Qin Shi: Beginning as the first emperor's younger brother

Chapter 345
Li Tong in his early years was just an ordinary soldier.

Because he blocked an arrow for Ying Yuan during a charge, he was valued by him, and he was finally promoted to be a border guard.

After that, Li Tong lived up to the expectations of the people in the war against the alien race, and repeatedly made outstanding achievements.

Even in the battle of dominating the world, he has an extremely outstanding performance.

When rewarding the ministers, Yingzheng learned that Li Tong had been stationed at the border of Longxi County, so he made him the prefect of Yanmen County and the commander-in-chief of the Northern Xinjiang Army.

For so many years, he has been walking on eggshells.

He is not like Huan Juan, who is close and respected by Ying Zheng, and he is not like Li Xin, whose strategic awareness of the entire army is far beyond ordinary people.

There is no such prominent family background as Meng Tian and Meng Yi, and there is no relationship between Wang Ben and Ying Yuan.

All he has is himself.

Therefore, it is impossible for him to give up his current status.

However, the premise to ensure that one's status will not be affected can only be strength.

The entire four counties in northern Xinjiang, with a total of more than [-] troops, are all his belongings.

Of course, among the 20 troops, only [-] are armored men, that is, regular troops.

It is conceivable how unsatisfactory he is in this war with the alien race.

"Your father wrote a letter to urge me a few days ago, asking me to attack foreign races, don't feel sorry for the gains and losses of a city or a place, and don't care about the lives of the soldiers under your command, everything must be achieved on the premise of the goal.

However, the old man, the prince, did not stand in my position and think for me.This general is unwilling to talk to you about these things, but since we have talked about this, naturally there is nothing to shy away from. "

Having been dominant in northern Xinjiang for so many years, Li Tong always felt a little arrogant.

After all, the four counties in northern Xinjiang are large enough for him to establish a brand new regime. Of course, it is impossible for him to seek his own death like this.

However, it is undeniable that he does have such strength now.

Seven days later.

Li Tong meets Meng Tian.

The two began to discuss a big counterattack against the alien race.

In the army tent, one of Meng Tian's lieutenants complained, "General Li, if you had assembled the army in northern Xinjiang from the very beginning, it would not have taken such a long time to let the foreigners On the land of my empire."

When everyone heard the sound, they all frowned slightly.

Meng Tian just wanted to reprimand him, when he heard Li Tong's voice suddenly said, "What do you know? Jiuyuan, Yunzhong, Yanmen, Shanggu, the four counties of Northern Xinjiang have a vast territory and a long defense line, have you ever understood Pass?

If Chi Dan divides his troops to attack Shanggu or Jiuyuan, and at that time, the commander-in-chief can't even find the main force of the enemy army, how should this battle be fought?
Letting them capture the Great Wall around Yinshan was done deliberately by this commander. The purpose is to trap the main force of the enemy army there. Only in this way can we pinpoint the heart of the enemy army and stab us hard! "

It has to be said that after training with Ying Yuan for such a long time, Li Tong's military skills have already been trained.

At present, in the eyes of Chi Dan and even the generals of the Hu clan, Li Tong is no less than Meng Tian and Wang Ben.

Ying Yuan can be said to love and hate Li Tong, otherwise, he would not have scolded Li Tong for being too selfish at home, and at the same time asked Ji Mo to go to northern Xinjiang to get close to him.

The purpose of doing this is to let Li Tong know in his heart that Ying Yuan has always remembered the contributions he made for himself.

"General Li and General Ben are both generals who have experienced the battle of unification. When do you need to question it?"

Meng Tian scolded his lieutenant sharply.

He bowed his head silently.

Li Tong waved his hand and said, "General Meng, the matter is not so serious. Everyone just wants this war to end as soon as possible."

Meng Tian nodded, "According to General Li's intention, the main force of the enemy army has already gathered in the Yinshan area, and the rest is when we launch a general attack on the foreign army.

