I’m Marquis in Great Tang

The next day, early morning.

Tang Army camp quickly made arrangements, and Duan Zhixuan led the troops to leave the camp. Duan Zhixuan led a total of 80,000 troops, and the army that remained in the Li Shimin camp was more than 120,000. Counting the rest of the auxiliary soldiers, the number of Li Shimin camp is at least 130,000, and the scale is extremely large.

Duan Zhixuan’s departure is just and honorable, and it cannot be hidden from the scouts of Xia Country.

In addition, Li Shimin’s military barracks have also been adjusted, no longer stationed in the East City, but moved to the West City. Because the barracks were outside the West City, it was convenient for Li Shimin to pursue Du Qi who was evacuating from Guazhou.

When Du Qi got the news, he immediately called Shangguan Yi, Ma Zhou, Laiji and Guan Zhilan to discuss matters. In addition, Xue Rengui, Ma Yuan, Xiao Yuanqi, and Su Dingfang also participated.

Du Qi looked around the crowd and said: “Just now, the sentry received the news that the Tang Army has divided its forces. A group of about 80,000 elites left the camp and went to Xia Country to kill. On the one hand, Li Shimin led an army of about 120,000 and moved the camp to a station outside of the West City. Li Shimin’s intention was to block our return to the west and create opportunities for the army to enter Xia Country. They all said something. Say, how do we respond now?”

Everyone looked solemn when they heard this.

Tang Army made a move.

Now they should respond.

Shangguan Yi thought for a while and took the lead: “The king, the minister thinks that the division of the Tang Army is a good thing, so that we can divide and destroy them. Now, let’s eliminate Li Shimin’s power first. “

“This is the minister’s general advice.”

Shangguan Yi’s eyes flashed with sharp rays of light.

Du Qi did not wait for everyone to make suggestions, and directly said: “Shangguan Yi’s general arrangement, this king agrees. Maybe we have more countermeasures, but Li Shimin made it clear Stay with us, then I will kill directly and crush his army. I don’t believe it. Trifling an army of 120,000 can block my army’s attack. Fighting head-on, my Xia Country army has never been afraid.”

Strong self-confidence, revealed from Du Qi’s face.

Xue Rengui said: “The king said so much, why are we afraid of Great Tang. Now Great Tang is ready to fight with us. Then, we will fight to the end. This battle will be completely defeated. Great Tang’s proud capital. Last time we fought Great Tang, only Hou Junji was captured, and Li Shimin retreated by himself. This time Li Shimin led the army, we showed off our weapons and let Li Shimin know how good we are.”

Ma Yuan said: “Yes, there must be a battle.”

Xiao Yuanqi is also nodding to his head.

A person’s face is full of excitement. None of them are afraid, they all have high morale, and they all have full fighting intents. Even though Great Tang has a vast territory and a larger army, no one is afraid.

Du Qi looked towards Su Dingfang, saying: “Dingfang, you will not participate in this battle.”

Su Dingfang said: “The king, since the minister has followed you, he is A courtier of Xia Country. In this battle, where the minister is needed, the minister is supposed to go into battle and kill the enemy. How can he not participate.”

Du Qi said: “The command of the Tang Army in this battle is Li Jing, I know your relationship, you don’t have to force yourself. This is what is set, you only need to participate in the planning, and you don’t have to worry about the specific leadership.”

“Yes!”

Su Dingfang finally nodded and answered.

Shangguan Yi took the words and continued: “His Majesty, now that we have agreed on the general direction of our next action, then the specific arrangements can be divided into three steps.”

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As soon as these words came out, everyone looked towards Shangguan Yi.

Waiting for Shangguan Yi to continue.

Du Qi nodded with an expression of approval and cast encouraging eyes. Among his three counsellors, Shangguan Yi is very good at military strategy, and Laiji is very good at instigating countermeasures, and Ma Zhou is more in-depth on people’s livelihood and governance.

The three are all-rounders, but they all have their own biases.

Shangguan Yi said: “In this 1st Step, we also divide our troops. However, we divide our troops not in half. We only divide six thousand elites and lead enough weapons to go west until the Western District of Guazhou. Niulan Mountain occupies high ground.”

“Because after occupying the position of Niulan Mountain, you can use the mountain to build fortifications. This purpose is to block the Tang Army going to Xia Country. Assistance. The minister’s judgment on this battle is very simple, that is, the Tang Army wants to force us out of the city for a battle.”

“When the opponent waits for us to leave the city, they may choose to double-team us, so these six thousand elites The purpose of this is to block and hold the opponent so that the opponent cannot return.”

“According to my plan, it must be held for at least three days.”

Shangguan Yi said: “Because Our army may not be able to win this battle within a day. It may take longer to win this battle. Therefore, the shortest time is three days.”

Du Qi said: “What about the Second Step?”

Shangguan Yi’s approach, Du Qi generally understands, is to use a very small number of people to hold the majority of the Tang Army, so as to gain opportunities and find The chance of victory in war.

Shangguan Yi said: “Second Step is actually very simple. It is to attack the Tang Army. This battle is to use all your strength, in a spurt of energy, to completely defeat the Tang Army’s vitality and defeat Li Shimin’s arrogance.”

“We still have the advantage of weapons. I don’t know when Tang Army will develop such a weapon. But at least now, we can use weapons Advantages suppress the opponent. Even if we have few troops, we can crush the opponent.”

“As long as Li Shimin’s army is defeated, then his only choice is to retreat. Because Li Shimin cannot be defeated. Go west, then they will easily fall into a desperate situation.”

“Next, it involves the Third Step.”

“After we defeated Li Shimin, we turned to the west Go, in a spurt of energy to defeat the Tang Army on the front line of Niulan Mountain. Since then, we have completed this battle.”

Shangguan Yi said: “Of course it’s easy to say, but it’s not easy to implement. Especially the most critical place is the block of Niulan Mountain, which must be dragged. Once Niulan Mountain is defeated on the front line and the Tang Army encircles, the opponent has more troops than us, and it will be extremely difficult for us to win. “

Du Qi thought about it a little after listening, looked towards the rest of the people: “Your suggestion to Shangguan Yi, what else needs to be added, or what you think is inappropriate, are now being brought forward “

“No more!”

Laiji took the lead to answer.

Because Shangguan Yi’s plan is very clear, and the battle is not complicated.

The others also spoke.

Su Dingfang suddenly opened the mouth and said: “Majesty, the minister agrees with the analysis and planning of the chief minister. However, considering the worst case, once the 80,000 elites go to Xia Country, they will not Withdrew, but went straight to Xia Country Imperial Capital Gaochang City. At that time, how did we respond?”

Du Qi laughed and said: “In fact, these 80,000 elites have entered Xia Country. The impact is not great. On the one hand, people with a certain strength in various places can block this group of Tang Army soldiers along the way. On the other hand, my father is also in Gaochang. And the Gaochang City pool is strong. As long as Tang Army enters the territory of Xia Country, Gaochang will Will arrange defensive things.”

paused, Du Qi said: “So even if Tang Army goes all the way like a hot knife through butter, it will take ten days half a month to kill Gaochang. Time, and can only stop under Gaochang City. In this time, we are enough to defeat Tang Army and defeat Li Shimin.”

After listening, Su Dingfang said: “Great King is wise!”

He has no doubts in his mind, and in Su Dingfang’s view, Great Tang’s chances of winning are not great, because the strategy of dividing the forces seems to be good, but it also has great flaws.