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- Meng Zhao, Xue Rengui and Liu Junqiong sorted out the remaining troops and found that nearly 20,000 troops had been lost in this battle, leaving only less than 8,000 defeated troops. .The faces of the three of them were very ugly, especially Liu Junqiong's whole body was covered with injuries, and his livid complexion made him look even more miserable.
When the three men led the remaining 8,000 troops to Li Shimin on the opposite side, Liu Junqiong made a "plop" sound, knelt down in front of Li Shimin and cried, "The general is incompetent and caused the death of 20,000 troops in Baiyan City. Please punish me!"
"Your Majesty, as a deputy general, I was also at fault for the defeat of Baiyan City. Please punish me severely!" Xue Rengui also knelt down in front of Li Shimin.
"Hello, you are very good -" Li Shimin said lightly.
Immediately, he glanced at Meng Zhao and said to the generals around him, "Go back to camp¡ª¡ª"
"Nuo" the generals took their orders.
Li Shimin and the generals left, and Liu Junqiong and Xue Rengui got up and led the remaining army back to the camp of the main army.
Li Shimin looked very unhappy when he returned to the camp.
He has already witnessed today's battle. It's not that the Tang army is not brave enough, but that the combat effectiveness of the Koreans is not the same as before. This discovery made Li Shimin worried. I seemed to have an idea of ??the Koreans' tactical arrangements, but I couldn't tell what they were.
At this moment, Wang De bowed and walked into the tent.
"Your Highness, Liu Junqiong and Xue Rengui are asking for forgiveness outside the palace!" Wang De said softly.
"Do they still have the nerve to come back?" Li Shimin said angrily, "There are only 8,000 people left in the 30,000-strong army?"
Li Shimin¡¯s voice was so loud that Liu Junqiong and Xue Rengui outside the tent heard it and could only lower their heads to the ground.
"Go out and tell Liu Junqiong that as the leader of the vanguard army, he will bear full responsibility for this defeat. Let him go back and repent!" Li Shimin said coldly, "Let Xue Li and Meng Zhao come to see me."
"No!" Wang De accepted the order.
After leaving the tent, Wang De conveyed Li Shimin's words to Liu Junqiong and Xue Rengui, and then went to pass on Meng Zhao. Liu Junqiong glanced at Xue Rengui with a livid face, but in the end he strode away without saying a word. Only Xue Rengui strode into Li Shimin's tent.
"See your Majesty¡ª" Xue Rengui saluted Li Shimin.
"You fought bravely and had superb archery skills. You should be credited with being able to break out this time!" Li Shimin said lightly, "However, Baiyan City was defeated. As a deputy general, you also have a responsibility, so that your merits and demerits are balanced. , do you have any objections to not pursuing the fault this time?"
"Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty!" Xue Rengui said with a choked tone, "It was Xue Li's incompetence that allowed more than 20,000 soldiers to die in Baiyan City. Please ask the Emperor to give Xue Li a chance to atone for his sins. Xue Li will definitely kill all the Korean dogs to die." Soldiers take revenge!"
"Hey -" Li Shimin sighed lightly, and just as he was about to speak, he heard someone outside the tent shouting, "Meng Zhao wants to see the emperor!"
"Come in!" Li Shimin said lightly, and waved Xue Rengui to leave.
When Meng Zhao heard Li Shimin's order and walked into the tent, he happened to see Xue Rengui exiting the tent.
"Meng Zhao, you performed very bravely in Baiyan City today. I'm very pleased!" Li Shimin said with emotion, "The Qianniu Guards you trained are indeed much stronger than before. It's really hard for you to stay in the Qianniu Guards." What a grievance!¡±
"Your Majesty, the general will not feel wronged and can protect the Emperor's comfort. This is Meng Zhao's greatest responsibility and honor!" Meng Zhao said righteously.
"Meng Zhao, even if you don't tell me, I know in my heart that your heart has always been on the battlefield. You have the blood of a man of the Tang Dynasty flowing in your body. You hope to make great achievements and fight bloody battles on the battlefield." Li Shimin said loudly, "So, I Do you have the confidence to agree to let you lead the guard?"
"Your Majesty, I will never let you down!" Meng Zhao said.
"Okay -" Li Shimin said loudly, "I will make you the deputy governor of Beiya and lead the guards to fight against Goryeo!"
"Nuo" Meng Zhao bowed to accept the order, his face was not happy, he was very calm and calm.
"Go down!" Li Shimin said in a tired tone after giving the order.
Meng Zhao accepted the order and bowed to leave.
Seeing Meng Zhao leave, Li Shimin's thoughts returned to today's battlefield under Baiyan City.
