Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 93 Exhortation
Li Shan has always been a clear-headed person. He never underestimates himself, nor thinks highly of himself. In other words, he has self-knowledge.

Even though he is the most special traveler in this era, Li Shan doesn't think he has any extraordinary talents, such as in military affairs.

Not to mention that compared with Li Shimin, who can be counted in the long history of China, Li Daoxuan, who is only 19 years old, is much better than him.

But the problem is that the identity of the traverser makes Li Shan very sure of the outcome of the next battle, and only simple logical reasoning is required.

Difficult to win does not necessarily mean defeat, it can also mean a tie.

If Li Daoxuan wins this battle and Liu Heitai flees north, it may be a tie, and the two sides will be at a stalemate... In these two cases, Li Jiancheng, as the prince, will not rush to conquer himself.

It can only be Li Daoxuan's defeat, or even a big defeat. The capital is noisy. In order to suppress Qin Wang Li Shimin, Prince Li Jiancheng invited himself to conquer Hebei.

Historically, it was Li Jiancheng who personally conquered Hebei and beheaded Liu Heita... This has also become the reason why countless people in later generations believe that the prince is not weaker than Li Shimin.

Li Shan has a unique feeling, like when he was admitted to the county high school from the township junior high school, he found it difficult to do the questions at the beginning, but if he turned to the back and read the answers, and then went back... Oh, so it is like this.

Even if you run into any obstacles during the backward push process, you don’t need to spend too much energy to solve them... Once you know the answer and find the reason, the difficulty will naturally decrease.

The problem now is that Li Shan has read the answer, but Li Daoxuan has not, he is still solving the problem step by step.

At this moment, what Li Shan needs to do is to answer this question for the 19-year-old youth in front of him in normal steps.

Picking up the wine cup and taking a sip of water, Li Shan took a deep breath and talked eloquently.

"You are a son of the clan, you are a prince, you show your power on the battlefield, and you have made a lot of military exploits."

"From the south of the Lingnan to the north to Chang'an, I suffered many hardships. Fortunately, Brother Demou was my friend. Later, I made friends with the children of Prince Qin's family. His majesty was praised by His Royal Highness Qin King, but after all, he was just a grassroots."

"You and I have very different identities, not to mention that we were attacked by the Turks seven days ago, and we can only be safe with the help of the next."

"If there is no reason, why would I dare to make such wild words?"

"However, today's words will definitely make my step unhappy, but I am willing to spit it out."

Li Daoxuan raised his eyebrows, sat upright, extended his hands and said: "You can speak freely."

Li Shan straightened his body, and said loudly: "The opening chapter of "Sun Tzu's Art of War" clearly states that soldiers are important affairs of the state, the place of death and life, and the way of survival.

"At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was divided into three parts, and everyone was in harmony. Cao Wei had the right time, Sun Wu had the right location, and the Shu Han had harmony among people."

"Today's Hebei Road, the weather, the location, and the harmony of people, how much can you score with one step?"

Li Shan had already prepared the draft, and said slowly: "Since the Turkic soldiers showed up seven days ago, the Turkic cavalry have been traveling freely at the border between Jizhou and Shenzhou.

Before the war broke out, most of the wounded soldiers sent to the wounded barracks were wounded in battle with a small group of Turkic cavalry. However, it seems that the Turkic cavalry did not appear in the previous three battles in Jizhou and Shenzhou. "

"Can five thousand cavalry compete against tens of thousands of Turkic cavalry?"

"If the Turkic cavalry were so vulnerable, why didn't Guanzhong and Hedong send reinforcements to Hebei Road for several months?"

"This is the time you said?" Li Daoxuan smiled slightly and made a gesture to continue.

This calm and composed appearance... I really want to give you a punch, Li Shan complained in his heart, and continued: "To the north of Xiabo City, there are few hills, valleys, and large flat lands, which are suitable for cavalry to charge, so I chose to go to the battlefield. This is the fight."

