Li Ke stood up and solemnly said," Dafeichuan and Jishi Mountain have 20,000 and 30,000 enemy troops respectively. According to our intelligence, there are 100,000 soldiers in Tuyuhun.”
"In other words, Tuyuhun has sufficient reinforcements.”
"Be it Jishi Mountain or Dafei River, they are both dangerous fortresses that are easy to defend and difficult to attack. General Hou has distributed the troops evenly, so that he cannot concentrate his forces on each attack.”
"If we can't break through the fortresses immediately, the enemy reinforcements will arrive, making it even more impossible for us to break through the two fortresses.”
"I think we should concentrate our superior forces and attack one of the fortresses. We should act like a ferocious tiger coming out of the mountain and crush the enemy with the pressure of Mount Tai.”
"During this period, the other side will be focused on restraining the enemy so that they can't send reinforcements. We'll wait to break through one and then surround the other fortress.”
Li Chengqian's expression immediately turned cold.
"Forty thousand troops are enough to attack Dafei Chuan alone! More than enough!" The reason why he wanted to divide the troops equally was that the two armies had the same strength.
He wanted to use this opportunity to use this victory to tell everyone that he was capable and worthy of being the Crown Prince!
"If Imperial Brother feels that your troops are not enough, you and Green Sparrow can hold back the enemy forces of Jishi Mountain. Wait for our army to break through Dafei River, then join forces to attack Jishi Mountain.”
How could Li Ke not understand Li Chengqian's purpose?
He was so angry that he wanted to walk up to the marshal's seat and slap this bastard to death.
This was a war, not a time for brothers to be angry!
He couldn't gamble with the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers for his own selfish desires!
Along the way, the sixty to seventy thousand strong army used twice the number of commoners.
In the cold of spring, wearing straw sandals, pushing wheelbarrows and carriages, they finally delivered the supplies that the army needed to Shanzhou.
It could be said that in this day and age, every grain of rice eaten by the army was stained with blood.
If they failed, not only would all their efforts be for naught, the army would be lost, and the efforts of hundreds of thousands of people and hundreds of thousands of dans of grain would go to waste!
"Crown Prince, this general believes that dividing the troops equally is disadvantageous to the war.”At this moment, Liu Rengui spoke.
Li Ke could not help but frown slightly.
However, he didn't think too much about it. As long as it was beneficial to the war, he didn't care about Liu Rengui's character.
Li Tai rolled his eyes and pretended to think deeply."Big brother, this little brother also thinks that we can't divide the forces equally. This little brother has read some military books and has always emphasized concentrating the superior forces to annihilate the enemy.”
Li Chengqian felt deep hatred in his heart.
Li Ke wanted to snatch military power from him!
He turned to Li Ke and had this suspicion.
"In Your Highness Ke's opinion, should we concentrate our forces to attack Dafei River or Jishi Mountain?”Hou Junji suddenly asked.
Li Ke pondered for a moment and asked,"It depends on who is more important, Dafei River or Jishi Mountain."”
"Attacking Jishi Mountain can stop the Tubo army from the southwest. Attacking Dafeichuan is beneficial. Once the situation changes, we can quickly attack Fuyi City and seize the essence of Tuyuhun.”
The other generals in the commander's tent began to discuss in low voices.
"In my opinion, why don't we attack Jishi Mountain first and put an end to Tubo's thoughts. We'll slowly clean up Tuyuhun.”
"That's a good suggestion."
"Yes, as long as we conquer Jishi Mountain and cut off the Tubo's path to attack Tuyuhun on a large scale, we can slowly take care of Tuyuhun.”
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Li Chengqian was secretly furious. These generals were actually persuaded by Li Ke.
Damn it!
"I disagree." At this moment, Liu Rengui spoke again,""Since ancient times, the greatest taboo in war is the greed of the general.”
"Moreover, both His Highness Ke and General Hou have flaws in their strategies.”
"It's because we never considered the Tibetans!”
"If we mobilize a large number of troops in Jishi Mountain, we will definitely be discovered by the Tibetans. Will the Tibetans pretend that we will break through Jishi Mountain?”
"Impossible!"
"The Tibetans will either help Tuyuhun or mobilize their forces to fight with us for Jishi Mountain!”
