The first thousand five hundred and fifty-three chapters go to war on three sides at the same time
Over the years, there have been wars and turbulence in the Sui Dynasty. The Eastern Turks took advantage of the situation and robbed them several times. How could the Western Turks not take action? Of course, it is related to the fact that Wang Junlin's sworn brother killed Qian Mo and established the Zhaowu Kingdom in the Western Regions, which restrained the Western Turks' energy.
, but mainly because Niu Jinda has firmly kept the Western Turks out of the pass these years.
Even in order to ensure Niu Jinda's supply of grain, grass and ordnance, Wang Junlin gave half of the huge profits from the weapons town in the Qilian Mountains of the Western Regions to Niu Jinda to raise troops, and the remaining half was provided by Shangguan Hu, Zhou Hu, Su Changqing, Wu San, Wu Si, and Jiang Mulang.
, Li Xiang, and Li Fengyun each used it to train and raise troops.
Also, Zhou Hu has been leading an army to guard the weapons town, because the town is getting bigger and bigger, now it has 100,000 people, and it has even become a big city in the Western Regions.
Li Xiang and Li Fengyun led the army to guard Xiping County's border with the Tubo clan. After Tuyuhun was almost exterminated by Wang Junlin, the Sui Dynasty directly confronted the Tubo clan who commanded the plateau.
The living environment of the Tubo people is extremely harsh. Although the population is not large, even only a few hundred thousand, everyone is a warrior on horseback. One hundred thousand powerful cavalry can be dispatched at any time. If Li Xiang and Li Fengyun had not blocked them to the west of Qinghai Lake these years,
, the Tubo people would never sit back and watch the Sui Dynasty turmoil. They were chaotic and indifferent.
In fact, in the original history, Tubo took advantage of the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty and China was unable to take care of the border. It took the opportunity to occupy Xiping County and Wuwei County, and took the opportunity to expand its power. After Li Shimin sent Li Jing to destroy the Eastern Turks, it became the only one in the East.
In the country of the Tang Dynasty, he even went to war with the Tang Dynasty several times, forcing Li Shimin to adopt the method of marriage and marry Princess Wencheng to the Tubo people.
He also adopted the strategies of Du Ruhui and Changsun Wuji, and took advantage of the Tibetan people's very pious attitude toward Buddhism. They sent a large number of eminent monks and temple builders to serve as dowry for Princess Wencheng, and helped the Tibetan people to build extensive luxurious temples on the plateau, thus creating a large number of people.
This strange method of consuming the Tibetan national power, which was already lacking in production, greatly weakened the Tibetan people's national power.
But even so, in the late Tang Dynasty, the Tubo people still entered Chang'an City five times and plundered it, which was simply the most shameful thing in the Tang Dynasty.
Given that he had known these things for a long time, how could Wang Junlin not be on guard against the Tubo people.
Therefore, each of his eight confidants in the northwest has an average of 50,000 troops, which adds up to a total of 400,000 elite soldiers. However, Niu Jinda commanded 100,000 people, and Li Fengyun and Li Xiang commanded 100,000 troops.
He must never act rashly, and is responsible for blocking the Western Turks and Tubo people to prevent the foreign enemies from entering the pass.
Wang Junlin has never let anyone publicize these strategic layouts, these efforts that directly affect or even determine the fate of China, because among his eight subordinates in the northwest, except for Wu Si, who is a horse thief, the others were previously nominally
They were all generals of the Sui Dynasty.
"You have worked hard for more than seven years, especially Niu Jinda, Li Fengyun, and Li Xiang. After the world is unified, I will show the achievements of the three of you to the world. Your achievements will not be less than those of other people who conquer the world."
Wang Junlin said with some emotion and sincerely.
"It is our honor to die to serve the prince." Wang Junlin said one sentence. The grievances and complaints deep in the hearts of the eight people who had been guarding the northwest for more than seven years and could not participate in the world disappeared. All they had was the desire to die for Wang Junlin.
"Now that the Sui Dynasty has been completely destroyed with the death of Yang Guang, Zhulu Tianxia has entered a new stage. Except for Niu Jinda who continues to guard against the Western Turks, and Li Fengyun and Li Xiang who want to guard against the Tubo people, it is time for others to participate.
." Wang Junlin motioned for everyone to stand up, and then said calmly but solemnly.
Except for Niu Jinda, Li Fengyun and Li Xiang who were a little depressed and regretful, the other five people were shocked, their eyes flashed with excitement and expectation.
Wang Junlin was very satisfied with their response and said: "Before assigning you specific tasks, you must first understand our strategic goals and overall layout."
Everyone immediately pricked up their ears to listen, and Wang Junlin continued: "For us, the Li Yuan Group is the biggest enemy at the moment, and it is also an enemy that we must not underestimate. Because the other party is far more powerful than Li Mi and Yu Wenzhi.
Compared with others like them. Therefore, our goal in this battle is not to completely destroy the Li Yuan Group, but to capture the Li Yuan Group's home base in Hedong, occupy Taiyuan Prefecture, and severely damage the Li Yuan Group."
"Then through the guidance of public opinion, we will achieve a comprehensive victory in the ideological field, so that people in the world generally believe that I am the real emperor, thereby disintegrating the Li Yuan Group from the inside. This can prevent us from fighting to the death with the Li Yuan Group and causing the ruins of Guanzhong and Hedong.
