It is not a strange thing for the generals of the two armies to exchange letters. Since ancient times, the intrigues between the two armies have often been indispensable for such methods.
It goes without saying what kind of effect the coaches want to pursue.
There are those who persuade others to surrender, those who create discord, those who provoke generals, and those who deceive the enemy, and so on.
Just like in the previous battle of Jiexiu, Li Po also wrote a letter to Zhang Lun to alienate the general of the Tang army, and the effect was very good. In the end, Zhang Lun rebelled, Li Zhongwen lost his head, and Jiang Baoyi was captured.
Li Shentong's letter is naturally similar to this one.
In the letter, Li Shentong called Li Po his younger brother, and his words were quite concise and understandable.
Li Po read it four or five times, and he almost grasped the general meaning. Li Po immediately laughed.
First, he talks about the good relationship between the two families, and then talks about the general trend of the world. The intention of persuading surrender is clear, and there is a strong sense of superiority of the Kansai clan in the words.
Perhaps because Li Po has not yet become king, or has appointed himself to some official position, he feels that Li Po can still be saved and returned to the right path, so condescending persuasion is the main purpose of this letter.
Then, with a twist of the pen, threats were naturally added. These were actually nothing, except for the last paragraph, which made Li Po read it again and again.
There is a sentence here: I heard that my brother-in-law is quite beautiful, how can I bring her to Beijing to reunite with your father-in-law and share a family relationship?
After watching for a while, Li Po's smile became brighter. He threatened and lured, and also added provocation. Is Li Shentong in a hurry?
The commander-in-chief of the first army has spoken so frivolously, and he has truly fallen into the inferior position.
What is it about persuading surrender? This is basically a letter of challenge, and it is also something that plays into Li Po's heart.
But he never suffered a loss, so after thinking for a while, he asked the General Secretary to call in, write a reply, and then gently waved his hand, "Go, kill all the envoys, and send the body back to Li Shentong."
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After one day, take a break.
Above the palace, everyone was lying there when Li Shentong was sent out, and a letter with a smell of blood was delivered to Li Shentong's hand.
Li Shentong's face was quite gloomy. The envoy was killed, which naturally made him very angry.
Cursing a few words in his mind, he opened the letter and looked at it.
"My brother's envoys have all been sent back. I am a garrison on the border. I have gone through wars and cannot be humiliated. This is to show that my cousin is determined to die."
"Brother, a wealthy man, does not cultivate his moral character in the prosperous place of Xijing. Instead, he strives for merit in the battlefield, which is tiring for others and for himself. In fact, it is a wise man who does not take it. Now, I will give you a few horses for my brother to use when he travels south. In the future,
When I go to Chang'an to take my brothers, wives and daughters, it's not too late to return home."
After reading just a few lines of words, the muscles in Li Shentong's face jumped. He tore the letter into pieces and cursed: "My child has bullied me too much. I will behead him in the future, so I can forgive my hatred."
Well, both of them are out of tune in this round. The excitement of you and me is nothing more than looking for an opportunity for a decisive battle.
Li Shentong then dismissed everyone, leaving only a worried Pei Ji. His face changed rapidly, and he smiled and said to Pei Ji: "Xian brother, the decisive battle is right in front of you. Li Po's son is trapped in Pingyao.
He's as dangerous as an egg, especially if he doesn't know it, and he's still talking about the flames, and he will be beheaded later."
Well, this kind of correspondence is actually meaningless. I tried it out, but it's just half-assed. Don't tell anyone.
Two days later, the entire Tang army broke out of camp. More than 100,000 troops stood in a row with swords and guns, and their flags were clearly displayed, slowly heading north.
But this time, it was different from the previous march. The Tang army was ready for a decisive battle with the enemy at any time. The morale of the Tang army was also remarkable.
The battle at Queshu Valley made the Tang army quite excited. In addition, after hearing that the enemy had killed the envoys who persuaded them to surrender and humiliated the army commander, the Tang army was motivated by a vague desire for revenge.
But then again, after all, this is not Li Tang's direct army, but mostly guards from various counties in Jin. Now they gather together to listen to Li Shentong's orders. With uneven feelings of belonging, no matter how high the morale is, it can be as high as Where to go?
This time the Tang army led the troops with Pei Ji at the rear, and Li Shentong's confidants on the left and right wings.
Before leaving, Xu Shiji once again asked for orders to guard Jiexiu, but was unable to do so. He could only follow the army northward and submit to the right wing of the army under the command of Yong'an King Li Xiaoji.
This time, Li Shentong was still determined to determine the Jin territory in one battle. He only left 5,000 troops in Jiexiu. He also sent Pei Shiqing, the Jiangzhou assassin, to guard Queshu Valley and urged the people to transport grain and grass. The remaining more than 100,000 troops were almost The whole army marched north.
In Pingyao, when he heard the news that the Tang army was coming north, Li Po also became excited. He knew very well what significance this battle had to him.
The painstaking efforts over the past few months were actually preparations for this battle.
The Tang army was eager to fight, so why wasn't he the same?
This was almost the battle that decided the ownership of Jin. He tried hard not to imagine what a beautiful scene would be after this victory, let alone what would happen if he lost.
