I’m Marquis in Great Tang

Su Dingfang said: “His Majesty, I belong to King Xia. The reason is very simple. One is that King Xia is thirsty for talents, and the other is that His Majesty is improperly employed. As the Provincial Governor of Guazhou, I control the military power. . But from start to finish, His Majesty let Hou Junji sit in Guazhou.”

“What kind of stupid Hou Junji is, what kind of character, doesn’t His Majesty know?”

“Obviously there was no war on the border, and it was clear that Great Tang and Xia Country were well, but Hou Junji sent someone to assassinate King Xia and provoked a dispute between the two countries. I wrote to His Majesty, and Hou Junji dared Send someone to kill the messenger.”

“When Hou Junji learned that I had arranged two groups of messengers, and His Majesty had not dealt with him, he openly led people into my Provincial Governor Mansion and asked me to Give him an explanation. His Majesty, I am the Provincial Governor of Guazhou, and Hou Junji is just a general in the garrison, but he dares to openly take action.”

“It is His Majesty, why arrange for Hou Junji to be here. If I If you don’t control the army, there is Hou Junji, that’s all. The problem is, I also control the army. But His Majesty arranged for Hou Junji and restrained me everywhere.”

Su Dingfang said: “There was also a Gao Shilian before. , The same is holding me back. His Majesty said that he believed me to use me, but why, from start to finish, arrange for such a person in the Western Regions.”

This is the truth of Su Dingfang.

He actually didn’t understand Li Shimin’s arrangement, because Hou Junji was useless in Western Regions, it was a bad thing.

Su Dingfang continued: “Of course, His Majesty arranged to be a courtier. There is nothing to say about it. I will perform the task. But I will return to Hou Junji. Before he was stationed, I had him In the Garrison City, his reason was that he was constrained in the city and didn’t like the Garrison City, so that he became a lone army.”

“Hou Junji was defeated, Guazhou City I couldn’t hold it, and I finally lost. I surrendered to King Xia, but my heart is worthy of Heaven and Earth, and even His Majesty. At least before the city is broken, I Su Dingfang from start to finish, I never thought of surrendering.”

Su Dingfang said: “I, Su Dingfang, I am not ashamed of His Majesty.”

After listening, Li Shimin fell silent.

He knows what Su Dingfang is.

Su Dingfang said that the city was broken, and Su Dingfang did not betray beforehand, so it must be so.

Li Shimin does not speak softly. He said with a sneer: “What a Su Dingfang, you are really my great loyal minister. I should thank you for it.”

Su Dingfang stopped talking.

He just wanted to say something in his heart, to say all his thoughts.

That’s it.

Seeing that Su Dingfang did not speak, Li Shimin felt even more frustrated. He looked up at Du Qi and said loudly: “Du Qi, I will give you a choice, release Hou Junji and withdraw from Guazhou, I will not blame it.” Du Qi said: “His Majesty, I The army of Xia Country can’t be frightened at will. Since His Majesty is here, let’s fight a battle before talking. I am stationed here, just waiting for His Majesty’s army to come. Doesn’t His Majesty want to take Guazhou back? If we have anything to talk about, we will fight a battle first. After a battle, calm down, and then we can talk about things.”

Li Shimin’s eyes narrowed, and Du Qi was determined. Fight a battle! He stopped talking any more and turned back to the army. In fact, Li Shimin also wanted to fight a battle. He looked towards Li Jing and said: “Duke of Wei, you arrange an offensive. Even if Du Qi has powerful weapons, I want to see how powerful he can be.”

“Yes!”

Li Jing responded immediately.

While speaking, Li Jing raised her head and glanced at Su Dingfang’s direction, sighing in her heart, and time fate, creating the current Su Dingfang. But from the bottom of his heart, Li Jing is actually happy for Su Dingfang.

The reason is simple. It is not easy for Su Dingfang to truly display his ambitions in Great Tang, because Great Tang has too many generals and Small Officials to discuss the seniority and rank of Su Dingfang. In the Western Regions Xia Country, Du Qi has few officials and not many generals. Su Dingfang will definitely show his talents when he plays for Du Qi.

Li Jing did not delay time, immediately dispatched arrangements and ordered the soldiers under his command to attack.

Li Jing’s arrangement is very well-regulated.

Bows and arrows, catapults aimed at the city and launched a fierce attack, suppressing the power of Du Qi. Then, another crash hit the city gate with the intention of breaking the city gate. Supplemented by the soldiers in the army rush forward, so that the soldiers can get close to the city wall in the shortest time and start climbing on the city wall.

This offensive is extremely powerful.

Du Qi’s defensive arrangement on the gate tower is also extremely adequate. Even if there are bows and arrows, big rocks, and even soldiers from the Great Tang in the siege vehicle, the defense on the gate tower remains unrelenting. Especially after the Tang Army soldiers approached, waves of grenades were thrown down, and Hong Long Long kept blowing up Tang Army soldiers.

