Man Tanghong

Chapter 111

Li Yuanji pondered and said: "Although the Turkic people's battle losses far exceed ours, the Turkic people have a full 200,000 soldiers and horses. Even if they lose more than 1000 people in the battle, the impact will not be too great. We lost [-] people in battle. The strength will be greatly reduced, not to mention that our battle damage this time has almost reached [-]%."

Speaking of this, Li Yuanji looked at Xie Shufang and Li Zhongwen, "What do you think about how Weize Pass will be guarded afterwards?"

Xie Shufang and Li Zhongwen looked at each other, and they all looked at Li Yuanji.

Li Yuanji stretched out his hand slowly, "If I make another move, I'm afraid these hands will be useless."

Xie Shufang and Li Zhongwen's expressions darkened.

Xie Shufang said in a deep voice: "Since His Highness has no choice but to fight, then the only thing I can do is fight to the death."

Li Zhongwen nodded with a deep expression.

Li Yuanji frowned and said: "I remember that there is a Jingxing Pass on the side of Weize Pass. Can you lure the Turks there? Or use Jingxing Pass to go out quietly and kill the Turks by surprise?"

The terrain of Jingxing Pass is far more favorable than that of Weize Pass.

If the Turks attacked Jingxing Pass, they would not be able to deploy so many troops, and they could only deploy 20,000 to [-] people at most.

In that case, with the strength of the troops in Weize Pass, it can be easily resisted.

Xie Shufang was stunned for a moment, then slowly shook his head and said, "Jingxing Pass is adjacent to Weize Pass. The reason why the Turks left Jingxing Pass instead of attacking it and instead stormed Weize Pass is because the terrain of Jingxing Pass simply cannot accommodate 200,000 Turkic soldiers. horse.

So even if we use tricks, it will be difficult to lure the Turks to Jingxing Pass.

As for sending people to kill them quietly, it is feasible.

But even if the Turks did not attack Jingxing Pass, they would set up ambushes outside Jingxing Pass.

The soldiers and horses we dispatched may be ambushed by the Turks as soon as they rush out of Jingxing Pass. "

Li Yuanji thought about it: "Then what about going up the water?"

Xie Shufang and Li Zhongwen were both taken aback.

Xie Shufang thoughtfully said: "Your Highness, you mean to go up the Jin River and go around behind the Turkic people?"

Weize Pass is built next to mountains and rivers, with Xiongguan on one side and Jinshui on the other.

If you go up Jinshui, bypass Jingxing, and make a big circle, you can appear behind the Turkic people.

Although you will definitely encounter Turkic scouts along the way, as long as you are fast enough, you will definitely be able to kill Turkic people by surprise.

Although it may not necessarily force the Turkic people to retreat, it can also disturb the Turkic people's uneasiness, so that the Turkic people dare not let go of their hands and feet to fight.

Li Yuanji nodded.

Xie Shufang thought about it carefully and said: "It is feasible, but it is feasible. If we are fast enough, there is a chance to kill the Turkic people by surprise."

Speaking of this, Xie Shufang hesitated.

He had to admit that the strategy proposed by Li Yuanji was really good.

If the soldiers and horses in Weize Pass are relatively abundant, you can give it a try.

However, the soldiers and horses in Weize Pass are not abundant, and they can only stop the Turkic attack with all their strength. If some of them are sent out to attack the Turkic people, it is very likely that they will not be able to stop the Turkic attack.

"But we don't have enough troops. If we send out some of them, Weize Pass may have already been breached before they get around behind the Turkic people."

Li Zhongwen said bluntly.

Li Yuanji looked at Xie Shufang and Li Zhongwen and said, "Then we have to stick to it?"

Xie Shufang and Li Zhongwen nodded together.

Li Yuanji ordered Xie Shufang and Li Zhongwen to go down and watch the soldiers rest, staring at the movements of the Turkic people, and continued to think of ways to deal with the Turkic people.

Although he temporarily frightened the Turks away by "showing great power", the crisis at Weizeguan has not been resolved.

The Turkic people are not soft persimmons, and it is impossible to give up Weizeguan after being frightened.

Therefore, the Turks will definitely continue to attack Weizeguan.

Before the Turks make a comeback, if no good solution can be thought of, then the next war may become even more tragic.

……

At the time of the fourth watch.

Everywhere above the head of Wei Zeguan City, snores were like thunder.

Accompanied by the 'thunder', Li Yuanji came up with a solution that was not a solution.

Immediately sent someone to find Xie Shufang and Li Zhongwen.

Xie Shufang and Li Zhongwen should be sleeping, so when they saw him, their eyes were a little blurred.

He also didn't betray Xie Shufang and Li Zhongwen, and said straight to the point: "Which of you wants to go to the Turkic camp?"

Xie Shufang and Li Zhongwen woke up immediately, and looked at Li Yuanji in astonishment.

Li Yuanji said bluntly: "We have reinforcements, and the reinforcements are on the way, so we don't need to confront the Turks head-on. We just need to find a way to delay until the reinforcements arrive, and then our predicament will be solved.

Therefore, we can send an envoy to negotiate with the Turks under the current situation where the two sides have temporarily ceased fighting.

It doesn't matter whether the Turks can be persuaded to retreat. As long as it can be delayed for two or three days, our reinforcements will most likely arrive. "

Xie Shufang and Li Zhongwen nodded if they realized something.

