Yu Ling thought about it and realized that what the clan leader said made sense. Datang had to travel thousands of miles to reach China by boat. The logistics must have been provided by Silla and Baekje.
And Datang is not Silla Baekje, their soldiers must have higher requirements. How long can Silla Baekje provide material supplies to Datang?
You must know that if the quality of food for 10,000 elite soldiers is good, it will take at least tens of thousands of people to cultivate the land to be able to support them.
Now the war between Silla and Baekje consumes a lot of food. The most important thing is that feeding the soldiers is not just about providing food.
The transportation of military supplies requires a large number of people to perform corvee labor to have enough manpower and time to transport the supplies.
The period of corvee service cannot be too long, but if the war drags on, when Silla and Baekje are defeated, the Tang Dynasty will naturally have no choice but to withdraw its troops.
"No problem, we can delay it, but the Tang Dynasty obviously cannot afford it. Silla and Baekje cannot find so many people working as corvees. If they find them by force, then Silla and Baekje will collapse. After the collapse, Datang still needs to withdraw its troops." Yu Ling said simply.
"Yes, this is the best strategy. Although I don't know what Yeon Gaesooon found out before he voluntarily gave up this position, but Yeongaesooon has military talents. Since he gave up, how can we be careful? It’s not an exaggeration.” The Yu clan leader nodded with satisfaction.
"Yes, patriarch, I remember it." Yu Ling nodded seriously.
"It's good that you know, I know you want to prove yourself, you want to prove that you are no worse than Yun Gaesumun, but remember one thing, the more eager you are to prove something, the less anxious you are."
"Anyone who achieves great things will be more cautious, eager for success, and those who are eager for quick success will inevitably fail. Sometimes, don't care what the people next to you say, you just have to implement your strategy." The head of the Yu clan looked at him seriously again. He spoke.
"Yes." Yu Ling nodded seriously.
"As long as you understand, remember, if you fail now, you can understand your own situation, but as long as you are not in a hurry, as long as you confront Datang, you will at least be invincible." The head of the Yu clan warned him from another angle.
He is really afraid of being impulsive, because once he is impulsive, it may have very bad consequences, but as long as he is not impulsive, he will not lose.
Now that we have fallen into Yeon Gaesumun’s plan, this is the best way.
That is to say, Li Ke doesn't know their tactics. If Li Ke knows, he has to say something.
Isn't this the tactic of a certain interstellar player more than a thousand years later: As long as I don't want to win, I won't lose, cesspool?
But it doesn’t matter, because I think so too, do you think it’s a coincidence or not?
The result of the encounter between two shithole players is to see who can win more advantages.
But I'm waiting for the CD and the skills to take effect. What are you waiting for?
After receiving the position, Yu Ling quickly went to the border area. After arriving at the border, Yu Ling deployed the army for defense and began to command the army to conduct a tentative attack.
In fact, several of the cities that Goguryeo currently occupies are also from Silla and Baekje, but these cities are small county towns and cannot be considered strategic points.
After releasing the scouts, Yu Ling learned the latest situation in about two days. Silla and Baekje almost gave up the three cities on the border, and then took the initiative to retreat.
Then a new line of defense was formed at the back, and in the most prominent city, the Tang Dynasty's army was stationed. In addition, the two cities on the left and right were also stationed by the Tang Dynasty army.
After Yu Ling updated the latest frontline map, he fell into silence. These three cities happened to block the most important strategic points of the entire defense line.
If these three cities are not eradicated, it will be useless even if the cities on both sides are captured.
Because they dare not go deep, the terrain on both sides is too easy to cut off. Once cut off, it will be a trap.
Thinking of the stability mentioned by his clan leader, Yu Ling roughly understood the reason. In this situation, as long as he occupied these cities that Silla and Baekje were ready to abandon, he would then stand still and confront the Tang Dynasty.
That would be good for him to be invincible.
Because he has something to say anyway, and it’s not without any results, right? Counting the three cities that the other party recently gave up, Goguryeo has already occupied six small cities, which can be regarded as quite rewarding.
"Send the order, the whole army advances, first capture the three cities that the opponent gave up." Yu Ling issued the military order without saying a word.
"In addition, the speed of advancement does not need to be too fast. Triple the number of scouts and investigate everything around." Yu Ling added.
He was in no hurry anyway.
"yes!"
While Yu Ling was advancing, Li Daozong naturally received information about the changes in the Goguryeo border troops. He also immediately became alert, especially asking Silla to notify the people in the three counties that were about to give up. They prepare to evacuate.
As for whether they are willing to evacuate, that depends on them.
After all, Li Daozong is only here to "maintain regional stability" rather than "interfere in other countries' internal affairs."
Although the Tang Dynasty had the right to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, because the Queen of Silla was canonized by Li Shimin.
But he was ordered not to interfere, so he just informed.
Whether those people withdraw or not is their own business.
Silla notified here that when Yu Ling pushed for stability to the three cities, the people of the three cities were already mentally prepared, and the defenders retreated without much resistance.
The higher-ups are ready to give up. There is no point in resisting. This is also the meaning of Li Daozong.
Because their mission is not to completely defeat or eliminate the enemy, resisting the meaningless consumption of the enemy's vitality has no effect.
Although they are all soldiers of Silla, they are also people and soldiers. The point is that they may be the people of Tang Dynasty in the future, so there is no need to waste their lives meaninglessly.
As far as the common people are concerned, the rich, nobles, officials and soldiers of these three cities have all retreated.
The former was afraid of being killed by Goguryeo, while the latter was because of military orders and they had to retreat.
As for the people, the total number of people in the three counties was close to 100,000, and about 70,000 people retreated back to Goguryeo.
Among the 70,000 people, there were about 30,000 people who went deeper into Silla and went to seek refuge with relatives and the like. The remaining 40,000 people were basically concentrated near the three cities controlled by the Tang Dynasty.
Among them, Li Daozong gathered more than 20,000 people here.
"Can our city accommodate the extra 20,000 people?" Li Daozong asked, looking at Park Xinzong, an official in the county.
"If you go back to the general, there will be no problem in accommodating them. There are enough places in the city to build temporary shacks. It's summer anyway, so you don't have to be afraid of the cold."
“In addition, there are many abandoned houses, and these houses can also be temporarily requisitioned.”