To be fair, the Tang army was defeated by the Koreans today at Baiyan City, but they killed the Korean general, fought their way out of the siege of 80,000 Korean troops, and drove back the Korean army. This is definitely a victory. However, through the performance of Xue Rengui and Meng Zhao on the battlefield, Li Shimin discovered a problem, that is, the veterans around him had alreadyThey are no longer as brave as they used to be, and are replaced by a new generation of young generals. However, looking at the entire Tang army, all outstanding young generals have an unusual relationship with Li Ke, such as Xue Li, Meng Zhao, Guo Shifeng, Pei Xingjian, Su Dingfang, Liu Rengui, Chen Qi, etc. Li Shimin clearly realized that no matter what kind of person he was, he could gain a lot of skills by staying with Li Ke for a while. And Li Ke is like a Bole, he can always discover talents, just like the handsome Su Dingfang, Li Shimin admires him very much, and even Li Jing admires him very much. There is also Liu Rengui. Li Shimin was not very optimistic about him at first, but this time he witnessed the outstanding performance of the navy with his own eyes, and he realized Liu Rengui's ability to command troops.
Therefore, Li Shimin began to fall into confusion. He still can't see his son clearly. What kind of ability does he have to enable these people to use all their talents around him?
While Li Shimin was thinking, he suddenly heard a burst of chaos outside the tent.
Li Shimin's thoughts were interrupted. Just as he was about to ask Wang De what happened, he saw Fang Xuanling, Cen Wenwen, Xue Wanche, Cheng Zhijie, Li Daozong and others striding into the big tent.
"What happened, you are so panicked!" Li Shimin asked before everyone could salute.
"Your Majesty, the Goryeo army raided our rear and cut off our food route!" Fang Xuanling said.
"¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª" The big tent suddenly fell into silence. Li Shimin did not speak, but remained silent. Naturally, no one dared to speak.
After a while, Li Shimin asked, "Are the losses heavy this time? How much food is left in the army and how many days can it last? When will the food roads be cleared and when will the food be delivered?"
"Your Majesty, we have lost nearly 100,000 shi of food this time. This food can be used by the army for two months." Cen Wenwen said, "There is not much food left in the army, and it can only last for about ten days."
"As for the food road" Cen Wenwen said this and turned his eyes to Xue Wanche.
Xue Wanche said, "Your Majesty, the Koreans took advantage of their familiarity with the terrain of Liaodong to disperse their troops. They ranged from thousands to less than 10,000. They would invade wherever our food team passed. So, If we want to clear the two roads, we must completely annihilate the dozens of Koryo Rangers behind us."
"This time the Koreans have focused on our food routes. They obviously want to force us to withdraw our troops, but we won't withdraw our troops to see what they can do!" Cheng Zhijie also yelled, his face filled with anger.
¡°Your Majesty, I don¡¯t think that¡¯s necessarily the case!¡± Li Daozong suddenly said.
"Then tell me?" Li Shimin said.
"Your Majesty, the Sui Dynasty made several northern expeditions to Goryeo, but in the end they were all defeated by the grain and baggage!" Li Daozong said briefly.
"Then you mean that Goryeo will cut off our food routes and then set up an ambush on our way to withdraw and annihilate us?" Li Shimin asked in return.
"Only in this way can we explain the problems we are facing!" Li Daozong explained, "Why did their army collapse as soon as our army entered Goryeo and came into contact with their army? This is what they want to do. We lured us to the hinterland and then cut off the food road behind us. By the time we ran out of food and wanted to retreat, we had already reviewed the map for thousands of miles in the hinterland of Goryeo. If we wanted to retreat, we had to cross the hinterland of Goryeo. The road is exactly the trap that the Korean people have painstakingly planned to wipe out our army. Because the hundreds of thousands of Korean troops defeated by us may have entered the ambush circle. "
"As for those Goryeo defeated troops, do they still have the ability to fight?" Cheng Zhijie asked disdainfully.
"A head-on confrontation is definitely not inferior to our Tang army, but how about setting up an ambush?" Li Daozong asked, "Come in and attack with your troops. The real battle relies on strategy!"
After Li Daozong finished speaking, the big tent fell into silence again.
Because everyone is clearly aware of the crisis facing the Tang army after Li Daozong's analysis. It was immediately clear what the real intention of the Goryeo army was.
"If we don't retreat, it will be difficult to maintain food and grass; if we retreat, we will fall into Goryeo's ambush plan. So what do you think we should do?" Li Shimin asked lightly.
"There is only one way right now, and that is to solve the food and grass problem!" Xue Wanche said nonsense.
"How can we solve the problem of grain and grass if the grain roads are not dredged? But how many troops do we have to send to clear these thousands of miles of grain roads!" Cen Wenwen said worriedly.
Everyone was silent for a while again.
In the end, no solution was found!
"You guys go down first! Let me be alone for a while!" Li Shimin said calmly.
"Nuo" everyone bowed and left.
There were only two people left in the big tent, Li Shimin and Wang De. Wang De saw that Li Shimin was deep in thought and wisely withdrew from the big tent.
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