Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2737 Han Xin devises a plan to attack the enemy's vital point.

"Is there any way to burn down Li Shimin's granaries?" Han Xin asked thoughtfully.

If we really want to end this war as soon as possible, this is the only way.

Over the past few months, they've used every psychological tactic or surrender inducement tactic they could think of!
Li Shimin was not the kind of person who would be easily tricked!

"The floating warehouse reports that Li Tang's granaries and reservoirs are all located underground!"

"Furthermore, it is stored in multiple locations!"

“Furthermore, with the limited manpower the floating houses have in the city, it’s simply impossible!” Li Mu shook his head and said.

Li Shimin is indeed a difficult person to deal with; there's absolutely no chance to exploit him.

"Then, there's only one way left!" Han Xin hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"Oh!"

"Brother Chongyan, please tell me quickly!"

Upon hearing that Han Xin had indeed come up with a solution, Li Mu's eyes lit up.

"I still have ten thousand Li Tang prisoners here!"

"Perhaps we can send them to Li Shimin!" Han Xin said, composing himself.

These 10,000 men were all captured by Han Xin when he swept through the Gaima Plateau and conquered the eastern part of the Tang Dynasty.

Since he had already organized a large number of Li Tang peasant armies, mixing these people with the peasant army might actually cause conflict.

Therefore, he placed these people in the rear as laborers or temporarily detained them, instead of incorporating them into the peasant army!
"Ten thousand mouths can consume a lot of Li Shimin's provisions!" Han Xin continued.

"Does Brother Chongyan mean that from today onwards, we will only besiege and not attack?"

"Should we just wait for Li Shimin to run out of supplies?"

Li Mu began to seriously consider this proposal.

Under normal circumstances, this strategy would be excellent.

Although it will take a lot of time, it can also avoid a lot of casualties, and we can just wait for the final victory without a fight!
However, the imperial court clearly wanted to resolve the war on the eastern front as soon as possible!
This method is still too time-consuming!
"General Li, you must know!"

"Given the current situation, unless our army launches a fierce attack regardless of the cost and is prepared to suffer hundreds of thousands of casualties!"

“Otherwise, there’s no way we could have taken the city in such a short time!” Han Xin reminded him from the side.

In fact, Han Xin was putting a positive spin on the story.

However, the reality is that if they were really in a hurry to use casualties, their own people would mutini before they even broke through the enemy city.

Bai Qi did indeed suffer more than 100,000 casualties before finally capturing Jiangxia City.

However, those injuries and deaths occurred over a period of more than a year.

During this period, Bai Qi also took a break due to the excessive number of casualties.

Therefore, given the current situation, even if we fight to the death regardless of casualties, it will be difficult to win in a short period of time.

In the eyes of someone like Han Xin, the key was to focus on the enemy's supply problems and wear them down!

Given the current situation, there is absolutely no need to continue the siege.

If we continue to launch a strong attack, not only will they continue to suffer casualties, but Li Tang will also suffer casualties, which will indirectly reduce the pressure on the enemy's food supplies. However, it will still be difficult to take the city before the enemy runs out of food.

"If we select some key military personnel and infiltrate them into the 10,000 Tang soldiers!"

"Is there a chance to burn their supplies?" When Li Mu asked this question, he was just asking casually and had no real preparation.

Can it succeed? Doesn't he have a sense of whether it will succeed?

"There are only a few hundred people around, why not give it a try?"

Although Han Xin also did not believe that they could succeed, just as he said, it was only a few hundred men, and their Great Jin could afford to lose them!

Even if we can only burn some of the enemy's supplies, that would be good.

Even if it doesn't succeed, it won't cause any serious damage!

"Okay, let's see what to do then?" Li Mu nodded.

As for whether Li Shimin would accept letting them pass with 10,000 Tang soldiers.

There's no need to overthink it!
It's simply a matter of accepting or not accepting!
If we accept it, it will play right into their hands!

If we don't accept it, it will damage our own morale!

In any case, it's all in their favor.

Both Li Mu and Han Xin were generals who valued efficiency. As soon as he had an idea, Han Xin immediately gave the order to the rear.

Furthermore, Xue Kui and Pei Yuanqing were instructed to personally escort these people back, with Han Shizhong's naval commander providing assistance.

Just over 20 days later, a large number of warships returned to the Yalu River and forcibly drove the prisoners back down.

After that, the Jin army completely abandoned the matter.

These Li Tang soldiers were positioned with the domestic city in front of them and the Yalu River behind them.

If they couldn't get into the city, they would either jump into the river or starve to death at the foot of the city walls, watching all the Tang soldiers on the walls die.

In any case, if Li Shimin was unwilling to accept them, Han Xin and Li Mu would certainly not be willing to bring them back.

Just as Han Xin had predicted, in the end, Li Shimin used a hanging basket to hoist these people up one by one.

After all, if they were to sit idly by and watch these Tang soldiers starve to death outside the city, the morale of the higher-ups would completely collapse.

Furthermore, among these prisoners were not only soldiers, but also generals, including Li Xiaoye, who was born into the imperial family, and Ashina Misha, who was born into the Ashina family.

Ashina Duer and Que Teqin of the Ashina family were both important generals in the army, and many members of the Ashina family died in this battle.

If we simply watch them starve to death outside the city walls, it will be detrimental to the unity of the people within the city.

However, it is even more undesirable to focus on only a few people while ignoring the majority, as this will leave behind even greater problems.

Therefore, even though Li Shimin knew that the Jin army wanted to deplete his supplies and that it was a cup of poisoned wine, he had no choice but to drink it.

At least, that's 10,000 combat power.

After being brought back and reorganized, the 10,000 elite Tang soldiers will be able to regain their fighting strength in a short time.

But soon, Li Shimin's last glimmer of hope was shattered.

His 10,000 elite troops were completely useless. From that day on, Li Mu and Han Xin both stopped attacking the city.

Naval warships stretched across the Yalu River, constantly monitoring the troops in the city, and numerous observation towers and beacon towers were set up along the riverbank.

Furthermore, they deliberately set up more bunkers and trenches, aiming to completely trap the Li Tang dynasty within these two cities, waiting for the enemy's supplies to run out before finally launching a counterattack.

As expected, Li Mu's five hundred men were of little use.

After bringing those 10,000 people into the city, Li Shimin immediately conducted a search, and they were basically all identified.