, of course it can also avoid our unnecessary losses.”
"After all, there are still too many local tycoons in Huaibei and Huainan, as well as Sichuan, Shu, Jiangnan, and Southwest areas that we need to fight one by one. If we destroy the Li Yuan Group at all costs, we will inevitably suffer great losses and will be unable to do anything in a short time.
Going south is likely to allow other forces to take the opportunity to grow bigger, which is not conducive to our long-term operations."
Having said this, Wang Junlin paused and asked, "Do you all understand what I mean?"
The eight people immediately nodded and said in unison: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, we will understand."
Seeing that everyone easily understood what he meant, Wang Junlin secretly breathed a sigh of relief. In the past few years, the eight people were not around him and had not been taught and nurtured by himself and Nie Xiaoyu. He had been worried that the eight people would not understand what he meant, so he
Affect the completion of specific combat tasks later.
Now it seems that he is worrying too much. In the past few years, the eight people have not been by his side, but the eight people are heroes and are responsible for their own affairs, not to mention training and fighting. They are extremely experienced and have naturally grown to a very high level.
In other respects, they are not weak either, because they are warlords, and warlords do more than just train troops and fight. They are also in charge of local government affairs. How could they not grow?
"Now that everyone understands it, let me talk about the overall strategic layout of this war with the Li Yuan Group."
"Generally speaking, this is a total war, because once a war breaks out, the battlefield will never be in one place, let alone in one direction."
"Let's not talk about Mayi County. Once we send troops to Hedong, we will be attacked by Li Yuan Group's North Route Army Li Shuliang.
The chief general, Liu Hongji, is the deputy general, and Pei Ji is the marching Sima's 100,000-strong army to intercept them."
"To the east, the war has actually begun. Li Shimin unknowingly brought out a force of tens of thousands of horse thieves. They have recently begun burning, killing and looting in Youzhou. In addition, Goguryeo's Yeon Gaesumun is ready to attack.
, to contain Luo Yi’s men in a short period of time. In this way, Li Shimin, commander-in-chief of the East Route Army of the Li Yuan Group, no longer has to face the pincer attack from Luo Yi and Yuchi Jingde at the same time.”
According to Wang Junlin's plan, all the main forces were left in the base camp to deal with Li Shimin from the east. In addition to Luo Yi's 100,000 Youzhou army, Yuchi Jingde was ordered to be the commander, Lu Han and Guan Xiaotong were the deputy generals, and the three of them commanded the tiger.
The battalion, Hammer Battalion, and Iron Spear Battalion totaled 150,000 troops to deal with Li Shimin. It can be said that they attached great importance to Li Shimin.
"The west side will be left to you. After we go back today, Wu San from Pingliang County, Zhou Hu from Jincheng County, Su Changqing from Zhangye County, Jiang Mulang from Xiping County, and Shangguan Hu from Tianshui County, you five can each send 30,000 troops, and at the same time, you can send troops to Guanzhong or
Send troops to northern Shaanxi."
The five people who were called were shocked. They quickly stood up and clasped their fists and said: "I understand your humble position. Please give me your instructions."
Wang Junlin nodded slightly and continued: "Wu San and Su Changqing join forces to send troops to northern Shaanxi, with Wu San as the leader and Su Changqing as the deputy. It is up to you to decide where to attack and how to attack."
Wu San and Su Changchang hurriedly bowed and clasped their fists, saying: "I obey my orders."
Wang Junlin nodded and said to the others: "Zhou Hu, Jiang Mulang, and Shangguan Hu, you three will join forces and send troops to the Chencang area in Guanzhong, with Shangguan Hu as the leader, and Zhou Hu and Jiang Mulang as the deputies. When will the battle begin?
, it’s up to you to decide how to fight.”
Shangguan Hu, Zhou Hu and Jiang Mulang stood up quickly, bowed and clasped their fists and said, "I obey my orders."
Wang Junlin continued solemnly: "You must be careful not to underestimate the enemy, and attack steadily. After occupying a place, you must first firmly control it, and then you can consider continuing to advance based on intelligence. One of your strategic goals is to contain the Li Yuan Group's western army and guard
Chang'an's army has made it impossible for the enemy to support Hedong with a single soldier or a load of grain and grass."
The five people quickly bowed and said yes.
Wang Junlin then gave orders to Wu Si and Luo Shixin, whose troops were stationed in Mayi County: "Both of your troops are mostly cavalry. Don't rush to attack the city and seize territory. Pay attention to the advantage of the cavalry and send Li Shuliang and Liu Hongji to the enemy."
, Pei Ji's 100,000 troops killed as much as possible, constantly demoralized the enemy, and waited until they dared not leave the city to fight in the field, then change tactics according to the situation."
Wu Si and Luo Shixin quickly bowed and said yes.
Wang Junlin then ordered Shen Guoer: "The Military Intelligence Bureau must promptly inquire about the military situation, send the information to the armies as soon as possible, and use internal resources to cooperate with the armies in combat according to the situation. In short, we must do our best.
It is possible to minimize the casualties of our troops while completing the target mission."
Shen Guo'er looked calm and agreed: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, Guo'er has given everything instructions and there will never be any mistakes."