Chapter 1273 Fire Bottle

wacheng

The follow-up troops of the Tang Dynasty have already arrived, and the surrounding areas that should be occupied have been occupied. According to Chang Sunze's idea, they should continue to attack southward.

However, according to the information Li Xiang received, all the troops in the Piao Kingdom are gathering to go north. If we go south at this time, we may be separated from their main force. If we want to fight them again at that time, I am afraid it will not be so easy. Simple.

According to Li Xiang's strategy, we should defeat their main force in one fell swoop, and then make their entire country lose confidence. No matter officials or people, they will have the heart to continue resisting. At that time, our war will be half won.

Although we can occupy large areas of land now by going south, we do not have enough troops to effectively control these areas. Instead, our troops will be scattered. Once there is a problem on a certain front, it will not be a good thing for us.

Therefore, Li Xiang urgently stopped Changsun Ze's march south, and instead gathered his troops near Wacheng. No matter how many troops the Piao Kingdom gathered, we had to fight them head-on on the frontal battlefield, and on the one hand, annihilate their effective forces, On the other hand, and most importantly, it is to defeat the belief in their hearts.

"What are you worried about your Highness these days? Could it be that the Pyongyang army can still cause too many casualties to us?"

Changsunze said a little strangely that Li Xiang has been frowning in the past few days, either looking at the mountains in the distance or staring at the map and worrying. Changsunze really couldn't find the reason for Li Xiang's worry.

Cao Lian also shook his head. He didn't know what Li Xiang was worried about. At this moment, both of them looked at Zhang Jiuli. Zhang Jiuli was now almost the number one adviser around Li Xiang. He must know.

Zhang Jiuli pretended not to notice the gazes of the two people. As the number one adviser around Li Xiang, he certainly knew what he should do. Advising Li Xiang at critical moments was definitely not to satisfy the curiosity of you people.

"I would like to report to your highnesses, generals, that Chenla's army of approximately 31,000 people has crossed the border between the two countries and is marching towards us. It will advance forty-five miles every day and will arrive in about four days."

Just when they were stunned, the messenger came over to report that the Chenla army came to support the operation. This was what everyone had thought of for a long time, but only more than 30,000 people came. This seemed a bit too stingy. After all, the two countries signed Li Xiang also knew that the alliance would require the help of the entire country's army. Are these more than 30,000 people the entire country's army?

Li Xiang waved his hand to let people go down, and then looked at the report of the investigators. The army sent by Zhenla was not the strongest, but a local one. This shows that Zhenla did not really want to go head-to-head with the Tang Dynasty. , after all, the war is not on our own land, and there is no need for others to contribute.

"Do you want people from the state capital to attack?"

Changsun Ze leaned over and said, they also have a series of strategies for Zhenla. If all Zhenla’s troops enter the territory of Piao, then our troops near the border will go directly. At that time, Zhenla was like a paper tiger. Same.

The strength of the Tang Dynasty was still too strong. Whether it was two wars or three wars, the troops at the border of the Tang Dynasty could handle it.

"It's not suitable yet. They have not mobilized the troops on the northern border. Didn't we send people to investigate before? The troops in the north of Chenla are very powerful. We will wait until they mobilize a group. What's more, our progress is not slow now. As long as we can achieve a critical victory, then the situation of the Piao Kingdom's war will be decided."

Li Xiang shook his head. Sometimes you need to take risks, but sometimes if you have a complete strategy, there is no need to take risks.

"Then what are you worried about? Can't you see this situation now? They are not our opponents at all. We can fight however we want, and the bottom line is not greatly affected."

Chang Sunze added that he originally thought Li Xiang was worried about the logistics supply line. After all, there are too many mountain roads along the way from Wacheng to the border. If the Piao people sneak attack our logistics supply line, they will have too many opportunities, but after passing through this After two days of observation, not many people attacked our supply lines.

Of course, this is mainly thanks to the border troops of Piao State. When they retreated, they completely offended the people on the border. If they had not done so, the people on the border might have resisted, and our bottom line would have been in danger. .

Now that the common people of Piao State regard the border troops of Piao State as their enemies, how could they help them deal with the Tang army? The Tang army did not enter the village, nor did it do anything that would cause anger between humans and gods, so the current supply line is very safe.

"It's okay to tell you. What I'm worried about is their war elephant troops."

Yesterday afternoon, Li Xiang received news that the Pyu Kingdom had mobilized their war elephant troops from the south. The mounts of this army were all elephants. If they were mobilized to the battlefield, it would really be a huge battle. Strong enemy.

After Li Xiang finished speaking, the faces of the people present also changed drastically. They had all lived in the south for a long time. There were many elephants in Nanzhao, and they had also formed a war elephant unit.

However, both sides did not resist, so they did not know how powerful this force was. But even so, this does not mean that the generals of the Tang Dynasty were all fools. Thinking of the huge body of the elephant, they indeed shuddered. Our cavalry If we encounter such an army, we will definitely suffer heavy casualties.

Just when everyone was worried, a transport team came from the north, and Huo Qubing came escorting dozens of cars.

"Okay, there is nothing to worry about now. Originally, I thought that Huo Qubing and the others would not be able to come, and our cavalry would definitely suffer losses when facing the elephant troops. Now that we have these things, we don't have to be afraid."

Hearing what Li Xiang said, everyone was even more confused. With such a huge thing, you said you don't have to be afraid, so you don't have to be afraid?

Changsun Ze took three steps at a time and ran to the side of the transport team. If he hadn't been wearing a general's armor, soldiers would have fired arrows at him immediately.

There were many small porcelain bottles in this box, and they were all full. When Chang Sun Chong opened them, he smelled the smell of lamp oil.

Fire bottle...

This is what the Tang army called burning pings. They had used this kind of weapon in the army before, but this time the scale was a little larger. Do you want to use this against elephants? (End of chapter)