{Received anger value +199 from Li Tai...}
{Received resentment value +199 from Li Tai...}
Listen to the system beeps.
Li Chengqian couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.
Li Tai, Li Tai.
Can't you do something serious?
Is the position of prince so attractive?
Seeing his appearance, Changsun Chong couldn't help but asked from the side: "Your Highness, is there anything you can't figure out?"
"No."
Li Chengqian shook his head, then walked to the sand table in the room, leaning on the table with both hands and said: "I think the teacher has arrived at the southern battlefield now."
After sending the letter to Chang'an, Li Chengqian began to deploy intensively.
Since he wanted to take revenge, he had to defeat Zhao Youlin on the battlefield first.
So, after discussing with Li Ji overnight, he formulated a strategy of slowing down the west and rushing south.
The so-called "Western Slow" refers to the Liangzhou Army attacking from west to east.
The terrain in the west of the Xi tribe is flat, which is conducive for the Tang Dynasty to open up the battle array and launch an attack with numerical superiority.
But don't forget that the flat terrain is also suitable for the Xi tribe to attack.
And to a certain extent, Datang could not get any advantage on the flat terrain.
After all, there are too many cavalry among the troops in the Northeast Third Division.
Especially the Qingqi of the Khitan and Xi clan, they caused the Liangzhou Army to suffer a lot in the early war.
Although the Liangzhou Legion also has cavalry, most of them have been trained in recent years, and their combat effectiveness is inevitably not as good as those of their opponents who have been on horseback all year round.
Furthermore, hitting nail with nail is something only a fool would do.
Therefore, Li Chengqian formulated the strategy of slowing down the West.
Li Xiaogong in the west led the Liangzhou infantry and slowly advanced to the east step by step.
Nanjing also formulated this tactic after discussing with Li Ji.
As mentioned before, the Xi people are hidden in the mountains, and the south is mostly covered with mountains and forests.
Of course, Su Dingfang had led the Bingzhou Army to fight all the way to a place less than a hundred miles away from the Xi clan king's tent.
But later, the opponent was still beaten back by taking advantage of the terrain.
From here, it is not difficult to see that although the cavalry advantage of the Northeastern Third Division can no longer be used in the mountains, they still have geographical advantages.
They are familiar with every canyon in this mountain and every cave in this mountain.
If you want to defeat the opponent in a place they are familiar with, there is only one way.
It is nothing more than preventing the opponent's geographical advantages from being brought into play.
And this requires the use of Su Dingfang's characteristics of being good at guerrilla warfare.
Li Jing was a master who dared to chase hundreds of thousands of people with a few thousand cavalry.
As his vanguard officer, how could Su Dingfang be bad in this regard?
Therefore, after discussing with Li Ji, Li Chengqian created a tactical system tailored for Su Dingfang.
It is nothing more than asking Li Ji to go to the south to command the Bingzhou Army to advance slowly.
Su Dingfang, on the other hand, personally led 5,000 troops and could go wherever he pleased, with full control of the action in his own hands.
This time, it can be said that Su Dingfang's seal has been completely lifted.
On the first day when Li Ji arrived at the Bingzhou Army Corps, Su Dingfang disappeared with 5,000 men.
Let’s not talk about whether Li Chengqian’s layout is reasonable or not.
But after fighting again, it did have an unexpected effect.
The first was the Western Liangzhou Army. They changed their past arrogant demeanor and fought steadily step by step, regaining bit by bit the territory they had previously occupied and then lost one after another.
On the side of the Xi clan.
Zhao Youlin originally planned to use cavalry to harass the Liangzhou Army according to his previous deployment, and then send infantry to cover it up.
Unexpectedly, this time, their cavalry had no effect at all, and instead ran into the iron plate formation that Li Xiaogong had planned long ago.
The last time they were chased and beaten by these guys, these Liangzhou soldiers had already been holding back their anger.
At this time, the infantry of the Liangzhou Army found an outlet.
On the plain, there was a head-to-head duel with the opponent.
There is no need to elaborate on the combat power of the Liangzhou Legion. At this moment, even the infantry are not afraid of the cavalry.
The entire battlefield was in chaos.
There were Xi cavalrymen pulled off their horses everywhere.
There were Xi cavalrymen and horses being overturned everywhere.
On the battlefield, as long as you fall down, the game is basically over.
Especially what they faced was the Liangzhou Legion, a legion that had fought hundreds of battles.
The Liangzhou soldiers almost vented all their anger on these cavalry. As soon as the Xi cavalry fell, they would swarm up and chop them into pieces.
The war started and ended in just an hour.
But within this hour, of the three thousand cavalry sent by Zhao Youlin to harass them, except for a few hundred who broke out of the siege, almost all the others died.
When Zhao Youlin, who was commanding from the rear, learned this, he was immediately furious.
"Bullshit, trash, they are all a bunch of trash."
Zhao Youlin threw the tea bowl in his hand on the face of the ordering soldier.
"Three thousand cavalry, three thousand cavalry."
"Even if they fight on pigs, they can still run faster than people, right?"
"But knowing that there is an ambush ahead, we still want to confront the enemy head-on."
"Even if it were a pig taking command, I'm afraid it wouldn't be able to do such a mindless thing!"
Zhao Youlin was really angry, and the three generals who scolded him in the military tent did not dare to raise their heads.
Although he was highly used and trusted by King Xi, he was still a Central Plains person from the south.
How could these people regard him as one of their own?
At this moment, Zhao Youlin yelled at them. These people didn't show much on their faces, but their hearts were full of resentment.
But this is not the only bad news.
Before he turned off the fire, soldiers immediately ran in to report.
"Report to the commander-in-chief that the Khitan grain transport team in the east was suddenly attacked by Tang thieves. All the grain and grass were lost, and the 800 soldiers transporting grain and grass were wiped out."
"What?"
Zhao Youlin jumped up on the spot.
"Where did this Tang thief come from? Why did he suddenly appear on the east side of our army?"
He raised his neck and shouted: "Who is the person responsible for monitoring the activities of the Tang thief?"
"Why didn't you even report such a big thing as Tang bandits infiltrating our army's eastern front?"
Everyone, look at me, and I'll look at you.
The last Khitan general stood up and said: "Commander, our soldiers indeed did not detect any unusual movements by the Tang thieves."
"Is it possible that the Tang bandits in the east fell from the sky?"
Zhao Youlin pointed directly at the Khitan general and said: "Pull him down and punish twenty of them to serve as a warning to others!"
Upon hearing this, the Khitan general was not happy: "Commander, I am a Khitan general, you have no right to punish me."
"I don't have the right to punish you?"
Zhao Youlin sneered and said: "I am the commander-in-chief of the three armies appointed by the king. Whether it is the Khitan or the Xi tribe, they are all under my jurisdiction."
"If you don't accept it, you can go to my king and sue me."
After finishing speaking, he waved his hand and said: "Drag him down!"
Regardless of that, the two soldiers came in and dragged the Khitan general down.
Not long after, the miserable howl of the Khitan general could be heard coming from outside.
Zhao Youlin faced everyone and said, "I know that some of you are dissatisfied with me and feel that this war is just a war for our Xi clan."
"But don't forget, you were all involved in the war with the Tang Dynasty."
"We are grasshoppers on a rope. If we lose this battle, all three tribes will be destroyed, and no one can tolerate it!"
