Even if it's a tiny detail, as long as it can bring an advantage to the battle - even a little bit of advantage counts - then it's worth doing.
This was what Li Xiaogong and others thought that night and how they viewed the war.
Just like a gambler who has lost all his debts, if there is no unexpected luck to change his tragic fate, all he can do is work as many part-time jobs as possible. Although it is not like the probability of getting rich on the gambling table, at least the idea is this
The same example can be seen in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The first reform in the Warring States Period actually occurred in the State of Wei. After Wu Qi's reform, the military strength of the State of Wei increased dramatically overnight. The unlucky State of Qin was not only "belittled by the Six Nations" but also
The transformed Wei State was directly defeated...but later transformed and fought, and finally became stronger again.
Now... for Li Xiaogong and others, it is a time of "bad luck". It stands to reason... that in this difficult situation, Li Sheng must have a clever plan to seize the city safely.
If we talk about the cost of casualties in a forceful attack on the city, Li Xiaogong and others estimate that it is at least over 50,000. Then as long as Li Sheng thinks of a way, the casualties can be estimated to be reduced to around 20,000.
But since Li Sheng doesn't have such a clever plan...
Li Xiaogong, Li Ji... these people are the most powerful people in the Tang Dynasty. Of course, they will not indulge in fantasy and expect Li Sheng to help.
Finally, after thinking about it... this matter probably needs to be done hard and dealt with properly. There is no good way, so it's better to make it silky smooth with a stupid way!
Of course, Li Xiaogong and others still felt a little heavy.
After all... no matter how well done, storming a fortified city is the type of military operation with the highest casualties.
No matter how good the work is, the details cannot be truly thorough.
It's night, ugly time.
The Imperial Guards of the Tang Dynasty were finally assembled.
Li Xiaogong took a deep breath, looked at the dark sky in front of him, raised his sword and shouted softly: "Young men of the Tang Dynasty."
"Act according to the plan and set off with the whole army."
…
Just when Li Xiaogong was gathering his troops in fear.
Under the night cover ahead, the city of Goguryeo is like a beast with strange origins, as if it is observing everything. But if you look closely, this beast is not as fierce as the beasts that people usually see. Because the lights are turned off.
Well, the beast looked a little sleepy again.
but……
As we all know, the health bars of truly powerful creatures are often fake.
The stripes are fake and so is the roar.
Yes, and only teeth are true.
At this moment, Yang Wanchun was biting the roasted lamb in his mouth with his withered old teeth.
Although the night wind screamed sadly, the black clouds in Mobei rolled endlessly, and there was no moonlight in the sky.
But even though there was no moonlight, Yang Wanchun could always smell the location of the meat in the dark and bite it hard without rubbing the oil on his face.
For Yang Wanchun, this is the basic quality of being a Hu person!
Even though he is already old and getting older, Yang Wanchun still firmly believes in this. A Hu man must be able to smell the smell of meat at any time and hunt and eat meat.
If you can't do that, then you are not qualified to be a barbarian and go to hell.
Of course... there is a saying that a tiger's poison cannot eat its seeds. Yang Wanchun believed in this practice on the grassland, but as a general, he also knew that not all of his soldiers had such abilities.
...This is why the grassland needs a Goguryeo.
Why do soldiers need a general?
At this moment, Yang Wanchun no longer generously distributed meat to the soldiers, or even stopped pretending to be benevolent and righteous. Instead, he directly commandeered the sheep from the homes of the Goguryeo people in the city, and... bit it by himself.
At the same time, Yang Wanchun also ordered that not only no one in the army could taste the taste of meat, but also that everyone must leave their warm thatched beds and gather in the open space in the city. They could only use thatched grass to cover their bodies to barely resist.
Some extreme cold in the desert north wind, at the same time.
He stood motionless, watching the superior officer eating meat while feeling hungry.
In the past, Yang Wanchun had always been very careful about this kind of action that obviously undermined the morale of the army. As long as he was with the soldiers, he would eat the same unpalatable low-quality grain pancakes as his soldiers to satisfy his hunger, and he would gobble them up more voraciously than anyone else.
But at this moment, Yang Wanchun knew he had to do this.
Be careful to do this for the sake of military morale.
Doing this is still the case.
"General...general..."
A soldier on the side looked at the atmosphere and felt that something was not right. He saw that Yang Wanchun was devouring his food so voraciously and enjoying the delicious food... On the one hand, he swallowed his saliva, but on the other hand, he felt that the general's behavior was obviously destroying people's hearts.
On a normal day, he certainly would not have jumped out to question Yang Wanchun.
But at this moment, the Tang army invaded the country and it was a critical moment.
At this time, the general is still like this... Although he doesn't know much, it's obviously not good.
But as soon as he said the word "general", Yang Wanchun suddenly stopped eating the sheep.
Then he showed a smile.
"Here comes someone."
The soldier couldn't help but be startled.
Then Yang Wanchun waved his hand and said, "Pull him out and chop him."
"General...general!"
"General! I...I didn't do anything!!!"
The soldier was so frightened that he was suddenly covered in cold sweat. He never thought that he would be beheaded directly just for saying something in the smallest voice!
Two guards immediately appeared on the side, and they were covered in cold sweat.
It’s not just the parties involved who are confused. They are also extremely nervous and have no idea what kind of battle this night is going to be...
Yang Wanchun ate meat by himself, but let the soldiers eat cold, inferior grain pancakes. That was fine...
But the key is that it's almost midnight now, which is not the time to eat in the first place.
It was Yang Wanchun who suddenly woke up all the soldiers less than a while after nightfall and ordered the entire army to gather in the city. It was already cold in Mobei at night, and the wind was raging at this moment. With this order from Yang Wanchun,
Not to mention the high level of resentment among the military.
The doubts in the hearts of these two soldiers were exactly the same as that of the soldier, although...
Several of them were Yang Wanchun's personal soldiers. They had been following Yang Wanchun's ancestors to fight and rob together since their ancestors. No matter how confused they were, they would not be angry.
But they could clearly see that the 150,000 troops who were summoned from the city were all confused at first, but after enduring the cold wind until this point, their eyes were clearly a little angry...
This is not a good sign. Anshi City is an isolated city and everyone is defending the city. This is the time when everyone needs to work together.
But just at this time, the general would do this kind of thing, which is simply... it is incomprehensible.
