"Still fighting?"
Such three words,
It lingered in Li Jing's ears and couldn't go away.
It was the first time in his life that he was faced with such a choice, and he didn't know what to do next.
The reason for not fighting is because Dayan has terrifying economic strength and elite soldiers.
As for the fight, all the attention of the Tang Dynasty was gathered, and although this arrow was terrifying, who could know whether the entire army of Great Yan was equipped with this kind of arrow, or if it was just a few, used to prop up the scene and scare them.
think carefully,
It seems that the information on his side is also extremely insufficient.
The first thing to fight in a war is intelligence.
And for this war.
It gave him the feeling that Dayan knew everything about his army, but they knew nothing about Dayan.
They didn't know that Dayan had horse archers, and they didn't know that Dayan had silver arrows. Even if time went forward, Dayan would almost occupy Qingzhou, and Chang'an City was still in the dark.
And this war,
Chen Qingzhi's seven thousand white-robed army was also deliberately revealed by them.
Datang was confused about everything about Dayan.
Don't know anything.
But Dayan seemed to have a full view of the map, and even knew when they would attack Pu County.
Yes, they know!
Otherwise, the cavalry archers, Chen Qingzhi's white-robed army, and Wei Wu soldiers would not have been mobilized.
This needs to be prepared in advance.
so,
Dayan knew about their Northern Expedition!
Dayan knows everything, everything! !
But Datang didn’t know anything.
Not knowing the existence of the Cavalry Army, more than 3,000 soldiers lost their lives. After this, what else would be unknown? Waiting for them to dig?
How many more soldiers will die because they don’t know?
When Li Jing thought of this, he felt that this was a bottomless pit and extremely terrifying.
The legend over there in Dayan,
Even His Majesty was stunned.
Yanchi Road, cement road, Tudou….
The economy and people's livelihood are so magical.
Maybe the same is true for the military?
"Pharmacist, the war situation is urgent and it's time to make a decision!"
At this time, Cheng Yaojin couldn't help but remind him.
These words brought Li Jing back to his mind.
He looked up.
He saw all the generals and even the soldiers in the camp looking at him.
They are all waiting for him!
Li Jing snorted and said deeply: "We don't know the specific information about Dayan in this battle."
"We don't know about the Cavalry Army, so we stumbled at the beginning, and more than three thousand brothers died. We don't know about the Silver Arrow, so since the war, we have been producing armors that we think are very good."
"As everyone knows, those battle armors that consume manpower and material resources might as well just wear common clothes, which makes it easier to move."
"The existence of the Silver Arrow makes the manpower and material resources we spend a joke. We are all doing useless work. Moreover, those armors are worn by my soldiers, which greatly restricts their movements."
"Both war clothes and civilian clothes are equal in front of this kind of arrow. Our hands and feet are still greatly restrained. We don't know anything about Dayan, but Dayan knows us well!"
"They knew when we were going to attack, so they sent domestic troops to Qingzhou. They also knew where we were going to fight, so they gathered in Pu County. They knew us very well, but we still didn't know anything."
"This battle, I think..."
Li Jing was silent for a moment, then continued: "We can't continue fighting!"
"On the premise of not understanding the enemy's various situations, in order to win this battle, I think it is only possible for gods to take command!"
"However, this is just the eyes of my family. I plan to write a letter immediately to tell His Majesty the situation here and let Your Majesty make the final decision. What do you think...?"
Li Jing inspected everyone.
After all, it was a war that attracted countless eyes, and even the aristocratic families were involved. Therefore, even if Li Jing was the God of War, he did not dare to decide to stop this war on his own.
He... doesn't have the qualifications!
"I agree!"
A general spoke.
Unexpectedly, it turned out to be Yuchi Jingde.
Li Jing looked at him in shock. He didn't know that anyone would agree. Even if he guessed that someone thought the same as him, he never would have guessed that Yuchi Jingde was the first to stand up.
There is no other reason.
Too many of Yuchi Jingde's soldiers died in the battle that morning, and their deaths were meaningless. Anyone would hold their breath and want revenge.
now.
Not only did he think so, Cheng Yaojin and others were also shocked.
Yuchi Jingde thought for a while and said, "You think I won't agree? No... Only those who have experienced it personally can know what kind of despair it is."
