"After General Luo Shixin of the Whirlwind Camp and General Wu of the Pegasus Camp occupied Xinzhou County and Luliang County respectively, during the period when the prince attracted Li Shentong's main force, with the assistance of officials sent by Lord Du, and in the Military Intelligence Bureau,
With the help of Xiaoyu Theater and the Martial Arts Guild, we have completely controlled the two counties, and have gradually digested more than 60,000 surrendered troops, and are ready to capture the next county."
"Commander Zhang Tiangang of the special force in the west occupied Heifengkou, a place where the Li family's army must pass through on the grain road from Chang'an to Longguan, with 3,000 troops. For nearly a month, he successively repelled more than 30,000 elite soldiers sent by Longguan guard Hou Junji.
, killed nearly 20,000 enemies. According to the situation grasped by the Military Intelligence Office, Hou Junji's food and grass in Longguan can support them for at most half a month. By then, Shangguan Hu, Zhou Hu and Jiang Mulang will be twelve outside Longguan.
An army of ten thousand might be able to easily break through Longguan and march in, possibly directly threatening the Li Yuan Group's Chang'an City."
After an official from the Military Intelligence Office reported the current situation as usual, the generals became extremely excited as they heard that the North and West Roads were continuously making great achievements or about to make great achievements. The military meeting began, mainly to discuss how to break through Li Shimin's defense.
The five military strongholds.
After some debate, some generals decided to bypass the five military strongholds and invade the hinterland of Hedong, forcing Li Shimin's army to leave the stronghold and fight with them in the field.
Some generals also believed that they should follow what Zhang Tiangang, the commander of the special forces, did at Heifengkou, and send elite soldiers to go around the trail behind the opponent's five military strongholds to cut off Li Shimin's food and grass.
Yuchi Jingde, Guan Xiaotong and Lu Han just listened to their subordinates' arguments without saying a word, making it difficult to see clearly what the three of them were thinking, or whether they had other ideas.
After the generals had finished arguing and discussed various possibilities or feasible tactics, Yuchi Jingde turned to Li Jing, who had been calm and silent, and said: "Master Li is the military advisor sent by the prince.
In the battles at Wagang in the Central Plains, I heard that he made great military exploits and played an important role. I wonder what Mr. Li should do now?"
Li Jing knew very well that compared to Yuchi Jingde, Lu Han, Guan Xiaotong and others, he had too little experience in the Far East Army and did not even have his own army. The thousand special forces masters who were currently taking orders from him were only temporarily taking orders from him.
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Moreover, unlike when Li Xuanba completely handed over the command of the Storm Bear Battalion to him when he was in Dawagang Village in the Central Plains, now although he is the military advisor of the Tiger Battalion, Iron Spear Battalion and Iron Hammer Battalion with 150,000 troops,
But the final decision is no longer in your hands.
Upon hearing Yuchi Jingde's question, Li Jing immediately stood up and bowed to everyone, and then said: "General Yuchi, General Lu, General Guan, and other generals, I know this son Li Shimin quite well. He has a very intelligent mind."
Gao, careful thinking, extremely thoughtful on the battlefield, and extremely cunning, decisive, and very courageous. I think it is not feasible to send people to go around behind the five military strongholds to cut off their food and grass, because there is a special force commander Zhang Tiangang on the western battlefield.
During the battle at Heifengkou, Li Shimin must have been extremely tight on the defense of the food route. The people we sent there would probably never return. The main force of the army bypassing the five military strongholds was extremely risky, and Li Shimin accidentally cut off the food supply.
The consequences are disastrous."
Li Jing's words were conclusive and well-founded. When everyone heard the words, they all nodded in praise, thinking that this person could be valued and used by the prince and sent to them as a military advisor. It was indeed extraordinary.
Seeing this, several generals asked for battle to attack the five military strongholds. They said that since the only way to attack the military stronghold was to attack them, they were ready to attack hard. However, Li Shimin had a deep research on defense against gunpowder weapons, and the walls of the five military strongholds were high.
Not to mention, it was too thick and strong. The Far Eastern Army's use of trebuchets to throw gunpowder packets to blow up the wall could not match the speed of the other side's craftsmen to mend the wall at the same time. Even if they tried to send dead soldiers close to the city gate, it turned out that
None of them broke down the city wall.
Yuchi Jingde waved his hand to interrupt the call for battle from his generals. After thinking for a while, he said: "What Mr. Li said is reasonable. I wonder if Mr. Li has any clever plan."
Li Jing was waiting for Yuchi Jingde to ask this question. He actually had a plan in mind, but he could see that Yuchi Jingde, Lu Han, Guan Xiaotong and others obviously still did not fully trust his ability, so he kept calm.
He did not say it out loud, but waited for Yuchi Jingde to ask for advice before speaking, which would enhance the persuasiveness of what he said.
At that moment, Li Jing was eloquent and explained his plan to the big sand table in front of everyone. He mentioned that he had obtained a fake secret order from Li Yuan and gave it to Li Shimin, which surprised everyone and secretly admired Li Jing.
Endless.
Therefore, including the three generals Yuchi Jingde, Lu Han and Guan Xiaotong, everyone had already been convinced of Li Jing's plan, and after hearing it, they were filled with fighting spirit.
