Looking back from the high point of more than 1,400 years later, this battle was actually impossible to fight.
Liu Wenjing, however, was full of fighting spirit and brought her dancing horse to the meeting hall of Jinyang Southeast Tower, which was filled with darkness.
Wu Ma did not expect that this small command post would be crowded with so many people, let alone the seventeen heroes of the famous Taiyuan Yuanmou who had gathered together today, and Liu Wenjing introduced them to him one by one.
Li Yuan asked everyone for advice.
Liu Wenjing made a speech and suggested taking the initiative to attack in order to frighten the enemy by fighting, "Turkic wolves cannot be fed well. If they are beaten to pain, they will naturally run away."
After everyone discussed it, they came to the conclusion that they could not fight.
There are two main reasons why we can't fight. Pei Ji was the first to speak up.
"First, there are hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops, but Tang Gong can't recruit more than 10,000 troops, so he can't defeat them.
Second, the Turks were the enemies of the Sui Dynasty, but not the enemies of Tang Gong——
Zhaoren thinks things are too simple."
Pei Ji didn't say much, but every sentence he said hit the point.
Liu Wenjing argued hard and became one of the few militants. Pei Ji laughed at him for not thinking about the overall situation.
As for the horse dance, Liu Wenjing had thought about it well in advance, but when it came to the actual occasion, he was a newcomer and had no role to speak at all. It was also Li Shimin's idea to have a bench seat to listen.
Liu and Pei had a verbal exchange, but Li Yuan finally made the decision:
"That's it. None of the newly recruited soldiers in Jinyang City can be wasted in the wolf's mouth."
In fact, when discussing military matters in ancient and modern times, capable generals usually have an idea in mind long ago. They call everyone together for discussion, just to listen to other people's ideas for inspiration.
For a local official like Li Yuan who had started his career and served as governor of three states for one term, with rich experience and broad knowledge, he would not easily change his original idea in the end without a particularly insightful strategy.
Liu Wenjing almost opened her mouth, but saw that Li Yuan didn't have a friendly expression on her face, so she swallowed her words back.
In fact, the matter about the divine edict of the Tang Pagoda has not been revealed yet. But Liu Wenjing had already thought about it, and she could not bring it up at all, lest she be accused of threatening the public for personal gain.
Once the general direction has been decided, the only thing left is to discuss how to retreat from the enemy.
If there is no war, the only option is to seek peace.
It's just that the alliance under the city has always been humiliated, and the Jinyang army will soon march south.
If you bow your head and surrender to the Turks, it will be extremely demoralizing and morally untenable. It will be like having a haze hanging over your head before the army moves.
At this time, Pei Ji stood up again,
"I have a way to defeat others without fighting."
Li Yuan nodded and signaled Pei Ji to continue.
Pei Ji said: "The Turks usually go south, not to attack cities and plunder land, but to plunder property, and this time it is nothing more than that.
I have to infer that the Turks will not stay here for any longer. There are three reasons for this -
If supplies are insufficient, if a surprise attack comes, they must travel lightly.
Second, the rear was unstable. The reason why the Turks marched so quickly was because Liu Wuzhou hooked up with the foreign thieves on the Mayi side and opened an opening in the north to let them in.
But Liu Wuzhou was a man who had no sense of justice, and the Turks also understood the truth, so how could they not be on guard against him?
Thirdly, the generals in Taiyuan City are strong and powerful, so a hard attack will inevitably cause damage, which is actually the worst strategy for plundering.
According to these three points, it can be broken, and the Turkic army has no intention of fighting for a long time."
The Mayi that Pei Ji mentioned is to the north of Jinyang City, and further north is the Turks, which is equivalent to a gate to Jinyang.
Liu Wuzhou and Wu Ma also knew about this. Because this man had an affair with the concubine of Wang Rengong, the prefect of Mayi, he was afraid of retaliation, so he simply killed Wang Rengong and rebelled. Pei Ji's so-called forgetfulness of love was referring to this incident.
Liu Wenjing said: "It makes sense, everyone understands it."
"This is where we start from when it comes to defeating the enemy," Pei Ji said with a smile, "We might as well give the Turks a reason to leave."
Li Yuandao: "I originally had this intention, but I couldn't find the right way."
"In my humble position, I have doubts about the art of military service. I would like to ask Duke Tang to make a decision."
Pei Ji said:
"Since the Turks dare to station troops outside the city and watch eagerly, they think that our army is weak. The Duke of Tang can send his troops out of the city at night and hide his whereabouts so that no one will know. In the daytime, he can ask these soldiers to follow with great fanfare.
Entering the city through a side road, reinforcements will arrive, and this will only last three or two days. The reinforcements are so vast and majestic that the Turks must be fearful and return without attacking."
It is recorded in the history books that this strategy of recruiting suspicious troops was actually a strange move thought up by Li Yuan (Yuan sent his troops to sneak out of the city at night, and then came from other directions with flags and drums, like reinforcements). What is so strange about the horse dance is that it happened.
Pei Ji’s advice.
Dong Zhuo used this trick twice during the Three Kingdoms period. It was used by Yanwu against Goguryeo. It was also used by Liu Zhengyan in the Southern Song Dynasty against Huaixi thieves. The Turks were not familiar with Han history, so naturally they could not understand it. They were really frightened by Li Yuan.
He ran away (the Turks finally became suspicious, stayed outside the city for two days, and then plundered away).
Li Yuan listened and nodded in praise.
