In the north, Dingxiang City, a sudden heavy snowfall made the entire Dingxiang City covered in silver.
The temperature also dropped a lot. Fortunately, the army was well prepared for this. The soldiers put on thick cotton clothes and prepared a lot of firewood, so there was no danger of freezing.
However, Luo Zhang is not very optimistic about this. This first snow represents the beginning of the cold winter season in the north.
The winter in the north is different from that in the south. The winter in the south lasts until November and December, while the winter in the north starts in September. In October and November, dripping water has already turned into ice!
Before October, Li Jing must deal with the Turkic army in front of him. Even if he cannot annihilate them all, he must defeat them.
Otherwise, after October, it will be even more difficult to defeat these Turks.
Even if Luo Zhang can build an igloo, you will only use it when defeating or chasing Turks, not building it in the city.
In the Lord's Mansion of Dingxiang City, all the generals sighed, took off their heavy jackets, and lined up to walk into the hall.
In the center of the hall, a large brazier was burning with charcoal fire, making the hall warm as spring and not as cold as the outside.
Luo Zhang was the last one to walk into the hall. Originally he didn't want to come, but today Li Jing said that he must participate, otherwise he would be charged with dereliction of duty, so Luo Zhang had to come. Of course, he came for the first time. Whether or not to participate is another matter. Luo Zhang planned to sit on the sidelines and not participate in their discussions.
According to Luo Zhang's understanding, it has been three days since the discussion of the army advance plan, but the result has not been reached yet. Luo Zhang sneered at this. The soldiers are very fast. Seeing the time passing by, the army is still in Dingxiang. They were stationed in the city and faced off against the Turks. How could they defeat the Turks? I'm afraid that like before, they will all retreat in winter. This is inconsistent with the plan they made before sending out troops. If they really retreat, once Li Jing returns to Chang'an, he will inevitably be impeached and imprisoned. Those civil servants are It was impossible to miss this opportunity to add insult to injury.
Seeing the generals entering the hall, Li Jing, who was sitting at the top, raised his head and looked at everyone.
"Li Shuai!" Everyone bowed and said.
"You're welcome, sit down!" Li Jing waved his hand and said, but his eyes were focused on Luo Zhang, who was the last one to come in.
Seemingly aware of Li Jing's gaze, Luo Zhang rolled his eyes, found the last chair and sat down, without talking to Li Jing. This old fox was very bad, and Luo Zhang didn't want to fall into a trap accidentally, or As he said, Luo Zhang didn't want to do anything that was not beneficial.
"Today we are discussing the decisive battle with the Turks. Do you have any good suggestions?" Li Jing spoke first.
Everyone, look at me and I look at you. I didn’t expect that Li Jing would actually bring up the issue of a decisive battle with the Turks. He didn’t talk about this a few days ago. Isn’t this sudden decisive battle a bit hasty?
Luo Zhang looked at his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose, pretending that he didn't hear anything at all.
"Li Shuai, is it not time for a decisive battle with the Turks?" Hou Junji spoke first.
"Yes, Li Shuai, the Turks have been clinging to their camp since their last defeat. We have also sent troops to harass them several times, but the Turks have not sent troops. There seems to be no chance of a decisive battle!" Li Ji followed.
"I know this is a bit too hasty, but you have also seen that the heavy snow has already fallen. If it is delayed any longer, it will be extremely detrimental to us. Once October comes, if we cannot severely damage the Turks, we will have to retreat! The consequences of retreating You should know it without me telling you!" Li Jing said straightforwardly.
"But Li Shuai, now that the Turks can't retreat, they are just killing us. What can we do?" Niu Jinda shook his head.
"Aren't these Turks usually very arrogant? Why did they fail once and lose 50,000 people and not come out? What a shame!" Yuchi Jingde cursed.
"Li Shuai, let me pick up some troops and horses before calling for formation. I promise to let them fight!" Cheng Yaojin suggested.
"You're going to call the formation? You've called the formation five or six times, and no one pays attention to you. It's better for you to go than for me to go! Li Shuai, let me try. Maybe people think I have a bad face and come out to fight with me. What?" Yuchi Jingde glanced at Cheng Yaojin and said.
Luo Zhang just drank a sip of tea, and when he heard Yuchi Jingde's words, he spat it out.
Lei, that's too shocking. I see how shameful you are, so I come out to fight with you? This is self-inflicted just to fight!
Li Jing glanced around the crowd, and finally fixed his gaze on Luo Zhang and said, "Luo Zhang, everyone has spoken, why don't you say something?"
Li Jing's words caused everyone's attention to focus on Luo Zhang. The last victory of the army was entirely due to Luo Zhang. If it weren't for Luo Zhang's strategy, the Turks would not have fought Yuchi Jingde in the battle of the canyon, but they would not have been able to fight Yuchi Jingde at all. If you don't know how to enter the canyon, and if you don't enter the canyon, how can you completely annihilate the 50,000 Turkic army?
Now that the battle situation has reached a deadlock again, maybe Luo Zhang can find a way to break the situation!
Thinking of this, everyone's eyes burst out with light, waiting for Luo Zhang to speak.
Luo Zhang was already scolding Li Jing bloody in his heart. You can't do anything. You don't think about what you want me to do. If you ask me everything, then you are still a shitty commander. Why don't you change it? I'll take care of it.
"Li Shuai, all of you have more experience in this matter than me. I have only been on the battlefield for the first time, and I am responsible for logistics. I have no good solution for this matter!" Luo Zhang said.
It's a joke, let yourself pay attention in vain, how can there be such a good thing in the world, so what if you have achieved great achievements, His Majesty will not let you get promoted to a noble position, so only a ghost can help.
"I have a reward edict from His Majesty here. It is a reward for those who have made great achievements last time. Among them, your reward is the largest. I thought you could make new achievements and get a bigger reward, but now it seems that you don't want to If you want, then I will tell His Majesty to resign this reward as well!" Li Jing said as he picked up an imperial edict on the table beside him.
Hearing Li Jing's words, all the generals were shocked. Is there a reward? Has your Majesty given any reward? This is good news. I wonder what kind of reward I will get.
But then everyone's eyes fell on Luo Zhang again, looking at him with some pity. Everyone has it, but you don't. How pitiful!
"Li Jing, your 18th generation ancestor, why do you mean that I don't want this reward, and why do you mean to help me give up this reward? You damn thing threatened me and made me angry. You really made me angry! "Luo Zhang cursed in his heart, and at the same time he was curious about what his Majesty would reward him, but Li Jing didn't say anything, which made Luo Zhang feel itchy.
