"Dare to ask Your Majesty, General Cheng Mingzhen, how did he lose?"
Su Dawei then asked Li Zhi.Cheng Mingzhen is a native of Ping'en County, Zhaozhou, that is, Quzhou County, Hebei Province in later generations.In his early years, he followed Dou Jiande, the king of Xia, and served as the commander of Pule County, and was very famous.In the fourth year of Tang Wude, he returned to Gaozu Li Yuan, awarded the Yongnian County Order, and passed through Hebei Province.Later, he followed Li Shimin, the king of Qin, and Li Jiancheng, the hidden prince, to defeat Liu Heimin's rebels, worship the governor of the camp, and canonize the prince of Dongping County.After Taizong ascended the throne, he moved to the state of Thorn History.With the expedition to Liaodong, he was the general of Xiaowei and the head of the Pyongyang Provincial March.Judging from Cheng Mingzhen's resume, this is a veteran who was born in the army, and he has participated in almost all major battles from the founding of the Tang Dynasty to the present, and he has extremely rich combat experience.The combat style is extremely calm, and the psychological quality is tenacious enough.And among the current generals of the Tang Dynasty, if you want to find someone who has more experience in Liaodong than Cheng Mingzhen, you really can't find a few.In the nineteenth year of Zhenguan, Cheng Mingzhen captured the city of Shabei and defeated the Goguryeo army at Dushan in the campaign against Goguryeo.It is often possible to win by surprise, and win more with less.It was praised by Taizong Li Shimin.As a result, he became another recognized famous general after the British Gong Li Tao.After Li Zhi ascended the throne, in the sixth year of Yonghui, Cheng Mingzhen was promoted to the governor of Yingzhou and concurrently served as the protector of Dongyi.In February, Silla was invaded by allied forces such as Goguryeo and Baekje and asked for help from the Tang Dynasty.At that time, Li Zhi sent Cheng Mingzhen and Zuo Wei Zhonglang to lead the army to attack Goguryeo.In May, Cheng Mingzhen and others crossed Liaoshui.Goguryeo saw that the Tang army was small, so he crossed the river to welcome Zhen.As a result, more than 1,000 people were killed and captured by the Tang army, and their outer cities and villages were burned.As a result, Goguryeo's morale plummeted.It is also worth mentioning that Cheng Mingzhen's son, Cheng Wuting, followed Cheng Mingzhen to fight all the year round, and later became a famous general of the Tang Dynasty.Su Dawei is now very curious about how Cheng Mingzhen's qualifications and level of use of troops, coupled with Xue Rengui, an unborn fierce general, were defeated.Li Zhi pondered for a moment, as if organizing language: "At the end of last year, it was very cold in Liaodong, and Cheng Mingzhen contracted the defense line, planning to fight again in the spring.As a result, Xue Li, who led the cavalry alone, fell into Goguryeo's strategy to lure the enemy, although Xue Rengui was brave and shot the enemy's main general, but still lost thousands of soldiers.After that, Goguryeo took advantage of the weather and familiar geography to sneak attack the grain route, and there was a great hunger in the army for a while.Cheng Mingzhen gathered the remnants of the army and slowly retreated.Goguryeo sent heavy troops in pursuit.Fortunately, Cheng Mingzhen used his troops calmly, reserved the rear army, and fought and retreated. ”Su Dawei was stunned for a while.Unexpectedly, the problem was Xue Rengui.Naturally, the battle report will not be written in too much detail.It is just the four words "trick to lure the enemy", and I don't know how many swords, swords, shadows and calculations are hidden in it.In order to feed the Tang army, Xue Rengui was paralyzed, and Goguryeo did not know how many men and horses had been lost before.Although the Tang army listened to it, it only lost a thousand horsemen.But those who conquered Liaodong were all elites in a hundred battles.If you lose one, you will lose one.In today's Zhechong Mansion, the source of troops is becoming more and more difficult, and the quality of the Tang Army is degraded visibly with the naked eye.Forty years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Datang has been rich.In the past, when you were a soldier and fought a war, you could get a reward for your land.Today's famous generals of the Tang Dynasty are all military nobles and landlords.There are a number of fields in the world, and the fields with good output have already been almost divided.Now that you are fighting as a soldier, you can get less and less fertile land.Sometimes, when you return victorious, you can only get a silver reward.In contrast, guarding the field house at home, accompanied by beautiful concubines, and spreading branches and leaves, isn't it more attractive than going to the battlefield with your head on your head?