"I watched my brothers fall one by one and wanted to rush up and kill them for revenge, but they ran very fast and I couldn't catch up."
"But when I definitely want to escape, they bite me hard! As long as they hit me, I will never be able to hit them. What kind of despair is this!"
As Yuchi Jingde spoke, his voice became more and more trembling.
He seemed to have collapsed again, holding his head with tears in his eyes, and continued tremblingly: "And when the war is over, pharmacist, do you know? The casualty ratio has reached 1:9!"
"It means that of the nine dead, only one is alive. What kind of terrifying ratio is this? After all, the normal casualty ratio can reach half and half."
"Their weapons are too terrifying! Even the living people have a hard time. I asked the marching doctor, and there were no minor injuries! When those silver arrows are shot out, they will either die or be maimed. All the living brothers will be disabled! It's best! You also need someone to take care of you throughout your life!"
"Our army paid such a heavy price, but the cavalry archer was not damaged at all. How can we fight this battle? How can we fight it!!!"
Yuchi Jingde almost coaxed out his last words.
He is not targeting Li Jing and others.
Rather, he is using this to vent his inner incompetence and anger.
These words,
Completely silenced Cheng Yaojin and others.
Cheng Yaojin stepped forward with soft eyes, as if he wanted to comfort Yuchi Jingde.
But the outstretched hand,
It stopped halfway.
finally.
He sighed, and then told Li Jing that he agreed to his proposal and would also sign and stamp the letter.
Qin Qiong, Chai Shao and others also expressed their opinions.
They are not optimistic about this battle.
Facing Dayan, who had elite equipment and personnel, they didn't know how to win except for the human sea tactics.
And now.
The Tang army had more people than them, but almost all of them were archers and infantry.
Dayan also has seven thousand white-robed troops who are secretly riding. They are all real cavalry, cavalry that can beat the Turks into running away!
The cavalry has always been the king on the battlefield! !
This battle.
They even thought that even if there were no horse archers and Wei soldiers, just facing the 7,000 white-robed troops, the Tang Dynasty might not win.
finally.
Most of the generals proposed to advise His Majesty, but a few generals disagreed.
Those are all generals sent by the family.
Several of their functions are more similar to mascots.
In this battle, the family had contributed a lot. They came to see what Li Jing did and did not participate in the wartime decision-making.
So along the way.
It's all quiet.
But now that they are proposing to withdraw their troops, they cannot sit still.
"Can't withdraw!"
"General Li, we cannot withdraw! The eyes of the entire Tang Dynasty, even the Turks and Tibetans, are watching. This withdrawal will also remove the status of our Tang Dynasty!"
"……."
They had a few words of advice.
Li Jing stared at them, without anger or smile, only calmness, closer to calm: "If I remember correctly, there are 8,000 people in the 50,000-strong army, who were gathered together by major families."
"How about if tonight passes and tomorrow comes, you guys will take the lead? I will give you all the eight thousand people."
The words fell.
Several people looked at each other, but they were all silent.
"Are you kidding! Isn't that going to death?"
One person couldn't help but said.
Li Jing was happy: "Yes, you also know that you are going to die!"
"The lives of your family's soldiers matter, but not my soldiers' lives?"
"ah???"
With this "Ah", Li Jing burst out with anger.
It frightened those people so much that they took a few steps back.
And this time.
They had no choice but to find a reason to persuade Li Jing.
After calling those people away.
Li Jing sat quietly in his tent, thinking hard, and closed his eyes.
After a while,
He opened his eyes, took out a piece of paper, and started writing.
The letter has been written.
This letter is to advise Li Shimin from his perspective.
As a minister, he felt that he should have this intention.
"Your Majesty, in ancient times there was a king of Yue, Gou Jian, who worked hard and endured hardships. Now facing the advancement of all walks of life in the Great Yan, and the internal diseases of the Tang Dynasty have not been eliminated, maybe the Tang Dynasty should also follow this path..."
"In addition, Your Majesty, the general... also suggested that preparations should be made to move the capital."
That night, Li Jing kept writing.
I kept writing down the suggestions I thought were useful.
As for whether he adopts it in the end, that is not his business, but what His Majesty, as the decision-maker, should do.
It is your Majesty's duty to collect the opinions of hundreds of schools of thought and include a few of them.
