Is it an opportunity?
Looking at Yuchi Jingde with a solemn expression, he didn't look like he was joking. Li Mingda was a little moved in his heart. If he could capture Anshi City before the heavy snowfall, the heavy winter snow in the north would definitely make Bangzi helpless to the third place. Early summer of the second year.
Because the road will become muddy and difficult to walk in the spring after the cold winter, it is obviously impossible for the army to move out. This is why the Bangzi Kingdom can hold on for so long. Even in the official history, Li Shimin sent troops to attack only in the summer and had to end in the autumn.
"Well, do you want to take Anshi City when the heavy snow comes, and then take advantage of the cold winter to carry out defensive repairs, so that the heavy snow and the mud of the next year will block the reinforcements of the main country. By the beginning of the next summer, we You can wait until spring, or even if the ice is not severe in winter, you can continue to use the navy to transport soldiers to reinforce Anshi City. Not only can you defend Anshi City, but you can also defend against the counterattack of the Bangzi Kingdom the next year."
Yuchi Jingde nodded: "Yes, I think so. Not only can we capture Anshi City, but we can also cause the Bangzi Kingdom to have internal turmoil for half a year, and its national power will decline, and then we can directly destroy it. A repudiation of shame can lead to unparalleled achievements~! "
This statement made Li Mingda very excited. He had accomplished extraordinary feats. It seemed that he had not accomplished any extraordinary feats in his life, but Li Mingda remembered the oath he had made back then - to kill the most shameless stick in the world. Destroy the country and destroy their ancestral temples, cut off their incense, and wipe them out in the long river of history.
"Yu Xiaoqian, let's go. Li Jing, Jia Xu, Fang Xuanling, Li Ji, Lu Zhi, Huangpu Song, Wei Zheng, and Yan Liang came to the throne. Let Wen Chou take over Wei Yan's patrol, and let Wei Yan come too."
"promise"
When Yu Xiaoqian heard Li Mingda's long list of names, he knew that something important was going to be discussed and immediately dispatched all his people, trying to recruit everyone in the shortest possible time.
Fortunately, it was dinner time here. Usually, most of them who had been busy with Li Mingda for a day would have lunch at their own homes. As for Lu Zhi and Huang Pusong, they were in the palace, and almost everyone arrived soon.
Li Mingda dragged his restless Xiaobai and asked Yuchi Jingde to express his thoughts just now, and a group of people began to think about the feasibility of it.
Li Jing, who is known as the military god of the Tang Dynasty, stroked his beard and pondered for a long time before saying: "Your Majesty, I think this method is too risky, and the risks and benefits are not proportional. According to the current national strength of the Tang Dynasty and the preparations made in advance, next year The early spring is the best time for our army to launch an attack. We can still capture Anshi City in one fell swoop without worrying about the possibility of defeat due to the deployment of troops. "
Li Ji objected: "It is true that the opponent has 100,000 troops. If we suddenly attack the opponent, we will definitely be caught off guard. If we have enough intelligence support, we can directly capture the opponent's central army and kill the enemy general. The enemy's command is weak." There will definitely be chaos, and our army can take advantage of the situation to cover it up."
Li Jing shook his head: "No, even if the enemy general dies, there won't be much chaos below. I have studied Anshi City and it is better to say that it is a city than a military fortress. There were not many residents living in it. After After decades of development, most of them are also inhabited by members of the Bangzi Army and their families. Therefore, even if Anshi City is conquered, it will still have to face the families of the soldiers inside. It is not easy to govern. There are too few to control the riots. There are too many and we won’t be able to transport them in a short time, and the cavalry support of the brigade will be impossible in the cold winter.”
In terms of military affairs, Li Jing's views are the most comprehensive. Now that Li Jing has spoken, this is true after others think about it. The gap between benefits and risks is too big. Why should we risk the annihilation of the group when we can clearly win the opponent's high ground safely? The risk is forced demolition.
Li Mingda rubbed his chin, looked at the map and thought about the possibilities. It is not difficult to assassinate the local defenders. He has many methods at his disposal, but it is not easy to deal with the 100,000 defenders. , the Bangzi Kingdom fought with the Tang Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty for so many years. Although the Bangzi Kingdom's rear combat effectiveness was not good, the 100,000 soldiers on the front line could at least keep up with the 30,000 troops of the Tang Dynasty.
Most of my ships are migrating towards the Japanese island country, and some of the navy is going south to clean up the southeastern coast. There are not many naval forces in the north. Even if Gan Ning is mobilized to transport 30,000 soldiers, it will take at least two trips. , plus four trips with the baggage horses may not be completed.
Following the information from the port outside Anshi City, it does not have the conditions for large-scale login, so it is difficult to fight.
Li Mingda was thinking. Naturally, others did not dare to talk nonsense and could only wait there.
Looking back and forth on the map, Li Mingda finally focused on the Bohai Sea.
After thinking for a moment, Li Mingda decided to give Bangzi Country a big surprise before the cold winter came.
"Babaili urgently informs Gan Ning that once the East China Sea Fleet returns, he will immediately lead the remaining East China Sea Fleet soldiers to the north. Qingfeng, you personally take people to my black technology workshop to count and load the remaining small steel cannon shells and follow Gan Ning back."
"Allocate winter clothing from the national treasury and prepare it for the soldiers of the East China Sea Fleet. They will start changing clothes immediately after arriving at the Shandong Navy seaport."
"Xiaobai sent someone to inform Zhang Liao to dispatch 20,000 Xianbei cavalry and 10,000 Turkic cavalry to Liaodong."
"Inform Gongsun Zan of Liaodong and ask him to lead his troops north, spread the word and pretend that he will capture Liaodong City in winter. The momentum must be large, otherwise everyone in the world will know about it, and then Li Jing and Yuchi Jingde will lead the troops to the Holy Land. The knights were taught to set off and assembled in Liucheng to stage a feint attack on the new city, so that the defenders of the new city did not dare to go out. Then Li Ke went south and directly captured Anshi City with the navy. "
"After transporting the troops in place, let the northern navy attack Shabei, and Gan Ning lead the team to attack Jian'an, completely cutting off Bangzi's sea access to the Bohai Sea."
"Also, Wei Zheng contacted Mohe's White and Black Departments and deceived them by saying that the snow this winter will be much heavier than before. If they don't go south to rob Bangzi Country, many of their people may die this winter."
"Inform Silla and Baekje so that they only need to spread the word and follow Mohe in wanting to get some food from the interior of Bangzi Kingdom in the winter."
"In this way, the entire Bangzi Kingdom will be confused and don't know what is going on. We only need to capture Anshi City. After taking Anshi City, the entire Liaodong will naturally be in chaos. Several Bangzi in the north have invaded us. The city will naturally collapse without attack."
After listening to Li Mingda's instructions, Li Jing naturally did not retort excessively, but raised a question: "Your Majesty, what if the army is prepared for war or the sea freezes on the way?"
To be continued
