The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 798 The Strategy of Beisha City
And if His Majesty Li Er's army wants to arrive in Liaodong, it will take three months. This is why His Majesty Li Er wants to send a vanguard army. Two and a half months is too long, three months , Every extra day, for Quan Gai Suwen, it is one more chance for him to level the Goguryeo court situation.

And even if the vanguard marches in a hurry, the speed of marching is only two-thirds faster than that of the main army. It is not like the one who rushed every day like yesterday. If so, the main army ran to Liaodong. The vanguard army of more than 5000 has been abolished.

The marching process of the vanguard army was very monotonous, and the supplies needed by the vanguard army were sent to various state capitals along the way at the order of His Majesty Li Er.

The original itinerary budget of more than 40 days was relatively accurate. By the time Li Daozong and Xuan Shijing brought the vanguard to Liaodong, it was already the end of August.

The climate in Liaodong in August is no different from that in June in Chang'an. If you wear too heavy clothes, you will sweat all over your body. Pingzhou City is next to the Luan River, so it is convenient to take a bath, and the vanguard army is only here. Pingzhou City rested for a whole day, and then Liu Hongji wrote to Li Daozong, saying that he was going to get down to business.

Datang's march in Liaodong can't hide such a big movement from Quangai Suwen, so that the army is already on the road, and Quangai Suwen still hasn't received the news, but Quangai Suwen is definitely not sure The position of the vanguard, if not, Li Daozong and Xuan Shijing are also vanguards in vain.

When Liu Hongji's handwriting was sent to Li Daozong, Li Daozong called Xuan Shijing and another lieutenant into the camp.

"One day after the army arrived in Pingzhou, Liu Hongji's handwriting had already been delivered to the general. At noon three days later, Liu Hongji would lead the navy to attack Beisha City, and let the general lead the five thousand mansions. The soldiers came from the ground, attacking from both sides, the general had carefully read the map, and felt that Liu Hongji's deployment was appropriate, what do you two think?" Li Daozong looked at Xuan Shijing and another lieutenant general.

"General, can the general take a look at the map?" Xuan Shijing stood up and asked, cupping his hands.

"This way." Li Daozong pointed to the desk behind him. On the desk was a plane map of Liaodong and Goguryeo.

Occupying Beisha City is a must. Occupying Beisha City is to insert a sharp sword in the sphere of influence of Goguryeo in Liaodong area. Keeping this sharp sword will greatly restrict Goguryeo's actions in Liaodong.

"What? Does Vice General Xuan have any suggestions?" Seeing Xuan Shijing staring at the map and frowning, Li Daozong couldn't help asking.

"Beisha City is the closest city to the Andong Dufu in Pingzhou, but after occupying Beisha City, Jian'an in the south of Beisha City will quickly react. Jian'an City is a military city of Goguryeo on Liaodong Island. Beisha City Once there is any movement, Jian'an City will respond immediately, we are only the vanguard, even if we add the navy, if we fight against the combined force of the two cities, Nanmian will have more than enough heart but not enough power." Xuan Shijing said: " I don't know, did Liu Hongji and the general discuss any countermeasures?"

Hearing Xuan Shijing's analysis, Li Daozong looked a little appreciatively, and nodded to Xuan Shijing: "Yes, Andong City is not far from Beisha City, if Beisha City cannot be conquered within three days, then It is very likely that our vanguard army will fall into a stalemate in the encirclement of Beisha City and Jian'an."

"Besides, once the war starts, our vanguard's food and grass will also be a problem. In the final analysis, our number is not large. From Pingzhou to Beisha City, passing through Liucheng on the way, we can stockpile some food and grass in Liucheng for later use, but even so Even if the lone army goes deep into Beisha City and can bypass Huaiyuan Town and march to Anshi, how can we ensure that people who don't betray Anshicheng will find the army." Xuan Shijing thought while rubbing his chin.

"There is no need to worry about this. When passing through Anshi, the army will start at night. In this way, the spies in Anshi City will be avoided as much as possible." Li Daozong said: "Now that we have arrived in Liaodong, although the guard army is here On the way, but Quan Gai Suwen must have already figured it out in his heart. The guards in these cities near Datang in Liaodong are definitely different from the past. Fortunately, we have three days, even if we march to Beisha City, it is enough .”

"General, how about we go to Beisha City in another way?" Xuan Shijing suggested.

"Another one?" Li Daozong was puzzled, now that he has arrived in Liaodong, how else can he go to Beisha City?
"Master Liu is needed to cooperate. The navy is going from Dengzhou to Liaodong, so Master Liu will set the time in three days. General, why don't you let Master Liu send ships from Dengzhou to Pingzhou immediately? The Luan River flows into the Wuhu Sea here. There is a port here. Although it is not big, it can accommodate dozens of ships. It is enough to transport the [-] vanguard troops directly to Beisha City by boat.

"The [-] vanguard troops are all infantry. I'm afraid they can't adapt to the strong wind and waves at sea. Moreover, the ships are only for transporting infantry and have no combat effectiveness at all. If they encounter Goguryeo's warships at sea, they will be wiped out. The move is too dangerous and inappropriate." Li Daozong denied Xuan Shijing's proposal.

"General." Another lieutenant general said: "This subordinate feels that it is not impossible to improve the proposal of lieutenant general Xuan?"

"What's your idea?" Li Daozong asked.

"Our vanguard army has no access to water, but it doesn't mean that we can't take a boat. What the last general means is that the time to attack Beisha City will be delayed by one day. The vanguard army will first arrive at Beisha City by boat and choose a secret place to recuperate. It is enough to slow down the soldiers of the Vanguard Army, and then cooperate with General Liu Hongji to attack Beisha City." The deputy general said: "In this case, it will only take one day and one night for the scouts to guard against the spies in the direction of Beisha City. , There is still some time to figure out the details of Beisha City."

Li Daozong stroked his beard and thought for a while, then nodded: "This plan is feasible. I will write a handwritten letter to Liu Hongji, so that he can cooperate with the vanguard army in fighting."

"General, in addition, we also need to consider the issue of reinforcements from Anshicheng." Xuan Shijing said: "It is impossible to shake Anshicheng with the vanguard army. Anshicheng has many soldiers and a large city wall. , The food and grass hoarded in the city, let alone the vanguard army, even if His Majesty personally leads the army to attack Anshi City, it cannot be decided in one battle, we have to make plans early."

(End of this chapter)