In front of him, there were only tens of thousands of Li Tang's army.
There is no need to summon the generals to discuss military affairs anymore. The preparations that need to be made have already been made, and the tactical considerations are mature. All that is left is a battle.
Li Po immediately sent an order to Yu Chigong, Bu Qun, Liu Jingsheng, Luo Shixin, Wang Zhibian, Xue Wanche and others, ordering them to lead their troops south.
There was no constraint to act according to the plan. In fact, it was very clear what the cavalry group should do. They should take the opportunity to severely damage the Tang army along the way. Even if there was no opportunity to take advantage of it, they should cut off the Tang army's retreat and shake the Tang army's morale.
The journey of nearly a hundred miles is not short, nor is it long. It is not an exaggeration to say that the rapid march will start in the morning and arrive in the evening.
Li Po set a march date of three to four days for the Tang army, because he had seen the march of the army in Liaodong. The food, grass and baggage would slow down the army, especially the infantry who wanted to fight the enemy decisively. You need to leave enough energy for the fight.
At the end of the day, it is a normal marching pace to walk thirty or forty miles. If there are continuous harassment by enemies along the way, the pace will be even slower.
Therefore, after three to four days, the Tang army should enter the battlefield designed by Li Po, which is a rather open area more than ten miles south of Pingyao.
By that time, the situation had been completely reversed, and Bingdai's army was backing Pingyao. If the battle was unfavorable, they could retreat to the camp, but the Tang army had no way out.
In the face of tens of thousands of cavalry, if they fail, even if some lucky ones can run back to Jiexiu desperately, they will not be able to get past Queshu Valley.
The reason why they did not choose Pingyao City was not Li Po's intention. All the generals thought that if they set up camps outside Pingyao City, it would be beneficial to the large Tang army because of the dispersion of troops.
In particular, it also limited the combat effectiveness of the cavalry. Once the Tang army established a firm foothold and established a camp to stalemate with the parallel army, the losses caused by the cavalry charging into the formation would be unbearable.
Therefore, it is better to choose an open area and fight to the death with the Tang army.
In fact, whether the infantry generals are willing to admit it or not, the cavalry is the sharpest blade of the contemporary army and the key to defeat in this battle.
For three or four days, Li Po would not enter the battlefield in advance. He wanted to see how the Tang army performed under the harassment of cavalry.
What kind of damage would more than 30,000 cavalry cause to the more than 100,000 infantry troops marching in the wild?
Li Po couldn't imagine it, because the scene was so beautiful that people who had never seen it could not imagine it. Even Li Po couldn't imagine it. He had been entangled with the Turks for many years and had no idea how the infantry should guard against cavalry surprise attacks during the march.
There aren't many definite concepts.
If he were leading the Tang army, he would never come north easily and encounter a large-scale cavalry raid during the march? Forget it, if he was really unlucky enough to do that, besides blaming himself for being too stupid, he would
It is probably similar to what some people do, which is the right thing to do is to have the army stay on the spot and look for an opportunity to escape.
Therefore, he did not give too clear orders to Yuchi Gong, Bu Qun and others, but chose to let them find their own fighter opportunities and act cheaply.
Of course, he had strictly ordered the cavalry generals of all departments not to compete for merit. Once a fighter plane that severely damaged the Tang army appeared, they must cooperate with each other tacitly.
As for when to attack and where to choose, there is no need for him to say this kind of propriety. It must be when the Tang army is halfway through the journey.
If it was a year ago, Li Po would have personally led the troops in such a war, but now Li Po would be stationed in Pingyao and would not take risks with the cavalry anymore.
As soon as General Li Po's order arrived, the cavalry troops who had been waiting for danger immediately began to break camp and head southward.
Tens of thousands of cavalrymen, urged by the low sound of horns, rode toward the southeast.
The division of labor among the generals has also been clearly defined. Xue Wanche led Chen Er, Shi Da Shi Er, Huang You and others to harass the Tang army's retreat and explore the Tang army's weaknesses for the army.
The main force of the cavalry army will be stationed more than thirty miles southwest of Pingyao, waiting for the opportunity to fight.
According to custom, the scouts who accompanied the cavalry army almost swarmed out, like swarms of flies, around the advancing Tang army to investigate, and horns sounded one after another.
If few people in the Tang army had seen the Turkic Jingqi, they would have thought they had encountered Turks.
The Tang army was not dead, and had made every effort to set up ambush, chase, and drive them away. However, the initiative on the battlefield and even the rhythm of the war had completely fallen to the Bingdai army.
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The spread-out Tang Army covered an area of more than ten miles with a black mass, and slowly spread forward. From the moment they left Jiexiu, the Tang Army completely entered a wartime state, and stretched out its huge body.
Like a giant beast, it headed north along the Fenshui River firmly.
It waved some thick tentacles to drive away those annoying flies around the army, and also tried hard to extend its tentacles farther.
But after all, the tentacles are not as strong and indestructible as the body looks. From the perspective of the cavalry of the Bingdai army, it is easy to cut off these tentacles, especially those stupid guys who want to detect the main force of the army, it is more like putting them in front of the Bingdai cavalry.
The pieces of grilled meat exude an alluring aroma.
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