Although the Big Stone Fort is larger than the Small Stone Fort, it can only accommodate a maximum of two thousand garrison troops.
Li Yan originally wanted to enter Dashi Castle to station, but was stopped by Cui Tao.
Li Yan asked: "Cui Sima, what do you have to say?"
Cui Tao cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, I would like to ask you to level the small stone fort. Your Highness will camp outside Dangjin Mountain Pass and take charge of the rear army."
Li Yan frowned and asked: "Why is this? Why not occupy the small stone fort and go south from Dangjin Pass to fight the Tubo army?"
Cui Tao said: "Your Highness, now that our army has captured Dangjin Mountain Pass, the strategic initiative is already in our hands. It is time to wait for work."
"To rush south for a decisive battle is to give up the advantage."
Li Yan was a person who asked for advice humbly. He had only played a few real-time strategy games before traveling through time, and was a complete amateur when it came to marching and fighting.
Moreover, since Emperor Taizong, the ability of the Lao Li family to command operations on the spot has deteriorated drastically.
If the emperor had not commanded randomly, he would not have killed 200,000 elite soldiers in Tongguan.
Li Yan asked humbly: "Why is this?"
"Since ancient times, what matters in war is not the victory or defeat of one soldier or one city. Although our army is elite, the Tibetan army is still outnumbered."
Li Yan nodded. Cui Tao was right. Although the Tang army was more elite, the Tubo army had a total of 10,000 troops and more than 20,000 slaves and servants.
However, there are only 3,500 players and natives on his side. Although Li Yan has saved some luck points to resurrect players, the newly resurrected players are ordinary people with no attributes, and it is also difficult for Li Yan to summon these players.
It requires luck, and it is impossible to resurrect players infinitely like in the game.
Three thousand five versus ten thousand, Li Yan's troops are at a disadvantage.
Cui Tao said: "Your Highness, by occupying Dangjin Pass, we will have the strategic initiative. As long as Shang Qixin'er of Tubo still has ambitions for Longyou, he will definitely attack Dangjin Pass."
Cui Tao pointed to the rolling mountains on both sides and said: "To attack Shazhou, the Tubo army must go through Dangjin Mountain Pass. Although the trail is passable, it is inconvenient to transport heavy equipment."
"My instructor said that Shang Qixin'er was an expansionist who advocated using troops against the Tang Dynasty, and he would definitely continue to use troops against Longyou."
"And if our Tang army completely occupies Dangjin Mountain Pass, it means we have the initiative to fight against Tibet. If Tubo wants to concentrate its army to attack Longyou, it must assemble in the canyon south of Dangjin Mountain Pass."
"By fully occupying Dangjin Mountain Pass, we can go south to intimidate the canyon area. If the Tibetan army wants to attack again, it will have to go on an expedition. There will be no gathering place for reorganization and rest."
"So for Shang Qixin'er, this is the last chance to recapture Dangjin Mountain Pass! If it is defeated this time, Tibet will have to spend ten times or even dozens of times the force to recapture it."
Li Yan nodded, if that's the case, why did Cui Tao ask for the demolition of the small stone fort?
"Then why did Cui Sima just suggest that the king demolish the small stone castle?"
Cui Tao said: "If our army wants to defeat many with less, it must choose the location for the decisive battle. The narrow mountain stream in front of the Dashi Castle is the most suitable location for our army to fight."
"What if Shang Qi's heart doesn't attack?"
"Tibet gathers large quantities of food in winter, causing huge losses to livestock and horses, and will also delay sowing in the spring. If it returns without success, Tubo will suffer a big loss."
Li Yan nodded. The reason why Tubo has been expanding outward is because it covets the fertile land of the Tang Dynasty.
Naturally, Tubo's resources were scarce compared to those of the Tang Dynasty. Shang Qixin'er had to spend a lot of money to force his way north to Longyou before spring.
After demolishing the small stone fort, only the big stone fort remained at Dangjin Mountain Pass.
If Shang Qixin'er wants to control Dangjin Mountain Pass, she must attack Dashi Fort.
Wonderful!
Li Yan immediately said: "Then follow Cui Sima's plan."
Cui Tao added: "If there is a decisive battle in Dashi Castle in the end, the swords on the front line have no eyes, and His Highness has a body of thousands of gold, please camp outside Dangjin Mountain Pass to watch the battle."
Li Yan thought for a while and finally said: "Soldiers put their lives first, how can a lonely king cower in the back?"
Li Yan then led the entire Bafu to garrison the Dashi Castle.
Just after occupying Xiaoshibao, Qin Chuan and Yu Junjie received new orders before they had any rest.
"What, blew up the little stone castle?"
Qin Chuan and Yu Junjie looked at the small stone fort they had just captured and repeated the military orders from the rear in confusion.
The player who sent the order said: "Yes, it is said that it was Cui Sima Jince who blew up the small stone fort and forced the Tibetan army to directly attack the big stone fort through the mountain stream."
Qin Chuan looked at the small stone fort and said, "How can we blow up such a big fort at any time?"
Yu Junjie said: "If you let me blow it up, let it blow up. Brother, I am a professional!"
Yu Junjie is a graduate student majoring in civil engineering at a university in real life. His research direction is directional blasting.
There is no such opportunity to blow up an ancient castle in reality! Yu Junjie first took pictures of the structure of the small stone castle, then returned to the real world to model it on the computer, and then directed the players to bury the explosives overnight.
At the same time, in the valley fifty miles away from Dangjin Mountain Pass, the host Da Lun Shang Qixin'er kept sending out bird envoys to inquire about the situation of the stone castle.
However, after his bird envoys were sent out, they all fell into disgrace and none of them returned.
Shang Qixin'er sat in the big tent all night, but she became even more anxious.
Did Soma succeed? Did the monks from Leiyin Temple capture King Jianning?
Has Shazhou City been under control? Has the Dashi Fort at Jinshan Pass been under control?
What makes Shang Qi'er even more anxious is why none of the three bird envoys she sent out came back?
Could it be that something happened to Little Stone Castle? When this idea came up, Shang Qi couldn't sit still.
"Someone is coming!"
A bird envoy with feathers on his head walked into the big tent. The bird envoy bowed and said: "Big talk."
Shang Qixin'er picked up a wooden slip and said: "Call all the officers above the captain to come to my big tent to discuss matters, and also notify the whole army to prepare for departure."
After receiving the wooden slip of orders from Shang Qixin'er, the bird envoy respectfully exited the tent.
Before the sky was completely bright, the order for the entire army to set off was issued from Shang Qixin'er's tent.
Ten thousand Tubo warriors were trained by Shang Qixin'er in the front, middle and rear armies.
In the former army, Wu Ren, Shang Qixin'er's most respected general, served as the vanguard officer, and he commanded three thousand household chiefs.
Shang Qixin'er personally led the Chinese army and commanded five thousand heads of households.
The rear army was handed over to Shang Qi Xin'er's son Dai Ze. He had not been able to inherit Shang Qi Xin'er's noble "Shang" title, but the entire Tubo East knew that he could inherit the family's glory.
Dai Ze had two thousand captains under his command, as well as civilian men who were in charge of the logistics.
In addition, Shang Qixin'er also selected 2,000 strong slaves from the 20,000 accompanying slaves and incorporated them into the "Yongguan Battalion" at the forefront, promising that as long as they could kill one Tang army, they would
You can get rid of your status as a slave.
The mighty army set off from the river valley and arrived in front of the small stone castle before noon.