However, under the spotlight, Xu Fenglei shook his head.
"Back to the Supreme Emperor, there is nothing special about this battle."
He responded,
"I just followed the usual route to attack the enemy with a large army, and Jieli ran away. I just happened to ambush an army at Baidao in Yinshan Mountain. I caught him off guard and fled in embarrassment towards Iron Mountain."
"I led troops to attack Tieshan again, and Jieli ran away again. It happened that I also ambushed an army at Qikou, and beat him again. He fled to the west."
"I expected that he would defect to Sunishi Khan, so he dispatched King Rencheng to wait for Sunishi's troops, and he was finally captured."
"In the entire battle, except for two ambushes, there were almost no large-scale battles. It was extremely smooth. There is really nothing to praise."
Xu Fenglei's tone was very calm, and he spoke in a straightforward manner, as if he was recounting a trivial matter.
Li Yuan was a little stunned: "???"
"It's that simple?"
He couldn't help but said,
"You casually wiped out all the powerful Turks? Did Jieli Khan keep running away like this?"
"This is too easy! It's not difficult at all!"
At this time, Lao Litou was a little disappointed.
I thought it would be an ancient battle, but I didn't expect it to be so ordinary, with no ups and downs and moving plot.
"really."
Xu Fenglei nodded calmly and said,
"Perhaps the Supreme Emperor himself, leading the troops, can beat the shit out of this Jieli."
Li Yuan's eyes lit up.
"Really?" He rubbed his hands, feeling a little excited.
Imagining the scene of him galloping across the battlefield and beheading Jieli Khan from his horse, Old Li Tou couldn't help but feel a little crazy.
Unexpectedly, at this moment Li Shimin was poured a basin of cold water on him.
"Father, don't listen to his nonsense! This battle will be difficult."
Li Er rolled his eyes and said helplessly,
"It seems like it's been a smooth journey, but in fact it was carefully planned by Xu Fenglei, even with a bit of adventure!"
"From the beginning of the attack on Dingxiang, he directly divided his troops and sent Li Ji's more than 20,000 troops to Baidao. This was a huge risk, and it could even be said to be a gamble!"
"He just bet that Jieli would run away and go to Baidao."
"But have you ever thought about what if Jieli doesn't escape?"
Li Yuan looked stern.
"If he does not escape, but chooses to fight, then our army will be at a huge disadvantage after this division of troops. It is equivalent to losing more than 20,000 troops before the battle!"
Li Shimin said solemnly,
"According to post-war estimates, if Jie Li had stayed in Dingxiang, he would have had at least 20,000 to 30,000 troops and horses available, while our army had less than 30,000 troops and horses available at that time!"
"Jieli also occupies a favorable geographical position. Compared with the two, our army has no chance of winning at all!"
Li Yuan: "?!"
"It's so dangerous..."
He murmured,
"Then if I use troops, I will definitely not divide them."
Li Shimin smiled.
"But if we don't divide the troops, what if he escapes? In the vast desert, as long as he escapes back to Mobei, we will never find him again."
He said again,
"This war will have to end hastily in the end. There is no way to get rid of this disgusting scabies in Jieli."
Li Yuan: "..."
"So, in this battle, we can only choose to gamble, and we can only take risks and divide our troops?"
He glanced at Li Shimin, then looked at Xu Fenglei, and couldn't help but ask,
"The Xu Qing family, from what the emperor said, is not as ordinary as you described!"
"Tell me, how did you make the judgment at that time and finally decided to divide your troops into an ambush?"
Xu Fenglei scratched his head.
"Back to the Supreme Emperor, I didn't think much about it at the time."
He said happily,
"Your Majesty's analysis is quite good. Let's listen to your Majesty's analysis..."
Huh.
It's really troublesome to have a tactical analysis seminar after this war.
You can't say that you peeked at the historical script, right?
"You haven't thought so much? My chief manager, please stop being humble! It's not good to be too low-key!"
Li Shimin stood up and talked eloquently.
"Since you don't want to say it...then let me tell you!"
"Actually, when it comes to fighting, fighting with real swords and guns comes second. The more important thing is psychological warfare."
"If you can accurately grasp the psychology and thoughts of the opponent's general, you will be invincible!"
"As the old saying goes, if you know yourself and the enemy, you will be victorious in any battle, but how easy is it to achieve these eight words? Some generals don't even know how much they weigh, let alone understand the enemy!"
"This battle seems to be smooth and peaceful. It seems that the victory was achieved without any bloodshed. In fact, it is very difficult!"
