Chapter 436 The war begins (eight)
The hundreds of thousands of troops of the Tang Dynasty soon followed different generals to fight, and Chen Fei also followed Li Jing, the commander of the army, to command the central army. Li Jing began to prepare specific combat plans, and then he had to formulate various matters.
"General Li, according to the report of our intelligence personnel in Dingxiang City, there are less than a few thousand Turkic soldiers in Dingxiang City now, and we can completely seize Dingxiang quickly. Finally, we eliminate the last nail of the Turks in our Tang Dynasty, and then go north to the hinterland of the grassland." Chen Dade said.
Chen Dade began to introduce the situation to Li Jing, and this was also the person who was responsible for Li Jing's staff. Now Chen Dade is responsible for commanding various staff members, so he went to the expedition with Li Jing. Chen Dade used to do intelligence and was responsible for the bad people, so it would be good to be led by him, the old boss. What Li Jing needs the most is intelligence support, which Chen Dade is very good at. Chen Dade is also responsible for letting his staff perform the deduction of the battle situation, which can give Li Jing an important reference. In particular, Chen Fei proposed the Chen Fei version of the Lanchester equation, which made the entire occupation analysis reach a very unimaginable level, so it is easy to obtain the analysis of the battle situation, which is also the reason why Li Jing is much more relaxed.
As for Dingxiang City, at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang of Sui was killed by Yu Wenhua and the grandson of Emperor Yang of Sui, they were forced to be displaced and finally went to the Turks to surrender to Princess Yicheng. Princess Yicheng married the Turkic Khan at the order of Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian. Now that the descendants of Emperor Yang of Sui are in trouble, they will naturally surrender to Princess Yicheng. Princess Yicheng has always hoped to revive the Sui Dynasty, so they all took them in.
In order to resettle these old and young men from the Sui Dynasty, Princess Yicheng asked Liu Wuzhou at that time to request Dingxiang City as a place for the old and young men from the Sui Dynasty. After Liu Wuzhou was destroyed by the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty did not forcefully take back Dingxiang City in order to avoid excessive irritation of the Turks. This Dingxiang City was also a place where the Turks lived for a long time. Even many high-ranking officials and nobles of the Turks came here to live. Especially in winter, the grasslands were very cold in winter, and many Turkic nobles came to live in this place to the south, so that they could not be so cold.
Dingxiang City has also become an important springboard for the Turkic invasion, and then it can attack the Central Plains at any time. Therefore, if the Tang Dynasty wants to eliminate the Turkic, this is a nail that must be pulled out, otherwise this nail will be destined to be very troublesome here. Everyone has also begun to discuss how to pull it out.
"General Li. Since there are only a few thousand people here, our 100,000 army can take the initiative to attack. As long as we can attack, they will definitely not be our opponents at all. At that time, the Turks may retreat without fighting." Chen Dade said.
Chen Dade's method is very simple and very violent. In short, it's just a word. Use his own military strength to attack them hard. Anyway, the Turks occupied the city, and they were not very proficient in defending the city. Perhaps the nomadic peoples had much more powerful cavalry, but they were very not good at sieging cities and defending the city. With the Tang Dynasty's military strength and the advantage of being good at siege, it would naturally be very easy to conquer a small county. I'm afraid that when the Turks heard that the Tang Dynasty came, they would take the initiative to retreat. The Turks would not be fools. Do they still need to fight even if they knew that they could not defeat the enemy?
Chen Fei also said: "General Li. Since the Turks are not strong in Dingxiang City, we will send troops to kill them as soon as possible. In this way, we can enter the grassland as soon as possible. Moreover, if we can conquer Dingxiang, it means that the so-called Sui Dynasty has completely lost its legal system in our Central Plains, which will definitely be of great benefit to the Tang Dynasty."
Chen Fei said this to the point, and Li Jing stroked his beard, obviously he could hear what this meant. As long as Dingxiang can be recovered, the so-called Sui Dynasty will be destroyed. The Turks supported the Sui Dynasty to establish an exiled court in Dingxiang City, and they were at least established on the land of China. The Chinese have always been concerned about orthodoxy, and this orthodoxy still focuses on territory. If the last piece of land is lost in the land of China, it is equivalent to losing the foundation of legal rule. Once exiled to a foreign country, it is equivalent to surrendering to a foreign country. In Chinese civilization, China has entered the barbarians, which means that it is no longer qualified to rule the land of China.
As long as Dingxiang is recovered, the so-called little emperor of the Sui Dynasty will not be qualified to continue to have the legal system. This will also be helpful for the establishment of the status of the Tang Dynasty, and it will be considered as a final conclusion for a dynasty and a great help to the new court. The old and young people of the Sui Dynasty will give up completely, so that everyone will be completely loyal to the Tang Dynasty. For example, even in many countries, once the central government goes exile overseas, the people's hearts will really be dispersed. Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, the central court will never be able to go exile overseas. The political significance here is far greater than the practical significance, but the political significance is very important and can often affect the hearts of the people. As long as the Sui Dynasty does not completely perish for a day, there will always be some thoughts. However, once the Sui Dynasty is driven out of the territory of the Turks, it will be equivalent to completely collapse and completely disappearing.
By then, Li Shimin will definitely be very happy. So this Dingxiang City must be conquered, even if it is difficult, it must be conquered. Otherwise, there will still be some fantasies about the Sui Dynasty. As long as Dingxiang is conquered, it will be possible to make the so-called final conclusion on the Sui Dynasty, and no one can object.
"Okay, then we will accelerate our progress, and then conquer Dingxiang as soon as possible and break into the grassland! This time we must wash away the past shame, and then destroy the Turks for the sake of our Tang Dynasty and always solve the border problems in the northern part of our Tang Dynasty." Li Jing said.
With Li Jing's order, Li Jing personally led more than 100,000 troops to march quickly to Dingxiang City. The Turks soon learned the news that the Tang army was coming, and they were ready to retreat one after another. However, some people were definitely not willing to retreat on their own initiative. After all, this was the last hope of the Sui Dynasty. Chen Fei could see this, and naturally others could see this. (To be continued. (.))
Chapter completed!