Chapter 743 Psychological Warfare
The establishment of the Royal Military Academy of the Tang Dynasty naturally received support from many people.
However, many people have no idea about the combat effectiveness of this army built with a lot of money.
Even Li Shimin was a little unsure.
"Your Majesty, our Flying Tigers are different from other soldiers. If we charge on the battlefield, we are not necessarily much stronger than others. Even many of the generals and horses around Your Majesty are stronger than us. However, as a team of personnel
Being capable, well-equipped, fast-moving, well-trained, and highly effective special operations forces, our Flying Tigers have advantages that no other team has."
Cheng Chuliang had the aura of a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, and was not afraid of the eyes staring at him at all.
These generals are generally old acquaintances of the Cheng family. They have known Cheng Chuliang since they were young.
"What advantage does the Flying Tigers have? Could it be that you can really fly to Liaodong City? Oh, I forgot, you have hot air balloons, you can really fly there. But, even if you fly to Liaodong City, so what
?You are only five hundred people. No matter how brave you are, can you beat someone's army of tens of thousands? Even if they stand in front of you and let you chop off your heads, they will be able to chop off your hands."
Niu Jinda saw that among the team he was leading, Cheng Chuliang broke into Li Shimin's tent without consulting him, and he was naturally very unhappy.
Although he had watched Cheng Chuliang grow up, when it was time to criticize, he was not polite at all.
"The training of the Flying Tigers has never been about fighting the enemy head-on; soldiers are also deceitful. We can completely use the superb skills of the Flying Tigers members to penetrate deep into Liaoyang City and bring all kinds of damage to the defenders.
They forced them to come out for a decisive battle, and even took the opportunity to open the city gate and welcome the army into the city."
Cheng Chuliang was not afraid of Niu Jinda, and continued to express the Flying Tigers' intention to take action.
"Sandao, please tell me how the Flying Tigers are going to deal with the defenders of Liaodong City?"
Li Shimin was too lazy to pay attention to Cheng Chuliang, who inherited Cheng Yaojin's fine tradition, and turned his attention to Qin Shandao next to Cheng Chuliang.
"Your Majesty, Liaodong City is an insurmountable obstacle for large troops, but for the Flying Tigers, it is not difficult to sneak up the city wall in the dark. Although the Goguryeo people are patrolling very densely now,
But it is impossible to station personnel on all the city walls at night. As long as the members of the Flying Tigers sneak into Liaodong City, we have countless ways to cause damage in the city."
Qin Shandaohui and Cheng Chuliang "brashly" came to Li Shimin's military tent. Naturally, he had discussed the Flying Tigers' combat ideas with Cheng Chuliang in advance.
As a special force, the Flying Tigers are not used for frontal battlefield combat.
Now the Goguryeo people are hiding in the city. Unless they sneak in, there is no way to unleash the power of the Flying Tigers.
"Although the Flying Tigers don't have many people, they still have hundreds of people. How did you sneak in? What kind of destruction are you going to do after you sneak in? If it is a simple murder and arson, wouldn't it be more effective to arrange a hot air balloon camp directly there?
Effect?"
Although hot air ballooning has not yet become popular in the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin has seen its effect, so the hot air balloon camp is naturally no longer a few hundred people led by Zhu Fuyu.
This time, more than a hundred hot air balloons accompanied Li Shimin on the expedition.
It was just to reduce logistical pressure, and Li Shimin already regarded Liaodong City as the city of the Tang Dynasty, so he didn't want to cause major damage.
Of course, if the war did not go well, Li Shimin would not hesitate so much.
"We can continue the night, put on night clothes, smear camouflage oil on our faces, and then work as a small team and use special wall-climbing cables and crossbow hooks to climb up the city wall."
"What if we are discovered by Goguryeo patrol soldiers?"
"Of course I'll kill him! In the second half of the night, although there will be many people patrolling the city wall, they will be small teams and small teams, and the number will not be large. If it is really unfortunate that we did not avoid it, we will have me before they issue a warning.
Just kill them."
Qin Shandao has naturally considered the situation Li Shimin mentioned.
In fact, the Flying Tigers had already considered this situation during training.
Each team has snipers with excellent archery skills, who are specially used to take out some open and hidden sentries.
The blood-sealing crossbow bolts combined with the sniper's precise shooting can basically ensure that when you encounter a few people temporarily, you can solve the problem before the other party can react.
"Your Majesty, let me add. Although the Flying Tigers wear night clothes outside the city, after entering the city, we will immediately arrange for some of them to change into the costumes of Goguryeo soldiers, and we will cooperate with each other overtly and covertly to strive to achieve the goal in the shortest time.
Find the hiding place within the time required." Cheng Chuliang added on the side.
"It's too risky! With hundreds of people going in, it's hard to escape without any movement. If the Goguryeo people discover it, you won't be able to escape unscathed."
Li Shimin didn't want the sons of his two capable generals to be lost in Liaodong City.
"Your Majesty, I finally have an idea. Liaodong City is generally made of wooden houses, which cannot withstand the attack of kerosene bombs from the hot-air balloon camp. However, if the hot-air balloon battalion specifically drops kerosene bombs into the Goguryeo military camp, and then places kerosene bombs on the city walls where the people are densely packed,
If you drop kerosene bombs and continue for a few days, they will find that the city wall is actually protecting it and it is not safe at all. We can even distribute some leaflets, saying that if they do not surrender within three days, we will drop kerosene bombs indiscriminately.
, burned them all to death in the city.
At this time, we will arrange for several small groups of Flying Tigers to enter Liaodong City and quietly kill some Goguryeo officials and soldiers in the city. In this way, the atmosphere in Liaodong City will definitely change drastically, and there will even be people in the military camp.
Camp roar may occur."
At this time, Niu Jinda also put forward his own opinions.
At first, he did not think of using the power of the Flying Tigers alone, but after hearing Cheng Chuliang and Qin Shandao's plan, he immediately improved it.
Not to mention, as soon as he announced this plan, many people in the military tents brightened up and thought they could give it a try.
"Does this little fuss really work?"
Li Shimin was obviously a little moved, but he was not very confident about the results.
Niu Jinda: "Your Majesty, even if they fail, the loss will be very small. Why not let them give it a try? Liaodong City is a strong city. If we want to attack it by force, the loss will definitely be huge. If we can outwit it, then for us
It will also be very helpful in future wars."
"Your Majesty, this is no small matter. In the words of His Royal Highness the King of Chu, General Niu's plan is actually a psychological warfare plan. It's just that no one has used this kind of combat plan. However,
Since His Royal Highness the King of Chu only uses psychological warfare as a combat plan, he must have his own unique intention. This time, we can just try to test the effectiveness of psychological warfare."
Cheng Chuliang's words strengthened Li Shimin's confidence.
Of course, this also has a significant relationship with Li Kuan's past successful history.
As long as Li Kuan said something, even if he thought it was strange, Li Shimin would not directly deny it.
Chapter completed!