"Therefore, it is useless to send too many troops in Jishi Mountain's direction. With our current strength, we cannot compare to the Tibetans. It is better to attack Dafei River and Jishi Mountain to contain them.”
"If we conquer Dafei Chuan and the Tubo have yet to occupy Jishi Mountain, we can judge whether we should attack Jishi Mountain based on the situation.”
"It's better to be safe than sorry. Even if we can't take down Jishi Mountain and lose Bai Hai's grassland on this plateau, we can still seize the essence of Tuyuhun.”
Liu Rengui spoke frankly and sat down.
Qin Huaiyu said lightly," General Liu, you are mistaken. His Highness never said that we must attack Jishi Mountain. His Highness only analyzed the pros and cons of Jishi Mountain and Dafei River for everyone to choose. If you want to step on…"
Li Ke waved his hand to stop Qin Huaiyu from continuing.
He also understood that Liu Rengui wanted to step on him.
However, he did not want to intensify the conflict now.
They didn't start a war, but caused trouble for each other. If the morale of the army was divided, there was no need to fight.
"Then, how about we go to Jishi Mountain as a distraction?”Hou Junji suddenly asked.
Li Tai immediately lowered his head.
Jishi Mountain was not safe to contain the enemy.
Moreover, there was no chance for him to make any contributions.
If they were destined not to conquer Jishi Mountain, it meant that they would not have any credit to speak of.
Liu Rengui cupped his hands and said," General Hou, five thousand to ten thousand troops are enough for Jishi Mountain. I am the most suitable. However, I am under the Longyou Provincial Governor's Office and am responsible for the logistics of the army. I can't just do this."”
Everyone subconsciously looked at Li Ke.
Li Ke looked at Liu Rengui, who was glaring at him like a hawk, and slowly stood up."I, the Left Commander, will take on the task of restraining the enemy in the direction of Jishi Mountain.”
"Alright, the path to Jishi Mountain is quite far, and Imperial Brother, you have to take on the task of attracting the enemy.”
"Along the way, we have to march with great fanfare. It's best if we can make it look like tens of thousands of troops are marching. So, you guys set off ahead of time, and we'll quietly move toward Dafei Chuan two days later.”
"No problem." Li Ke cupped his hands and agreed.
The military discussion ended.
Li Chengqian looked at Li Ke's back as he left and snorted coldly,""I gave you a chance to compete fairly with me. If you don't want it, then I'll fulfill your wish! Don't even think about getting any credit for this battle!”
Hou Junji frowned as he glanced at Liu Rengui.
Under Liu Rengui's push, Li Ke did not just not have any credit.
Moreover, it was extremely dangerous!
10,000 to hold back 20,000, and there were also Tubo people eyeing them covetously.
The slightest carelessness would lead to eternal damnation.
He had never realized that Liu Rengui was so ruthless that he dared to do such a thing to a prince and more than twenty young dukes.
But Hou Junji didn't remind him.
Even if the worst happened, it would be Liu Rengui's problem.
He and the Crown Prince could be plucked out.
Liu Rengui's departure from the Left Guard had nothing to do with Hou Junji, and this was Liu Rengui's way of taking revenge.
It was because of Li Ke that Liu Rengui was kicked out of the Left Military Guard and sent to Longyou Provincial Governor's Office.
Now that Liu Rengui was involved, the only one who could be implicated was Longyou Regional Governor Duan Xuanzhi, who admired Liu Rengui.
"Big Brother, why did you agree? Who is Liu Rengui? He was in the wrong first, and he still dared to take the opportunity to step on you. If you hadn't stopped me, I would have ended his dog life!”Cheng Chumo was so angry that he chased after him and left. He pressed his hand on the hilt of his sword, and his armor rattled.
Xue Rengui silently followed the crowd and looked at Li Ke.
He was also very curious.
Li Ke waved his hand to remind him." Don't say such words again. Liu Rengui is taking the opportunity to step on me. However, if he didn't cooperate with me to step on me, the consequences would have been very serious.”
"Think about it. If we really follow the Crown Prince's first plan, can we conquer the two strongholds? If we fail, how many people can we bring back?”
"We're soldiers. Soldiers should respect the bigger picture. Besides, I'm not someone that Liu Rengui can step on as he pleases.”
Li Ke's words changed Xue Rengui's opinion of him quite a bit.
"Big Brother, do you have any ideas?" Niu Lu asked curiously.”
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