Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

"Actually, what General Hou Junji said is not unreasonable." Li Shiji thought for a while and said.

Li Shiji continued after everyone turned his attention, "If you were to command the [-] troops, think about it, even though there are [-] cavalry from the Tang Dynasty in this area, even though the front line of Liaodong still exists by default. Are they afraid of being ambushed?"

Everyone froze for a moment, then Xue Wanjun hesitated and asked: "General Li, what do you mean, because the opponent's army is large enough, they are not afraid of any ambush at all, and the opponent will quickly advance through almost all terrains?"

"That's the reason. You should have seen Yuan Gai Suwen's order. Let them support the front line as quickly as possible. At this time, if there is a cavalry troop harassing their front line, what do you think they will think? Or change What do you guys think?" Li Shiji looked at them and asked.

"I feel that the siege of the Tang Dynasty has reached a critical moment, so we must try our best to prevent us from going to the front line of Liaodong." Hou Junji thought for a while and said.

"Yes, that's the reason. Under such circumstances, it is necessary to send out the scouts, but according to Yuan Gai Suwen's order, if there are cavalry harassment, after driving the opponent away, they should hurry on their way."

"That is to say, if we divide some of the cavalry into enough groups and specifically intercept and kill their scouts on both sides, this will make their army think that we are actually harassing them, so that they will hurry on their way, no Forget it."

"Because in their view, or in the view of many generals, there is no possibility of an army of 10,000 being ambushed. Because this is not a few thousand or [-]. This number of troops may be as long as it stretches forward and backward. Twenty or thirty miles away, if you want to ambush, wouldn't it take [-]+ troops to ambush?"

"Generally speaking, 10,000+ troops can't hide their whereabouts at all, and it's almost the same in fact. But those all have a premise, that is, both sides are in the field battle area, and both sides have the opportunity to send scouts to enter."

"But in fact, when our cavalry was galloping in this area, the Goguryeo scouts never had a chance to come in. During the past 20 days, they knew nothing about this area."

"Under such circumstances, there is naturally a possibility for us to completely encircle and eat this army." Li Shiji said seriously.

"But it is not easy to stop these 6 people. How do we do it? In addition to the [-] cavalry active here, we can draw up to [-] heavy cavalry and [-] light cavalry. If we want to surround the enemy, the [-] cavalry Five thousand cavalry have to block their retreat path." Hou Junji frowned.

"Why do we let the cavalry block the road?" Li Shiji smiled.

Everyone froze for a moment, isn't the high mobility of cavalry just to block roads?You infantry want to bypass other people's large troops blocking the road?The infantry can't go around, and the speed can't keep up.

"There's no need to go around, let's wait. The forests near here are densely covered with vegetation. I've already asked Qibi Heli and the others. If you really want to hide in these forests, don't say 20, even if it's a million troops hiding in there. not come out."

"The only question is time."

"But what the Goguryeo people didn't expect was that we could get the information so quickly, which gave us enough time to choose the ambush site first, and then the infantry would hide on the mountains on both sides a few days in advance."

"When the enemy takes the initiative to sneak into our pockets, at this time, the cavalry has been harassing them in front of them, they will think that Datang only has these troops in this area, and they can even dispatch the entire cavalry army for the enemy to see when necessary."

"In this way, the enemy will relax to the extreme on both sides."

"Once the enemy enters our encirclement, they will directly block the road. They will completely surround 6 soldiers. Under the coverage of our arrow firepower, it will only take a matter of minutes to eat these [-] soldiers."

"So, my opinion is to go against the routine and let the cavalry block the road directly, because in most people's impressions, the cavalry is used to go around the back, or to attack from the side, if there is an encirclement."

"Because the infantry is better at waiting for work at leisure, the cavalry only needs to hold back, and the infantry can pursue from the rear."

"Now we're doing the opposite. The cavalry is blocking the road and harassing them. They won't even think that there will be infantry ambushing in the future." Li Shiji pointed to the map and said.

"So General Li has a suitable location for the ambush circle?" Hou Junji and others all came over one after another and asked curiously.

"This place." Li Shiji directly clicked a place on the map.

Everyone looked over one after another, and saw a name on the map, Tongyangbao pu (Tongyuanbao).

"This is a small town, which can be regarded as a city. The city area is not large, and the city walls are also very narrow. It is only about one meter wide and three meters high. The population is less than one thousand."

"This small town Qibi Heli and the others have never harassed them. Although they have appeared near this small town, they have not harassed them either. Moreover, the surrounding terrain of this small town is relatively open, with a total of four mountain passes leading to other places. area, such terrain is not the best terrain for establishing an encirclement circle."

"More importantly, when people see a city, they will never expect that someone will ambush around the city. Even if the city is small, they will subconsciously think that it is safe here."

"What's more, before arriving at the Bronze Ram Fort, there are actually several terrains that are more suitable for ambushes, but we didn't choose that place. They will subconsciously think that there are actually only [-] cavalry here, and there is no such thing as an ambush. .”

"Secondly, there are high mountains and dense forests around the Copper Sheep Castle, and the valleys are criss-crossing. There are few people. Our army hides here casually. They are just heavy siege equipment, and heavy bed crossbows are not easy to carry. But these can be arranged in front of the opponent, anyway. There are cavalry blocking the way ahead, and it is impossible for them to notice anything unusual."

"In addition, I think that this city-breaking mine may not only be used for siege. If we find someone in advance and secretly bury it in the open space, I remember that these fuses can burn even if they are buried in the soil. As long as the wire stays It will be longer, and I can give them a surprise then." Li Shiji said.

Everyone looked carefully at the terrain Li Shiji was referring to, and after thinking about it, it was indeed so.There is a city here, even if it is a small city, no one would choose to ambush in this place.

But with the size of this small city, [-] troops can be squeezed in at most, not to mention they still have so many supplies, so most of the troops are still outside the city.

If we planted some broken city mines outside the city...the [-] Goguryeo elites were captured, which means that the countdown to Goguryeo's demise has also entered.