Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 101
Wang Wenzuo stood at the door of the tent, watching the generals file out, he could feel the weird gazes, he knew what everyone was thinking, but he didn't care - any military plan can only have one main goal, and Not two, all military operations must be carried out around this goal, "needing both" is ridiculous in war.

Datang’s strategic goal in the northeast direction was to destroy Goguryeo. It was for this reason that the alliance with Silla was for this reason. Su Dingfang led an army of [-] troops across the sea to expedition to Baekje for this reason, and it was also for this reason that he withdrew his troops immediately after the destruction of Baekje.

In this plan, the task of the Sibi garrison is not to pacify Baekje, but to maintain the military presence of the Tang Dynasty in Baekje, break the siege of Baekje, Goguryeo, and Wa on Silla, and ensure that it can spare no effort to support the Tang army's attack on Goguryeo. Expedition (that is, to transport grain to the Tang army besieging Pyongyang).

This is also why after the Baekje chaos, Liu Rengui, who came across the sea as the inspector and governor of Fangzhou, did not have many troops at hand. He had to rely on Silla to send troops to help him win the victory at the mouth of the Woongjin River and arrive at Sibi City. ——Whether it is Tang Gaozong in Chang'an or Su Dingfang and other frontline commanders, they all believe that limited forces should be concentrated on the decisive battlefields of Pyongyang and Liaodong, and the Baekje Tang army only needs to complete the task of containment.

If the Baekje Tang army fought with the Baekje people under Rencuncheng at this time, it is needless to say that they lost; even if they won, they would not have enough follow-up troops to attack the many mountain cities controlled by the rebels and expand the results. Weaken the existing power and give the Silla people a chance to take advantage of it.Therefore, in Wang Wenzuo's view, this kind of meaningless battle is not necessary at all.

"Sauro!"

"Guardian!" Wang Wenzuo stopped and turned around, only himself and Liu Renyuan were left in the tent.The shadow covered the old man's face, making it impossible to see whether he was happy or angry.

"There is wine in the cupboard, pour me a glass, and pour yourself a glass too!" The old man returned to his chair and waved his hand wearily.

"Yes!" Wang Wenzuo did as he ordered, and he handed the wine glass to Liu Renyuan. The old man took a sip and said with a smile, "You always surprise me, as if there are no secrets in this world in your eyes! Do you know? I I have seen two people like you in this life, one is Duke Wei, and the other is Emperor Xian!"

"The guards are ridiculously praised, how can the subordinates be worthy of it!"

Maybe it was because of drinking, Wang Wenzuo suddenly felt a fever on his cheeks. The "Wei Gong" Liu Renyuan said was none other than Li Jing, the Duke of Wei who destroyed the Eastern Turks in the north and broke through Tuyuhun in the west. It is generally accepted that among the founding generals, the only one who can compare the art of war with Emperor Taizong is Wei Gong. Although Wang Wenzuo considers himself extraordinary, how dare he compare with these two.

"You are naturally far inferior to these two when it comes to the use of troops!" Liu Renyuan smiled: "But you can learn to deploy troops, dispatch and command, but you are born with this vision, and you can't learn it. Back then The Duke of Wei defeated Xiao Xian, assisted Gong Er, destroyed the Eastern Turks, and defeated Tuyuhun; the first emperor defeated Dou Jiande in Hulao, all of which were unexpected, seeing things that ordinary people have never seen before, and the people who won afterward were amazed. What you just said It was the chief executive who told me before he left, and I didn’t even tell Governor Liu!”

Wang Wenzuo moved his belt, not knowing what to say.Compared with thousands of years ago, the formation, weapons, tactical formation and other external forms of the modern army have undergone earth-shaking changes. Modern military knowledge cannot be copied to ancient times, but the core of war has not changed. It is all political struggle. Continuation is an action to force the opponent to obey one's will by violent means. The strategic principles of concentration of forces, suddenness of attack, and indirect route are effective in ancient and modern China and abroad.

However, unlike the ancient times when knowledge was monopolized, these strategic knowledge are completely open in modern society. Not only that, a large number of war histories, international relations history, and memoirs on the Internet have used a lot of space to tell how the great ancient commanders Analyze, judge, and finally make various decisions from intelligence.It is certainly not enough to rely on these alone to make Wang Wenzuo face the enemy decisively, but it is not difficult to make a rough prediction based on known information.

Liu Renyuan took Wang Wenzuo's silence as a worry about the mission after the end, and he nodded appreciatively: "Saburo, you don't need to worry, the Baekje people's forward is at least a day and a half away from us, and the team behind is even farther away. How about I give you another five hundred cavalry?"

"Thank you, Duhu, this subordinate will definitely not let the Baekje thieves go one step further!"

Thick smoke rose, like fingers stretching into the sky, and the scorching flames licked the pyre of the cremated corpse to satisfy his insatiable appetite.

"The people of Tang are about to withdraw their troops!" Heizhi Changzhi looked at the fire below the mountain and said in a low voice.

Sha Zha Xiangru nodded silently, anyone who is not blind can see it.Not only were the Tang people burning the corpses, but they also set fire to all the war sheds on the mountain road to protect against falling rocks, and even dug up the narrowest sections of the mountain road. Obviously, they were guarding against the Baekje people chasing after them on the mountain. Everything is in order, as if preparing dinner for the day.

"At least we made it through!" Sha Zha Xiangru let out a long breath. He looked back at the hall behind him. There were three or four hundred corpses waiting to be buried inside. Baekje people didn't have enough. There is not enough firewood to burn the corpses, and there are not enough people to dig the graves. If the siege continues for a few more days, there may be a danger of plague breaking out in the city.

"It should be the prime minister leading the troops back!" Hei Chi Changzhi seemed to be talking to himself: "Otherwise, the Tang people would not have withdrawn their troops!"

"This has nothing to do with us!" Sha Zha Xiangru pointed to the hall behind him: "We have done our best to make these thousands of recruits fight to this point. If it were someone else, Ren Cuncheng would have changed hands long ago!"

"Yeah!" Hei Chi Changzhi sighed, and only then did he feel that he was exhausted. He walked to the corner, sat down against the battlements, and leaned against the stones behind him: "Don't disturb me, let me take care of myself." Get some sleep!"

When Hei Chi Chang Zhi woke up again, it was already noon of the next day.The Baekje striker who returned to the aid had arrived at Rencun Mountain City. He learned from Tanqi that the Baekje people had gained a lot from this attack. Although they did not attack Xiachuan City, they surrounded it for more than 20 days During these more than [-] days, the rangers of the Baekje people looted wantonly on both sides of the rich Han River, and harvested a large amount of grain, cloth, iron, people and livestock, which can be described as a full reward.

(End of this chapter)