Xu Fenglei touched his nose.
You continue to blow for me, I can still withstand it...
"It's not too difficult to say whether to divide the troops or not. What's more difficult is... where to divide the troops?"
Li Shimin paused for a moment and said in a deep voice,
"Suppose Jieli really wants to run away. Tujue is so big. Where will he run? It's completely unknown!"
"There are many roads leading to Mobei. Are they all ambushed? Impossible! There are not that many soldiers! Therefore, we can only choose one place to ambush."
"And the ambush here must be chosen correctly, otherwise all efforts will be in vain!"
"You can imagine how difficult this choice is."
"But even though it was so difficult, Xu Aiqing still accurately predicted that Jie Li would escape and the direction of his escape, and successfully ambush him! This... makes me want to praise him - he used troops like this God!"
After listening to his explanation, everyone in the cabinet looked at Xu Fenglei differently.
Good guy! So awesome?
It's not as frivolous as you said!
"It is said that those who are good at fighting have no great achievements. It's just that we don't understand the subtleties."
Changsun Wuguo sighed,
"Xu Guogong is enough to be called the God of War."
"The Queen is ridiculous, I am just lucky, just luck..." Xu Fenglei waved his hand and declined.
He really can't afford the title of God of War!
Li Shimin snorted softly,
"If the Yinshan ambush involved luck, then was the second ambush at Qikou also a matter of luck?"
He stared at Xu Fenglei and asked,
"And the last moment when Suni lost his troops, could it be that you also made a wild guess?"
"It might be luck once or twice, but you can accurately ambush the third time. This is definitely true strength, and there is no doubt that it is powerful!"
"Xu Aiqing, I can understand that you want to be low-key, but being low-key doesn't mean belittling yourself. I'm not an unscrupulous king, and I don't need you to demean yourself to protect yourself. Do you understand?"
Xu Fenglei: "..."
wipe!
I didn’t mean to belittle or insult myself. What I said was all the truth!
You believe me, believe me!
"right!"
Li Yuan also interjected at this moment,
"Xu Guogong, please stop being self-effacing! You deserve the title of God of War!"
"Come on, please tell us carefully how you made your judgment. How did you predict that Jieli would go to Baidao after the first defeat, Qikou after the second defeat, and escape to Suni after the third defeat?"
"The thinking involved must be very exciting! I really want to know..."
Having said that, he looked at Xu Fenglei expectantly.
Swish, swish, swish.
The eyes one after another are full of expectation.
Especially the little kids like Li Chengqian, their eyes are almost shining at this moment.
"Master, the child wants to hear it!"
"Master is invincible, Master is the God of War! Children must listen and learn this!"
"Master has a wonderful plan. While talking and laughing, the Turks were wiped out! Well... that must be the case!"
Xu Fenglei: "#￥%...&*@!!!"
Every one of them is so cool, right?
Okay, you forced me to do this...
"Alas! Since the Supreme Emperor has asked the question sincerely, then I will be very merciful... Well, just say it sincerely."
Xu Fenglei looked solemn, cupped his hands towards Li Yuan, and then said with piercing eyes, full of affection,
"At that time, my army was encamped two hundred miles outside Dingxiang. That night, I looked at the sky at night and saw that the three stars of Greedy Wolf, Pojun, and Qisha were uncertain in light and dark, and I felt something in my heart——"
"I'm afraid this battle won't be that easy!"
"So, I took the stars in the sky as a disk, stepped on the seven-star steps, walked seven, seven and forty-nine steps around the military camp, and finally calculated an astonishing result——"
"Jieli Khan wants to escape!"
Everyone: "!!!"
At this time, even Li Shimin's eyes shone.
Li Yuan was so excited that his beard trembled!
What he wants... is such a legendary story!
Only Li Jing almost choked down his throat with a sip of wine, looking at Xu Fenglei with a somewhat strange look.
Is there such a thing?
How come he has no impression at all...
"Where will he go when he escapes?"
Xu Fenglei danced and sang in a cadence,
"Is it Monan or Mobei?"
"I was hesitant in my heart, and I was about to use the stars in the sky as a divination again, but I saw the stars in the sky moving. I understood it at that time!"
"Yinghuo is located in the northern border, and the corresponding place is in the Yinshan Mountains! Therefore, Jieli Khan must have run to the Yinshan Mountains, to Mobei!"
"After seeing this horoscope, I immediately ordered General Manager Li Ji to divide 20,000 troops into an ambush at Baidao in Yinshan Mountain. Sure enough, I won a complete victory!"