In addition to the gate tower, there is also a Gunpowder for projection, directly to the catapult camp of the Tang Army outside the city. The explosion of Gunpowder not only killed Tang Army soldiers, but also caused countless losses of Tang Army catapults.

The offense and defense of the two sides were extremely fierce.

Although there are Tang Army soldiers boarding the gate tower, only the troops on the gate tower counterattacked, and the soldiers boarding the gate tower were killed in a blink of an eye, so that the Tang Army attacked from the afternoon of the afternoon. As the night fell, it was almost late at night, and no progress had been made yet.

Li Shimin is frowned upon seeing the wrinkles.

Du Qi’s army is very resilient. Even if Li Jing planned the attack, he was blocked outside the city of Guazhou, unable to move forward. If today’s color has dimmed, Li Shimin knew that it was not suitable to fight again, so he ordered the withdrawal of troops.

The army retreated six miles, then lined up and camped.

The camp of nearly 200,000 troops, stretches several li roads, and the camp is wider and wider. Now it is late at night, but the soldiers in the army have been exhausted for a day, and now the soldiers in charge of the house are beginning to bury the pot and cook.

The soldiers were waiting for dinner, but Li Shimin and Li Yuan, Zhangsun Wuji, Li Jing, Wei Zheng and the others were in the Chinese military account to discuss the war in Guazhou City.

Li Shimin said solemnly: “We attacked Guazhou City during the day, and you all saw the defense of Du Qi Guazhou City. Let’s talk, how do we arrange it now?”

Zhangsun Wuji Said: “His Majesty, Guazhou City is strong and has Du Qi’s army. It is not easy to break. But Du Qi’s Xia Country has a big weakness.”

Li Shimin said: “What’s the weakness?”

Zhangsun Wuji said: “Du Qi’s troops are not enough after all. We can leave a part of the army stationed in Guazhou City and block Du Qi in the city. Then, arrange another army. From Guazhou to Illinois. In this way, we can definitely hit the confidant of Xia Country. Or, we just stay outside the city without attacking, and then quietly divide our forces and arrange an army to sneak into Illinois.”

“Difficult, difficult, difficult!”

Li Shimin said three difficult words in a row, saying: “Du Qi can lead a hundred thousand people to sneak in quietly because of Hou Junji’s care and circumstances. Special. If we send a small number of people to sneak into Xia Country, we might be able to do it. But the lack of people is of little significance, and once a large-scale troop is sent, it will definitely be discovered, so the division of troops is also dignified and the division of troops to attack Izhou. Qi, how to deal with it.”

Li Shimin’s eyes flashed a bright light.

This is an opportunity.

He wants to see how Du Qi responds. After Li Shimin divides his troops, Du Qi is very likely to go out of the city to fight. But if Du Qi leads his army out of the city, he will lose the solid shell of Guazhou City.

Li Jing said resolutely: “His Majesty, if I were Du Qi, on the premise that we were dignified and were going to Xia Country, we would definitely be impossible to stay in Guazhou City and choose to go out of the city. At that time, we are faced with two choices.”

Li Shimin said: “Which two choices?”

Li Jing said: “The first choice is the one we sent to Xia Country. The troops quietly turned back to encircle Du Qi’s army. As long as Du Qi’s army comes out and is encircled by us, then we have a great chance of winning.”

“Of course, Du Qi may not let us encircle. , We will also arrange for people to block.”

“When our people are blocked, whether we can quickly break through the Du Qi army’s blocking line and get back is the key. As long as our army gets back, Then there is a chance to encircle Du Qi’s army.”

“This is the first choice.”

Li Jing talked eloquently and said: “Even if this choice is made, there is a problem. . That’s whether the army that we stayed here in Guazhou City can withstand Du Qi’s onslaught. If the army here cannot withstand Du Qi’s onslaught, in fact, our plan will fail.”

Li Shimin flicked his sleeves and said: “No matter what, you must resist. To fight on the battlefield is to do everything possible. And we have more troops, there is no reason why we can’t stop it. “

Li Jing paused for a while, then continued: “His Majesty, the second choice is actually easier. We stayed at the army outside Guazhou city to resist Du Qi’s army, or to hold Du Qi. The Qi army dominates, allowing the army that invaded Xia Country to continue to advance to the capital of Xia Country. As long as this step is achieved, Du Qi will lose its foundation. Even then, the army that has taken the capital of Xia Country will actually be I can kill Du Qi again. Two choices, different plans.”

Li Shimin wondered after hearing it.

Li Jing’s plan has a different focus.

