First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 214
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In the Baibi camp, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were united as one, and their morale was like a rainbow. On the other hand, the gate of the city of Weizhou on the opposite side was closed, and Song Jingang could not defend it.

"Your Majesty, the morale is high now, and the final general requests to attack the city and capture the Song thief to offer him before driving." Yu Yun, the general manager of Shanzhou, was in high spirits and took the initiative to invite Ying.

Seeing Yu Yun's invitation to fight, other generals such as Qiu Xinggong and Li Zhongwen also asked to fight one after another, but Li Shimin shook his head when he heard this.

"Everyone, don't worry."Li Shimin was wise and said confidently: "Song Jingang's army went deep alone, the army under his command was far away from the north, and he had no reserves, and it would not last long to rely on plunder to supply military supplies.

Now that Zhang Nanbao has recovered, the bandit army must be short of food and grass. If my prediction is correct, Song Jingang should be eager to fight quickly. If I wait for the battle at this time, won't I fulfill Song bandit's wish? "

Changsun Wuji also nodded in agreement, and said bluntly: "Our army recharges its batteries and stores up its energy. If we close the camp and leave the camp, it will drain the morale of the bandit army."

The generals also suddenly realized when they heard the words.

Seeing Gao Chong keeping his head down, Li Shimin couldn't help asking, "How do you feel?"

All the generals looked at Gao Chong one after another, the current Gao Chong can be said to be the real No. [-] figure in the Qin Palace.

This No. [-] person does not mean that Gao Chong has deep experience and high official position, and there are many people who are higher than Gao Chong.

However, Changsun Wuji was his nephew, Fang Du was recommended by him, Li Xiaoji, Tang Jian, Yu Yun and others were all captured and rescued by Gao Chong, and Yuchi Jingde was recruited by him.

Among the Baibi Tang Camp, Gao Chong faintly became the No. 1 under King Qin's command.

Hearing Li Shimin's question, Gao Chong came back to his senses, thought it over and said straightly: "Our army is holding Song Jingang's main force in Weizhou, but there is no need to stay here. Once Song Jingang runs out of food and grass, he will definitely be transferred from the surrounding counties. The king may send light cavalry to attack Fen, Xi and other places, and send mobile light cavalry to attack their key points, which can make them difficult to care about.

To put it bluntly, we only harass and do not attack. If the enemy pursues us, we will retreat, and when the enemy retreats, I will harass again. If this continues, the Song thieves will run out of food, and when they have nothing to do, they will only be defeated."

The generals were astonished when they heard this. This battle can still be fought like this. They only harass and do not attack. If the enemy pursues me, I will retreat... This is really shameless. If it is true to march like this, then Song Jingang must be exhausted. .

Li Shimin suddenly realized, he clapped his hands on the table and shouted: "This kind of Qingqi is a guerrilla. Youzhi used this kind of tactics when he was conquering Xue Qin before, and it was extremely effective."

Gao Chong nodded, "It's slightly different from guerrilla warfare, but it has the same effect. I prefer to call it harassment warfare. It's as if you're fighting, and the tactics are flexible."

All the generals bowed their heads when they heard the words, and fell into deep thought. Then Yuchi Jingde bowed first, and all the generals also bowed down.

Gao Chong was stunned for a moment, "What are you all doing, please get up quickly."

"Since ancient times, the art of war and tactics have not been passed on as secrets, but you have never kept them privately. Tactics such as guerrilla warfare and harassment warfare are all selflessly dedicated, which is really respectable." Li Shimin looked at Gao Chong and praised sincerely.

Gao Chong smiled wryly when he heard this, "It's nothing to worry about, everyone don't care."

In this era, the art of war is like a unique skill. It is difficult to pass it on without parent-child relatives. On the original track, Hou Junji became a marquis and worshiped general, and he had to worship Li Jing as his teacher under the witness of Li Shimin to learn Li Weigong's art of war. It can be seen One spot.

Gao Chong casually recited some of the essentials of guerrilla warfare and harassment warfare that he remembered in his mind, but he didn't know how shocking it would be to the crowd.