However, this general still has doubts. With your knowledge, have you ever thought that in the past hundred years, who has fought to the north of Yinshan Mountain? "

As soon as this question was uttered, everyone fell silent.

Neither the famous generals of Yan and Zhao nor the king of Qi and his elders have ever fought north of Yinshan Mountain.

Even when General Wang Jian captured Zhao State back then, he only reached the foot of Yin Mountain and did not dare to advance further.

There was no way to do this. After all, no one knew how complicated the terrain was in the north of Yinshan Mountain. Facing the situation without knowing it, sending troops rashly was definitely a way to kill oneself.

Li Tong seemed to understand what Meng Tian said, and tentatively said: "General Meng means that once the enemy army is entangled by the main force of our army, they will rely on the danger of the Great Wall and slowly withdraw from the Yin Mountain. It's like attacking with all your strength, but it hits the cotton, and the ability of the whole body can't be displayed?"

Meng Tian nodded, "That's right, we must think of a complete strategy to wipe out all the vital forces of the foreign race within the country."

"Unless the enemy army captures Yunzhong, and I send a large army to besiege Yunzhong, it will be difficult to achieve this goal.

Moreover, Chi Dan is not an idiot either, he is sticking to the Great Wall now because he is afraid that we will eat him in one bite, in order to avoid this happening, he will definitely not rashly send troops from the Great Wall.

However, if we continue to delay, I am afraid that it will cause us great pressure within the empire.

So there is no waiting for this battle, let's give orders as soon as possible. "

Li Tong looked at Meng Tian.

He asked the other party to order because, something happened, so that he could shirk responsibility.

After all, in this battle, if the battle is won, the two will share the responsibility equally. If the battle is lost, the two should bear the responsibility together. If Meng Tian ordered it, he would definitely bear most of the responsibility.

In this way, under the command of Meng Tian, ​​after the domination of the world, the biggest battle began.

The whole country is watching.

Including Ying Yuan who is far away in Qi County.

For so many years, the dusty sand table of Prince Qi's Mansion was also moved by Ying Yuan into the courtyard.

He was the first to know the beginning of the war.

He was also the first outsider to pay attention to this battle.

Once this battle is defeated, it will have an unimaginable impact on the empire's deterrence.

"My lord, you've been staring at the sand table all day, have you seen any tricks? You haven't been on the battlefield for many years."

Suzaku put a plate of fruit in front of him, and said half-jokingly.

In fact, she is also paying attention to the battle with the alien race.

Moreover, she firmly believed that if the prince had personally led the army, it is estimated that this huge and vast battle would have ended long ago.

Ying Yuan stood with his hands behind his back, and said with a smile: "This Chi Dan has a lot of skills, and all his strategies for going south this time are all on Li Tong's lifeline, preventing him from making any progress.

Li Tong is a man who pays too much attention to the gains and losses of a city and a place. Gu had reminded him back then not to pay attention to these things. He would rather lose ground than lose people, and try his best to encircle and suppress the main force of the enemy army.

But he didn't listen. In his eyes, the victory of the overall situation requires taking both into account. But since ancient times, wars have been changing rapidly. How can there be such a simple thing? "

"Didn't my subordinates hear that Li Tong has deliberately given up the Great Wall around Yinshan to a foreign race?" Suzaku asked curiously.

"The Great Wall? No one wants to give it away for free. Do you think that the mere Great Wall can stop the iron hooves of foreigners? That's just a cover. The Great Wall is the first line of defense in northern Xinjiang, and this is the greatest significance of its existence.

However, neither Li Tong nor Meng Tian dared to send troops outside the Yin Mountain, so they could only try to destroy them within the country. In this way, the Great Wall near the Yin Mountain was more meaningful to lose than to exist. "

Ying Yuan knew their thoughts immediately.

Of course, it is still difficult for Ying Yuan to guess everything without going to the frontline battlefield to observe the situation in person and only relying on some information.

(End of this chapter)