Ling Jing's reminder interrupted Li Shan's thoughts. He turned around and saw a dozen grain transport ships heading southwest along the Yongji Canal.
Li Shan tilted his head and stared at Yongji Canal. After thinking for a while, he waved to Yuchi Baolin, "You can go out of town if you want. I'll leave you one thing."
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The first person who felt something was wrong was Liu Heitai.
He was cunning and arrogant since he was a child, addicted to drinking and gambling. He first joined Wagang and then the King of Xia. Liu Heitai was clever and could often make judgments that no one could think of through some information that everyone knew.
It was already the third day. The army besieged Wei County, and grain ships were moving south along the Yongji Canal every day. However, Qi Shanxing and Cheng Mingzhen on the other side of the river never retreated, and the blockade of bridges and ferries became even tighter.
This made Liu Heitao uneasy. Cheng Mingzhen was okay, but Qi Shanxing had always been known for his caution...but he suddenly received a report from the scouts. The Tang army attacked in Guantao City, and hundreds of cavalry took the lead in going south.
Liu Heitai couldn't figure it out after racking his brain. He had launched a large-scale attack on the city before. The Tang army in Guantao City had made great gains in two attacks. After that, he lured the enemy several times and tried to win in field battles. However, the Tang army defended tightly and refused to send troops.
Why did Guantao City send troops south at such a critical moment?
Why was it exactly when he was confronting Qi Shanxing and Cheng Mingzhen?
And it happened to be a time when the army was short of food?
However, Liu Heitai did not panic. The grain ships arriving from the Yongji Canal every day kept the morale of the army at a certain level... I can't say how high it was, but everyone knew that the army was not short of food and grass.
"Only four or five hundred cavalry?"
"No more than six hundred cavalry." Wang Xiaohu said with certainty: "The scouts reported that there were hundreds of infantry behind the cavalry."
Liu Heitai sneered a few times, "If you want to attack from both front and back, you don't want to see if you have the appetite... If you lead two thousand cavalry to attack, you must defeat the enemy in one fell swoop!"
Fan Yuan, Gao Yaxian, Dong Kang and other old people died in the battle one after another. Wang Xiaohu was already the number one general under Liu Heitai. He smiled and said: "Destroy the enemy in one fell swoop, maybe we can capture Guantao County with a backhand... Guantao County
Also depending on Yongji Canal, there will be enough food."
Watching Wang Xiaohu lead his army to the north, Liu Heitai sighed deep in his heart. The cavalry under Wang Xiaohu's command were already his direct descendants, but now they couldn't eat enough, and their horses were losing a lot of fat. After all, they no longer added weight at night.
Got it.
At this moment, dozens of grain transport ships slowly appeared in sight on the Yongji Canal. Liu Heitai was surprised for a while. They should have gone south only in the afternoon, so why were they put down now?
In the army on the other side of the river, Cui Xianshou, who did not know the inside story, shouted, "This official of Ma Zhou must be Liu Heitai secretly. The general should withdraw his troops immediately..."
"Shut up!"
The sound of shouting resounded on the small hill. Ma Zhou held Cui Xianshou's collar with his hand, but turned his face to Yongji Canal. He was pleasantly surprised to see the raging flames igniting on the grain ship, covering the entire grain ship in a very short period of time.