Chapter 786 Knowing the invincibility of the enemy and fighting!
"But wars will always happen. We are warriors. Why are you nervous here?"
Cheng Yaojin smiled slightly, which made Cheng Chumo feel a little embarrassed.
This certainly makes sense, but the problem is...
"But, I'm just afraid of this force..."
"Why are you panicking? Humph!"
Cheng Yaojin snorted angrily. Although he was a veteran, his momentum was still better than before. He continued, "Who said you can't fight if you don't have enough troops?"
"The key to war is to have superior combat power to the enemy. We have insufficient troops, but our Imperial Army of the Tang Dynasty is not on the same level as these hungry Xianbei people!"
In fact, in ancient times, even in peaceful and prosperous times, people often starved to death - a unified regime always gained support, precisely because the efficiency and success rate of disaster relief under a unified state was much higher than that under a separatist regime.
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At this moment, Goguryeo, just like any ancient regime, is also inevitably affected by disasters somewhere in the country and the people's livelihood is in danger.
It’s no joke to be hungry and then full.
The Tang Dynasty was different!
There are Li Sheng’s potatoes and sweet potatoes.
With these high-yielding grain bases, the Tang Dynasty was certainly different from ordinary countries.
And whether you are hungry or not was a matter that directly affected combat effectiveness in ancient times.
In Li Sheng's memory, the Turks were pushed back by Li Jing's troops. An important reason why Li Jing was able to defeat the Turks was that there was a heavy snowstorm in the Turks that year, and the severe cold destroyed a large number of agricultural and animal husbandry crops.
, a severe famine broke out.
In short, this was the case in ancient times. As long as there was sufficient food, the soldiers' physical strength and training would always have an advantage.
So Cheng Chumo actually knew that what Cheng Yaojin said was right. The imperial army of the Tang Dynasty was indeed of higher quality.
but……
After thinking about it, Cheng Chumo still felt that this matter was not that simple. Even if there was a combat advantage that could make up for the force detection, it certainly couldn't be too much.
Especially this time with so many!
Now Tang Jun's spies have found out clearly that there are at least 300,000 people in Goguryeo.
An army of three hundred thousand is no joke.
But the Tang army only had 30,000 soldiers.
Even if the opponent divides their troops - Cheng Yaojin has already announced all his captains - then the first army will be at least tens of thousands of people.
Since the opponent is splitting the way, there is no way Tang Jun will also split the route.
Otherwise, if you intercepted 100,000, and still had 200,000 to continue to plunder, and even went south to attack Huanglong, then what else would you be fighting for? Is this a lonely defense of the border?
But this time Cheng Yaojin shook his head, really explained, and said with a smile,
"Chu Mo, you don't have to worry about this. Although our army is also divided, we can rush to each other's reinforcements at any time. Seven or eight thousand soldiers gather over ten thousand, which is a qualitative change."
"There are more than 150,000 people. Goguryeo, let alone 30,000 people, even if 30,000 people come and join forces to form 60,000 people, they will not be able to defeat us, and they will even suffer a big loss!"
"As for a larger-scale joint force, they wouldn't dare. With such a dense concentration of people, do you really think that my Datang's mines are vegetarian?"
In fact, Cheng Yaojin hasn't finished speaking yet.
Not only landmines, but also grenades, all kinds of mines.
This kind of weapon with a range of destruction capabilities is absolutely a powerful weapon for troops in dense formations. If the annihilation of living forces is the first pursuit, its efficiency can be compared with the terminally sensitive bombs of later generations.
Maxim’s reputation is huge, not only because of its revolutionary and huge increase in firepower, but also because it has caught up with the trend of the good times when dense formations are still popular...
But these reasons don’t seem to be enough for the Imperial Army of the Tang Dynasty to win, right?
after all……
Cheng Chumo felt a little relieved when he saw that his father was still willing to explain, but when he was about to speak, Cheng Chumo shook his head and showed a very mysterious smile.
"My child, you want to say... we only have four or eighty thousand people, while Goguryeo has ten or thirty thousand people. In fact, we can't come to our aid at all... right?"
Cheng Chumo nodded.
I sighed secretly in my heart.
This is the first time in my life... that it takes so much effort to explain the "lack of troops" to others.
Moreover, I still said it to Wu Xun’s father, Cheng Yaojin, a famous general of the generation...
Simply magical.
But what's even more magical is...
After Cheng Yaojin finished speaking, he laughed. The mysterious smile on his face completely disappeared, and he completely returned to his former bold and bold demeanor.
He patted his son on the shoulder and seemed to be talking to his son, but also seemed to be talking to all the other worried officers and soldiers of the Forbidden Army of the Tang Dynasty around him, and seemed to be talking to the distant Goguryeo army, laughing loudly...
"Son, the boat will be straight when it reaches the bridge. How do you know that... the Fourth Route Army must not have enough?"
"..."
Cheng Chumo said nothing more.
In fact, he still doesn't quite understand why his father actually believes that a small group of 8,000 soldiers in four directions can resist a large army of 30,000 people in ten directions by relying on the so-called "mutual reinforcements"...
But since my father said so, it seems like...
You can only choose to believe.
Cheng Yaojin looked at the child's back and smiled.
Cheng Chumo said nothing more.
Cheng Yaojin said nothing more.
"Knowing that the enemy is winnable and fighting is not the first lesson for a warrior. Knowing that the enemy is invincible and fighting is the first lesson..."
Cheng Yaojin breathed out, feeling as if a big stone had been put down in his heart. The wind and snow outside quietly became violent, as if heavier snow was coming.
…
The army wants to go out to war, but it cannot do it without a commander.
Although Yeon Gaesomun had already ordered someone to supervise the country once, this time, he still chose to have someone supervise the country for him.
Politics in ancient times were very fragile, especially for a large country like Goguryeo. If a monarch had a slight health problem, varying degrees of political paranoia would immediately appear. In almost any country, there will always be a group of people guarding orphans.
The widowed mother is waiting for someone to succeed to the throne, and a group of local tycoons are waiting for the world to be shaken so that they can stand on their own feet.
But... Yeon Gae So-moon also knows that now is not the time to care about such things.
If the situation in this world continues to develop like this, then sooner or later one day...
I really don't need to worry about the situation in Goguryeo, the economy, and the military situation anymore. I just need to care about the housing prices of this place in Chang'an.
Shaking his head, Yeon Gaesumun looked at the giant man next to him who looked like an iron tower.
"Eulji Mundeok, why haven't they come back yet?"
Eulji Mundeok was another general under Yeongae Somun besides Gogu Sangji. This man was brave and good at fighting. He made great contributions in the key battles of the Sui army's conquest of Goguryeo. It can be said that he was the leader of the Goguryeo military system.
one of the pillars.
Such talents were quite scarce in Goguryeo, so Yeon Gaesumun naturally valued them very much.
But at this moment, Yeon Gaesumun's face didn't look very good.