If there is a way to hold back the Turkic people, fight for Weizeguan for two or three days, and try to last until the reinforcements arrive, then the crisis at Weizeguan can indeed be easily resolved.

It's just that the Turkic soldiers came to Weize Pass this time, and they were determined to go south from Weize Pass to help Liu Heita.

Liu Heikai's life and death are unknown, how could the Turkic people stop.

Even if Liu Heita died, the Turks would not give up easily.

After all, it was not easy for the Turks to mobilize an army of 200,000 in winter, and the price they paid was extremely high.

If you can't get something back from the Central Plains looting, you will definitely not let it go.

Therefore, no matter who goes to negotiate with the Turkic people, it cannot change the minds of the Turkic people.

As for fighting for two or three days, it is even more difficult.

The Turkic people are not stupid, and they will definitely not give Wei Zeguan a respite for two or three days.

"Your Highness has a good idea, but even if we promise the Turks a lot of money, we can only win one day at most."

Xie Shufang frowned and said.

This should be the most time they can win after promising huge profits to the Turks.

Li Yuanji leaned closer to Xie Shufang and Li Zhongwen, and said, "That's not necessarily..."

Xie Shufang and Li Zhongwen were taken aback for a moment, and looked at Li Yuanji puzzled.

Li Yuanji said: "As far as I know, the position of Turkic Great Khan was originally intended to be passed on to Turkic Khan, but because Turkic Khan was too young, Chuluo Khan temporarily succeeded Turkic Khan. The seat of Khan.

When Luo Khan was dying, it stands to reason that the Turkic Great Khan should be returned to Turkhan Khan.

But in the end, the position of Turkic Khan fell on Xieli.

Although Tuli was named a little khan, he was still weaker than Jieli.

If Tuli can be provoked to compete with Xieli, will Xieli still have the intention to continue attacking Tang Dynasty? "

Xie Shufang and Li Zhongwen digested Li Yuanji's words in a daze.

Li Yuanji is using countermeasures.

It's just that Turkic is now planning to support troops, and Turkic will be so ignorant that he will compete with Jieli at this time?
Li Zhongwen expressed his doubts without hesitation, "At this time, even if Tuli wanted to compete with Jieli, he might not make any moves."

Li Yuanji nodded, "I expected this, so we have to find a way to add fire to him."

Li Zhongwen looked at Li Yuanji suspiciously.

Li Yuanji said: "After we send people to the Turkic camp, we can meet Jieli first, Liang Shidu next, and Tuli last. We can promise many benefits to Jieli, and promise many benefits to Liang Shidu. Only ignore Tuli."

Xie Shufang and Li Zhongwen's eyes lit up slightly.

"Wonderful! Wonderful!"

Li Zhongwen praised cheerfully.

This is definitely killing three birds with one stone.

Ignore Tuli, pay attention to Xieli, and then seduce or provoke him with words, Tuli will definitely feel unhappy in his heart.

As a Turkic Khan, people in the Tang Dynasty only saw Jieli, but not Tuli. How could Tuli be happy?

Pay more attention to Liang Shidu and continue to ignore Tuli.

Is Tuli still blowing up? !
Xieli's status was higher than him. The Tang people valued Xieli, but not him. Even if he had complaints in his heart, he was not easy to explode.

But Liang Shidu's status is not as high as his. People in Tang Dynasty value Liang Shidu and don't pay attention to him. Can he bear it?

It would be strange if he didn't attack Master Liang.

If the two sides start a fight, then Weizeguan does not need to wait for reinforcements to arrive, and the crisis can be easily resolved.

"It's just that if this happens, the life and death of those who go out among us may be unpredictable."

Xie Shufang said with a wry smile.

Now Tang and Turkic exchanges are not very friendly. Last year, Xieli joined forces with Ma Yiyuan Junzhang to attack Yanmen, but was repelled by Dingxiang King Li Dayen.Frustrated, Xieli arrested Hanyang Duke Su Gui, Taichang Qing Zheng Yuanxuan, and Zuo Xiaowei General Sun Shunde.

Seeing that Jieli didn't even want to lose face, Li Yuan immediately detained the Turkic envoy, disregarding the rule of 'the two armies are fighting without beheading the envoy'.

Today, Changsun Shunde and others work as slaves on the grassland, and Turkic envoys wash urine buckets in the prison in Chang'an City.

Anyway, how Jieli treated Changsun Shunde and others, Li Yuan redoubled his revenge on the Turkic envoys.

It was Xieli who broke the rules first, and Li Yuan stood on the moral high ground, no matter how much he went too far, no one would dare to criticize him.

Today, the exchanges between Turks and Datang are almost at a standstill.

In this case, sending someone to negotiate with Xieli would have to bear certain risks.

If Tuli was angered, Tuli might commit murder on the spot.

Therefore, those who go to negotiate with Xieli are likely to die.

"The minister is willing to go!"

Li Zhongwen spoke without hesitation.

Li Zhongwen has made mistakes, but he is definitely not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death.

To negotiate with Xieli, he has to bear the risk, he has heard clearly, but he is still willing to go.

"The minister is also willing to go!"

Xie Shufang saw that Li Zhongwen took the lead, and immediately followed suit.

He is not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death.

Li Yuanji looked at them, wondering who to send.

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