900. Battle Plan (4)
Jing Wen took this combat plan and got Li Shimin's tent, and the emperor Li Shimin was the emperor in charge, so of course he was the head coach himself. Jing Wen took the combat plan and naturally had to ask the emperor to review it himself before he could truly promulgate it.
When Jing Wen came to the tent, he first saw his student Gao Kan explaining the overview of the army to Li Shimin, pointing to the map to introduce the current components of the army. Gao Kan was currently chosen by Li Shimin to become his staff officer, so it is his responsibility to introduce the overview of the components of the army to Li Shimin. Gao Kan saw Jing Wen coming, but did not take the initiative to say hello, but just nodded and signaled that he knew.
"Jing Wen, you are here. Are you here to report the combat plan? What combat plan have you formulated?" Li Shimin asked.
Usually, Jing Wen goes on the battle as the commander, but now he goes on the battle as the Minister of Military Affairs, and his role has changed. It turned out that Jing Wen just needs to make the final decision, but now he just needs to be a staff officer, so this role must be changed.
"Your Majesty, this is our combat plan!" Jing Wen said.
Li Shimin looked at it and was obviously satisfied. Because although this combat plan had no characteristics, it was promoted step by step, and then fought with Goguryeo for a city and a pool. Although this plan could not be signed by Goguryeo, it could consume Goguryeo's vitality and various materials at the greatest possible level. In the end, Goguryeo could not support it and collapse, which could be considered a victory.
This plan is actually very rogue, using the Tang Dynasty's strong resources, food, and various advanced weapons to bully Goguryeo. Anyway, the population is small, the weapons are inferior, and the food is not sufficient. The plan for this battle is to use the national strength of the Tang Dynasty to kill Goguryeo, making it impossible for him to collapse. The war potential of the Tang Dynasty was much higher than that of them, so there was no need to be afraid of them at all. And the conditions of the Tang Dynasty are now very good. With the down jacket, it is equivalent to being able to fight in winter, which is much stronger than that of Goguryeo.
Jing Wen also knew that the most important thing in this war was not a cannon or various advanced weapons, but down jackets. According to Jing Wen's calculations of the original history, Li Shimin went to war in person in history, but the army besieged the enemy's Anshicheng. In the end, because he could not capture it for a long time, he could only retreat in winter. This is the helplessness of the ancient times. The ancient winter battle was a life-threatening one! And with the down jacket, the Tang Dynasty could be consumed with Goguryeo at any time. Anyway, there was no fear of the cold in winter. Even if Goguryeo delayed, they could only be the ones who could not take it off in the end.
"Your Majesty, this combat plan seems to have no characteristics!" Gao Kan asked in confusion.
But Li Shimin said: "If there is no characteristic, it is the biggest feature. The Goguryeo people could not grasp too many loopholes in this combat plan, so we were undefeated first. Jingwen means to fight a war of attrition through the perfect logistics of our Tang Dynasty. We attacked step by step, but the Goguryeo people could not hold on at all."
"And you said that if we encounter a strong enemy that cannot be won by normal means, what should we do?" Li Shimin asked Gao Kan.
Gao Kan could only answer: "If we encounter a strong enemy that cannot be defeated by normal means, then we can only win by surprise. Anyway, winning by surprise means betting, and if successful, you can win. According to Jing Wen Jijiu's teachings, the so-called winning by surprise is actually a method that is forced to use when you are at a weak point."
"You said it well, but now we are obviously much stronger than Goguryeo. Why do we still choose to win by surprise? Win by surprise is actually to focus on one of the advantages and disadvantages of the original balance. Then force the strengths to make the strengths longer, and then attack the enemy's shortcomings. For example, the Battle of Chibi back then. In fact, the Sun and Liu coalition forces put their own methods of being good at water war to the limit, and then use Cao Cao's army's navy, and the lack of adaptability to the local environment to launch a fierce attack, which defeated Cao Cao. Using one's own strengths to attack the enemy's shortcomings is actually the core of winning by surprise. Our plan first of all is to make ourselves have no shortcomings. Without shortcomings, the enemy will not have any chance to choose to win by surprise."
"The Goguryeo people must want to pursue a surprise victory, so we won't bet on their lives. If we choose to win a surprise, our weaknesses will inevitably be exposed. Maybe let the Goguryeo people find an opportunity to attack, and then we will be miserable. So Jingwen's plan is to do everything, without any strange means to attack. As long as we do a good job of attacking step by step, we will have no choice. No matter which aspect we want to win a surprise, there is no way for the Goguryeo people to win a surprise. The former Sui Dynasty actually wanted to send a team to attack Pyongyang, and then the enemy seized the opportunity and cut off their food routes specifically, and finally failed. So, if we win by surprise, we either win a big victory or a big defeat. What is our Tang Dynasty, bet on life with a small Goguryeo country?" Li Shimin said with a sneer.
In fact, if Emperor Yang of Sui could take steady steps and not think about quickly forcing Goguryeo to surrender, then he would not have ended like this. Emperor Yang of Sui was too anxious, so he adopted a strange strategy, and in the end the strategy failed, and someone caught his weakness and wiped out a 300,000 army. Therefore, every strange strategy has his helplessness, and naturally has his very fatal weakness. If the enemy does not grasp the weakness, then you will win. If the enemy grasps the weakness, then you will die. The Tang Dynasty must learn from the lessons of the former Sui Dynasty now, and do not expect to quickly defeat Goguryeo through certain means. It can only compete with one city and one pool. In this way, Goguryeo cannot grasp the weakness of the Tang Dynasty at all. If it cannot grasp the weakness of the Tang Dynasty, then you may have to delay. As for delaying the absorption, the final result of failure must be Goguryeo.
Chapter completed!