Bang bang bang!
"Okay! Wonderful, so wonderful!"
Li Yuan's face turned red and he said excitedly,
"Xu Guogong, you really are Zhuge in this world!"
"Come on, come on, I'll give you a toast! I must give you a toast!"
With that said, Lao Li Tou picked up his wine glass and wanted to toast Xu Fenglei no matter what.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
After Xu Fenglei clinked glasses with Li Yuan, he drank the wine in one gulp and said with a smile,
"It's just some small skills of Qimen Dunjia."
"Your Majesty knows that before I came out of the mountain, I made a living by telling fortunes, so these are just trivial skills in terms of symmetry, and they are nothing."
Li Yuan waved his hands repeatedly.
"No, no, no, this is definitely not a small trick, this is amazing!"
He praised highly,
"With such a clever plan, even if Jieli has many changes, he can't escape from your grasp!"
"No wonder you can capture three times and two vertically. This is exactly the same as when Zhuge Liang captured Meng Huo seven times! Hahaha..."
"Come on, have another drink!"
Ding!
The two wine glasses clinked together, and Li Yuan drank another glass, his rosacea showing.
It can be seen that this old Li's drinker is not very good, and he will not be able to drink after two or three drinks.
"Master, you must be the reincarnation of a god!"
"Yes! Master is either the reincarnation of a god or the reincarnation of Zhuge Liang, otherwise how could he be so powerful?"
"Master, I want to learn, and I also want to learn clever calculations!"
"..."
Several little kids started shouting, and Li Chengqian shouted the loudest.
He yearns so much for the demeanor of a Confucian general who "strategizes and wins a decisive victory thousands of miles away"!
"Learn from you!"
Xu Fenglei slapped Li Chengqian on the head and spat,
"What do you want to learn from heretics? You don't have to rely on this for a living!"
"Hasn't my teacher already taught you the true great truth? If you can thoroughly understand the principles of distinguishing between villains and gentlemen in the Book of Changes, that will be better than anything else!"
"understand?"
"Understood..." When the children heard this, they could only nod obediently.
"That's right."
Li Shimin praised,
“Human energy is limited, and even though magical calculations are good, they are not suitable for everyone to learn.”
"Cheng Qian, Qing Que, I am very pleased that you can be upright, uphold the right path, and study hard on how to govern a country and a family."
After he finished speaking, he looked up at Xu Fenglei, and the corners of his mouth could not help but raise slightly.
Xu Fenglei's performance later came to his mind.
How can military operations be so childish?
Just by looking at the sky, you can know the enemy's movements. Famous generals throughout the ages no longer have to wait and see. They can just use their fingers to figure out where to attack. Wouldn't it be wonderful?
Generally speaking, this storyteller is just trying to coax the old man and the child to have fun.
"In this battle, Ting Ming has meritorious service. I also see the merits of Yaoshi, Maogong, and Jingde."
He raised his wine glass and said to the generals present,
"The real situation of achieving such a victory is absolutely extremely complicated and cannot be explained clearly in just a few words."
"Come, let me toast you with a drink! Everything is in the wine!"
Swish.
Several generals all stood up.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
They held up the wine glasses, stood apart from the emperor, and drank the wine in one gulp.
Li Jing felt a little depressed, but now he felt a little more comfortable.
The emperor understood after all and did not give all the credit to Xu Fenglei alone.
It is true that he, the general manager, takes most of the credit, but he is busy and directing and dispatching, so he deserves both the credit and the hard work!
But the Supreme Emperor didn't even look at himself.
Why!
At this moment, after drinking a glass of wine, he secretly made up his mind——
next time.
The next time there is a war, he must seize the position of general and fight for real glory!
"His Majesty."
While he was drinking, the guard outside the door reported,
"Bring Jie Li!"
Li Shimin raised his eyebrows.
Li Yuan turned his head and looked over.
I saw a sturdy middle-aged man wearing Tang Dynasty costumes, with a bunch of pigtails on his head, walking into the pavilion with his head lowered.
This appearance is so awkward.
"Jieli!"
Li Yuan put down his wine glass and said loudly,
"Raise your head and let me see!"
Jieli Khan pursed his lips, slowly raised his head, looked at Li Yuan, and slowly knelt down.
Plop.
"See the Great Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, see His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty."
He hit the floor with his head and made a muffled sound.
"Well……"
Li Yuan was a little surprised.
He originally wanted to attack and ridicule the Turkic Khan.
But the other party's posture and the obedient appearance of kneeling on the ground made him feel a little confused!
