Chapter 188: If you can't attack, then you can take it wisely

"More than 3,900 people were killed, more than 700 people were seriously injured...55 people were slightly injured!" Dou Jiande was slightly surprised. In his understanding, the number of casualties in the war should be far lower than the minor and serious injuries. However, the situation at this time was just the opposite, and the number of casualties was far greater than the minor and serious injuries.

Dou Jiande stared at Ling Jing and said, "Are you sure this number is correct?"

"Report to Your Majesty, I will verify it myself before I will send you to the imperial front!" Ling Jing stepped forward and explained to Dou Jiande: "There are no wounded under these Tang soldiers' swords. After they are killed by the swords, these surviving minor and serious wounded people are basically caused by the raid of their cavalry!"

Dou Jiande couldn't help but feel a little scared. At this moment, a scene of a waving a knife and flying flesh and blood appeared in his head. Dou Jiande looked at the tent without Liu Jintang's shadow and asked curiously: "Where is Liu Jintang?"

Fan Yuan bowed and said, "General Liu knew that he had lost his troops and was humiliated by the country. He was ashamed of His Majesty's trust. He knelt outside the tent and asked for punishment!"

Dou Jiande sighed and said, "This is not only a crime, let Liu Jintang come in!"

Dou Jiande is Dou Jiande, and Li Yuan is Li Yuan. As early as when Li Shimin and Qianshuiyuan were defeated in the Tang Dynasty, no matter what the situation or cause, Li Yuan lost 100,000 yuan, he needed to find someone to take the blame. But Dou Jiande didn't need it. He was more like an open and upright hero, who dared to face the consequences of the crushing defeat directly.

After a while, Liu Jintang was naked, carrying a thorn on his back, and moved his knees step by step into the big tent. When Liu Jintang moved to the big tent, his knees were already bloody and blood wet his trouser legs. Seeing Dou Jiande, Liu Jintang cried bitterly: "Your Majesty, Jintang is guilty..."

Dou Jiande sighed and looked away.

Liu Jintang lowered his head and looked at Ling Jing with his eyes. He saw Ling Jing's gaze and Liu Jintang's gaze in the air. Ling Jing gave Liu Jintang a "peace and don't be impatient" look. Liu Jintang immediately understood that he had passed this level.

Dou Jiande looked into the distance for a long time and slowly turned around and said, "Victory and defeat are common in military affairs. If you are alive, you can avenge your shame and avenge your revenge today. If you die, then your relatives will suffer and your enemies will be happy."

Liu Jintang howled and cried: "Your Majesty, if Jintang did not avenge this revenge, he would not be a human being. How could I not avenge my bloody feud of the five thousand towns in Hebei!

"You all discuss how to break Chen Ying's Modao Formation?" Dou Jiande's eyes suddenly became sharp, as if his substantial eyes were slowly sweeping over Fan Yuan, Cao Zhan, Gao Yaxian, Wang Xiaohu and other generals.

It’s not that everyone has seen the power of Mo Dao. If they have never seen the power of Mo Dao before, they still have the confidence to decide the outcome with Chen Yingyi, but when they see that Mo Dao cannot cut in, can’t penetrate the gun, and can’t shoot a white dot, they really don’t know how to deal with such an enemy who is beaten and cannot fight back.

Fan Yuan, Cao Zhan, Gao Yaxian, and Wang Xiaohu all lowered their heads and remained silent.

Dou Jiande's heart sank, and his eyes finally fell on Wang Xiaohu: "Xiao Hu, you said..."

Wang Xiaohu himself was just a rude person, and it was obviously difficult for him to ask him to give advice. He hesitated for a long time, but Wang Xiaohu didn't say anything.

At this moment, Wang Xiaohu had to look at Fan Yuan for help. Fan Yuan and Wang Xiaohu were relatives and had a close relationship. Seeing Wang Xiaohu being stubborn, Fan Yuan had to come out and bow and said, "Your Majesty, I have an idea!"

"What?" Dou Jiande was overjoyed when he heard this.

Fan Yuan pinched his beard and pondered: "I and Your Majesty went east to go to Goguryeo. I vaguely remember that Goguryeo used swords to expel tens of thousands of people in Fuyu, Changli, and Liaodong, and attacked the Sui army formation!"