Seeing Li Daoxuan nodding his head, Li Shan sighed: "But within the seven days, there will be rain on five days. Uncle Guo told me yesterday that the north of Xiabo City is everywhere in the mud. If the army moves, it will drown in the mud."

The smile on Li Daoxuan's face faded slightly, "This is the right location."

"You don't need to talk about Renhe?" Li Shan said softly, "Duke Yuan has resentment..."

Li Daoxuan narrowed his eyes slightly, and frowned unconsciously.

Li Shan, who stopped talking, took another sip of water, thinking that after reading the answer, he made up nonsense about the right time, place, people and three things.

Although the long and cumbersome passage may not have practical effect, Li Daoxuan's anger towards Li Shan gradually disappeared.

However, Li Daoxuan did not agree.

"Let's talk about the weather first." Li Daoxuan knocked on the desk, "Your brother has lived in the south of the Five Ridges for a long time, and he doesn't know the climate in the north. It's already winter, and the Turks must want to return.

Since last year, there have been frequent snowstorms and famines in the grasslands. It is difficult for the tribes to survive the winter if they do not move to find land. Don’t those Turkic soldiers fear that the tribes will be swallowed up? "

"If this battle can break through the enemy's line, the Turkic soldiers will not fight to the death. Liu Heita is just a dog raised by Jieli Khan. Will he do his best?"

Li Shan blurted out, "Liu Heita had lost three battles and had no Turkic cavalry, so there are only two possible reasons.

First, Liu Heikai restrained the Turkic soldiers and prevented them from looting their hometowns, but he also said that Liu Heikai was a dog raised by the Turks, so it would be difficult to restrain the Turkic soldiers.

Second, Liu Heikai deliberately put the Turkic soldiers in the back, so that the headquarters could show the enemy's weakness. "

"Liu Heikai is known for his cunning. The Tang army has won all three battles and their morale is high. Do we want to defend the city?" Li Shan paused for a moment, then continued: "This man shows the enemy's weakness, retreats far away, and lures the snake out of the hole. I want to succeed in the first battle and completely destroy the main force of the Tang army in Hebei Province."

Li Daoxuan opened his mouth slightly, shook his head after a while and said, "Your brother is really a fantastic idea."

Seeing the depression on Li Shan's face, Li Daoxuan went on to say: "Furthermore, the location is favorable. Although it has rained recently and there is a lot of mud in the north of Xiabo City, both sides use cavalry as the vanguard..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Shan interrupted: "Although they are all cavalry, the Turkic people are light cavalry, scattered all over the field, mainly riding and shooting, but I heard from the son of Qin Wangfu and Guo Shu that His Royal Highness Qin also used cavalry. To rule the roost, but every battle must break through the enemy, once in the mud, the power will be greatly reduced."

"Once the Turkic soldiers disperse, they will not form a formation. Our troops will stare at Liu Heita's main force and step on it. The army will march forward with clamor, and we will surely defeat the enemy!"

"There are more than [-] Turkic cavalry, and Liu Heita's headquarters also has at least [-]. Can [-] fine cavalry step on and break through the formation?"

"This king will lead the elite cavalry to charge into the formation, and then let [-] infantry follow along with weapons, and they will surely break through the formation!"

Well, Li Daoxuan's self-proclaimed king has become the king again... The anger value seems to be rising rapidly again.

Li Shan was also a bit over the top, and stretched out his hand to point to the side of the tent, "As the commander of the army, I personally charge into the battle, if Shi Wanbao doesn't move forward, what can I do?!"

Li Daoxuan got up abruptly, "Although there are many gaps between Duke Yuan and this king, but such a big war, why dare to abolish the Duke for personal reasons?"

"What is public? What is private?" Li Shan sneered and said, "If King Huaiyang loses, even if Shi Wanbao wins, the East Palace will definitely be happy!"

The heated debate came to an abrupt end, Li Daoxuan frowned, "Even if this king is close to my second brother, if the army is defeated, why would the East Palace be happy?"

(End of this chapter)