More importantly, losing this battle on the battlefield of Goguryeo punctured the "myth" of the Tang army's victory in a hundred battles.Su Dingfang added at this time: "Putting aside the loss of a thousand horsemen for the time being, this retreat, due to injury, cold, and lack of food, I am afraid that the biggest difficulty is the withdrawal." ”"I have already sent the Anton Protectorate to send troops to meet Cheng Mingzhen......
Hopefully, it's all in time. ”Speaking of this, Li Zhi's face sank again.Obviously, this defeat has caused him a great loss of face.In the fifth year of Yonghui, the combination of Cheng Mingzhen and Su Dingfang, although it did not take much advantage of Goguryeo, the Tang army did not lose manpower, and it was perfunctory.Not this time, the loss of thousands of elites is not a trivial matter.Not only is it a shame for the Tang Army, but for Li Zhi, a person who is bent on surpassing Taizong to become a great emperor, it is tantamount to a slap in the face.Su Dawei digested this information a little, and was still a little worried about Xue Rengui in his heart, so he hugged his fist to Li Zhi and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know what to do with Xue Li?"
”"You ask him?"
Li Zhi was angry, looking up with a gloomy gaze.Seeing Su Dawei's expression full of worry, he suddenly remembered that a few years ago, the Wannian Palace was flooded, and the guards fled one after another.The eunuchs and maids were all eaten by fish and turtles.In the end, Su Dawei and Xue Rengui broke into the palace regardless of the flood, risking their lives to break into the palace and carry themselves and Wu Meiniang, who was pregnant with Liujia, out.That's what allowed him to survive.originally wanted to punish Xue Rengui heavily, but thinking of the past, his heart softened inexplicably.He waved his hand and said, "That's it, I remember that in the past he saved me for meritorious service, I will let him go to the northwest, if he can make meritorious service, come back." ”Li Zhi's mood was complicated.He's still nostalgic.If it weren't for that, Wu Meiniang would not have been welcomed back to the palace from Ganye Temple.For Su Dawei and Xue Rengui's life-saving grace back then, they naturally took it to heart.Su Dawei proposed to build a Ducha Temple and establish a Chang'an intelligence system that belonged to him, and he approved.Among them, there is no nostalgia in it.As for Xue Rengui, as early as the nineteenth year of Zhenguan, he became famous on the battlefield of Goguryeo.Li Zhi has high hopes for him.After returning from the Wannian Palace in the past, he gave Xue Rengui a horse, and unexpectedly hoped that you would become a thousand-mile horse.As a result, reality slapped hard.The person I fancy has gone wrong.This made Li Zhi, who was extremely face-heavy, very uncomfortable.If it weren't for Su Dawei's presence, it reminded him of what happened back then.Xue Rengui is very likely to be swept to the end, directly cut down to the people, and kicked out of the Tang Army.That's it.Li Zhi secretly said in his heart: I gave the opportunity, whether you can come back with meritorious service depends on your own creation.He put away his thoughts and looked at Su Dingfang: "Dingfang, what is your strategy for going to Liaodong this time, and how will the troops be deployed?"
”Although Su Dingfang had just come back from outside, he was still in good spirits, and it seemed that he had already thought of the answer to Li Zhi's question."
