Chapter 16 The Art of War
Chapter 16 "Transfer" military strategy
This northern expedition, a total of 400,000 troops were dispatched, but this had to be dispatched from all over the country. Wu Zetian specially transferred 30,000 from the army stationed in Luoyang and brought it to the north by Wang Xiaojie.
The army stationed in the capital must be the elite among the elite. Once these 30,000 troops were launched, the momentum was too amazing, just like a hundred thousand troops galloping, with the sound of hooves shaking the earth.
Moreover, the soldiers held their heads high, raised their chests, and were extremely excited, their eyes were hot, as if they were not rushing to a dangerous battlefield, but going to eat meat and drink wine.
"The Tang army was able to dominate the world, sweep across the country, destroy dozens of countries, and suppress the Arab Empire for decades. It was not a blessing, but inevitable!" Although Li Longji had seen this precious quality of looking at death from Chen Xuanli, Zhang Xiaofei and others, he still felt deeply moved when he saw it again.
He was so arrogant that he treated going to the battlefield as eating meat and drinking. If the Tang army wanted to not win a battle, to sweep across the country, and to not suppress the Arab Empire, he would not be able to fight.
"Yu Yu!" Zhaoye Lion King was probably infected by this intense momentum on the battlefield, causing his neck to be full of hiss.
"Yu Yu!" The Tang army's horses were greatly infected, and they all caused a long neighing. For a moment, thousands of horses were roaring together, and a golden sword and iron horse were singing.
"Zhaoye Lion King, you are really good at doing things." Li Longji stroked Zhaoye Lion King's head with his right hand and said with a smile.
"Hmph!" Zhaoye Lion King kept sniffing, rubbing against Li Longji, looking happy.
"Let's go!" Li Longji patted the horse's head and flew onto the horse.
"Get it!" The Arabian horse is very smart, and the King of Zhaoye Lion is even smarter. It doesn't need Li Longji to say that it knows what to do. It spreads its four hooves and runs, galloping like an arrow leaving the string, flying.
Moreover, the King of Zhaoye was running, extremely stable and without any bumps.
"This idiot did a good thing and took over a good horse." Li Longji glanced at Wu Sansi and said in his heart.
"What a horse."
"This horse is so good! There is no one in a thousand!"
"Do you know? This horse was originally owned by His Majesty and was stolen by the King of Chu."
The incident of Li Longji taking over the horse has spread, and the soldiers have heard of it. Looking at Zhaoye Lion King, everyone looked admiring and wishing they could change it with Li Longji.
A horse is the favorite of the soldiers, and is even more cute than his wife. There is no one in a thousand horse like Zhaoye Lion King, who doesn’t want to have it?
"Hmph!" Wu Sansi listened to the soldiers and watched Li Longji gallop, his eyes almost fell out.
This was the bribe he accepted, but in the end it was a bargaining Li Longji. Can he feel good?
"What a good horse!" Wang Xiaojie looked at Zhaoye Lion King, his eyes were full of heat, and he rode his horse to catch up.
"King of Chu, please ride the King of Zhaoye Lion for me, okay?" Wang Xiaojie lowered his figure and discussed with Li Longji.
"No!" Li Longji refused flatly, staring at Wang Xiaojie like a thief.
If Wang Xiaojie gets the treasure horse like Zhaoye Lion King, will he come again?
"King of Chu, I will ride and I will give you back later. What's your look? It's like guarding against a thief. Is this a thief?" Wang Xiaojie was very angry.
"I look like it!" Li Longji said with a heavy emphasis: "The Grandmaster may regard gold and silver as dirt, but you may be a thief like this BMW, so I have to be aware of it."
"You..." Wang Xiaojie's nose almost turned crooked, pointing at Li Longji and laughing and crying.
"Master, do you dare to say that you are not moved? Do you dare to say that you don't want to take it for yourself?" Li Longji asked back.
"..." Wang Xiaojie opened his mouth a few times, trying to defend himself, but in the end he said nothing.
A treasure horse like Zhaoye Lion King was also moved by Wang Xiaojie's tenacity. If it really came to his hands, it is hard to say whether he would return it.
"Forget it, I won't talk about this." After a while, Wang Xiaojie's eyes reluctantly took back from King Zhaoye's Lion and said, "King of Chu, I will tell you about the art of war during the marching."
