Man Tanghong

Chapter 988
And once Tong Yehu died, there would be civil strife in Western Turks, which was an excellent opportunity for Datang, so Datang must conquer the entire Eastern Turks before Tong Yehu died.

Li Yuanji nodded and said, "Yes, so we don't have much time left..."

Li Shimin pondered for a moment, then sighed and said, "Although we will pay a huge price to march on Ashinabil in winter, we do have reasons to fight."

Although Li Shimin usually likes to argue with people, he also likes to ridicule people, but when it comes to business, he will immediately restore his true nature of a hero, not only to help analyze, but also to help make suggestions.

When necessary, it will also help to check for leaks and fill in vacancies.

This is also one of the reasons why Li Yuanji has always brought Li Shimin by his side.

Although Li Shimin finds faults with others all day long, he is really reliable when it matters.

If something goes wrong with Li Jing, Su Dingfang and others, he can also take over as a substitute, and it is very likely that he will do better than Li Jing and Su Dingfang.

Although Li Jing's military talent has been greatly recognized and highly evaluated in history books, it does not mean that Li Jing is better than Li Shimin in all aspects of military affairs.

Li Jing doesn't have as much experience as Li Shimin in commanding an army.

Give each of them [-] soldiers and horses, and let them lead them. Li Shimin will definitely be better than Li Jing.

Because Li Jing has commanded hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses from his debut until he was buried in the snow, but Li Shimin has commanded hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in battle from his debut to being buried in the ground. Can't count.

So in this respect, Li Shimin is better than Li Jing.

So Li Shimin may not be unable to do what Li Jing can do, and Li Shimin may not be unable to do what Li Jing cannot do.

So when something goes wrong with Li Jing, let Li Shimin replace Li Jing, not only will not shake the morale of the army, affect morale, it may even boost morale.

After all, from the founding of the Tang Dynasty to the present, Li Jing's victories can be counted, and Li Shimin's victories can be counted, the big ones can be counted, but the small ones can't be counted.

While Li Jing has not officially shown his appearance until now, Li Shimin is already recognized as the God of War by Datang.

More importantly, the soldiers who fought with Li Jing only had the opportunity to be promoted to ranks, but whether they could be promoted to ranks depends on whether Li Jing will use them or not, and whether they will be allowed to make contributions.

But it is different for the soldiers to fight with Li Shimin. There is no need to doubt whether there is a chance to be promoted or not.

So far, the number of high-level generals from Li Shimin's hands has reached ten figures, the number of middle-level generals and low-level generals has exceeded a hundred, and there are countless low-level officers in the school captain's team.

Therefore, the soldiers are clear about whom to follow.

Therefore, if Li Shimin came forward to lead the soldiers to fight, the soldiers would only be overjoyed and unable to sleep, they would not be disturbed at all, and their morale would not be low.

Just like what Huo Qubing said in later film and television dramas, "For a general, sharing joys and sorrows with soldiers is nothing, just tell them that it is enough to follow you to win the battle."

What does it mean to the soldiers to be able to win the battle?
It means that being able to be promoted to a noble rank means being able to break away from the current class and enter a higher class.

And what the soldiers need to do is to closely follow the steps of their generals.

Therefore, when a general who can win a battle appears in front of the soldiers, there is no need to say anything or do anything, and the soldiers will follow you to face all the enemies you want to face and conquer.

Li Shimin is undoubtedly such a person.

"Yes, we have reasons to fight."

Li Yuanji said firmly.

Li Shimin asked, "When are we going to leave?"

Since the next battlefield is in the place controlled by Ashnabil, there is no reason for the two of them to stay here any longer, and they must go over to sit in command.

Although there is Su Dingfang watching there, nothing will go wrong.

However, if Li Jing and Li Shiji from the Central Army, Ashina Simo from Monan, and Xue Wanshu and Xue Wanjun from Liaodong were needed to cooperate, the two of them had to come forward.

Su Dingfang is not qualified to give orders to Li Jing, Li Shiji, Ashina Simo and others.

In the ensuing battle, there will inevitably be things that all parties cooperate with each other.

It's not that Su Dingfang can't win Ashnabil alone, but that Datang has this condition now, so there is no need for Su Dingfang to fight Ashinabile alone.

Datang could completely let Li Jing, Li Shiji, and Ashina Simo lead the army from the north where Suni lost his troops during Su Dingfang's conquest of Ashinabille, or let the two brothers Xue Wanshu and Xue Wanjun lead the army from Su The Nishi tribe's Dongfang entered, forming a tactic of encircling three queues and one.

Once this tactic is formed, it will be easier and faster for Datang to conquer Ashinabil.

However, after the formation of this tactic, although Ashinabile has left a way to escape, so that Ashnabile will not fight to the end with Datang like a sinking boat, this way of escape is not a way of survival .

Because this road leads directly to Datang.