Your Majesty, this time our army sent troops to Liaodong to rescue Silla.Goguryeo joined forces with Baekje to invade Silla, and Silla was overwhelmed and lost its army and land.In the opinion of the ministers, Goguryeo's hundred-legged insects are dead but not stiff, and now is not a good time to use troops against Goguryeo. ”"Oh, so we're going to sit back and do nothing?""
No, if you want to break Goguryeo, cut off its arm first."
Li Zhi's eyes lit up: "What does the old general mean?"
”"Goguryeo is difficult to break for the time being, but Baekje is not."
Su Dingfang's eyes flashed, as if he had hidden infinite wisdom: "If you want to break Baekje, you have to advance by land and water, and I ask Your Majesty to transfer water divisions to cut down Baekje."
After the destruction of Baekje, the siege of Goguryeo in Silla can be formed, and at that time, the ministers will be sure that the battle will be decided. ”"Okay, I'm done."
Li Zhi suddenly laughed.What he likes to hear the most is Su Dingfang's heroism.In particular, "the First World War was decided".What is the war fought?
It's money.The army lasted long, and it cost countless money and food.Although Datang is rich, there is no surplus food.A famous general like Su Dingfang used a very small number of troops to destroy the enemy at every turn.It's so worry-free, no, it's just too much money!
Li Zhi smiled and suddenly felt reassured."
Old general, in your opinion, how many sailors are enough to destroy Baekje?
How about 30,000?
”"In the opinion of the ministers, it must be 100,000 people.""
Huh?"
Li Zhi choked suddenly.looked at Su Dingfang's face, showing a surprised and painful expression.You......
You've changed.You didn't use your troops like this before.For the Western Turks, only 50,000 soldiers were exterminated.Lakh...... 100,000 sailors.How much does it cost?
I also want to build the Daming Palace, and I also want to enjoy the blessings.Aggrieved......
"Your Majesty, this time, that time." ”Su Dingfang said patiently: "Liaodong is bitterly cold, and it is close to the sea, and Baekje and the Wa Kingdom are both Buyeo other species, if you don't use the army of water divisions, I am afraid that it will be difficult to cut off contacts, and the Wa State will definitely support Baekje."
The minister heard that the sea route between the Wa Kingdom and Baekje was not far away, and it was impossible to reach it overnight, so he had to guard against it. ”Su Dawei listened to it and couldn't help but give a thumbs up.How else to talk about famous generals.Su Dingfang's level is high.Not only is he good at cavalry warfare, but he can also take the Wa kingdom into account against Baekje and Goguryeo.This strategic vision is simply superb.If it weren't for a traverser like Su Dawei, at this time, who would have thought that the Wa Kingdom would actually make a move.But it turned out that everything was fed by Su Dingfang."
Alright, I......
I'm all right. ”Li Zhi was in pain again, and he had to grit his teeth and agree.That expression is like a boss who has lost blood in the last three days and jumped off the property."
What generals do you want to use, follow the old general, there is only one want, this battle must be won.""
No.""
By the way, there is still ......"
Li Zhi looked at Su Dawei: "Before you leave, the intelligence side must be arranged, and you must conceal the news that I am going to use General Su to go to Liaodong." ”In recent years, Li Zhi has tasted more and more the sweetness of intelligence superiority.Whenever soldiers are used, intelligence comes first, and this point has been deeply remembered in his mind.Su Dawei hesitated slightly, but still hugged his fists and responded: "Yes." ”The emperor's words are simple.But an army of 100,000 people......
How is it possible to conceal such a large military mobilization?
At most, it can only be delayed for a few days, and sooner or later it will still be found out by the Japanese people.Moreover, with such a big incident, it is easy to expose the undercover agents that he has painstakingly laid out.It will make the Japanese people wake up to the fact that they have been being used by the Tang Dynasty in intelligence.However, this matter is a national policy, and it comes from the mouth of Li Zhi.There is no room for negotiation.It is also the price that Datang must pay to complete its new strategy for Liaodong.()