.
….….…….….….
the other side.
After the meeting.
Yuchi Jingde's whole body felt heavy.
He walked to the front of his frontier camp.
There was silence.
Looking from the outside, countless soldiers are sitting there, all of them are extremely depressed.
The atmosphere is solemn.
Yesterday's defeat is really a completely lingering shadow on these young men.
They are Yuchi Jingde's soldiers, and Yuchi Jingde is the one whom His Majesty relies on the most, so they are ranked first in all major armies and ranked first in status.
It can be said that he is the pride of heaven in the army.
But the battle in the morning almost blinded them.
Since joining the army,
How can there be a situation where you can hit me but I can't hit you? !
And this situation is bound to happen.
Just like Amelico and the oil countries in later generations, that Gulf war awakened the whole world with the concept of "you can hit me, but I can't hit you."
With dozens or even hundreds of casualties, millions of people in the oil country fled and died.
How terrible!
This is the advantage of advanced weapons.
The cavalry archers belong to the era of cold weapons.
Dayuan relies on them to dominate the entire world, attacking at will and without any disadvantage.
In the Southern Song Dynasty, it was disrespectful because there were too many city walls, which was not good for the horse archers.
And now….
The Tang army was attacking, not defending.
Therefore, without the city wall to rely on, it can be said that they were killed indiscriminately.
now.
These soldiers were filled with an atmosphere called sadness.
Actually speaking,
Not only Yuchi Jingde's frontier troops, but also the atmosphere in the entire Datang camp was a little heavy today.
A battle this morning,
They all saw it.
That scene was simply...horrible!
They were all frightened.
As for Da Yan, the boiling fighting spirit before had now disappeared without a trace, and they were a little scared when they thought of the scene this morning.
Yuchi Jingde walked in.
"General, you are here!"
"Quick, quick, stand up. The general is here, why are you still standing there? If you want to be stupid, go home and be stupid!"
A deputy general rushed over immediately.
And, he shouted at the soldiers sitting on the ground.
The soldiers stood up.
gather.
but!
They all had their heads lowered, feeling weak and confused.
The lieutenant was about to reprimand him again.
Yuchi Jingde waved his hand and interrupted him.
He has always loved soldiers as much as his sons.
It is precisely for this reason that these soldiers gathered here, seemingly... waiting for an answer!
Yuchi Jingde sighed.
Slowly walked to the front of the crowd.
"Actually, it's not just you, now our entire military camp in Datang, including me, General Cheng, General Qin and even General Li, we are in a similar state to you. We even know more and are more afraid than you."
"Regarding the battle this morning, tell me, what do you think? Just tell me. Tell me the frustrations and grievances in your heart. Let's talk about it."
Yuchi Jingde's voice spread throughout the military camp.
There was some commotion among the soldiers.
Everyone looks at me and I look at you, my breathing is a little short.
Yuchi Jingde didn't urge them, and just looked at them quietly.
"General, this morning...did Great Yan not kill anyone this morning? Did he let us go?"
"We were still one mile away from the military camp. They could have continued to chase and kill us, but they didn't!"
finally,
A soldier stood up and asked in a trembling voice.
Everyone's eyes were looking at Yuchi Jingde.
Yuchi Jingde also looked at them,
After counting the interest,
He didn't choose to hide or be perfunctory, or even lie.
Instead, he nodded, even though he knew that this matter would cause turmoil in the army, he still nodded.
Yuchi Jingde said: "After analysis, it may be so, but... I don't have an accurate answer."
"General, with the cavalry archers, do we have no way to counterattack? If there are not enough people, do we have to wait for death?"
At this time, someone asked again.
Yuchi Jingde's eyes narrowed, he closed his eyes and nodded slightly: "Yes! The attack method and rhythm are exactly the same as those of Qinglong Camp back then! I worked with General Qinglong for a long time back then, and I know the horror of that kind of combat method very well. ”
"No one who is targeted by them can escape as long as it is plain!"
Yuchi Jingde took a deep breath. He glanced at everyone and could see the fear in their eyes. He continued: "However, this was a situation we didn't know before. Now that we know it, we will never let you." Feel free to die."
"Don't worry, even if it's a charge, I will accompany you."
(End of chapter)