Don't say that it is too exaggerated to say that the shock caused by just a few crosses is too exaggerated. It is necessary to know that "the enemy advances and we retreat" and "if you fight, you leave" are a few words of tactics, but they are the essence summed up by countless ancestors with blood. In this era of cold weapons where battle formation is paramount, it can be described as extremely novel.

Li Shimin immediately sent two partial divisions to attack Fenzhou and Xizhou respectively. The general's order was not to face the enemy head-on, but to attack their grain roads and make them exhausted.

All the generals asked for the battle one after another, and Gao Chong also took the initiative to invite. Li Shimin was tempted, but after thinking about it, he refused, and let the other two generals go.

After the generals had left, Gao Chong sat in his seat, Li Shimin smiled and said, "Youzhi blame me for not letting you fight?"

Gao Chong was taken aback when he heard the words, shook his head and said straightly: "Second Young Master is thinking wrong, it is reasonable for you not to let me fight, after all, my combat achievements are not small."

Hearing this, Li Shimin stared at Gao Chong for a long time without saying a word, and Gao Chong also looked at him with a smile on his face. After a long time, Li Shimin sighed: "If I were someone else, I might pretend to be deaf and dumb, but only Youzhi is so confidant to me."

Hearing this, Gao Chong shook his head and said, "If you know the reason but pretend you don't know, that's pretending to be stupid. Pretending to be stupid is deceiving. I'm frank and frank, so there's no need to deceive."

Li Shimin patted Gao Chong on the shoulder, saying nothing, then pulled Gao Chong to sit down, "Yuzhi, you have conquered Puzhou and Xia County during this trip, killed Xiangxiang, Wang Xingben, and forced Wei Chigong to surrender. Such great achievements , Enough to be promoted to the ranks, the raids and harassment battles are obviously meritorious, and if you are allowed to fight again, it is inevitable that other generals will have complaints, you all understand."

Gao Chong nodded, and said with a wry smile: "I'm just pretending to ask for a fight. After all, everyone else is asking for a fight. If I don't invite, it will appear that I don't fit in with the group, right?"

"You kid, you are really born with a seven-aperture exquisite heart", Li Shimin also laughed loudly when he heard the words.

Exquisite heart with seven orifices... Bigan, Gao Chong's heart suddenly trembled.

Then Gao Chong went straight to the topic, "Second Young Master, I was looking for you for something else, what do you think about Dugu Shangshu?"

As Li Shimin's confidant, after sending the letter written by Dugu Huai'en to Wang Xingben to Li Yuan in Changchun Palace, Gao Chong wrote a letter describing the matter in detail and sent it to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin's face was also heavy when he heard the words, "No matter what, Cousin Dugu will not escape death."

After finishing speaking, there was a sudden pause, and he asked curiously: "What do you mean by saying this all of a sudden?"

Gao Chong looked outside the tent, no one was passing by, and said in a low voice: "The only accomplice mentioned in Dugu Shang's letter is Yuan Junbao, the former head of Wuyuan County, and no one else.

But I thought, since Dugu Shangshu conspired against him, Yuan Junbao, the former master of the district, has no soldiers and no power, and has no help except to make suggestions, maybe Dugu Shangshu has other accomplices."

Li Shimin was startled when he heard the words, got up immediately, paced in the tent, then returned to his seat, nodded straightly and said: "What you said is not unreasonable, this conspiracy will not get rid of the party, I can't sleep or eat."

At this time, Gao Chong took the initiative to ask Ying to say: "I heard that Yuan Junbao has been captured, if the second son can trust him, hand him over to me, and I will try my best to pry his mouth open."

Li Shimin paused, "You want to use torture? After all, Yuan Junbao is a branch of the Yuan family, and he was born as a scholar. If you spread the word, it may be bad for your reputation."

"It's just a mere reputation, if I don't find out the rebel party, I don't feel at ease," Gao Chong said with a straight face.

Li Shimin had a weird face, and then laughed and cursed: "I just praised you as a stalwart minister, and now you are playing tricks again. You know this, I know it, God knows it, and no one else knows it."

(End of this chapter)