Man Tanghong

Chapter 688 The Outrageous Battle (36)

When the soldiers brought up the bowls filled with beef, mutton and hot soup for the second time, when all the soldiers were dressed in rough cow and sheep skins, Huai'an arrived.

The city of Huai'an, which is less than three miles long, was filled to the brim with Turkic people.

Not only are there Turkic people inside the city, but there are also countless Turkic people running wildly outside the city.

Countless men, women, and children of the Han family lingered under the whip of the Turkic people, and were driven by the Turkic people like cattle and sheep for fun.

Huai'an has become a Turkic city where Turkic people can enjoy themselves wantonly.

The Jingguan outside the city, which is composed of the governor of Gyeongju and the heads of Gyeongju soldiers, is particularly eye-catching.

In the past, Turkic people did not know such things as Jingguan, nor did they know how to pile up Jingguan.

It was Li Yuan who taught the Turkic people how to pile up Jingguan when he served as the consolation ambassador of Hedong, Shanxi.

Then every time the Turkic people went south, after beheading the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, they would pile up their heads together to build a Jingguan.

In an attempt to show his bravery in this way, to intimidate the people of Datang to surrender.

But what they don't know is that this kind of thing is a kind of intimidation to bandits and even Turkic people, and it is a shame to Datang people.

The more times they build this kind of thing, the greater the number, it will only arouse the masculinity of the Tang people and the determination of the Tang people to exterminate them.

Therefore, after the scouts of the current army reported to the army that the Turkic people used the governor of Gyeongju and the heads of the soldiers of Gyeongju to build a Jingguan, the army was full of enthusiasm, and they wished to go to Huai'an immediately. A showdown with the Turks.

However, without waiting for the emotions of the soldiers to form a torrent, Li Shimin decisively suppressed the soldiers, and also suppressed Li Daoli who went to the Chinese army tent to volunteer.

Li Daoli performed very well in the previous battle of Baijiabao. He not only saved the lives of many soldiers when the Turks invaded the camp with the help of bed boards and other things, but also led the way when the Turks invaded the camp. The trilogy successfully restrained the momentum of the Turkic charge.

Although it is stupid to use infantry to face the momentum of the Turkic cavalry's charge, it is precisely because of his use of infantry to face the momentum of the Turkic cavalry's charge that the Turks did not form an unstoppable torrent of charge after they entered the camp.

It was also because of his behavior of using infantry to face the charging momentum of the Turkic cavalry that Datang took down tens of thousands of Turkic soldiers and horses at a lower price.

It is precisely because of this that he is a little bit drifting now. He feels that he is no longer inferior to Li Shentong, Li Xiaogong, and Li Daozong's famous generals, so he wants to lead [-] elite soldiers to a showdown with tens of thousands of Turks inside and outside Huai'an City.

Li Shimin looked down on Li Daoli from the beginning to the end, even though Li Daoli made some contributions in the previous Baijiabao battle, Li Shimin still looked down on him.

So faced with his stupid proposal, Li Shimin rejected it without even thinking about it.

Then Li Daoli ran around with Li Deliang and came to Li Yuanji to complain.

Inside the Chinese army tent.

Li Yuanjigao sat in the upper seat, while reviewing the documents sent from Suizhou, while listening to Li Daoli's complaint.

"Brother Qi Wang, the second elder brother forbids me to lead the army to a showdown with the Turkic people. He clearly looks down on me. You must make the decision for me."

Li Deliang coughed, and echoed: "Yes, Shimin insisted on using outsiders instead of using his own family. This clearly shows that he doesn't trust his own family."

Li Yuanji put down the document in his hand, looked up at Li Daoli and said, "Do you really think you can take down the tens of thousands of enemies in Huai'an and Jieli Khan with 1 people?"

Li Daoli looked straight, and said seriously: "I can use the head as a guarantee!"

Li Yuanji picked up the document again, and said angrily: "If this is the case, I can take your head now!"

Li Daoli was taken aback for a moment, and said in astonishment: "Brother Qi Wang, you also look down on me?"

Speaking of this, he said with a somewhat excited expression: "What I did in Baijiabao is obvious to all, I have this ability."

Li Yuanji sighed, nodded and said: "What you did in Baijiapu is indeed remarkable, but now you have to use 1 people to deal with the tens of thousands of elites under Jieli's command, and you are threatening to win , Who do you think dares to believe you, and who can believe you?
You are looking for death, and you still have to drag 1 people to die together.

Although there are many soldiers in my Tang Dynasty, they are not so many as to take 1 people to die. "

Li Daoli obviously felt that Li Yuanji was looking down on people, so he said even more excitedly: "Brother Qi, why do you think that I will drag these 1 people to die instead of taking these 1 people to make meritorious deeds?"

Li Yuanji laughed, to be precise, he was laughed out of anger, "Why, just rely on you to say that you can defeat Xieli and win with these 1 people."

Without waiting for Li Daoli to refute, Li Yuanji said without hesitation: "You are going to face tens of thousands of Turkic elites, not tens of thousands of Turkic servants and slaves.