Once Ashnabil ran into Datang, would he still be alive?

Leaving aside the soldiers and horses of all parties in the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty, even the defenders on the border, he may not be able to win.

Because after forming the trend of encircling the Three Ques and One, Li Yuanji would transfer Li Shenfu and Li Daozong to guard the border between Datang and Suni Lost.

With the abilities of Li Shenfu and Li Daozong, coupled with Yin Kaishan's assistance, it is very difficult for Ashinabil to break through Datang's border defense.

"I originally wanted to wait here until Li Jing came back, but with the current weather, I'm afraid I can't wait any longer, so we will leave in a few days."

Facing Li Shimin's question, Li Yuanji said with emotion.

Now it is the coldest time in the north, and the Turkic people located in the north of the north are even colder. Not only are people afraid of freezing out of their tents, but also heavy snow falls from time to time.

And when the goose feather snows heavily, it doesn't stop for several days.

The roads everywhere were covered with heavy snow.

The old heavy snow has not melted yet, and the new heavy snow is falling down again.

Under such circumstances, it was impossible for Li Jing to return to the camp of the Chinese army with the large army and the large amount of cattle, sheep and horses he had captured.

So there's no point in waiting any longer.

It is estimated that Li Jing will barely be able to return to camp until the beginning of spring next year.

However, just because Li Jing couldn't return to the battalion didn't mean he couldn't take the army to travel long distances to fight in Suni's lost territory.

Li Jing couldn't return to the camp, because he was dragged down by a large number of seizures, not because the road was blocked by heavy snow.

During the road closure period of heavy snow, cattle and sheep cannot travel long distances, but people and horses can still move.

Li Jing can also leave the cattle and sheep temporarily and let Ashina Simo, or the chiefs of the Pugu tribe, and the chieftains of the Azu tribe help watch, and lead the army back to the camp first.

But after the beginning of spring next year, he will send people to receive those cattle and sheep, then I am afraid it will not be the current number.

After all, Turkic people are also human beings, and they also have greed. Faced with a huge number of cattle and sheep, they will also have a heart of coveting, and this coveting heart will cause many incidents.

For example, rebelling against Datang and betraying Datang.

Be it Ashina Simo, or the great chieftains of the Pugu tribe and the Azu tribe, they are all newcomers, and no one can guarantee their loyalty or not.

So someone must be watching, and there must be a large army to guard it.

This was also one of the reasons why Li Jing could not lead the army back to the camp first.

As for going to Suni to fight, then there is no need to worry about that.

At that time, Ashina Simo, the chiefs of the Pugu tribe, and the chiefs of the Aza tribe will all be recruited, and everyone will go to Suni to fight, and even if some people want to rebel, it will be impossible.

"Then pack up your things and set off with Xue Wanche. We have to go as soon as possible. Otherwise, after a few more heavy snowfalls, it may be January when we reach Shuofang City."

Li Shimin said with a sigh.

Li Yuanji shook his head and said: "No, we can't go to Shuofang City with Xue Wanche, we have to go to Daizhou."

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, and thought about it: "You want to encircle Three Queyi, and the gap in Queyi is located in Daizhou, so you want to monitor Daizhou's border defense?"

Li Yuanji did not hide anything, nodded and said: "Yes!"

Li Shimin frowned slightly and said, "It's not a problem to conquer Ashinabil by encircling three Que and one, but setting the gap in Daizhou, isn't it a bit risky?"

Once Ashinabil led a heavy army to break out from the gap in Daizhou and enter Datang, it would cause immeasurable damage to Taiyuan Prefecture and Hebei Province.

In the past, when the Turkic people entered the Tang Dynasty, they would never leave behind.

Ashinabile jumped over the wall and entered Datang in a hurry, and he would only go too far.

After all, the moment he chose to flee to Datang, he had come to the end of the road, and he no longer needed to care about things like human words, morality, and etiquette.

You can do everything you want to do, or what you have thought about but never dared to do before.

However, Taiyuan Mansion and Hebei Road have suffered many military disasters.

Taiyuan Mansion is okay, because it is the land of Longxing in the Tang Dynasty, there is a policy tilt, so it is about to recover, but Hebei Road is not good, and it is still recovering. Although there are policy tilts, it is not as strong as Taiyuan Mansion It's so big, and there are aristocratic families involved in it, so it hasn't come back to life yet.

Logically speaking, the recovery of Hebei Dao's vitality is also good for the aristocratic family.

But the aristocratic family doesn't seem to care about the life and death of Hebei Dao, nor the life and death of the people of Hebei Dao, but only cares about their own interests, and only cares about whether they can get the greatest benefit from each change.

Few of the aristocratic families in the past dynasties seem to have cared about the harm of the country's destruction and family destruction.

However, when they speak out, they always act as if they are seeking the welfare of the people, pleading for the people, and more importantly, the people actually believe them.

(End of this chapter)