Chapter eight hundred and fiftieth before the attack, so the formation of doubts
After receiving permission, the messenger quickly walked into the hall.
Similar to Di Xin's tent, the hall was now filled with generals belonging to Goguryeo.
After the messenger came in, he knelt down on one knee and said to the tough-looking man standing at the main position: "Report to the general, the spies have sent news that Dali's army has set up camp nearly twenty miles away from here.
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"oh……"
The man called the general's eyes lit up and he immediately said: "What is the specific situation?"
The messenger was a little confused about the general's excitement, but he still reported it in detail: "It's a bit strange to say that Dali's army cut down a lot of trees to make wooden piles, and after surrounding the camp, they also built buildings around the camp.
There are several arrow towers.”
"In addition, they also..."
After finishing speaking, the messenger added the spies' judgment and his own thoughts: "Dali's army does not seem to have built a temporary camp."
"Haha, it's true..."
The general couldn't help but clapped his hands and laughed. After he calmed down a little, he said with a smile: "Okay, you go down first!"
"yes!"
Although the ordering soldier had more doubts, he stood up and retreated without asking any questions.
In Goguryeo, the requirements for different statuses and classes, especially when the subordinates are facing each other, are more stringent than in Dali. Unless the superior is willing to speak, the inferior cannot ask at will.
After the messengers retreated, the general smiled and looked at the other generals in the room.
After he laughed twice again, he said: "Everyone, as expected by this general, the Dali army also knows that it will be difficult to capture our city with their strength, and they have already made preparations to prevent it from being captured for a long time.
Prepare."
A chorus of responses immediately came to mind.
"As expected of you, general. Even Dali's army is under your control."
"Dali's army seems to be nothing more than this. It lost its spirit before the battle even started."
"General, you really have a clever plan."
"General, general..."
The general grinned widely, and his grin grew even wider as the sounds in the hall rose and fell.
He was naturally very useful to some of the flattery, but what made him happiest was that he had anticipated the plans of the Da Li army.
They surrounded the camp with wooden stakes, built archery towers, horse trip stakes, traps, etc... The Dali army arranged the camp heavily, obviously because they were worried that the Goguryeo army would take the opportunity to make a sneak attack.
If you only plan to stay in that camp for a few days, you only need to send a few more teams of elite soldiers to patrol. The same effect will be achieved with much less energy than these arrangements.
Moreover, these arrangements are only one-time use. Once the army leaves, these arrangements will be completely useless.
It is impossible for the Dali army to waste so much energy just for a few days, so they must be prepared for a long-term garrison.
There is only one situation where an army going on an expedition will be stationed in one place for a long time.
That is when you cannot attack for a long time.
Goguryeo is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The general had already anticipated such a situation when he led his troops to defend the city, and now the spies' answer is basically consistent with his judgment.
I saw that the commander of Dali was also a smart man. If we waited until the war started to realize that we could not conquer the enemy in a short period of time, then it would be too late to start reinforcing the military camp.
Although the preparations made by the Dali army showed that they had brought more food and grass than expected, as a defensive party, the general was not afraid of the waste of time.
What he was worried about instead was that Dali's army was not caring and would rather sacrifice a large number of troops to attack the city as quickly as possible.
Once the city is defeated, no matter how much strength of the Dali army is consumed, as the main general who defends the city, he cannot absolve himself of the blame.
At that time, even if Da Li resigns his troops and returns to the court, what awaits him is dismissal from office and imprisonment.
But it's obvious that Da Li's army came all the way here not for the small city he was guarding, but for a larger goal, so they couldn't spend a lot of troops here.
Therefore, the general is very confident that the coach of Dali will choose to sacrifice time in exchange for sacrifice.
And the current layout of the Dali army camp basically proves his judgment.
If they can't capture it at first, it will be even more difficult for Dali's army to capture the city where he is when reinforcements, supplies and food continue to arrive.
As long as he delays the withdrawal until Dali's army can no longer hold on, he will be a great hero of Goguryeo, and he will enjoy endless glory and wealth by then.
"In that case, let's do it as planned!"
The general said with a smile, and then dismissed the combat meeting in front of him.
Everyone has been walking in this hall and discussing since before the Dali army started setting up camp. Now that such a long time has passed, they must be a little tired.
The general himself actually felt a little tired after having been tense for so long.
Therefore, since everything is according to plan, there is no need to waste meaningless time here.
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A night of silence.
When it was almost dawn, Xizi, who sneaked in at night, had already returned to his tent. Before that, Di Xin had already put on his armor under Xizi's service.
The White-robed Confucian will make a brilliant appearance again.
The real attack time was at noon, but the army had already begun to gather in the morning.
When Di Xin walked out of the tent with his long sword in hand, the soldiers who had already had breakfast were still halfway through their assembly.
Zeng Hongshen happened to come out of the tent next to him, and when he saw Di Xin, he walked over.
Di Xin raised his hand and said hello: "Good morning, Mr. Zeng."
"I have met His Highness."
After Zeng Hongshen slightly cupped his hands, he looked at the soldiers who were mostly not even half his age walking around, and suddenly asked: "Your Highness, do you need me to take action today?"
"Sir, you are interested."
Di Xin shook his head, smiled and rejected Zeng Hongshen's proposal, and said: "But I won't bother you, sir. If this army can't even attack such a small city, there is no need to talk about other things.
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"Since His Highness has said so, I will wait and see."
Zeng Hongshen did not persist and stopped talking after being rejected by Di Xin.
Your Highness is right. If they cannot capture the small city in front of them, the 30,000-strong army can return directly and then wash up and go to sleep.
How can a useless army follow His Highness to fight everywhere and even rule the world?
Near noon, the army was finally assembled, and the accompanying civil servants, Xizi, and the think tank she led also packed up everything and were protected at the center of the army.
Song Qianwei put on a suit of armor and followed Di Xin, pretending to be his bodyguard.