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Chapter 329 Catch people or catch sheep?

"Commander, I don't understand why you disagree with His Majesty's strategy of attacking from three directions, but insist on a decisive battle here in Dingxiang?
Although our army has 20 troops, we don't have many cavalry. It is not wise to confront the enemy's 20 cavalry head-on. We should divide our troops into three groups and use tactics to take advantage of our advantage of winning more with less. "In Yunzhou City, Li Daozong asked Li Jing in puzzlement.

Datang dispatched 20 troops this time. Originally, His Majesty Li Er planned to encircle Jieli with three armies, assist in the east, attack in the center, and cut off the enemy's retreat in the west. Crush the enemy head-on.

The generals were very puzzled by this point, but Li Er didn't explain it. It wasn't until Li Jing led the army all the way to Yunzhou to set up camp, and when the account was raised to discuss matters, that everyone asked the question in their hearts.

Li Jing looked around at the generals, pressed the crowd who were discussing, and said with a smile: "What? The enemy and our forces are equal, are you afraid? Don't you have the determination to win?"

"With my old black [-] troops, I will personally bring back Xieli's head!" Yuchi Jingde shouted.

"Okay! Since Jingde is so brave, then you are the vanguard in this battle!" Li Jing laughed.

"No, the vanguard belongs to my old Cheng!"

"It belongs to me, Xue Wanjun!"

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The crowd started to quarrel, Li Jing said with a smile: "When discussing military plans with His Majesty in Chang'an, His Majesty pointed out the gist of this battle and gave new orders for this battle.

That is the merit of this battle, it is not counted by the number of enemies killed, and even the more slashed and killed, the credit will be reduced! "

"what?"

Everyone was shocked and puzzled, why?Don't we fight for revenge?Beheading has always been a method of recording merit. The soldiers of the Twelve Guards have already sharpened their knives and prepared to go up and kill them fiercely. How can it be illegal to kill someone?

"Pharmacist, don't be a fool, tell them quickly!" Li Ji, the deputy commander, laughed.

"You guys don't know that Datang has encountered a problem now!

Before the expedition, His Majesty had gathered a group of civil servants to calculate the gains and losses of the war, and planned to divide the distribution of spoils, etc., but Du Keming, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, said one thing, that is, the 7 Turkic captives in the Northern War were already working [-] people died, only [-] remained.

These 6 people need to support the current mining and coal mining industry, and they are also responsible for repairing rivers and replacing labor. All places are vying for these captive slaves, but such a small number of people is not enough.

Letters have been written from all over the country, blaming the Ministry of Civil Affairs for employing too many people, resulting in the loss of [-] good labor for nothing.After this incident, the Ministry of Civil Affairs also learned a lesson, and now the living conditions of these captives have been greatly improved. It can be said that in addition to freedom, they work and eat every day so comfortably, and the death rate is greatly reduced.Hehe, this is the matter of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and it is a digression for today.

The topic here is that even if none of the 6 captives will die in the future, we are still very short of labor.

The places that have used this batch of labor have tasted the sweetness. These people work hard without complaint, and they don't pick fat and thin. As long as they are fed and clothed, the labor done is very good. The only drawback is that there are too few people.

So when it was heard that the Tang Dynasty was going to launch another military campaign against the north this time, knowledgeable officials all over the country wrote to the imperial court, reporting how many prisoners were required to go to work.

According to Du Ruhui's statistics, this number has reached 30!This is still the number of people after merging many jobs that can be done concurrently. If you calculate carefully, 35 is the exact number, and 40 is considered as a spare substitute.

Guys, when it comes to this, does anyone understand what's going on? "

Li Daozong frowned and said: "That is to say, in addition to destroying the country, we are also responsible for capturing prisoners this time when we go north? But, they are all Turkic herdsmen, young and old. Isn't it a little bit..."

"What are you afraid of? As long as Datang needs them, they don't have to graze. They go to work for us. What's wrong with us feeding them? Let me tell you, we shouldn't feed them, and we'll catch as many dead as possible! "Hou Junji shouted.

Everyone has black lines all over their heads. This guy has a natural vendetta with the alien race, so he is not sent to fight against the alien race in many cases. If he goes, blood will definitely flow into rivers.

Li Ji explained: "No, no, we don't move the good herdsmen of the grassland. In the future, after Datang successfully takes over the grassland, they will build cities here, develop animal husbandry and textile industry. They will be the good people of the northern land of Datang. We How can you enslave your own people?"

"But if we don't arrest them, who will we arrest to work? What about the 30 yuan gap!" Xue Wanjun asked.

Li Daozong had already understood it, and said in a deep voice: "If we don't arrest the people, then we have to arrest the Turkic soldiers who are against us. Haha, 20 people. If we arrest them all, wouldn't most of the gap be blocked?"

what?
A few generals who didn't understand what they meant suddenly realized, and shouted out in surprise, their brains were a little out of control, this is an army of 20, not 20 lambs, if you want to catch it, you can catch it?How can it be?

"Pharmacist, it can't be true!

If we want to lead a team to catch 30 people in the grassland, then we can do it with 2 people, no problem.

But catch the 20 army on the opposite side?We can only defeat them head-on, and we can't capture them all alive, unless they are several times the enemy!You are the commander-in-chief of the three armies, so you don't know this truth! "Chai Shao asked.

"It depends on how we plan! We have to complete the mission, and we have to win the war. You are all the elites of the Tang Dynasty. With a large army in hand, sufficient food and grass, and excellent men and horses, if we just change the way, we can't do anything about it. ?” Li Jing pretended to be profound.

"Quit, this pioneer old black quit!
Old Hei only knows how to kill, and if he becomes red-eyed and kills too many barbarians, he will definitely miss the important affairs of the court, not to mention his military achievements, he might be punished.

Commander-in-Chief, the last general is unwell, and I request to resign from the vanguard position! "

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Everyone looked at this big man with a dark face, as if they were meeting him for the first time. When did this guy become so shrewd?

"Hey, Old Hei, how did you react? Didn't you just say you were going to take Xie Li's head?" Cheng Yaojin asked, patting Yu Chigong on the shoulder.

Yuchi Gong chuckled, "Although I don't know how to take down 20 troops, since it's arresting people, there must be some people going up to fight and others arresting people behind. What the commander means, the military achievements this time are counted according to the number of people arrested. , if I take this job of killing people, I will definitely not be able to please him!"

Everyone laughed, saying that this black guy was so shrewd at the critical moment.

Li Jing smiled and said: "Old Hei is right, we don't have many times the number of the enemy, so we have to defeat them head-on, and then they escape and we pursue and capture them from behind.

Our Tang Dynasty has 20 soldiers and horses, and the soldiers are fine and brave. We will definitely be able to defeat Jieli's 20 soldiers and horses!But chasing and arresting people requires brains.

The 30 is a mission. The twelve guards now have ten guards. Whoever captures the most enemies will get more military merit. If any team kills more than [-] enemies, it can only be calculated according to daily military merit. .

This is what His Majesty said personally, so on the issue of how to catch the sheep, everyone will have their own discussions when they go back. It can not only guarantee my Fang Erlang's life, but also capture more grassland prisoners and bring them back.

There is one thing to keep in mind, the herdsmen in the grassland must not move. Anyone who dares to pretend to be a fake is a disgrace to our soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. This commander will never show mercy! "

At the end, Li Jing slapped the table with his palm, and all the generals saluted in unison to express their remembrance!

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