Even our second brother didn't dare to say that he could win before he had a fight with Xieli.

Do you think you are better than our second brother? "

Li Daoli was stunned and speechless all of a sudden, and realized that he seemed a little drifting.

Seeing this, Li Yuanji sighed and continued: "If you really want to make a contribution, you can ask your second brother to bring three to five thousand people to test the reality of Xieli.

The second brother urgently needs someone to help him test Xieli's reality, but he can't find a suitable person.

If you take the initiative to invite Ying, the second brother will definitely agree. "

Li Daoli's expression had dimmed, but he became bright again when he heard this, and became excited again, "Is what Brother Qi said true?"

Li Yuanji nodded and said, "Will I still lie to you in this kind of matter? But you can no longer say that you will definitely win."

Against a prairie Khan with hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, it is a bit underestimating to think that he can win with a few thousand or even tens of thousands of soldiers.

Although Xieli was unbearable, it was unbearable in terms of the strategy of governing the country and his temperament. This does not mean that Xieli was also unbearable when he was fighting or leading the army.

On the contrary, in terms of leading troops to fight, Xieli is still remarkable.

Maybe not as good as Li Shimin, Li Jing, Li Shiji, Su Dingfang and others, but they can also compete with Li Hongji, Huang Junhan and others.

In terms of commanding the army to fight, he is even better than Hou Junji, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin and others.

Although Li Daoli's ability is not bad, it has just reached the level of Niu Jinda, Wu Heita and others, and is still far behind Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Hou Junji and others, let alone compared with Jieli.

Therefore, it is impossible for Li Daoli to lead 1 people to fight against the tens of thousands of elite soldiers under Xieli.

Even if the armament of these 1 people far exceeds the tens of thousands of elite soldiers under Xieli, it is impossible to win.

This is the gap in the ability of the leading generals.

In the case that Li Daoli's ability is obviously weaker than that of Xieli, and the soldiers and horses under Li Daoli's command are still weaker than that of Xieli, Li Daoli still dares to say victory.

Obviously dreaming.

Obviously a little arrogant.

If Li Daoli wants to beat Xieli when his ability is not as good as that of Xieli, he must command more soldiers and horses and use his absolute superiority in soldiers and horses to fight Xieli.

After all, in the face of absolute strength, even if you are cunning, you will be crushed into scum.

Isn't it because Xieli has more soldiers and horses that Xieli can repeatedly invade the Tang Dynasty, and can repeatedly overwhelm those who are more capable than him and cause disasters in the Tang Dynasty?

When Datang was busy completing the unification war, there was no way to mobilize enough forces to resist him, so whether it was Li Shimin, Li Jing, or Li Shiji who fought against him, it was impossible for him to be his opponent.

This is the advantage that absolute strength brings him, not that he is better than Li Shimin, Li Jing and others in leading troops in combat.

If Li Shimin, Li Jing and others have the same force to use when facing Shang Jieli.

Any one of them can rub back and forth according to Jieli.

This is proven by history.

In history, Li Jing relied on a large number of soldiers and horses to contain the Turkic soldiers and horses from all sides, and then led three thousand cavalry to go straight to Huanglong, and wiped out Jieli in one fell swoop.

If Li Jing was only given three thousand cavalry, and Li Jing was not given the soldiers and horses to restrain the Turkic parties, it would be basically impossible for Li Jing to wipe out Jieli in one fell swoop.

After all, it's not that Xieli doesn't have long legs, the grassland is so big, and Xieli has so many appendages.

If Xieli really ran while mobilizing soldiers and horses to chase and intercept Li Jing, not only would Li Jing not be able to wipe out Xieli, but he might even be dragged to death on the grassland by Xieli.

Many classic battles in history that were won with less were completed with the cooperation of a large number of soldiers and horses.

It's not to say that such a big result was accomplished with just that little soldiers and horses.

The reason why Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, has been touted for thousands of years is because the overlord of Western Chu defeated the 20 Qin army with tens of thousands. He completed the battle independently, not with the cooperation of many soldiers and horses.

That's why the overlord's bravery can become a symbol of invincibility.

Even after Li Shimin accomplished the feat of chasing Dou Jiande's 3000 troops with [-] men, he didn't dare to say that he and his Xuanjia army were comparable to the Overlord and the soldiers under his command.

Therefore, many things have to look at the essence through appearances.

Judging from the fact that Li Daoli invited 1 people to face Jieli's tens of thousands of elites, Li Daoli was stupid and arrogant.

If Li Daoli told Li Shimin that he wanted to lead 1 people, or a few thousand people to try the depth of Xieli, then he would be smart.

Only by asking Li Shimin in this way, will Li Shimin agree.

Therefore, it is foolish to lead thousands of people, or 1 people to fight against Xieli. It is foolish to say that they will defeat Xieli.

It is wise to say to test the depth of Xieli, and retreat if one blow fails.

(End of this chapter)