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On November 25, that is, the second day after Li Shimin received the "Secret Order from Li Yuan", he followed the secret order and led his generals to discuss how to win a great victory. Yuchi Jingde of the Far Eastern Army led 100,000
The army arrived outside Shisha Village.
Because Shishazhai is the closest to Shanggu County under the rule of the Far Eastern Army, it has become the most important military stronghold of the Li Yuan Group to the Far Eastern Army. In the past few years, under the promotion of Li Shimin, it has spared no effort to repair and strengthen it repeatedly, not to mention the iron walls.
, but it is far beyond the defenses of ordinary military strongholds or ordinary cities.
And this is one of the reasons why the army led by Yuchi Jingde and others has been unable to attack this ten-kill army stronghold.
According to the information obtained by the Military Intelligence Bureau, Yuchi Jingde and his leaders conducted an analysis and found that if he wanted to break through the Shisha Village garrisoned by 50,000 people, he would have to use at least 150,000 troops to attack for more than two months if there was no internal help.
It is possible to break through it, and the losses will be huge.
And how could he lose nearly half of his 150,000 horses in order to attack a ten-kill stronghold? Therefore, Yuchi Jingde felt helpless every time he thought of this.
However, in response to this situation, Yuchi Jingde has also thought of some ways in the past two months. The biggest strategic direction is to try to lure the defenders in Shisha Village out for an ambush. But in order to do this
It involves all aspects, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a rare thing. Because it is related to various factors such as the character of the guard of Shishazhai.
And with Li Shimin's mentality, it was almost impossible for them to lure the opponent's main force out of the field battle.
However, now that Li Jing had just prepared a secret order from Li Yuan to Li Shimin, this matter became very likely.
Of course, according to Li Jing's plan, in order for Li Shimin to lead the main force out of the stronghold to fight with them in the field, Yuchi Jingde would need to lead the army to do something, or put on a grand show.
At this time, Yuchi Jingde led the army to form a formation a few miles outside Shisha Village, and then about two thousand horsemen and horses slowly advanced from the Far East Army formation and stopped about two miles in front of the south gate of Shisha Village.
The Far East Army only stepped forward with 2,000 men. Obviously, it was impossible to attack Shishazhai with 2,000 men. Instead, they made a gesture of making a fight.
The Far East Army only came to invade with 2,000 men. The spies of the Li Family Army in the Ten Kills Stronghold had already made inquiries and reported the news to Li Shimin in the stronghold.
At this time, Li Shimin stood at the top of the city early and looked around with a telescope obtained from Fanyang County through other means. He also sent several waves of spies to repeatedly inquire and confirmed that the main force of the Far Eastern Army had not moved several miles away. In addition, at this time, a
Seeing the appearance of the Far Eastern Army, they finally determined that this was not a conspiracy to lure the defenders of Shishazhai out of the city and conduct an ambush, but rather an intention to make a fight.
In the past, Li Shimin would not have dealt with such a matter at all, but now he was planning how to win a big victory, which would inevitably require leading the main force out of the city to fight in the field, because Yuchi Jingde was not willing to attack the military stronghold desperately.
Therefore, it is very worthwhile to further understand the combat effectiveness and military formation of the Far East Army through a battle of 2,000 people, as well as the comparison of the combat effectiveness of the two sides.
Besides, Li Shimin was a strong man. After a brief discussion with his generals, they decided not to show weakness. At that moment, his general Du Youchao led his two thousand cavalry to fight.
Du Youchao formed his formation behind the city about 800 steps away from Shishazhai. The distance between him and the Far East Army was only a little over a mile.
Li Shimin was watching the battle at the top of the city. There were 5,000 cavalrymen in the city who were ready to leave the city at any time to respond, or were ready to destroy the 2,000 men of the Far Eastern Army who were about to fight.
Of course, this depends on the situation.
Li Shimin had already seen from the two thousand Far Eastern Army cavalry that these two thousand people must be elite veterans of the Far Eastern Army, and they were all calm and composed.
He thought that Du Youchao's camp was going to be a fierce battle between four thousand men and horses on both sides. Unexpectedly, the two thousand Far East Army troops were not in a hurry. After Du Youchao led two thousand men to form a formation, he just rushed out of the formation with a horse.
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Li Shimin was suddenly stunned, and a thought came to his mind at the same time - a one-on-one challenge?
In this era, the two armies faced each other, and occasionally there were duels like those in dramas such as The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, countries fought in melee and conflicts continued. At that time, military generals were brave and brave, so duels often occurred. But the Far East Army and the Li Yuan Group
This has never happened before, but this is the first time.
"The Far East Army wants to use personal bravery to increase its own morale and undermine our morale?"
"Is Yuchi Jingde so confident that the people he sent will be able to kill my people?"
Li Shimin sneered on the top of the city. He remembered that Du Youchao had a strong general under his command who could be ranked among the top three.
Below the city, Du Youchao gave an order, and the flag bearer beside him waved the flag. The soldiers under his command drew their bows and arrows, and were ready for battle. As long as someone from the Far East Army approached, even if he had the legendary bravery of Lu Bu and King Xiang, he would still have to fight.
Like a hedgehog.
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