Liu Wenjing raised a concern:
It is indeed clever to send out suspicious troops at night, but if the enemy discovers it, it will be self-defeating and the enemy will surround you.
Pei Ji said, "Zhao Ren is overthinking it - the Turks are here to rob things, not Juechenghu. They are not so vigilant at night."
"Where are the awakened disciples?" Liu Wenjing said: "There must be awakened disciples among the Turkic army."
Liu Wenjing's meaning is very clear. The dark night can confuse the eyes of ordinary people, but it may not be the case for awakened disciples.
"Just use the tactics of doubting soldiers."
Li Yuan said: "I have made up my mind. Xuanzhen (Pei Ji's word Xuanzhen) will take the lead in planning, and Zhaoren and Wu Ma will assist him. As for the specific operation, how many soldiers to use, and how to avoid the Turks' eyes and whistles, you guys can discuss it
Once you’ve made a decision, tell me again.”
After deciding on the strategy, someone brought up the matter of Wang Wei and Gao Junya again.
After the bloody night in the Chengcheng Mansion, Li Yuan definitely couldn't hide his attack on the manor. So he proclaimed himself king, and Gao and Gao were captured because of their collusion with the Turks. Now that the Turks are coming, Jinyang's soldiers and civilians are clamoring to get rid of the traitor.
"Just say that the person has been killed," Li Yuan said, "burned to ashes."
In this way, the military meeting dispersed.
Liu Wenjing came full of enthusiasm, but when she arrived, she was ridiculed by Pei Ji and refused to fight. She was afraid that the matter of divine decree would be bad, and she ended up being slapped by Pei Ji. Her face was very ugly.
Just as he was about to go out, Li Yuan left him alone.
When the performance was over, a tall military general bumped into the dancing horse's shoulder and apologized profusely.
When Liu Wenjing introduced the dancing horse just now, the person he remembered seemed to be named Wang Kangda.
Wu Ma suddenly remembered that Wang Kangda in history should have died under the sword of the Turks at this time (Wang Kangda, the Yuan tribe general, sent more than a thousand people to the battle and all died).
But now that Li Yuan has made up his mind to avoid fighting, does it mean that Wang Kangda has saved his life? This military meeting was a horse dance and he watched the whole battle without intervening, but history has still changed, and things are much more interesting. And the dance
As for the horse, will it kill more than a thousand people just because it flaps its wings?
Wu Ma waited for Liu Wenjing outside for a while, and then saw him walking out of the hall, his face a little better.
"What did Mr. Tang tell you?"
"What else can I say?" Liu Wenjing said: "'You have to stand high and see far. This battle with the Turks is not about winning or losing. In the future, when I go south to Daxing, if the Turks disturb my rear, how can I win?
Stop?'"
"that's it?"
"I also said some words of comfort."
"oh."
"Would you like to walk with me?"
Wu Ma understood that Liu Wenjing wanted to have a chat with him.
"All right."
It was already dusk. Liu Wenjing led the dancing horse to the top of the city wall, but saw that all the flags on it had been taken down, and the soldiers were afraid to show their heads under the wall.
"This is..." Liu Wenjing couldn't quite figure out the situation.
Dancing Horse's heart is bright.
This is in line with official history again.
According to history books, in order to deal with the Turks, Li Yuan staged an empty city strategy——
He asked Pei Ji to hide all the soldiers, secretly set up defenses at every gate in the city, and then open all the city gates (Yuan ordered Pei Ji and others to gather troops in preparation and open all the city gates).
At this time, Luo Guanzhong had not yet been born, and "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" had not yet been published. The Turks who lined up on horseback between the east gate and the north gate of the outer city of Jinyang had never seen such a thing before, and they suddenly became quiet (Turks are unpredictable, so Mo
Dare to enter).
This incident should have happened when the Turks broke into the outer city of Jinyang. Li Yuan had arranged it early in the morning. Liu Wenjing and Wu Ma were still in the Awakening Tower to read the divine decree at that time, so naturally they didn't know the situation.
Liu Wenjing and a guard asked about the situation and found out that it was Tang Gong who ordered Pei Ji to do it, and his face became even more depressed.
"What do you think of Pei Ji?"
Liu Wenjing supported the wall and looked into the distance. At this time, the Turks in the outer city wall were leaving the city in groups, probably going back to camp to rest.
There were no soldiers in the city, and the city was in a state of depression, and Liu Wenjing was even more depressed.
"Old way." Wu Ma said.
"We can't fight this battle," Liu Wenjing sighed in frustration, "I also know that everyone is in a different position - it's not that I can't compare to him in knowledge, Pei Ji."
Wu Ma said: "I thought about it at that time. Our divine decree does not necessarily require a head-on fight with the Turks. According to the vision, if the Turks are not allowed to enter the city, it will be passed, right?"
"But I want the best!"
"Um?"
"I've asked about it," Liu Wenjing said: "There are high and low degrees of completion of divine decrees. The higher the completion, the more benefits. If we can win a big victory, don't you think our Datang Tower will be developed?"
"You mean, Pei Ji's method is not very high."
"The more difficult the divine decree is to achieve, the greater the benefits," Liu Wenjing said: "Think about the illusion of the Skull Court. If you get the cassock in the pile of skeletons, are the benefits you get much greater than Qingxia?"
"Um...is that so?"
"The strategy of suspecting soldiers is bullshit," Liu Wenjing looked up to the sky and sighed, "I want the best."
"actually,"
Wu Ma suddenly said: "Things should not be as simple as Pei Ji thought..."
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