Hearing this, Dou Jiande's face suddenly changed. He had really participated in this battle. At that time, when Wei Xuan and Wei Wensheng's troops were connecting the Luan River, Goguryeo led his army to drive tens of thousands of people around hundreds of miles to be cannon fodder, and forced them to go forward to make the meat paste under the Sui army's sword.

This move was extremely vicious. Wei Wensheng's troops were crossing the river. Their rotation was narrow, so it was naturally impossible to set up a lineup for them. The Goguryeo army used living people as the vanguard. If the Sui army shoots arrows, it would lose arrows. Even if they use swords and axes to cut, they would be dull for a long time, and they would kill the people. Even if they knew they were forced, they would feel tired and guilty after being killed for a long time, and thus their morale would be depressed.

So Wei Wensheng's troops were defeated and had to retreat ten miles away and give up crossing the river.

Dou Jiande was not unexpected to see such a tactic, but even if he understood it, he would not be able to use it.

Seeing Dou Jiande hesitating, Fan Yuan just smiled slightly and said, "Your Majesty, the two armies must be in a fight, and you must know how to adapt to the times...

Dou Jiande said coldly: "This time I am fighting for the hearts of the people in the Central Plains and fighting for the world. If I cannot defeat the enemy head-on,

That is a great humiliation from the heart! Fan Yuan, you are confused this time!"

Fan Yuan opened his mouth, sighed, and stopped talking.

The entire Dou Jiande's tent fell into a dead silence.

Dou Jiande looked at Ling Jing again: "Ling Jing?"

Ling Jing said: "There must be a solution!"

Dou Jiande said: "What method?"

Ling Jing said: "I am still thinking!"

Dou Jiande felt disappointed and waved his hand and said, "Everyone is gone!"

...

Just as Dou Jiande was discussing how to break through Chen Ying's Mo Dao Formation, Wang Shichong in Luoyang City was also discussing with his confidant how to repel Li Shimin.

If Wang Shichong was not afraid of Li Shimin at this time, he was the emperor on the horse. He had been fighting for many years and was well versed in military tactics. What's more, Li Shimin suffered a great loss in the Battle of Longmen. If Chen Ying had not suddenly attacked and rescued Li Shimin, Li Shimin would have either been captured or killed at this time.

Wang Shichong did not talk about war on paper, but took his nephew Wang Renze, brother Wang Shiyun and a group of generals to go out of the city to inspect the Tang army camp of Beim. When he approached the Beim camp with an arrow, he saw that the Beim camp was lined up around the Beim highland, erecting flags, erecting obstacles, setting formations, and placing grids. It seemed that there was no rule in the direction of the advance, but in fact, it could attack and retreat or defend. This formation was no longer comparable to the soldiers I had seen before.

Wang Shiyun said: "This Li Shimin is not simple! Li Yuan has such a son. No wonder he has been able to surround Guanxi and destroy Xue Ju, defeat Li Gui, swallow Bashu, and occupy Hedong in recent years. These troops are not simple. If we really fight head-on, even if we can win, we will definitely lose a lot..."

Wang Shichong nodded and said, "Li Shimin should have a capable person under his command. It is not advisable to attack the camp forcing him to do so, so let's cut off his food route first and force him to submit."

Wang Renze said: "What does Your Majesty mean?"

Wang Shichong said: "Are you sure to share your 30,000 Heluo New Army and take down Hangu Pass?"

The current situation is different from when Li Shimin sent troops. At that time, the Yellow River was frozen, and the Tang army could cross the Yellow River through the ice surface at will. But now, the Yellow River has melted ice surface, but there are so many ferries of the Yellow River for thousands of years. The Yellow River here has become a barrier for Wang Shichong.

Wang Shichong owned 38 states in Jingxiang, Central Plains. Except for the Henan Prefecture that Chen Ying had previously captured, other places surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and then rebelled again. It can also be said that Li Shimin was full of enemies at this time.

Before Wang Shichong completely collapsed, these people who surrendered to Li Tang and repeated their recurrence would definitely not surrender to Tang again.
Chapter completed!