He is going to teach Li Longji's military tactics.
In the Tang Dynasty, famous generals attached great importance to inheritance. Any famous general wanted to find a successor who could inherit his or her legacy.
Of course, the most famous one is Li Jing.
Emperor Taizong of Tang once asked Li Jing to teach military tactics to the generals. Among them, Hou Junji wanted to learn Li Jing's military tactics the most. He told Emperor Taizong of Tang that Li Jing would not pass on his core military tactics. Emperor Taizong of Tang summoned Li Jing to ask questions, and Li Jing replied, "What I passed on is enough for them, and Hou Junji still needs to learn it. Do he want to rebel?"
Later, Hou Junji rebelled indeed.
Of course, Li Jing's military strategy was a successor, that is, the famous Su Dingfang. Su Dingfang was Li Jing's proud and possessed the essence of Li Jing's military strategy. When Li Jing attacked Yinshan at night, he led 300 heroes to take the lead. When he was seven miles away from Jie Li Khan's tent, the fog suddenly dissipated. Without any hesitation, he led 300 heroes into the Turkic camp, laying a solid foundation for Li Jing to drop Jie Li Khan's lair.
Su Dingfang's greatest contribution was to destroy the Western Turks in the Battle of Yihe. Moreover, he had only more than 10,000 troops at that time, and there were more than 100,000 troops in the Western Turks, but it was a miracle to destroy the Western Turks in one battle.
Later, Su Dingfang passed on Li Jing's military tactics to Pei Xingjian. Pei Xingjian became a famous general in the Tang Dynasty. He fought south and north, and the most famous one was the "Battle of Black Mountain". In one battle, the Turks caused blood to flow into a river, corpses accumulated like mountains, and hundreds of thousands of casualties were killed and injured.
Wang Xiaojie is a famous general of the world and has a deep attainment in military arts. If he can find an ideal successor and let him inherit his military arts and be as brilliant as Li Jing's military arts, that would be the supreme beauty.
Li Longji is smart and capable, and is a good seedling. Wang Xiaojie wants to teach Li Longji's military skills while the marching is in the gap.
"When it comes to military tactics, I am familiar with military tactics. Moreover, there are more developments in military tactics in later generations, and I don't need them very much. However, listening to Wang Xiaojie's teaching of military tactics is also a beautiful thing in life." Li Longji said in his heart.
"Thank you, General." Li Longji thanked Wang Xiaojie.
"What? The commander wants to talk about military tactics? I'll listen."
"The general's military strategy is rare to hear. Don't miss it. I'm going to go too."
Before Wang Xiaojie could start speaking, the news of his military strategy spread like a flying one. When the generals got the news, they all looked hot and handed over the army to the deputy general and rushed to the scene.
"You..." Wang Xiaojie was a little surprised to look at the generals running towards him one after another.
"Master, let's listen."
"Yes, Grand Marshal, we will benefit from the King of Chu and learn your military strategy. You will be kind and let us learn."
The generals all smiled kindly, as if they were seeing their ancestors, almost trying to please them.
As a famous general of the world, Wang Xiaojie has been in war for a lifetime and has a rich experience in battle formations. If he could listen to him explain the military tactics, it would be a great honor, and all the generals would not be able to please him.
"Master, let them listen." Li Longji knew the feelings of the generals and spoke for them.
"Okay." Wang Xiaojie nodded in agreement.
"Thank you, General! Thank you, King Chu!" The generals were overjoyed and thanked each other in unison.
"King of Chu, you are from the royal family and are the grandson of Your Majesty. Have you read this military book, Zhan Sect?" Wang Xiaojie asked Li Longji with a stern face.
As the emperor, if he does not learn military tactics and does not read military books, he will be shameless.
"I have read some military books." Li Longji nodded.
"You have read the military book and war strategy, so I won't say much about this matter." Wang Xiaojie changed his tone and said, "I will tell you the real way of fighting formations. This is my lifelong experience of fighting."
"Okay!" A cheer sounded, from the mouths of the generals, and everyone was overjoyed.
Wang Xiaojie had such a rich experience in the battle formation throughout his life. How lucky he was to hear him talk about the battle formation experience.
"King of Chu, let me test you first. What is the trick of using troops?" Wang Xiaojie's eyes widened and he looked at Li Longji with a look of expectation.
Chapter completed!