The first plan focuses on encircling Du Qi to eliminate the power of Du Qi. The second plan focuses on entering Xia Country, destroying Xia Country, and finally encircling Du Qi.

Li Shimin thought that it was difficult to choose, because the two plans were actually reasonable.

All have their own advantages.

Li Shimin did not have a choice for the time being, but looked towards Li Jing and said: “Duke of Wei, if you choose this matter, then how do you plan to choose this matter?”

Li Jing shook his head and said: “His Majesty, the minister can hardly decide for a while. Because different decisions have different advantages.”

He did not give a choice.

Because of the current war, it was not Great Tang that won it steadily, and giving a choice is tantamount to a statement.

This is something Li Jing does not want to do.

Li Shimin took a look at Li Jing, and immediately looked towards Zhangsun Wuji and the others, and said: “As for the analysis of Duke of Wei, you have to say whatever you think, don’t have any scruples. We are now The more thoughtful you are, the more sure you will be when you fight Du Qi.”

Zhangsun Wuji suddenly said: “His Majesty, the minister thinks that there is no need to go to Xia Country. “

Li Shimin said: “What about the reason?”

Zhangsun Wuji said resolutely: “The reason is actually very simple. Although the main force of Xia Country is in the hands of Du Qi, all Du Qi has been transferred over. But Xia Country is not without an army. Therefore, the minister believes that the focus should be on attacking Du Qi and destroying Du Qi’s army. As long as Du Qi is taken, then Xia Country with no difficulty On the other hand, if we can’t win Du Qi, it may cause us to be affected.”

Li Shimin nodded said: “I understand what you mean.”

Wei Zheng said “His Majesty, the minister agreed with the plan to focus on attacking Du Qi. The reason for the minister’s consideration is simple, not whether our army will be blocked when entering Xia Country. The key to the minister’s consideration is that Du Qi’s strength is not weak. Once we divide our forces, our army alone may not be able to guard. Therefore, the army that needs to be divided will come back to fight Du Qi.”

As Wei Zheng opens, the rest are Duan Zhixuan and Liu Hongji. Civilian Court Official officers such as Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, etc. also spoke together, and they all agreed to deal with Du Qi.

The starting point for consideration is nothing more than two.

One is that there must be strength to resist in Xia Country. It will be very difficult to directly attack the country in Xia Country, even almost impossible. The other is that it is not easy to resist Du Qi’s attack after the division of troops.

Li Shimin has listened to everyone’s opinions, especially everyone’s opinions are the same, he has made a decision. However, Li Shimin did not immediately make a decision. He looked towards Li Yuan on the side and asked: “Father Emperor, what do you think?”

Li Yuan said: “How the war is fought is your business. After you discussed it, it was decided. I am not very proficient in the layout of the war and can’t give any advice. So now you don’t need to ask my opinion, how to fight, then how to fight. I am here to see you As soon as I saw Du Qi. It’s just that the time is not right now, and you will consider it after the battle is over.”

Li Shimin was relaxed after listening.

In fact, what he is worried about is that Li Yuan will be mixed up. When the time comes, he will be very difficult.

Li Shimin said: “Since the decision has been made, let’s implement it and arrange it according to this plan.”

“Yes!”

Everyone got up Just leave.

In the end, only Li Yuan and Li Shimin father and son remain.

Li Yuan has a touch of worry on his face, saying: “Emperor, if the war is going on, there will be no Regret Medicine. After this war starts, especially according to Li Jing’s plan, although there are many benefits, he also I mentioned that once our army can’t stop it, the consequences will be disastrous. You, have you ever considered the future here.”

“Never!”

Li Shimin shook his head.

Li Yuan said: “If you have not won, but you will lose, this is a matter of the Military School of Thought. The reason why I didn’t say it before was because I said this ominous in front of everyone. It’s also inappropriate. No one at the moment, I just told you. If you don’t think about your success, it’s extremely inappropriate. In everything, you should consider the most extreme situation.”

Li Shimin heard this. There was silence.

Although Li Shimin is also an old Rivers and Lakes and a veteran on the battlefield, he knows that Li Yuan’s remarks are not at all wrong. If this battle does not consider the worst, the consequences are quite terrifying.

Li Yuan continued: “I have already said what should be said, you consider it yourself, and you arrange it yourself. In short, if I said not to harmonize the war, then not to harmonize.”

After speaking, Li Yuan got up and left.

Li Shimin sat alone in the camp. After some thoughts, the expression on his face changed several times. In the end, Li Shimin made certain arrangements according to Li Yuan’s reminder. After Li Shimin made the arrangements, Zhangsun Wuji returned again and supplemented the strategy of this battle, which Li Shimin directly adopted after listening.

Because of Zhangsun Wuji’s strategy, it is also extremely critical.

Maybe it is a breakthrough to reverse the situation.